# Inside jokes don't make you look clever. You look like you got a shiny asshole. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 8, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450 "2005-06-08T14:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/21 "2005-06-08T16:06:16Z")
It sure did appear stupid to those of us who aren’t in the in-crowd. It would have been too much trouble to clue in the 90% of us who didn’t know what was going on? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/22 "2005-06-08T16:10:21Z")
I never knew **Bricker** was a wizard, and wouldn’t have if not for this thread. So there! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/23 "2005-06-08T16:20:22Z")
I have to admit to some astonishment that **Bricker** and **YT** actually know each other and can apparently communicate. The posting styles of each are not even apples and oranges, more like apples and traffic signals. What a strange old world this is. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/24 "2005-06-08T16:22:39Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > I have to admit to some astonishment that **Bricker** and **YT** actually know each other and can apparently communicate. The posting styles of each are not even apples and oranges, more like apples and traffic signals. > > . Yeah, I was fairly shocked when he came in there and admitted it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/25 "2005-06-08T16:24:46Z")
Pyroto! Holy Cow! I remember the mountain and that Soup guy and love poems to Bricker. Damn, that was a long time ago. My asshole is shiny. I use Murphy’s Oil and a cotton cloth for that wonderfully reflective look and fresh scent. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/26 "2005-06-08T16:27:06Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > The good way…yeah, yeah, that’s it the way that’s hilarious… That’s good. Because otherwise we’d have to hack it to death with a kitchen knife. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/27 "2005-06-08T16:28:07Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > OK, inside REFERENCE, Mr. Picky. And I never suggested restricting the forum to only subjects I’m familiar with, so put Mr. Strawman back in his box. Well, then, if you don’t want to restrict the forum to subjects you’re familiar with, then WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM? The OP was relatively inoffensive. Boiled down, it comes down to “I’m trying to reestablish contact with Bricker and a few other members of this forum.” Clearly it’s not meant for you. But it’s not that mysterious either – a two second Google of Pyroto would have satisfied any lingering curiosity. So you’re fuming because you cruised by a thread, got peeved because you didn’t get it, dropped some uncalled for snark and got the mildest ever slap on the wrist for it. I stand by my original post. This is one of the lamest, most uncalled for pittings of all time, and you really need to get more sleep or something. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/28 "2005-06-08T16:28:47Z")
I thought the linked thread was pretty stupid. Then I saw this one, and had to recalibrate my instruments. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/29 "2005-06-08T16:29:06Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > love poems to Bricker. We really, really need some sort of “double-take” smiley. Anyway, **KnowedOut** , what the fuck \*is \* a shiny asshole? How does one look like they’ve got one? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/30 "2005-06-08T16:32:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That’s good. Because otherwise we’d have to hack it to death with a kitchen knife. Or blast it with a 1920’s style death ray? - OR - Oh never mind, that horse is dead, I’ll stop a’whippin it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/31 "2005-06-08T16:33:07Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > A) That was hardly yelling. > B) Ok, to those of us not in on the joke, it could be a waste of time or appear stupid. So ignore it. > C) I have no C. I’d tell you that when you have no C, you’re supposed to say “Hi, Opal!”, but that might upset **Knowed Out**. 😃 Hey, **Knowed Out** , I’m voting that you should take a chill pill. Yes, **Pyroto YT Tiger** is being a little esoteric, but a search of all of her posts indicates that after her false start, she’s been sticking to that one thread. She’s also a bit, err, effervescent for my taste this early in the day, but the thread and her posts are eminently ignorable. If I’m correct in assuming that you have no prior history with the game that everyone’s talking about, I can’t see any reason for you to concern yourself with it. So, to sum up:[ul] [li]Chill Pilll[/li][li]Pass over threads that don’t hold your interest[/li][li]errr, Hi, Opal![/li][/ul] [sub]Sorry, I couldn’t resist![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/32 "2005-06-08T16:33:29Z")
Holy shit Knowed Out, are you the self appointed humor police or what? What kind of an asshole shits on a bunch of poeple having fun? They pay their fee and have a right to post within the rules. You don’t get it? Stay the fuck out of the thread. You big shiny asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/33 "2005-06-08T16:53:09Z")
Wasn’t that an REM tune? _singing to self_ _Shiny happy assholes holding ha-a-a-a-nds…_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/34 "2005-06-08T16:59:47Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Anyway, **KnowedOut** , what the fuck \*is \* a shiny asshole? How does one look like they’ve got one? If you’re outside at noon and have no shadow then you’ve got quite the shiny asshole. In extreme cases, you might even appear to cast a neon glow like the undercarriage of a ricer’s car. > [@This Year's Model](#): > > I have to admit to some astonishment that Bricker and YT actually know each other and can apparently communicate. The posting styles of each are not even apples and oranges, more like apples and traffic signals. > > What a strange old world this is. I’m not sure anythings has ever been written here that I’ve agreed with more. Quadrahedral peg with a curious nipple, round hole. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/35 "2005-06-08T16:59:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My asshole is shiny. I use Murphy’s Oil and a cotton cloth for that wonderfully reflective look and fresh scent. _My_ asshole is so shiny I can see my face in it. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/36 "2005-06-08T17:02:09Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > _My_ asshole is so shiny I can see my face in it. > > :eek: You know there are places that’ll pay _big_ money for a picture of that… I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try_As_I_Might)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/37 "2005-06-08T17:04:36Z")
> [@\*\*Daithi Lacha\*\*](#): > > Wasn’t that an REM tune? > _singing to self_ > _Shiny happy assholes holding ha-a-a-a-nds…_ \*now singing with **Daithi Lacha** \* “AssHOLes… Shiny AssHOLes…” Great, that’s going to be stuck in my head forever… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/38 "2005-06-08T17:13:52Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Yeah, I was fairly shocked when he came in there and admitted it, too. You know, I have a life outside of you guys… 😃 If modesty permits, I will share that I was a VERY successful wizard on Pyroto. Although it sounds very D&D-ish, Pyroto was a game that rewarded an ability to answer trivia questions, and to communicate with others – the more you posted, the more potential you had for advancement; the more trivia you answered, the more power you accumulated. It wasn’t a role-playing game in any traditional sense… there was no “We’re going on a quest to slay the Ogre of Baxenbridge” business. Pyroto practically forced the formation of society, because the more power you accumulated, the more you could affect the message board. As a titillating analogy: imagine that a poster here could, by dint of moderate effort, accumulate the power to silence another poster, to erase his messages, or even to ban him. What would stop such a person from using that power poorly? Well, presumably others would. By gaining power for themselves, others could insist that no one be silenced unless all agreed on the need. Or they could insist that it’s a free country, so to speak, and that if A wants to use his power to banish B, that’s between A and B, and no concern of theirs. What happens then? Does a small crwod of thugs hold sway over all, simply because they got there first? Or can enough of the crowd be convinced to rebel, sacrifing their own gains to topple the dictators? Trust me: this was a fascinating exercise to watch unfold. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/39 "2005-06-08T17:20:39Z")
It sounds like it, but the real question is this: Does it give you a shiny asshole? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/40 "2005-06-08T17:32:33Z")
Wasn’t there a hit song by **Don Ho** called “Shiny Assholes?” _Shiny Assholes_ _and cheap wine_ _Make me happy_ _Make me me feel fine_ or something like that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450.md?page=3)