# Incubus is douchebag **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 28, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247 "2014-07-28T15:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/181 "2014-07-29T20:46:17Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > PS I will not be replying to any post and am not seeking replies… this is more to englighten the messageboard of the truth! [Moderating] If you change your mind about that, we’re going to have to ask you to create a new account. We prefer to have only one poster per user name. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/182 "2014-07-29T21:27:59Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > If “Mrs. Incubus” is a fake, it’s a masterfully-executed one. Yeah, the skeptics are giving **Incubus** too much credit in the cunning department. His posting history shows him incapable of posting more than 3 consecutive paragraphs without using at least one of the following terms: lazy, self-aware, learned helplessness, Mexican, and whiny. Magically, none of these words appear in that post. He also has a hard time starting sentences with a word other than “I”. Go back and look at his posts if yall doubt me. His self-centeredness doesn’t just affect the content of his speech; it influences how he speaks. That isn’t something that you can fake very easily, especially if you’ve got a ego like **Incubus** does. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/183 "2014-07-29T21:46:33Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > No it’s not a caricature. It’s the average writing of someone who wrote something fast and conversational in tone. Not to mention, the poor woman works 70 hours per week! She was probably exhausted. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/184 "2014-07-29T22:03:53Z")
Gah! I hate this board software sometimes! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/185 "2014-07-29T22:06:47Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > He’s tried to insult me in the past. The most memorable time was [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17432917&postcount=59), when he tried to hold me up as a shameful loser compared to his glowing magnificence. . Here, I fixed your link for you. (See, you can’t even post a link right!) 😉 No, seriously, that was pretty douche-baggy. As for whether that’s his wife or not: he still comes off as a dick. It’s lose-lose. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/186 "2014-07-29T22:22:43Z")
I’m with **faithfool** on this for all the same reasons she is. Like I said before, **Incubus** could put a rest to all this and post a pic of him and his wife together holding a sign that says “SDMB 7-29-14” It would be the perfect opportunity to put all us nay sayers to shame. I mean, why _wouldn’t_ he do it? He has every motivation to do so. But he wont of course. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/187 "2014-07-29T22:29:41Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I’m with **faithfool** on this for all the same reasons she is. > Like I said before, **Incubus** could put a rest to all this and post a pic of him and his wife together holding a sign that says “SDMB 7-29-14” > It would be the perfect opportunity to put all us nay sayers to shame. I mean, why _wouldn’t_ he do it? He has every motivation to do so. But he wont of course. Hey, it’s me and _I_ wouldn’t do it. For various reasons. So I wouldn’t hold that to them. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/188 "2014-07-29T22:43:42Z")
There’s no way his wife would be willing to pose for a picture with him, not now. Not if that really had been her. And if that had really been her, there’s no way he’ll be returning to this thread any time soon. First of all, she took away his computer privileges. And secondly, how could he show his face after being outed as a liar by his own _wife_? You don’t just shrug that off. If he does return to this thread, I might reconsider my stance, but until then…nah. **Incubus** could have easily abandoned this thread if he didn’t want to deal being pitted anymore. Pretending to be his wife and _then_ fading to black serves no purpose. Sure he could come back and call us suckers for believing his prank, but what would be the point of that? For one he wouldn’t be able to prove it and two, it would likely get him banned. So it is resolved: the skeptics will never know if they are right. Whatever move **Incubus** makes next could go either way. But the believers don’t need their belief confirmed to be entertained, because the mere possibility that wife outed him as a dishonest douche is awesome enough. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/189 "2014-07-29T22:48:19Z")
If **Incubus** continues to post here (which I doubt), I predict that his next post will be a claim that he wrote the “wife” post. He’ll say, “LOL, I can’t believe you idiots fell for it,” and proudly say how meta and Andy-Kaufmanesque it was to eviscerate himself in his own post. Then he’ll add that his wife found his fake post hilarious and they shared a good laugh at our expense. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/190 "2014-07-29T23:05:25Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Then he’ll add that his wife found his fake post hilarious and they shared a good laugh at our expense. …after running a three mile run. It doesn’t matter to me if **Incubita** is a fake or not. It’s entertaining either way. But without an apology and a promise to do better coming directly from him, he will always remain a pathetic little loser. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/191 "2014-07-29T23:07:56Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Like I said before, **Incubus** could put a rest to all this and post a pic of him and his wife together holding a sign that says “SDMB 7-29-14” > > It would be the perfect opportunity to put all us nay sayers to shame. I mean, why _wouldn’t_ he do it? He has every motivation to do so. But he wont of course. I would not post a picture of myself here, and certainly would never post one of my wife. There are plenty of people here who want to maintain some level of privacy. Maybe Incubus isn’t as interested in that, but I bet his wife is. And what’s the point? He posts it and everyone immediately accuses him of hiring some random woman to pose with him. > [@erysichthon](#): > > If **Incubus** continues to post here (which I doubt), I predict that his next post will be a claim that he wrote the “wife” post. He’ll say, “LOL, I can’t believe you idiots fell for it,” and proudly say how meta and Andy-Kaufmanesque it was to eviscerate himself in his own post. Then he’ll add that his wife found his fake post hilarious and they shared a good laugh at our expense. Hah, I can see this happening. Unfortunately, the “admission” of trolling and reverse sockery would be at least a suspension and probably a banishment. I’d rather see where this story goes. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/192 "2014-07-29T23:19:22Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Not to mention, the poor woman works 70 hours per week! She was probably exhausted. Which begs the question, does she work 70 hours a week for the money or to get away from her husband? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/193 "2014-07-29T23:26:26Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Which begs the question, does she work 70 hours a week for the money or to get away from her husband? Can’t she do both like the late Earl Warren? Incubus, if you’re reading this and if you care I still like you. This whole thing is funny though, but I’ve enjoyed your posts for years although I agree with others, you can and should try to be proud of yourself w/o being hostile to those you do not agree with or want to become. If you don’t, people will fight back (nobody liked being abused, more or less) I hope you come back. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/194 "2014-07-29T23:29:08Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Unfortunately, the “admission” of trolling and reverse sockery would be at least a suspension and probably a banishment. If he’s banned here, he could always continue mocking us from his sock account over on Giraffeboards. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/195 "2014-07-29T23:31:14Z")
“Earl Warren wasn’t a stripper!” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/196 "2014-07-29T23:40:13Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > I’m on the extreme **end of the bell** curve for income for my job. (my bolding) Well, you’ve got to hand it to him - he’s capable of self-criticism. He freely admits he’s a [bell-end](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bell-end). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/197 "2014-07-29T23:42:59Z")
Eh, he’s probably not as big of a douche in real life as he’s acting here. In real life there are consequences for being a dick, on the internet not so much. I’d actually hate it if everyone here on the Dope thought I was a jerk–fuck, I joined in 2000. Damn. So yeah. Point is, lots of long term posters here don’t seem to care how they are perceived by others. There are some people I guess who are the same way in real life, but I think they don’t overlap as much as you might expect. Like, some people are antisocial alienated loners in face to face interactions who can only be nice online. Others are the opposite, decent people face to face but complete dicks online, the spend all day being nice and treat their online life as a vacation from consequences. Others are neither. And some are just complete assholes 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/198 "2014-07-29T23:58:06Z")
Total bullshit. I think he went through that “wife” post after writing it and decided to misspell certain words to make it seem like ESL. But I think he missed a couple of “apologize” ones, and one of the misspellings is his own. The “wife” managed to spell apologize correctly, then the next time spell it “appoligies,” then the next time spell it correctly, then the next time spell it “apologize.” And “lengthly” is a word that Incubus [himself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3441500&postcount=1) [always](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5723484&postcount=1) [seems](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8165917&postcount=134) [to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5749754&postcount=1) [misspell](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4882067&postcount=1). BTW, that was 5 minutes of searching “site:boards.straightdope.com Incubus lengthly.” Note also I was unable in 5 minutes of searching “site:boards.straightdope.com Incubus lengthy” to find _any_ instances of him spelling it correctly. I also think I’ve spent way too much time with this, and now need to go apologize to my wife, Morgan Fairchild. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/199 "2014-07-29T23:58:26Z")
I think you guys really _want_ it to be a post from the HLW but I just want to go on record to say that I think y’all are over-analyzing and over-invested because you want it to be so. But I think **Incubus** is playing everyone here and it is now a silly game for him. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/200 "2014-07-30T00:12:31Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > The “wife” managed to spell apologize correctly, then the next time spell it “appoligies,” then the next time spell it correctly, then the next time spell it “apologize.” > > And “lengthly” is a word that Incubus [himself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3441500&postcount=1) [always](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5723484&postcount=1) [seems](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8165917&postcount=134) [to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5749754&postcount=1) [misspell](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4882067&postcount=1). I read “appoligies” as a phonetic spelling of “apologies,” not “apologize.” But I admit you have a good point with “lengthly.” That’s pretty damning. I have also spent way too much time thinking about this, and that sanctimonious asshole isn’t worth it, so I’m checking out now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247.md?page=11)