# Thinking About Leaving **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169 "2004-07-27T22:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/201 "2004-07-29T00:31:43Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > And just so everyone is clear, the only person that will be sucking **Demo** ’s cock is me. …from now on, you mean. Right? ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/202 "2004-07-29T00:33:52Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > And just so everyone is clear, the only person that will be sucking **Demo** ’s cock is me. I guess I can cancel those plane tickets to SF then. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/203 "2004-07-29T00:43:02Z")
> [@The\_Llama](#): > > Woooooosh Woosh yourself, are you aware that those words could be intrepreted at least a couple of ways. Not exactly my favorite kind of double entendre but I takes em where I can gets em. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/204 "2004-07-29T00:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > _by Mauvaise_ > > My point, Miller, is that I would have made the same first post as I did if say… Lissener had started this thread and not Demo. Sure, but lissener didn’t start this thread. He wouldn’t have started this thread, and I can’t think of another person who would have. You’d have to be pretty out of touch to spring this kind of nasty shitbomb on a fellow like Lobsang. Too bad Demo uses his whole NetZero allowance to browse donkey-snatch bukkake, or he might actually have time to read the boards. In comparison to his illustrious history, I’ve only been here for a cunthair, but even I know Lobsang doesn’t deserve a Marquee Thread like this. He’s a kind and decent young man. Demo: even for you, this is a fucked up thing to do just to sell your Dopefest. You suck. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/205 "2004-07-29T00:48:10Z")
Riiiight, and you chose the more obscure and infinitely less funny one because… Just fess up to the fact that you didn’t get it. It had nothing to do with being a grammar nazi. It was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/206 "2004-07-29T00:49:14Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > Honestly, you [Lobsang] were not singled out as a poster, I’m sorry if that’s so hard for you to believe, but it’s true. Unless you like the attention, of course. 😉 Bullshit. > [@Demo](#): > > Someone just messaged me that I’m supposed to link to parodied threads. It’s [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266982). Sorry about that. And, thanks, Troy McClure. That’s not pitting a “type of thread,” that’s pitting a _specific_ poster for starting a _specific_ thread. If that’s not singling out a poster, I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/207 "2004-07-29T01:00:41Z")
> [@The\_Llama](#): > > Riiiight, and you chose the more obscure and infinitely less funny one because… > > Just fess up to the fact that you didn’t get it. It had nothing to do with being a grammar nazi. It was a joke. Good lord. Are you implying that I couldn’t read what he wrote? Of course I realize that he was pointing out that “seven words” is indeed two words. (actually I wrote"7 words" which is technically 1 word and 1 numerical symbol but I digress). It’s all about perspective. He interpreted what I wrote in a way that was unintended and I pointed out that what he wrote could also be imterpreted at least two ways. That’s OK, it’s witty, it was somewhat amusing but any entertainment value was cancelled by his assholish behavior, fucking potty mouth and general obnoxiousness. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/208 "2004-07-29T01:07:20Z")
“That’s OK, it’s witty, it was somewhat amusing but any entertainment value was cancelled by his assholish behavior, fucking potty mouth and general obnoxiousness”. You know the same could be said for much of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/209 "2004-07-29T01:09:05Z")
No, I was flat out stating that you couldn’t _interpret_ what he wrote. Not only that, but his insults are over the top so as to be the impact equivalent of " you’re a pee pee head." I do really like “fucking potty mouth”, though. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/210 "2004-07-29T01:10:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Bullshit. > > That’s not pitting a “type of thread,” that’s pitting a _specific_ poster for starting a _specific_ thread. If that’s not singling out a poster, I don’t know what is. Umm, you can see that he was not going to link to a specific thread, until informed that it is now a Pit rule, right? Did you even read my entire entry? Or are you really this thick-headed? For someone that wants to fight the venom-spewwing, you seem to be doing an awfully good job of it yourself. Makes a gal proud. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/211 "2004-07-29T01:14:22Z")
> [@The Mermaid](#): > > “That’s OK, it’s witty, it was somewhat amusing but any entertainment value was cancelled by his assholish behavior, fucking potty mouth and general obnoxiousness”. > > You know the same could be said for much of this thread. _Ding!_ It’s like the end of _The Miracle Worker_! It’s like I could see the little light bulb go on. (Once all those balls got out of the way and stopped blocking my field of vision.) ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/212 "2004-07-29T01:16:49Z")
lol this thread is comedy gold. 😃 Late to the game question: Are we allowed to make fun of fat women? I didn’t get a firm ruling on that one. Also, we can still make fun of Michael Jackson right? What about if Michael Jackson gets fat? Damn I’ve got some doozies waiting for that to happen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/213 "2004-07-29T01:20:32Z")
> [@El Cid Viscoso](#): > > …even I know Lobsang doesn’t deserve a Marquee Thread like this. He’s a kind and decent young man. He may very well be. But his posting style can be damn annoying, and farewell threads have been pitted time and time again, since the beginning of time (or February 1999, whichever was later). > [@](#): > > Demo: even for you, this is a fucked up thing to do just to sell your Dopefest. You suck. He doesn’t need to sell it; I’ll be there! Hey, who let those crickets in? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/214 "2004-07-29T01:22:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > That’s not pitting a “type of thread,” that’s pitting a _specific_ poster for starting a _specific_ thread. The link goes to **Lobsang** ’s thread because that happened to be the thread that caught **Demo** ’s eye _this_ time. Straw, camel’s back, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/215 "2004-07-29T01:30:12Z")
> [@The\_Llama](#): > > No, I was flat out stating that you couldn’t _interpret_ what he wrote. Not only that, but his insults are over the top so as to be the impact equivalent of " you’re a pee pee head." > I do really like “fucking potty mouth”, though. Sigh. Reading what you post just makes me tired all over. I was able to **comprehend** the meaning of the words. I realized that the writer’s message was subject to many **interpretations**. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/216 "2004-07-29T01:35:40Z")
> [@Demo](#): > > I’m sorry. What? If you’re asking me if I’m circumcised that’s just wrong. There’s a time and place for those kind of questions, but it’s definitely not here. > > I think IMHO would be more appropriate for that sort of poll. Just how many different answers am I gonna _get_, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/217 "2004-07-29T01:43:51Z")
> [@The Mermaid](#): > > Sigh. Reading what you post just makes me tired all over. > > I was able to **comprehend** the meaning of the words. I realized that the writer’s message was subject to many **interpretations**. Well, yeah, anything anyone writes can be interpreted different ways, I suppose. But my point was that you quickly replied to what you thought he meant, I called you on it, you realized what he was _really_ saying, and then defended yourself by saying that you got it, and that I’m an idiot for not seeing the myriad interpretations of the post. Hey, if I’m wrong, and you did get it, ok. I’m wrong often. But still, if you agree that it can be interpreted the other way… which is the more obvious way, and the way it was meant, why were you so venemous in your reply accusing him of being a grammar nazi? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/218 "2004-07-29T01:44:32Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > The link goes to **Lobsang** ’s thread because that happened to be the thread that caught **Demo** ’s eye _this_ time. Straw, camel’s back, and all that. So that makes it okay? **Lobsang** does something lots of other people have done, but his is the ticket that comes up in the **Demo** Acts Like a Dickhead lottery? Not only is **Demo** an asshole, but he’s also lashing out at people at random? This is a _better_ explanation for his behavior? Let me get this straight. **Lobsang** hasn’t actually done anything _wrong_ here, he’s just done something you all _don’t like_. His thread didn’t insult any of you, not even by implication. He didn’t denigrate the Boards: in fact, he bent over backwards talking about how great they are. He didn’t disparage anyone’s politics, race, religion, place of birth, parentage, taste in movies, or hairstyle. He didn’t say anything bad, about anybody. He didn’t do one damn thing to anybody except dare to do something you don’t like and force you to be minimally aware of its exsistence, and that’s all the excuse you need to Pit someone? To call them a insecure fuck-up with suicidal tendencies? You’re all okay with that? **Troy**? **Mauvaise**? **Aesiron**? That’s cool with you? Most of the rest of the people in here I don’t know from fuck-all, but from you three, at least, I would have expected better. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/219 "2004-07-29T01:53:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > So that makes it okay? **Lobsang** does something lots of other people have done, but his is the ticket that comes up in the **Demo** Acts Like a Dickhead lottery? Not only is **Demo** an asshole, but he’s also lashing out at people at random? This is a _better_ explanation for his behavior? > > Let me get this straight. **Lobsang** hasn’t actually done anything _wrong_ here, he’s just done something you all _don’t like_. His thread didn’t insult any of you, not even by implication. He didn’t denigrate the Boards: in fact, he bent over backwards talking about how great they are. He didn’t disparage anyone’s politics, race, religion, place of birth, parentage, taste in movies, or hairstyle. He didn’t say anything bad, about anybody. He didn’t do one damn thing to anybody except dare to do something you don’t like and force you to be minimally aware of its exsistence, and that’s all the excuse you need to Pit someone? To call them a insecure fuck-up with suicidal tendencies? You’re all okay with that? **Troy**? **Mauvaise**? **Aesiron**? That’s cool with you? Most of the rest of the people in here I don’t know from fuck-all, but from you three, at least, I would have expected better. Good gravy. Do you invision a pit that’s identical to MPSIMS? Do I think **Lobsang** should be put to death for starting Yet Another Woe Is Me™ thread? No. Do I think he should be deported to Guam? No. Do I think he should be banned from the SDMB? Nope. Do I think he should be pitted? Why the hell not? That’s what the Pit is for! Why this is so upsetting to a few of you is just mind boggling. Toss me on the “Who Gives a Rat’s Ass” list with **Troy** and the rest of the funky bunch. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/220 "2004-07-29T02:11:16Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > To call them a insecure fuck-up with suicidal tendencies? I’d like to know where in this thread anyone said that, or anything even close. I just searched through every page of this thread for “suic” and guess what? The only occurences I found are in your post and a posts that quote you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169.md?page=12)