# Dunning-Kruger Overdrive **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102 "2012-07-13T13:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/21 "2012-07-13T15:06:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I know we always get an influx of summer vacation interns of idiocy around this time of year but I don’t recall this particular approach being so prevalent. The Dunning-Kruger Overdrive is takin’ care of business, every day, takin’ care of business…and working overtime. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/22 "2012-07-13T15:07:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Stupidity, the only thing that travels faster than light.Okay, there’s a new guy with a link to a video, an inadequate description of its contents and an inability to understand basic concepts of physics, logic or grammar. And his vociferous retort to being asked for evidence is “Haven’t you watched the video? It’s all in there!” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/23 "2012-07-13T15:08:13Z")
I think most of it is due to the fact that the Mods won’t toss these tossers the second they show up. Any other message board would ban them within 5 minutes. Here we don’t, and that’s why they’re noticable. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/24 "2012-07-13T15:29:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Remember when coming in waves used to be _fun_? ☹ Their lips move but I can’t hear what they’re saying. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/25 "2012-07-13T15:46:20Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I find them mildly entertaining. Me too. It’s not like we don’t know what they are, and what they’re all about - just enjoy the show they put on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/26 "2012-07-13T16:27:15Z")
yeah, that **reef shark** is trolling the shit out of a bunch of newfags\* and they are all stuck in “someone is wrong on the internet”\*\* mode. \*[Does this forum base classify people as "regs" or "newfags?" - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=658152) \*\*[xkcd: Duty Calls](http://xkcd.com/386/) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/27 "2012-07-13T16:30:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m talking about people who exemplify the [Dunning-Kruger effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect) to a T. They don’t bother me terribly much. You just have to spot them first and I’m well above average in my ability to determine who they are. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/28 "2012-07-13T16:34:41Z")
What would be cool would be a vBulletin hack where a Mod could, when one of these tossers shows up, lock his thread and delete all answers _without it showing that way to anyone._ Let them think that no-one took their bait (impossible) or that they are going crazy because there used to be responses, but now there are none. Call it an Idiot Tag or something. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/29 "2012-07-13T16:44:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m talking about arguments that would fall over in a stiff breeze. I’m talking folks like [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=656839), like [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=658167), or a couple (but not all) of [these guys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653465). I’m talking about people who exemplify the [Dunning-Kruger effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect) to a T. **Kozmik** has been a member since 2004, so I don’t think he goes in the “lately” column. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/30 "2012-07-13T16:51:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What would be cool would be a vBulletin hack where a Mod could, when one of these tossers shows up, lock his thread and delete all answers _without it showing that way to anyone._ Let them think that no-one took their bait (impossible) or that they are going crazy because there used to be responses, but now there are none. Call it an Idiot Tag or something. We’re not getting a good grade of troll here anymore. I blame the troll academy for lowering the graduation requirements. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/31 "2012-07-13T16:54:22Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > We’re not getting a good grade of troll here anymore. I blame the troll academy for lowering the graduation requirements. That’s why we need more infrastructure spending. Better bridges attract better trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/32 "2012-07-13T16:56:00Z")
And\* No Troll Left Behind\* has been a complete failure. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/33 "2012-07-13T17:00:35Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > So, anyone else think Kennedy wasn’t a US citizen when he was appointed president? Well, he DID say he was from Berlin, remember? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/34 "2012-07-13T17:04:13Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Put out glue traps for them then we can cackle at their struggles to free themselves. You don’t need glue traps – just candy jars with openings sized so an empty hand can get through but a full fist cannot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/35 "2012-07-13T17:08:23Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I find them mildly entertaining. Sometimes, yes. Occasionally they’ll come up with a piece of inanity that you hadn’t encountered before and which you can add to your personal archive of stupidity. And knocking down their flimsy bullshit helps keep your mental antiwoo muscles in good trim. For the “don’t feed the trolls!” posters - are you overwhelmingly concerned that by responding, we will use up all the bandwidth required for attaining world peace? Just don’t open the threads. Go for a nice 3-mile run, donate money to curing uncontrollable intestinal gas, watch a candidates’ debate or something. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/36 "2012-07-13T17:15:03Z")
OFH there is a new one in MPSIMS **CAPT** ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/37 "2012-07-13T18:11:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What would be cool would be a vBulletin hack where a Mod could, when one of these tossers shows up, lock his thread and delete all answers _without it showing that way to anyone._ Let them think that no-one took their bait (impossible) or that they are going crazy because there used to be responses, but now there are none. Call it an Idiot Tag or something. I’m pretty sure that’s essentially what’s happened to brazil84 in the racism Pit thread. He’s “banned” everyone else who was talking in the thread, and now he’s sitting around, wondering why no one else is responding. Soon he’ll decide that he defeated us all, declare victory, and go throw himself a party. As to the OP, hell yes. I was just about to come in here and start a “WTF is going on around here lately??!” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/38 "2012-07-13T18:14:39Z")
I suspect one crazy thread gets indexed by google, which attracts a bunch of other crazies to the board when they search for stuff about “the truth about 9/11” or other such phrases. Then they start their own crazy threads, and the cycle continues. Obviously this process will continue to snowball, and the SDMB will be nothing but racists and truthers by the end of the year. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/39 "2012-07-13T18:18:52Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Obviously this process will continue to snowball, and the SDMB will be nothing but racists and truthers by the end of the year. See what the riff-raff will do? Did they listen to me? I blame Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/40 "2012-07-13T18:23:04Z")
We should write their names on pieces of paper and then throw them away to send their bad energy away. And that’s totally NOT a magic spell… \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102.md?page=3)