# The good doctor's post was okay - it's Bodoni's that's idiotic **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325 "2006-04-12T03:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/181 "2006-04-12T20:51:57Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > and he misused the word _shibboleth_. Clearly, he pronounces _marriage_ as _mahr-IJ_. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/182 "2006-04-12T20:52:56Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > It has been great to hear again from posters who I haven’t heard from in a long time, and pretty much figured had engaged in the most disreputable practice of placing me on their ignore list. I knew I was forgetting something! :smack: Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/183 "2006-04-12T20:57:40Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > I just wish I had the time to respond to all of you individually, but this blanket laudation will have to do. I am, after all, a busy man. Excuse me, sir. You dropped your monocle in my Chivas. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/184 "2006-04-12T21:02:09Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Why do you think this would be the case? Are you often convinced that people are angry at you? No, not “often.” Why would you assume this? What is it about you that you would draw such a conclusion in the absence of any other evidence? It is very telling… ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/185 "2006-04-12T21:07:04Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Excuse me, sir. You dropped your monocle in my Chivas. So it’s _you_ with the booze. I knew there was someone spiking the punch. _You_, with that innocent look on your face! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/186 "2006-04-12T21:08:38Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > No, not “often.” Why would you assume this? What is it about you that you would draw such a conclusion in the absence of any other evidence? It is very telling… I hadn’t assumed anything. I was asking a question to elicit information. Did you assume I had already decided what your answer would be? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/187 "2006-04-12T21:08:59Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve been warned for asking if someone was trolling or just being dense. That was years ago and I think it’s my only warning. That was my point. We aren’t allowed to do it, and I think we should be, but we’ve beat that particular horse til it was nothing but a grease stain, and the ruling still stands, so ah, well. I waver back and forth on the subject of **DrMark**. He posts provocative OP’s that are designed to offend, and it’s difficult to tell if he’s sincere or is guilty of dishonest debate. OTOH, if you picture him [like this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tick)? it’s hard to do anything but laugh at everything he posts. I mean, really. Doesn’t most of what he says sound a lot like this?: > [@The Tick](#): > > I am mighty. I have a glow you cannot see. I have a heart as big as the moon. As warm as bathwater. We are superheroes, men, we don’t have time to be charming. The boots of evil were made for walkin’. We’re watching the big picture, friend. We know the score. We are a public service, not glamour boys. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/188 "2006-04-12T21:09:18Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Excuse me, sir. You dropped your monocle in my Chivas. You dropped your Chivas in my monocle! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/189 "2006-04-12T21:10:12Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > That was my point. I know, and agree. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/190 "2006-04-12T21:33:05Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > You thinks I’m a gonna tells you this things? Ridiculous! I have stated the truth, and that is enough. Why the extra “s” throughout? Is it because I asked about multiple state licensures? Surely, you know that one can be licensed in more than one state. Or perhaps you don’t. Or perhaps you were just affecting some amusing manner of writing that was not altogether amusing. Disclosing the state or states in which one is licensed should not be altogether too taxing. Perhaps you are not licensed to practice anywhere. > [@](#): > > Wouldn’t you like to know? It is why I asked. Perhaps you do not have access to any data from which you could publish. Perhaps your graduate research work was not suitable to publish. It is okay to acknowledge these things. > [@](#): > > What you call ignorance is, in fact, a sweeping knowledge and incandescent understanding of the issues at hand that simply dwarfs your intellect. You want to twiddle away on details, pretending that symptoms are the issues themselves, rather than mere manifestations of the more fundamental problems existing on a deeper level. I shoot deeper, and hit deeper. Certainly this is possible. However, one would hope that with a sweeping knowledge and understanding of fundamental and deep issues of human functioning, a person would be able to express themselves fairly clearly. Otherwise, brilliance might appear as nothing more than ignorant ranting. It might fairly be dismissed as such, too. > [@](#): > > I ain’t one of them, bud. Legit degree, legit experience. That’s me. Pisses you off, doesn’t it? No. I know many people with legitimate degrees and legitimate experience. Doesn’t piss me off in the least. I call them colleagues. What pisses me off is a) people who misrepresent their training and experience, and b) people who tarnish the work of my colleagues and myself. Cunts I loathe outright. > [@](#): > > Look, sign up for one of those inane seminars we’re constantly being goaded to attend, and pretend that _that_ guy sure knows what it’s all about. Get a few CEU’s and pat yourself on the back. Discuss Russell Barkley’s grrrrreeeeaaaat works and pretend that he revealed some profound truth in determining (using thousands of children as guinea pigs) that amphetamines cause short-term improvement in attention. Oh, and also that the side effects aren’t all _that_ bad. And that behavioral interventions don’t make any significant difference compared to those of a healthy dose of speed, now in increasingly sophisticated delivery systems. I continue to be dubious about your claims as you produce more nonsense like the above. > [@](#): > > IF you’re a clinical psychologist, then you know as well as I do that there is little in the process all the way to getting licensed that isn’t just a hazing ritual. No clinical value whatsoever. Your poor training is not generalizable, but it does explain a great deal. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/191 "2006-04-12T21:34:54Z")
C’mon, guys. Isn’t it clear by now that I’m really just a cuddly honey bear, what means no harm to no one? I’m cute! I just want to go on gathering and consuming what honey I can find! Would you deny me this? After all, I _have_ paid. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/192 "2006-04-12T21:40:44Z")
And I just broke 500 with my last post. Attention whore, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/193 "2006-04-12T21:41:59Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > I just want to go on gathering and consuming what honey I can find! Then stop doing so with your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/194 "2006-04-12T21:52:58Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > C’mon, guys. Isn’t it clear by now that I’m really just a cuddly honey bear, what means no harm to no one? Is it your preference to convey vulnerability when asked direct questions? If so, would you consider that a defense mechanism? ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/195 "2006-04-12T21:55:42Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Then stop doing so with your ass. Now, that’s not at all a nice thing to say! Don’t you see me up there in the tree, pawing away at the hive, with them bees buzzin’ ‘round me and tryin’ to sting me to no avail? I ends up with the honey, all the same. I’m adorable, with all that pluck and tenacity! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/196 "2006-04-12T21:59:23Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > Now, that’s not at all a nice thing to say! Don’t you see me up there in the tree, pawing away at the hive, with them bees buzzin’ ‘round me and tryin’ to sting me to no avail? I ends up with the honey, all the same. I’m adorable, with all that pluck and tenacity! Very interesting. Tell me more. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/197 "2006-04-12T22:17:13Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > Don’t you see me up there in the tree, pawing away at the hive, with them bees buzzin’ ‘round me and tryin’ to sting me to no avail? Occasionally, I do. That pinball thread for example–if only you’d stick to that sort of behavior… ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/198 "2006-04-12T22:19:17Z")
If there ever was a post that needed a German accent built into it, that would be it. Maybe even some \ coding FX \ ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/199 "2006-04-12T22:24:47Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Occasionally, I do. That pinball thread for example–if only you’d stick to that sort of behavior… Are you admitting to any redeeming quality in me whatsoever? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325/200 "2006-04-12T23:32:20Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > IF you’re a clinical psychologist, then you know as well as I do that there is little in the process all the way to getting licensed that isn’t just a hazing ritual. No clinical value whatsoever. Direct experience does count for something, however. I have scads of that. Translation: I failed my licensing process. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-doctors-post-was-okay-its-bodonis-thats-idiotic/352325.md?page=11)