# Who wants me to go away? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833 "2018-10-12T02:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/61 "2018-10-12T18:53:10Z")
I confess I have noticed Scumpup being a bit of an asshole lately. 'Til now I didn’t know he/she was an asshole with a business plan. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/62 "2018-10-12T18:56:32Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > You’re young.🙂 > > I often don’t remember people unless I’ve interacted with them or there’s something particularly interesting about them. > [@RickJay](#): > > I’ve been here since 1989 and can remember particulars about maybe 40 regular posters. Tops. I’m just easily confused by names. A few horrible ones stand out, a few I’ve met in real life, some of the admins and moderators, and a few good ones or ones with particular hobbyhorses. Even ones I think I know well I sometimes get confused on. > > Honestly, I don’t know a thing about Scumpup. Nothing whatsoever. Ha! Fair enough. I typically can’t recall names without some external cues, cues such as seeing names on a computer screen. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/63 "2018-10-12T18:59:45Z")
Um … I didn’t even know who you are until you posted this, so I’m thinking it really isn’t worth anything to me that you go away because, well, I never really knew you were here to begin with. Does that make any sense? 😕 Well, if you do leave, let me say “good luck” and that it was nice knowing you … no, wait, it was nice NOT knowing you … nah, that doesn’t sound right … sheesh, never mind! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/64 "2018-10-12T19:02:53Z")
I think I ‘know’ maybe ten posters by name, _maybe_ (where ‘know’ means that seeing their name gives me some idea of the kinds of things they’e likely to say or the kinds of positions they’re likely to espouse.) There are a number more that I recognize as being posters I’ve seen post before, but the mental file folder I have associated with their name has nothing in it. Poor, poor **Scumpup** is one of the latter. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/65 "2018-10-12T19:14:49Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Yeah I dont really understand this tendency for Dopers to claim en masse to not even know who long time regular posters are, when those posters violate board etiquette. I’m a pothea- a medical marijuana patient- and I have no trouble remembering even relatively obscure posters. Because I pay attention to not just what is being said but who is saying it. I thought that was normal social communication. Isnt it? When you hear something, whether it be stupid or smart, how do you _not_ notice who the comment is coming from? So many here like to use the Ignore function. How does anyone even know who to put on ignore if no one knows who the fuck anyone else is here? I’m with **RickJay** on this one. I notice characters of _significance_. You I know for example. If you were gone I’d miss you. You add value to this community. But most of us I think function here as part of the TM. The place would not be anything without us but we don’t get the close ups. Some I note for special expertise or interests. Some for the parts of their life stories they have shared. Some because they debate with skill. Some because they have caused me to question what I thought I knew. Some because they are entertaining. (And that includes some jerks.) The op? I recognize it is a username on this board. _Vague_ association of being a jerk and an idiot but nothing that stands out. No positive association. Of course that may just be that I have not frequented threads of relevance so much. But I simply would not notice if the op never posted again and it would impact me not at all. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/66 "2018-10-12T19:33:47Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Yeah I dont really understand this tendency for Dopers to claim en masse to not even know who long time regular posters are, when those posters violate board etiquette. I’m a pothea- a medical marijuana patient- and I have no trouble remembering even relatively obscure posters. Because I pay attention to not just what is being said but who is saying it. I thought that was normal social communication. Isnt it? When you hear something, whether it be stupid or smart, how do you _not_ notice who the comment is coming from? So many here like to use the Ignore function. How does anyone even know who to put on ignore if no one knows who the fuck anyone else is here? Speaking only for myself, I’m quite sure I’ve seen some of Scumpup’s posts. Nothing has particularly stood to me to the point where upon seeing this thread I thought “Ooooo Scumpup.” I had to literally click on “View All Posts By Scumpup” to see what the issue(s) might be. Some posters definitely stick out, some in good ways (e.g., Chronos, Voyager, running coach and more) others in bad ways (e.g. Silver Lining, Shodan, octopus, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/67 "2018-10-12T22:23:59Z")
Oh, WTF, I’ll play. I recognize the OP as a useless shitstain but care so little that I can’t even be bothered to put it on “ignore”, though I probably will if it hangs around much longer. Not willing to pay money to have it fuck off, but would be good if it does and gets its jollies infesting some other board. OP: consider that a new board might react more satisfactorily to your marvelous posts because the members there haven’t yet learned to dismiss you as a useless shitstain and might take you seriously for the first day or two. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/68 "2018-10-13T01:32:59Z")
I don’t know much about you but you strike me as pathetic. I don’t care if you stay or go. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/69 "2018-10-13T02:42:53Z")
It’s your unpleasant username that turns people against you. You should have picked something more jolly and happy and vaguely ethnic. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/70 "2018-10-13T02:51:39Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > It’s your unpleasant username that turns people against you. You should have picked something more jolly and happy and vaguely ethnic. ScumLaughingBuddha? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/71 "2018-10-13T02:53:27Z")
It’s 24 hours since he started this thread. Did he leave for free? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/72 "2018-10-13T03:29:27Z")
I want my money back. ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/73 "2018-10-13T03:37:22Z")
I only have one problem. I see your username and start reading in Scrappy-Doo’s voice. Even as a child I found that pup grating before the bad guy was unmasked. RRRuff, lemme attem, lemme attem!!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/74 "2018-10-13T03:38:54Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > It’s your unpleasant username that turns people against you. You should have picked something more jolly and happy and vaguely ethnic. Scheisshund? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/75 "2018-10-13T05:04:51Z")
That works. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/76 "2018-10-13T05:11:14Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The original offer seems inaccessible at the moment but [this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8966200&postcount=26) has links to where it used to be, at least. [This thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407718) contains the original “pay you to go away” offer. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/77 "2018-10-13T05:39:34Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > [This thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407718) contains the original “pay you to go away” offer. And when we banned him, did we get a dime? Noooooo!:smack: I think we could solve all the Board’s financial problems by auctioning off banning rigths…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/78 "2018-10-13T06:06:48Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > [This thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407718) contains the original “pay you to go away” offer. Yeesh. He was a bigger dipshit than I recalled, I guess. There’s a lot of names I miss from that thread … in retrospect, his would not be one I’d reinvite. Mind you - Liberal could be a real menace, too, back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/79 "2018-10-13T09:10:09Z")
> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#): > > I’d rather you stayed, but your call. I came back. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833/80 "2018-10-13T11:47:59Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Yeah I dont really understand this tendency for Dopers to claim en masse to not even know who long time regular posters are, when those posters violate board etiquette. I’m a pothea- a medical marijuana patient- and I have no trouble remembering even relatively obscure posters. Because I pay attention to not just what is being said but who is saying it. I thought that was normal social communication. Isnt it? When you hear something, whether it be stupid or smart, how do you _not_ notice who the comment is coming from? So many here like to use the Ignore function. How does anyone even know who to put on ignore if no one knows who the fuck anyone else is here? I don’t really pay that much attention to poster names or status here. There are maybe a dozen that I know, either because they have a clever name, or they are huge assholes. Usually, I just read the responses and don’t even look at a name until a read something that makes me look who wrote it and say to myself, “oh yeah, that asshole.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me-to-go-away/822833.md?page=5)