# Self-righteous pricks of the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441 "2010-05-23T05:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 23, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/21 "2010-05-23T12:34:38Z")
And once we figure out who all the self-righteous pricks are, what then? C’mon, spit it out, haven’t got all day. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/22 "2010-05-23T12:52:11Z")
Meanwhile, having moved on to GD, I’d suggest [the OP of this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564235) pretty much fits the bill. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/23 "2010-05-23T13:00:23Z")
If you’re at a poker table, and you can’t spot the sucker … Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/24 "2010-05-23T13:04:05Z")
_Self Righteous Pricks of the SDMB_ Band name! ---
**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:** [May 23, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/25 "2010-05-23T13:37:23Z")
I am not a complete prick. Of course, a big part of me is. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/26 "2010-05-23T13:42:03Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > And once we figure out who all the self-righteous pricks are, what then? C’mon, spit it out, haven’t got all day. Spit it out? I thought we wanted them to swallow! ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/27 "2010-05-23T14:01:38Z")
> [@ajb867](#): > > This thread is now about **Twickster**. The term self-righteous prick could apply at various times to just about any SDMB poster, including me, but seriously? _ **Twickster** _? Of all people, you pick _ **Twickster** _? I mean, yeah, she’s a mod, so she’s going to have to lower the boom now and then, but I have trouble imagining anyone who is much less self-righteous _or_ a prick! Or was this a woosh? ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/28 "2010-05-23T14:18:28Z")
See, this thread represents EXACTLY the type of self-indulgence and navel-gazing that I’ve been preaching against all these years. Will none of you follow my shining example as an enlightened poster of the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/29 "2010-05-23T14:24:28Z")
You guys are tainting this forum. I’ve reported this thread and have asked to have it moved to IMHO or MPSIMS. You all disgust me. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/30 "2010-05-23T14:35:35Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Hi, I’m RTFirefly, and I’m a grumpy, grouchy, aging relic who can’t let go of an argument. \ I’m a grumpy, grouchy, aging relic who only argues as long as it’s fun for me. 🙂 And I like smileys. 😉 You gotta be a little self-righteous to wade into the thick of things here and start defending (or just spouting) your opinions, don’t you? And I thought there would be pie at this meeting. :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/31 "2010-05-23T15:01:57Z")
I’m more of an “arrogant bastard” than “self-righteous prick”. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/32 "2010-05-23T15:02:47Z")
I am not self-righteous, nor a prick. Sure, once in awhile I may make a fleeting reference to someone’s poor grasp of a matter or two that should be painfully obvious to even the most doltish clod, but it’s not like I can’t quit any time I want to, and it’s not interfering with my job or home life. There was that one time when I came to shouting at a Texas Board of Education meeting, and didn’t know how I got there, but I’m sure it was a one-time thing. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/33 "2010-05-23T15:19:57Z")
**Cat Whisperer** , I think you’re at the wrong meeting. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/34 "2010-05-23T15:30:05Z")
> [@](#): > > The term self-righteous prick could apply at various times to just about any SDMB poster, including me, but seriously? Twickster? Of all people, you pick Twickster? > > I mean, yeah, she’s a mod, so she’s going to have to lower the boom now and then, but I have trouble imagining anyone who is much less self-righteous or a prick! > > Or was this a woosh? Myself, I had nothing but respect for her, when she was a poster, thought the complaints about her modding were all about her getting practiced or posters who were overly sensitive. Until this occurred; > [@](#): > > Well, other than giving Elbows yet another mod decision to get her knickers in a twist about, of course. > Reply With Quote > [@](#): > > … a gratuitous insult was included, characterizing me as, ‘getting my panties in a twist’, ‘yet again’, over a mod decision. This is a horribly unfair characterization as I very rarely, in 10 years as a poster, have taken exception to the modding on the board. I feel that Twickster should be required to provide cites for such an accusation, though I doubt that will happen. > [@](#): > > And frankly, I have searched multiple ways to come up with Elbows bitching about the mods, as twickster says, > > I’m not seeing it. Care to supply links to all these instances? > [@](#): > > Yes, I shouldn’t have made the crack about elbows’s knickers. elbows, I apologize for bringing your undergarments into it. Scurrilous accusation + non apology = prick. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/35 "2010-05-23T15:38:59Z")
Any and all of us can be self righteous pricks, depending on the subject, the “events of the day”, and our own general mood at the moment. I am Spartacus! No! I am! No I am Spartacus! No! Me! Just substitute Self Righteous Prick for Spartacus. Same difference. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/36 "2010-05-23T15:45:08Z")
I’m not self-righteous. It’s just that my tastes and preferences in food, music, literature, television, and other visual and performing arts are correct, and thus superior to yours. I am also far more open-minded than you, and more open to new experiences. If you have dislikes for a certain kind of food, music, or something else, you’re just a closed-minded, intellectually challenged and suspect individual that I can only pity. There are things I dislike, but that’s different, because my dislikes are more justified than yours. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/37 "2010-05-23T16:01:55Z")
Concerning **twickster** , there was this thread not long ago. [Bad precedent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=559133) Or I guess it’s all about **elbows** and only **elbows**.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/38 "2010-05-23T16:02:00Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Myself, I had nothing but respect for her, when she was a poster, thought the complaints about her modding were all about her getting practiced or posters who were overly sensitive. Until this occurred; > > Scurrilous accusation + non apology = prick. I have no idea who is saying what here. I’m assuming that **twickster** is not referring to herself in the third person, but other than that, I have no idea what is being said by whom. I also don’t see any scurrilous accusations here. If the worst you’re ever accused of it “getting your knickers in a twist” (if in fact you are the one being so-accused), I think you’re living too sheltered a life. Way too much outrage here. There are a few genuinely self-righteous SOBs on the Dope, and many other posters who are occasionally self-righteous. As was pointed out above, you have to be kind-of self-righteous to plunge into a debate in the first place. But while you may at the moment have a mad on at her, **Twickster** is not an egregious example of either self-righteousness or prickitude. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/39 "2010-05-23T16:09:49Z")
> [@leander](#): > > **Bricker** , you’re not a self-righteous prick. > > You’re a [loser](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563904). Just coming in to nominate myself for my contribution to that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/40 "2010-05-23T16:19:18Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Concerning **twickster** , there was this thread not long ago. [Bad precedent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=559133) > > Or I guess it’s all about **elbows** and only **elbows**.:rolleyes: I hadn’t seen this thread before, but it sure is a lot of people with their knickers in a twist. 😃 The moderators are unpaid volunteers who from time to time make calls that some posters disagree with. Still not seeing excessive self-righteous prickitude. I’m seeing a moderator who got some complaints and responded in a way that seems to have upset some people, who may not themselves use the word “cunt,” but would fight to the death to defend other people’s right to. Of the people participating in that thread, **Twickster** is not the first one who comes to mind wrt self-righteousness, and no one seems to be being a prick at all (note - I didn’t read more than the first page, so I may have missed rudeness further on). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441.md?page=3)