# Fucking "You've probably never heard of it" smug bullshit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 12, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709 "2012-05-12T17:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/1 "2012-05-12T17:40:40Z")
I just saw a documentary on scopolamine which opened with “you’ve probably never heard of this drug”🆒 oh wow you little smug shitface you’re so educated! It started with hipster shit, and is now invading the English language in general. In articles and real life everyone is showing their smug superiority, “oh you’ve probably never had Indian food” 🆒 Fuck you smug bullshit! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/2 "2012-05-12T18:00:50Z")
Did they mention Crippen? ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/3 "2012-05-12T18:14:22Z")
Actually I hated the saying “youve probably never heard of it” way before you hated it. I don’t really hate it anymore except to be ironic. But back in the day, like around 2011, it was pretty hardcore to hate it. Now it’s gone mainstream though. But I did before it was. ---
**Author:** ![Craz3d117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Craz3d117](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craz3d117)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/4 "2012-05-12T18:16:12Z")
Funny, I just saw a documentary on scopolamine also. (Must be a different one, because it did not open with “you’ve probably never heard of this drug”) But anyways, I think you’re overreacting. There’s a difference between a hipster saying “Yeah my favorite band is X, you’ve probably never heard of them” (insinuating that they have a very specific unique taste in music superior to your own) and a documentary talking about a subject that most likely most people truly have never heard of. (Unless you think said documentary is making a personal jab at your knowledge of chemistry). I don’t think it’s smug to acknowledge how rare something is, especially in a non personal broadcast documentary. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/5 "2012-05-12T18:17:39Z")
Cool story. There’s this thing called subtlety though - you’ve probably never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/6 "2012-05-12T18:24:10Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > Actually I hated the saying “youve probably never heard of it” way before you hated it. I don’t really hate it anymore except to be ironic. But back in the day, like around 2011, it was pretty hardcore to hate it. Now it’s gone mainstream though. But I did before it was. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/7 "2012-05-12T18:36:08Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I just saw a documentary on scopolamine which opened with “you’ve probably never heard of this drug”🆒 oh wow you little smug shitface you’re so educated! > > It started with hipster shit, and is now invading the English language in general. In articles and real life everyone is showing their smug superiority, “oh you’ve probably never had Indian food” 🆒 > > Fuck you smug bullshit! The documentary from [Vice.com](http://Vice.com)? I saw that too. From what I can gather the documentary presents a load of bullshit about the drug’s effects. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/8 "2012-05-12T18:41:07Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > Actually I hated the saying “youve probably never heard of it” way before you hated it. I don’t really hate it anymore except to be ironic. But back in the day, like around 2011, it was pretty hardcore to hate it. Now it’s gone mainstream though. But I did before it was. I used to use irony. Back when it meant something. But nowadays everyone’s being ironic. So all of us cool people have started using hyperbole instead and it’s like the greatest thing in the entire universe. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/9 "2012-05-12T18:44:58Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> the Pit. (You’ve probably never heard of it.) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/10 "2012-05-12T19:06:41Z")
Well, now that we’re in the Pit, I’m going to be So Bitchin’ Post-Meta-Ironic that I’ll be in my room, listening to N_Sync and playing Hungry Hungry Hippos because I actually like it. (Actually, the Real Life version of me is in a hipster coffee joint right now, with my laptop and a copy of The Hardy Boys that I’m enjoying non-post-ironically)_ [\*_in case you haven’t heard of them…_](http://www.etsy.com/listing/81077520/vintage-hardy-boys-book-the-wailing) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/11 "2012-05-12T19:16:33Z")
Where are you from son? Madison City, Missouri sir! Never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/12 "2012-05-12T19:32:54Z")
So a hipster goes to a doctor for his test results. The doctor tells him “You’ve got a very rare disease. You’ve probably never heard of it.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/13 "2012-05-12T19:39:02Z")
How can anyone not have heard of scopolamine? It’s been a plot device on every mystery show on TV for the past year. The penultimate episode of \*Castle \*highlighted as The Zombie Drug. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/14 "2012-05-12T19:55:02Z")
Q: How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb? A: It’s a really obscure number; you’ve probably never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/15 "2012-05-12T20:01:08Z")
[Hipster Cat](http://media.photobucket.com/image/hipster%20cat/stockula/hipster_cats.jpg) has heard of scopolamine. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/16 "2012-05-12T20:02:53Z")
How did the hipster burn his mouth? he was eating pizza before it was cool. ETA: I actually used to go over to friend’s apartment and dink beer and play HUngry Hungry Hippos. Way before it was cool, assuming it is or ever was. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/17 "2012-05-12T20:25:29Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > How can anyone not have heard of scopolamine? It’s been a plot device on every mystery show on TV for the past year. The penultimate episode of \*Castle \*highlighted as The Zombie Drug. I only watched the first season of _Castle_. I stopped watching when it sold out by getting renewed. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/18 "2012-05-12T20:40:11Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I just saw a documentary on scopolamine which opened with “you’ve probably never heard of this drug” : oh wow you little smug shitface you’re so educated! > > It started with hipster shit, and is now invading the English language in general. In articles and real life everyone is showing their smug superiority, “oh you’ve probably never had Indian food” : > > Fuck you smug bullshit! I haven’t come across that particular obnoxious phrase, but it fits in nicely with my hatred of “it’s a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ thing, you wouldn’t understand”. We need a fist-shaking :mad: smiley dude, it would go well here. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/19 "2012-05-12T20:47:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I used to use irony. Back when it meant something. But nowadays everyone’s being ironic. So all of us cool people have started using hyperbole instead and it’s like the greatest thing in the entire universe. Oh, man, hyperbole just made its way to NY? That’s something else…I remember back in 2008 when it seemed like the new thing. Around here, we go for ironic hyperbole these days, and it’s the coolest thing since Hanson. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709/20 "2012-05-12T21:04:52Z")
These people must be related to those (also annoying) people who like to use fake secret agent talk - “I’d tell you, but then I’d have to kill you”… “don’t call us, we’ll call you’”, etc, etc… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it-smug-bullshit/621709.md?page=2)