# Do we have a thread for SlackerInc yet? Maybe we should

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**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")\
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**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 9, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/555 "2020-07-09T00:20:31Z")

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Slacker tries to “prove” that he’s a good poker player, in response to a post that had nothing to do with actual poker:

> [@Why did the media "cry wolf" about Trump's Mt. Rushmore speech when there are so many real wolves out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/15):
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> > [@Why did the media "cry wolf" about Trump's Mt. Rushmore speech when there are so many real wolves out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/11):
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> > He’s a lousy poker player
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> Wrong again:
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> [SharkScope - Online and Live Poker Statistics](https://www.sharkscope.com/#Player-Statistics//networks/PokerStars/players/SlackerInc1)
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> Some of the “achievements” listed in that tab could be earned by someone who simply played a shit-ton and lost money. But not the “in profit over 5000 tournaments” (the ace of spades there if you hover your mouse over it). And it would be unlikely a bad player could achieve “cashed in five consecutive scheduled tournaments” (eight of diamonds) or “won 5 consecutive SNG tournaments” (queen of diamonds). I have not been able to play for money since they shut down real money play for U.S. players a decade ago, but I still play for fun (play money) and anyone who wants to challenge me to a HU (one-on-one) match, LMK and I’ll show you how it’s done.

This is of a kind with his ridiculous “proof” of a high test score, and is positively Trumpian in a very interesting way - almost identical to Trump’s response to Bill Maher’s joke “offer”, years ago during the height of birtherism, to give millions to charity if Trump could prove that his father wasn’t an orangutan (this was years ago, and Trump showed his birth certificate publicly in response, demanding that Maher pay up).

It’s indeed funny, but it’s also sad. Slacker, this kind of obsession is not healthy. No one is convinced by these ridiculous anonymous stranger internet “proofs” you offer, but they obviously take you a decent bit of effort to put together. You don’t have to respond to random insults from strangers, and the elaborate “proof” you offer in response shows nothing more than that you have a slightly odd connection with reality, and an unreasonable expectation about the gullibility of strangers.

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