# Jinx, you're a fucking jackass. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 19, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373 "2006-05-19T04:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiel0301](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tiel0301](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiel0301)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/1 "2006-05-19T04:39:32Z")
> **[Who Runs Wash DC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=372111)** > > Ok, pardon my asking, but I cannot say I’ve ever read the US Constitution word for word. (How many of us can?) So, I took my teachers’ word that the body describes how the USA’s Federal Government shall be structured. Recently, I heard it... to repeat: > [@](#): > > You have got to be kidding me. Are you serious? You’re an American citizen. That’s your JOB. People who can’t fucking speak understandable English can read and understand the Constitution to the point of passing citizenship tests, and you can’t take 45 seconds to do a Google search and 10 minutes to read the document? And you’re eligible to VOTE? Since you’re too damn dumb to read the foundation of your own goddamn government I’ll doubt you’re intelligent enough to understand how fucking stupid you sound. > > Asshole. to add: I mean, DUDE. when I opened that thread I expected to see “I don’t really get the legalities of the whole ‘district’ thing”. Maybe something along the lines of “Why are people from DC all bent out of shape about taxation without representation?” But to be on this message board for 7 fucking yeras and not know how to Google the fucking Constitution? Why the fuck are you here? Do you read these boards? Do you read the column? Fucking hell, do you READ? At all? Family Circus, maybe? The Jumble? Goddamn. I’ve read a lot of shit here over my years of lurking, but to post “Duh HOY hoy, what does my Constitution say, exactly” is not only the fucking height of stupidity, it’s the height of fucking jerkishness. Oh, and to repeat: Asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/2 "2006-05-19T04:51:45Z")
You’re an idiot who deserves the warning he got. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/3 "2006-05-19T05:02:46Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > You’re an idiot who deserves the warning he got. Agreed ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/4 "2006-05-19T05:15:40Z")
The question asked by **jinx** in the linked thread wasn’t just “what does the constitution say” as you suggest, but “if it says that DC is under the control of congress in the constitution, why does it have a mayor”? His comment about not having read the constitution through was just an aside. As was politely pointed out in the linked thread by several other posters, it’s deffinately worth **Jinx’s** time to read the constitution. No need to be a dick repeating the same thing 6 other people have already said with much less class. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/5 "2006-05-19T05:17:32Z")
I’m a little dismayed that **Jinx** hasn’t read it, but try not to be quite such a dick about it, hmm? Also, for future reference, **Rico** wasn’t giving you “advice.” ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/6 "2006-05-19T12:17:02Z")
I pit this pit (ting). ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/7 "2006-05-19T12:21:53Z")
So **Jinx** hasn’t read the US Constitution, and that somehow justifies you spouting profane insults in General Questions? That was the best warning I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/8 "2006-05-19T13:07:55Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > As was politely pointed out in the linked thread by several other posters, it’s deffinately worth **Jinx’s** time to read the constitution. No need to be a dick repeating the same thing 6 other people have already said with much less class. And while we all know what you meant… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/9 "2006-05-19T13:18:45Z")
The Constitution is a very good thing to read, but so are other texts, such as this essay by Bigelow: [http://newearth.org/frontier/grmain.html](http://newearth.org/frontier/grmain.html). People who use their knowledge to feel superior to another who lacks it have missed the point. It’s the _seeking_ of knowledge that is blessed, not the possession of it. It’s the confession of ignorance, not the crowing over a little learning, that we must respect. In this case, friend **Jinx** sought knowledge and confessed ignorance. He didn’t have to do either, and he certainly didn’t have to do the latter so explicitly. He started the thread. Several other people provided answers for him, to remedy his lack of knowledge, and/or encouraged him to read the Constitution (and by encouraged, I mean they actually made it more likely that he would – assuring him that it was neither too long, too convoluted, nor too archaic to understand, that it was a worthwhile read, providing a link to the text, and so forth), to remedy his ignorance. At this point, the SDMB was performing much as I imagine its creators had hoped on their less-cynical days. Then there came you, **tiel0301** , with a diatribe that asserts both your knowledge and your superiority, falling short of proving either. You alone managed both to fail to answer the question and to discourage the search for knowledge. In short, _you’re_ occupying the pro-ignorance position in that thread, kiddo. Think about that before you become a member and grace us with any more glimpses into your angry little mind. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/10 "2006-05-19T13:40:03Z")
Well put, **The King of Soup**. I’d rather have a thousand **Jinx** s on the board than one **tiel0301**. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/11 "2006-05-19T13:58:50Z")
This has inspired me to go read the Constitution. And no, I don’t know that I have ever read the whole thing in my adult life. Like Jinx, I probably went over it with my teacher in American History and then was way too cool to be seen reading it again. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/12 "2006-05-19T14:08:47Z")
$5 says **tiel0301** doesn’t make it through the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/13 "2006-05-19T14:14:54Z")
> [@tiel0301](#): > > You have got to be kidding me. Are you serious? You’re an American citizen. That’s your JOB. People who can’t fucking speak understandable English can read and understand the Constitution to the point of passing citizenship tests, and you can’t take 45 seconds to do a Google search and 10 minutes to read the document? And you’re eligible to VOTE? Since you’re too damn dumb to read the foundation of your own goddamn government I’ll doubt you’re intelligent enough to understand how fucking stupid you sound. > > Asshole. That’s a nice clean reaming **tiel0301**. Too bad you put it in GQ, but on the plus side, it made for an easy call by **Rico**. ---
**Author:** ![tiel0301](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tiel0301](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiel0301)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/14 "2006-05-19T14:18:13Z")
I can not believe that OP is being defended. It did not say “I read it and do not understand it”. It said “I am too damn lazy to look it up. Do my work for me.” ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/15 "2006-05-19T14:26:41Z")
> [@tiel0301](#): > > I can not believe that OP is being defended. It did not say “I read it and do not understand it”. It said “I am too damn lazy to look it up. Do my work for me.” The way I read this thread, the responders aren’t so much defending **Jinx**. They seem to be saying that your response in GQ and OP in this thread are evidence that you are an asshole who doesn’t care to respond within the rules of the forum and the culture of the Dope. \*\*The King of Soup \*\* summed it up with his usual clarity and eloquence. Try reading his post again. It’s shorter the the US Constitution. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/16 "2006-05-19T14:47:28Z")
> [@tiel0301](#): > > I can not believe that OP is being defended. It did not say “I read it and do not understand it”. It said “I am too damn lazy to look it up. Do my work for me.” As do most of the OPs in GQ. Jinx has annoyed me in the past (I won’t go into why just now, but they certainly weren’t hanging offenses) and I expected to agree with the OP when I read the title, but you’re rather off base here. There were plenty of people who managed to gently correct Jinx’s misunderstanding (that the constitution was lengthy, complex, and too difficult for a layperson to read and comprehend) without being jerks about it. Not to mention you’re a guest. We take that term literally around here, it’s not just messageboardese for “random jerk who hasn’t paid”. You are our guest, and we’ll welcome you into our “home” and let you poke around in our underwear drawers to see if you like the place. But being a guest carries responsibilities, as well. Rather bad form to spew vile in the wrong forum of a message board of which you’re not even a member. I’d suggest a time of lurkitude while you figure out how things work around here before you go all pit happy. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/17 "2006-05-19T14:51:46Z")
> [@tiel0301](#): > > I can not believe that OP is being defended. Well the OP makes a contribution and is polite. Unlike some posters. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/18 "2006-05-19T15:01:24Z")
> [@tiel0301](#): > > I can not believe that OP is being defended. It did not say “I read it and do not understand it”. It said “I am too damn lazy to look it up. Do my work for me.” Whereas you’re too damn lazy to read the forum rules and post accordingly. Yeah, Jinx has a habit of asking some dumbass questions. Big fucking deal. GQ isn’t the place to rip someone a new asshole (and you should know that after “years of lurking”.) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/19 "2006-05-19T15:09:11Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Whereas you’re too damn lazy to read the forum rules and post accordingly. You know, some folks have been here for years, and _still_ don’t get the posting conventions. How about cutting the newb some slack? Jinx can be annoying. tiel0301 expressed his annoyance in the wrong place, and got spanked for it. BFD, it doesn’t make him the goddamned antichrist. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373/20 "2006-05-19T15:15:05Z")
Not the antichrist, but quite a jerk. And certainly not helping in the fight against ignorance, as **The King of Soup** pointed out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinx-youre-a-fucking-jackass/357373.md?page=2)