# To the reading comprehension challenged Re: Scylla's thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 2, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419 "2005-04-02T17:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/182 "2005-04-05T12:54:24Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Which has prompted me to ask if maybe those old guys in Scandinavia were not smoking dope that day. I think that is the question on everybody’s mind. Must’ve been some potent stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/183 "2005-04-05T18:33:30Z")
> [@Diane](#): > > We haven’t “gotten into it” in over a year yet I am “still riding your ass at every opprotunity”. Which is it? Well, considering I don’t post all that often anymore and have thankfully not found myself in a thread with you, it can very well be both. > [@](#): > > Don’t flatter yourself, I had forgotten all about you until I saw your name pop up in this thread. Sorry to burst your bubble. Ah yes, the “I don’t care what you say or think” response. Who would’ve saw _that_ one coming? Get some new material, **Diane**. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Daisy\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daisy\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daisy_Mae)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/184 "2005-04-05T19:12:28Z")
> [@lezlers](#): > > Well, considering I don’t post all that often anymore and have thankfully not found myself in a thread with you, it can very well be both. > > Ah yes, the “I don’t care what you say or think” response. Who would’ve saw _that_ one coming? > > Get some new material, **Diane**. :rolleyes: For someone who pretends to be so above it all, you certainly seem to enjoy putdowns and insults as much as anyone else around here. You think Diane needs material but this seems like old hat for you as well. How on earth can you snipe at anyone for being rude and/or insulting when every one of your sermons is peppered with a backhanded smack? I hate to point it out, but that soapbox you’re standing on seems to be sinking into the mud. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/185 "2005-04-05T19:24:59Z")
> [@Daisy Mae](#): > > For someone who pretends to be so above it all, you certainly seem to enjoy putdowns and insults as much as anyone else around here. You think Diane needs material but this seems like old hat for you as well. > > How on earth can you snipe at anyone for being rude and/or insulting when every one of your sermons is peppered with a backhanded smack? > > I hate to point it out, but that soapbox you’re standing on seems to be sinking into the mud. You know what I find really interesting in all this? 1. That the discussion so quickly seems to veer into a pissing contest between the posters that seem to want to use this thread ( and threads like this ) to jump on other posters that they’ve had conflicts with in the past and 2. that other posters like \*\* Daisy Mae\*\* are so eager , it appears, to add fuel to the proverbial fire. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/186 "2005-04-05T19:26:52Z")
> [@Daisy Mae](#): > > For someone who pretends to be so above it all, you certainly seem to enjoy putdowns and insults as much as anyone else around here. You think Diane needs material but this seems like old hat for you as well. > > How on earth can you snipe at anyone for being rude and/or insulting when every one of your sermons is peppered with a backhanded smack? > > I hate to point it out, but that soapbox you’re standing on seems to be sinking into the mud. You know what I find really interesting in all this? 1. That the discussion so quickly seems to veer into a pissing contest between the posters that seem to want to use this thread ( and threads like this ) to jump on other posters that they’ve had conflicts with in the past and 2. that other posters like \*\* Daisy Mae\*\* are so eager , it appears, to add fuel to the proverbial fire. It’s an interesting exercise in board dynamics. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/187 "2005-04-05T19:28:20Z")
Apparently, I have a case of double postitis today. ---
**Author:** ![Daisy\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daisy\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daisy_Mae)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/188 "2005-04-05T19:31:21Z")
> [@jlzania](#): > > 1. that other posters like \*\* Daisy Mae\*\* are so eager , it appears, to add fuel to the proverbial fire. > > It’s an interesting exercise in board dynamics. Or like you apparently. I guess when one sees bullshit, it’s wrong to call bullshit in the Pit? Someone pretends to be so above it all yet never takes her foot off the accelerator of insults so I pointed it out. If that makes me eager in your eyes, then a big hearty fuck you ya hypersensitive twat. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/189 "2005-04-05T19:40:58Z")
Kum bah yah, my lord Kum bah yah ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/190 "2005-04-05T19:49:20Z")
Well, I guess Dave got his wish. This thread is no longer about how he belittled someone and then claimed never to have done it. I guess years-old grudges are more interesting. Are there really that many petty little ankle-humpers here? Maybe they _do_ need their own forum, although I would have thought live journal hate blogs would be enough. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/191 "2005-04-05T19:49:59Z")
> [@Daisy Mae](#): > > Or like you apparently. > > I guess when one sees bullshit, it’s wrong to call bullshit in the Pit? > > Someone pretends to be so above it all yet never takes her foot off the accelerator of insults so I pointed it out. If that makes me eager in your eyes, then a big hearty fuck you ya hypersensitive twat. Well **Daisy Mae** , from your charming “… fuck you ya hypersensitive twat” it certainly appears that _you’re_ positively salivating to get into a fight with someone today. Not especially interested in taking you on as, quite frankly, I have no earthly idea of who you are. I am beginning to form an opinion however. :rolleyes: If you’ll re-read my post, I think you’ll see that I wasn’t joining in the general bashathon-simply noting that this seems to happen with a degree of regularity whenever specific posters are involved. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/192 "2005-04-05T19:54:03Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > Well, I guess Dave got his wish. This thread is no longer about how he belittled someone and then claimed never to have done it. If you’re striving for accuracy, this thread seems to no longer be about how I belittled some people and got accused of belittling a different poster. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/193 "2005-04-05T19:55:07Z")
Didn’t comment on the original thread. Only thing I wish to point out is that as far as I can tell, there ain’t many folks in this one, either, who are coming out well. IMHO, when a thread has wound down to “you always do such and such” “oh yea? well you do it worse” and “I did an extensive search and the last time I did such and such was 15 months ago” and “don’t you have better things to do than follow me around” and of course the ever popular “as if! you’re not worthy of notice”, than the thread has more than jumped the shark and further utterances of that ilk do not serve any positive purpose for the poster. Obviously, of course, people will do what they wish. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/194 "2005-04-05T20:05:01Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > If you’re striving for accuracy, this thread seems to no longer be about how I belittled some people and got accused of belittling a different poster. See, I felt it had been established on page one that _in addition to_ targeting the admirers, you choose to use condescending terms in reference to the OP. I’ll tell you what, why don’t we meet back here and fight about 15 months from now? **wring** , sure come in and talk sense when the train is off the tracks, down the hill, across the valley, and floating out to sea. By the way, didn’t you disagree with me in year 2001 on the topic leaving children unattended? Don’t go thinking _that_ argument is over yet! ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/195 "2005-04-05T20:08:30Z")
I don’t understand why people belittle others for aggression and vituperation, but act as if they themselves are somehow _soi-disant_ observers of the scene. C’mon, if you are in the Pit, you’re not above the mud, you’re _in_ the mud. Humans are creatures of aggresssion, and fighting and anger are normal, natural attributes we all possess. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/196 "2005-04-05T20:10:06Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > I don’t understand why people belittle others for aggression and vituperation, but act as if they themselves are somehow _soi-disant_ observers of the scene. C’mon, if you are in the Pit, you’re not above the mud, you’re _in_ the mud. Humans are creatures of aggresssion, and fighting and anger are normal, natural attributes we all possess. Oh fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/197 "2005-04-05T20:11:54Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Oh fuck you. \ So many promises, so little delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/198 "2005-04-05T20:26:58Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > \ So many promises, so little delivery. Good lord, GET A ROOM! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/199 "2005-04-05T20:27:32Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > **wring** , (snip) By the way, didn’t you disagree with me in year 2001 on the topic leaving children unattended? Don’t go thinking _that_ argument is over yet! But after yet another search, we discover that **that** little to-do was merely an extension of a prior dust up from August of 2000. Don’t you **ever** let anything go? ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/200 "2005-04-05T20:32:35Z")
Oh for god’s sake. I didn’t realize defending myself was the equivelent of diving in a pissing match with someone else. Yes, everyone, I’m _human_ and will snap when provoked. Next time someone pokes me with a shit-covered stick I’ll just ignore it. Of course then I’ll probably be accused of admission by silence or other such bullshit, but hey, can’t make everyone happy. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419/201 "2005-04-05T20:45:15Z")
**lezlers** , I’m sorry if you thought my comment about pissing matches was directed specifically at you. It wasn’t and you certainly weren’t the first to begin the whole 'Hatfield and MCcoy-you annoyed me 6 months ago and now here’s my chance to get my licks in… feuds that erupted in this thread. I did and still do think it’s interesting how many not so deeply buried grudges seem to surface when one of these types of threads gets rolling. That’s all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-reading-comprehension-challenged-re-scyllas-thread/297419.md?page=11)