# Superdude **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558 "2011-02-16T07:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/301 "2011-02-17T15:42:00Z")
I normally stay out of these obvious troll threads but I find the theme of this one to be very amusing. I checked my diploma from 35 years ago and my son’s diploma from two years ago. Both are worded similarly to this: **Bachelor of Science in (Electrical/Mechanical) Engineering** Neither contains any phrase similar to this: **But went to Community College for (two/one) years** Both of us seem to have good jobs. My other friends who JuCo’d with me have done fairly well. One was on the team that invented the first SCSI . Another owns his own engineering firm employing well over 100 professionals. Two other friends are well employed in six figure incomes. None of us had the advantage of spending all four years in a “real” college and so unfortunately missed acquiring a career as a [del]baby sitter[/del] substitute teacher. I had a great time at CC. Smaller class sizes and instructors without big egos made the learning experience a joy. And my part time job paid well compared to a working in a college town which usually has an oversupply of people my age seeking PT jobs. I know this really has no bearing on the OP since trolls just want attention and could care less about anything other than annoying people. But I enjoyed the diversion today. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/302 "2011-02-17T15:56:15Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > So no one is allowed to joke about you, but you can belittle people and call them stupid? Sounds like a good deal… What do you expect from a pedophile? Consistency? ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/303 "2011-02-17T16:55:11Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > So no one is allowed to joke about you, but you can belittle people and call them stupid? Sounds like a good deal… You get a license to do that when you have a _bachelors degree_. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/304 "2011-02-17T17:08:52Z")
> [@Trubie](#): > > Actually, depending on the school and how often I’ve subbed there, I’ve had students wave at me and say “Hello Miss Trubie”. Many times they make me drawings and cards, because they like me. This, I _do_ believe. Children tend to be drawn to their intellectual and emotional equals. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/305 "2011-02-17T17:12:12Z")
> [@Trubie](#): > > Actually, depending on the school and how often I’ve subbed there, I’ve had students wave at me and say “Hello Miss Trubie”. Many times they make me drawings and cards, because they like me. Was this before or after you let them out of the van? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/306 "2011-02-17T17:12:17Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > This is from waaay back on page one, and it was dead on then. I just hope that the poster chose his Dopername because he went to a certain highly thought of liberal arts school in the south, and is too well mannered to mention it. That would be perfect. Not quite–I have the name for another reason. But I’m much too well-mannered to mention where I did go, although one could probably find it through a brief search here. Let’s just say **Trubie** didn’t go there… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/307 "2011-02-17T18:10:41Z")
From [The Urban Dictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trubie): > [@](#): > > Term used to describe individuals who are obsessed with the HBO series True Blood and the books written by Charlaine Harris that the show is based off of. To a Trubie, True Blood is a cult following. Many Trubies are very hostile toward Twi-Hards (fans of the Twilight series), because the True Blood books came out years before Twilight. > > Your average Trubie usually… > > 1. Constantly awaiting Sunday night at 9 > 2. Snickers at any pop culture reference to True Blood > 3. Repeats “Sookeh Is Mine!” Over and over again in the bathroom mirror. > 4. Masturbates thinking he or she is at Fangtasia. > 5. Constantly bashes Twilight. > 6. Walks around with reading the novels to show the world. > 7. Dreams about Eric > 8. Instead of calling people sluts, scream “Fangbanger” > 9. Would pack up their bags and live in Bon Temps > 10. Possibly take ecstasy and pretend it’s “V” ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/308 "2011-02-17T18:13:13Z")
Well, #5 doesn’t seem all bad. Perhaps her fancy four year college education wasn’t completely worthless after all. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/309 "2011-02-17T18:35:36Z")
Didn’t Fangbanger tour with New Kids On The Block back in the 90’s? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/310 "2011-02-17T18:50:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Didn’t Fangbanger tour with New Kids On The Block back in the 90’s? No, no. That was Fangtasia. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/311 "2011-02-17T19:09:14Z")
You can tell a lot about a person based on what they say and on what they _don’t_ say. As people progress through life I notice that most of their conversation revolves either around their current station in life or how to attain the next major life goal. When we’re 12, we’re interested in what the big kids were doing in High School. Seniors in High School talk about colleges. Seniors in college talk about careers. After college we talk about marriage, then kids, then houses, and so on. As we pass through each phase of life the previous phase became less relevant. For me - the only time I really care about my college (a 4 year University in a very big state) is when my team is playing football against my coworkers schools! Trubie claims she passed an AP test for English yet her writing is deplorable: this is a lie. Trubie claims she passed college with a 3.9 GPA - yet her witticisms, writing style, and subjects clearly indicate that this too is a lie. Trubie is obsessed with college - something very few people who actually graduate from college are. This combined with her black and white thinking, obsession with community college, and references to second grade jokes about coloring books all tell me she is most likely still a High School student pretending to be somebody she isn’t. Don’t write about what you don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/312 "2011-02-17T19:09:31Z")
I had thought Trubie was her best effort at spelling “trouble”. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/313 "2011-02-17T19:21:52Z")
Good point Frazzled, also she is so proud of her having the piece of paper, not the intellegence or diligence or the hard work it entailed. What besides Edcuation is her major in? What are her teachable subjects? Now it is different here in Canada, but I know the BA/BEds I went to school with talk about having about degrees in English and Education, or Psychology and Education, with primary/junior specialization hoping to concentrate in gifted studies. The only fleeting reference to her courses were that she took some classes on “Special Needs” (Then saying those kind were about the same as talking to Community College Students) Not too convincing. I was thinking she sounds a lot like a kid whose mom has built her up by saying “oh they teased you but you are smarter than them, someday you will go to University and get to laugh at them”. One or two of these kids went to Community College, have a job in a trade or technical capacity, and she has just not enough realization to know that there is life after high school. Also how the heck does your grade slip down to 3.o one semester and you still get to graduate with 3.9. There is no way she had 4.o averages any semester she had to write papers, or display social skills. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/314 "2011-02-17T19:27:16Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Good point Frazzled, also she is so proud of her having the piece of paper, not the intellegence or diligence or the hard work it entailed. What besides Edcuation is her major in? What are her teachable subjects? Now it is different here in Canada, but I know the BA/BEds I went to school with talk about having about degrees in English and Education, or Psychology and Education, with primary/junior specialization hoping to concentrate in gifted studies. The only fleeting reference to her courses were that she took some classes on “Special Needs” (Then saying those kind were about the same as talking to Community College Students) In Texas it’s possible to teach Pre-K with just a BA in education and a minor in whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/315 "2011-02-17T19:31:48Z")
Rather, a BA in education and a minor in whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/316 "2011-02-17T19:40:39Z")
Damn, now she’s banned. When did that happen? I was having fun with her. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/317 "2011-02-17T19:41:41Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > Damn, now she’s banned. When did that happen? I was having fun with her. ☹ Noooooo!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/318 "2011-02-17T19:43:24Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > Noooooo!!! 😛 I know! The mods never let us have any fun toys. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/319 "2011-02-17T19:50:23Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I vote “by this time tomorrow.” Did I come the closest? What do I win?!! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558/320 "2011-02-17T19:52:00Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > In Texas it’s possible to teach Pre-K with just a BA in education and a minor in whatever. Aside: How and/or what does one teach in Pre-K? How to take a nap? How to stop hitting Suzy? How to eat crayons? You need a degree for that? I thought all you needed was a teenage neighbor with a cash-flow problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superdude/571558.md?page=17)