# The Ignore List **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748 "2009-12-02T20:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/21 "2009-12-02T21:25:42Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > The ignore function is dumb. It’s just a way for people to put their hands over their ears and go “LALALALALALALALA” because the bad people are making their mind hurt Why does it have to be “bad people that make your mind hurt”? Why can’t it also just be “dumb pricks that annoy you when you kill time on the internet”! I would wager that people like miss elizabeth aren’t really all that bothered by the numpties they mentioned, they just think they are, well, numpties. Its like painting a room. Theres a yellow strip of paint along the roof that annoys you, so you paint over it and viola, less annoyance. Same deal here, stick them on ignore and presto, less annoyance. Which is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/22 "2009-12-02T21:36:19Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > I would wager that people like miss elizabeth aren’t really all that bothered by the numpties they mentioned, they just think they are, well, numpties. _\_ stick them on ignore and presto, less annoyance. Which is a good thing. Not really. You’re forgetting the irony and the just plain crassness of the thing. **miss elizabeth** posted in a thread pitting **Argent Towers**. She knew damn well that **Argent** was going to post. How could she expect to participate at all if she can’t read the guy’s defense? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/23 "2009-12-02T21:38:25Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Use to be. It’s allowed in the Pit now. > > Concessions for not being able to tell you to go fuck yourself\*. > > - > - not that I’m telling you to go fuck yourself. If someone tells you to go fuck yourself, and he is on your Ignore list, does it make a sound? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/24 "2009-12-02T21:42:03Z")
**Bucketybuck** : Thanks for proving my point. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/25 "2009-12-02T21:42:07Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > It is prohibited by the site rules. Report it when you see it. > [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > The rules have changed. They now allow you to reveal your list in the Pit. > > Rules Who are you arguing with? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/26 "2009-12-02T22:02:23Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Who are you arguing with? It’s a correction. Don’t we correct mistakes we make around here. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/27 "2009-12-02T22:07:03Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > And Hitler. That guy pisses me off to no end every time he posts. I don’t give a rat’s ass about your goddam _lebensraum_, okay? You know who else put Hitler on his ignore list? _Winston Churchill!_ ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/28 "2009-12-02T22:07:05Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Don’t we correct mistakes we make around here. You need to repost to correct the exclusion of a question mark. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/29 "2009-12-02T22:11:50Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > It’s a correction. Don’t we correct mistakes we make around here. Some people try to ignore their mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/30 "2009-12-02T22:12:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know who else put Hitler on his ignore list? > > _Winston Churchill!_ At least get your history right. It should have been: You know who else put Hitler on his ignore list? _Neville Chamberlain!_ ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/31 "2009-12-02T22:16:57Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > If someone tells you to go fuck yourself, and he is on your Ignore list, does it make a sound? If I put myself on my ignore list, will I cease to exist? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/32 "2009-12-02T22:17:57Z")
You know what would be fucking AWESOME? The ability to put myself on other people’s ignore list. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/33 "2009-12-02T22:19:58Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know who else put Hitler on his ignore list? > > _Winston Churchill!_ Good one, but “Neville Chamberlain!” would have been funnier. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/34 "2009-12-02T22:21:14Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Good one, but “Neville Chamberlain!” would have been funnier. Ahem… > [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > At least get your history right. It should have been: > You know who else put Hitler on his ignore list? > > _Neville Chamberlain!_ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/35 "2009-12-02T22:24:51Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > At least get your history right. It should have been: > You know who else put Hitler on his ignore list? > > _Neville Chamberlain!_ I disagree. Here’s [photographic evidence](http://exlaodicea.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/chamberlain.jpg) of Neville Chamberlain reading a post by Adolph Hitler. Whereas it’s well documented that the only time Churchill ever posted directly to Hitler, it was an attempted Rickroll. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/36 "2009-12-02T22:27:45Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > You know what would be fucking AWESOME? The ability to put myself on other people’s ignore list. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/37 "2009-12-02T22:28:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I disagree. Here’s [photographic evidence](http://exlaodicea.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/chamberlain.jpg) of Neville Chamberlain reading a post by Adolph Hitler. But you can see what Chamberlain is thinking: “I’ll put Mr Hitler on my ignore list, and the problems of Czechoslovakia will just go away.” ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/38 "2009-12-02T22:34:23Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I disagree. Here’s [photographic evidence](http://exlaodicea.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/chamberlain.jpg) of Neville Chamberlain reading a post by Adolph Hitler. That pic has been debunked by snopes. The link is [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/39 "2009-12-02T22:40:26Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Ahem… I call “whoosh” on you! I briefly tested the function a few years ago because I was curious how it worked, but haven’t used it since. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/40 "2009-12-02T22:55:09Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > That pic has been debunked by snopes. The link is [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g) ::shakes fist at **A Monkey With a Gun** :: I almost fell for that ya bastid! My 2cents: I think the ignore list just filters out The Crazy™. I don’t want to miss out on any meltdowns. Although I don’t think we’ve had any good ones here lately. Sometimes I miss **TLDR**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748.md?page=3)