# UncleBeer - What's your problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525 "2001-01-31T06:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/21 "2001-01-31T19:25:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*What’s my problem? I’m a dick. Deal with it. \*\* C’mon, **UncleBeer** , I think you can tell the rest of the Dopers the truth. After all, we are one big community, and **everyone here loves you**. With that in mind, I’ve decided to spill the beans: **UncleBeer** is suffering from a horrendous yeast infection in his medulla oblongata. **Kids** take a lesson from **UncleBeer’s** plight: I don’t care if it says “all natural” or “organic” - **don’t drink a beer unless it’s been pasteurized!!!** Sua ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/22 "2001-01-31T19:26:37Z")
So what if he’s posting drunk? Fuck, i do it all the time! If i had any booze in the house i’d probably be drunk right now! Maybe _you_ could use a drink Pit… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/23 "2001-01-31T19:40:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Whaddaya say Uke? Need some more Vernor’s? Why don’t ya make another trip west and I’ll hook ya up. \*\* See? See? What did I tell ya? Do we love this guy or do we LOVE this guy? {{{{{{ **UncleBeer!** }}}}}} C’mon, everybody, let’s hear a great big hand for **UncleBeer!** C’mon, bang those hands together! ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/24 "2001-01-31T20:08:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pit Meister \* > **Are you actually posting drunk?** I thought this line was extremely funny in the given context, as one or more of the banned posters in question used to frequently and randomly accuse people of this. 😃 [sub] **DISCLAIMER: this is NOT meant to suggest that anyone is sock, a troll, an incognito banned persona, etc.!!!** [/sub] All kidding aside, I posted the first of these threads after reading about one of these banned posters. As a newbie, I guess I just found the dark secrets of SDMB too alluring… Didn’t take into account that it probably just serves to encourage idiots (the “bad guys”, not the OP). I actually apologized to Uncle Beer in an email, because I realized that a) it’s not the true purpose of the board, and b) it could actually HARM the board. Hopefully, apologies are either unnecessary or accepted. Pit, relax. Everything’s cool. I don’t THINK anyone’s really holding anything against us… **yet** ---
**Author:** ![Pit\_Meister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Pit\_Meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pit_Meister)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/25 "2001-01-31T20:42:46Z")
Sorry if I haven’t answered anybody above. When I said I didn’t really care about UncleBeer I meant it, so I’m not reading this thread. Just thought if he could step on my toes, I’d return the favor. (I HATE being called Pitty- my Nanny always called me that. He does kind of resemble her. Say…with the right color wig…has anyone seen both of them together?) ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/26 "2001-01-31T20:57:43Z")
\*\*EXTRA! EXTRA! UKULELE IKE AND UNCLEBEER CAUGHT CYBER-HUGGING! In Other News, Earth Crashes Into Sun\*\* ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/27 "2001-01-31T21:07:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pit Meister \* > \*\*When I said I didn’t really care about UncleBeer I meant it, so I’m not reading this thread. Just thought if he could step on my toes, I’d return the favor. \*\* So you started a thread, with no intention of reading it, just to annoy another poster. That’s called trolling (actually it’s worse than trolling) and is generally frowned upon here. If I were **UncleBeer** , which, thank god I’m not, I would delete this thread and ask for your ass to be banned. Of course, I don’t know why I’m addressing this to you, as you’re not reading the thread. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/28 "2001-01-31T21:22:29Z")
You know Pit I don’t know you very well, but if you aren’t even reading then how can you comment on what is being said. As a word of advice, don’t step into that mode of operation. I’ve seen it before and it’s not pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/29 "2001-01-31T23:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pit Meister \* > **When I said I didn’t really care about UncleBeer I meant it, so I’m not reading this thread.** So you don’t care about someone, yet you started a Pit thread about them? You aren’t reading said thread, yet you are posting to it? Thx info dipshit. Oh, and UncleBeer, you are my hero. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/30 "2001-01-31T23:55:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pit Meister \* > **Sorry if I haven’t answered anybody above. When I said I didn’t really care about UncleBeer I meant it, so I’m not reading this thread. Just thought if he could step on my toes, I’d return the favor.** I’m sorry too…starting a thread and admitting you have no intention of reading it, or doing anything serious with it, is violating the “Don’t be a jerk” rule. Like **oldscratch** , I will not be surprised if the “First Warning” is issued. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/31 "2001-02-01T00:11:08Z")
> [@](#): > > What’s my problem? I’m a dick. Deal with it. And such a _cute_ dick he is, too! ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/32 "2001-02-01T01:38:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*What’s my problem? I’m a dick. Deal with it. \*\* \ “I’m Danielinthewolvesden, and I’m a dick, too”. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/33 "2001-02-01T01:49:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Danielinthewolvesden \* > \ “I’m Danielinthewolvesden, and I’m a dick, too”. :waits patiently for **pldennison** to wander in and agree vehemently: Sua ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/34 "2001-02-01T02:56:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smoke \* > **I actually apologized to Uncle Beer in an email…** Hey, no sweat. I apologize to **UncleBeer** in email about three times a week, just on general principles, even if we have no other contact. One of the most horrendous trolls who ever visited these boards once said, and you could hear the concern just DRIPPING from his typing fingers, “UncleBeer, are you really a heavy drinker? That would explain a lot of things.” I laughed so hard that an antler came out of my nose, and I’ve felt guilty as hell ever since. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/35 "2001-02-01T03:14:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > Hey, no sweat. I apologize to **UncleBeer** in email about three times a week, just on general principles, even if we have no other contact. A close friend swears that the reason his marriage is so successful is that every morning, he rolls over to his wife and says, “I’m sorry.” She responds, “Well, you shouldn’t have done it anyway!” Sua ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/36 "2001-02-01T04:51:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pit Meister \* > \*\*Sorry if I haven’t answered anybody above. When I said I didn’t really care about UncleBeer I meant it, so I’m not reading this thread. Just thought if he could step on my toes, I’d return the favor. (I HATE being called Pitty- my Nanny always called me that. He does kind of resemble her. Say…with the right color wig…has anyone seen both of them together?) \*\* _To Pit Meister in particular:_ That is called trolling. And THIS post of mine is called a warning. Don’t do stuff like this. _To Pit Meister and everyone else:_ The primary purpose of this message board (as a whole) is to stomp out ignorance. It is NOT to discuss how the board is run, or should be run, or to snipe at other posters or the moderators unless they are interfering in the goal of stomping out ignorance. If you are going to speculate on something, don’t put it forward as a fact. And if you have solid proof (or even strong suspicion) that a banned person is posting under another name, then email one or more mods or admins. Preferably TubaDiva and/or myself, as we are the ones who take care of most of this. Lynn Administrator For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Pa\_Parrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Pa\_Parrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pa_Parrot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/37 "2001-02-01T21:43:28Z")
Points of clarification needed, if you would be so kind. 1- How is this an example of trolling? By stating he’s not coming back to a thread he’s started? Even Ed Zotti has done this. His thread was closed (presumably by UncleBeer so he could have the last word, where he gratutously insults the OP as an exit pose) and the guy comes here to complain and have his own stab at having the last word. This falls under “turn-about is fair play”. Sure you mods can randomly insult serious posters on ATMB and lock the thread, but then you should have the class to accept a complaint about such behavior here in the pit. Or am I wrong? 2- It does appear that the OP was trying in his ATMB post to fight ignorance. He was stating the obvious that “banned” people simply return instantly. This has happened so many dozen times it’s really hard to ignore. They often reappear on the same thread on the next post with a new digit after their name. So it’s not a secret that this happens. Take the example shown in [this](http://www.coolboard.com/msgshow.cfm/msgboard=59937881395686&msg=72138183017781&page=1&idDispSub=10857665608731)thread where \*\*Krispy Original \*\*describes exactly this process. Or am I wrong? 3- It seems odd to post a warning to a person on a thread he has posted that he is no longer reading. How exactly is he supposed to get the warning? Did you email him? You always say email is the only way to be sure of things. (Actually, I suppose you might guess someone else would email him to read your message, but you can’t count on that.) Or am I wrong? Note this isn’t a complaint about how you run the board, just seeking clarification so I can plan accordingly, should something similar happen where a thread I’m on gets closed. ---
**Author:** ![Pa\_Parrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Pa\_Parrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pa_Parrot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/38 "2001-02-01T21:51:26Z")
(I guess the link was too long and broke up. Try again with shorter link.)[this](http://www.coolboard.com/boardshow.cfm/mb=10857665608731)thread where \*\*Krispy Original \*\*describes exactly this process. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/39 "2001-02-01T22:06:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > **The primary purpose of this message board (as a whole) is to stomp out ignorance. It is NOT to discuss how the board is run, or should be run, or to snipe at other posters or the moderators unless they are interfering in the goal of stomping out ignorance.** > [@](#): > > \*\*The BBQ Pit > If you gotta flame, do it here. This is the place for all complaints and other discussion regarding administration of the SDMB \*\* Lynn, :snipe snipe: If the statements you made are to be taken seriously by new members, perhaps the forum description should be modified to reflect the intent. I see a huge incongruity between your words and the forum description. I did not do this to nitpick, but to assist, as odd as that may seem. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525/40 "2001-02-01T22:33:30Z")
Mr. C, you’ve gotta take notice of a couple key phrases in Lynn’s post… (emphasis mine)… > [@](#): > > The primary purpose of this message board ( **as a whole** ) is to stomp out ignorance. > [@](#): > > It is NOT to discuss how the board is run, or should be run, or to snipe at other posters or the moderators **unless they are interfering in the goal of stomping out ignorance**. Now, for that last part… as 'Beer pointed out in the closed thread that spawned all this… > [@](#): > > the slogan on the front page of the Straight Dope, says “Fighting ignorance since 1973.” It does not say, “Wildy speculating since 1973.” Now, let’s all put this unpleasantness behind us, 'k? 'k. Now who’s up for some flirting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-whats-your-problem/52525.md?page=3)