# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/201 "2016-08-01T20:23:01Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > 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. Well I can do you one better - I’ve never even _heard of_ Hogg, but now that you bring it up I looked up the [Wiki entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogg_(novel)) for it, and it looks like kiddie porn to me. Though I suppose you could quibble with whether depictions of “_a silent pre-adolescent boy (called only “cocksucker”) sold into sexual slavery to a rapist named “Hogg” Hargus, who exposes him to the most extreme acts of deviancy imaginable_” count as kiddie porn - perhaps that only applies if the intent is to titillate pedophiles, while this was intended to make some artistic point? I don’t know, but if you buy into that you would actually have to read it, which is something I’m not prepared to do. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/202 "2016-08-01T20:30:31Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > I don’t know, but if you buy into that you would actually have to read it, which is something I’m not prepared to do. I read some of the summary in the Wikipedia entry and wish I hadn’t. I do believe that Delany was genuinely going for some artistic/socialistic objective. Other than Hogg, he’s known for some excellent SF. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/203 "2016-08-01T20:36:39Z")
OTOH, that may not be a valid dichotomy to begin with. Per the [Wiki entry for Delaney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany): > [@](#): > > […] several of his books such as Equinox (originally published as The Tides of Lust, a title that Delany does not endorse), The Mad Man, Hogg and, Phallos can be considered pornography, a label Delany himself endorses. So it sounds like he’s trying to be both at the same time, apparently believing that pornography can itself be a form of artistic expression. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/204 "2016-08-01T22:05:13Z")
If you’re odd, can you still get even? ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/205 "2016-08-02T13:49:13Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Thank you. That was a fun one. She’s also known internet-wide for her absolute obsession with ranch dressing. She always uses the same handle on all the forums she visits, so she’s easy to spot. She is another of the ‘Beetlejuice’ type, though I see she’s been banned here. She’s very repetitive, so her act gets very old very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/206 "2016-08-02T18:14:36Z")
[QUOTE=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. [/QUOTE] But more fun than a cask of Malmsey. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/207 "2016-08-02T19:32:53Z")
Someone up thread mentioned Jack Dean Tyler; he was insane concerning circumcision. There was a guy who insisted anyone over 65 or so should be put in an internment camp and their belongings given to young people. He eventually threatened me and a couple of other guys with physical harm. He was banned eventually and came back under a couple of different user names. I enjoyed tormenting him but I can’t remember any of his incarnations. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/208 "2016-08-02T21:41:08Z")
Are we talking just plain ‘odd’ or outright crazy or obsessive? Because: ‘Dry Spots’. ---
**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 2, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/209 "2016-08-02T21:54:07Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Are we talking just plain ‘odd’ or outright crazy or obsessive? > > Because: ‘Dry Spots’. Are you referring to the poster who claimed to have won the James Randi million dollar challenge based on a technicality about the percentage of spots on the earth where you could drill and hit water? ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/210 "2016-08-02T22:36:15Z")
I’ve only been around these parts for a little more than a year, so I missed the acquaintance of these oddballs. Wish I’d interacted with some of them. Does anybody remember the gal who was utterly distraught that she hadn’t been invited to a fellow church member’s wedding? She was posting her woeful tale of social exclusion all over the net. Did she ever land here? ---
**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 2, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/211 "2016-08-02T22:57:12Z")
I’m not saying he was perfect. He was a human being and had flaws and failings. But, I saw him be good, kind and giving on many occasions. One time, when I was especially depressed, he and another poster sent me a wonderful book and a letter that continue to bring me joy to this day. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/212 "2016-08-02T23:23:05Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > So… > > Has anyone here ever herd of the singer [James Otto](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=674018)? > > God bless you and **James** always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Yeah, she was an odd one for sure! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/213 "2016-08-02T23:39:50Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Freekalette actually. Here’s the [thread discussing it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460797). The original “Ask the sex slave” thread was apparently removed by the Mods. > > The fact that she had 3 young kids living with them at the time is what made it all horrible. Apparently many people had more of a problem with that thread than I did. I read the whole thing and found it interesting. Other than that I recall Freekalette as a fairly active poster here that was often witty. My recollection is a little hazy so I can’t link any examples off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/214 "2016-08-03T01:16:40Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Does anybody remember the gal who was utterly distraught that she hadn’t been invited to a fellow church member’s wedding? She was posting her woeful tale of social exclusion all over the net. Did she ever land here? She still does. Her username is usually some variation of jashley, but I know there’s been others. If she’s not a really badly built bot, I will eat my house shoes. And an umbrella. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/215 "2016-08-03T01:23:40Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Are you referring to the poster who claimed to have won the James Randi million dollar challenge based on a technicality about the percentage of spots on the earth where you could drill and hit water? I don’t think he claimed to have won. Randi wouldn’t accept his application for obvious reasons. ---
**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 3, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/216 "2016-08-03T01:27:33Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I don’t think he claimed to have won. Randi wouldn’t accept his application for obvious reasons. Sorry, I should have phrased that more clearly. The poster claimed he _deserved_ the million. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/217 "2016-08-03T01:27:43Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I remember the guy who was nuts over lions, and would go ballistic if anyone suggested that a tiger or some other animal could beat a lion in a fight. That guy was weird. That guy was fucking Awesome!! ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/218 "2016-08-03T02:35:22Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > She still does. Her username is usually some variation of jashley, but I know there’s been others. If she’s not a really badly built bot, I will eat my house shoes. And an umbrella. **Jashley** , yup, that’s her. Thanks to you, **faithfool,** I found the thread here: [Not invited to friends wedding at a park. - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697273) It’s worth reading, not only for **jashley** ’s lunacy, but also for a remarkable story told by \*\*Skammer \*\*in the thread. ---
**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 3, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/219 "2016-08-03T03:22:19Z")
I know he was mentioned briefly already. I feel he is worth further scrutiny. Art believed that NASA faked the moon landing. So far, just an average nut. What set Art apart and above the other kooks was that he believed that NASA created images and footage using close up pictures of ‘equipment’ like the ‘lunar rover’ and pictures of the lunar surface taken through a telescope. What’s special about that, you might ask? Art believed (and had proof) that the pictures of the lunar surface showed buildings, vehicles, aircraft and other signs of a thriving and advanced lunar civilization. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/220 "2016-08-03T03:25:28Z")
BZOOOOOOO and the time travelling space shuttle based on a Superman movie plot point was interesting. Sorry, can’t link on this old tablet [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038.md?page=12)