# Waldo Pepper, here's your Pit thread (mild, just not GD-appropriate) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547 "2012-03-12T13:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547/41 "2012-03-12T19:33:32Z")
Thank you for reminding me why I stay away from GD. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547/42 "2012-03-12T20:05:24Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > And you already announced that _“I won’t be wasting my time on him again.”_ I commend you on, uh, something. That was ‘again,’ i.e. ‘next time.’ I’m not the kind to Pit and run, so I’ll be here all week. Try the veal. > [@](#): > > If all you can confidently speak to is a claim that the world will get warmer “over time,” then I’m delighted to have you make that point explicit; I wouldn’t want anyone to get the idea that you know more than you do. Neither would I, actually. > [@](#): > > No, see, it’s that I’m happy _ **either way.** _ When someone like you makes a too-vague claim, I’m equally delighted whether they (a) go on to supply specifics upon request or (b) admit they’re unable to supply specifics, and can only “confidently speak to” glittering generalities. It wasn’t too vague at all. Except for you. But I wasn’t talking to you. > [@](#): > > I believe my exact words were _“If it helps you, note that your observation is, as Aji said, useless per se to determine while your hypothesis is true.”_ Once again, **Aji** said no such thing about my observation. Except apparently before I made it, Mr. Time Traveler. > [@](#): > > you could’ve so satisfied me back in the other thread, or earlier in this one But since you were being an asshole from the get-go, I couldn’t see why I should bother. > [@](#): > > if you ever feel the urge to fire off an overly-general claim in the future, try to specify your terms or your limitations a little sooner. I will do so as needed for the conversation I happen to be in. Hence no amendments to what I said in the original thread are needed. > [@](#): > > I took a claim that was entirely too vague You keep saying that. There is nothing in the original conversation that indicates that it was too vague for that conversation’s participants. Which did not include you, as you never tried to participate in that particular conversation. Therefore it sufficed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547/43 "2012-03-12T20:38:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > But since you were being an asshole from the get-go, I couldn’t see why I should bother. That doesn’t concern me; you eventually bothered, and I thank you for it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547/44 "2012-03-12T21:32:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Thank you for reminding me why I stay away from GD. “You got your Great Debates in my Pit!” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547/45 "2012-03-12T21:58:12Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > That doesn’t concern me; you eventually bothered, and I thank you for it. …one bourbon, one Scotch, and one beer! ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547/46 "2012-03-12T23:31:32Z")
I’m a guy. Could y’all use he/him/his when referring to me? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547/47 "2012-03-13T13:04:33Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > I’m a guy. Could y’all use he/him/his when referring to me? I stand corrected, and will be sure to do so in the future. My apologies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547.md?page=2)