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Rebo 13th January 2021 04:55 AM
141: Everybody get all aboard, We’re gonna snark on the Straight Dope Board, And if that Straight Dope Board don’t durp, We’re gonna retrosnark until we urp
 
Go!

archeonomist 13th January 2021 05:01 AM
That might actually be the worst title in the history of titles anywhere.

Rebo 13th January 2021 05:23 AM
Yay for Rebo!

iiandyiiii 13th January 2021 05:24 AM
Hey!

Sputnik 13th January 2021 05:38 AM
No, you did it on a Wednesday. You can't do it on a Wednesday! No one ever does it on a Wednesday. First a pandemic, then a riot, now a snark thread born on a Wednesday. This will be so bad. There's only one way to save this Rebo. You must box the first person to mention Browns in the Graffiti tags for all eternity. Do that and we're saved. If you can't do that, we're all going to gain massive amounts of weight.

JackieLikesVariety 13th January 2021 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Rebo (Post 1669953)
Yay for Rebo!
:)

:thumbs:

:expecto:

running coach 13th January 2021 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by archeonomist (Post 1669942)
That might actually be the worst title in the history of titles anywhere.
It was the best of titles, it was the worst of titles.

expectopatronum 13th January 2021 07:43 AM
worst title ever :violence:

Rat Diva 13th January 2021 08:01 AM
Picking up where we left off, mhendo was lamenting that BigTurd had taken him off ignore, the better to wag his finger for not doing what "our" side was supposed to do.

BigTurd has not only nailed himself to the cross, he's done it on top of a high horse on top of Mt. Everest. (He schepped them up there on SamualA's tramway.)

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Sorry. While I don’t like to make people angry at me, I’m not going to stop replying to you to tell you when I think you’re wrong. I may be trying to be less confrontational than I used to be, but I do have my limits. I still do not believe in rewarding those who try to get away with throwing a tantrum in an attempt to shut people up.

[self-righteous bloviation snipped]

I’m not going to become the guy who just goes along with whatever the loudest or most angry person says I should do. I’ve had enough of having to do that in my real life to allow it to happen online.
I do have sympathy for him if he was bullied in meatspace, but now he's gone in the other direction and turned into a really annoying bully himself :facepalm:

C2H5OH 13th January 2021 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by running coach (Post 1669971)
Quote:
Originally Posted by archeonomist (Post 1669942)
That might actually be the worst title in the history of titles anywhere.
It was the best of titles, it was the worst of titles.
Opening line of the book, "A Tale of Two Snarks"...

stichomythia 13th January 2021 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Rat Diva (Post 1669993)
I love his vaguely threatening tone. "But my niceness still does have limits." Like we'd better watch our step or he's gonna go all HULK SMASH on us.

Rat Diva 13th January 2021 08:59 AM
Behave or else he'll wave BOTH fingers at us! :ohdear:

C2H5OH 13th January 2021 08:59 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rat Diva (Post 1669993)
Picking up where we left off, mhendo was lamenting that BigTurd had taken him off ignore, the better to wag his finger for not doing what "our" side was supposed to do.

BigTurd has not only nailed himself to the cross, he's done it on top of a high horse on top of Mt. Everest. (He schepped them up there on SamualA's tramway.)

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Sorry. While I don’t like to make people angry at me, I’m not going to stop replying to you to tell you when I think you’re wrong. I may be trying to be less confrontational than I used to be, but I do have my limits. I still do not believe in rewarding those who try to get away with throwing a tantrum in an attempt to shut people up.

[self-righteous bloviation snipped]

I’m not going to become the guy who just goes along with whatever the loudest or most angry person says I should do. I’ve had enough of having to do that in my real life to allow it to happen online.
I do have sympathy for him if he was bullied in meatspace, but now he's gone in the other direction and turned into a really annoying bully himself :facepalm:
mhendo forgot to mention his constant projection of his own anger management issues onto others. He's constantly claiming people are angry with him, when in fact, it's mere contempt.

nonny101 13th January 2021 09:19 AM
Still no official comments in the Hari_Seldon thread. Seems odd that this is being swept under.

babale 13th January 2021 09:23 AM
We don't need official response every time a right wing snowflake ❄ whines about not getting special treatment

stichomythia 13th January 2021 09:35 AM
Asuka blurted out something embarrassing because a board game made him do it.
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Originally Posted by Asuka
I got asked this question as part of some shitty “party” board game a year ago and I truthfully said “Yes” to the question of “Have you ever thought of someone’s in the room’s spouse naked?” and apparently my friend and his wife got really offended about it.
:haw:

nonny101 13th January 2021 09:37 AM
I don't usually get involved in the petty political squabbles between the durp's liberal and conservative posters, and I don't see that OP being any particular brand of politically annoying. But Hari called his OP "abject stupidity", which would have drawn anyone else a warning.

stichomythia 13th January 2021 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by nonny101 (Post 1670019)
Still no official comments in the Hari_Seldon thread. Seems odd that this is being swept under.
Well, maybe they're hanging him out to dry.*

*Do people still use that idiom? I'm old, and not "hip" to the "lingo" these days.

running coach 13th January 2021 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670032)
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Originally Posted by nonny101 (Post 1670019)
Still no official comments in the Hari_Seldon thread. Seems odd that this is being swept under.
Well, maybe they're hanging him out to dry.*

*Do people still use that idiom? I'm old, and not "hip" to the "lingo" these days.
He's in his 80s. There not much wet left.

Sputnik 13th January 2021 10:04 AM
Maybe he fell under the bus.

ETA

Pure
Administrator

She replaced Fenny?

babale 13th January 2021 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by nonny101 (Post 1670030)
I don't usually get involved in the petty political squabbles between the durp's liberal and conservative posters, and I don't see that OP being any particular brand of politically annoying. But Hari called his OP "abject stupidity", which would have drawn anyone else a warning.
Calling someone a troll is also warning-worthy, but not when a mod does it.

nonny101 13th January 2021 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by babale (Post 1670046)
Calling someone a troll is also warning-worthy, but not when a mod does it.
It's a mod's job to identify trolls. That's why I didn't give a shit about that. What's your excuse for that giant turd you're walking around with in your pants?

Pure 13th January 2021 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Sputnik (Post 1670042)
Maybe he fell under the bus.

ETA

Pure
Administrator

She replaced Fenny?
No one can replace Fenny!

Just had some additional access added. I think all the mods were admins... except for me :(

Let the board-wide bannings begin!

Slate 13th January 2021 10:22 AM
Was the OP a troll or not? The thread sure read like concern/gotcha bullshit, but I didn't recognize the name. If, say, D'Anconia started that thread and Hari made the 'abject stupidity' comment, that would be perfectly okay.

ETA: This thread title made one of my kittens commit suicide.

Sputnik 13th January 2021 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Pure (Post 1670052)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sputnik (Post 1670042)
Maybe he fell under the bus.

ETA

Pure
Administrator

She replaced Fenny?
No one can replace Fenny!

Just had some additional access added. I think all the mods were admins... except for me :(

Let the board-wide bannings begin!
See, no good deed goes unpunished here at GB. May you rule in health and wisdom. :pure:

running coach 13th January 2021 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Sputnik (Post 1670067)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pure (Post 1670052)

No one can replace Fenny!

Just had some additional access added. I think all the mods were admins... except for me :(

Let the board-wide bannings begin!
See, no good deed goes unpunished here at GB. May you rule in health and wisdom. :pure:
i knew that .56% was up to no good.

stichomythia 13th January 2021 12:21 PM
Well, this is amusing: Hari Seldon gets mod-noted by What Exit.

Sunny Daze 13th January 2021 01:58 PM
Bad, bad, bad title.

George Kaplin 13th January 2021 04:53 PM
Well I like the title!

Then again, I also like dental injections.

ASL 13th January 2021 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by babale (Post 1670046)
Calling someone a troll is also warning-worthy
And so is saying the exact same thing I was going to say. At least it damn well ought to be...

babale 14th January 2021 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by nonny101 (Post 1670051)
Quote:
Originally Posted by babale (Post 1670046)
Calling someone a troll is also warning-worthy, but not when a mod does it.
It's a mod's job to identify trolls. That's why I didn't give a shit about that. What's your excuse for that giant turd you're walking around with in your pants?
Your posts are full of abject stupidity.

kayaker 14th January 2021 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670081)
Heh, and it was a deserved note. :nancy:

Vinyl Turnip 14th January 2021 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670028)
Asuka blurted out something embarrassing because a board game made him do it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Asuka
I got asked this question as part of some shitty “party” board game a year ago and I truthfully said “Yes” to the question of “Have you ever thought of someone’s in the room’s spouse naked?” and apparently my friend and his wife got really offended about it.
:haw:
Omitted, but potentially relevant, detail: the friend was married to Asuka's sister.

nonny101 14th January 2021 11:17 AM
DrDeth gets his feelings hurt because the mods find him as insufferable as we do.

C2H5OH 14th January 2021 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by nonny101 (Post 1670314)
He's pissed that there even exists somewhere in the world where people are allowed to say bad things, or even think bad thoughts about him. Totally unfair, you know.

Cochrane 14th January 2021 12:35 PM
ishmael69 is still butthurt about his OP being called stupid or trolling.

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Originally Posted by ishmael69
Not when reporting, but I was told my initial post was either abjectly stupid or a troll, given a warning and had my thread closed, despite the banner on the site saying "Fighting Ignorance Since 1973". I don't expect a volunteer group to be perfect, but I would prefer them to be civil.
https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an...read/930465/7?

OK, dude, bad modding call, but you don't have to go crying all over the boards about it. Stick to your own thread.

NoClueBoy 14th January 2021 12:55 PM
Just found this new thread...

Bleah

Detroit Hoser 14th January 2021 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by nonny101 (Post 1670314)
What a whiny little yap dog he is.

cleo 14th January 2021 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinyl Turnip (Post 1670285)
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670028)
Asuka blurted out something embarrassing because a board game made him do it.

:haw:
Omitted, but potentially relevant, detail: the friend was married to Asuka's sister.
To some extent I get his frustration. He never gave the title of the game, but he did indicate it was a commercially published one, so on some level everyone playing should have known it was a risqué game and been OK with its kind of questions. But nonetheless I_Love_Me_Vol.I's advice on discretion is reality. That is, of course, assuming the situation is exactly as Asuka presented and that they don't have some prior reputation or otherwise did something inappropriate in addition to answering.

C2H5OH 14th January 2021 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by NoClueBoy (Post 1670328)
Just found this new thread...

Bleah
Is that in reference to the title, or the snark contents so far? I can see it going either way... :D

stichomythia 14th January 2021 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cleo (Post 1670331)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinyl Turnip (Post 1670285)

Omitted, but potentially relevant, detail: the friend was married to Asuka's sister.
To some extent I get his frustration. He never gave the title of the game, but he did indicate it was a commercially published one, so on some level everyone playing should have known it was a risqué game and been OK with its kind of questions. But nonetheless I_Love_Me_Vol.I's advice on discretion is reality. That is, of course, assuming the situation is exactly as Asuka presented and that they don't have some prior reputation or otherwise did something inappropriate in addition to answering.
Given Asuka's history of self-reported odd behavior, I'm not inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt here.

Slate 14th January 2021 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Cochrane (Post 1670325)
ishmael69 is still butthurt about his OP being called stupid or trolling.

Quote:
Originally Posted by ishmael69
Not when reporting, but I was told my initial post was either abjectly stupid or a troll, given a warning and had my thread closed, despite the banner on the site saying "Fighting Ignorance Since 1973". I don't expect a volunteer group to be perfect, but I would prefer them to be civil.
https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an...read/930465/7?

OK, dude, bad modding call, but you don't have to go crying all over the boards about it. Stick to your own thread.
The basis of that thread is passive/aggressive whingeing.

Original Poster: People are being mean to me.

Everyone else: Like who for instance?

Original Poster: THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh.

Guinastasia 14th January 2021 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670353)
Quote:
Originally Posted by cleo (Post 1670331)

To some extent I get his frustration. He never gave the title of the game, but he did indicate it was a commercially published one, so on some level everyone playing should have known it was a risqué game and been OK with its kind of questions. But nonetheless I_Love_Me_Vol.I's advice on discretion is reality. That is, of course, assuming the situation is exactly as Asuka presented and that they don't have some prior reputation or otherwise did something inappropriate in addition to answering.
Given Asuka's history of self-reported odd behavior, I'm not inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt here.
The only thing that really sticks out about him to me is when he talked about his job as a pizza delivery boy, and he was bitching about customers taking advantage of some kind of two-for-one deal. :linky:

stichomythia 14th January 2021 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Guinastasia (Post 1670395)
Quote:
Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670353)
Given Asuka's history of self-reported odd behavior, I'm not inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt here.
The only thing that really sticks out about him to me is when he talked about his job as a pizza delivery boy, and he was bitching about customers taking advantage of some kind of two-for-one deal. :linky:
LOL. Yeah, that thread didn't go well for him.

Asuka's also the guy who firmly believes that Subway has a top-secret optimum configuration for each sandwich and they're deliberately withholding this information from customers and employees.

He's a weird, creepy little twerp.

C2H5OH 14th January 2021 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670406)
He's a weird, creepy little twerp.
God put some people on this planet to make the rest of us feel a little better about ourselves. Asuka is one of those people.

cleo 14th January 2021 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670406)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guinastasia (Post 1670395)

The only thing that really sticks out about him to me is when he talked about his job as a pizza delivery boy, and he was bitching about customers taking advantage of some kind of two-for-one deal. :linky:
LOL. Yeah, that thread didn't go well for him.

Asuka's also the guy who firmly believes that Subway has a top-secret optimum configuration for each sandwich and they're deliberately withholding this information from customers and employees.

He's a weird, creepy little twerp.
Fair enough. Wouldn't be surprised the real situation is he was staring at the person in the room that he imagined naked as he answered.

cleo 14th January 2021 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670406)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guinastasia (Post 1670395)

The only thing that really sticks out about him to me is when he talked about his job as a pizza delivery boy, and he was bitching about customers taking advantage of some kind of two-for-one deal. :linky:
LOL. Yeah, that thread didn't go well for him.

Asuka's also the guy who firmly believes that Subway has a top-secret optimum configuration for each sandwich and they're deliberately withholding this information from customers and employees.

He's a weird, creepy little twerp.
That was an amazing thread in general. So many otherwise neutral or OK posters essentially revealing they're petit tyrants to customer service employees. RTFirefly accusing Subway of running a bait and switch scam because sandwiches are made to order. And BigT declaring Subway the worst fast food restaurant ever:

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There are actually legitimate reasons to dislike Subway. Their online ordering is horrible and can result in them stealing from you. Sometimes the employees are surly to your face–something I’ve never had happen at any other fast food restaurant. There is almost never a manager there, just the sandwich makers, resulting in lax food safety and stuff.

Guinastasia 15th January 2021 03:28 AM
Oh Jesus, I remember that thread. "How can they DO that! It's a CUSTOM sandwich shop???? What a scam!"

Only Dopers.

JackieLikesVariety 15th January 2021 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Guinastasia (Post 1670418)
Oh Jesus, I remember that thread. "How can they DO that! It's a CUSTOM sandwich shop???? What a scam!"

Only Dopers.
I actually remember that thread as well.

in their defense, the thread made it to double digit posts before someone reports they make their own sandwich at home.

:bread:

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So many otherwise neutral or OK posters essentially revealing they're petit tyrants to customer service employees.
sad but true

Bill Door 15th January 2021 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Guinastasia (Post 1670395)
Quote:
Originally Posted by stichomythia (Post 1670353)
Given Asuka's history of self-reported odd behavior, I'm not inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt here.
The only thing that really sticks out about him to me is when he talked about his job as a pizza delivery boy, and he was bitching about customers taking advantage of some kind of two-for-one deal. :linky:
Were he complaining about the tip, I could understand that. My practice has always been that on a two-for-one deal to tip as though the free item were charged at full price. If the consumer gets two $5.99 pizzas for just $5.99, the consumer should tip on $11.98. There's no need to bring the delivery person into the promotional arrangement between the provider and the consumer. Complaining about the difficulty of delivering two pizzas instead of one is just being whiny.


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