# You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone it People Like You **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242 "2009-02-24T18:31:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/1 "2009-02-24T18:31:59Z")
I just logged on to pit Giraffe, but I see there are some new rules… Giraffe, I think you’re a “terrific” guy. I also think these new pit rules are “fantastic”. The only thing the pit now lacks is smilies of unicorns, butterflies and pretty rainbows…but with a little luck…and a tiny bit of magic, all of our dreams can come true. Have I told you lately that I love you? You truly are the wind beneath my wings. Hugs and kisses to all, but especially to Giraffe 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/2 "2009-02-24T18:34:56Z")
I…don’t know what to do. Would a sarcastic response playing along with the OP be considered critical of the new rules? It would be embarrassing to get banned from the forum I used to moderate. How’s this: **Enola Gay** , you are a poster at this message board. I think that’s safe. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/3 "2009-02-24T18:36:45Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/4 "2009-02-24T18:42:56Z")
**Giraffe** , you are a poster at this message board. Hugs and kisses! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/5 "2009-02-24T18:45:36Z")
It is your birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/6 "2009-02-24T18:49:52Z")
Unicorns, rainbows, and butterflies are already played out, in record time. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/7 "2009-02-24T18:54:36Z")
I guess that I am somewhat confused. What problem are these new rules trying to solve? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/8 "2009-02-24T18:55:44Z")
Did we get hit with a Care Bear Stare? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/9 "2009-02-24T18:57:24Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It would be embarrassing to get banned from the forum I used to moderate. Now Giraffe, it’s important not to get caught up in negative thinking. Negative thoughts are like a poison to your brain. But we all fall victim to being a Gloomy Gus from time to time and that’s o-kay. You have to give yourself permission to be HUMAN. So don’t beat yourself up for silly things like embarassment. You’ve got nothing to fear, but fear itself. Take pride in the fact that you are a good person and doggone it, people like you. And you know what? You deserve it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/10 "2009-02-24T18:59:11Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > I guess that I am somewhat confused. What problem are these new rules trying to solve? Hey! Ix-nay on the ules-ray. This thread is about me and nothing else. For you see, I am a poster at this message board. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/11 "2009-02-24T19:00:14Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > It is your birthday. 🙂 I’ll take the hour of sleep, thx. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/12 "2009-02-24T19:01:16Z")
I feel happy and gay. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/13 "2009-02-24T19:01:33Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Unicorns, rainbows, and butterflies are already played out, in record time. What about sunshine and lollipops? Are those still safe? Robin ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/14 "2009-02-24T19:04:15Z")
Fitter. Happier. More productive. Comfortable. Not drinking too much. Regular exercise at the gym three days a week. Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries. At ease, eating well. No more microwave dinners and saturated fats. A patient better driver. A safer car. Baby smiling in back seat. Sleeping well, no bad dreams. No paranoia. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/15 "2009-02-24T19:07:05Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Hey! Ix-nay on the ules-ray. This thread is about me and nothing else. > > For you see, I am a poster at this message board. Well then I think the new “you” is stupid and will only have unintended consequences. Whatever happened to one simple you, the you that exclaimed “don’t be a jerk!”? You s\*ck. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/16 "2009-02-24T19:11:59Z")
Gonna be locked. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/17 "2009-02-24T19:13:52Z")
> [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](#): > > Well then I think the new “you” is stupid and will only have unintended consequences. Whatever happened to one simple you, the you that exclaimed “don’t be a jerk!”? > > You s\*ck. Ahem, El Cid, I’ll thank you not to use such language in this forum. Perhaps you need to acquaint yourself to the new rules. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? And, Giraffe, you just ignore that meanie. Giraffe is rubber and you are glue. Anything you say bounces off Giraffe and sticks to you. Now no more stinkin’ thinkin’, o-kay? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/18 "2009-02-24T19:18:56Z")
**Enola Gay** ’s name is offensive to me. I do not feel that gays should be anywhere near my pits. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/19 "2009-02-24T19:23:53Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > I feel happy and gay. HEY!! Don’t throw that word around in a negative tone. It is offensive to the people who really \*are \*that way. It isn’t their fault they’re born like that, and it isn’t nice to use that word as an insult. You know which word I’m talking about. “happy” ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242/20 "2009-02-24T19:24:58Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > I do not feel that gays should be anywhere near my pits. How about your elbows? Are you OK with gays near your elbows? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-good-enough-youre-smart-enough-and-doggone-it-people-like-you/487242.md?page=2)