# Three people using "CalMeacham" is the same as one person having multiple socks. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134 "2008-02-25T23:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/81 "2008-02-26T07:14:02Z")
I should know better than to give whathisface any attention, but I do think it’s a problem if someone is posting under someone else’s name, even if they state a disclaimer. Somebody could join as a guest and ask under their own identity. Or you could ask a question on behalf of someone else. Not sure if that’s what **Cal** did, though. Whatshisface could have reported the post or e-mailed a mod, but that wouldn’t have garnered him any attention, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/82 "2008-02-26T07:58:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Potential ferret molesters, take note! Your freaked-out ferret fondling fantasies have been foiled! Damn it! I love those slinky weasels! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/83 "2008-02-26T08:00:49Z")
_Note: I have underlined the portion of the quote which I will address in my comment below said quote._ [QUOTE=Frank] In fairness to **TLDR** , he is, in this case, exactly half right. [/quote] **Frank** , That comment is so right on so many levels, it’s almost the pure embodiment of Karma. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/84 "2008-02-26T10:14:42Z")
[QUOTE=Helen’s Eidolon] So report the fucking post. What’s your problem? Why in the world would you start a thread about this if not just to be an asshole? [/QUOTE] I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbors, but I was always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with Sherlock Holmes - to the extent that, when he uttered these words, I was possessed of a fierce conviction that here was a statement of piercing insight and clarity. Yet for all this, its logic eluded me. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/85 "2008-02-26T14:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=shamrock227] Does this include cats? I’m totally on board with the ferret posting ban as they are kinda crazy. [/QUOTE] They will never completely ban my ferret. She has more socks than all of you combined. Every time I sweep under anything, or go into any corner…another sock! She will overwhelm this board with her socks! ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/86 "2008-02-26T14:48:43Z")
[QUOTE=Una Persson] For some time there were a couple of very well-known assboinks on here who were insistent that me and **Fierra** were the same person, posting under two accounts. IIRC they even made “official complaints” saying as such. Kind of falls flat with me and **Fierra** have met **TubaDiva** at the same time…but then, I’ve also been accused of being a sockpuppet for **TubaDiva** , so who knows? [/QUOTE] I think I remember that. Who was that nut job? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/87 "2008-02-26T15:05:08Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] No, no! It’s the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Them and the Bilderbergers. Stranger [/QUOTE] Perhaps \*\*Dingus \*\*could ferret out the truth for us… ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/88 "2008-02-26T15:21:14Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] I’d be frightened, Missy. You post less than 80 times/year. Therefore, you ain’t one of the cool kids. And we don’t like people who aren’t cool. You’re on double-secret probation. [/QUOTE] What the hell did **I** do??? 😉 On a more serious note, TLDWHATTHEFUCKEVER, could you please, please, PLEASE just GO THE EVERLOVING HELL AWAY??? And don’t come back. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/89 "2008-02-26T15:37:23Z")
I just stumbled across this. I’m surprised and flattered and amazed. My thoughts: 1.) Any publicity is good publicity. 2.) **Pepper Mill** was a member, briiefly, but the SDMB didn’t interest her enough to stick around (although she loves when I report to her about what’s going on, and will come in to read a Really Good Post). That said, I don’t recall letting her post under my name. 3.) I’ve relayed stuff from **MilliCal**. On occasion, she’s asked if she could post something direct to the Board, and I let her use my entry. She’s 10, which is below the minimum Board age, so I don’t think I;'m depriving the Board of user fees. And it gives her experience composing and relating to people if I don’t write it myself. 4.) Why anyone would have a problem with any of this is beyond me. 5.) I’m not familiar with the **jarbabyj** incident, but, judging from what others have written, it doesn’t seem relevant. 6.) The Dope Board as a site for molesters? It seems unlikely. And we keep an eye on the threads she’s been involved in. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/90 "2008-02-26T15:55:01Z")
I just sent the following in response to **samclem** ’s message (noted in his post above). I don’t think there’s anything that can’t be shared: > [@](#): > > I just stumbled across the thread. I’m utterly amazed by how many views it’s gotten, and by how much people have been defending me. > > I can’t recall letting Pepper Mill post under my name, but my apologies if I have done so. MiliCal is ten, and i was under the impression that the minimum Board age is 13. She herself has been asking to post directly, and I thought this self-expression was a good thing to encourage. We’ll stop if this seems to be against Board policy, but I have to admit that this seems like criticizing two people for using the same phone, especially when one of them is too young to get one herself. > > Yours, > > CalMeacham Again, many thanks to all of those who have been defending me. You like me! You really, really like me! Or else you just like a Good Fight. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/91 "2008-02-26T16:03:18Z")
[QUOTE=MsRobyn] TLDR can eat a bowl of shit. [/QUOTE] He has been; that’s the problem. It’s gone to his head. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/92 "2008-02-26T16:05:45Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Again, many thanks to all of those who have been defending me. You like me! You really, really like me! [/QUOTE] Yeah, but who the hell are you this time? JK 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/93 "2008-02-26T16:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, but who the hell are you this time? Sally Field ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/94 "2008-02-26T16:25:34Z")
**TURDUCKEN** is one of the reasons the boards might not be suitable for youngsters – he demonstrates very poor socialization skills, and promotes trolling. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/95 "2008-02-26T16:36:17Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] You can’t fool me! All this eschatological stuff is just an excuse to pat Frank! 😛 [/QUOTE] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/96 "2008-02-26T16:36:35Z")
I don’t buy the paedophilia angle, but one of the problems with allowing a young child to helm their own thread is that someone might jump in at some point not realizing that its really a small girl and not the actual user and say something to offend or hurt the childs feelings. Or that someone could do it on purpose. Then you’re going to have a child with hurt feelings, a pissed off parent, etc. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/97 "2008-02-26T16:46:35Z")
You mean like [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=224544&highlight=giraffe+toast)? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/98 "2008-02-26T17:08:25Z")
> [@](#): > > one of the problems with allowing a young child to helm their own thread is that someone might jump in at some point not realizing that its really a small girl and not the actual user and say something to offend or hurt the childs feelings. Or that someone could do it on purpose. Then you’re going to have a child with hurt feelings, a pissed off parent, etc. Perhaps this should serve as a more general reminder that skillful adults can disagree with each other without being obscene or insulting, though the proof of this becomes scarcer and scarcer on this board. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/99 "2008-02-26T17:22:55Z")
I suppose we should all be grateful that **TURDUCKEN** hasn’t seen threads like [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442894). ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/100 "2008-02-26T17:32:23Z")
I just can’t believe we’re letting this troll give an opinion on how the board should be administered. He’s passed way beyond “jerk” and has moved seriously into “asshole” territory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134.md?page=6)