# ThelmaLou crybaby snowflake way to take things out of context. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 11, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725 "2018-07-11T16:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/41 "2018-07-11T20:41:44Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Is she really? Mostly I know her from her anti-Trumpomania where she is far from thoughtful. Closer to running around with her hair on fire. Even more when you consider that she is a Texan, a people widely admired for their calm modesty and decorum. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/42 "2018-07-11T20:44:22Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Is she really? Yes. > [@CarnalK](#): > > Mostly I know her from her anti-Trumpomania where she is far from thoughtful. Closer to running around with her hair on fire. You know, if your house is on fire, and you’re in it, it’s probably not entirely unreasonable to suggest fairly emphatically that it’s hot in here and it’s probably going to get hotter. Yes, sometimes **TL** has been strident in her anti-Trumpism, and I’ve defended her because sometimes we need that kind of energy. But let’s not digress from the main point, which is that the OP is a brainless illiterate asshole who one can only hope won’t be around for long. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/43 "2018-07-11T20:54:38Z")
Well for me, the more interesting part is how - because the OP is a “brainless illiterate asshole” - some people in this thread have morphed reality to think ThelmaLou acted perfecty reasonably. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/44 "2018-07-11T21:10:21Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I fail to see how you could interpret that way. The OP has clearly had a long standing interest in the war and made no flippant remarks about it. What I was saying was that I didn’t see how the response was reacting to the OP’s opinion on the DOCUMENTARY, regardless of what you think of either OP and response. IOW, I didn’t see how the response was necessarily saying that disrespecting the documentary meant disrespecting vets. But I freely admit I may have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/45 "2018-07-11T21:13:16Z")
Most people with SDMB staying power refrain from pitting other posters in, oh, say, their first few weeks on the board. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/46 "2018-07-11T21:19:45Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > What I was saying was that I didn’t see how the response was reacting to the OP’s opinion on the DOCUMENTARY, regardless of what you think of either OP and response. IOW, I didn’t see how the response was necessarily saying that disrespecting the documentary meant disrespecting vets. But I freely admit I may have missed it. Opinion of the documentary was the entirety of the OP. So when ThelmaLou said “I did see the OP’s comment as flippant and far from hilarious. :mad:” you think she meant what exactly? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/47 "2018-07-11T21:19:56Z")
All of the OP’s brain cells are fleeing to the top of his head, trying to board the last helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/48 "2018-07-11T21:25:27Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It pains me to agree even the slightest with the OP, but you are correct. **Thelma** seems to have taken offense where none was given or intended. Uh, that was **Thelma** replying to **Lamoral** , who I think does deserve that slightest agreement. > [@John\_Mace](#): > > Having said that, the OP is a jackass and a snap-case. And his response to **Thelma** was completely uncalled for. I stand by my earlier comment that this thread will not end will. Nor should it. On that I agree. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/49 "2018-07-11T21:38:33Z")
How many hours into a documentary series do you have to be before you realize you aren’t getting anything out of it and switch over to something else? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/50 "2018-07-11T21:47:23Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > How many hours into a documentary series do you have to be before you realize you aren’t getting anything out of it and switch over to something else? 20 hours, I guess :smack: ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/51 "2018-07-11T21:49:39Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > How many hours into a documentary series do you have to be before you realize you aren’t getting anything out of it and switch over to something else? To be fair, if you start watching one of these documentaries, and you stop before you have completed it, Ken Burns will personally come and kick you in the groin. It’s in the EULA. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/52 "2018-07-11T21:54:57Z")
I stopped watching _Baseball_ after the first episode and Ken Burns spiked me. (Made me very glad I’d gone through _The Civil War_ completely.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/53 "2018-07-11T21:55:02Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Uh, that was **Thelma** replying to **Lamoral** , who I think does deserve that slightest agreement. She quoted **Lamoral’s** post, but she took offense at the OP. The way I know that is it says “OP” in her post. 😉 > [@](#): > > I did see the OP’s comment as flippant and far from hilarious. Emphasis added. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/54 "2018-07-11T21:57:12Z")
Geez, Louise, people. I stay away from the board for six hours… :smack: Carry on. I’m enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/55 "2018-07-11T21:57:22Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > To be fair, if you start watching one of these documentaries, and you stop before you have completed it, Ken Burns will personally come and kick you in the groin. It’s in the EULA. No, but he will take a photo of your crotch, and slowly pan across it while talking about how much a kick would hurt. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/56 "2018-07-11T21:57:53Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > All of the OP’s brain cells are fleeing to the top of his head, trying to board the last helicopter. 😃 I agree with John Mace. The OP ‘s “20 hours” phrase was innocent enough. ThelmaLou had every right to point out the interesting contrast between this and real-life sacrifices during the real-life war; her hurt feelings were real. The OP should have calmly, briefly acknowledged those feelings, and stated he obviously meant no offense — (the “hours I won’t get back” is just a standard phrase to critique an work of art or entertainment, so no need for a full apology). Instead, the OP freaked out, and that’s when HE became the problem. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/57 "2018-07-11T21:59:50Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > She quoted **Lamoral’s** post, but she took offense at the OP. The way I know that is it says “OP” in her post. 😉 She took offense at the same “comment” **Lamoral** mentioned, meaning the OP’s _thread title_. The way I know that is it says “comment” in her post, and she quotes **Lamoral** posting about the “comment” in the thread title. eta: or pretty much how **JKellyMap** describes it. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/58 "2018-07-11T22:02:00Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > She quoted **Lamoral’s** post, but she took offense at the OP. The way I know that is it says “OP” in her post. 😉 > > Emphasis added. Yes, and the context is Lamoral’s post indeed. The point is that one cannot omit that what Lamoral posted led Thelma to take on the OP, and based on what she endured I give her a break. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/59 "2018-07-11T22:07:20Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Yes, and the context is Lamoral’s post indeed. The point is that one cannot omit that what Lamoral posted led Thelma to take on the OP, and based on what she endured I give her a break. Like I said, the morphing of reaity here is fascinating. Like you can’t shit on the TextualAssault’s head unless you make ThelmaLou a blameless poor widow. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/60 "2018-07-11T22:13:27Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > She took offense at the same “comment” **Lamoral** mentioned, meaning the OP’s _thread title_. > > The way I know that is it says “comment” in her post, and she quotes **Lamoral** posting about the “comment” in the thread title. > > eta: or pretty much how **JKellyMap** describes it. Derp as much as you like about a distinction without a difference (Thread Title vs OP), but **Thelma** took offense where none was given or meant. And yes, **JkellyMap** fleshed out my earlier post in exactly the way I would have had I elaborated. There is a decent way to react to Thelma’s post (Sorry if that brought back bad memories, but I was in no way trying to impugn those who fought and died in that war) and there is nasty, uncalled for way to react (the way the OP of this thread did). ETA: I thought Burns’ documentary was A+. I watched the whole thing twice. I lived through that war (not in it, but I was alive and kicking while it was going on), and I learned all sorts of stuff I never knew. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725.md?page=4)