# That has already been defined as "Snaking" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2004, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459 "2004-10-10T08:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/1 "2004-10-10T08:36:56Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > (I suppose we’ll now see a Pit thread by Snakespirit about how he intended the thread here to be a “technical” question. I’ll forestall that by saying, OK, I’ve answered it.) Now why would I do that? Are you just making unfounded assumptions? Or are you trying to use passive aggressive control techniques? Or (I’ll give you a break), WTF _were_ you trying to do??? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/2 "2004-10-10T09:58:36Z")
Any reason this is MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/3 "2004-10-10T10:18:47Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Any reason this is MPSIMS? Two choices here. 1. He posted in the wrong forum by accident. 2. He is trying to counter Dex’s prediction that he’d start a Pit thread by starting a rant in MPSIMS. Pick your pony. I’ve got $5 on number two, and am taking side bets at six-to-one for the number of posts until this gets moved. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/4 "2004-10-10T10:20:53Z")
I’ve got anybody for ten-to-one on #1. I’ll $50 at six-to-one for, umm, 8 posts. Extra thirty on a four point spread. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/5 "2004-10-10T10:22:36Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > I’ve got anybody for ten-to-one on #1. > > I’ll $50 at six-to-one for, umm, 8 posts. Extra thirty on a four point spread. I work in betting and I have no clue what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/6 "2004-10-10T10:25:42Z")
Neither do I. ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/7 "2004-10-10T10:27:10Z")
Hey! This thread looks a bit similar to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280080) that I started! I beat you here **SnakeSpirit**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/8 "2004-10-10T12:50:17Z")
You obviously meant this for **The Pit**. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/9 "2004-10-10T13:16:23Z")
Well fuck. Now I owe **Ilsa\_Lund** 300 bucks. Oh well…you’ll have to catch me first. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/10 "2004-10-10T13:17:45Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > I’ll $50 at six-to-one for, umm, 8 posts. And you claim not to know what’s going on, eh? I think we’ve all just been hustled! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/11 "2004-10-10T14:02:22Z")
They had to change the name of the educational periodical/website/TV series _Star Hustler_ to _Star Gazer_ because the word hustler was blocked by many library’s and school’s filtering software. _Now You Know…_ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/12 "2004-10-10T14:11:04Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > _Now You Know…_ I’ll add it to the list of Usele…_full_ things to know. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/13 "2004-10-10T18:20:08Z")
> [@SnakeSpirit](#): > > Now why would I do that? > > Are you just making unfounded assumptions? > > Or are you trying to use passive aggressive control techniques? > > Or (I’ll give you a break), WTF _were_ you trying to do??? link? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/14 "2004-10-10T19:11:31Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Well fuck. Now I owe **Ilsa\_Lund** 300 bucks. > > Oh well…you’ll have to catch me first. 😛 Sonofabitch.😃 ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/15 "2004-10-10T20:10:16Z")
> [@SimonX](#): > > link? I think it’s [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280039) one. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/16 "2004-10-10T22:10:52Z")
Predicting negative behavior by a fellow Doper _was_ defined at one time as _snaking_. Repremands from a mod were forthcoming. Why is **Snakespirit** allowed to break that rule and I’m not? 😃 Actually – and this is not a reference to any one poster – the expression _snaking_ seems more descriptive on the process of moving a topic all over the board, from forum to forum. An example would be… Pax ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/17 "2004-10-11T01:05:48Z")
> [@SnakeSpirit](#): > > Now why would I do that? > > Are you just making unfounded assumptions? > > Or are you trying to use passive aggressive control techniques? > > Or (I’ll give you a break), WTF _were_ you trying to do??? If you read the FAQ and rules for the board, complaints about modding/admin decisions belong in the pit. But you posted a complaint in ATMB under the guise of asking a technical question about the board. Nevermind that the ‘technical question’ was already answered in regard to Otto’s complaint (which was originally valid, but he overreacted when the mods in question didn’t see the lack of tight consistency in moving one thread but not another, which caused the CK to overreact… everyone got too emotional, yes, even CK). And so, you broke the rules by complaining in ATMB by asking an answered question in what has been an emotional tiff. Thus, the prediction by CK that you will protest here in the Pit that your question in ATMB was justified. Now that we’re in the Pit, let me say to you, stop playing innocent. Put down the spoon and get away from the pot. ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/18 "2004-10-11T03:16:39Z")
> [@InvidiousCourgette](#): > > Hey! This thread looks a bit similar to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280080) that I started! I beat you here **SnakeSpirit**. 😛 It appears we have some consistancy! Holy Something, Batman! ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/19 "2004-10-11T03:21:27Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > I think it’s [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280039) one. Watch out for **look!ninjas** - he/she (aka E) is an emerging cognitive force in the ‘doper board!’ Welcome. We have many clocks that need cleaning here. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459/20 "2004-10-11T03:24:46Z")
> [@SnakeSpirit](#): > > We have many clocks that need cleaning here. No kidding. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-has-already-been-defined-as-snaking/268459.md?page=2)