# Warning to Darren\_Garrison \[in Deaths that sort of define a person thread\] **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 14, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031 "2023-07-14T14:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/61 "2023-07-14T23:40:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > the first thing that honestly came to mind was the title of that movie. Yeah, I assumed you (_Darren Garrison, not Czarcasm_) were suggesting LHoD was a jerk, or more charitably, admitting that you had been a jerk. I didn’t get your intended reference just from the picture. I’m not sure if you really don’t get how jokes will be interpreted or if it’s performance art. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/62 "2023-07-14T23:42:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t even know what movie that picture is from. _The Jerk_. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/63 "2023-07-14T23:46:18Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I’m not sure if you really don’t get how jokes will be interpreted or if it’s performance art. My view on a joke or reference is if 1,000 people read it, 999 don’t get it and one person chimes in noticing that it is a reference to a plot point in season 2 of the 1983 animated series _The Littles_, then that is my person and the reference is a smashing success. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/64 "2023-07-14T23:49:34Z")
Well, that certainly is one way to interact with a large group of people on a message board. It doesn’t always work as well when the “jokes” are offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/65 "2023-07-14T23:50:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > I replied with a reference to > > You “replied” with a picture from a movie and, frankly, the first thing that honestly came to mind was the title of that movie Ditto. I saw that image and thought “Yeah, **Darren\_Garrison** , you kinda were…” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/66 "2023-07-14T23:52:10Z")
Then perhaps you might prefer speaking privately to that particular person? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/67 "2023-07-15T00:00:51Z")
How is he going to know who that particular person is, without using the rest of us as null test cases? Isn’t that what we’re here for? What harm does it do (rhetorical question, in case anyone wasn’t clear)? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/68 "2023-07-15T00:11:25Z")
Isn’t this the umpteenth time someone has posted something offensive while subsequently trying to wriggle out of the moderation in question by saying “Oh, it’s just a line from a movie/tv show!”? I guess I have trouble understanding how that automatically gives them a free pass. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/69 "2023-07-15T01:02:42Z")
To defend @Darren_Garrison, he didn’t start this thread and he has now been put into a position to defend himself in it. This seems pretty dumb to me. He got a warning and he didn’t complain about it. The OP is causing trouble with this silly thread. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/70 "2023-07-15T02:13:49Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > he has now been put into a position to defend himself in it. Or in a position to day, “gosh guys, that joke was in bad taste. I’ll do better.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/71 "2023-07-15T05:45:35Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > he has now been put into a position to defend himself in it > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > there also will be _no_ contrition, and _no_ apology. He’s doing a great job of that… ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/72 "2023-07-15T05:49:37Z")
As I see it, the person who got the warning isn’t the one who started the thread. They aren’t asking the mods here in ATMB to remove it, they aren’t apologizing for it, so, perhaps, we are done? I know we love to commit physical cruelty to deceased equines, but I don’t think there’s anything left to do here. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/73 "2023-07-15T05:55:47Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > As I see it, the person who got the warning isn’t the one who started the thread. They aren’t asking the mods here in ATMB to remove it, they aren’t apologizing for it, so, perhaps, we are done? That only seems fair, why drag this out? It is what it is. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/74 "2023-07-15T07:32:48Z")
Yeah, we’re done. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-to-darren-garrison-in-deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person-thread/987031/75 "2023-07-15T07:32:51Z")
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