# Yeah, I guess it's been a while since we've done this... (Tuba being an ass) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242 "2008-03-30T02:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/101 "2008-03-30T18:56:24Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Yeah? What has exactly Jack-squat to do with…? [/QUOTE] You must be off your Ritalin again, **GED**. Go sit in the corner. > [@](#): > > See post #93; repeat _ad nauseum_. No need, each of your posts comes with all the \*nauseum \* I need. Regards, **Fast Relief!** ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/102 "2008-03-30T19:29:55Z")
Whatever, man. I’m not the one who got all butthurt over an internet link. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/103 "2008-03-30T19:36:04Z")
If you guys are going to get all butthurt, get butthurt about the fact that you’re getting called out by a grammar nerd for misspelling _ad nauseam_. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/104 "2008-03-30T19:40:37Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] If you guys are going to get all butthurt, get butthurt about the fact that you’re getting called out by a grammar nerd for misspelling _ad nauseam_. [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/105 "2008-03-30T20:53:34Z")
My butt hurts. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/106 "2008-03-30T21:21:58Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] You must be off your Ritalin again, **GED**. Go sit in the corner.No need, each of your posts comes with all the \*nauseum \* I need. [/QUOTE] **Fear Itself** , I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one, but we prefer to keep referential terms to ‘the offboard community that shall remain nameless’. I’ll assume you weren’t aware of it, but please don’t do this again. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/107 "2008-03-30T21:23:35Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] **Fear Itself** , I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one, but we prefer to keep referential terms to ‘the offboard community that shall remain nameless’. I’ll assume you weren’t aware of it, but please don’t do this again. Thanks. [/QUOTE] Special treatment for special people? You’ll fit in well on staff. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/108 "2008-03-30T21:26:53Z")
[QUOTE=Garfield226] Special treatment for special people? You’ll fit in well on staff. [/QUOTE] Easy, Fear Itself ain’t got a rap sheet. You are molehilling. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/109 "2008-03-30T21:44:39Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] **Fear Itself** , I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one, but we prefer to keep referential terms to ‘the offboard community that shall remain nameless’. I’ll assume you weren’t aware of it, but please don’t do this again. Thanks. [/QUOTE] See, this just doesn’t make sense. If you are giving her the benefit of the doubt that she wasn’t aware of the other place then why don’t you admit that it’s not significant where the phrase came from? Why should “referential terms” be confined if they don’t actually violate any board rules? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/110 "2008-03-30T21:48:44Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] See, this just doesn’t make sense. If you are giving her the benefit of the doubt that she wasn’t aware of the other place then why don’t you admit that it’s not significant where the phrase came from? Why should “referential terms” be confined if they don’t actually violate any board rules? [/QUOTE] Because if somebody calls you Cloudy and you object to it and then I start doing it, isn’t that in essence the same infraction but doubled? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/111 "2008-03-30T21:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] Because if somebody calls you Cloudy and you object to it and then I start doing it, isn’t that in essence the same infraction but doubled? [/QUOTE] I think not. A common insult here (One I"ve said I don’t care for, feel is juvenile etc) is the intentional screwing up the user name, to make an insult. And, I think, “GED” is an obvious one for “QED” So I dont’ see why there would be an assumption it came from elsewhere. (and Im not generally a fan of **CarnalK** , either) ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/112 "2008-03-30T22:00:37Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] See, this just doesn’t make sense. If you are giving her the benefit of the doubt that she wasn’t aware of the other place then why don’t you admit that it’s not significant where the phrase came from? Why should “referential terms” be confined if they don’t actually violate any board rules? [/QUOTE] Because we don’t want every Pit thread to be “no u, fap fap fap”. It’s a difficult line to write, but, the fact of the matter is that offboard stuff needs to stay offboard. I’m not sure how many times I need to let you know this. If you want to argue where the line will be, I’ll listen – I’m no fan of beating people about the head, frankly – but you seem to argue that there should be no line. Sorry, but that ain’t happening. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/113 "2008-03-30T22:01:07Z")
[QUOTE=wring] I think not. A common insult here (One I"ve said I don’t care for, feel is juvenile etc) is the intentional screwing up the user name, to make an insult. And, I think, “GED” is an obvious one for “QED” So I dont’ see why there would be an assumption it came from elsewhere. (and Im not generally a fan of **CarnalK** , either) [/QUOTE] I stand corrected. Until (very) recently I hadn’t taken into account the pejorative weight of “GED.” Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/114 "2008-03-30T22:01:11Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] My butt hurts. [/QUOTE] Well stop fiddlin’ with it. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/115 "2008-03-30T22:03:12Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] Because if somebody calls you Cloudy and you object to it and then I start doing it, isn’t that in essence the same infraction but doubled? [/QUOTE] I don’t see how an explanation follows the word “because” there. It would indeed be the same infraction and I don’t think either should be one. Though calling me “Cloudy” might get a bunch of people to ask where the extra nickname came from and, as **wring** points out and I’ve tried to explain to **fluiddruid** , GED would not.\* \*eta: Oh, I see you got it. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/116 "2008-03-30T22:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] Until (very) recently I hadn’t taken into account the pejorative weight of “GED.” [/QUOTE] Oh, you finally got yours? _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/117 "2008-03-30T22:11:58Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Oh, you finally got yours? _d&r_ [/QUOTE] Why I oughtta - The fuck are you doing in MO? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/118 "2008-03-30T22:34:40Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] Because if somebody calls you Cloudy and you object to it and then I start doing it, isn’t that in essence the same infraction but doubled? [/QUOTE] I don’t get it. Why would anyone object to being called “Cloudy”? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/119 "2008-03-30T22:34:53Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] She was utterly and completely in the right here. That was not just a joke, that was a dangerous link. Ponder was an idiot to post that link. Folks- it wasn’t a “rickrolling” link, it was a link that opened dozens of ever-spawning pop-ups, many of which were merrily trying to load Malware onto your computer. It could caase many dudes systems to crash. [/QUOTE] You are full of shit. There is no malware there. You either made it up whole cloth or are lying. Neither is becoming. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242/120 "2008-03-30T22:36:00Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Sensitive] You are full of shit. There is no malware there. You either **made it up** whole cloth or are **lying**. Neither is becoming. [/QUOTE] (emphasis mine.) Interesting distinction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-guess-its-been-a-while-since-weve-done-this-tuba-being-an-ass/443242.md?page=7)