# To people who don't "get" rants (ahem, obfusciatrist) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759 "2003-10-21T19:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759/61 "2003-10-31T19:39:35Z")
Oh, and one more thing, presidebt. YOU are the one who started with the name-calling. It never ceases to amaze me how people want to hurl insults, but when they get hurled right back, they’re all of a sudden all high & mighty about it. Now _that’s_ funny. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759/62 "2003-10-31T19:53:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by blowero_ > But presidebt’s still an insufferable bitch. And you’re still as funny as an intestinal tumor. Dude, your original rant was just _lame_, alright? That’s what those “get over it posts” are short-hand for. It’s a nicer way of saying, “Don’t waste our time with your petty bullshit unless you can at least make it half-way funny.” (Which statment applies ten-fold to this thread, btw). If you can’t make your thread important, make it funny. If you can’t make it funny _or_ important, post it in MPSIMS, where shit like that belongs. If you don’t like the responses you get to your thread, you got two options: Post better threads, or stop posting threads altogether. Posting another thread to whine about the responses you got in another thread is pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759/63 "2003-10-31T20:27:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > And you’re still as funny as an intestinal tumor. So what part of “this isn’t about how funny I am”, didn’t you understand? > [@](#): > > That’s what those “get over it posts” are short-hand for. It’s a nicer way of saying, “Don’t waste our time with your petty bullshit unless you can at least make it half-way funny.” That’s that most inane thing I’ve ever heard. “Short-hand”, indeed.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759/64 "2003-10-31T20:45:35Z")
**blowero** , dude, I agree with you, and I’m still telling you to just let it go. Esprix ---
**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:** [October 31, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759/65 "2003-10-31T22:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by blowero_ > That’s that most inane thing I’ve ever heard. “Short-hand”, indeed. In that case, you should really preview your posts more often. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759/66 "2003-11-01T03:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*Awww, presidebt’s gonna tell the teacher on me. Fuck you, you stupid whore. > > Let me clarify what I meant: I’m not necessarily calling you a troll\*, but if one goes around posting “get over it; it’s not that important” in every thread which is obviously a tongue-in-cheek rant, then that constitutes troll-like behavior, and that person’s gonna get ignored. If you don’t do stupid shit like that, then people won’t have a problem with you. > > \*I _am_ calling you a bitch, however.😛 \*\* Does the hilarity never end? “Fuck you, you stupid whore.” The ultimate rebuff for slope-browed, drooling troglodytes everywhere. Where exactly, blowero, do they teach you simple folk about this fictional connection between a woman’s sexual morality and her propensity to disagree with you? Did your dad pull you aside on day and say, “son, let me tells ya ‘bout bitches…” or is more formal than that? ---
**Author:** ![dinoboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dinoboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinoboy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759/67 "2003-11-01T22:57:56Z")
Hmmm, so it is a week later and this debate ensues… It all could have stopped with a simple “agree to disagree” kind of thing, now it’s dropped to name calling… so sad really. **blowero** you sound a bit angry, are you still just joking around with us? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-dont-get-rants-ahem-obfusciatrist/208759.md?page=3)