# Do we have a thread for SlackerInc yet? Maybe we should **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461 "2018-12-02T20:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**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:** [May 22, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/481 "2020-05-22T03:55:05Z")
I’ve found that people worthy of praise don’t advertise it. It’s always the ones whose own impressions of themselves don’t match reality. But don’t mind me, please go back to telling us how special you are. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/482 "2020-05-22T05:04:02Z")
**SlackerInc** : I’m an asshole and proud of it! **Everybody else** : Ok, asshole, you do you. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/483 "2020-05-22T10:33:44Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I see no need for false modesty. My fairness, my willingness to give a hearing to even the most unpopular ideas (and, by the same token, to look skeptically at the most popular ones), my willingness to “steelman” my opponents’ arguments and preemptively grant them points even when it might undercut mine, is my best attribute–even if it tends to incite outrage–and I’m not shy about saying so. 😛 That’s the kind of quality self-knowledge you can only really get smoking dodgy hash with the youth, folks. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/484 "2020-05-22T10:40:31Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I’ve found that people worthy of praise don’t advertise it. It’s always the ones whose own impressions of themselves don’t match reality. > > But don’t mind me, please go back to telling us how special you are. Be sure to ask for a video of a piece of paper with a high test score on it! When really smart people want to prove how smart they are, that’s what they do – record a video of a piece of paper! Definitely a sign of self-confidence and high intelligence! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/485 "2020-05-23T12:17:09Z")
Andy, I do sincerely wish your book sucked so I could trash it and get back at you. But I’m too damned honest for my own good, and thus I’m forced to acknowledge that it’s a good read. Damn you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/486 "2020-05-23T13:42:24Z")
Damn shame the target of this thread hasn’t joined the same band as the orginator. Oh, well. Such is life. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/487 "2020-05-23T13:49:14Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Andy, I do sincerely wish your book sucked so I could trash it and get back at you. But I’m too damned honest for my own good, and thus I’m forced to acknowledge that it’s a good read. Damn you. 😛 You must admit that your video IQ test paper thing was pretty silly, right? And I think you realize to some extent that your racist views are wrong - you nearly admitted as much when you said (IIRC) that you’d purposefully avoided passing down these racist views to your kids. So I think there’s still hope for you. Maybe some magic combination of gentle mockery, harsh criticism, and reasoned refutation will get you there. And thanks, as always, for the kind words about my book. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/488 "2020-05-23T13:55:14Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I see no need for false modesty. My fairness, my willingness to give a hearing to even the most unpopular ideas (and, by the same token, to look skeptically at the most popular ones), my willingness to “steelman” my opponents’ arguments and preemptively grant them points even when it might undercut mine, is my best attribute–even if it tends to incite outrage–and I’m not shy about saying so. 😛 What are three other things we don’t know about you? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/489 "2020-05-24T04:17:30Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > You must admit that your video IQ test paper thing was pretty silly, right? No, but then it wasn’t an “IQ test paper thing”. It was an official score report from the October 2017 ACT. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > And I think you realize to some extent that your racist views are wrong - you nearly admitted as much when you said (IIRC) that you’d purposefully avoided passing down these racist views to your kids. Cite? That doesn’t sound right. :dubious: > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > And thanks, as always, for the kind words about my book. yw > [@QuickSilver](#): > > What are three other things we don’t know about you? 1. When I was about four, I got separated from my parents at the zoo. I knew the general rule of thumb was to just stay put and let them find me, but I reasoned that if I ran around the zoo really fast, I’d speed up the process of our running into each other, and the fact that I was running and they were presumably walking would keep it from being the kind of thing where we are always on opposite ends of the grounds. It worked! Not sure if it’s good advice for kids though. 2. There’s a decent chance I saw Jenna Fischer (Pam from _The Office_) naked (consensually) when she was in her early twenties. Not sure but very possible. 3. I only stole anything once in my life: a silver dollar from an art class I took when I was eight. I felt super guilty about it for years before I finally realized my parents had paid them some significantly larger sum to enroll me in the class and it really wasn’t that big a deal. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/490 "2020-05-24T04:48:46Z")
The Dunning-Kruger is strong with this one. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/491 "2020-05-24T05:45:29Z")
That’s all you can come up with? :rolleyes: You need some fresher material, my dude! ---
**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:** [May 24, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/492 "2020-05-24T10:29:48Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > No, but then it wasn’t an “IQ test paper thing”. It was an official score report from the October 2017 ACT. That doesn’t make it any less silly. In fact, maybe it’s more so - aren’t you way too old to be taking the ACT? You’re certainly way too old to believe anyone would see such a stunt as anything but ridiculous. > [@](#): > > Cite? That doesn’t sound right. :dubious: I’ll look for it when I’m able. In the meantime, you could answer this question right now: Have you taught your children that black people are inherently lesser in intelligence, on average, due to their genetics? If not, why not? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/493 "2020-05-24T15:59:04Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > That’s all you can come up with? :rolleyes: You need some fresher material, my dude! I wonder if **Slacker** sees the irony in this response. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/494 "2020-05-24T16:50:25Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I wonder if **Slacker** sees the irony in this response. With his head so far up his own ass, it’s a wonder he can post at all. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/495 "2020-05-24T17:07:01Z")
_my dude?_ ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/496 "2020-05-24T17:31:50Z")
If everyone would just refuse to engage him in this thread, it would be more fun. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/497 "2020-05-24T20:06:41Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > _my dude?_ That’s the kind of cutting-edge hip street slang you pick up huffing some primo shatter with the youth. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/498 "2020-05-24T20:15:06Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I wonder if **Slacker** sees the irony in this response. I’m sure he’s incapable of it. His utter lack of self-awareness is one of his defining characteristics. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/499 "2020-05-27T21:36:45Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > If everyone would just refuse to engage him in this thread, it would be more fun. It’s worth a shot! I’m good either way. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > That doesn’t make it any less silly. In fact, maybe it’s more so - aren’t you way too old to be taking the ACT? You’re certainly way too old to believe anyone would see such a stunt as anything but ridiculous. There is no age limit to take the ACT, and I did so to establish a credential as a tutor. If you want to call it a “ridiculous stunt”, you should be honest about it and present the context of the back-and-forth and how it got to there. I didn’t just suddenly say out of the blue “hey, guess what, everybody: I got a 35 on the ACT!” \*That \*would be ridiculous. :rolleyes: > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’ll look for it when I’m able. In the meantime, you could answer this question right now: Have you taught your children that black people are inherently lesser in intelligence, on average, due to their genetics? If not, why not? My eldest son and I have talked about it. I have never gotten into discussions of that or any aspect of politics or public policy with my other kids. My son probably thinks that’s the least of my political failings: he’s a hardcore Bernie Bro who says I’m a “neolib”, that Hillary Clinton is a warmonger and the DNC is corrupt, etc. You know the drill: we always seem to have a few of those types around here. But we bond over cinema, premium TV, and the NFL, so it’s all good. ETA: > [@TroutMan](#): > > I wonder if **Slacker** sees the irony in this response. I was just going to ignore this, but on second thought: Cite? I’m calling others out for glib, repetitive one-liners. What’s your evidence that I’m guilty of this kind of low-effort rhetoric? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/500 "2020-05-27T21:49:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m sure he’s incapable of it. His utter lack of self-awareness is one of his defining characteristics. In a shocking development, he was indeed incapable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=26)