# The oddest posters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038 "2016-07-27T16:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/181 "2016-08-01T05:12:11Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I’m pretty sure you mean **Lekatt** IIRC his first action on this post was to start a thread “Life continues after physical death. Is this proof of God’s existence?” He immediately found that Doper standards of evidence were considerably more rigid and specific than the ones he used. > [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Immediately? It seemed like it went on for years and years. Well, he immediately ran up against it. It’s unclear whether he ever internalized it as having anything to do with him. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/182 "2016-08-01T05:18:49Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > My wife just reminded me of this - can’t remember the poster name or anything, but wasn’t there a person who was obsessed with the idea of preserving the placenta post-birth, so that it could be used for…something or other? I remember that poster too. She wanted to keep it so she could dry it, powder it, place it in capsules, and swallow them per her midwife’s instructions to prevent or treat postpartum depression. There are people who swear by this, and practitioners who are willing to go along with it. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/183 "2016-08-01T05:37:40Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I remember that poster too. She wanted to keep it so she could dry it, powder it, place it in capsules, and swallow them per her midwife’s instructions to prevent or treat postpartum depression. > > There are people who swear by this, and practitioners who are willing to go along with it. People do this all the time, it’s crazy but by no means accidental to this board. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/184 "2016-08-01T11:10:36Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Actually that thread stands as one of the board’s ugliest examples of self-righteous, but erroneous, “group think”. Blake was essentially correct (nit-picking is always possible) and the people arguing against him were wrong in a dozen different ways – but no one cared about the gross lapses of logic from the posters who were on the same side as themselves. [Could you be any more wrong? PROOF!](https://33.media.tumblr.com/1e3ed5283f84f71f83a2debb6c5a9131/tumblr_no7dfkPTfX1tq9q5vo1_400.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/185 "2016-08-01T13:10:07Z")
> [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](#): > > [Could you be any more wrong? PROOF!](https://33.media.tumblr.com/1e3ed5283f84f71f83a2debb6c5a9131/tumblr_no7dfkPTfX1tq9q5vo1_400.gif) :smack: Now that’s the kind of evidence I was hoping for. However, I’ve just learned of a small mammal that can leap over 30 feet in the air – strictly using muscle power. It’s called a “bat” and the documentation is irrefutable. There’s also a large speckled African herbivore that can routinely reach 18 feet. (If anyone feels driven to seriously discuss the issue, the original thread is probably the place to do so. It was unzombified earlier this year and several links are in this thread.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/186 "2016-08-01T13:24:42Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I remember that poster too. She wanted to keep it so she could dry it, powder it, place it in capsules, and swallow them per her midwife’s instructions to prevent or treat postpartum depression. > > There are people who swear by this, and practitioners who are willing to go along with it. These people are nuts. Everyone knows that placenta is best when it’s fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/187 "2016-08-01T13:25:32Z")
> [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](#): > > [Could you be any more wrong? PROOF!](https://33.media.tumblr.com/1e3ed5283f84f71f83a2debb6c5a9131/tumblr_no7dfkPTfX1tq9q5vo1_400.gif) [I honestly thought this would be what I’d find behind the click.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VkGctpu214) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/188 "2016-08-01T14:54:47Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Actually that thread stands as one of the board’s ugliest examples of self-righteous, but erroneous, “group think”. Blake was essentially correct (nit-picking is always possible) and the people arguing against him were wrong in a dozen different ways – but no one cared about the gross lapses of logic from the posters who were on the same side as themselves. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=230754&page=4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=230754&page=4) > The thread was re-animated this year. Best evidence currently available: YouTube video showing a cougar jumping about a meter, and a Savannah Cat reaching 48". The links in the reactivated thread are still working. > > Your “two foot” reference is wrong. That was an initial value from Blake that he indicated was being made from memory, and was altered to “about a meter” after he checked his sources. > > Of course if you have better evidence than that presented please offer it up. Better evidence is always a good thing. The last post on that thread before \*\*Blake \*\*went radio silent was a cite to a scientific paper measuring a bushbaby jumping 2.25 meters. Not sure why you would continue arguing after that, or why you would bother searching for youtube videos. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/189 "2016-08-01T15:06:49Z")
In my previous house, a 1.5 story, I had fake beams in the upstairs bedroom, which were just over the top of my head (bottom 6’ off the floor, top then 6’6"). My cat Bertie could and did jump from the floor to the top of those beams, straight up with no scrambling to stay on at the top. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/190 "2016-08-01T15:16:39Z")
Blake has taken over our oddball thread. A lot of that is my fault. I’d like to partially correct this with another oddball: Homer. Who could forget when [he shared his 'shroom trip with us.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=38764) But my favorite, oddest Homer thread is the short but sweet [a monkey that i wish for](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37864). ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/191 "2016-08-01T15:18:20Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I can’t remember the poster or find the thread, but Miss “the menu is the God of ordering” was a hoot. **[Springs1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10936021&postcount=247)** She ALSO thought she should be ABLE TO switch from COKE to Sprite to ROOT beer to Moxie without paying for a separate DRINK because THE menu said soft DRINK refills WERE free. SHE liked random CAPITALIZATION, too. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/192 "2016-08-01T15:26:05Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Yeah, but Trump can leap upwards of 50 feet. His leaps are huge. Just ask him. But only because nobody has ever asked him if he ever met Superman. Had he ever shaken hands with a Superman-playing actor, he’d now be able to leap over buildings two at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/193 "2016-08-01T15:33:05Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > The last post on that thread before \*\*Blake \*\*went radio silent was a cite to a scientific paper measuring a bushbaby jumping 2.25 meters. Not sure why you would continue arguing after that, or why you would bother searching for youtube videos. Hi **EE**. The bush baby case was examined in a related Pit thread. My memory is that the “scientific cite” was inaccessible, and that particular video is not decent evidence, however [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galago) sez: Galagos have remarkable jumping abilities. The highest reliably reported jump for a galago is 2.25 m. According to a study published by the Royal Society, given the body mass of each animal and the fact that the leg muscles amount to about 25% of this, galago’s jumping muscles should perform six to nine times better than those of a frog.[6] **This is thought to be due to elastic energy storage in tendons of the lower leg** , allowing far greater jumps than would otherwise be possible for an animal of their size. So it’s kinda like comparing the stored energy of a bow and arrow versus a pitcher throwing a fastball. It’s not an issue of what the limits are of muscle and bone and leverage, but what an animal can do with stored energey. I don’t deny the Galagos leaping ability surpasses the “about one meter” criteria, but I do deny that it refutes anything Blake was arguing. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/194 "2016-08-01T17:08:47Z")
Remember **Argent Towers** and his obsession with that child porn novel, _Hogg_? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/195 "2016-08-01T17:33:11Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > There was \*\*jetblast \*\*and his reason-free and fact-free obsession with the shootdown of TWA 800. The guy could make up a new theory about anything, and by the time of his departure had worked practically the entire world population into the conspiracy. Nothing could dent that shield. > [@WordMan](#): > > What about the guy you tangled with who was obsessed with proving that Jimi Hendrix was _murdered!!!_. Something about copious wine consumption. Oy, what a nut. That was the same poster mentioned by **ElvisL1ve** s. I’m not going to type his name, because the last time I did, he showed up in the thread like Beetlejuice. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/196 "2016-08-01T17:34:50Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > That was the same poster mentioned by **ElvisL1ve** s. I’m not going to type his name, because the last time I did, he showed up in the thread like Beetlejuice. Oh come on say it! You know you want too! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/197 "2016-08-01T17:54:51Z")
First there was **Kozmik**. He had problems, but I really liked him. I think one of his main themes was that the New York Times literally no longer exists because Twitter. Also notable for [Ask the Conspiracy Theorist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=670134). Oh, and that if all leaders of the G-192 came together, some really heavy shit would go down. That’s important, too. Then there’s the guy – his name is escaping me right now – who started off his time here by asking several silly questions, and signing them, “My friend wants to know.” I think he was hands-down the funniest individual I’ve ever seen on the Internet, and I’m not even counting his obsession with laser discs. A crying shame that he was banned a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/198 "2016-08-01T18:01:51Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Oh come on say it! > > You know you want too! I feel a little sorry for the guy. The thread where he appeared like Beetlejuice was the [Calling all great minds](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=672144) thread, which deserves mention here. I mentioned the name I will not type in post 352, and he responded in post 361. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/199 "2016-08-01T19:07:11Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > **[Springs1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10936021&postcount=247)** > > She ALSO thought she should be ABLE TO switch from COKE to Sprite to ROOT beer to Moxie without paying for a separate DRINK because THE menu said soft DRINK refills WERE free. SHE liked random CAPITALIZATION, too. Thank you. That was a fun one. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/200 "2016-08-01T19:12:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Remember **Argent Towers** and his obsession with that child porn novel, _Hogg_? I haven’t read Hogg. But I thought it was largely disgusting ( a character doesn’t go to a doctor to get rid of intestinal parasites because he ‘likes the way they make his ass itch’) and contained some sex scenes but wasn’t kiddie porn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038.md?page=11)