# Am I a fucking loser? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540 "2000-07-31T13:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/1 "2000-07-31T13:48:35Z")
I’ve been in college for six straight years. I live with my parents (right now, not always) I haven’t even KISSED a girl for about 18 months. I’m 70 pounds overweight. I get lousy grades. I’m losing my hair. I drive a piece of shit car that I can’t afford to fix when it breaks down. I’m barely old enough tio drink but I’m $26,000 in debt. Everyone in the Pit seems to hate me. So the question is, AM I A LOSER?! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/2 "2000-07-31T13:53:52Z")
Anyone that can ask rhetorical questions that well has to have something going for them. ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/3 "2000-07-31T14:22:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drainthelizard \* > \*\*I’ve been in college for six straight years. I live with my parents (right now, not always) I haven’t even KISSED a girl for about 18 months. I’m 70 pounds overweight. I get lousy grades. I’m losing my hair. I drive a piece of shit car that I can’t afford to fix when it breaks down. I’m barely old enough tio drink but I’m $26,000 in debt. Everyone in the Pit seems to hate me. So the question is, > > AM I A LOSER?! \*\* Sounds like part of the problem is you’re kinda stuck in limbo, at that point where you want to get out of college, but can’t just yet. Since some of your problems are related to money, they will go away once you start working. Hair loss can probably be stopped with Rogaine (though, many women find that bald is beautiful and it hasn’t hurt Patrick Stewarts career any). Weight problems aren’t eaxctly easy to do away with, since they are caused by years of bad habits, but you can at least start working on some of those bad habits now. My vote is no, you’re not a loser, just in a rough patch. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/4 "2000-07-31T14:26:37Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by beakerxf \* \*\* > [@](#): > > - > > My vote is no, you’re not a loser, just in a rough patch. \*\* Hey, thanks man! ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/5 "2000-07-31T14:59:54Z")
You are NOT a loser. You are normal, life sucks. Now go rent a movie or pick up a book, and escape. Hey, works for me! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/6 "2000-07-31T15:06:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mullinator \* > \*\*Anyone that can ask rhetorical questions that well has to have something going for them. \*\* BWAHAHAHAHAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/7 "2000-07-31T15:07:56Z")
Most of your problems sound fixable. At some future point. And you made me laugh once, so I don’t hate you. For what that’s worth, given that I am sort of a loser myself. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/8 "2000-07-31T15:53:36Z")
**Yes.** ask a stupid question… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/9 "2000-07-31T16:51:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drainthelizard \* > \*\*I’ve been in college for six straight years. I live with my parents (right now, not always) I haven’t even KISSED a girl for about 18 months. I’m 70 pounds overweight. I get lousy grades. I’m losing my hair. I drive a piece of shit car that I can’t afford to fix when it breaks down. I’m barely old enough tio drink but I’m $26,000 in debt. Everyone in the Pit seems to hate me. So the question is, > > AM I A LOSER?! \*\* 1. I live with my parents as well, when I’m not in school. 2. I haven’t kissed a girl in 4 years. 3. Let’s not talk about my grades. 4. I don’t own a car or have a license. 5. I’m not even old enough to drink yet. Ergo: if you’re a loser, I’m not far behind. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/10 "2000-07-31T17:03:25Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* \*\*And you made me laugh once, so I don’t hate you. For what that’s worth, given that I am sort of a loser myself. \*\* Hey Crankt=y, just out of curiosity, when did I make you laugh? ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/11 "2000-07-31T17:05:20Z")
What to do, what to do… This seems to be a typical Cry For Help Thread but anyone who asks “Am I a loser” is practically _asking_ for punishment. I’ll keep it here for now. But in the future I’d recommend future existential breakdowns be posted in MPSIMS, if you insist on posting them at all. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/12 "2000-07-31T17:20:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drainthelizard \* > \*\*AM I A LOSER?! \*\* **And the _Magic 8 Ball_ says:** All signs point to yes! (the bad news is that you described my life 5 years ago, and it hasn’t got much better) ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/13 "2000-07-31T17:44:00Z")
\*\* Dtl: \*\* I am sorry to inform you that you are in fact a pathetic, whining loser 😃 But we don’t all hate you…I may have had the urge to remove your spleen after a few of your comments, but that’s not the same as hating you. Of course, you’re still wrong, but that’s another issue. Err, although for what it’s worth, the vast majority of people in college don’t have a car to begin with. And we all have problems with the wimmin 😉 ---
**Author:** ![astrangefish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@astrangefish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astrangefish)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/14 "2000-07-31T17:49:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I haven’t even KISSED a girl for about 18 months. Shit, if thats the baseline for losership, then sign me up! It’d be cool - Losers Unite! ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/15 "2000-07-31T18:01:47Z")
You made me laugh in a thread which-shall-not-be-named (as requested by you and the other person involved in a really great flame war) . You’re not a loser, you’re a shit-disturber. Over time, if you use more restraint and better judgement when sharing your scathing wit, you will earn more respect. Guaranteed. -Katy ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/16 "2000-07-31T18:08:26Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by drainthelizard \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*And you made me laugh once, so I don’t hate you. For what that’s worth, given that I am sort of a loser myself. > \*\* > > Hey Cranky, just out of curiosity, when did I make you laugh? > > \*\* Sorry, I’d rather not say, it was on a rather divisive thread and I can just see one or more of the less stable members of our community blowing this into some huge betrayal on my part. Not worth it. Why not giver yerself a boost ann tell yourself it musta been ALL your comments that made me guffaw? That’s what I tell myself all tehe time! **Self to Cranky:** Why is no one responding to my brilliant, witty post? Do they think I’m stupid? **Cranky to self:** Of course not. They’re just LAUGHING too hard to post! Really! And no one mentions you in the crush posts because they worry they’ll sound fawning and won’t be able to control themselves. Honestly. ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/17 "2000-07-31T18:27:28Z")
If you haven’t kissed a woman in 18 months and that is part of being a loser, then what does that make me? I haven’t kissed a woman in 12 lousy years!!! HECK NO YOU AREN’T A LOSER !!! I am also loosing my hair. I never went to college, but in high school, I barely scraped by, grade wise, by the skin of my teeth. I am also a teeny bit overweight, like you. So don’t feel too bad. Keep a stiff upper lip, and whatever else you can keep stiff. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/18 "2000-07-31T18:38:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drainthelizard \* > \*\*I’ve been in college for six straight years. I live with my parents (right now, not always) I haven’t even KISSED a girl for about 18 months. I’m 70 pounds overweight. I get lousy grades. I’m losing my hair. I drive a piece of shit car that I can’t afford to fix when it breaks down. I’m barely old enough tio drink but I’m $26,000 in debt. Everyone in the Pit seems to hate me. So the question is, > > AM I A LOSER?! \*\* Time to buff and polish the old existential self, I see 🙂 1. I live with my wife. was with parents the 28 yrs prior. 2. Kissed wife at 6:55am Central Time. 3. Overweight? Yes. 4. Got Lousy Grades too. Got great ones when I cared. 5. Losing? Try Lost Hair. 6. Old enough to be a parent. 7. Debt? Yup. 8. No one seems to _notice_ me. Let alone, hate. Doesn’t seem like you’re a loser, just adrift. Find something to anchor onto. Or tell yourself it doesn’t matter how things are now, just that they aren’t the same way 10-20 years from now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/19 "2000-07-31T19:09:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*And no one mentions you in the crush posts because they worry they’ll sound fawning and won’t be able to control themselves. Honestly. \*\* Well, I mentioned in chat that I had a crush on you . . . but maybe that wasn’t good enough. **iampunha to world** : I have a crush on Cranky. **world to iampunha** : Okay. That better? ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-fucking-loser/27540/20 "2000-07-31T19:20:47Z")
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