# Fuck Being Polite **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058 "2006-08-17T06:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/21 "2006-08-17T21:31:59Z")
> [@Hey you!](#): > > There are kind people in the world. Thank god. One day they’ll start balancing out the selfish assholes who outnumber them. > > Healthy relationships will evaporate until the only people you have in your life will be those who are forced to be around you, or those people who have too little self-esteem to ditch your toxic ass. > > The ideal is to strike a balance. > > And if you can’t see that, you’re a miserable waste of ejaculate, you fucking fuck. 😃 I also continue to hope that a balance will be achieved, but I fear that the kind people are too damn nice to kill off enough assholes to reach the goal. Maybe the toxic folks will fail to breed, since they tend to drive off any prospects. In other words, like you said. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/22 "2006-08-18T00:54:00Z")
I am SO distressed by your discomfitur, Please allow me to apologize on behalf of ALL Americans for any unfairly positive treatment you have received. I assure you, in the future we will try to do worse. You may find an environment more to your liking in New York City. But for heaven’s sake stay out of the Midwest, and in the South please restrict yourself to Country Western bars. They may start polite, but for a visitor like you they’ll get ugly real fast. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/23 "2006-08-18T02:08:48Z")
Okay. Polite=untrustworthy. So, Person Who Sincerely Pistol-Whips You For Your Wallet=better. Social Graces=bad. Drooling Asshat Who Jerks Off In Public And Kicks Kittens=better. You would honestly prefer a society composed of assholes with no manners to the opposite, because you think politeness always masks insincerity? Huh. I’m normally very polite, but I promise, if we ever meet, I will be be as rude to you as possible. Dickless piss-drinking bunnyfucker. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/24 "2006-08-18T02:21:41Z")
> [@El Gaucho](#): > > I’m sick of people in America being polite to me all the time. This kind of action makes me think Americans cannot be trusted. Bless you? Excuse me? > > Sometimes when people are assholes it is easier to know where they are coming from, what they think, etc. > > I’d rather meet someone with less then standard social graces then one who has mastered them all. > > When I’m driving, and the right of way is yours, why wave a hand at me and chivelrously tell me to go first? Do you want me to accidently ram your car? And then apologize? That shirt you’re wearing makes you look fat. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/25 "2006-08-18T02:44:23Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > That shirt you’re wearing makes you look fat. It’s not the shirt. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/26 "2006-08-18T05:13:09Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It’s not the shirt. Must be the hat. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/27 "2006-08-18T05:29:24Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > Dickless \ bunnyfucker. Dickless? Bunnyfucker? How is this possible? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/28 "2006-08-18T11:56:38Z")
Bless your heart, **El Gaucho**. I just hate to see a guest feeling unhappy. Could I get you a cold drink? Oh, no. I’m sorry. That’s offensive to you. Could I urinate on your foot for you? Or perhaps have Jimbo take the dog out and have him defecate in the front seat of your car? Darn it, I still just can’t get it right. I’m used to trying to do what makes my guests comfortable and happy, but you obviously don’t want me offering you these options. Here, let’s try this: ::: swift kick in the nads ::: Hope you enjoyed it! Have a nice day! Come back and see us some time… uhhh, I mean, get the hell out of here, you moron! ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/29 "2006-08-18T12:10:41Z")
\*Dickless? Bunnyfucker? \* _How is this possible?_ That’s what strap-ons are for. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/30 "2006-08-18T12:12:36Z")
_Strap On! Apply directly to the crotch!_ _Strap On! Apply directly to the crotch!_ _Strap On! Apply directly to the crotch!_ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/31 "2006-08-18T12:13:25Z")
[hijack]Carl Corey! You a Zelazny fan by any chance?[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/32 "2006-08-18T13:06:45Z")
I like ‘bunnyfucker’. It has a certain resonance. Perhaps the bunny is fucking _him_? ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/33 "2006-08-18T13:39:05Z")
**Rilchiam** – Yup. It was the best thing I could come up with that wasn’t completely lame or borderline offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/34 "2006-08-18T13:48:23Z")
> [@El Gaucho](#): > > I’m sick of people in America being polite to me all the time. … Bless you? Excuse me? I would like to request, kind sir, that you remove your cranium from your rectum. I do believe this will improve your outlook on life. Thank you ever so much. Toodles! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/35 "2006-08-18T13:50:37Z")
> [@Carl Corey](#): > > **Rilchiam** – > > Yup. It was the best thing I could come up with that wasn’t completely lame or borderline offensive. Well, ya had me snorting into my coffee, bub! Senor Grounchipants, take a flying leap, please. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/36 "2006-08-18T14:22:51Z")
I’ve seen this type of thinking before. There are people in the world who are stupid. Some of them seem to have an odd combination of stupidity and arrogance that leads them to the conclusion that all the stuff they don’t know doesn’t _really_ exist, that the concepts they don’t understand and mental processes they can’t perform aren’t _really_ there: they float along in a special impregnable bubble of ignorance and stupidity because they’ve convinced themselves that what the rest of the world recognizes as intelligence, education and erudition, is really just some trick being played to demean them. When you have a group that not only is stupid but has taught itself (and its children) to hate anything to do with being smart, you’ve reached the point where education is not the answer. Similarly, when you have an asshole who has convinced himself that there’s _no such thing_ as a nice, decent person who honestly and willingly treats others well, you’ve got hold of someone who’s convinced himself that politeness is just a trick that he’s just too damn smart to fall for. He won’t even reciprocate kindness because that would be allowing himself to be “manipulated” by the deceitful actions of someone else. In short, someone like this is either dangerously out of step with the healthy and normal development of a social species, or someone posing as such, knowledgeably or in ignorance. If the former (unlikely), there’s no hope except that the authorities soon catch up with him. Best bet for the latter (my choice) is a confused kid who got hold of some Ayn Rand when he should have been reading Twain. If so, he deserves a little sympathy along with the sandpapering. Yes, **El Gaucho** , there is a Miss Manners… The OP comes awfully close to pure trolling in the sense that it invites abuse and defines anything else as dishonest and therefore worthy of attack. Nonetheless, the issue comes up often enough to make it worth the thread. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/37 "2006-08-18T15:22:48Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > I’ve seen this type of thinking before. There are people in the world who are stupid. Some of them seem to have an odd combination of stupidity and arrogance that leads them to the conclusion that all the stuff they don’t know doesn’t _really_ exist, that the concepts they don’t understand and mental processes they can’t perform aren’t _really_ there: they float along in a special impregnable bubble of ignorance and stupidity because they’ve convinced themselves that what the rest of the world recognizes as intelligence, education and erudition, is really just some trick being played to demean them. When you have a group that not only is stupid but has taught itself (and its children) to hate anything to do with being smart, you’ve reached the point where education is not the answer. > > Similarly, when you have an asshole who has convinced himself that there’s _no such thing_ as a nice, decent person who honestly and willingly treats others well, you’ve got hold of someone who’s convinced himself that politeness is just a trick that he’s just too damn smart to fall for. He won’t even reciprocate kindness because that would be allowing himself to be “manipulated” by the deceitful actions of someone else. > > In short, someone like this is either dangerously out of step with the healthy and normal development of a social species, or someone posing as such, knowledgeably or in ignorance. If the former (unlikely), there’s no hope except that the authorities soon catch up with him. Best bet for the latter (my choice) is a confused kid who got hold of some Ayn Rand when he should have been reading Twain. If so, he deserves a little sympathy along with the sandpapering. Yes, **El Gaucho** , there is a Miss Manners… > > The OP comes awfully close to pure trolling in the sense that it invites abuse and defines anything else as dishonest and therefore worthy of attack. Nonetheless, the issue comes up often enough to make it worth the thread. _Oh yeah!!! Well… shf… mwh… ff… YOU SUCK!!! And so’s your mother!_\* _All kidding aside, that was sublimely wise and articulated, Soup._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/38 "2006-08-18T16:01:14Z")
> [@Hey you!](#): > > _Oh yeah!!! Well… shf… mwh… ff… YOU SUCK!!! And so’s your mother!_\* > _All kidding aside, that was sublimely wise and articulated, Soup._ **Hey You!** , I’m almost too old to _see_ your footnote, and way too old to catch myself before posting foolishly. So _quit_ that, ya’ whipper-snappering-punk™. I wish it were not so, but there are more and more children today who are being instructed to shun strange thoughts the way they used to be taught to shun strange men in trenchcoats. Critical thinking takes a back seat to a litany of dogmas, repeated faithfully but never subjected to any rigorous analysis. Belief was separated from knowledge 500 years ago, and it’s wrong that the two should so easily be conflated now. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/39 "2006-08-18T16:24:28Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > … > > Still think I’m so polite, you clip rod dust fuck? Oh, my. That’s stunning. I believe that’s the finest insult I’ve seen in a week! I mean, “dickless piss-drinking bunnyfucker” was pretty cool, but it pales next to “clip rod dust fuck!” The single syllables even give it a punchy, Korean feel. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058/40 "2006-08-18T16:54:48Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > I like ‘bunnyfucker’. It has a certain resonance. Perhaps the bunny is fucking _him_? That poor guy is bunnyfucked! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-being-polite/369058.md?page=3)