# What gives with rat avatar? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612 "2019-01-29T10:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/41 "2019-03-02T23:43:17Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Bye, Felicia.](https://youtu.be/bT90D0GKZRM) For me, that segued into another video called: [How Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I) It’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/42 "2019-03-03T00:21:47Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > …he seemed to think absolute-zero temperatures were relevant > [@rat avatar](#): > > You didn’t even use a closed system, ignored what “microstates” were and even ignored kinetic energy > [@septimus](#): > > Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. Gawd, I love it when physics nerds get into a pissing match.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/43 "2019-03-03T00:26:03Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Gawd, I love it when physics nerds get into a pissing match.🙂 How about those culinary nerds? Vicious put-down of the year so far: [Your Hollandaise has no discernible lemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21496294&postcount=3) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/44 "2019-03-03T00:26:29Z")
> [@rat\_avatar](#): > > _(If a mod is willing feel free to disable my account, and thank you for all of your hard work in the past)_ I’m just curious how you could be so ignorant about how the board works after so much time here. If you want to stop posting, just stop posting. The moderators are not responsible for the information posted here. We are merely referees. If posters believe information posted by others is incorrect, it’s up to them to present evidence to refute it. We do not “disable” accounts. You may be suspended or banned for cause. For what reason do you think you should be suspended or banned? In some cases, we may put posters “on sabbatical” at their own request because they feel they lack enough self control to keep from posting here voluntarily. If you feel that’s the case for you, send a request to a mod. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/45 "2019-03-03T01:33:15Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Was it the one about slavery not being that bad? His entire argument was based on his understanding of human nature, and he apparently neither knew nor cared that there had been actual, you lnow, accounts and scholarship. It was bizarre. Note: I fucked up. The thread I was thinking about was about Sage Rat. Everyone carry on. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/46 "2019-03-03T03:46:42Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Note: I fucked up. The thread I was thinking about was about Sage Rat. Everyone carry on. You’ve seen one rat, you have seen them all? I simple skip Sage Rat’s posts. He makes assumptions which he pulls out of his ass and spends forever over analyzing them. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/47 "2019-03-03T06:54:48Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > That’s rude! Can’t you see rat avatar is hurting? Try empathy for a change. Even if you have to fake it. Potty Mouth!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/48 "2019-03-03T08:56:37Z")
> [@rat\_avatar](#): > > I don’t know how to delete my account on here, > > But thanks for this pit. > > While I am sad that the dope has reduced to a level where “fighting ignorance” isn’t the main goal, and moderators admit that they aren’t willing to help people learn why they are wrong there are resources to do so… I’m sincerely sorry to hear this and regret that you are leaving. I think you do have much to contribute. If you had prefaced some of your posts with, e.g. This is unrelated to whatever point **septimus** is trying to make, but may be of interest … I wouldn’t have objected to your posts, and I might have had the opportunity to learn. Or, as a rhetorical device you might have emulated Galileo’s _Dialogue_ and invented a hypothetical “strawman” called Simplicio. _But instead you insist on misconstruing what someone else has written._ Be charitable — don’t assume that a fellow Doper is as ignorant as imaginable. _Perhaps I see this fault because I am also often guilty of it._ In future let’s review the debate carefully before clicking _Submit_. If it’s convenient to debate a strawman, let’s call him “Simplicio” rather than falsely imputing the views to a fellow Doper. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/49 "2019-03-03T17:06:28Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’m sincerely sorry to hear this and regret that you are leaving. I think you do have much to contribute. > > If you had prefaced some of your posts with, e.g. > This is unrelated to whatever point **septimus** is trying to make, but may be of interest … > I wouldn’t have objected to your posts, and I might have had the opportunity to learn. Or, as a rhetorical device you might have emulated Galileo’s _Dialogue_ and invented a hypothetical “strawman” called Simplicio. _But instead you insist on misconstruing what someone else has written._ Be charitable — don’t assume that a fellow Doper is as ignorant as imaginable. > > _Perhaps I see this fault because I am also often guilty of it._ In future let’s review the debate carefully before clicking _Submit_. If it’s convenient to debate a strawman, let’s call him “Simplicio” rather than falsely imputing the views to a fellow Doper. Why do you hate poor dear Simplicio? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/50 "2019-03-03T17:18:59Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Potty Mouth!!! :mad: That’s not it works, Tardy Smurf. What happened to your normal unhinged posts full of random links and random urban dictionary terms interspersed with weird accusations? Are your meds partially working now? If so, kudos to your doctors. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/51 "2019-03-03T18:07:28Z")
**Drunky** ’s always made more sense than you do. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/52 "2019-03-03T18:11:59Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > If so, kudos to your doctors. Oh wow, I didn’t even know they made [those](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudos_(granola_bar))anymore. Nutritional value per 1 bar (24 g) Energy 0.42 kJ (0.10 kcal) Carbohydrates 17 g Sugars 8 g Dietary fiber 1 g Fat 2.5 g Saturated 1.5 g Trans 0 g Protein 1 g Minerals Quantity %DV† Sodium 7% 110 mg ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612/53 "2019-03-03T21:14:40Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Was it the one about slavery not being that bad? His entire argument was based on his understanding of human nature, and he apparently neither knew nor cared that there had been actual, you lnow, accounts and scholarship. It was bizarre. I honestly can’t remember. I can only recall that his post to me was unexpectedly aggressive and based on a tortured reading of my words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-rat-avatar/828612.md?page=2)