# Thank You, Smapti

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-smapti/721082>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 28, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-smapti/721082 "2015-05-28T23:15:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-smapti/721082/41 "2015-05-31T19:40:01Z")

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> [@lilihob](#):
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> I’m new here, so I’m probably missing something.  
> Why does anyone bother with him?  
> Couldn’t it be like the, “hi Opal” meme, so when he posts, someone else posts “Smapti, the unfightable ignorance”, so that newbies like me were warned, and then we just carry on as if he wasn’t there?

For one thing, outside of the Pit, you can’t really say things like that.

> [@Vinyl Turnip](#):
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> Guess I’ll need to tweak it, though, since it didn’t hide this thread from my delicate eyes.

OP was grateful to **Smapti,** which probably threw your script off. I mean, what are the odds?

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-smapti/721082/42 "2015-06-01T16:12:04Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> OP was grateful to **Smapti,** which probably threw your script off. I mean, what are the odds?

Four.

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