# Why so many bullies/jerks on here? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 27, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812 "2015-02-27T23:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/21 "2015-02-28T01:49:04Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > Tried that. Got me detained in both Thailand and Jamaica. :eek: We’re going to have to confiscate this… for …umm…testing…yeah testing! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/22 "2015-02-28T01:50:30Z")
If you think you were badly mistreated in that thread then a shrinking violet like you really doesn’t belong here, or possibly even outside your house for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/23 "2015-02-28T01:54:25Z")
> [@ellie303](#): > > I find it sad that bullies have no problem hiding behind their computers like cowards. . . . New to the Internets, are we? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/24 "2015-02-28T02:09:43Z")
I don’t usually come anywhere near the Pit but --------- give us a straight line like “It’s my bday today and I don’t need this shit.” and what exactly did you expect? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/25 "2015-02-28T02:12:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [This one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750378), wherein we mercilessly pummel the OP into tears with our bullying ways. You guys are monsters! I didn’t realize how vicious this place was. :eek: I hope no one sees me posting this… ETA: Can we just keep this between you and me, silenus?? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/26 "2015-02-28T02:27:13Z")
**Ellie303** , consider yourself lucky. When I first joined here, the mods wouldn’t let me post unless I gave them my lunch money. That and the nightly indian burns almost made me pack it in. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/27 "2015-02-28T02:37:00Z")
> [@XT](#): > > You guys are monsters! I didn’t realize how vicious this place was. :eek: I hope no one sees me posting this… > > ETA: Can we just keep this between you and me, silenus?? Nope. These are the intrawebs! Everybody reads everything! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/28 "2015-02-28T02:38:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [This one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750378), wherein we mercilessly pummel the OP into tears with our bullying ways. Okaaaaaaaay. Now can somebody point me to the post where someone is a bully, or even noticeably rude, or did **engineer\_comp\_geek** wish that one into the cornfield, too? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/29 "2015-02-28T02:42:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [This one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750378), wherein we mercilessly pummel the OP into tears with our bullying ways. Are you fucking kidding me?? 😕 There was **no** bullying or jerkitude in that thread. WTF. Someone is having a pissy bday. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/30 "2015-02-28T02:48:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Nope. These are the intrawebs! Everybody reads everything! 😃 Oh man! Now everyone will know! ☹ (Yeah, not seeing a lot of bullying or jerkish behavior in there. Seemed pretty tame to me for this place) ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/31 "2015-02-28T02:51:12Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > You can’t delete your account. What you do is STOP POSTING. You’ll disappear soon enough. You can’t? :eek: Why, this place is a cult!! A CULT I TELLS YA!!! Can I at least change my username? Can’t find instructions for that. My username refers to something that’s not a part of my identity anymore. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/32 "2015-02-28T02:57:32Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > You can’t? :eek: Why, this place is a cult!! A CULT I TELLS YA!!! > > Can I at least change my username? Can’t find instructions for that. My username refers to something that’s not a part of my identity anymore. So is Mr. Switac buried in the root cellar or the rose garden? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/33 "2015-02-28T03:05:30Z")
Happy Birthday, **Ellie303**. It takes some getting used to here but we’re worth it, so stay. (Feel free to close your eyes, make a wish, count to three, and blow out your candles!) PS- you share a birthday with future president Chelsea Clinton! > [@MissSwitac](#): > > Can I at least change my username? Can’t find instructions for that. My username refers to something that’s not a part of my identity anymore. I’m tempted to ask for this also, but what would people call me? They’d only end up cursing anyway… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/34 "2015-02-28T03:10:06Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Happy Birthday, **Ellie303**. It takes some getting used to here but we’re worth it, so stay. > (Feel free to close your eyes, make a wish, count to three, and blow out your candles!) > PS- you share a birthday with future president Chelsea Clinton! > > I’m tempted to ask for this also, but what would people call me? They’d only end up cursing anyway… 😃 I always hear a horse neighing in alarm for some reason when I see your name pop up, though it’s really Frau Blücher who is the focus (I’m sure no relation to you)… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/35 "2015-02-28T03:27:08Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > You can’t? :eek: Why, this place is a cult!! A CULT I TELLS YA!!! > > Can I at least change my username? Can’t find instructions for that. My username refers to something that’s not a part of my identity anymore. That’s a good question. It used to be you contacted an admin, but all of the former admins ( **TubaDiva,** **Marley,** **Dex** ) are gone now. Can you ask a mod and have them forward the request to the appropriate person ( **Ed Zotti?** **Jerry?** ) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/36 "2015-02-28T03:31:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > That’s a good question. It used to be you contacted an admin, but all of the former admins ( **TubaDiva,** **Marley,** **Dex** ) are gone now. Can you ask a mod and have them forward the request to the appropriate person ( **Ed Zotti?** **Jerry?** ) Yes. Let a mod know and we’ll send it up the food chain. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/37 "2015-02-28T04:02:51Z")
This place can be really shitty to newbies. Some people aren’t prepared for what they get here. Ellie doesn’t look like one of those one or two-hit wonders-she looked like she could’ve been a great poster once she learned the ropes. Way to go. ETA: I didn’t realize this had been moved to the Pit. Great, let even more people pile on. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/38 "2015-02-28T04:04:45Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > So is Mr. Switac buried in the root cellar or the rose garden? Well, my roses did come up beautifully this year. 🆒 It’s this special fertilizer. hard to find. They don’t make it anymore. Yeah…that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/39 "2015-02-28T04:05:09Z")
What did we do, **Helena330**? Did you even READ that thread? At worst, there was milder joshing than you get between co-workers. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/40 "2015-02-28T04:12:44Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > This place can be really shitty to newbies. Some people aren’t prepared for what they get here. Ellie doesn’t look like one of those one or two-hit wonders-she looked like she could’ve been a great poster once she learned the ropes. > > Way to go. > > ETA: I didn’t realize this had been moved to the Pit. Great, let even more people pile on. 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812.md?page=3)