# Thank you, Stoid **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618 "2010-06-10T04:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/1 "2010-06-10T04:03:40Z")
In another thread, a number of us became quite heated. While many harsh words were said, one poster made a factually untrue attack on me. Although **Stoid** and I were on opposing sides, he came out very quickly with this post directed at the person who was off-sides. > [@Fuck respecting cultural differences! Basic human rights are real!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-respecting-cultural-differences-basic-human-rights-are-real/541460/145): > > Oh dear…bad form. Very bad form. > > You made the assertion. Pit or no, it’s on you to back it up or withdraw it. And remember I’m no fan. > (If you were wrong you’d look better admitting it than becoming abusive and dismissive of Paul. People make mistakes, no big. ) I had to go to **Stoid’s** profile page to send him a private note of notes. There I found this quote as his signature: **I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against. -Malcolm X** I wish I could hew as closely to my ideals as he did. Again, my respectful thanks. -Paul in Saudi (Qatar, wherever) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/2 "2010-06-10T04:05:21Z")
I think Stoid is a she, though I can’t recall how I came to this belief. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/3 "2010-06-10T04:20:15Z")
I have no idea. I check his profile page, but there was no obvious clue. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/4 "2010-06-10T04:25:14Z")
**Stoid** is most definitely female, as the lengthy threads on her legal travails have shown. And as her [photo](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/1307.html) at the pic thread shows. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/5 "2010-06-10T04:28:34Z")
I just checked the blinkin’ photo page! I swear that photo was not there! … stupid computer machines. **Paul in Saudi** regrets the error. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/6 "2010-06-10T04:30:31Z")
If you thought Stoid was a man, why did you say this? > [@Fuck respecting cultural differences! Basic human rights are real!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-respecting-cultural-differences-basic-human-rights-are-real/541460/113): > > How odd, given that you sound like a shrew who hates all men. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/7 "2010-06-10T04:31:40Z")
Fixed title. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/8 "2010-06-10T10:57:58Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > If you thought Stoid was a man, why did you say this? Because of things she said sounded to me like something a shrew who hated all men would say. Obviously. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/9 "2010-06-10T11:05:13Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > If you thought Stoid was a man, why did you say this? No good deed… right. Nice OP, **Paul**. Good show. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/10 "2010-06-13T23:14:53Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > I had to go to **Stoid’s** profile page to send him a private note of notes. There I found this quote as his signature: > > **I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against. > -Malcolm X** > > I wish I could hew as closely to my ideals as he did. > > Again, my respectful thanks. > > -Paul in Saudi (Qatar, wherever) Wow. I only just today did a vanity search (i’ve been crazynuts busy…) and saw this. Damn. Thanks. Big thanks. BIg BIG BIG BIG BIG thanks WAY LARGE GOSH DAMN NICE HOW COOL BITCHEN THANKS. Because you said it, made it a point to say it, and most importantly of all, you are talking about something that is incredibly important to me, that I value enormously and absolutely do do my utmost to live by, every single day. And you saw it, and appreciated it, and made a whole damn thread for it. AWESOME! You made my day! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D (Oh, and yeah, I’m a girl.) ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/11 "2010-06-13T23:17:34Z")
And by the way, I don’t know what your ideals are, but i assume they are closer to mine than one might have thought from that thread, and you are definitely closer to them now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/12 "2010-06-13T23:21:28Z")
This is all very well, but where is the link to the contentious thread? We nosey folks wanna know! BTW,\*\* Stoid\*\*–you’re cute. I like that pic of you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/13 "2010-06-13T23:41:49Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > This is all very well, but where is the link to the contentious thread? We nosey folks wanna know! No need. Undermines the beauty of this thread. > [@eleanorigby](#): > > BTW,\*\* Stoid\*\*–you’re cute. I like that pic of you. 🙂 I do, too, which is why it’s my standard pic. It’s VERY flattering, while still accurately representing what I look like. On my best day. With good lighting. And makeup. A few years ago. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/14 "2010-06-14T04:43:09Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Wow. I only just today did a vanity search (i’ve been crazynuts busy…) and saw this. > > (Oh, and yeah, I’m a girl.) Are you from Perth? I think we chatted the other day somewhere on plants? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/15 "2010-06-14T06:44:32Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > Are you from Perth? I think we chatted the other day somewhere on plants? No… I’ve live in Los Angeles my whole life. Never been nowheres never done nuthin. But I do like to garden. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/16 "2010-06-14T07:13:50Z")
I remember when she was **Stoidela**. It was much easier to determine gender then… ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/17 "2010-06-14T08:22:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I remember when she was **Stoidela**. It was much easier to determine gender then… That was pre-op. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/18 "2010-06-14T15:53:02Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I remember when she was **Stoidela**. It was much easier to determine gender then… Which was why I did it, but it was too alien. I’ve always been Stoid - I think I’m pretty unusual in that my Dope handle is my real-world nickname, used by pretty much all of my friends in addressing me going back more than 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/19 "2010-06-15T13:24:07Z")
**Stoid** , I rarely remember names online or in RL, but I hope this can be a wonderful friendship. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-stoid/542618/20 "2010-06-15T20:44:08Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > **Stoid** , I rarely remember names online or in RL, but I hope this can be a wonderful friendship. I’m sure it can, after all, isn’t the basis of real friendship shared values? You’ll definitely have to drop 'round for a beer or something if you ever pass through LA in your world travels, that’s for sure.