# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/81 "2012-05-13T12:28:00Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > So, getting to the matter of this Pit thread. > > **Bricker** was certainly not diplomatic in his first response, but it’s hardly insulting. Especially since the OP consisted of nothing more than a link + quote, a cheap shot, well poisoning remark about FoxNews, and little else. How in the world did it stay in GD then …(pssst, never mind, I know)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/82 "2012-05-13T12:31:44Z")
My God you sound like a whiny little bitch What the…? Let it go. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/83 "2012-05-13T12:32:13Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Calm down? In the Pit? Is that even legal? Never tell a woman to calm down. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/84 "2012-05-13T13:29:08Z")
> [@Nzinga](#): > > Just showing some good ol’ fashioned internet passion. Reminded of [this](http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/images/content/How%20Things%20Have%20Changed.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/85 "2012-05-13T13:36:46Z")
Thank you all for reminding me why I stay out of GD. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/86 "2012-05-13T13:40:02Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **John** is totally non-partisan. He’d be the first to tell you so. Also, the last. And a couple times in between, in case you missed it. No, I don’t think I ever say that. You do. Perhaps you are confusing yourself with me? As for the anger/passion thingy, when soneone says they loathe someone, that’s usually a sign of anger, not passion. _N’est pas_? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/87 "2012-05-13T13:54:07Z")
> [@prodicus](#): > > Anyone who thinks JM is right wing is either too far left or not paying attention. False dichotomy. 🙂 I mean, isn’t that idea what more or less got this who brouhaha going in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/88 "2012-05-13T14:10:11Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Thank you all for reminding me why I stay out of GD. Because all the fun stuff winds up here anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/89 "2012-05-13T14:10:26Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > But is the grammar calender doing \*its \*job? Booyah! Sorry, had to be done. Please love me. It’s its! God damn it… I never get that wrong. ☹ Well, I guess I do sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/90 "2012-05-13T14:13:25Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > False dichotomy. 🙂 I mean, isn’t that idea what more or less got this who brouhaha going in the first place? Oh you’re certainly on the right. You just aren’t a complete dipshit like Shodan. You are a bit of a knee-jerk\* they both do it, neener\* guy, so you do have some overlap with Bricker. You’re often wrong, but you’re rarely \*hilariously \*wrong. And that’s the kind of Republican I miss. Just wrong. Not actively acting like a super-villain. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/91 "2012-05-13T14:18:46Z")
> [@Batfish](#): > > Because all the fun stuff winds up here anyway? Because its all a meaningless circle jerk. Hmmm maybe I’m missing out on something. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/92 "2012-05-13T14:42:16Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I support this pitting. > > There are two modes by which we might view any issue: > [ul][li] (1) A way which combines morality, common-sense and reason to reach a correct answer, the “whole truth.”[/li][li] (2) A hyper-legalistic way which might work against a judge or jury, especially if a witness is particularly stupid.[/li][/ul] How on earth do you think mode of reasoning (1) would have any relevance to determining the operation of a precisely worded statute and regulation that serve as a component to highly-detailed regulatory scheme? Consider the role of UCC filings for secured lending: The requirements for perfecting a security interest are explicitly set forth and strictly construed. A person who files a technically defective UCC-1 cannot rely on “morality, common sense, and reason” to cure the defect; instead they lose. You may have preferred that a different PPACA had passed than the one that in fact did. This is fine, but it does not entitle you to say that PPACA will do what you wish it would have done rather than what it will do. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/93 "2012-05-13T14:55:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > **Shayna** , if you have complaints about the moderation of the board, those complaints should go in ATMB. If you just want to cuss at moderators, well, there isn’t really a forum here where you can do that, but I understand there are more than a few other forums that exist more or less explicitly for that purpose. In the meantime, I have to ask you to put a hold on your vituperation of the moderation staff here. > > No warning issued. > [/Moderating] Well that’s it. I have no idea what to do with my vituperation now. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/94 "2012-05-13T15:01:13Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Well that’s it. I have no idea what to do with my vituperation now. Donate it. The Salvation Army probably has a drop off bin near you. You probably don’t have a VVA, and God knows they have plenty of vituperation, anyway. In any case, don’t let it go to waste! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/95 "2012-05-13T15:04:10Z")
Nah- the Sallys bin is surrounded by CRT televisions. I tried to donate my old one and they said they only took flat screens. So I have this perfectly good large television which I can’t give away! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/96 "2012-05-13T15:27:29Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Nah- the Sallys bin is surrounded by CRT televisions. I tried to donate my old one and they said they only took flat screens. So I have this perfectly good large television which I can’t give away! I’ll take it if you pay for shipping (I collect stamps) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/97 "2012-05-13T15:32:22Z")
Stamps? I can’t even lift it! Seriously, I will have to be kind to my neighbour (he is a rather large Maori) to helpme get it into the back of the car so I can dump the damn thing. What a waste. Has anything even fallen from grace so quickly as CRT televisions? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/98 "2012-05-13T15:44:57Z")
I endorse this pitting. I’m tired of Bricker throwing all that shit on my lawn every week and calling my number and then hanging up. I KNOW IT WAS YOU, YOU FUCKER!!! I BET IT WAS YOU THAT KEYED MY CAR THAT ONE TIME TOO!!! ---
**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:** [May 13, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/99 "2012-05-13T15:55:14Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Has anything even fallen from grace so quickly as CRT televisions? 8 tracks? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/100 "2012-05-13T16:02:23Z")
I do want to thank **Bricker** for one thing: There is now precedent for “Oh gee, I mixed up the threads, so that’s why I called you a puss-sucking asshole in GD. Sorry, my bad, no warning, right?” I’m gonna save that one up for when I really need it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734.md?page=6)