# I am your better. Do as I say. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184 "2010-07-27T14:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/301 "2010-08-26T20:03:40Z")
I like that not knowing about other areas means you shouldn’t even explore them. The unknown is to be feared from a safe distance. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/302 "2010-08-27T02:50:56Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > > > Chessic’s gonna have a bad week: > > > > [D.C. Metro won’t let SmarTrip users leave with insufficient fare](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/25/AR2010082506840.html?hpid=topnews) > > Wives are gonna have to stock up on sandwiches. \*\*Chessic \*_will never return_ \*I also got it. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/303 "2010-08-27T03:32:31Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > Wives are gonna have to stock up on sandwiches. > > \*\*Chessic \*_will never return_ > > \*I also got it. Of course, Charlie’s wife had the good sense to have a fare card with enough money on it before she entered the Scollay Square Station. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/304 "2010-08-27T04:16:45Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > That doesn’t work. That term already has a meaning- the “whoa” feeling you get when you see a beautiful chess combination. I was on the chess team in high school. I have never, ever heard of this term whatsoever, so I googled “chessic sensation” and there is ONE result: Your post. Try again? edit: I’m a janitor, btw. How does it feel to get busted by your inferior? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/305 "2010-08-27T06:04:07Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > > That doesn’t work. That term already has a meaning- the “whoa” feeling you get when you see a beautiful chess combination. > > I was on the chess team in high school. I have never, ever heard of this term whatsoever, so I googled “chessic sensation” and there is ONE result: Your post. > > Try again? > > edit: I’m a janitor, btw. How does it feel to get busted by your inferior? You’re not his inferior in any sense of the term. Especially considering he seems to be some sort of intern with egomania. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/306 "2010-08-27T14:46:00Z")
The Sigmund Freud tribute band? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/307 "2010-08-27T17:11:24Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > The Sigmund Freud tribute band? Siggy Pop and the Psychadelic Furnitures? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/308 "2010-08-27T18:31:29Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > Wives are gonna have to stock up on sandwiches. > > \*\*Chessic \*_will never return_ > > \*I also got it. I don’t get it, and would like it explained to me. Also, I think the reason that **Chessic** is not returning is because his internship is over. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/309 "2010-08-27T19:04:05Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I don’t get it, and would like it explained to me. [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU) you go. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/310 "2010-08-27T19:08:59Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > > [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > > > Wives are going to have to stock up on sandwiches. > > > > \*\*Chessic \*_will never return_ > > > > \*I also got it. > > I don’t get it, and would like it explained to me. > > Also, I think the reason that **Chessic** is not returning is because his internship is over. It’s a reference to the [Charlie on the MTA](http://www.mit.edu/~jdreed/t/charlie.html) song, which revolves around an exit charge from a subway car. The bit about sandwiches refers to the fourth verse: > [@](#): > > Charlie’s wife goes down > To the Scollay Square station > Every day at quarter past two > And through the open window > She hands Charlie a sandwich > As the train comes rumblin’ through. (on preview, I see someone’s linked a youtube video, which I can’t watch from work; having already written all this, I’ll leave it and its lack of a sense of humor intact). ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/311 "2017-11-15T19:36:47Z")
I would just like to point out this part of the OP: > [@](#): > > Listen carefully. I’m smarter than you, better at my job, and take care of myself better than you do. In other words, I am superior to you. I’m willing to bet that the Metro employee who confronted a turnstile jumper so many years ago [never fell for a Ponzi scheme,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841817) let alone considered going back for a second bite at the apple. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/312 "2017-11-15T21:19:30Z")
Wow, that’s a deep cut ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/313 "2017-11-15T22:34:10Z")
Ouch. [Just gonna leave this here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/314 "2017-11-15T22:43:08Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I would just like to point out this part of the OP: > > I’m willing to bet that the Metro employee who confronted a turnstile jumper so many years ago [never fell for a Ponzi scheme,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841817) let alone considered going back for a second bite at the apple. You dug up a seven year old thread to … I can’t even … What? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/315 "2017-11-15T23:01:11Z")
> [@naita](#): > > You dug up a seven year old thread to … I can’t even … What? The irony, necessarily pointed out, is that most people become wiser with the passing of time. _Most_ people. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/316 "2017-11-15T23:12:01Z")
> [@naita](#): > > You dug up a seven year old thread to … I can’t even … What? It’s petty and ridiculous and really, really funny. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/317 "2017-11-16T04:22:59Z")
Bravo, sir, bravo. Also, if I have ever slighted you in any way during our shared time on this board, I didn’t mean it and I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/318 "2017-11-16T05:04:23Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > It’s petty and ridiculous and really, really funny. +eleventy ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/319 "2017-11-16T05:43:55Z")
Wow. Remind me to never ever piss off **Ravenman**. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/320 "2017-11-16T16:15:14Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > Wow. > > Remind me to never ever piss off **Ravenman**. When you hear about laser-guided karma, you can smile knowing who’s probably aiming the [designator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_designator). 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184.md?page=15)