# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/81 "2018-07-12T02:14:01Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I enjoy your perspective on economics. That’s one! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/82 "2018-07-12T02:22:35Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I should make clear, ThelmaLou seems like a very nice lady to me. However, anyone who refuses to use Trump’s name, either out of some protest or refusing to accept he’s “legitimate”, loses almost all their credibility in a political discussion. IMHO. No, I don’t. He’s an America-hating fuckstick, who doesn’t merit being referred to in any other fashion. I will concede, though that the fellows down at the bridge club are getting a bit tired of my insistence on using accurate terminology (I heard a rumor last week that there’s a petition going around to require me to only make suited bids). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/83 "2018-07-12T02:46:19Z")
So, the OP read a couple of minor complaints about his thread, flipped out so much he(?) attacked 2 posters, accused one of lying, got warned, got his own thread closed, then started a Pit thread to continue his, er, “flippancy”, a thread which the OP cowardly ditches as soon as he sees it isn’t going his way… and I am supposed to think ThelmaLou is the snowflake? All because she dared mentioned her dead Vietnam veteran spouse in response to **Lamoral** ’s original complaint (which the OP ignored, but whatever)? Got it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/84 "2018-07-12T03:23:43Z")
And I just realized, **TextyAss** (whatever, not going back to check proper spelling of his name) waited four days to start this thread. Four days. So not only did he make an emotional OP, take **Thelma** ’s comment personally, get angry enough to lash out at her… but then somehow stayed mad for four days. Saturday to Wednesday. A weekend and half of a work week. Day Off all the way to Hump Day. And not just mad, but seething enough that he couldn’t let it drop. He had to rehash his ravaged emotions for all of us to see (and mock…). Free advice: Anger management counseling, **Texty**. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/85 "2018-07-12T03:29:53Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This thread is a minute and a half of my life I’ll never get back! :mad: You lucky bastard. I’m on page two. fuck! ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/86 "2018-07-12T04:18:33Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Most people with SDMB staying power refrain from pitting other posters in, oh, say, their first few weeks on the board. Really. I’ve been here many years and never felt the need to pit another poster. I just don’t read their posts anymore if I find them that annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/87 "2018-07-12T04:37:21Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I should make clear, ThelmaLou seems like a very nice lady to me. However, anyone who refuses to use Trump’s name, either out of some protest or refusing to accept he’s “legitimate”, loses almost all their credibility in a political discussion. IMHO. Perhaps so, but MHO is that the moniker she uses to refer to him isn’t nearly pejorative enough. **ThelmaLou** , how about “Rump” as an alternative? Just try it out, and see if you like it. All I am saying, is give “Rump” a chance. 🙂 Oh, and the OP is way out of line. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/88 "2018-07-12T05:21:59Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I should make clear, ThelmaLou seems like a very nice lady to me. However, anyone who refuses to use Trump’s name, either out of some protest or refusing to accept he’s “legitimate”, loses almost all their credibility in a political discussion. IMHO. > [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > Perhaps so, but MHO is that the moniker she uses to refer to him isn’t nearly pejorative enough. > > **ThelmaLou** , how about “Rump” as an alternative? Just try it out, and see if you like it. All I am saying, is give “Rump” a chance. 🙂 > > Oh, and the OP is way out of line. Oh was he talking about _her_? Boy, is my face red! :o ---
**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 12, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/89 "2018-07-12T05:29:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Oh was he talking about _her_? > > Boy, is my face red! :o Ha. Yes. Now your response makes (some) sense. ThelmaLou has insisted for some time on calling Trump by the nickname “Thump”. ---
**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 12, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/90 "2018-07-12T13:44:11Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Ha. Yes. Now your response makes (some) sense. ThelmaLou has insisted for some time on calling Trump by the nickname “Thump”. I’m flattered that you read my posts, but you don’t read \*quite \*carefully enough, because I never capitalize “thump” except if it’s the first word in the sentence (1950s grammar training dies hard). I feel like I’ve really arrived at the Dope now that I have my own Pit thread. I’m deeply appreciative to the Poopyhead who started it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/91 "2018-07-12T13:57:23Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > You lucky bastard. I’m on page two. fuck! Wait until it gets to page 20 and then start a pit thread about how neither of you learned anything from it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/92 "2018-07-12T14:06:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m flattered that you read my posts, but you don’t read \*quite \*carefully enough, because I never capitalize “thump” except if it’s the first word in the sentence (1950s grammar training dies hard). > > I feel like I’ve really arrived at the Dope now that I have my own Pit thread. I’m deeply appreciative to the Poopyhead who started it. I’ll be over in the _“Thelma called me a Poopyhead and she even capitalized it!”_ thread… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/93 "2018-07-12T14:41:12Z")
The OP of the threads seems unhinged, and his reaction was over the top and inappropriate. ThelmaLou’s comment was an odd overreaction. Widows or other people with personal connections to an issue can overreact to things (ask me how I know!). There’s nothing wrong with pointing that out. ---
**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 12, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/94 "2018-07-12T14:45:22Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > Widows or other people with personal connections to an issue can overreact to things (ask me how I know!). There’s nothing wrong with pointing that out. Absolutely. Which is why most who’ve castigated the OP have also acknowledged the overreaction on the widow’s part. This mere acknowledgement is apparently unsatisfying to some others. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/95 "2018-07-12T15:13:00Z")
I have trouble seeing how her response was an overreaction. ---
**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 12, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/96 "2018-07-12T15:30:14Z")
It was a very mild overreaction. As if I’d called someone’s description of a traffic accident “vapid” and the mother of one of the victims took offense. Easily understood, and easily fixable. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/97 "2018-07-12T16:57:09Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I have trouble seeing how her response was an overreaction. It wasn’t an overreaction. She missed the point. She was angry (rightfully) but mistaken by thinking that the post trivialized the war and those who were affected by it. The OP’s intent was to show derision for the film technique of a documentary, not the war itself. The OP then went full on asshole about the whole situation. So I score TL with a “whoops” and the OP with an “OH FUCK I MUST AVENGE ALL CRITICISM OF ME” Still a shrine to her would be nice. I’ll search for some shiny stones and incense. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/98 "2018-07-12T17:03:07Z")
I’ll toss in my VHS copy of Thelma and Louise! ---
**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 12, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/99 "2018-07-12T17:45:51Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Absolutely. Which is why most who’ve castigated the OP have also acknowledged the overreaction on the widow’s part. This mere acknowledgement is apparently unsatisfying to some others. Except that is obviously not true. Most people who’ve poked the OP don’t even mention ThelmaLou. And a fair chunk of those who did include: > [@MandaJo](#): > > He might have gone after the person that made the original comment, instead of the widow with the deeply personal connection to the issue. > > Even that would have been dumb and a vast over-reaction, but it would have been like, on the normal scale of vast over-reaction and dumbass things to say. Picking on the widow only is a whole 'nother level. > [@Helena330](#): > > I guess you missed the “deeply personal connection” part of Manda JO’s post. **Thelma Lou** didn’t over-react at all and it’s a pretty jerky move to to call her a drama llama in this context. > [@Leaper](#): > > Yeah, I read ThelmaLou’s reply as addressing an apparent general attitude towards the war, not towards the documentary. > [@wolfpup](#): > > All I’m going to say here is that **ThelmaLou** is a thoughtful and respected poster who’s been a valuable contributor here, in my estimation. You, on the other hand, can’t write, can’t spell, and can’t think, just judging from your OP alone. You’re a waste of space. > [@GIGObuster](#): > > Uh, that was **Thelma** replying to **Lamoral** , who I think does deserve that slightest agreement. So I’d be curious how you got to your “most people acknowledged” conclusion. Seems to feed into my “morphing reality” thing I mentioned as being interesting. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725/100 "2018-07-12T18:21:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > …I feel like I’ve really arrived at the Dope now that I have my own Pit thread. I’m deeply appreciative to the Poopyhead who started it. Hell, not only have I been pitted brutally, I was actually cast into the Outer Darkness of Eternal Doom. And my first thought was, of course, “Banned name!”. And there I was, a perfectly wretched pun to post, and I couldn’t! It was like a funeral, all dressed up with no place to go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thelmalou-crybaby-snowflake-way-to-take-things-out-of-context/817725.md?page=6)