# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/201 "2014-07-30T00:18:07Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > 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. Eh, as much as the poster above? Really, the least over analysis is just taking it for what it is, a take-down from his wife. Whether it is or not, wouldn’t mind, as I doubt Incubus will be back any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/202 "2014-07-30T00:25:27Z")
Unless “lengthly” is some weird California slang, I’m also suspicious now. Seems to me he’s racked up enough offenses to at least warrant a suspension, though. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/203 "2014-07-30T00:32:00Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > 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. On the flip-side this seems like one of those events that will pass into SDMB lore and be referred to in years to come. Nice to see history unfolding. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/204 "2014-07-30T00:56:52Z")
Interesting catch, **Morbo** , and all because of a misspelled word. :smack: Anyhow, if that truly was him instead of the HMW, as I suspect, he really does think pretty highly of himself. Amidst all the “he so bad” parts, was the finale… > [@Incubus](#): > > He is truely a wonderful man, who will take the shirt off his back for his family, he loves me with all my extra pounds (stretch marks and all), he has embraced my culture and language, he has growned in many aspects (he is still working on not being a douchebag), loves his mother and family, super smart and knowledgable (when not stroking his ego) and above all a somewhat honest man (some of the shit he put on here is complete bullshit and not a representation of him and he wanted a reaction) and when it comes to this message board… I guess that really does explain what everyone is dealing with here. And seeing as how he’s online now, wonder how all this is working out for him? ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/205 "2014-07-30T01:05:50Z")
> [@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. Nah, it’ll be more like: Hey guys, you won’t believe this. I accidentally left my iPad on the bus the other day, and this fat homeless woman picked it up. Turns out I forgot to log out of the Dope, and she posted in this thread pretending to be my wife! Anyway, I finally got my iPad back today, and after wiping off the grime and self-loathing she left all over it, I thought I’d check in and see how my pit thread is going. So what else did I miss? ---
**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 30, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/206 "2014-07-30T01:12:52Z")
> [@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.” That last one should be “apoligize.” Apologies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/207 "2014-07-30T01:15:32Z")
I just find it rather unlikely that **HMW** tm would actually give enough of a fuck about her hubby’s message board drama that she would get online on his account and post that. I mean, who cares?? If she’s working all those hours in that stressful job, it seems like stupid mb hijinks would not really matter much to her. ---
**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 30, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/208 "2014-07-30T01:16:09Z")
If we’re going with “lengthly” as the deciding factor, then I guess Incubus has also posted as [Odesio](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5526497&postcount=50), [Labrador Deceiver](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12718063&postcount=29), [Wilson](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17391489&postcount=5), [npropurr](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13342143&postcount=9), [Mahaloth](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12856775&postcount=24), [thelabdude](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14752110&postcount=8), [Runestar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13770772&postcount=9189), [Rick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6552837&postcount=26), and six more pages of search results. I think it’s a [pretty common misspelling](http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3202) or bit of “lexical creativity”. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/209 "2014-07-30T01:25:21Z")
Maybe he taught his wife how to write English, because he’s such a swell guy. ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/210 "2014-07-30T01:25:59Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > maybe - thing is, I was _already_ thinking he was a troll. > > **it would be HLW** > > and what does tm mean? (Bolding mine) I must disagree. If you’ll look back in the thread, you’ll see that HMW was far more prevalent and seems to have a history related to the topic at hand. And I think it would be a great choice for the woman’s username, it says “Yes, I’m real, I acknowledge what brought me to this message board, and my husband is a douchebag”. **If** it turns out she’s an actual person and not just something he concocted on a whim to make himself feel better for whatever reason. ---
**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 30, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/211 "2014-07-30T01:36:21Z")
I love the detective work in this thread. I still think HLW/HMW posted it, but “lengthly” gave me pause until **TroutMan’s** digging. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/212 "2014-07-30T02:01:37Z")
Well, of course a husband and a wife misspell the exact same word. I wouldn’t have thought otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/213 "2014-07-30T02:03:41Z")
Maybe she dictated it to him. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/214 "2014-07-30T02:04:02Z")
That’s how you know they’re soul mates. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/215 "2014-07-30T02:08:37Z")
You know, this thread title is starting to grow on me. **Incubus** _is_ douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/216 "2014-07-30T02:16:32Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I also think I’ve spent way too much time with this, and now need to go apologize to my wife, Morgan Fairchild. Ugh. That fattie? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/217 "2014-07-30T02:52:11Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > On the flip-side this seems like one of those events that will pass into SDMB lore and be referred to in years to come. Yeah, I almost replied to this thread last night but it was kind of late so I decided I’d just wait until today…only to discover that things had gotten a _lot_ more interesting. FWIW I don’t think it matters that much whether [post #103](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17589930&postcount=103) was really by **Incubus** ’s wife. Well, it should matter to _him_, but I doubt the rest of us will ever know for sure one way or the other. Either way I’m inclined to believe that the content was mostly accurate, if only because it’s consistent with my previous suspicions. I hope for **Incubus** ’s sake that the post really was written by his wife, because that would mean that he has someone who both cares about him and is willing to call him on his bullshit. If he wrote it himself then that’s really, really sad, but it doesn’t seem like trolling to me – more like a bizarre coping mechanism. If that’s the case then I hope he can find a good therapist, because he needs one. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/218 "2014-07-30T03:42:39Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > That last one should be “apoligize.” Apologies. 🙂 I totally missed the misspellings, great catch! I don’t see where you have anything to apologize to anyone for. If anything, Incubus needs to be asking all of us to [pardon him](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-YWtdx1bv0). I’m really surprised that he’d get himself into this [so deep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeJ8AAYyg8o); I’m thinking that I may [never know why](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAPssYnld3g)… but for all I know it could be because he’s received [a warning](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPRRtJhEXOE). I’ve noticed that there has not been any other post by him in any other thread on the board since the one purportedly by HMW. I can’t help but wonder [why he hasn’t come back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2i7NRP9Ims)… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/219 "2014-07-30T03:58:29Z")
Hey, I just got here. What have I missed? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247/220 "2014-07-30T04:16:12Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Hey, I just got here. What have I missed? See thread title. No updates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247.md?page=12)