# Rand Rover: Ass **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055 "2009-03-02T20:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/1 "2009-03-02T20:33:09Z")
You sneer at everyone having a difficult time finding work. You tell them their troubles are a result of decisions they’ve made. It seems that choosing to be a tax-attorney is the ultimate - any lessor worker should be blamed for not choosing to be a tax attorney. > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/15): > > So sorry you have to “pound the pavement,” you poor dear. :rolleyes: > > Your current troubles are a direct result of decisions you’ve made. Hopefully the silver lining here is that you will make better decisions in the future. > > Your post quoted above makes you look like somewhat of an idiot. If you want to bump that up to “complete idiot” (see, e.g., Acid Lamp, Broomstick), then keep replying to this thread to tell everyone why their suggestions for getting you out of this situation won’t work. from [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499898](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499898) > [@](#): > > If the OP’s position were just “my life sucks right now,” then I wouldn’t have posted in this thread. Intead, he’s blaming the economy instead of his bad decisions and then complaining he’s got to do some hard work. > [@](#): > > I’ll never find myself in the position of not being able to find a job. You know why? I’ve worked my ass off since I learned to walk and I have developed skills and experience that are in high demand. So I’m not going to pat some loser on the head when he hasn’t gone to college and complains about not being able to find work as an unskilled laborer. > [@](#): > > He hasn’t been to college. He has no ability to get work other than as an unsilled laborer. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/2 "2009-03-02T20:37:49Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ll never find myself in the position of not being able to find a job. You know why? That’s the beauty of made-up occupations, they’re really tough to lose. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/3 "2009-03-02T20:41:33Z")
[No comment.](http://jobs.myspace.com/a/ms-jobs/list/q-Rand+Rover.) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/4 "2009-03-02T21:00:22Z")
I think he’s made if fairly clear that he strongly objects to what he believes is the political slant of the majority of members to this board, so his only interest in posting is to protest that fact as frequently as he can. If he can also piss some people off while doing it, that’s a bonus for him. I likewise think that if he actually believes his little “your unemployment situation is purely your own fault” messages as any kind of serious assistance, then he is perhaps one of the more socially maladapted persons I’ve ever run across. If he interacts with people in real life the way he does here, then he is practically the character played by Jack Nicholson in “As Good as it Gets” come to life. I also feel that monomaniacs of this type probably aren’t worth even wasting as much time over as it took me to write this post (approx. 4.5 minutes). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/5 "2009-03-02T21:04:01Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > That’s the beauty of made-up occupations, they’re really tough to lose. I thought that there wasn’t much competition for the village idiot post. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/6 "2009-03-02T21:09:20Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I thought that there wasn’t much competition for the village idiot post. But _they_ don’t know that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/7 "2009-03-02T21:12:28Z")
Well, why don’t they? They could pick themselves up, get some education, and eventually aspire to message board moron! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/8 "2009-03-02T21:15:21Z")
> [@jali](#): > > You sneer at everyone having a difficult time finding work. You tell them their troubles are a result of decisions they’ve made. It seems that choosing to be a tax-attorney is the ultimate - any lessor worker should be blamed for not choosing to be a tax attorney. There is a veritable smorgasbord of his posts to choose from. Why limit yourself to just that one? I truly believe that the number one thing on his to-do list every day is “Be an ass.” I have yet to read one post of his where he actually contributes something to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/9 "2009-03-02T21:15:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > They could pick themselves up, get some education, and eventually aspire to message board moron! Well they _could_, if they weren’t so damned lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/10 "2009-03-02T21:23:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I have yet to read one post of his where he actually contributes something to the boards. If only we had a Mr. Fusion, we could retire the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/11 "2009-03-02T21:44:25Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > If he can also piss some people off while doing it, that’s a bonus for him. Under the Kindler Gentler SDMB Rules, it appears permissible to troll or to stalk, but not to insult other members nor to criticize the rules. Therefore I will draw no conclusions about whether any person, including the Pittee of this thread, may have actually done so, or express my opinions as to whether this is a desirable state of affairs. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/12 "2009-03-02T21:49:06Z")
> [@](#): > > He hasn’t been to college. He has no ability to get work other than as an unsilled laborer. So he apparently has had no window of opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/13 "2009-03-02T21:50:50Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So he apparently has had no window of opportunity. He is sort of a pane. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/14 "2009-03-02T21:55:49Z")
And he’s a tax attorney. He’s basically a social lamprey, feeding off the blood of people who actually work for a living. What a model citizen. ---
**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 2, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/15 "2009-03-02T21:57:33Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > He is sort of a pane. :_eyes **tdn** _ That’s quite enough of your vitreous humor. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/16 "2009-03-02T21:57:53Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > And he’s a tax attorney. If so, then he’s one in such demand that he can spend his days on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/17 "2009-03-02T21:58:36Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > And he’s a tax attorney. He’s basically a social lamprey, feeding off the blood of people who actually work for a living. What a model citizen. And calls it 'hard work". Yeah, OK, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/18 "2009-03-02T22:00:58Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > And he’s a tax attorney. This hasn’t been proven to my satisfaction. I do believe he works for the Taxation-Industrial Complex somehow, in the same sense that the guy who sanitizes bedpans has a “career in medicine.” ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/19 "2009-03-02T22:10:53Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > And he’s a tax attorney. He’s basically a social lamprey, feeding off the blood of people who actually work for a living. What a model citizen. Well, presumably these people are hiring him, so that they will not have to pay as much in taxes/get audited. Thus he providing them with a valuable service, despite the fact that it is “made-up”. The IRS agents are the lampreys feeding off of civilization. 😉 Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**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:** [March 2, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055/20 "2009-03-02T22:35:52Z")
Yeah, this guy really is quite the fucking asshole. Did you see his response in **Quartz** ’s thread today? **Quartz** mentioned that he applied for a job and there were 2000 applicants for two positions. He lamented this situation, and asked how one was supposed to succeed against that much competition. It was largely a rhetorical question, yet our resident fucknugget felt the need to make the ever so useful reply: > [@2 jobs, 2000 applicants! Argh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-jobs-2000-applicants-argh/488003/3): > > Become qualified for jobs that don’t get 2000 applicants. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rover-ass/488055.md?page=2)