# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/81 "2015-02-28T16:37:12Z")
Blast off the pad, Tad Go orbit Mars, Lars Release the pod, Rod And set yourself free ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/82 "2015-02-28T16:39:18Z")
I meant architect. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/83 "2015-02-28T16:43:11Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I meant architect. There’s nothing like an open floor plan to say “I need some space”. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/84 "2015-02-28T16:55:00Z")
Happy BD Ellie. One thing about the dope. The guys here all refuse to leave the toilet seat in the down position. We figure the women will figure out how to work it soon enough. If not, they look funny with their ass in the big porcelain pot screaming for help. It’s the dope. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/85 "2015-02-28T17:36:30Z")
> [@ellie303](#): > > … Someone (one of you on this thread) actually said that it was good that a druggie kill themselves and put the world out of its misery… Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/86 "2015-02-28T17:55:52Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > FTFY. [Moderating] **OneCentStamp** , altering the content of another person’s post inside the quote box is a violation of the board’s rules. Please do not do this again. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/87 "2015-02-28T18:07:30Z")
> [@ellie303](#): > > This is actually my 2nd attempt on this website. Under my last account, I wrote a post about how my friend had just died from an overdose. Someone (one of you on this thread) actually said that it was good that a druggie kill themselves and put the world out of its misery. You know who you are, you spineless cunt. I have a very thick skin. What I don’t have is patience for people who are unnecessarily cruel. To the people who weren’t aware of my first account, I can see why you would think that the responses to my privacy q weren’t a big deal, but why are the same bullies still allowed on this website? That, I don’t get. To the people wishing me a happy birthday, thank you 🙂 It takes character to be kind in a sea of douchery. To the others making jokes at my expense, I feel sorry for you and your pathetic/whiny/sexless existences. I had a great bday w/a great guy. We hung out in the mountains w/his telescope till the sun came up. He looks pretty tasty on my bed right now. Also, he’s a fucking astronaut. Maybe one day he’ll be able to take me to a planet where people aren’t cunts. So, you got online to go and tell someone off on their bday? Wow, you must feel proud. Seriously, go play in traffic lol. I would love for you to report my account so I can finally be done with this website. Good riddance! [Moderating] **ellie303** , calling other posters cunts, expressing a desire to harm another poster or see them harmed, and having multiple accounts on this board are all violations of the board’s rules. No warning issued on the first two counts, but you need to contact someone on the moderation staff with the name of your previous account so that it can be merged with this one. Failure to do so is grounds for banning, which would prevent you from making any more declarations about how you’re leaving and not coming back. And God knows you wouldn’t want that. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/88 "2015-02-28T18:34:11Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Okaaaaaaaay. Now can somebody point me to the post where someone is a bully, or even noticeably rude, The first post that says something like “How can you not know these posts will be publicly visible” is a little rude. “How can you not know” questions generally function to shame the person being asked, and to shame a person when there’s nothing to be legitimately ashamed of is at the very least rude. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/89 "2015-02-28T18:46:41Z")
Nothing you post on the internet is \*\*\*really \*\*\*private. Live it, learn it, love it. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/90 "2015-02-28T19:04:05Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > As a fully qualified Canadian, I have reviewed the thread in question and found some evidence of joshing, but no jerkitude or bullying whatsoever. Glad to have cleared that up for you all, you may all now go about your business. > > Seriously, if someone had said “Sorry about that” I would have asked “What?” instead of reflexively apologizing. It’s good to have a Canadian around to provide this arbitration service. Thank you. Could you elaborate on what it takes to be a _fully qualified_ Canadian, though? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/91 "2015-02-28T19:18:22Z")
**Ellie** , contact a mod, ask to have your account sorted out, laugh off what’s happened, and sit back and enjoy your new board. It’s the internet, don’t take anything personal strangers tell you. One day you’re the windshield, the next day you’re the bug. Not any different here. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/92 "2015-02-28T19:25:56Z")
Something tells me she doesn’t give a shit about keeping her account here. ---
**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, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/93 "2015-02-28T19:43:48Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > As for newbies, try and fight back----some of the well-connected regulars here will whine like bitches and report you to the Mods like snitches and try to get you banned. Cite? > [@Frylock](#): > > The first post that says something like “How can you not know these posts will be publicly visible” is a little rude. “How can you not know” questions generally function to shame the person being asked, and to shame a person when there’s nothing to be legitimately ashamed of is at the very least rude. Why would it not be something to be legitimately ashamed of, or at least embarrassed by, especially someone who is an experienced user like **ellie303**? Do the math: If it weren’t a PUBLIC forum, how did she find it in the first place? The SDMB is searchable on Google, for fuck’s sake. And **ellie303** , it’s probably for the best if you had kept your boyfriend, who is an AStronaut and who you have seen NAKED, to yourself. NASA might not appreciate him dating a woman with a family as fucked up as yours. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/94 "2015-02-28T19:46:17Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It’s good to have a Canadian around to provide this arbitration service. Thank you. > > Could you elaborate on what it takes to be a _fully qualified_ Canadian, though? Case of Moosehead, box of Timbits, and a Stompin’ Tom album. They sell kits by mail. If you spring for the deluxe set they substitute La Fin du Monde and a Stan Rogers album. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/95 "2015-02-28T21:34:04Z")
Those Buzz Lightyear novelty vibrators finally found their niche market? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/96 "2015-02-28T21:40:40Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Those Buzz Lightyear novelty vibrators finally found their niche market? “To viginity, and beyond!” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/97 "2015-02-28T21:57:06Z")
> [@ellie303](#): > > … He looks pretty tasty on my bed right now. Also, he’s a fucking astronaut. … Good riddance! Everybody goes through an astronaut-fucking phase. Mine was at an English boarding school in Scotland, and it is not easy for me to talk about. When Astroman takes off, we’ll still be here. When you come back, don’t be so negative. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/98 "2015-02-28T21:59:39Z")
She packed my bags last night, pre-flight Zero hour, nine A.M. And I’m gonna be high As a kite by then ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/99 "2015-02-28T22:08:31Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It’s good to have a Canadian around to provide this arbitration service. Thank you. > > Could you elaborate on what it takes to be a _fully qualified_ Canadian, though? Landed and owns both a hockey jersey and a copy of “Strange Brew”? ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812/100 "2015-02-28T22:10:58Z")
> [@ellie303](#): > > Also, he’s a fucking astronaut. I can certainly understand how one might be smitten, the way he rode in on his unicorn, wearing those fetching NASA coveralls. Hell, I’m straight and I’d probably go for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812.md?page=6)