# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/141 "2015-01-14T20:40:27Z")
You know who are assholes? Posters that bring a debate from some other thread and derail the current thread to prove or disprove some point about some other poster. That’s includes both sides of the argument. So, yeah, there are about a half dozen assholes here right now. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/142 "2015-01-14T20:40:33Z")
See, this is why **adaher** is an asshole. He almost instantly pollutes almost any thread he deems worth his attention with either sidetracking bullshit or partisan idiocy. Getting back to the point, is **kstarnes** still around? Man, if that guy don’t belong on this list, I don’t know who does. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/143 "2015-01-14T20:43:28Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Out of medal stand unfortunately. Stupid Eastern bloc nations and their 'roided up index fingers. Often better flexibility is the key to athletic success. You need to stretch more. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/144 "2015-01-14T20:45:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Often better flexibility is the key to athletic success. You need to stretch more. Thanks **'coach**. Always up for…errr… pointers from a professional. I guess that explains the glut of fourteen year old Chinese med students. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/145 "2015-01-14T20:46:26Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > See, this is why **adaher** is an asshole. He almost instantly pollutes almost any thread he deems worth his attention with either sidetracking bullshit or partisan idiocy. > > Getting back to the point, is **kstarnes** still around? Man, if that guy don’t belong on this list, I don’t know who does. The asshole is the person who brought the thread here. I’m not supposed to defend myself? If I had just been brought up earlier in the thread as an example, I would have said nothing. And believe me, I was looking.🙂 But you make an actual argument, sure I’m going to respond. I’ve heard it’s rude to attack people when they can’t respond. You seem to be saying I can’t. Besides, it’s a PIT thread! You can’t derail a pit thread! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/146 "2015-01-14T20:51:49Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > What if you think that Americans, or Republicans are evil? Does that make one an asshole? Yeah, probably. Lots and lots of assholes. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/147 "2015-01-14T20:56:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _ **now**?_ Hurt myself, trying to keep internal organs from exploding due to keeping my laughter in (in the workplace during lunch). damn you, you own me a new spleen. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/148 "2015-01-14T21:03:12Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Actually, **adaher** brought corn into the asshole conversation in post 127, and I found it a bit … disturbing. Nonetheless, best we move on now. Riffing on someone’s name is never funny, I know, but sometimes I can’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/149 "2015-01-14T21:08:08Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > So, yeah, there are about a half dozen assholes here right now. A few more and we can string them together like a puka shell necklace. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/150 "2015-01-14T21:08:34Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Yeah, probably. Lots and lots of assholes. To your earlier post, people do say that Christians are evil, along with Americans and Republicans in general. I haven’t seen you call those posters out, though. Even now you hedge, with the word “probably”. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/151 "2015-01-14T21:17:34Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > To your earlier post, people do say that Christians are evil, along with Americans and Republicans in general. I haven’t seen you call those posters out, though. Even now you hedge, with the word “probably”. See, the thing is, it’s not about the existence of an opinion. It’s about the content of an opinion. Check out this spectrum: Hitler was evil! The Gestapo was evil! Nazis were evil! Any German who didn’t actively resist the Nazis during WWII was evil! Germans during WWII were evil! Germans are evil! White people are evil! If you hold the first opinion, you’re not really an asshole. If you hold the last opinion, you’re kind of an asshole. Somewhere in the middle you start moving into asshole territory. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/152 "2015-01-14T21:25:30Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > See, the thing is, it’s not about the existence of an opinion. It’s about the content of an opinion. Check out this spectrum: > > Hitler was evil! > The Gestapo was evil! > Nazis were evil! > Any German who didn’t actively resist the Nazis during WWII was evil! > Germans during WWII were evil! > Germans are evil! > White people are evil! > > If you hold the first opinion, you’re not really an asshole. If you hold the last opinion, you’re kind of an asshole. Somewhere in the middle you start moving into asshole territory. Kind of? What if a poster said Black people are evil, or Muslims are evil? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/153 "2015-01-14T21:30:14Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Kind of? What if a poster said Black people are evil, or Muslims are evil? Please tell me you’re not going to turn this entire thread into a discussion of what I mean by “kind of.” Imagine me with eyes wide and nodding curtly while saying “kind of”; it’s a bit of snarky understatement. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/154 "2015-01-14T22:08:40Z")
This thread was fun until you assholes got all tightly focused on **Adipose** or whatever the fuck he’s called over some shit in some other thread where you are already doing the same thing. Y’all could fuck up a wet dream! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/155 "2015-01-14T22:09:44Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Please tell me you’re not going to turn this entire thread into a discussion of what I mean by “kind of.” Imagine me with eyes wide and nodding curtly while saying “kind of”; it’s a bit of snarky understatement. No, I’m not going to turn the entire thread into anything. I am curious about the apparent double standard, though. Posters who say that Americans, Republicans, and Christians are evil often get cheers, not jeers, around here. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/156 "2015-01-14T22:09:50Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > To your earlier post, people do say that Christians are evil, along with Americans and Republicans in general. I haven’t seen you call those posters out, though. Even now you hedge, with the word “probably”. People who hedge, definitely assholes. People who think others might be assholes but don’t call them out for each instance of assholery, definitely assholes. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/157 "2015-01-14T22:18:01Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > People who hedge, definitely assholes. People who think others might be assholes but don’t call them out for each instance of assholery, definitely assholes. I’m a pepper, he’s a pepper, we’re a pepper too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/158 "2015-01-14T22:20:19Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Woah, that came out of left field. Been eating corn again, **leftfield6**? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/159 "2015-01-14T22:32:34Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > No, I’m not going to turn the entire thread into anything. I am curious about the apparent double standard, though. Posters who say that Americans, Republicans, and Christians are evil often get cheers, not jeers, around here. There’s no double standard between “black people are evil” and “Christians are evil.” One is birth, one is belief. There’s not even necessarily a double standard between “black people are evil” and “white people are evil.” One is punching down, one is punching up. A belief can be idiotic in the absence of a double standard, of course. But hypocrisy hunting is a famously stupid occupation. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753/160 "2015-01-14T23:08:20Z")
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