# Mini-doper rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 6, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010 "2008-12-06T16:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/41 "2008-12-08T15:43:44Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Links plus commentary are good. Links without anything are annoying. Agreed, especially when they link to the New York Times, or some other website that requires registration. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/42 "2008-12-08T16:03:39Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > In addition to what **Martini** just posted– > > I hate when this happens. > > 1. You post an important and well thought out idea, opinion, or fact directly related to the thread. > > 2. One of the favored or popular 'dopers reiterates your point 5 posts later. They can even quote you in their post. > > 3. All subsequent laudatory references to your outstanding idea is attributed to the other poster. “Oh, great point, fabulous 'doper! You’re the bestest!” > > Shit, I am only good for 3-4 posts a year, can I at least get credit for them? Excellent post **Fisha**. I wholeheartedly concur. It is after all December – you’ll have to start over in three weeks.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/43 "2008-12-08T16:42:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Don’t forget, they’ll be touring in support of the new album- _Obscurey McWhoCares Plays His Hits_- this summer. Don’t forget to whine about how the world is full of philistines for not appreciating Obscurey McWhoCares and how he should be more popular. If only they _knew_. If only they _understood._ Except for the fact that Obscurey McWhoCares is terminally shy and dislikes performing, which brings up the question of why more people should know about him. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/44 "2008-12-08T16:42:48Z")
1. I hate that every couple of months IMHO turns into TMI-land. One person starts a thread on kinky sex or weird bodily fluids, then another, and another, and then the next thing you know there are 20 threads on the first page with “TMI” in the title. 2. Pedantic posters in The Pit. 3. It also pisses me off when some of our more hardcore atheistic members feel free to shit all over religious discussions. Double points when they complain about all the persecution they feel. 4. Oh, and seconded on people endlessly talking about Obscurey McWhoCares bands in music threads. Especially when they get all self-righteous about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/45 "2008-12-08T17:50:41Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Don’t forget, they’ll be touring in support of the new album- _Obscurey McWhoCares Plays His Hits_- this summer. Isn’t that _“Hit”_? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/46 "2008-12-08T18:13:59Z")
Posters who, while not _quite_ trolls, seem to go out of their way to make sure that nothing they say is ever polite or supportive of anyone. If you really think everyone here is an asshole that is wrong about everything why do you (general you) even bother to show up? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/47 "2008-12-08T18:17:30Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Isn’t that _“Hit”_? Philistine! _I Like To Party With Generic Blonde Women_ went gold in six countries, and two of them were English-speaking! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/48 "2008-12-08T18:17:34Z")
My annoyance is people who take the moral high road, exemplefying themselves over all other, regarding inconsequential things. For example, 'twas quite a while ago, there was a thread about “Do you ever cheat on crossword puzzles?” There was no end to the number of posters who popped in to, rather indignantly, proclaim that they never – NEVER, sir! – look up an answer on crossword puzzles and wouldn’t deign to wallow among the miserable maelstrom of the cretin’s who do. The same thing pops up with almost anything: speeding, stealing paper clips from work, spitting on the sidewalk, burying hookers under your floorboards … … you get the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/49 "2008-12-08T18:26:25Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > The same thing pops up with almost anything: speeding, stealing paper clips from work, spitting on the sidewalk, burying hookers under your floorboards … > > … you get the picture. I myself would never speed, steal paper clips or spit on the sidewalk. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/50 "2008-12-08T18:41:43Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I myself would never speed, steal paper clips or spit on the sidewalk. So how many hookers do you have buried under the floorboards? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/51 "2008-12-08T18:55:47Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > My annoyance is people who take the moral high road, exemplefying themselves over all other, regarding inconsequential things. > > For example, 'twas quite a while ago, there was a thread about “Do you ever cheat on crossword puzzles?” There was no end to the number of posters who popped in to, rather indignantly, proclaim that they never – NEVER, sir! – look up an answer on crossword puzzles and wouldn’t deign to wallow among the miserable maelstrom of the cretin’s who do. > > The same thing pops up with almost anything: speeding, stealing paper clips from work, spitting on the sidewalk, burying hookers under your floorboards … > > … you get the picture. Ah, yes, the inhabitants of Doper Land, where everyone has an I.Q. of 250, has a medical condition to explain their obesity, and always uses turn signals while driving. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/52 "2008-12-08T20:10:17Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _I Like To Party With Generic Blonde Women_ went gold in six countries, and two of them were English-speaking! I’m pretty sure it only went Copper in three of those. Perhaps you’re confused. Either that or the band is trying to pass them off as Gold since they kinda look the same in photos. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/53 "2008-12-08T23:27:00Z")
1. The ridiculous inflation of IQs, claims of super intellectualism, etc. Often accompanied by insulting comments about people who don’t read 10 books a week or people who dare to enjoy television (except for Buffy the Vampire Slayer type stuff, which is okay for some reason). 2. When someone asks for advice about something fairly general, like what brand of X to buy. Someone else comes along and says “I haven’t found X to be that good - have you thought about trying Y and using it like this instead?”. First person comes back and just flies off the handle, getting incredibly angry that someone would dare to suggest something outside the range that they had set out. Yeesh, people are just trying to be helpful. I can appreciate saying “That won’t work for x, y, z reason”, but I don’t know why some people get so bent out of shape - just ignore it if it doesn’t work for you! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/54 "2008-12-08T23:49:49Z")
1. The “one exception proves the norm” poster that MUST always chime in during a GQ question about a subculture, religious practice, or trait from those in a country, state or some other geographic region. For example: GQ: “Why do so many people in Texas drive pickup trucks?” Typical response: "I was born and raised in Texas, and live in a small Texas town, and I seldom a pickup truck on the roads here. In fact, whenever I leave the Lone Star State, I’m amazed at how many pickups I see on the road. I think I’ve seen more pickups in New York City than anywhere in Texas. 2) The overly sensitive offenderati. RO OP: “Stealing [Labrador Retriever puppies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsSWWZy2lc) from the SPCA, impaling them on skewers, and cooking them rotisserie-style? Fuck you, you fat puppy killer!” Typical response: “Why does it matter that the perp were fat? Are you implying that all fat people kill puppies and cook them on rotisseries? Fuck you, you fucking sizeist! Someone should impale you and serve you up for dinner!” 1. The collective belief that bsolutely everything in “Europe” (because Europe is one large country, after all) is better than in the United States; food, cities, people, popular media, culture, transportation, cell phone service, and so on. In fact, the United States is a backwards third-world country compared to the poorest region of Italy and Spain. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/55 "2008-12-08T23:57:20Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Ah, yes, the inhabitants of Doper Land, where everyone has an I.Q. of 250, has a medical condition to explain their obesity, and always uses turn signals while driving. 250? I think you might have that confused with their penis size, in millimeters. The average IQ is only in the 180-200 range, depending on the test. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/56 "2008-12-09T00:19:48Z")
Posts like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496310). A blind link to a Not-even-remotely SFW pic, and pedophile vibe to boot. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/57 "2008-12-09T00:40:26Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > Posts like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496310). A blind link to a Not-even-remotely SFW pic, and pedophile vibe to boot. To the OP’s credit, it was clearly labeled as “disturbing” – and while that’s not at all specific regarding _why_, it seems to me that “disturbing” clearly equates to “NSFW.” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/58 "2008-12-09T01:01:36Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > My annoyance is people who take the moral high road, exemplefying themselves over all other, regarding inconsequential things. > > For example, 'twas quite a while ago, there was a thread about “Do you ever cheat on crossword puzzles?” There was no end to the number of posters who popped in to, rather indignantly, proclaim that they never – NEVER, sir! – look up an answer on crossword puzzles and wouldn’t deign to wallow among the miserable maelstrom of the cretin’s who do. > > The same thing pops up with almost anything: speeding, stealing paper clips from work, spitting on the sidewalk, burying hookers under your floorboards … > > … you get the picture. Or people who have to invalidate your thread because they’re the exception. “Why do women use tampons?” First response will be: “I’m a woman and I DON’T use tampons!” Well how nice for you. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/59 "2008-12-09T06:50:41Z")
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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010/60 "2008-12-09T07:09:00Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > I must confess I don’t get the hatred for “This”. It seems like a logical extension of an everyday use of the word to an electronic format. > > Q: _What are you wearing to the party?_ > A: [Holds up suit] “This.” > > Q: _What will you be eating for lunch?_ > A: [Points at hamburger] “This.” > > Q: _What do you think about the issue?_ > A: > [Quotes poster with whom he agrees] > “This.” > > Sure, “me-too” posts aren’t the most useful things in the world, but most of the anti-This folks seem to agree that such posts are fine as long as they don’t include the hated T-word, so that can’t be it. Is it just the word itself? Would a post that included no quotes and said “I fully agree with **Poster Bob** ’s comment and have nothing further to add” be acceptable? > > As for my contribution, there are really only three things I’d add to this list, and two of them are essentially the same thing. > > #1 is starting a post with “Um, you _do_ know…”, and #2 is pretty much any use of the :rolleyes: smiley at all. Both of these fall under the general heading of “making sure your audience is aware that you’re not just stating your point or making an argument, you’re being a smug dickbag about it.” They’re far from the only two ways to express this wholly unnecessary sentiment, but they’re easily the most common. > > #3 is making the obvious joke. A perfect example would be to reply to this post by quoting the above paragraph and saying “Um, you _do_ know that [whatever the fuck], right? :rolleyes:”, or quoting this part and saying “The obvious joke!” Nigh-inevitably, there’ll be something thrown in to let you know that the poster is reveling in just how terribly clever they are, be it a :D, a ;), or a “You HAD to know someone was going to do that!”. It’s not clever, it’s not funny, and unlike board-specific inside jokes it doesn’t even have any claim to being endearing. > > I _have_ to think that that last is what I’ve come to term an Escort Mission; ie, something that even though no one on Earth actually likes it (and the evidence bears this out), everyone continues to do for no discernible reason beyond a general sense that it’s expected. Am I wrong about this? Does anybody out there think genuinely find this practice amusing? This. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-doper-rants/476010.md?page=4)