# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/61 "2010-05-25T17:29:48Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > If you’re always right, can you still be a prick? It’s the tone with which she is always right. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/62 "2010-05-25T19:08:03Z")
Well, maybe it’s like Cecil says. A fellow ain’t a self-righteous prick on his own, just a little piece of the big self-righteous prick that belongs to everybody. Wherever you post - wherever there’s a argument over grammar, about the difference between its and it’s, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a thread about a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there saying you don’t have all the facts. I’ll be in the way guys post all in caps when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way regulars hold grudges over posts made long ago, and when the newbies get flamed for starting threads on old topics - I’ll be there, too. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/63 "2010-05-25T19:21:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > _Self-righteous pricks of the SDMB_ > > 16-Month Calendar, January 2011 through April 2012, on sale soon… 😛 You are going to need an Aztec calender to have enough months to even get a good start. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/64 "2010-05-25T20:02:02Z")
This whole thread is beneath me. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/65 "2010-05-25T23:16:31Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > You are going to need an Aztec calender to have enough months to even get a good start. Well, you can filter it down with a sorting algorithm – maybe a list of actions that earn “Self-Righeous Prick” points. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/66 "2010-05-25T23:40:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Well, maybe it’s like Cecil says. A fellow ain’t a self-righteous prick on his own, just a little piece of the big self-righteous prick that belongs to everybody. Wherever you post - wherever there’s a argument over grammar, about the difference between its and it’s, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a thread about a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there saying you don’t have all the facts. I’ll be in the way guys post all in caps when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way regulars hold grudges over posts made long ago, and when the newbies get flamed for starting threads on old topics - I’ll be there, too. Tom Goad ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/67 "2010-05-26T01:00:48Z")
I’m self-righteous, but I’m not a prick - so does that make me half empty, or half full? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/68 "2010-05-26T01:10:36Z")
I’m a prick, but not exceptionally self-righteous. Glad to know ya. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/69 "2010-05-26T01:59:40Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > You are going to need an Aztec calender to have enough months to even get a good start. Can I be the guy in the middle with his tongue sticking out? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/70 "2010-05-26T02:06:03Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Well, you can filter it down with a sorting algorithm – maybe a list of actions that earn “Self-Righeous Prick” points. Its going to be harder than finding the right prick in a cock fight. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/71 "2010-05-26T03:15:09Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > A pride. It’s a pride of pricks. I’d go with a passel of pricks. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/72 "2010-05-26T03:37:59Z")
I like murder. Yes. A murder of pricks. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/73 "2010-05-26T03:47:36Z")
That would be crows. And I firmly denounce, renounce and condemn your implied ornithological racism in the snottiest possible terms. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/74 "2010-05-26T05:08:13Z")
Thank you, Brigadier Arthur Gormanstrop (Mrs). ---
**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:** [May 26, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/75 "2010-05-26T05:14:52Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > What is the collective noun for a group of self-proclaimed, self-righteous pricks? Congress? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/76 "2010-05-26T07:37:24Z")
Oh great, another popularity contest thread. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/77 "2010-05-26T11:53:36Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > I like murder. > > Yes. > > A murder of pricks. A penetration of pricks. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/78 "2010-05-27T14:23:42Z")
I’m a self-righteous _idiot_, is that close enough? Well, I guess I’m not especially self-righteous either. Unless I’m in an idiotic rage against someone being self-righteous, in which case I don’t tolerate the intolerance and … oh, balls. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/79 "2010-05-27T14:31:19Z")
It appears that I am a self righteous prick, even when I am going out of my way to be polite and respectful. Surely that must win some sort of prize. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/80 "2010-05-27T15:11:31Z")
I can’t be the only one who went into this thread just to check for my own name, am I? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441.md?page=5)