# Could you be any more condescending, spingears? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667 "2004-12-13T22:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/1 "2004-12-13T22:12:23Z")
I have a pretty high snark-tolerance, especially if it isn’t directed at me, but the growing trend I’ve seen of you spewing snark for no apparently good reason, particularly in GQ, leads me to start this thread. So, for those who want them, I offer my examples: [In a thread about a high pulse rate after receiving a violent threat:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=291567) > [@spingears](#): > > Get your act together and AVOID getting into an unfortunate emotional situations which you obviously don’t handle well. > In other word take advantage of this experience and GROW UP & MATURE! > Forget about being sarcastic and condescending. It gets you nowhere good, but irritates others and gets you further into trouble. [And a thread about whether a word had negative connotations the OP was previously unaware of:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=291563) > [@](#): > > Wasn’t that a ‘coonass dumb’ thing to say in a business setting? [A thread about Ned Kelly’s last words:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=291566) > [@](#): > > Who was Ned Kelly or Mad Dog Morgan and why should I or anyone else care? [And a thread about someone’s dreams:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=291362) > [@](#): > > There are some experts on problems of this kind at Peninsula Hospital. They will be happy and glad to have you vist them. > They will help you IN, but there is no way OUT. There are more examples, but that’s just recent stuff out of GQ. Anywhere else, for the most part, I can just blow snark off but in GQ it really makes me crazy. If you think a question is stupid, inane, useless, whatever, why even answer it? If you don’t know who Ned Kelly is, then the question wasn’t directed at you. We’ve got a huge influx of new members lately, and I’d hate to think that they’re getting the impression that asking an unusual - yet perfectly valid - question is going to open the door to snark and ridicule. Of course, I suspect the vitriol is due to the feelings you expressed in [a recent pit thread:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283050) > [@](#): > > Seems to be a lot of questions posted by either lazy guests or newbies with no concept of how to use search engines to find their own answers. > > Then posts which amount to aksing how far they can go in “walking on the edge” without actually committing suicide. > > Some old timers have a record of as many as 1+ PPD with inane questions. Trying to set a record? or What? but honestly, if you think they’re so stupid, why not ignore them? Clearly your attempts at fighting ignorance with acid isn’t working. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/2 "2004-12-13T22:17:03Z")
Never heard of the guy. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/3 "2004-12-13T22:18:23Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Never heard of the guy. Maybe you know him as **springears**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/4 "2004-12-13T22:24:20Z")
[Here’s another good one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5573876&postcount=4) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/5 "2004-12-13T22:30:17Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Maybe you know him as **springears**. 😛 Nope. This is honestly the first time I can recall seeing the name. Maybe he’ll come in here. If you like, I’ll be happy to engage him in a condescension contest. I’ve been told I have the power. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/6 "2004-12-13T22:33:58Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Nope. This is honestly the first time I can recall seeing the name. Maybe he’ll come in here. If you like, I’ll be happy to engage him in a condescension contest. I’ve been told I have the power. 🆒 Nothing against either of the contestants here, but I think the smart money would be on **Lib**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/7 "2004-12-13T22:34:37Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > Nothing against either of the contestants here, but I think the smart money would be on **Lib**. 😉 I’ll leave it to \*\*Lib \*\* to work out whether that’s a compliment or not 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/8 "2004-12-13T22:36:20Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I’ve been told I have the power. 🆒 Yeah, but _sometimes_ you use it for good. **spingears** merely seems to get off on being a Jackass in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/9 "2004-12-13T22:36:31Z")
Moreover, what on earth does “s/Stan” (part of his signature) mean? I love it, but what does it _mean_, dagnabbit? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/10 "2004-12-13T22:46:36Z")
Yah - he’s pissing me off in that thread as well. “I’ve had 60 years at the school of hard knocks!” as if that means shit about the situation of a person on a message board whom he’s never met. Dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/11 "2004-12-13T22:56:02Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I’ll leave it to \*\*Lib \*\* to work out whether that’s a compliment or not 😉 All I’m saying is that after reading years of posts from **Lib** , **spingears** better bring a lot more to the table than the abilities shown in the OP’s quotes. I’m not saying that he does it constantly, but **Lib** could be on the Olympic Condescension Team when the mood strikes him. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/12 "2004-12-13T23:02:11Z")
I just realized that I was facilitating a hijack in **Lib’s** direction. Sorry about that it wasn’t my intent. I was only poking a little fun at **Lib**. Back to the OP… **spingears** sounds like an incredible ass. I’m glad I’ve never heard of the guy before. And now I know when I see the name that the rest of the post is meaningless and can be disregarded. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/13 "2004-12-13T23:14:07Z")
Just trying to get the name straight here… Would that be spin-gears or sping-ears? Neither one sounds like a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/14 "2004-12-13T23:15:17Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > And now I know when I see the name that the rest of the post is meaningless and can be disregarded. Not always a good plan. Sometimes he gives a pretty fair answer, it’s just that he _also_ goes on periodic asshole binges. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/15 "2004-12-13T23:19:16Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Not always a good plan. Sometimes he gives a pretty fair answer, it’s just that he _also_ goes on periodic asshole binges. Well shit. Another great plan blown to hell by the pesky _facts_ I had previously been unaware of. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/16 "2004-12-13T23:27:21Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I’ll be happy to engage him in a condescension contest. I’ve been told I have the power. 🆒 You can make it rain? :eek: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/17 "2004-12-13T23:31:58Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Just trying to get the name straight here… > > Would that be spin-gears or sping-ears? > > Neither one sounds like a good thing. It’s _ **spring-ears** _. Can’t you see the “r”? ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/18 "2004-12-13T23:34:07Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > It’s _ **spring-ears** _. Can’t you see the “r”? Is this a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/19 "2004-12-13T23:59:22Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > It’s _ **spring-ears** _. Can’t you see the “r”? I think it is **spingears** , or am I just thye victim of some inside joke? the offending poster’s name is **spingears** , though, and he was reprimanded by a mod in the Ned Kelly thread referrenced by the OP. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667/20 "2004-12-14T00:02:34Z")
**spingears** wrote: Seems to be a lot of questions posted by either lazy guests or newbies with no concept of how to use search engines to find their own answers. funny coming from the guy who didn’t know who Ned Kelly was, so he asks the OP :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-any-more-condescending-spingears/279667.md?page=2)