# Welcome to our newest lunatic, Ermes Marana

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-newest-lunatic-ermes-marana/418524>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 9, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-newest-lunatic-ermes-marana/418524 "2007-09-09T04:09:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-newest-lunatic-ermes-marana/418524/21 "2007-09-11T17:17:12Z")

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It didn’t sound much like sarcasm when I read that OP, and **Ermes Marana** kept at it. Only after a few more posts did the absurdity turn into sarcasm. Up until those posts, it all sounded just like an idiot being serious.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-newest-lunatic-ermes-marana/418524/22 "2007-09-11T17:19:06Z")

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Well, I don’t know the OP from Adam. But he used the word “nefarious” in his summary sentence. Does anyone use “nefarious” with a straight face these days? It’s on MY list of “funny words to whip out for my own amusement,” I can tell you.

Sailboat

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-newest-lunatic-ermes-marana/418524/23 "2007-09-11T17:20:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Sailboat]  
…Does anyone use “nefarious” with a straight face these days? …  
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I do. It’s one of my favorite words.

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**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-newest-lunatic-ermes-marana/418524/24 "2007-09-11T17:29:52Z")

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Anyone with a passing familiarity with baseball and the cult of hate surrounding Bonds in today’s sports media would have recognized the obvious sarcasm, at least by his second post. He’s pointed out some obvious indicators (i.e. the MVP that never “made history”). That some people got so totally pantsed and won’t admit it is almost as funny as the Ermes’ post. It’s almost Kaufman-esque.

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-newest-lunatic-ermes-marana/418524/25 "2007-09-11T19:22:34Z")

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Is there any special reason I am not aware of that this had to be put in another thread? Just checking so I don’t break some rule or other.

I know very little about baseball and I knew it was definitely sarcasm by “nefarious henchmen”.

Some people need to tune up their sarcasm-o-meter. And perhaps start less pit threads.

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