# I'm a greedy, selfish straightdope leech **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091 "2018-02-03T08:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squish7](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squish7/32/104_2.png) [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/1 "2018-02-03T08:10:58Z")
I have a beef with myself. I only ask questions here and suck the life and knowledge out of everyone else. Occasionally I’ll thumb through other questions trying to find something I can actually answer, to give back to the system, but I can never find any, although I’m probably lying to myself and don’t check long enough. You are my herd of free expert consultants that bend to my every whim, and I don’t pay you anything. Even if there were a button to give you a free muffin I probably wouldn’t click it. I’m not a paying member and I…I…I… I’VE NEVER CLICKED ON AN AD. There, I said it. Are there even ads here? If there are I don’t even notice them cuz they’re not here. This post is also of course just a thinly-veiled attempt at soliciting attention. I’m the person who **STARTS THINGS**. I’m the _ **entrepreneur,** _ damit, the radical genius. Nobody starts anything in this world but _ **me.** _ Answer your questions!? Pah! I could give a _creative_ answer, but that takes extra time, and why waste that on you? Why do you dope muggles in society flock to the creative people to worship or crucify? You’re just sheep and you know it. So what do you think, could it be in my blood and bones to be a thread\*\*\*-starter\*\*\* forever, or am I just a selfish anti-philanthropist? (And just to be clear, this post is just to distract me from my work right now. I’m not actually suffering any serious emotional trauma. Should I be?) ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/2 "2018-02-03T10:02:48Z")
Oooookay, wow. Lots of questions. I’ll start with the end. No, you or anyone shouldn’t be suffering any serious emotional trauma. As far as stating that we’re sheep and we know it: Bah. ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/3 "2018-02-03T13:06:26Z")
_Most_ folks have unrealistic private assessments concerning self-worth. Thanks for making yours public, but meh… I’ve heard better. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/4 "2018-02-03T14:13:33Z")
You’re wrong about the emotional trauma. It’s there, clear as can be. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/5 "2018-02-03T14:18:59Z")
I know almost everything that’s worth knowing\*, and most of the time I don’t know something I can research it on my own (if I can formulate a short question for a complex problem then the dope is sometimes quicker though). So without people like you, asking the questions, my life would be less interesting. \*This might be hubris, but what is life without an exaggerated sense of self worth? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/6 "2018-02-03T14:47:01Z")
To the OP: you’re okay even if you don’t feel like you are. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/7 "2018-02-03T14:56:11Z")
On the 1-10 scale of Internet eccentrics, you rate about a negative 55. If you really want to rile up the SDMB, you can: [ul] [li]Claim you talk to God and only you know how to interpret the bible.[/li][li]Be a diehard Trump supporter and rebut Doper accusations by calling them whiny liberals.[/li][li]Claim rape is impossible because women can simply close their legs.[/li][li]Tell transgenders they’re all going to hell.[/li][li]Provide YouTube links to unhinged conspiracy kooks.[/li][li]Be a birther, a truther, or a Hillary emailer.[/li][/ul] or any combination thereof. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/8 "2018-02-03T15:02:59Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > As far as stating that we’re sheep and we know it: Bah. Shh. **Hal’s** lurking. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/9 "2018-02-03T15:26:09Z")
> [@squish7](#): > > I’m the person who **STARTS THINGS**. I’m the _ **entrepreneur,** _ damit, the radical genius. This [might not be tounge-in-cheek](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722541). ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/10 "2018-02-03T15:40:08Z")
Just another _Schrödinger’s Thread_ here. I can’t wait for the last post and find out of **Squishy** lived. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/11 "2018-02-03T16:47:21Z")
> [@naita](#): > > I know almost everything that’s worth knowing\*, > … > > \*This might be hubris, but what is life without an exaggerated sense of self worth? Donald? Is that you? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/12 "2018-02-03T17:59:29Z")
> [@squish7](#): > > Even if there were a button to give you a free muffin I probably wouldn’t click it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/13 "2018-02-03T19:19:30Z")
What about pie? Could we have that? ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/14 "2018-02-03T23:50:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > On the 1-10 scale of Internet eccentrics, you rate about a negative 55. If you really want to rile up the SDMB, you can: > > [ul] > [li]Claim you talk to God and only you know how to interpret the bible.[/li][li]Be a diehard Trump supporter and rebut Doper accusations by calling them whiny liberals.[/li][li]Claim rape is impossible because women can simply close their legs.[/li][li]Tell transgenders they’re all going to hell.[/li][li]Provide YouTube links to unhinged conspiracy kooks.[/li][li]Be a birther, a truther, or a Hillary emailer.[/li][/ul] > > or any combination thereof. I’d also recommend… [ul] [li]being an anti-vaxxer[/li][li]claiming you cured your cancer with juicing and herbal supplements[/li][li]announcing that your favorite movie is _The Phantom Menace_ or _Starship Troopers_[/li][li]describing your amazing new invention that ignores the laws of physics[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![zazzles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c89c15/32.png) [@zazzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zazzles)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/15 "2018-02-04T04:56:31Z")
OP sounds tarded. It’s cool. My first wife was tarded. She’s a pilot now. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/16 "2018-02-04T07:32:16Z")
To be honest, I think a well formed question counts as a solid contribution to the board. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/17 "2018-02-05T14:17:13Z")
Besides the fact that “Muffin Button” would be an excellent rock band name, I think that every computer should have one. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-greedy-selfish-straightdope-leech/808091/18 "2018-02-06T22:22:58Z")
Leeches get steeches…