# WTF? Otto was just banned by Ed. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971 "2008-09-10T18:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/621 "2008-09-12T12:36:01Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > So where’s the thread calling me out? > > Come on, you can do it. Chickenshit. Come on, Buk Buk Buk! > > Hijack over, little BOY. I’ve been in the slammer too, Omegaman. Talk to me, I might be able to communicate your message to the 99%'ers. As long as you don’t speak utter shite. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/622 "2008-09-12T12:56:03Z")
I got here way too late to make the joke that Ed secretly hates palindromes. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/623 "2008-09-12T13:57:29Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:618, topic:462971”] How much worthwhile content do you actually provide **Ellis Dee**? What about you **JayJay** , how much do you personally provide that is meaningful and worthwhile and contributes to attracting people to this place? [/QUOTE] If that isn’t the pot calling the kettle African-American, I don’t know what is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/624 "2008-09-12T14:07:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If that isn’t the pot calling the kettle African-American, I don’t know what is. 😃 Are you calling Barack Obama a kettle? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/625 "2008-09-12T14:22:09Z")
Only half of one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/626 "2008-09-12T15:02:08Z")
So he’s a ket? or a tle? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/627 "2008-09-12T15:50:29Z")
He’s a ttl. Why are you stuck on the ends? This campaign is about change. Let’s embrace the freedom of the middle! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/628 "2008-09-12T16:00:15Z")
Yeah! Stop excluding the middle! ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/629 "2008-09-12T16:08:30Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > I’ve been in the slammer too, Omegaman. Talk to me, I might be able to communicate your message to the 99%'ers. As long as you don’t speak utter shite. Shite’s about all I know. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/630 "2008-09-12T19:04:09Z")
I like **Otto**. Don’t always agree with him, but I’ve always enjoyed his posts. This was not **Ed’s** finest hour. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/631 "2008-09-12T19:20:20Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > I like **Otto**. > Don’t always agree with him, but I’ve always enjoyed his posts. > > This was not **Ed’s** finest hour. No, but his apology shows he is a mensch in the end and is looking out for what is best for the Dope and its existing community. \*\*Otto \*\*has been a right shit to him lately over the **Barn House** forum and he did pick the wrong time and place for a snide post. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/632 "2008-09-12T19:23:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > No, but his apology shows he is a mensch in the end and is looking out for what is best for the Dope and its existing community. \*\*Otto \*\*has been a right shit to him lately over the **Barn House** forum and he did pick the wrong time and place for a snide post. I do have to wonder if **Otto** comes back how he’ll match Ed’s Menschitude. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/633 "2008-09-12T19:26:57Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I do have to wonder if **Otto** comes back how he’ll match Ed’s Menschitude. I suspect he will remain **Otto**. He’ll be funny and witty and piss off other people at other times. For me at least I find him smart and witty much more often than he pisses me off, but then I don’t seem to interact with him all that often. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/634 "2008-09-12T19:30:25Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > Shite’s about all I know. Tell me about it. I can talk shite with the best of ‘em, but that plain ol’ bullshit is a bit hard to swallow, without some spice. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/635 "2008-09-13T01:29:57Z")
> [@mutantmoose](#): > > What kind of an answer did he expect? That mods are held to a different (more relaxed) standard than the peons. Which is pretty much exactly the answer **Ed Zotti** gives a while later with an added “my way or the highway” bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/636 "2008-09-13T01:34:00Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Yeah! Stop excluding the middle! Apparently, you’ve never meta-pun you didn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/637 "2008-09-13T06:39:32Z")
Shut up ivan. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/638 "2008-09-13T10:58:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If that isn’t the pot calling the kettle African-American, I don’t know what is. 😃 I don’t claim to be anything special. > [@Jayjay](#): > > And the fact that you honestly seem to believe that we, the members, don’t actually provide desirable content gives an excellent insight into your lack of self-esteem. My self esteem is just fine. I just don’t feel that my or anyone else’s contributions to this board entitle us to anything. We are certainly not _entitled_ to a say in how the board is run. The membership as a whole provide desirable content however the board developed from the SDMB columns, without the columns there would have been no board, and if the columns were discontinued now there would probably be no board, on the other hand if it was decided to get rid of GD, the BBQ Pit, MPSIMS, IMHO etc the board could still go on. Even though the columns themselves form a very small part of this board they are the essence of it. I used to frequent a Fender guitar discussion board, the most active part of it was the equivalent of MPSIMS but no one was under any illusion that that part of the board was anything other than an amusing sidebar. IMO the centre piece of this board is GQ. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/639 "2008-09-13T11:02:50Z")
> [@mutantmoose](#): > > Shut up ivan. Not. Going. To. Happen. Any. Time. Soon. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971/640 "2008-09-13T11:51:49Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Not. Going. To. Happen. Any. Time. Soon. Oh, I’m sure it will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-otto-was-just-banned-by-ed/462971.md?page=33)