# Shodan is not an asshole! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635 "2019-01-29T20:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/1 "2019-01-29T20:56:28Z")
For some unknown reason he thinks he is. [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21458354&postcount=127](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21458354&postcount=127) "If Huey Freeman had much to teach us, I don’t care to learn it. I already know how to be an asshole. Fuck You, Shodan" And I blame all you jerks. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/2 "2019-01-29T20:58:53Z")
I rarely say this, but: He’s right. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/3 "2019-01-29T21:01:00Z")
I never understood why so many Dopers get upset about his sig line. I also don’t understand why nobody uses the mouse wheel to scroll past a poster they don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/4 "2019-01-29T21:12:54Z")
Regardless… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/5 "2019-01-29T21:20:26Z")
He doesn’t say he _is_ one, he just knows how to _be_ one. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/6 "2019-01-29T21:36:47Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > He doesn’t say he _is_ one, he just knows how to _be_ one. Practice, practice, practice. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/7 "2019-01-29T21:54:42Z")
I get paid to be an asshole. Y’all should feel grateful if I decide to give some charity here. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/8 "2019-01-29T21:55:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I never understood why so many Dopers get upset about his sig line. I also don’t understand why nobody uses the mouse wheel to scroll past a poster they don’t like. Good point, I scroll past the OP all the time… 😃 Didn’t Shodan once say his sig line was often an F.U. to whoever he was replying to? A sort of _ironic politesse?_ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/9 "2019-01-29T22:33:15Z")
Yes he did, and I take him at his word. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/10 "2019-01-29T22:37:01Z")
I’ve never really understood why folks got riled by his sign-off, either. No one seemed to mind that \*\*Satan \*\*(a long-banned user) always ended his posts with, > [@](#): > > Yer pal, > Satan and my dim recollection is that it could be friendly or sarcastic as needed, just like **Shodan’s**. Frankly, the one that gets me is that weird little period, sitting all by its lonesome several lines down from the last line of actual text in a post. I’ve seen it lots of times from multiple posters. What is \*up \*with that? Why are you making me scroll past a blank gap to get to the next post? ETA: Hadn’t seen that \*\*Shodan \*\*had said it was often intended as an F.U. Still, it isn’t always. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/11 "2019-01-29T22:42:26Z")
He’s not an asshole. Assholes are of some value, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/12 "2019-01-29T23:16:22Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > He’s not an asshole. Assholes are of some value, after all. In his defense, **Shodan** lets whatever shit the right wing is currently spewing pass through him, so there’s that similarity. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/13 "2019-01-30T01:43:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > . tldr ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/14 "2019-01-30T02:36:24Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Good point, I scroll past the OP all the time… 😃 > > Didn’t Shodan once say his sig line was often an F.U. to whoever he was replying to? A sort of _ironic politesse?_ That’s not what the offended parties say. They usually think he’s being condescending. Maybe he typed it with snide, arrogant intent and they see its negative aura. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/15 "2019-01-30T02:47:12Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I get paid to be an asshole. Shodan was, too, but he let his professional licensing expire. He’s a pro-lapsed asshole. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/16 "2019-01-30T02:59:57Z")
golfclap ---
**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:** [January 30, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/17 "2019-01-30T03:38:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I never understood why so many Dopers get upset about his sig line. I also don’t understand why nobody uses the mouse wheel to scroll past a poster they don’t like. Not everyone has a scroll wheel, you insufferable elitist. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/18 "2019-01-30T04:07:26Z")
Yeah, some of us are analog only; I can’t even afford to read this thread digitally. When I run into a Shodan post I have to tear that page out of my spiral notebook and tear it into tiny pieces. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/19 "2019-01-30T07:40:19Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I get paid to be an asshole. Y’all should feel grateful if I decide to give some charity here. Hey, I’m an asshole too! Where do I sign up to get paid? > [@Morgyn](#): > > … Frankly, the one that gets me is that weird little period, sitting all by its lonesome several lines down from the last line of actual text in a post. I’ve seen it lots of times from multiple posters. What is \*up \*with that? Why are you making me scroll past a blank gap to get to the next post? If you’re too slothful to scroll, just click the I\_\_o\_e button. Think of the 'Net bandwidth saved! BTW, I think the primadonnas with the dot at the end just want to leave white space before their .sig for aesthetics. They lack the grace or work ethic to paint the dot white and make it invisible. Regards, septimus “I’m an asshole. Who are you? Are you an asshole too?” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635/20 "2019-01-30T09:44:51Z")
This may well be the case. In any event, he’ll do until an actual asshole shows up. In fact, I’d be inclined - - oh! Sorry, **Drunky** ; didn’t see you there. Thank you for your time, **Shodan** ; we won’t be needing you anymore for the day. We’ll call you if something opens up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-is-not-an-asshole/828635.md?page=2)