# Bricker, You're a Jackass Extraordinaire **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 12, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734 "2012-05-12T23:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/381 "2017-03-29T22:10:28Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > This pitting was inane from the start. The years have not changed that. **Bricker** is an asset to the board. Do we really need to see _everything_ through the distorting lens of partisan politics? I concur. **Bricker** is 180° away from me, politically, but he is one of my favorite contributors to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/382 "2017-03-29T22:36:11Z")
Bricker would be an asshole no matter whose side he was on. But it does seem like he’s gotten a bit better in that regard recently. Or maybe he’s just posting less. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/383 "2017-03-29T22:43:45Z")
I pit **BPC** for choosing to revive this zombie thread and ignoring the many other worthy zombie **Bricker** Pit threads, such as: > **[God DAMMIT Bricker, Just for once admit you were WRONG !](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380814)** > > Over in this thread, Bricker is once again showing his utter incapacity to admit he was in any way mistaken. Bad enough someone can NOT admit they were just plain wrong. Now he’s a member of the SDSAB, and it puts the entire idea of a SDSAB into... > **[Bricker is a disingenous punk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383352)** > > There are two things in this world that drive me crazy. The first is willfull ignorance. The second is dishonesty. Bricker demonstrates both qualities and because of that, I pit him. In this thread, he displays the former in a magnificent way.... > **[I pit Bricker for admitting he plans to make posts that are "clearly and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742323)** > > I like Bricker. He contributes to a lot of threads, IMO. I know some people don’t like him, and I disagree with him on many things, but I generally like him as a poster. He (usually) spends effort to be factually correct. In the never-ending ID... > **[What are you getting out of all this, Bricker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277181)** > > In this thread you reveled in the fact that 78% of Louisiana voters approved a ban on gay marriage. You could barely contain your glowing praise of the democratic process, and how wrong we liberals were. What joy are you getting out this Bricker?... > **[I pit Bricker for subtle reasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=593933)** > > First of all, I want to say that, in general, I have an enormous amount of respect for Bricker. Despite his being on the other side of the political spectrum from me, and despite the generally divisive tone of the country and the board these days, I... I also pit alligators for having nasty, sharp snaggle teeth and eating little foofy dogs. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/384 "2017-03-29T23:17:52Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I concur. **Bricker** is 180° away from me, politically, but he is one of my favorite contributors to the SDMB. So, you’re the liberal in Wyoming that everyone mentions when they say not everyone there is conservative! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/385 "2017-03-29T23:34:09Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > This pitting was inane from the start. The years have not changed that. **Bricker** is an asset to the board. Do we really need to see _everything_ through the distorting lens of partisan politics? There’s nothing particularly partisan about spotting a guy who makes regular attempts to prove he’s smarter than everyone else. Granted, on this particular board, a lazy approach would be to try to frequently sneak in the implication that _obviously_ everyone with different politics is stupider than the guy, because his politics are the only rational ones. Among the people who make a habit of this, Bricker is subtler than most, but it’s still pretty apparent. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/386 "2017-03-29T23:35:48Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I concur. **Bricker** is 180° away from me, politically, but he is one of my favorite contributors to the SDMB. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/387 "2017-03-30T01:12:21Z")
Doesn’t unearthing a five year old personal bitching session violate the statute of lamentations? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/388 "2017-03-30T01:28:56Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > **Bricker** is 180° away from me, politically, but he is one of my favorite contributors to the SDMB. This, though in my case it’s more like 98.6 degrees. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/389 "2017-03-30T04:05:00Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > So, you’re the liberal in Wyoming that everyone mentions when they say not everyone there is conservative! Yep, it is just my wife and me- and maybe two of the teachers in town. Jackson Hole has quite a few liberals, and is considered “little California” by many in this region. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/390 "2017-03-30T04:06:03Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Doesn’t unearthing a five year old personal bitching session violate the statute of lamentations? _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/391 "2017-03-30T05:21:03Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Doesn’t unearthing a five year old personal bitching session violate the statute of lamentations? I hate you. As a matter of principle, I hate anyone cleverer than me. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/392 "2017-03-30T07:07:22Z")
The Socratic Method sucks for use in conversation, though. First off, it presupposes a hierarchy of an enlightened teacher who needs to get through to a dull student–and that both people in that dynamic accept that. It also presupposes that there is a Right way to think about something and that “Socrates” knows what it is. What’s more, it also presupposes a situation where you are trying to convince someone of something. So, in situations where you are actually asking an expert about how something works, it’s still not good. You didn’t ask to be convinced that this is the Right way to do it. The Socratic Method is useful in certain limited contexts. It otherwise comes across as annoying smug, frustrates people just trying to get answers, and causes people to disengage, hence convincing no one. If it worked, people would be using it all the time to convince people. Not just lawyers who were taught it and got enamored with it, while not realizing its pitfalls. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/393 "2017-03-30T08:20:15Z")
Not sure it was worthy of re-opening a zombie pitting but hey I’ll pit Bricker for his relentless defense of the Catholic church’s refusal to own and clean up the multiple pedophile scandals all around the world. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/394 "2017-03-30T08:43:34Z")
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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/395 "2017-03-30T13:52:51Z")
After five years I think you can safely say that it’s a full on character trait and not just a phase he’s going through. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/396 "2017-03-30T15:33:46Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > This pitting was inane from the start. The years have not changed that. **Bricker** is an asset to the board. At first I thought you’d written that \*\*Bricker \*\*is an **asshat**! Now I see you wrote that he’s an _ **asset** _. I quite agree. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/397 "2017-03-30T16:02:24Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I hate you. As a matter of principle, I hate anyone cleverer than me. Friend Request sent. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/398 "2017-03-30T16:11:15Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The Socratic Method sucks for use in conversation, though. First off, it presupposes a hierarchy of an enlightened teacher who needs to get through to a dull student–and that both people in that dynamic accept that. It also presupposes that there is a Right way to think about something and that “Socrates” knows what it is. > > What’s more, it also presupposes a situation where you are trying to convince someone of something. So, in situations where you are actually asking an expert about how something works, it’s still not good. You didn’t ask to be convinced that this is the Right way to do it. > > The Socratic Method is useful in certain limited contexts. It otherwise comes across as annoying smug, frustrates people just trying to get answers, and causes people to disengage, hence convincing no one. > > If it worked, people would be using it all the time to convince people. Not just lawyers who were taught it and got enamored with it, while not realizing its pitfalls. My irony detector started smoking and finally exploded. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/399 "2017-03-30T17:04:23Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Friend Request sent. > > Regards, > Shodan Yeah, with you I can be friends. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/400 "2017-03-30T18:26:29Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Hey look a bump. > > This thread really does display all the ways in which **Bricker** is just an _infuriating_ tosser. Can’t acknowledge the blatantly obvious without having it spoonfed to him, (post shortened) Tsk, tsk, tsk. You make it blatantly obvious that you are the one who has to have answers spoon-fed to you, or your feelings get hurt. If you don’t want to answer questions, don’t answer them. Of course, answering might clarify your position, but who wants to hear that horseshit. 😃 **Bricker** has been a valuable asset to this board. It’s not easy translating legalese into something that can be understood by the common person but I think he does a pretty gosh darn good job of it. The fact that it infuriates a tosser such as yourself’ is a plus. IMHO, of course. 😃 p.s. A bump for a 2012 thread makes you look very, very sad, and desperate. just sayin’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734.md?page=21)