# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/101 "2010-06-03T17:26:48Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How would he smell? Probably awful. [Quite well, actually.](http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-senses1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/102 "2010-06-03T19:05:54Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > [Quite well, actually.](http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-senses1.htm) There’s something fishy about that… ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/103 "2010-06-03T20:43:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Hi, I’m RTFirefly, and I’m a grumpy, grouchy, aging relic who can’t let go of an argument. That’s probably close enough to ‘self-righteous prick’ for purposes of this thread. **RT** , come on, I know you! Aging relic? Maybe. Grumpy, grouchy and self-righteous prick? Not that I’ve seen! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/104 "2010-06-03T23:46:59Z")
I’m sure the firstorm raging over in **even sven** ’s pit thread earns me my spot in the coveted “self-righteous pricks of the SDMD” pantheon. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/105 "2010-06-04T02:28:25Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > I’m sure the firstorm raging over in **even sven** ’s pit thread earns me my spot in the coveted “self-righteous pricks of the SDMD” pantheon. Well, a thread entitled “Who on the SDMB has _never_ acted like a self-righteous prick?” would be a whole different (and much shorter!) thread. 😉 We all have days. . . As far as self-righteous prick Dopers, though, much as I hate to say it (because I’ve respected him for years), I’d have to nominate **Diogenes the Cynic** who seems to believe, at least lately, that if _he’s_ never experienced something, _no one_ has. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/106 "2010-06-06T01:58:58Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, a thread entitled “Who on the SDMB has _never_ acted like a self-righteous prick?” would be a whole different (and much shorter!) thread. 😉 > > We all have days. . . > > As far as self-righteous prick Dopers, though, much as I hate to say it (because I’ve respected him for years), I’d have to nominate **Diogenes the Cynic** who seems to believe, at least lately, that if _he’s_ never experienced something, _no one_ has. You beat me to it. I always wondered if he really deserved all the pit threads he gets, now I know. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/107 "2010-06-06T13:09:36Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > As far as self-righteous prick Dopers, though, much as I hate to say it (because I’ve respected him for years), I’d have to nominate **Diogenes the Cynic** who seems to believe, at least lately, that if _he’s_ never experienced something, _no one_ has. Why do you people keep saying “lately”? **Diogenes the Crazy** has always been a self-righteous prick. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/108 "2010-06-06T13:11:52Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Why do you people keep saying “lately”? **Diogenes the Crazy** has always been a self-righteous prick. Very true, **MOL** , but it seems to have gotten a lot worse in the past year or two; there was a time, it seems, that he could be ‘talked down’ from a particular self-righteous position. Not any more, though. Of course, I’m perfectly willing to admit that this could all be my own perception, and I could certainly be wrong. See, I can say that. Because I’m not a self-righteous prick. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/109 "2010-06-06T13:32:08Z")
As soon as I got here, I remember thinking, “That Diogenes guy sure is contentious. Even when he’s right, he’s an obnoxious blowhard.” I give him some extra points for being funny though. You get an extra douchiness allowance if you crack me up. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/110 "2010-06-06T14:17:59Z")
**Diogenes the Cynic** seems to have picked up where **Liberal** left off. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/111 "2010-06-06T16:08:18Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > Look, it’s one thing to think that you’re better than most people in general (which is probably true becuase you’re here). It’s quite another thing to presume to be above the average of the SDMB. That would be rude. And unfair. > > Unless… > > Unless we make it fair by \*all of us \*doing it! Yes, as of right now, we are all above average, **even for the SDMB!** > > This is called the [Lake Wobegon Effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon). > > (from [Wikipedia.org](http://Wikipedia.org)) "The Lake Wobegon effect > > Main article: Illusory superiority > > The characterization of the fictional location, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average,” has been used to describe a real and pervasive human tendency to overestimate one’s achievements and capabilities in relation to others. The Lake Wobegon effect, where all or nearly all of a group claim to be above average, has been observed among drivers, CEOs, stock market analysts, college students, parents, and state education officials, among others." > > Now, some will insist that ther is a logical lapse here, and it will make us all look bad. But heck! We’re all so helpful here in the war against ignorance, and have been for many years! So we can have one huge logical lapse, and still carry on! > > We’re entitled, dammit! I don’t know why you’re quoting Wikipedia on this. They’re all a bunch of below average self-righteous pricks. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/112 "2010-06-06T16:15:16Z")
**FinnAgain** , in any thread about Israel. Especially when he’s right. And even worse when he’s wrong. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/113 "2010-06-06T17:09:05Z")
I suggest it’s time to detumesce this engorgement of pricks. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441/114 "2010-06-06T21:06:14Z")
In this thread: > **[Is Causality Bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565892)** > > I am not a physics major, but I had one trying to explain why my idea wouldn’t work for superluminal communication. This was my idea using what little I know about entanglement - I was bouncing the idea off of him but he seemed to give me a BS... **ivan astikov**. Not normally, in other threads, but in this one?.. . and . **nilum**. This is the only thread I actually recall **nilum** , so I can’t say about “normally”, but again, in this thread?.. Self-righteous? check! Prick? well, you decide… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441.md?page=5)