# New poster Sear-Pretentious Jerk **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167 "2017-03-14T15:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/61 "2017-03-14T19:14:19Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I shoveled 28 inches of snow from the end of my drive way to get out this morning. > > you can fuck right off. Boo-fucking-hoo. What’s your point? Did it give you brain damage? ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/62 "2017-03-14T19:18:42Z")
C#1, I wouldn’t let it bother you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/63 "2017-03-14T19:18:57Z")
If I’m not mistaken, the subject of the OP actually started using the “Quote” function, and then stopped and reverted back to the original assholery. This isn’t like the now-resolved case of Mr. Regards Shodan, which is like a mildly annoying facial tic – this is in-your-face confrontational assholery that he’s actually working at. He appears to believe that he is God’s gift to the board and we had better learn to like it or risk the tragic loss of this stellar talent. This is not likely to end well, and one can only hope it ends soon. And from the standpoint of politics, we already have a few too many who think that any form of government taxation or payroll deduction for any purpose whatsoever is “theft” and “confiscation”, so good riddance to that. Still, I can think of a couple of illustrious new joins who are even more annoying. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/64 "2017-03-14T20:11:50Z")
He seems proud of his compulsion to make things more difficult for himself. Before Trump’s election, that might have seemed unusual. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/65 "2017-03-14T20:14:32Z")
I don’t recall a poster more in love with the sound of his own voice and affected in posting style than **sear**. What a silly hill to choose to die on when asked to conform to existing board convention. Bye, Felicia. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/66 "2017-03-14T20:15:28Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And from the standpoint of politics, we already have a few too many who think that any form of government taxation or payroll deduction for any purpose whatsoever is “theft” and “confiscation”, so good riddance to that. Huh. Is that what he believes? I couldn’t be bothered to figure out his message. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/67 "2017-03-14T21:56:50Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Huh. Is that what he believes? I couldn’t be bothered to figure out his message. Yep. In [this pontification](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20058172&postcount=91) he wants to know “What % does government confiscate from U.S. worker salary [sic] for SS?”. I believe the general idea is that when the Evil Gubbermint deducts money from your paycheck to put into social security, it is engaging in “confiscation” in order to support a “pyramid scam” that is just like a “Mafia” style “protection racket” – quoted terms taken directly from his various pronouncements in that thread. In other threads, as noted, he threatens the board with the withdrawal of such future intellectual observations if he doesn’t get the respect he so richly deserves. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/68 "2017-03-14T22:07:07Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I shoveled 28 inches of snow from the end of my drive way to get out this morning. You only shoveled snow from the END of your driveway, and not the rest? Yes, you’re an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/69 "2017-03-14T22:12:01Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Yep. In [this pontification](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20058172&postcount=91) he wants to know “What % does government confiscate from U.S. worker salary [sic] for SS?”. I believe the general idea is that when the Evil Gubbermint deducts money from your paycheck to put into social security, it is engaging in “confiscation” in order to support a “pyramid scam” that is just like a “Mafia” style “protection racket” – quoted terms taken directly from his various pronouncements in that thread. In other threads, as noted, he threatens the board with the withdrawal of such future intellectual observations if he doesn’t get the respect he so richly deserves. Still looks like [syndicate.01](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20015460#post20015460) learned to write better. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/70 "2017-03-14T22:34:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I shoveled 28 inches of snow from the end of my drive way to get out this morning. > > you can fuck right off. I didn’t. It’s 87° outside. Too warm to shovel snow. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/71 "2017-03-14T23:42:46Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I didn’t. It’s 87° outside. Too warm to shovel snow. When life gives you sunshine, shovel sunshine. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/72 "2017-03-14T23:57:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > You’re calling me a troll because I think you’re overreacting to someone shortening Czarcasm to C. > > Whatever, Czusie. I’m thinking **Czarcasm** , thanks to this and your following posts, wants to change his comment from “two votes for the wannabe troll” (which is merely an observation that two individuals are supporting the mentioned wannabe troll) to “two nominations for troll” (which would be a poll prompt). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/73 "2017-03-15T00:17:02Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > When life gives you sunshine, shovel sunshine. It’s good low-impact exercise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/74 "2017-03-15T00:46:43Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It’s good low-impact exercise. 😃 That gives you skin cancer. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/75 "2017-03-15T00:58:18Z")
Annnd he’s toast. Bye bye thread in 54321… ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/76 "2017-03-15T01:46:00Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Annnd he’s toast. That was actually surprisingly quick. 🙂 I would have predicted another month or so. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/77 "2017-03-15T01:54:03Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That gives you skin cancer. It can be done inside. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167/78 "2017-03-15T03:42:06Z")
This is the weirdest thread ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poster-sear-pretentious-jerk/782167.md?page=3)