Penelope Was coveted by 108 snarkers in Homer’s The Durpyssey

[Someone]

Oh dear. The tag-team of monstro and you with the face are after me because I think that the woman who employed Soyuc (the mail bomber) and treated him like a human was remarkably generous of spirit, considering he thought she was an abomination as a lesbian but she didn't fire him because he never behaved anything less than professional while on her clock.

The argument (and I certainly understand that most others will disagree with me) bugs me less than the predictability of the sisters' posts backing each other up. Do these two ever post separately when things get heated, or are they conjoined twins? Normally I enjoy their posts (esp. monstro's since she brings a unique lifestyle POV) but I sure do get sick of having one show up right to back the other, regular as clockwork. It's like having a sockpuppet except on someone else's hand, so to speak.

I'm close to my sister but fuck me, if mine showed up in every thread to make sure I had a doppelganger/cheerleader, I'd tell her to shove off and let me fight my own battles.

Oops almost forgot the link.

[Someone]

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DrDumbth proudly declares:

... while demonstrating that he knows neither what he, nor anyone else, is actually talking about. The whole thread is him doing that, but I just linked to his declaration of 'certified expertise'.

He's still smarting from the time his offer to write a Staff Report on money laundering was ignored.

That was a smart move on Zotti's part; in this thread, DrDeth shows that he doesn't understand that the whole point of money laundering is to launder money (he seems to think that it has something to do with avoiding taxes).

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Well looks like another Rules Bitching bonanza, VPNs ruling parsing and bitching and arguing over a non ruling.



But why the fuck is the Admin over there still got a stick up there asses about VPNs like it's 2003 and an esoteric service? I mean every third month in mainstream media there's articles about VPN services to protect oneself from net-spying and boost security with VPNs, and fuck Win10 asked me to set up a VPN after I clicked on the highlighted icon by mistake - and it looks like they got sticks up their asses about a service that's actually widely recommended for ordinary joes... 'cause P2P and like Napster man...



They're like a museum there.



It's always gonna be 2002-2003 chez le Dope.

Holy cannoli, Jonathan Chance is being spectacularly stupid in that thread.

[Someone]

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I call bullshit for another reason. Unless he's trying to keep in elephants and has some crazy voltage, an average livestock electric fence wouldn't make anyone pee their pants. I've accidentally touched many and never came close to peeing. You know you hit it, but it's "Holy crap!!" for about a second then you go on about your business (more carefully).

I've accidentally touched en electric fence too. It was annoying, but nowhere near the level of discomfort that Scylla claims.

Maybe he really does have an electric fence and is exaggerating its effects. But I think the rest of that story is bullshit. Maybe he brushed against the fence one day, and while rubbing the sore spot on his arm he fantasized about using the fence to mess with his friends. When you've got adoring fans telling you what a gifted storyteller you are and pushing you to produce more, you get sloppy and start fudging the details.

The same thing applies to his "cow in the pool" post. He bought a pool cover, noticed that it was marketed as strong enough to support an elephant, and came up with the story. Even Scylla isn't stupid enough to claim that there are elephants wandering around his neighborhood, so he went with a cow instead. (The pool cover makes an encore appearance in his Vacuum Blimp thread; he's very proud of that thing.)

[Someone]

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Well looks like another Rules Bitching bonanza, VPNs ruling parsing and bitching and arguing over a non ruling.

It's a twofer. They're afraid that somebody will read about VPNs on the Dope, use that information to download a Game of Thrones episode or the latest superhero movie, and Sun-Times Media will somehow get blamed. Getting the Dope involved in a legal mess is the absolute worst thing you can do!

Also, you can use VPNs for socking, and having a sock account is the second worst thing you can do!

[Someone]

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He's still smarting from the time his offer to write a Staff Report on money laundering was ignored.

That was a smart move on Zotti's part; in this thread, DrDeth shows that he doesn't understand that the whole point of money laundering is to launder money (he seems to think that it has something to do with avoiding taxes).

Lol. Dumbass

edit - Found some DrDumbass retro snark: This thread about a case from a few years ago where the a kid (not an actual minor) got thrown into a holding cell by the DEA and forgotten for five days, so he went without food, water, or human contact and had to resort to drinking his own piss. He was not charged with a crime.
Most posters are outraged, DrDeth isn't so much, and tries to school everyone on what really happened. Miller and Larry Borgia both give him a nice smackdown. I'm only on page 2 of the thread, too.

edit again: I just realized after writing that all out that DrDeth is basically trying to be Shodan but isn't quite up to the task, intellectually. (Someone may have made this observation before, I can't remember)

[Someone]

Jesus, the thread is full of assholes cracking jokes about how this guy nearly died of thirst from neglect, all because it serves him right he.... brace yourselves kids, this gets rough...

smoked MARIJUANA

Link to the story from the OP is dead. I wonder what came of all this?

Edit: I did find it.

But I still wonder about people who's immediate reaction is to show their wit. What a bunch of empathy-challenged assholes.

[Someone]

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Jesus, the thread is full of assholes cracking jokes about how this guy nearly died of thirst from neglect, all because it serves him right he.... brace yourselves kids, this gets rough...



Link to the story from the OP is dead. I wonder what came of all this?

In the interest of fairness, I should point out that the home was raided by the DEA where multiple drugs and weapons were found. There were I think 7 people in the house, all of whom were taken in. But the kid in question was found to have nothing to do with it and wasn't charged with a crime. He apparently was acting up, tossed into a cell until he cooled off, and then he was forgotten. He went five days without food, water, or human contact, drank his own piss and attempted suicide during. DrDeth seemed to think it was NBD. I also wonder what came of it, if anything.

edit: I read it, looks like he got a $4M settlement. Good. And yeah, I hate all the dipshits making light of it. Also, the article mentions Chong was in handcuffs the whole time he was in there, just fucking awesome.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

DrDumbth proudly declares:

... while demonstrating that he knows neither what he, nor anyone else, is actually talking about. The whole thread is him doing that, but I just linked to his declaration of 'certified expertise'.

You are SNARKING on ME, AGAIN!!!! STOP DOING THAT!!! IT'S TOTALLY UNFAIR!!!!

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Jesus, the thread is full of assholes cracking jokes about how this guy nearly died of thirst from neglect, all because it serves him right he.... brace yourselves kids, this gets rough...



Link to the story from the OP is dead. I wonder what came of all this?

Edit: I did find it.

But I still wonder about people who's immediate reaction is to show their wit. What a bunch of empathy-challenged assholes.

Kimmy_Gibler is the biggest cunt in that thread. I always hated that guy and now I remember why.

[Someone]

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Kimmy_Gibler is the biggest cunt in that thread. I always hated that guy and now I remember why.

That's some hardcore dumbfuckery. That level takes skill and dedication.

[Someone]

Is Stranger trying to commit suicide by mod?

[Someone]

Stranger On A Train suspended for noting that Quartz is a dumbass, Chessic Sense is a disingeneous fuckwit, Watchwolf49 has an inability to state a coherent thought or use sensible punctuation, Doorhinge's many faults, and the eternal question of whether Bricker is an insufferable pococurante or a contriving troll.

Link

[Someone]

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Kimmy_Gibler is the biggest cunt in that thread. I always hated that guy and now I remember why.

I don't remember ever noticing that person, so no comment on that. I just wanted to note that if I had a beef with a person called Kimmy_Gibler, I would probably be referring to them as Kum_Gobbler. That is all.

[Someone]

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Stranger On A Train suspended for noting that Quartz is a dumbass, Chessic Sense is a disingeneous fuckwit, Watchwolf49 has an inability to state a coherent thought or use sensible punctuation, Doorhinge's many faults, and the eternal question of whether Bricker is an insufferable pococurante or a contriving troll.

Link

Why are you making me beat you!!!!

[Someone]

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I don't remember ever noticing that person, so no comment on that. I just wanted to note that if I had a beef with a person called Kimmy_Gibler, I would probably be referring to them as Kum_Gobbler. That is all.

I'd have to go with Kiddy_Diddler.

[Someone]

Also good.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Stranger On A Train suspended for noting that Quartz is a dumbass, Chessic Sense is a disingeneous fuckwit, Watchwolf49 has an inability to state a coherent thought or use sensible punctuation, Doorhinge's many faults, and the eternal question of whether Bricker is an insufferable pococurante or a contriving troll.

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Goddamnit, the SDMB's intelligence pool just got a little shallower. Stranger may be easy to stir to a boil, but he's one of the most reliably interesting and informative posters over there.

Can't help noticing that all the folks mentioned above almost certainly deserved whatever they got, too.

Hope he makes it back and stays this time.

Also to the earlier discussion--yeah, Kimmy_Gibler was an absolute shithead in that thread (and elsewhere). The only time I remember some decent posts from him was during the Stoid "I totally wasn't asking for legal advice, I just wanted you lawyers to tell me what to do!" kerfuffle.

[Someone]

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Stranger On A Train suspended for noting that Quartz is a dumbass, Chessic Sense is a disingeneous fuckwit, Watchwolf49 has an inability to state a coherent thought or use sensible punctuation, Doorhinge's many faults, and the eternal question of whether Bricker is an insufferable pococurante or a contriving troll.

Link

That may be the straw that broke this capybara's back.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Well looks like another Rules Bitching bonanza, VPNs ruling parsing and bitching and arguing over a non ruling.

But why the fuck is the Admin over there still got a stick up there asses about VPNs like it's 2003 and an esoteric service? I mean every third month in mainstream media there's articles about VPN services to protect oneself from net-spying and boost security with VPNs, and fuck Win10 asked me to set up a VPN after I clicked on the highlighted icon by mistake - and it looks like they got sticks up their asses about a service that's actually widely recommended for ordinary joes... 'cause P2P and like Napster man...

They're like a museum there.

It's always gonna be 2002-2003 chez le Dope.

Hey. You can't really blame "engineer_comp_geek", here. Despite his user name, he's actually a technopeasant. He sucks as an enguneer, he knows shit about computers, but he is a fucking idiot geek. One out of three ain't bad! (mmm... Meatloaf)

The qualifications to be a Mod there do not include technical competence. Or intelligence.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

He's still smarting from the time his offer to write a Staff Report on money laundering was ignored.

That was a smart move on Zotti's part; in this thread, DrDeth shows that he doesn't understand that the whole point of money laundering is to launder money (he seems to think that it has something to do with avoiding taxes).

I SAID STOP SNARKING ON ME!!!!! ARE YOU PEOPLE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND PLAIN DROOLISH???///

It's not FAIR! Stop DOING IT!!!!

[Someone]

Oh man, I hope Stranger finds his way here. I always read his posts. He does seem strung pretty tight lately. I recall him talking about a lot of stress at work.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Stranger On A Train suspended for noting that Quartz is a dumbass, Chessic Sense is a disingeneous fuckwit, Watchwolf49 has an inability to state a coherent thought or use sensible punctuation, Doorhinge's many faults, and the eternal question of whether Bricker is an insufferable pococurante or a contriving troll.

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He flounced a couple of years ago (over one of his previous warnings) and stayed away for a month. I wonder if he'll come back this time.

Even if he does reappear after his suspension, I don't think he'll last long. Super smart guy, but man does he have a short fuse.

[Someone]

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Oh dear. The tag-team of monstro and you with the face are after me because I think that the woman who employed Soyuc (the mail bomber) and treated him like a human was remarkably generous of spirit, considering he thought she was an abomination as a lesbian but she didn't fire him because he never behaved anything less than professional while on her clock.

The argument (and I certainly understand that most others will disagree with me) bugs me less than the predictability of the sisters' posts backing each other up. Do these two ever post separately when things get heated, or are they conjoined twins? Normally I enjoy their posts (esp. monstro's since she brings a unique lifestyle POV) but I sure do get sick of having one show up right to back the other, regular as clockwork. It's like having a sockpuppet except on someone else's hand, so to speak.

I'm close to my sister but fuck me, if mine showed up in every thread to make sure I had a doppelganger/cheerleader, I'd tell her to shove off and let me fight my own battles.

Oops almost forgot the link.

Are they actually sisters, or did you mean that in a metaphorical sense? I already had them both dismissed as only ever posting to talk about some "woke" bullshit, and effectively just a single monstrowiththeface poster but (if you meant it literally, honestly not sure), this explains a lot.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Are they actually sisters, or did you mean that in a metaphorical sense?

They are literally sisters - twins.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Stranger On A Train suspended for noting that Quartz is a dumbass, Chessic Sense is a disingeneous fuckwit, Watchwolf49 has an inability to state a coherent thought or use sensible punctuation, Doorhinge's many faults, and the eternal question of whether Bricker is an insufferable pococurante or a contriving troll.

I'll miss having Stranger's posts to read during his suspension but I take solace in knowing that I'll still have new material to read from Quartz, Chessic Sense, watchwolf49, doorhinge, and Bricker while I wait for his return. Who among us hasn't pulled up a search of recent doorhinge posts on a slow day in hopes of gaining a little science knowledge?

[Someone]

Yeah, they're literal sisters. monstro is the more interesting of the two and contributes a lot, with an interesting perspective on life (plus she's the funnier sister). I can't remember anything you with the face has contributed aside from backing up monstro and/or jumping in on some race-related thread. (Usually on the same side I'd be on, to be honest, so it's not like I'm pissed off at her for being a political opponent. It's the tag-team element that gets wearisome.)

As for Stranger on the Train, I think we're all shorter-fused these days. But boy I hope he doesn't lose it completely. His (literal) rocket science brain is a tremendous asset in GQ threads, among others. It's always fun to see some newbie try to patronize him going toe-to-toe in some science or physics topic, when he doesn't realize what Stranger does for a living.

BTW, genuinely surprised that Chessic Sense is still around. For some reason I always associate him/her with Carol Stream and thought he was a sock of the latter.

[Someone]

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BTW, genuinely surprised that Chessic Sense is still around. For some reason I always associate him/her with Carol Stream and thought he was a sock of the latter.

Hey, me too. And I associate those two with Kimmy_Giblets or whatever.

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Are they actually sisters, or did you mean that in a metaphorical sense? I already had them both dismissed as only ever posting to talk about some "woke" bullshit...

You don't like that PC crap, am I right? You like to tell it like it is...

[Someone]

Stranger is awesome and I hope he sticks around after the suspension is done. The Dope moderation really ought to consider the value of a poster to the board before issuing serious punishments. I'd gladly trade a bit of unfairness in applying the rules (and I'm only talking about message boards, not anything else or society in general) in exchange for ensuring brilliant but occasionally hot-headed contributors like Stranger stick around. The board would be harmed far more by his loss than any slight unfairness in easing up on punishing him, IMO.

[Someone]

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The qualifications to be a Mod there do not include technical competence. Or intelligence.

Well, that's not true. There's one who spends his day sniffing bird turds and collecting feathers while trying to make sense of the massacre in Bogota Bay back in 1963.

ETA; Yep, the mods fucked the pooch when they started banning/suspending members like Dio (and stranger). Of course Dio was a problem and could be quite the ass. But overall, the board was far more entertaining with the likes of him. Killing your main acts is no way to run a circus.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Well, that's not true. There's one who spends his day sniffing bird turds and collecting feathers while trying to make sense of the massacre in Bogota Bay back in 1963.

ETA; Yep, the mods fucked the pooch when they started banning/suspending members like Dio (and stranger). Of course Dio was a problem and could be quite the ass. But overall, the board was far more entertaining with the likes of him. Killing your main acts is no way to run a circus.

Good point, bad example. One of the primary things we consider here is "Are they disrupting the conversation for everyone else?" Without discussion, there's no real board. Dio disrupted EVERY thread he appeared in. So, IMO, he was a good call. Lissener was a maybe--he disrupted most movie threads. Liberal should have been banned: same rule as Dio. Stranger should NOT be banned.

[Someone]

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Otto so clearly stole than money thinking the friend wouldn't notice. But, you know, prolific Doper so you get tons of people trying to defend him

https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...d.php?t=441462

The follow-up Otto pit thread. The "Otto" part is so-so, but Liberal's arguably most psychotic (in terms of just sheer weirdness) is there.

[Someone]

Is Stranger the one who supposedly followed a female doper home from a Dopefest (Ann Hedonia maybe?) or am I thinking of someone else?

[Someone]

Stranger is a fucking blow hard who isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

Here is a gem of his: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...php?p=20902648

[Someone]

Maybe you have to live in Cali to get what is so obnoxious about the post. To me its all just a bunch of town names I recognize as Californian. (My dad is from San Jose so I was in that area a lot growing up but never enough to get a sense of why NoCal and SoCal don't get along).

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Stranger is a fucking blow hard who isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

Here is a gem of his: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...php?p=20902648

This has gotta be some weird intra-Cali thing that's gotten under your skin.

Cause.... boring

ETA
And Plumbie notes it too.

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Maybe you have to live in Cali to get what is so obnoxious about the post. To me its all just a bunch of town names I recognize as Californian. (My dad is from San Jose so I was in that area a lot growing up but never enough to get a sense of why NoCal and SoCal don't get along).

Yeah not too convincing..., I guess difference of geosnobbery opinions.

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They are literally sisters - twins.

The whole twin thing kinda explains their interactions - not just sisters. Twins can be that way.

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Hey. You can't really blame "engineer_comp_geek", here. Despite his user name, he's actually a technopeasant. He sucks as an enguneer, he knows shit about computers, but he is a fucking idiot geek. One out of three ain't bad! (mmm... Meatloaf)

The qualifications to be a Mod there do not include technical competence. Or intelligence.

Well I don't have an opinion about his engineering skills since I know fuck all about engineering or his actual skills obviously, but his interaction here told me he's quite thin-skinned (while bizarrely claiming otherwise - like dude we see what we see).

Anyway, what kind rock do you have to be living under to have not noticed VPNs went massively mainstream in the past few years - and that was clearly not driven by illegal file-sharing which declined in the same time period.

I mean, NYT and every other damn consumer site tells me every three months for the past couple years about VPN, case for the consumer, blah blah...

Should be kinda a hint that whatever their bizarrely overblown fears of getting sued are (Zotti era Perfect Master thinking), when you have media company owned places publishing articles on the subject like... all the time, time to move beyond the Napster era paranoia.

Instead of spending time pointlessly modding out such conversations, maybe they should try to work on attracting conversations that someone born after 1980 might be attracted to (although I guess aging hippies and Vietnam vets wondering about VPNs isn't all that attracting...).

Or maybe going back to that Suggestions thread and maybe taking up some ideas?

Nah....

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...

ETA; Yep, the mods fucked the pooch when they started banning/suspending members like Dio (and stranger). Of course Dio was a problem and could be quite the ass. But overall, the board was far more entertaining with the likes of him. Killing your main acts is no way to run a circus.

Yeah, the problem is modding down to what Grannie Chase and Tommie Boy standards is going to lead inevitably to more and more blandness.

[Someone]

*shrug* I grew up in NorCal so everything south of the Grapevine and Big Sur is all butthole country to me. They're the rich bastards who grab all the water and make the Delta sucky and unswimmable so they can have eighty million swimming pools. It's really just a matter of perspective, and I don't see someone dissing Santa Barbara to be unforgivable. Generally I find Stranger's posts to be oases of sense in the general miasma of Durpiness.

[Someone]

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*shrug* I grew up in NorCal so everything south of the Grapevine and Big Sur is all butthole country to me. They're the rich bastards who grab all the water and make the Delta sucky and unswimmable so they can have eighty million swimming pools. It's really just a matter of perspective, and I don't see someone dissing Santa Barbara to be unforgivable. Generally I find Stranger's posts to be oases of sense in the general miasma of Durpiness.

It’s not that he bagged on SB. It’s that what he said was entirely devoid of facts. If he said that SB was lame and the people there sucked, it would be an opinion. He spoke with such authority and was factually wrong on every point. As an aside, Santa Barbara gets all of it’s water from Lake Cachuma and not NorCal. Nearly all of the NorCal water goes to agriculture.

His science stuff is similar. I have a graduate degree in engineering but am not an expert on rocketry. Nevertheless, he over extends a lot and states speculation as fact.

[Someone]

Okay owlie, but in the world of the Durp, and SammieA, Stranger is entertaining. One eyed men and all that.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Okay owlie, but in the world of the Durp, and SammieA, Stranger is entertaining. One eyed men and all that.

No arguments there.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Stranger is a fucking blow hard who isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

Here is a gem of his: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...php?p=20902648

Well, it's not rocket science.

[Someone]

Not bad, not bad.

[Someone]

Yet again, BigTard thinks he's the official spokesmoron for the Durp:

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We don't ban other subjects because they usually devolve into things that break the rules. The people who break the rules get punished, or the thread gets closed after the rules are broken.

[Someone]

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Yet again, BigTard thinks he's the official spokesmoron for the Durp:

Dammit, I'm starting to side with the mods now.

[Someone]

Which mod are you?

[Someone]

I was looking for this old sdmb topic and couldn't find it. Does anyone else remember this?

It was a proposed caste system for the United States and you got points for supposedly good contributions to society (having kids, having a college degree, and whatnot) and if you got enough points your voted counted extra

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Which mod are you?

None. I'm the idiot trying to get a sensible answer out of them. Now that BigT's taken my side though I'm having to re-evaluate everything I believe in.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I was looking for this old sdmb topic and couldn't find it. Does anyone else remember this?

It was a proposed caste system for the United States and you got points for supposedly good contributions to society (having kids, having a college degree, and whatnot) and if you got enough points your voted counted extra

This probably isn't it but maybe it's a lead

https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...d.php?t=352334


I'd look for threads started by BrainGlutton. When I googled the terms every thread that seemed to be in this vein was started by him.

[Someone]

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Which mod are you?

That would make a good quiz. You answer five or six questions, then it tells you which mod you are.

[Someone]

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Stranger is awesome and I hope he sticks around after the suspension is done. The Dope moderation really ought to consider the value of a poster to the board before issuing serious punishments. I'd gladly trade a bit of unfairness in applying the rules (and I'm only talking about message boards, not anything else or society in general) in exchange for ensuring brilliant but occasionally hot-headed contributors like Stranger stick around. The board would be harmed far more by his loss than any slight unfairness in easing up on punishing him, IMO.

Yeah, it's kind of hard to take that a poster like Stranger is suspended while octopus and urbanredneck crap on the board at will.

ETA: How did I miss octopus's topic ban???!!! It was a month ago. Link for anyone else who might have missed it.

https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...6&postcount=32