# To my fan club **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226 "2006-05-03T13:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/21 "2006-05-03T19:08:11Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] I don’t suppose you could try to work out an ‘Erik’s Grandmother’ rule for this place, and try to follow it on a personal level? Something like, ‘never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.’ [/quote] Good advice, and I try to follow it. I’ve been stressed lately, though; when I’ve misattributed, I’ve tried to catch myself and apologize. There’s some things, though, that can only be attributed to a combination of malice and stupidity. > [@](#): > > Remember, all, Daniel is a moderator elsewhere, and he’s got a bias of his own. On the other hand, he has professional insight into what the mods here face, even if he doesn’t always articulate it. That said, some of these threads may be triggering an ‘us against them’ feeling on his side. Might want to think about that, man. This is a fair point. I’ve not talked much about my own moderating experience in re: these issues because 1) I don’t want to have even the obliquest board war risk, and 2) I don’t want to seem like I’m trying to speak from a position of authority. If I have a bias, however, I think you may have cause and effect mixed up: it’s because I have an “if you don’t like it, go somewhere you do like” attitude that I became a moderator, not vice versa. I’m a big believer in the host-of-a-party theory of messageboards. Still, experience with analogous situations on another messageboard certainly may color my opinion of what’s going on here. I will say that the nastiness the mods here have to deal with exceeds **almost** everything the mods elsewhere gotta deal with. No way in fuck I’d be willing to be a mod here. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/22 "2006-05-03T19:21:39Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] The repetition of the insults, as well as the following me around to make them, is what’s gotten to me. [/QUOTE] Wow. I went back and read a bunch of this shite. Can you take it as a compliment that assholes don’t like ya? I still don’t fully get what you do/did to earn the rancor. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/23 "2006-05-03T19:23:47Z")
I havn’t been a moderator on a forum, but I have been a staffer on online roleplaying games. Mushes. I know how it goes. And I just wanted to be sure you were examining your own biases, because I know I get caught up in mine, sometimes. (For example, I keep almost-attacking Bricker in another thread because what he’s saying reads to me like he’s lying or evading, when he’s actually just being especially precise.) ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/24 "2006-05-03T20:51:01Z")
I haven’t been here for very long but I really like Daniel, LHOD. Just ignore the reps from the evil empire. I try to. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/25 "2006-05-03T20:53:06Z")
It is somewhat disconcerting to me to be reading a thread in the pit, one in which something or someone is being criticized and defended by various posters, and have someone come along and make a really nasty comment about one of the participants that clearly has nothing to do with what has transpired in that thread. I have seen that happen to **LHoD** several times recently, and I can understand his desire to attempt to deal with it here rather than simply ignore it. I think he might be better off ignoring, but I know that must be hard to do. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/26 "2006-05-03T21:07:42Z")
Daniel, I think you are an intelligent and thoughtful poster. I don’t always agree with you but I rarely think your full of it. But in the Thread that spawned this one, you were getting a little crazy. Apparently you are letting some posters get to you too much. I wanted to email you something but you do not have a public Email. If willing please Email me, mine is in my profile. Jim ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/27 "2006-05-03T21:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] What’s the other thread? [/QUOTE] Here. Maybe. > **[Shodan, please lay out your case here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352269)** > > I’m not going to go through and post a blow-by-blow, since that would mean mining through four different threads and would result in a post that nobody would read. Instead, I’ll link to the most recent snipe, and anyone who is curious may follow it... ---
**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:** [May 3, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/28 "2006-05-03T21:23:50Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] [the latest link among many](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369596&page=6). My hope is that their poison idiocy, at least as pertains to me, can be confined here instead of seeping into other threads wherever I post. [/QUOTE] Not a chance… ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/29 "2006-05-03T21:24:06Z")
Well, well, well, a pit thread for **LHOD** , and nobody invited me? ☹ Look, I’ve had some good exchanges with the OP in the past and some scumfuck ugly ones fairly recently. But I have to endorse what he is pitting here. I think it is extremely assholish to go stalk someone from thread to thread and continually resurrect old shit. If you have that much of a problem with someone, Pit them or move on and get a fucking life. So, **LHOD** , I stand behind you in this. Sorry to ruin your day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/30 "2006-05-03T21:26:57Z")
I can see how the insults of some on this board can start to get to you. I’ve been asked why I’m such a goddamned bitch by someone that doesn’t even know me ferchrissakes, and that one still sticks in my craw. Howeva… it’s springtime in Asheville! What you need is to go out to Weaverville, drive on up Ox Creek Road, and get up on the parkway for a little drive. I guarantee you’ll feel a whole lot better and much less stressed out. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/31 "2006-05-03T21:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] But in the Thread that spawned this one, you were getting a little crazy. [/QUOTE] Very possible; I’ve tried to dial it back in that thread. What can I say? It’s finals week. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/32 "2006-05-03T22:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] I keep almost-attacking Bricker in another thread because what he’s saying reads to me like he’s lying or evading, when he’s actually just being especially precise.) [/QUOTE] These interpretations are not mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/33 "2006-05-03T22:37:38Z")
Not for nothing, but I want to focus on pinning the debate down and not sliding off to the side towards lying or evading, Jackmanii. I think we’re on the edge of something interesting there. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/34 "2006-05-03T23:48:51Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Yes, it really seems to fit because **Daniel** makes me think of Daniel Boone, which makes me think of Boone & Crockett, which makes me think of Crockett, Texas, which make me think of an old girlfriend from Crockett, Mindy Parker, which makes me think of camel toes, which makes me think of the Sahara, which makes me think of the movie Sahara with Matthew McConaughey, which makes me think of Sandra Bullock, which makes me think of Stairmasters because of friend of mine saw her working out on one, which makes me think of the time I went flying off the back of a Stairmaster, which makes me think of dorkiness, which makes me think of how clumsy I am with my left, so yeah… **Left Hand of Dorkiness** really seems to be an obvious fit. [/QUOTE] What’s sad is that’s really how my thought process is. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/35 "2006-05-04T00:27:58Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Very possible; I’ve tried to dial it back in that thread. What can I say? It’s finals week. Daniel [/QUOTE] I love you and want to have your babies. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/36 "2006-05-04T02:18:06Z")
Fuck off back to MPSIMS Danny boy, you opened this thread (In the fucking Pit even) :rolleyes: purely to get stroked by your admirers. Well, screw you. I admire Catsix way more than you, because at least she’s honest and straight up. Geez, seeking validation with a waay lameass Pit thread, you must be feeling really unwanted. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/37 "2006-05-04T02:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] Fuck off back to MPSIMS Danny boy, you opened this thread (In the fucking Pit even) :rolleyes: purely to get stroked by your admirers. Well, screw you. I admire Catsix way more than you, because at least she’s honest and straight up. Geez, seeking validation with a waay lameass Pit thread, you must be feeling really unwanted. [/QUOTE] Are you on drugs? _Should_ you be on drugs? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/38 "2006-05-04T02:48:45Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Are you on drugs? _Should_ you be on drugs? [/QUOTE] Nope, I don’t do drugs, I just can’t believe this lameass “Please tell me how awesome I am” thread in the fucking Pit even, especially since the dude is currently involved in one of the most controversial threads on the board. Sounds like a lame “point scoring” attempt to me. Are you on fucking crack? Should you be? ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/39 "2006-05-04T03:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] Nope, I don’t do drugs, I just can’t believe this lameass “Please tell me how awesome I am” thread in the fucking Pit even, especially since the dude is currently involved in one of the most controversial threads on the board. Sounds like a lame “point scoring” attempt to me. Are you on fucking crack? Should you be? [/QUOTE] You know, it is possible that he’s being entirely honest and calling out the assholes. The fact that he’s getting more praise than criticism may be an important piece of information. For what it’s worth, I generally think his posts are worth reading. I do not know what \*\*scumpup \*\*and \*\*catsix \*\*have against him, but they have provided me with valuable information (to wit, that both of them are worthless jerks). **LHoD** , I think the **King** ’s advice (as usual) is spot-on. The assholes are sniping at you, and it got to you. Don’t let them win, and don’t descend to their level. And to \*\*catsix \*\*and **scumpup** , if you bother reading this: I will not miss you when you depart our company. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226/40 "2006-05-04T03:10:03Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] Nope, I don’t do drugs, I just can’t believe this lameass “Please tell me how awesome I am” thread in the fucking Pit even, especially since the dude is currently involved in one of the most controversial threads on the board. Sounds like a lame “point scoring” attempt to me. [/quote] See, this is why I think some anti-psychotics might be a good idea for you. Not one single sentence in that quote makes any kind of sense. “Please tell me how awesome I am?” What kind of mental damage do you need to get that from this OP? > [@](#): > > Are you on fucking crack? Should you be? Man, that joke just went _miles_ over your head, didn’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-fan-club/355226.md?page=3)