# When did Quartz become such a tool? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052 "2017-02-17T14:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/41 "2017-02-17T19:10:21Z")
As someone who enjoys auto repair, fabrication and all-around general “handy-man” stuff, I am offended by the use of the “T” word. I have a large collection of Craftsman, Mac, Snap-On and others, and the hate-speech in this thread is causing me great distress! Please respect my Safe Space and refrain from using the “T” word. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/42 "2017-02-17T19:17:20Z")
I realized he was fucking nuts when he said this… > [@Trump's Foreign Policy Briefing and use of Nukes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-foreign-policy-briefing-and-use-of-nukes/761718/18): > > I’d have used nukes in the Korean War, Vietnam, and Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/43 "2017-02-17T19:28:33Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > I realized he was fucking nuts when he said this… He pops up in the occasional Falklands threads to suggest using nukes against Argentina. Dude likes his nuclear fantasies I guess. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/44 "2017-02-17T19:52:56Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > I realized he was fucking nuts when he said this… Wow, I remember that. What an idiotic statement. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/45 "2017-02-17T20:23:37Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Wow, I remember that. What an idiotic statement. I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/46 "2017-02-17T20:30:44Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > Quartz became a tool during the early Neolithic, iirc. 🙂 I came in here solely in the hopes of seeing (or making) this joke, and I know it was just a throwaway line not meant to hijack the thread, but this is so wrong I can’t stand it. It’s like saying the automobile was invented last Tuesday. Quartz and other stone tools date back to [at least 2.5 million years ago,](http://www.livescience.com/7968-human-evolution-origin-tool.html) and were invented by ancestors of modern humans, probably _Homo habilis_. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/47 "2017-02-17T20:42:07Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > He pops up in the occasional Falklands threads to suggest using nukes against Argentina. Since the UK currently lacks aircraft capable of operating from a carrier, nukes - or rather, the threat thereof - are the only way the UK has of defending the Falklands. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/48 "2017-02-17T20:49:29Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Since the UK currently lacks aircraft capable of operating from a carrier, nukes - or rather, the threat thereof - are the only way the UK has of defending the Falklands. And keeping the Falklands is worth killing hundreds of thousands or millions of civilians, making it easier for other countries to use nukes, and making the UK an international pariah? I doubt even the most patriotic, pro-UK Falklands Islanders would agree with that. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/49 "2017-02-17T20:51:08Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Since the UK currently lacks aircraft capable of operating from a carrier, nukes - or rather, the threat thereof - are the only way the UK has of defending the Falklands. Whereas mockery in the pit is all we have to defend ourselves from your weapons grade stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/50 "2017-02-17T21:06:56Z")
What’s the deal with all these limeys poking their noses into American affairs? I thought we brexited those cunts back in the 18th century. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/51 "2017-02-17T21:09:49Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Since the UK currently lacks aircraft capable of operating from a carrier, nukes - or rather, the threat thereof - are the only way the UK has of defending the Falklands. Well, apart from that big old stone aircraft carrier sitting in the South Atlantic with a fully-functional RAF base on it. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/52 "2017-02-17T21:11:42Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > What’s the deal with all these limeys poking their noses into American affairs? I thought we brexited those cunts back in the 18th century. I seem to remember a rather arrogant and ignorant former US President (thank god) who rudely poked his nose into the affairs of the UK, where he sided with the despicable and evil globalists in the EU. The citizens of the UK did not appreciate such rudeness and arrogance coming from a clueless outsider and they basically told him to bugger off, which was made clear when they voted to leave the hell hole known as the EU. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/53 "2017-02-17T21:17:11Z")
Man, there used to be talented and amusing trolls on here. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/54 "2017-02-17T21:21:04Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Man, there used to be talented and amusing trolls on here. Oh, remember back in the day … ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/55 "2017-02-17T21:29:42Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Well, apart from that big old stone aircraft carrier sitting in the South Atlantic with a fully-functional RAF base on it. With only a few Typhoons and so vulnerable and so difficult to reinforce. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/56 "2017-02-17T21:37:11Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > With only a few Typhoons and so vulnerable and so difficult to reinforce. You should probably check out the current Argentinian order of battle. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/57 "2017-02-17T21:51:03Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Don’t worry. We will never call you a tool. > Tools do have some use. > [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > I was very worried until you posted that, so that comes as a relief. Thanks. > [@Colibri](#): > > Says another fucking tool. Actually, given Fotheringay-Phipps rather pretentious name and the style of writing he prefers, I would nominate “fop” or “dilettante” as his proper title. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/58 "2017-02-17T21:54:26Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > I seem to remember a rather arrogant and ignorant former US President (thank god) who rudely poked his nose into the affairs of the UK, where he sided with the despicable and evil globalists in the EU. > > The citizens of the UK did not appreciate such rudeness and arrogance coming from a clueless outsider and they basically told him to bugger off, which was made clear when they voted to leave the hell hole known as the EU. Christ; with compatriots like this and that dickhead in the Whitehouse, it makes me want to jump in the Atlantic. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/59 "2017-02-17T22:10:53Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > I seem to remember a rather arrogant and ignorant former US President (thank god) who rudely poked his nose into the affairs of the UK, where he sided with the despicable and evil globalists in the EU. > > The citizens of the UK did not appreciate such rudeness and arrogance coming from a clueless outsider and they basically told him to bugger off, which was made clear when they voted to leave the hell hole known as the EU. Nice segue, dickhead, but when I want the opinion of some sister-fucking, white trash anal blister, I’ll be sure to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/60 "2017-02-17T22:23:22Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Nice segue, dickhead, but when I want the opinion of some sister-fucking, white trash anal blister, I’ll be sure to ask. It is fairly evident for all to see as to who has class here, and it’s obviously not you or any of your eloquent comrades that communicate on the same level as gutter trash. It’s no wonder that so many people look down upon liberals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052.md?page=4)