# Threads I refuse to dignify with a response. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 14, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848 "2015-08-14T16:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/1 "2015-08-14T16:34:06Z")
“Help gun nuts describe their views” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/2 "2015-08-14T16:36:31Z")
How is pitting it _not_ responding to it? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/3 "2015-08-14T16:39:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > How is pitting it _not_ responding to it? This is the pit, don’t get logical. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/4 "2015-08-14T16:43:23Z")
Forget it, he’s rolling. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/5 "2015-08-14T16:53:27Z")
Seems to have been a lot of them recently. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/6 "2015-08-14T16:56:03Z")
I didn’t respond to the global warming thread. Wait a minute, yes I did. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/7 "2015-08-14T17:02:53Z")
How about an undignified response? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/8 "2015-08-14T17:09:21Z")
I’d add this thread to the list but it’s already too late. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/9 "2015-08-14T17:13:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’d add this thread to the list but it’s already too late. Way to dignify, pal. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/10 "2015-08-14T17:35:54Z")
“Thugs firing randomly into crowds. Was this ever done in the past or is it mainly a modern practice?” - A Modern Practice? Whut the hail? As in “We live in modern times now, so let’s start shooting randomly into crowds. It’s time we disperse with this antiquated notion that crowds shouldn’t be shot into.” “Are you a coffee pooper?” - The last thing I want to know is the color and viscosity of someone’s poop. It does not benefit me in any way to know this information. “I’m naturally argumentative, why?” - Thanks for the warning. I’m not responding. “Where Do I Find the MIL\_STD Specification for Chocolate Cookies?” - I would love to respond with “Your mother-in-law wants to know how much venereal disease chocolate cookies spread?” but I’m sure at least 15 other people have already done so. “Are you OK with a real life “Eye of Sauron” for mass surveillance?” - You mean a tower instead of satellites and aircraft? Is one being built? Somehow this got 6 pages. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/11 "2015-08-14T17:59:48Z")
C’mon, gun-nuts need all the help they can get … now let’s everyone be charitable and help these poor unfortunates describe their views. There’s no harm being helpful to those being burnt to a crisp. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/12 "2015-08-14T18:13:09Z")
Any thread that demands that I (or anyone else) completely justify their opinions on a matter to the satisfaction of some jackass marginally intelligent enough to type on the internet. How about NO? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/13 "2015-08-14T18:37:30Z")
How would \*your \*response _add_ dignity? 😃 Go back to your fantasies about shooting cops who try to enforce democratically-passed laws you simply happen not to personally like. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/14 "2015-08-14T18:42:14Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How would \*your \*response _add_ dignity? 😃 > > Go back to your fantasies about shooting cops who try to enforce democratically-passed laws you simply happen not to personally like. Who the fuck was this a response to? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/15 "2015-08-14T18:50:04Z")
The OP. Who did you think? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/16 "2015-08-15T02:01:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How would \*your \*response _add_ dignity? 😃 > > Go back to your fantasies about shooting cops who try to enforce democratically-passed laws you simply happen not to personally like. > [@Chimera](#): > > Who the fuck was this a response to? > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The OP. Who did you think? More accurately, he’s responding to his strawman of me, the most vividly hallucinated figure since Harvey. But hey, what do I know? I only wrote my posts; **ElvisL1ves** is the expert on what my words _really_ mean! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/17 "2015-08-15T03:25:58Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > More accurately, he’s responding to his strawman of me, the most vividly hallucinated figure since Harvey. But hey, what do I know? I only wrote my posts; **ElvisL1ves** is the expert on what my words _really_ mean! Yours is not a winning hand. I’d recommend giving it up. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/18 "2015-08-15T15:51:08Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Forget it, he’s rolling. You spelled that wrong. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/19 "2015-08-15T16:58:16Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > **ElvisL1ves** is the expert on what my words _really_ mean! Isn’t your real problem that I \*do \*know what you mean, better than you do in fact? If you could show me where I’m wrong, no doubt you would do so instead of flouncing like just another Internet braggart/coward who gets shown up. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848/20 "2015-08-15T17:05:46Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Isn’t your real problem that I \*do \*know what you mean, better than you do in fact? Oh YEAH! That is exactly the problem. And it could be solved so easily, by just letting you think for us. Why are people so stubborn? So unwilling to let their superiors think for them? I mean, you fucking well KNOW better than he does, what he means, so why all the conflict? It’s a damn shame is what it is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-i-refuse-to-dignify-with-a-response/727848.md?page=2)