# Thin Lizzy--thin thinking **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360 "2005-07-27T04:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 28, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/61 "2005-07-28T19:35:21Z")
> [@treis](#): > > You now owe me one (1) irony meter. That post made mine explode. How many times do I have to tell you people: putting your irony meter on or near the Internet voids the warranty. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Lizzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Thin\_Lizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Lizzy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/62 "2005-07-28T20:52:45Z")
Wow, I just noticed this thread. So basically the OP has a problem that I am a Republican? I think a moderator should be a little bit more impartial. Not that they should not have their own opinions, but it is unusual to see a mod get so bent out of shape. Why don’t you try attacking my IDEAS instead of attacking me personally? ---
**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 28, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/63 "2005-07-28T20:55:10Z")
> [@Thin Lizzy](#): > > Wow, I just noticed this thread. So basically the OP has a problem that I am a Republican? Basically, no. There are plenty of smart Republicans hereabouts–smart, funny, decent folks. I’ll vary my routine this time, and tip my hat to **Shodan** as a prime example. The problem is that you’re a small-minded idiot. Not all Republicans are. > [@](#): > > Why don’t you try attacking my IDEAS instead of attacking me personally? Because your ideas are SO STUPID. Daniel ---
**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:** [July 28, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/64 "2005-07-28T20:57:37Z")
> [@Thin Lizzy](#): > > So basically the OP has a problem that I am a Republican? No. He doesn’t like seafood. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/65 "2005-07-28T20:58:44Z")
Plus you got pitted like your second day here. I doubt that’s a record, but it’ll get you honorable mention. And if you last much longer, I’d advise against inviting an attack in the Pit. Could get messy. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Lizzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Thin\_Lizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Lizzy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/66 "2005-07-28T21:02:11Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Because your ideas are SO STUPID. > > Daniel Such as? ---
**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 28, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/67 "2005-07-28T21:09:34Z")
Such as gleefully reporting that Helen Thomas has “vowed” to commit suicide, and wishing that she’d go ahead and do it. That’s really fucking stupid. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/68 "2005-07-28T21:10:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Why don’t you try attacking my IDEAS instead of attacking me personally? Re-read the OP. He did attack your (dearth of) ideas in which you expressed a stupid partisan joke (violating the laws of humor and the rules of the **GQ** Forum) as if it had any meaning. _After_ he noted the poverty of your thought, _then_ he offered the tentative excuse that you were too callow to have done better. He drew no conclusion that you were a Republican. (Your post could easily have been submitted by someone who hates the Democrats but tolerates the Republicans and does not appear to have been sufficiently witty to have been submitted by an O’Rourke or a Buckley.) Most of your **GQ** questions have been legitimate. So far, all the “ideas” you have expressed have been neither Republican nor valid. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/69 "2005-07-28T21:13:08Z")
> [@Thin Lizzy](#): > > Wow, I just noticed this thread. So basically the OP has a problem that I am a Republican? I think a moderator should be a little bit more impartial. Not that they should not have their own opinions, but it is unusual to see a mod get so bent out of shape. > > Why don’t you try attacking my IDEAS instead of attacking me personally? No, you’ve been pitted because you’re a tiresome git. And the reason your “ideas” haven’t been attacked is that quite simply, you don’t seem to actually have any ideas. An “idea” is generally considered to contain a bit of thought original to its poster. The “ideas” you’ve been posting are little more than tired and long-discredited platitudes from the right side of the political spectrum. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/70 "2005-07-28T21:13:48Z")
> [@Thin Lizzy](#): > > Such as? How about your unqualified and unconsidered suggestion to expel from the country all the (unidentified) people whom you consider potentially capable of becoming, supporting, or being vaguely related to some unidentified group of terrorists? That was mind-numbingly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/71 "2005-07-28T21:17:26Z")
As a living, breathing left-handed anabaptist, I’d just like to say that I’m terribly offended by this thread. ---
**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 28, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/72 "2005-07-28T21:30:43Z")
> [@Thin Lizzy](#): > > Wow, I just noticed this thread. So basically the OP has a problem that I am a Republican? I think a moderator should be a little bit more impartial. Not that they should not have their own opinions, but it is unusual to see a mod get so bent out of shape. > > Why don’t you try attacking my IDEAS instead of attacking me personally? Did you even read the very first sentence of the OP: > [@samclem](#): > > Disclaimer. I’m just posting this as a member. Nothing official here. You have ideas? So far, all I’ve seen is stupid partisan hack bullshit and a general dislike of fer’ners. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/73 "2005-07-28T21:48:18Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Plus you got pitted like your second day here. I doubt that’s a record, but it’ll get you honorable mention. It’s not a record. I recall a member that got pitted purely from the “Welcome to our newest member” tag. As far as I can remember, that person never posted even once. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/74 "2005-07-28T21:49:20Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > As a living, breathing left-handed anabaptist, I’d just like to say that I’m terribly offended by this thread. Well, good. We got everybody then. We win the Internet! ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/75 "2005-07-28T21:51:50Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > It’s not a record. I recall a member that got pitted purely from the “Welcome to our newest member” tag. As far as I can remember, that person never posted even once. You have a link to that? I’d love to see that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/76 "2005-07-28T21:58:23Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > You have a link to that? I’d love to see that thread. [Yeah, I found it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297953) ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/77 "2005-07-28T22:01:30Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > You have a link to that? I’d love to see that thread. I don’t have the thread handy, but I believe the person in question’s name was **NAMBLA** or something very close to that effect. Googling this acronym will probably give you an idea as to why the pitting happened. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/78 "2005-07-28T22:02:36Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > [Yeah, I found it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297953) Or there’s that one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/79 "2005-07-28T22:03:40Z")
I think there was one started for a guy who signed up under some variation of the name Polycarp, too . . . Yep. > **[Welcome to our newest member Polycarp◄](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=193662)** > > Welcome to our newest member Polycarp◄! So, tell us something about yourself. What are your hobbies? What general region do you live in? Any particular reason you chose your username? Enquiring minds want to know! We’d like to make your welcome... ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/80 "2005-07-28T22:04:26Z")
Sorry for the consectutive posts, but just to prove that I’m not totally insane, [this is what I was talking about.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316462&highlight=NAMBLA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360.md?page=5)