# What is Diogenes the Cynic's Condition Called **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709 "2011-02-17T16:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/141 "2011-02-18T19:33:13Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > There is no thing as “the Dio show.” What tanks in Baghdad? There are no US tanks in Baghdad. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/142 "2011-02-18T19:35:55Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > **Dio** , don’t you do rehabilitative assistance with folks in their home or something like that? Curious, do you ever have discussions with them like you do with posters here on the board, ones where the disagreement is carried and accentuated for a substantial period of time? No, I’m there to do a job, not express my political opinions. Talk on the job tends to be small talk about tv shows, sports and the weather. People in real life also don’t feel the need to circle around me and try to enage in prolonged, name-calling rants every time I disagree with them. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/143 "2011-02-18T19:38:53Z")
Sports, heh, you mean like Favre? Okay, thanks for the answer. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/144 "2011-02-18T20:09:47Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > No I haven’t. Nobody said you have and nobody said you haven’t. Nobody said anything. Ever. This message board does not exist. Next question. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/145 "2011-02-18T20:17:20Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > This message board does not exist. Ceci n’est pas un message board. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/146 "2011-02-18T20:31:21Z")
This thread can now be referenced as a _synecdoche_ of the overall phenomenon in question, both in regard to the poster in question and the response to his behavior. I don’t really have anything else to add. I just have always wanted an unforced opportunity to use that word. Press on with your collective outrage. Why break the cycle of addiction? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/147 "2011-02-18T20:34:36Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > This thread can now be referenced as a _synecdoche_ of the overall phenomenon in question, both in regard to the poster in question and the response to his behavior. > > I don’t really have anything else to add. I just have always wanted an unforced opportunity to use that word. > > Press on with your collective outrage. Why break the cycle of addiction? > > Stranger That word doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/148 "2011-02-18T20:45:57Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > That word doesn’t exist. It does. He is just using the definition ONLY he uses, which, BTW is the correct one even if he is the only one on the planet that uses it that way (and you should have know that you ignorant fool). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/149 "2011-02-18T20:49:37Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > It can mean “posts sincerely held strong opinions for the purpose of attracting attention” though. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I don’t post to get attention. Yet when you post your outragous statements and don’t get called on them, you bow out of the thread. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/150 "2011-02-18T20:52:14Z")
Note to all: Parroting back **Dio’s** type of statements appears to cause him to disengage. I think the next time there is a thread derail by **Dio** , it would be interesting to lay down some “suppressing fire”, like in the movies, made up of **Dio** -like posts back at him. I’m curious to see how he will work around that. Sure we could ignore him, but that’s not very entertaining. He will be forced to get creative to make a post that causes someone to respond in a manner that he desires. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/151 "2011-02-18T20:52:33Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Yet when you post your outragous statements and don’t get called on them, you bow out of the thread. Go figure. He doesnt do that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/152 "2011-02-18T20:55:37Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > He doesnt do that. Post #99 is my cite. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/153 "2011-02-18T21:11:52Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Note to all: > Parroting back **Dio’s** type of statements appears to cause him to disengage. > > I think the next time there is a thread derail by **Dio** , it would be interesting to lay down some “suppressing fire”, like in the movies, made up of **Dio** -like posts back at him. I’m curious to see how he will work around that. Sure we could ignore him, but that’s not very entertaining. He will be forced to get creative to make a post that causes someone to respond in a manner that he desires. In other words, The Dio show, A Very Special Episode. Or, The Dio Show jumps the shark. Or, The Dio Show with special guests. I’m not sure which, but I know it still sounds like a thread about bread pudding or some such nonsense would still end up being some version of the Dio Show with that technique. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/154 "2011-02-18T21:36:32Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I have done that many times. It doesn’t seem to work. People prefer to project their fantasies onto me. Prove it. Show a thread where you only defended your position once, and then just stopped. And cut with the persecution complex. You’ve been told repeatedly what to do to stop annoying people. You haven’t even given the slightest indication that you will try. You continue to be stubborn. That’s why the term “the Dio show” was coined. You are the one who acts like a junior high school student, arguing against citations with declarative statements of how thing must be. You are the one who thinks repeating yourself after someone has challenged your argument is actually somehow intelligent. When you engage on one of your pet issues, it really does feel like the arguments I used to get into as a kid. When it still happens to me as an adult, I feel ashamed. I’ve got a fucking mental disorder, and even I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/155 "2011-02-18T21:43:44Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Prove it. Show a thread where you only defended your position once, and then just stopped. He has to respond to any posts directed at him, otherwise people will claim they’re being ignored. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/156 "2011-02-18T21:48:34Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > In other words, The Dio show, A Very Special Episode. Or, The Dio Show jumps the shark. Or, The Dio Show with special guests. I’m not sure which, but I know it still sounds like a thread about bread pudding or some such nonsense would still end up being some version of the Dio Show with that technique. No doubt. It’s all in the name of science. If he procreates the genes will infiltrate society and maybe already have. We need more information to contain the effects on society at large. What will future generations say if we skip this opportunity and lay the burden at their feet? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/157 "2011-02-18T21:50:10Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Just wanted to point out I enjoyed every minute of my interactions with **Dio** in the linked thread and in this thread. I would like to apologize to Dio. I called you an idiot. I really don’t think you are an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/158 "2011-02-18T22:52:26Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Yet when you post your outragous statements and don’t get called on them, you bow out of the thread. Go figure. “Outrageous statements” meaning “something I disagree with,” of course. And I don’t understand your point. If people reply to me or attack me, I respond. If they don’t, then what is there for me to respodn to? I’ve said my piece. It’s everybody else that drives this kind of middle school bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/159 "2011-02-18T22:56:32Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > “Outrageous statements” meaning “something I disagree with,” of course. > > And I don’t understand your point. If people reply to me or attack me, I respond. If they don’t, then what is there for me to respodn to? I’ve said my piece. It’s everybody else that drives this kind of middle school bullshit. Nobody has ever attacked you. This is false. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709/160 "2011-02-18T23:00:55Z")
> [@The\_Surb](#): > > I would like to apologize to Dio. I called you an idiot. I really don’t think you are an idiot. Why not? It’s painfully obvious that he is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709.md?page=9)