# To the Comedians who troll the Great Debates forum. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 16, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511 "2005-06-16T08:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/61 "2005-06-16T19:43:37Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > And if there are people who think the thread is interesting, they’ll post to it, regardless of what I have to say. > > Once again, cite? You keep saying this, but I’ve never seen any evidence of it. Where’s your proof for this claim? > > Precisely the same thing that makes you the arbiter of what constitutes an acceptable post in a GD thread. 1 Prove _that_ by a cite. :rolleyes: 1. This is the PIT, asshole. Not GD. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/62 "2005-06-16T19:43:44Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > For a pound, I won’t hijack this thread to Luton. Man, I can’t find that Python reference anywhere. How frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/63 "2005-06-16T19:46:39Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > Man, I can’t find that Python reference anywhere. How frustrating. You should read me more often. I’ve used it at least twice since I joined. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/64 "2005-06-16T19:47:13Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 1 Prove _that_ by a cite. :rolleyes: > > 1. This is the PIT, asshole. Not GD. :rolleyes: > > :rolleyes: :dubious: Hey asshole maybe you have not heard but we require cites for any factual allegations even in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/65 "2005-06-16T19:49:00Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Hey asshole maybe you have not heard but we require cites for any factual allegations even in the Pit. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/66 "2005-06-16T19:50:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Cite? Man I knew that was coming as soon as I hit reply. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/67 "2005-06-16T19:51:29Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Man I knew that was coming as soon as I hit reply. 😃 You’ll never have a better opportunity to say “My post is my cite.” than you had there. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/68 "2005-06-16T19:51:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It is certainly NOT “being a jerk” to start a limited interest thread. But it can “being a jerk” to hijack a thread. Dudes have been warned for it. Depends on the thread. IIRC, the only warnings after a hijack were in a couple of “Finish the X Story” threads. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/69 "2005-06-16T19:52:50Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > You’ll never have a better opportunity to say “My post is my cite.” than you had there. :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: I am such a :wally ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/70 "2005-06-16T19:56:08Z")
Here are the rules for the PIT. No where do they talk about “require cites for any factual allegations even in the Pit.”. Lynn does state that “I really, REALLY don’t want to see joke threads in the Pit. ANY joke threads. If the jokes are too nasty for MPSIMS, then they’re too nasty for the Straight Dope Message Board.” \*\* I \*\*would \*assume \*that a thread that devolves INTO a “joke thread” would come under this rule, but I am not Lynn or a Mod or any sort, so that’s not my call. **Lute Skywatcher** - I don’t remember too many warnings on this either. But more than “hey, this is a thread of limited interest, don’t start threads like this.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/71 "2005-06-16T19:57:25Z")
:smack: Link: > **[Pit rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127729)** > > Pit rules: I don’t want anyone posting that they’re simply in the thread to watch the fireworks. This means no posts like “::pulls up a lawn chair::” No post parodies without links in the original post. Otherwise, I’m likely to close and/or... ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/72 "2005-06-16T20:00:22Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > \*\* I \*\*would \*assume \* Well you know what they say about people who assume… ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/73 "2005-06-16T20:02:15Z")
Hey, **Doc** , are you trying to be some sort of [reverse-milroy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=274735)? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/74 "2005-06-16T20:07:40Z")
> [@Pashnish Ewing](#): > > Shut up, dropzone. Now, THAT’S funny! ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/75 "2005-06-16T20:08:33Z")
Shut up, **Dropzone**! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/76 "2005-06-16T20:23:53Z")
Now it’s just becoming too much of a good thing. Humor is like a delicate rose. Wave it gently under your nose a couple times and it is a fragrant delight. Knock somebody over the head with it then throw it on the ground and stomp on it and it still smells good but it leaves a mess I’m not cleaning up. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/77 "2005-06-16T20:27:55Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 1 Prove _that_ by a cite. :rolleyes: > > 1. This is the PIT, asshole. Not GD. :rolleyes: > > :rolleyes: :dubious: Oh, I’m sorry. I mistook you for someone who had an actual interest in polite discussion of the topic of the thread. Allow me to adjust my approach in accordance to the terms of debate you are clearly seeking. _\_ Look, you humorless little cockbiter, nobody gives a flying fuck at a soggy doughnut about you, or what you think is “appropriate” posting behavior. If you had half the intelligence of a ham sandwich, you’d have figured out that the posting behavior you’re whining about is precisely what attracts people to this board. Irreverence and good humor (to say nothing of perception and insight) may be your own personal krypotonite, but thankfully, you are the exception around here, you dour little choad. You may not have enough gray matter sloshing around in your skull to continue a discussion despite a couple of humorous posts, but the rest of us aren’t suffering from congenital brain defects, and aren’t much interested in dumbing down the entire SDMB to meet your special needs. However, because I’m a charitable kind of guy, here’s a little free advice: 1. Using three rolleyes smilies in one post, especailly a post that only has two lines of text, makes you look like a moron. While this is certainly an accurate impression, you probably don’t want to tip you hand quite so early in the game. 2. If you make a claim _anywhere_ on these boards, be prepared to back it up. Just because you’re posting in the pit doesn’t mean you get to make up any random shit you want and present it as fact. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/78 "2005-06-16T20:28:25Z")
SHUT U…oh, screw it, I’m goin’ to happy hour. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/79 "2005-06-16T20:30:13Z")
Miller ruined my joke. _shakes fist_ USURPER!!! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511/80 "2005-06-16T20:58:27Z")
So did anyone else read the title of this thread at first as: To the _Canadians_ who troll the Great Debates forum. Huh? No? Never mind, then. Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-comedians-who-troll-the-great-debates-forum/308511.md?page=5)