# Where did "Nuke 'em from orbit" come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440 "2007-03-11T02:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/41 "2007-03-11T18:13:37Z")
Look, the analysis team which went over this thread centimeter by centimeter found no physical evidence of the troll you describe. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/42 "2007-03-11T18:19:11Z")
**leave It Alone You Biches!** ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/43 "2007-03-11T18:25:58Z")
[QUOTE=lno] Look, the analysis team which went over this thread centimeter by centimeter found no physical evidence of the troll you describe. [/QUOTE] God damn it, that’s not all! 'Cause if one of those things gets down here then that will be all! And all this, this bullshit that you think is so important, you can just kiss all that goodbye! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/44 "2007-03-11T18:38:10Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Wait a post! [/QUOTE] You sent them to this site. I just checked the IP log… directive dates six-twelve-zero-seven. Signed **Exit, What T. F.** You sent them over here and you didn’t even warn us, **What**. Why didn’t you warn us? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/45 "2007-03-11T18:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=lno] Those mods are gonna come in here, just like they did before, and they’re gonna come in here and they’re gonna come in here and they’re gonna ban us! [/QUOTE] Ban it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/46 "2007-03-11T18:42:37Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] You sent them to this site. I just checked the IP log… directive dates six-twelve-zero-seven. Signed **Exit, What T. F.** You sent them over here and you didn’t even warn us, **What**. Why didn’t you warn us? [/QUOTE] Okay, look. What if that thread didn’t even exist? Did you ever think about that? I didn’t know! So if I went and made a major security situation out of it, every poster steps in; the Admins steps in, and there’s no exclusive edit ability for any poster, nobody wins! So I made a decision, and it was wrong. It was a bad post, **Mercotan**. It was a bad post. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/47 "2007-03-11T18:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Okay, look. What if that thread didn’t even exist? Did you ever think about that? I didn’t know! So if I went and made a major security situation out of it, every poster steps in; the Admins steps in, and there’s no exclusive edit ability for any poster, nobody wins! So I made a decision, and it was wrong. It was a bad post, **Mercotan**. It was a bad post. [/QUOTE] Bad post? These OPs are fucking socks, **What**! Well, they’re going to nail your username to the banned list… and I’ll be there when they do. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/48 "2007-03-11T18:57:17Z")
A bad Post? These posters a BANNED ---
**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:** [March 11, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/49 "2007-03-11T19:00:34Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Bad post? These OPs are fucking socks, **What**! Well, they’re going to nail your username to the banned list… and I’ll be there when they do. [/QUOTE] **Mercotan** , You know, I expected more from you. I thought you’d be smarter than this. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/50 "2007-03-11T19:10:07Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] **Mercotan** , You know, I expected more from you. I thought you’d be smarter than this. [/QUOTE] **What Turambar** turun’ ambartanen! Oops. I mean Sorry to disappoint you. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/51 "2007-03-11T19:16:01Z")
you always were an asshole Mercotan ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/52 "2007-03-11T19:52:30Z")
How do I get out of this chickenshit board? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/53 "2007-03-11T20:07:52Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] How do I get out of this chickenshit board? [/QUOTE] I don’t know. I only signed up because I thought they said “illegal” aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/54 "2007-03-11T21:34:07Z")
Somebody wake up **Dex**. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/55 "2007-03-11T22:44:30Z")
[QUOTE=sciurophobic] I don’t know. I only signed up because I thought they said “illegal” aliens. [/QUOTE] Yeah, well this little illegal alien has survived on this board for 6 years! ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/56 "2007-03-11T22:47:06Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Bad post? These OPs are fucking socks, **What**! [/QUOTE] I prefer the term “artificial poster” myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/57 "2007-03-11T22:48:01Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Yeah, well this little illegal alien has survived on this board for 6 years! [/QUOTE] With no wit and no training. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/58 "2007-03-11T22:48:10Z")
Is this gonna be a stand-up fight or just another sock-hunt? Sir. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/59 "2007-03-11T22:55:33Z")
Another glorious day on the Dope! A day on the Straight Dope is like a day on the farm. Every post’s a banquet! Every poll a fortune! Every Pitting a trainwreck! I LOVE the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/60 "2007-03-11T22:58:28Z")
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