# Why was everyone so bugged by Michael Masterson?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 6, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543 "2000-03-06T19:09:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543/41 "2000-03-10T04:55:00Z")

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Oops sorry about the tri-post. I use many different computers, and today was using a laptop for the first time… that little finger-mouse thing was messing everything up!

Sweet Basil

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Didn’t get voted for a damn thing!  
(thanks guys…)

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**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543/42 "2000-03-10T05:01:00Z")

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Just to clear things up, “Diff. Eq.” (pronounced “diffy cue”) is, yes, Differential Equations. It isn’t high-school calculus, though, it’s a 300-level college course. I’m taking it this semester, too. We call it “Applied Analysis”, but it’s really Diff. Eq.

In short, MM is smart, good at math, but socially impaired. And I’m going to shut up because I just described myself…

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Heck is where you go when you don’t believe in Gosh.

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**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543/43 "2000-03-10T05:01:00Z")

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I hope you didn’t see that as mean, I was just funnin’!  
I meant to add a 😃 but I forgot.  
Just so you know, sweetb

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“Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.”

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**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543/44 "2000-03-10T07:03:00Z")

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People hate Michael Masterson bacause he lacks originality in his name. Now, Ophanim, that’s just freakin genious! By the way, whomever took Seraphim and isn’t using it can bite me!

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Kisses!  
}\>\<(((^\>\<^)))\>\<{  
Ophy

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**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543/45 "2000-03-10T07:16:00Z")

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Did I hear someone ask why WAS everyone so bugged . . . ?  
Dr. Watson  
“Isolation from reality is inseparable from the the exercise of power.” – George Reedy?

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543/46 "2000-03-10T13:54:00Z")

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And also, I’ll comment on whatever the hell I feel like commenting on.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-so-bugged-by-michael-masterson/14543/47 "2000-03-10T13:55:00Z")

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Oops. Didn’t mean to send that again, I should learn to quit my browser each night start fresh in the morning.

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