# 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:** 36
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/702 "2020-07-15T14:26:14Z")
So you see those who criticize you as being “inferior” and envious of your unique qualities, but you do not believe yourself to be suffering from narcissism. Duly noted. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/703 "2020-07-15T14:48:38Z")
Then come prove how dumb I am at the poker game tonight. Gauntlet thrown down! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/704 "2020-07-15T15:16:12Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You know, even **Shagnasty** , for all his faults, eventually understood when enough was enough and learned to STFU. > [@SlackerInc](#): > > Then come prove how dumb I am at the poker game tonight. Gauntlet thrown down! This reminds me of said bullshitters when they tell something that does have a grain of truth to it as opposed to their usual lies. They scream something like “oh YEAH! Look up Sara Jane Gomez in the New York Star, 1994, I was THERE!” as if proving that that one anecdote wasn’t a complete fabrication means that all of their persona is aboveboard. This is like that but applied to intelligence. All of the bluster in the world won’t prove that a good poker player is anything but a good poker player. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/705 "2020-07-15T16:02:31Z")
Coward. The idea that being good at poker isn’t a function of intelligence? Hard for me to imagine you really believe that. It’s just a weak and pathetically transparent attempt to save face. Almost as weak as Trump’s claim that he was being “sarcastic” about using disinfectant inside the body. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/706 "2020-07-15T16:03:33Z")
I’m not even satisfied you’re a good poker player. I am satisfied you’re a dumbass. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/707 "2020-07-15T16:13:03Z")
Then come take me on. 8PM Eastern. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/708 "2020-07-15T16:16:22Z")
I have no interest in passing the time with you. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/709 "2020-07-15T16:46:31Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Coward. > > The idea that being good at poker isn’t a function of intelligence? Hard for me to imagine you really believe that. It’s just a weak and pathetically transparent attempt to save face. Save face? This is the first time I’ve posted about poker. Up until this round of blathering, I was convinced that you were merely the second-biggest dumbass in this thread, but now I’m not so sure. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/710 "2020-07-15T17:00:54Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > The idea that being good at poker isn’t a function of intelligence? Hard for me to imagine you really believe that. You’d have to be pretty stupid to think that it was. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/711 "2020-07-15T19:59:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@SlackerInc](#): > > > > The idea that being good at poker isn’t a function of intelligence? Hard for me to imagine you really believe that. > > You’d have to be pretty stupid to think that it was Well then, it all checks out! ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/712 "2020-07-15T20:05:42Z")
sorry slacker, but they just checkmated you. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/713 "2020-07-15T21:06:33Z")
Fun story - I once new this guy who was of entirely average intelligence, but played poker for 4 hours a night. Over time, he got really good! Turns out that the ability to play a game is directly correlated with the time one has spent practicing that game, rather than 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:** [July 15, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/714 "2020-07-15T22:44:02Z")
You keep telling yourself that. All the practice in the world won’t allow a dullard to read hands or calculate odds on the fly. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/715 "2020-07-15T22:52:02Z")
Checkmate, everybody. **SlackerInc** : smarter than a dullard. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/716 "2020-07-15T22:55:59Z")
I doubt you can get agreement on that point, assuming the others here understand that “dullard” is another word for “dumbass”. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/717 "2020-07-15T23:11:48Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vYabrQrXt4A/hqdefault.jpg "I'm smart") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYabrQrXt4A) OK Freido Slacker, OK. CMC ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/718 "2020-07-15T23:32:07Z")
That’s racist. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/719 "2020-07-15T23:34:52Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > All the practice in the world won’t allow a dullard to read hands or calculate odds on the fly. Quick, what are the odds the above statement makes you look like an even bigger dumbass to the vast majority of people reading this thread? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/720 "2020-07-15T23:36:13Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > That’s racist. I await my warning from Miller. CMC ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/721 "2020-07-15T23:39:03Z")
> **['That's Racist!' How A Serious Accusation Became A Commonplace Quip](https://www.npr.org/2011/06/27/137451481/thats-racist-how-a-serious-accusation-became-a-commonplace-quip)** > > Once a loaded challenge, "that's racist" has become a staple of schoolyards and comedy routines. NPR's Neda Ulaby describes how the ironic diss went from meme to mainstream. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=37)