# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/61 "2012-07-14T18:52:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **Kozmik** has been a member since 2004, so I don’t think he goes in the “lately” column. And the only other poster singled out in the OP has been here since 2009, so is hardly a newbie. Perhaps we should be investigating what appears to be a sudden series of mental breakdowns among our membership. ---
**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 14, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/62 "2012-07-14T19:32:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Perhaps we should be investigating what appears to be a sudden series of mental breakdowns among our membership. It’s the Zombie Apocalypse, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/63 "2012-07-14T22:39:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Why do you hate America? Because “Horse With No Name” is a stupid, stupid song. I s’pose I should have doublechecked joining dates for the folks I singled out. It does seem odd that The Crazy Stupid is spreading so rapidly of late though. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/64 "2012-07-14T22:47:27Z")
This place is mild in comparison with some other boards. Seriously, the rantings of some alternate-reality fans here are nothing in compare with full-on-weird ravings of those who infest the Internet in general. Compare **Kosmik** ’s “The Illuminati Are In My Closet” screed to the posts of a guy who advances his thesis by quoting himself using his regular screen name (no socks for this guy) and then uses his own quotes to cite his assertions. Recently, I witnessed a seven-layer self referential quote. My recursion detector almost exploded. In comparison, the ‘different’ folks around here like **Kosmik** are down-right normal. ---
**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 14, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/65 "2012-07-14T23:23:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Because “Horse With No Name” is a stupid, stupid song. You’ve got a good point there. ---
**Author:** ![Shoujin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoujin/32/3884_2.png) [@Shoujin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoujin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/66 "2012-07-15T00:46:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It’s the Zombie Apocalypse, I tells ya. That or a bad batch of bath-salts. That’s how Basement-Allosaurus plans on beginning the ApokoGotterdDammitall. It’s real! I seen it!:eek: ---
**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 15, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/67 "2012-07-15T02:09:38Z")
> [@Shoujin](#): > > That or a bad batch of bath-salts. That’s how Basement-Allosaurus plans on beginning the ApokoGotterdDammitall. It’s real! I seen it!:eek: Waiter! I’ll have what he is drinking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/68 "2012-07-19T01:45:03Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Because “Horse With No Name” is a stupid, stupid song. Oh yeah? Well “Sister Golden Hair,” buster! ---
**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 19, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/69 "2012-07-19T02:01:23Z")
> [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](#): > > Oh yeah? Well “Sister Golden Hair,” buster! _Paint It Black_, Mr. Smarty Pants! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/70 "2012-07-19T02:09:15Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > 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. **Ender** , I just wanted to let you know that cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/71 "2012-07-19T02:30:38Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I think the name “The Straight Dope” is what attracts the crazies. They seem to misinterpret it as _the real truth that the Powers That Be (and/or Liberal Media) don’t want you to know_. Well, yeah, it **is** that, pretty much. Unfortunately, the real truth, etc., is quite often rather boring. ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/72 "2012-07-19T23:01:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > _Paint It Black_, Mr. Smarty Pants! _Tin Man_ to you! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102/73 "2012-07-20T00:35:16Z")
> [@4d3fect](#): > > Stupidity, and bad news. Kingship is supposed to travel instantaneously. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Because “Horse With No Name” is a stupid, stupid song. . . Please let me remember this the next time someone asks “Why do you hate America?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunning-kruger-overdrive/628102.md?page=3)