# An ongoing list of The Straight Dope's most epic assholes. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753 "2015-01-13T21:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/281 "2015-01-23T20:27:00Z")
Search This Thread -\> hotflungwok Sorry, no results were found. Yay! I’m not on the list! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/282 "2015-01-23T20:28:31Z")
You are now, asshole. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/283 "2015-01-23T20:37:17Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **DoggyKnees** and I share an interest in early Christian history. All it takes to achieve a level of expertise on the subject is a thorough grounding in Hebrew, Greek and likely German. Some Coptic would be helpful. Actually, that’s just for starters. It is a fascinating subject with no actual hope of definitive fact, and many a great mind has foundered upon the rocks. University libraries should hold such books in a special locked section and offer counseling to such unwary students who might be tempted to wander about therein. This Way Lies Madness. > > The schism between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church did not occur until the 5th Century C.E. For someone with a serious interest in the very earliest Christian church, it would not be a matter of any real concern to that specialty. Actually, that would be the 11th century, at least the official schism. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/284 "2015-01-23T23:05:53Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You are now, asshole. > > Regards, > Shodan but not you, **Shodan** at least, not until we have a thread listing “Epic Shitheads” _regards_, right back at ya ---
**Author:** ![Curid1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Curid1992](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curid1992)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/285 "2015-07-14T15:45:39Z")
In my opinion, some of the epic assholes are the ones that find it funny to cause chaos across the boards. Like the people who bump 10+ year old threads for no reason. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/286 "2015-07-14T16:52:50Z")
> [@Curid1992](#): > > In my opinion, some of the epic assholes are the ones that find it funny to cause chaos across the boards. Like the people who bump 10+ year old threads for no reason. How about 6-month old threads? Oh, and Asshole. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/287 "2015-07-14T17:26:50Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > How about 6-month old threads? > > Oh, and Asshole. The real assholes are the ones who have to respond to a bump instead of letting it die. Oh, shit. ---
**Author:** ![Curid1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Curid1992](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curid1992)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/288 "2015-07-14T18:53:14Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > How about 6-month old threads? > > Oh, and Asshole. Not so bad as someone who routinely bumps decade old threads to annoy people! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/289 "2015-07-14T20:05:01Z")
Replying to the January 2015 comment. > [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > I was always surprised people seemed to think he was an expert on the Bible or a religious scholar. > > He came across as someone who’d read a few books in a religious studies course in college, but he hardly came across as an expert, particularly when he did things like insist the the Serbs, who were members of the Eastern Orthodox faith were actually Catholics and considered themselves Catholics. 1. Dio could read ancient Greek, which put him a cut above your typical undergraduate BA student. I’d argue he had also read more on the topic than the typical religious studies major. The ability to read the source material in its original language made him an asset to the board. 2. Dio’s specialty was not Islamic studies: he had no expertise there. His Buddhist knowledge was ok, but nothing special. The Orthodox Catholic Church split from the Catholic Church in the late antiquity/early medieval era, right? Dio was a c. 4-120AD guy. 3. I’d put him at the Masters level, though IIRC he didn’t have that degree. A PhD would have more experience teaching undergraduates, which provides a patience and acceptance of cruder opinions that he lacked. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/290 "2015-07-14T20:38:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > but not you, **Shodan** > > at least, not until we have a thread listing “Epic Shitheads” > > _regards_, right back at ya Six months after this post, I find it. More confessional meat for the “Slow People” thread for me. Yes, Shodan is an Epic Shithead. Regards, Red Wiggler ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/291 "2015-07-15T02:10:51Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Hmmm, I have a “baddie” list I’ve jotted down over the years somewhere…here. Holy shit. Really? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/292 "2015-07-15T02:16:31Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Holy shit. Really? Well, here’s a part of mine: Arnold Picker Alexander E. Barkan Edwin Guthman ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/293 "2015-07-15T17:06:49Z")
> [@Curid1992](#): > > Not so bad as someone who routinely bumps decade old threads to annoy people! :smack: I’m gonna bump this day old thread cuz I feel like annoying some people. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/294 "2015-07-15T17:30:46Z")
I like this list, there’s a lot of people who bother me over the years but sometimes I can’t remember who or why ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/295 "2015-07-15T19:30:35Z")
That’s what you get for putting yourself on your own Ignore list. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/296 "2015-07-15T20:18:38Z")
Just want to bump this 45 minutes old thread by mentioning Adolph Hitler again. He was an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/297 "2015-07-15T20:24:19Z")
I think Achilles was the most epic asshole. Or maybe Agamemnon. And don’t even get me started on Gilgamesh. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/298 "2015-07-15T20:42:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I think Achilles was the most epic asshole. Or maybe Agamemnon. > > And don’t even get me started on Gilgamesh. > > Regards, > Shodan Achilles was just a heel. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/299 "2015-07-16T06:37:01Z")
You want epic assholes? Let’s go back to the SD on AOL. That was when the mod couldn’t just ban someone, they had to have enough of a TOS violation for AOL to take action. Cyberian 54. He came out looking for a fight. He claimed to be a former marine and he was bound and determined to defend any and all attacks on Christianity, conservatism, and the American Way of Life. He did a damned good job disrupting the board because fools just could not keep from feeding that troll. A lot of good people left because of him. I think he inspired OpalCat to start her board. Ben. I forget the rest of his screenname. He was a 16 year old one trick pony. He was book smart, yet socially stupid. Think Sheldon Cooper. His beef was age discrimination. Which wasn’t too bad to start, but when he started ranting about it was unfair for there to be laws against having sex with 6 year olds, our thoughts of him changed. Manny Peoples. I don’t think that was his screen name, but that’s how we remembered him. He’d start of every post with “Many people ask me, and now I wonder…” and then he’d continue on to a generally very stupid question. And once every month or two, AOL would put a link to the SD on their opening splash screen and we’d get hit with a bunch of hit and run folks who would either ask the gry and/or the parkway/driveway questions or want to know where they could get some clean urine or other advice on how to pass a drug screening test. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/300 "2015-07-16T17:27:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > That’s what you get for putting yourself on your own Ignore list. > > Regards, > Shodan If there is an asshole list, I totally deserve to be on it. So should you. But for different reasons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753.md?page=16)