# a lot of arrogant people here on the dope **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072 "2006-08-24T18:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/181 "2006-08-25T16:41:15Z")
> [@InappropriateHumor](#): > > I love Ghostbusters! (This is a Ghostbusters reference, right?)[/SIZE] I hope not. Because if it is nobody will believe that I came up with it on my own. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/182 "2006-08-25T17:29:28Z")
> [@InappropriateHumor](#): > > I love Ghostbusters! (This is a Ghostbusters reference, right?) No, a Ghostbusters quote would have been: **gazpacho** : Your threads are the worst kind of popular tripe, your posts are sloppy, and your grasp of the English language is highly questionable. You are a poor Doper, Wildfire. **Wildfire** : But the kids love me! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/183 "2006-08-25T17:35:19Z")
**Wildfire** MM\*\* From your OP you seem to think that the SDMB membership consists of arrogant, snooty pseudo-intellectuals who are hopelessly inebriated on their imagined self-importance … and you are right. We once had an unpretentious, good-natured, helpful SDMB member … but he got married and moved away. Our membership now consists _entirely_ of stuck-up, supercillious snobs. (And the SDMB is a much better place for it). So, by all means, if you feel this isn’t the place for you, then don’t join. You’ve learned your lesson without having to part with a single coin of the realm. There are _other_ boards that would probably be more to your liking where you can discuss _your_ interests (Wrestle Mania 4, Monster Truck Rallies, Coors Beer, etc). So, don’t spend the money to join this ego-fest. Save that money for a new set of tires for your “house”. * * * Okay, all seriousness aside, 😃 this is a fun place. **Wildfire** MM\*\* I was not offended by your comments and you’ll find a LOT of the folks here are quite witty and clever. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/184 "2006-08-25T18:04:34Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Wildfire** MM\*\* > From your OP you seem to think that the SDMB membership consists of arrogant, snooty pseudo-intellectuals who are hopelessly inebriated on their imagined self-importance … and you are right. What??! I take offense! Where do you get off including that “pseudo-”? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/185 "2006-08-25T18:27:28Z")
**Smeghead** Gosh, I was just referencing what I thought was **Wildfire** MM\*\*'s impression of this board’s membership. Heck, I’ve read your recently published “Grand Unified Theory” paper and thought it was flawless. It makes Einstein look like a 3rd grader. Stephen Hawking said “Geez why didn’t I think of that ?” Be sure to post when you get that Nobel Prize. And Wildfire\*\*MM thinks we’re all stuck-up and arrogant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/186 "2006-08-25T18:35:15Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > Many users are arrogant besserwissers. If you’re going to use a German noun, please capitalize it. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/187 "2006-08-25T18:36:30Z")
How’s that for stuck up and arrogant ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/188 "2006-08-25T18:41:49Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I got the impression that he was too much like the French, or perhaps too much like a Circus Geek, or very much like a French Circus Geek. He bites the heads off of frogs? ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/189 "2006-08-25T19:01:39Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > I hope not. Because if it is nobody will believe that I came up with it on my own. I’m **ready** to believe you. Well crap, I can hardly admit a mistake here, can I? It is a little known fact that the line in question was originally written almost verbatim as it appears in your post. The line was changed against my expert advice, and I stand behind my original position that the line should not have been changed and that the whole picture suffered because of it. Your use of the original line merely serves to highlight your sublime breeding and good taste. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/190 "2006-08-25T19:45:19Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > No, a Ghostbusters quote would have been: > > **gazpacho** : Your threads are the worst kind of popular tripe, your posts are sloppy, and your grasp of the English language is highly questionable. You are a poor Doper, Wildfire. > **Wildfire** : But the kids love me! It’s a good thing print is dead, then. ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/191 "2006-08-25T20:24:07Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > No, a Ghostbusters quote would have been: > > **gazpacho** : Your threads are the worst kind of popular tripe, your posts are sloppy, and your grasp of the English language is highly questionable. You are a poor Doper, Wildfire. Yes I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/192 "2006-08-25T20:41:41Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > He bites the heads off of frogs? no, no, he bites the _legs_ off of frogs. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/193 "2006-08-25T20:46:28Z")
Frost? You quoted Frost and not in a post-post-postmodern, ironic sense? Maybe you really aren’t cut out for this board. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/194 "2006-08-25T20:58:05Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Frost? You quoted Frost and not in a post-post-postmodern, ironic sense? Maybe you really aren’t cut out for this board. 😉 Who is Frost ? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/195 "2006-08-25T21:08:15Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > Who is Frost ? The guy who writes poetry in your window panes on chilly nights. I think he was arrested for looking into windows. ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/196 "2006-08-25T21:10:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The guy who writes poetry in your window panes on chilly nights. > I think he was arrested for looking into windows. I wrote this on my own as an answer to Zakalwe ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/197 "2006-08-25T21:17:30Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > I wrote this on my own as an answer to Zakalwe You seriously expect us to believe you’ve never heard of Robert Frost ? :dubious: just google “miles to go before I sleep” fer chrissakes. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/198 "2006-08-25T21:17:55Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > I wrote this on my own as an answer to Zakalwe Yup. Nice knowin’ you. ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/199 "2006-08-25T21:24:24Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > You seriously expect us to believe you’ve never heard of Robert Frost ? :dubious: > > just google “miles to go before I sleep” fer chrissakes. Zakalwe wrote "your posts are sloppy, and your grasp of the English language is highly questionable. " My answer to him: Yes I have promises to keep (…to achieve better skills in English) and miles to go before I sleep (…It wil take a time before I match his standard) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/200 "2006-08-25T21:35:11Z")
Bullshit. Troll away, little turd Troll away, little turd It’s hurting my brain each moment That you remain When you spew shit like this It’s just so hard to resist Calling the troll that I see So go away and leave us be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072.md?page=11)