# This could be the best internet researcher of 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200 "2017-06-30T15:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/1 "2017-06-30T15:42:27Z")
Fitting into MPSIMS, someone on Stackexchange posted the following reply to a user who was concerned about the imagery used to illustrate the letter “Y” with an “axe” on a cheap plastic alphabet-illustrated ball owned by her 1 year old. > One must admire both the tenacity and the fervour that is displayed by the person who answered. That is dedication. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/2 "2017-06-30T17:10:08Z")
Wow! That’s some SD-level snooping there 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/3 "2017-06-30T17:23:46Z")
Holy crap, that was nothing short of amazing. Now if only we can employ that person to see if a plane on a treadmill… ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/4 "2017-06-30T19:53:50Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Wow! That’s some SD-level snooping there 🙂 As soon as I saw the catalogue page scan, I thought, “that’s some Saga Noren-level snooping there.”! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/5 "2017-06-30T20:11:11Z")
Thanks for posting that. Fun read! Combined with **Bricker’s** “Academic Legends” thread, this has been a good couple of days for vicariously enjoying others’ sleuthing! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/6 "2017-06-30T22:54:50Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Thanks for posting that. Fun read! Combined with **Bricker’s** “Academic Legends” thread, this has been a good couple of days for vicariously enjoying others’ sleuthing! [Is this what you’re referring to?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829864) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/7 "2017-06-30T23:48:01Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [Is this what you’re referring to?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829864) Yeah. That was another good story. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-could-be-the-best-internet-researcher-of-2017/790200/8 "2017-06-30T23:48:32Z")
That’s cool, and I wouldn’t be able to come up with that. That said, the handle is a little bendy for an axe. The first answer (between the question and the main one, don’t know how SE sorts them) suggests that’s it’s yellow ink, and that was my first thought before reading the page. And “concerned about the imagery” from this OP made me think it was some person objecting to a “weapon of war” :rolleyes: