# mild rant about douchebags in general **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 11, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090 "2009-05-11T21:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/1 "2009-05-11T21:16:32Z")
Not naming names and not linking posts because I am a lazy bitch, but am I the only person that gets tired of posts like this: > [@](#): > > **OP** : I’m a whiny, entitled douche bag hypocrite that wants you, the Doper population to help me come up with some really intelligent, snappy way of telling people off while still being a whiny, entitled douche bag hypocrite. > > **Other Posters** : Uhm, why don’t you just quit being a whiny, entitled douche bag hypocrite? > > **OP** : Waaaaah, how dare you say such a thing!! I hate you all because you’re stupid and don’t understand that I have a right to be the way I am! > > **Mod** : Post closed because whiny entitled douche bag hypocrite can’t handle the criticism. Seriously. I might not like the responses when I post something, but I take my licks if I deserve them\*. If I don’t feel that I deserve them, I just ignore them and go on with my life. Honestly, am I the thick one or is this trend something that makes sense to other people? \*I made a comment in a thread ages ago that wasn’t meant the way it came across and another poster called me out on it – I totally saw how that poster read me and apologised. I have a funny way of wording things sometimes, in that instance, I did come across as a douche on a second reading. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/2 "2009-05-11T21:25:38Z")
> [@Litoris](#): > > I did come across as a douche on a second reading. Well, that’s progress. You usually come across as a douche on a first reading. 🙂 I agree with you about the thread-closing issue. I’ve always felt that someone who starts a thread should be forced to take their lumps if the thread doesn’t go the way they wanted, and that closing threads to protect people’s delicate sensibilities is a silly practice. That said, i don’t recall seeing something like this recently. Maybe you could get off your lazy bitch ass and give an example or two? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/3 "2009-05-11T21:32:42Z")
Knew exactly the thread without having to look to see that it had been closed. [I need a snappy comeback](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517226) Read the OP and the first couple of comments. Went to get popcorn but it was already closed when I returned, alas. So my rant is that I have popcorn and no show. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/4 "2009-05-11T21:36:37Z")
> [@](#): > > OP: I’m a whiny,entitled douche bag hypocrite that wants you,the Doper population to help me come up with some really intelligent,snappy way of telling people off while still being a whiny,entitled douche bag hypocrite. I fixed the hypothetical OP for you. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/5 "2009-05-11T21:40:32Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Knew exactly the thread without having to look to see that it had been closed. > > [I need a snappy comeback](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517226) Yeah, i think that’s a good example of a thread that should not be closed just because the OP isn’t hearing what he wants to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/6 "2009-05-11T21:48:35Z")
Agreed. It was clear he asked it to be shut down because he didn’t like being told that he was being a dick. Which makes him even more of a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/7 "2009-05-11T21:57:00Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I fixed the hypothetical OP for you. That actually made me laugh out loud, thanks 🙂 I knew that my OP was one of these, but I don’t plan on asking the mods to close it if (when?) I get “piled on.” It just seems like I have noticed several threads like that in the last few weeks, and it’s idiotic. I mean, seriously, the OP wants validation for being a douche bag then demands the thread be closed when they don’t get their validation? Fuck, I don’t need validation from a bunch of faceless words on the interwebz, if you agree with me, fine. If not, fuck it, I don’t really care 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/8 "2009-05-11T22:46:20Z")
Shame, really. He actually got some good comebacks. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/9 "2009-05-11T23:27:46Z")
Yeah, i liked Bubbadogs quite a bit. I assumed that he knew how he was coming across, and just wanted to see what fun we could have with it. I was kinda bummed that people were taking him so seriously about it though. =( It woulda been fun to see what other lines could have been made up. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/10 "2009-05-11T23:38:24Z")
I think I missed a memo. Is this another policy change? Since when are threads closed because the OP doesn’t like the responses he’s getting? > [@mhendo](#): > > always felt that someone who starts a thread should be forced to take their lumps if the thread doesn’t go the way they wanted, and that closing threads to protect people’s delicate sensibilities is a silly practice. Hell, they don’t even have to “take their lumps!” If they can’t take the heat, they don’t have to keep reading the thread. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/11 "2009-05-11T23:45:33Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I think I missed a memo. Is this another policy change? Since when are threads closed because the OP doesn’t like the responses he’s getting? When the OP requests the thread to be closed. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/12 "2009-05-11T23:55:09Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > When the OP requests the thread to be closed. Is it that simple, though? I thought the thread referenced here was closed b/c it wasn’t serving the purpose the OP intended. S/he was eliciting zingers, but was instead told that s/he was being a douche bag. Not that I disagreed with the sentiment, but I suppose it could have been construed as one giant hijack. I have seen instances in the past where an OP solicits an opinion, doesn’t like the responses, yet is unsuccessful in getting a mod to close the thread. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/13 "2009-05-12T00:02:28Z")
All I can tell you is [what I read](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11129615&postcount=34). I’ve asked the mods to lock threads I felt had run off the tracks and been denied before, but I think the grounds given were that the conversation was lively and appropriate, and the mere fact that the thing didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped for wasn’t good enough. Who knows, maybe it was mod-assisted euthanasia. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/14 "2009-05-13T13:37:29Z")
I was tempted to start a thread **How to Be a Douchebag While Claiming Not to Be a Douchebag** , until I remembered virtually every douchebag already knows how to do this. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/15 "2009-05-13T13:50:10Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > Yeah, i liked Bubbadogs quite a bit. > > I assumed that he knew how he was coming across, and just wanted to see what fun we could have with it. I was kinda bummed that people were taking him so seriously about it though. > =( > > It would have been fun to see what other lines could have been made up. Thanks for the compliment. My first thought was douchebag. But then I saw that in that situation the question “You eat meat don’t you?” was a pretty good setup. The person stating that question was in a position where they were leaning hard into a verbal sucker punch. (the snappy answer). The smart-ass gene in me couldn’t resist coming up with something. I too was a little disappointed that most everybody jumped on old douchey and didn’t bother to offer up their own sucker puncehes. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/16 "2009-05-13T13:53:56Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > All I can tell you is [what I read](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11129615&postcount=34). In the Pit especially, we usually don’t close threads just because the OP doesn’t like the responses he is getting. But in that case I figured the message had been received. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-about-douchebags-in-general/496090/17 "2009-05-13T16:00:15Z")
Ah, but was it understood?? 😃