# You're not fighting ignorance **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805 "2012-09-25T18:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/41 "2012-09-26T10:32:16Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Except for one thread, EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTS is a one liner. You have nothing substantive to say. > > Waste your own time, but quit wasting the time of people on this board. This little [gem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15485154#post15485154) seems to sum up the good doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/42 "2012-09-26T10:46:36Z")
> [@thudlow boink](#): > > [ignorance has been fought here.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22ignorance+fought%22+site%3aboards.straightdope.com) =o how the fuck did you do that??? ---
**Author:** ![Freakenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b782af/32.png) [@Freakenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freakenstein)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/43 "2012-09-26T11:07:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > That totally justifies my 30,000+ completely uninformative posts. > > ETA: Oooh! I’m almost at 45,000! Seeing a realization like this really warms My heart. I’m eagerly looking forward for My own big moment here. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/44 "2012-09-26T11:22:32Z")
_Ignorance_? Crap, I misread. Now Jim Lovell has a restraining order against me. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/45 "2012-09-26T12:03:13Z")
> [@boomerwang](#): > > =o how the fuck did you do that??? [Like this.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=http%3A%2F%2Flmgtfy.com%2F%3Fq%3D%2522ignorance%2Bfought%2522%2Bsite%253aboards.straightdope.com) As for me, I learned that Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis aren’t the same person. Really dodged a bullet there. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/46 "2012-09-26T12:58:26Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Since he’s a Docta, shouldn’t you be looking for an appla? It really doesn’t matta. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/47 "2012-09-26T16:35:26Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Speak for yourself, timewaster. You certainly are what you said-----you read this Board for almost three years of your life now. > > Go over to General QUestions. You might find a poster or two who tries to fight ignorance. > > You’ve never started a thread here until now. > > You’ve posted 396 times to the Board. That’s about a post every 2 1/2 days. > > Except for one thread, EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTS is a one liner. You have nothing substantive to say. > > Waste your own time, but quit wasting the time of people on this board. > > [posted as a poster, not as a moderator.] Okay. {slinks off meekly} ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/48 "2012-09-26T17:00:57Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Waste your own time, but quit wasting the time of people on this board. > > [posted as a poster, not as a moderator.] Oh go fuck a cactus. He isn’t somehow magically forcing everyone who posted in this thread to post in this thread or respond to any post he has ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/49 "2012-09-26T17:10:32Z")
Nah, I’m with samclem on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/50 "2012-09-26T17:34:17Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > You’re just wasting time on a message board. > > Here, I’ll prove it: Oh yeah? Well right now I’m getting _paid_ to waste time on a message board! So there. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/51 "2012-09-26T17:53:13Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Speak for yourself, timewaster. You certainly are what you said-----you read this Board for almost three years of your life now. > > Go over to General QUestions. You might find a poster or two who tries to fight ignorance. > > You’ve never started a thread here until now. > > You’ve posted 396 times to the Board. That’s about a post every 2 1/2 days. > > Except for one thread, EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTS is a one liner. You have nothing substantive to say. > > Waste your own time, but quit wasting the time of people on this board. > > [posted as a poster, not as a moderator.] This post has an almost lyrical quality, like it should be set to rock music. "Go away Timewaster!!!..’ And then it would smoothly flow into “Livin, Lovin, Cats” ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/52 "2012-09-26T17:53:15Z")
Priorities, man! We can’t rest until forming a party is enshrined in the UDHR. Yeah, yeah “peaceful assembly” my arse. That doesn’t even protect the right to drink! Fighting ignorance comes a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/53 "2012-09-26T17:56:52Z")
We’re fighting it, but it’s fighting back. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/54 "2012-09-26T18:23:20Z")
Hey, I post 'cause every fight needs two sides! ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/55 "2012-09-26T19:51:56Z")
QED ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/56 "2012-09-26T19:53:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Thank you for fighting my ignorance about this board. Not a fight. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/57 "2012-09-26T19:55:00Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > QED I’m not 100% sure, but I think we’ve all just been schooled, y’all. Or some such equivalent idiom. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/58 "2012-09-26T19:56:45Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Nah, I’m with samclem on this one. Yep. He nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/59 "2012-09-26T20:08:04Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > QED Bastard. QED was a respected, if somewhat irritable poster on this board who passed a few years ago. How dare you besmirch his memory! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-fighting-ignorance/635805/60 "2012-09-26T20:30:37Z")
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