# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/101 "2006-08-24T21:09:46Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > Well, pray to me and you’ll get just as many miracles as you would from any other god . . . Oh, I don’t disagree – in fact, I’m also an atheist. It just struck me that “like unto a god” is a pretty low aspiration for an atheist. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/102 "2006-08-24T21:10:56Z")
And yes, I’m being a besserwisser. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/103 "2006-08-24T21:12:32Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > Yes bu that didn’t happend The word “but” has a “t” on the end of it. In your case, it has two t’s. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/104 "2006-08-24T21:15:17Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > Yes bu that didn’t happend Wildfire, evidently the brown acid that is circulating around is not specifically too good. Uh, it’s suggested that you do stay away from that, course it’s your own trip, so be my guest, but, uh, please be advised that there is a warning on that one ok? (Boy, when that Bill O’Reilly comes back down, he’s going to be So pissed…!) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/105 "2006-08-24T21:16:22Z")
Why do I keep picturing 3 frogs sitting on a lillipad? “Besser” “wiss” “errrr!” ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/106 "2006-08-24T21:16:46Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > You even fail to se the irony in the thread I made which you refere to And you fail to see that he wasn’t the one who referenced the thread, he just quoted someone who had. And if the irony is that you were just looking to stir some shit up with your interior decorator post, that smacks of an admission of trolling. We’ll send Buzz Aldrin with a 7 meter bunker buster to decorate your interior, pal. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/107 "2006-08-24T21:17:08Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Or he might be poor and only be able to afford a secondhand keyboard that randomly juxtaposes letters throughout his sentences. Or he might have been molested by his English teacher when he was young and is now traumatized by proper spelling. Or he might have flipper hands. Or socks on his hands. ---
**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 24, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/108 "2006-08-24T21:17:20Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > It’s not arrogance if we’re actually, you know, _right_. Hey! I resemble that remark! And I send my irony out to the cleaners. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/109 "2006-08-24T21:18:34Z")
uh guys. wer no going to be able to communicat with wildfir until we learn to speak his langage ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/110 "2006-08-24T21:24:24Z")
> [@Wildfire\*\*MM](#): > > This is my impression so far. > > Not all bad, but there are not many great debates on great debate. Many users are arrogant besserwissers. Alas, little pony named Wildfire. You’ve busted down your stall, and nobody gives a rat’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/111 "2006-08-24T21:26:39Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Alas, little pony named Wildfire. You’ve busted down your stall, and nobody gives a rat’s ass. She ran calling beeeeeeeesserwiiisser… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/112 "2006-08-24T21:27:26Z")
I’m not arrogant. I’m just better than most, is all. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/113 "2006-08-24T21:32:14Z")
Besides, most of us regular Dopers, well the ones who are actually smart anyways, don’t look in GD for debates. All the really great debates are right here in The Pit ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/114 "2006-08-24T21:38:59Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Till a Guest popped a chop on his kisser. Don’t you mean “waxed his glasses”? ---
**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 24, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/115 "2006-08-24T21:40:42Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Don’t you mean “waxed his glasses”? No, that was Henry who was afforded that paneful experience. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/116 "2006-08-24T22:19:53Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Has anyone considered that perhaps English is not Wildfire’s first language? It’s fine to be critical of his positions, but I don’t believe anything is gained by harping on his grammar/spelling. Well, we’d attack his ideas, but apparently, he hasn’t got any. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/117 "2006-08-24T22:32:05Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Don’t you mean “waxed his glasses”? [Besserwissers gone Wild!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=385390) (besser: better; wissen: to know; therefore, wisser: one who knows; therefore, besserwisser: one who knows better) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/118 "2006-08-24T22:34:24Z")
Nobody better lay a finger on my _Besserwisser!_ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/119 "2006-08-24T22:44:24Z")
Folks should lay off **Wildfire** MM\*\*. He’s going through [a traumatic time in his life](http://www.malepregnancy.com/), and his hormones are all out of whack. ---
**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 24, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072/120 "2006-08-24T22:49:52Z")
> [@Hey you!](#): > > uh guys. wer no going to be able to communicat with wildfir until we learn to speak his langage Who’s communicatin’? We’re just talkin’ to the guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-arrogant-people-here-on-the-dope/370072.md?page=7)