# I am an Asshole and proud of it!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054 "2003-02-19T03:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/21 "2003-02-19T09:26:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jodi \* > \*\*Pitsturbator. > \*\* Antagonanistic ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/22 "2003-02-19T10:21:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\*I think that allowing emotion to cloud reason is the height of stupidity because the ability to reason is what separates man from animal. \*\*I found the above particularly ironic as the tone of the OP is far from emotion-free, also… > [@](#): > > \*\*UNITY for Assholes every where!! \*\* The fatal flaw; assholes don’t _ **want** _ unity, as demonstrated here: > [@](#): > > \*\*I think that humanity in general is lacking in worth. I am unfazed by the death of anyone outside of my immedeate family…I have no sympathy or empathy for anyone. \*\* Nice try though, Asshole. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/23 "2003-02-19T11:05:46Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m just a regular joe with a regular job > Your average white suburbanite slob… Etc. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/24 "2003-02-19T11:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nocktober \* > \*\*Is there a word meaning “someone who pits himself”? \*\* Incontinent? (sorry I may have mis-read the question;)) A victim of self-pity? Actually, the psychobabble term [sub]i.e I just made it up[/sub] for this phenomenon is “reflexive entrenchment”. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/25 "2003-02-19T13:10:12Z")
So basically what you are saying is that it’s a waste of time to read your posts. Thanks for the heads up. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/26 "2003-02-19T13:22:40Z")
Did you think that assholes in general were repentent? Did you think that no one had noticed that you were an asshole? It isn’t that no one noticed, it’s that no one cared. You aren’t a free spirited innovator of some sort. You’re a lonely looser, that no one is listening to. But you can be proud of it if you want to. No one cares about that either. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/27 "2003-02-19T13:25:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I think people who nitpick about grammer and spelling on message boards have a stick up their ass and need to find a way to feel superior to someone. It’s spelled “grammar”. And you probably meant “need to find _another_ way to feel superior to me (besides the obvious ones)”. You’re welcome. > [@](#): > > I also think that people who get worked up over things said to them on a message board need to get a grip. So, are you saying that you getting worked up over criticisms of your spelling, grammar, logical flaws, and general rectal-cranial inversion problems, is a sign that **you** “need to get a grip”? I might agree with you, but probably not for that reason. Besides that, what **Persephone** said. Love and kisses, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/28 "2003-02-19T13:43:12Z")
At least when Denis Leary did it, it was entertaining and creative. C’mon **BURNER** …Write us a song. Or at least a haiku or something. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/29 "2003-02-19T14:19:46Z")
That’s what we need. More people who are willing to say, “I’m an asshole and proud of it!” Oh wait. That’s most people. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/30 "2003-02-19T14:34:24Z")
Nah, **BURNER**. You are _not_ an asshole. You don’t qualify. In order to qualify, you must demonstrate an aptitude for using HUGE typefonts. No, **BURNER** my son— your problem can be solved simply. With Beano. _Lots_ of Beano. _Huge quantities_ of Beano. Taken daily, or in your case, _several times daily_, problems like yours vanish in a few months, leaving you no more socially objectionable than a Used Car Dealer, a Dog Thief, or a Randian Objectivist. So, bottoms up the Beano, my lad, & sing us a merry tune. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/31 "2003-02-19T14:38:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > **I am an unrepentant asshole.** In other news, the pope wears a funny hat. Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/32 "2003-02-19T14:44:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by furt \* > \*\*Y’know, if I was a middle aged loser with nothing to do in the evenings but masturbate and wonder why nobody loved me, I’d be pissed too. \*\* Nah, I’ve met him. He’s nowhere near middle-aged. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/33 "2003-02-19T14:56:18Z")
Ahh, I remember hearing this back in 1991 or so… [Denis Leary] Know what I’m gonna do? I’m gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado Convertible, HOT PINK, with whaleskin hubcaps and all-leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights… yeah! And I’m gonna drive around in that baby at 115 miles per hour, getting 1 mile per gallon, suckin’ down quarter pound cheeseburgers from McDonald’s in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers and when I’m done suckin’ down those greaseball burgers I’m gonna wipe my mouth on the American Flag and then I’m gonna toss the styrofoam containers right out the side, and there ain’t a goddamn thing anybody can do about it. You know why? Because we got the bombs, that’s why Two words: Nuclear fuckin’ weapons, OK? Russia, Germany, Romania, they can have all the democracy they want…they can have a big democracy cakewalk right through the middle of Tienamen Square and it won’t make a lick of difference, because we got the bombs, OK? John Wayne’s not dead, he’s frozen! And as soon as we find a cure for cancer, we’re gonna thaw out the Duke and he’s gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well, multiply that by 15 million times, that’s how pissed off the Duke’s gonna be. I’m gonna get the Duke and John Casavetti and Lee Marvin and Sam Peckinpaw and a case of whisky and drive to Texas… [/Denis Leary] ---
**Author:** ![Tone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Tone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tone)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/34 "2003-02-19T15:00:08Z")
yeaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww Burner… i wish i could have put togeather such a statement… because i am very similar to you… an arsehole, and proud 😃 tone ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/35 "2003-02-19T15:05:04Z")
Hmm, I probably qualify. Not sure how that makes me feel… [QUOTE] \*Originally posted by BURNER \* I am Pro abortion [\quote] I prefer to call it pro-choice, although the too-young girl on the train yelling at her infant today does make me want to reconsider that. > [@](#): > > and Pro death penalty Only if equally applied to all. > [@](#): > > Anti gun control Nope. Not that I have any idea of how to reasonably control them, now that the cat is out of the bag. > [@](#): > > I think that humanity in general is lacking in worth. Yep, but there are bright spots. I try to look for them wherever I can. > [@](#): > > I am unfazed by the death of anyone outside of my immedeate family. Not _unfazed_, but also not moved to mourning and public displays of grief. I sympathize with the survivors. > [@](#): > > I think that all religion is a scam and a lie. I’m an atheist too, but I wouldn’t go that far. > [@](#): > > I have no sympathy or empathy for anyone. Not much and not for many, but I have some. > [@](#): > > I think that allowing emotion to cloud reason is the height of stupidity because the ability to reason is what separates man from animal. Agree with the first, but not the justification. What separates us is the ability to overcome biological and emotional urges. Not everyone can do it. > [@](#): > > I dont judge people based on gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin ,color or religion, but if I am insulting someone and an insult related to any is aplicable I will use it. I agree, but only with close friends (a multi-racial, multi-etnic, multi-religious lot who share the same views). That’s pragmatism; I don’t need any more battles. > [@](#): > > I actively rejoice when someone I dislike comes into harms way. Maybe inwardly smile, but I’m not very forgiving either. > [@](#): > > I think that any form of welfare should be abolished and that the poor should either get jobs or starve and die. Most of us have jobs, so it cant be that hard. Disagree. I don’t believe in a welfare state, but I do believe that there should be a social ‘safety net’. > [@](#): > > The same thing goes for drug addicts. If they cant kick the habit , then they should be allowed to O.D. and stop wast[e]ing ox[y]gen the rest of us could put to good use. Too harsh. I’m not terribly sympathetic, but I’m nowhere near that fanatic. > [@](#): > > I think people who nitpick about gramm[a]r and spelling on message boards have a stick up their ass and need to find a way to feel superior to someone. But I like to do it. Besides, I don’t _feel_superior - I **am** superior. > [@](#): > > I also think that people who get worked up over things said to them on a message board need to get a grip. It is just a fucking message board, not the secret of Nym. I dont feel the need to be “politicaly correct” or use sensitivity in my speech. I call it like I see it. I dont realy expect any one else to see it that way.I come to message boards to learn a little bit about random topics and random people. Agreed. > [@](#): > > I dont come here for a “_morals_” or “_ethics_” lesson. I also dont expect anyone else to agree with me. I don’t get one. I do get an insight into how a greater number of people than I would ever meet in a greater range of social, economic and national class (yes, I made up that last one to suit my purposes) process information and respond to events. Just my NSHO. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/36 "2003-02-19T15:17:06Z")
**broccoli!** , it’s _nucular_, not _nuclear_. ---
**Author:** ![B.Pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@B.Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Pants)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/37 "2003-02-19T15:23:11Z")
I am an unrepentant copraphage. I am Pro fecal ingestion and Pro diarrhea, anti toilet. I eat the shit of my betters because I think it will make _me_ better. I am posting this so that when I am pitted, the OP knows to throw me in an outhouse pit. It is a pre-emptive strike of sorts. I don’t feel the need to be politically correct; I just like to eat shit. The preceding has been a pubic service announcement. Please feel free to add your own shit to my dinner plate. I’m sure every doper has some shit to share. Unity to the poop eaters! ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/38 "2003-02-19T15:24:25Z")
> [@](#): > > …I think that allowing emotion to cloud reason is the height of stupidity because the ability to reason is what separates man from animal… [This film](http://regencylady.tripod.com/site/filmreviews/equilibrium.html) may be just the one for you. Coming soon to a cinema near you. Let’s all strive to live in a world where emotion is outlawed and only pure rationality prevails. Yep, that’s the ticket. Emotion-supressing injection anyone? ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/39 "2003-02-19T15:26:13Z")
I’m [shocked](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=157658) by the premise of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054/40 "2003-02-19T15:40:01Z")
Well, if you had posted this thread right away, you could’ve saved me the time of finding out for myself from your posts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-asshole-and-proud-of-it/156054.md?page=3)