Sorry you are facing that. There are days I feel about as popular as gum boils, myself.

You're just one of those guys. Some people don't get it. I'd offer a hug, but I'm cutting back on carbs.

The really serious people have taken over.

I can't find it, sorry

...you're concerned about being "welcome"?

Dumbass.

28,503.

Welcome!

I got this this kind of shit early on. From the same guy.

Just makes it so fucking nice.

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specifically says it is NOT acceptable to do so.

I don't alert on posts, but if I were someone who did alert on posts, I would have alerted on yours for calling him a dumbass; and if I had been on a jury for that post (that is, if someone had alerted on it), I would have voted to hide it as a personal attack.

In general, even on juries, I am inclined to leave posts alone, because I am all for spirited debate. But nasty name-calling is not spirited debate, and I will typically vote to hide a post that calls someone an insulting name.

I realize that you are a highly respected member here, and obviously you work tirelessly for the progressive cause with your writing. But I do think you often step over the line with name-calling.

dumbass is kind of middle school-ish-

Now,

calling someone a dumbs...

Yo, you are such a dumbs! has a nice salty ring to it!

and I don't always catch the substitution before posting. In fact, even as I typed my subject line, I caught my autocorrect trying to turn "always" into "laws," and it also tried to turn "even" into "den."

The word I intended was "dumbass," but even as I tried to type this sentence, autocorrect turned it into "dumbs"--twice!

WP had called taterguy a dumbs, and I was objecting to the nasty name-calling.

With respect to the word substitutions--I think autocorrect is morphing into Skynet.

At least he's not a FIB.

Your comment had no purpose but to hurt the OP and try to make yourself look oh-so-cool and oh-so-clever. It should be alerted upon.

Your reference to a juror couldn't be tied to any jury that had happened, so it was obviously a joke. And the second alert on you must have been malicious. 2 bad juries.

They were both some of the worst hides, 'in my opinion', I've seen; and I think the vast majority of DUers would agree. They might have been locked by hosts for being pointless 'meta' threads, or part of some joke that should be in the Lounge, but there was nothing there to offend anyone.

I got two hides for a laughing emoticon.

There are days I feel like all of DU hates my guts. But then I remember this is only a message board and I really don't give a shit what a few vocal keyboard warriors think about me. What matters is what *I* think about me and *I* think I'm simply fabulous so joke 'em if they can't take a fuck.

But, I know your hand on this board. Your reputation is…. well… you're taterguy, damn it.

Fuck em...

was so lame. Whatever happened to the Taterguy exception anyway?

What is a Visart?

Clearly I am missing something here.

Visart is a place that didn't welcome Pete Chilcutt.

Understand now?

That doesn't make any sort of sense.

Oh, well.

Really?

Animal, vegetable or mineral? A place to buy beer? A place to meet some sort of likeminded others? I'm not bothering right now to Google it, but I assure you I don't think I've ever even seen the word before this thread.

Likewise I have never heard of Peter whatshisname. Is he a real person? A fictional one?

As is your lack of knowledge of video stores in Carrboro.

Using Wikipedia, duckduckgo, the hint taterguy dropped, and what I know from having lived in the area:

Pete Chilcutt was a professional basketball player. Although taterguy considers him forgettable, he did play on the Houston Rockets team that won the NBA championship for the 1994-95 season. He has a championship ring, a bauble that many undeniably unforgettable players lack.

He played his college ball at UNC-Chapel Hill. Visart was a small chain of video stores in North Carolina. One of their stores was in Carrboro, the next town over from Chapel Hill, although it closed a few years ago. The store, that is, not the town.

We may speculate that, when Chilcutt was a callow collegian, there was some sort of incident at the store that generated ill will. Chilcutt may have been at fault. Alternatively, he may have been wrongfully blamed when, for example, an argument about Kurosawa got a little too heated and some inebriated patron took a swing at him.

After retiring from the NBA, Chilcutt became a sixth-grade math and science teacher in California. Teachers have it tough enough these days, so let us not pry too deeply into what may have happened on that dark day in Carrboro.

what did you do now, and why do I always miss the drama?

and the 4/7 rule is having an effect.

When did you do it?

Who did you do it to?

Where did you do it?

How did you do it?

Otherwise its as clear as mud..

Don't make me get out the lamp!

on the Shanzelize .. Yeah that's the ticket!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

It was foggy.. and the coffee was cold.. yeah yeah thats it..

"Foreigners spell better than they pronounce."--Mark Twain

French, it's 2 languages in one!

Sitting at the table on the left side of the door to the cafe..When all of the sudden......?

C'mere [img][/img]

"Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: keep your loony bullshit in creative speculation where it belongs you worthless commie shitbag"

Whomever was at least gave his/her vote some thought...............

if you can clarify.

because it was creative speculation, but I also alerted on that juror's horrible comment. First time I ever alerted on a juror. I don't know how a juror alert is handled or if it even does any good. Sorry you got such a nasty reply.

many here are just here to suppress dissent & questioning of the official narrative!

Sorry, but that just cracked me up!

That is the funniest thing I have read on DU in ages!

Apparently, there are a lot of humor challenged posters here. And welcome back.

People will like you then.

Do you?

C'mon Taterguy, I'm just having fun with you.


I like you and I have no idea about the context of your OP... you are usually fun to spar with, please don't take me seriously.

Now, get some sour cream and your shine box.

Waaah. I got a post hidden. Waaah.

Of course I don't know your real name so I guess it's possible that you are indeed the person who signs my paycheck.

Not bloody likely though.

You work for a living?

Wait, that's a lie.

Yes, I work.

Sometimes.

And here you're just another working stiff.


Well, surfing the web while on the company dime stiff.

Did you really post that while sitting on the can?

I need to find a job like that.

Tell me, is your place of employment doing any hiring?

I can sit like all get-out, I'm really good at it.

but I'm sure as shit not gonna call you a dumb ass.

glad you liked it

Or sea fucking culpa, actually. Your post still gets my vote for best apology ever.

But more power to whatever you are trying to say.

Thanks for making me feel worse about the deficiency.

What can I do to make you feel better?

Not necessarily in that order.

For nothin'.

YEEEEEEEAAAHHHH!

Sincerely,
The Alerters