# Sure ways to piss people off **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170 "2003-07-31T17:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/21 "2003-07-31T22:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LauraLittlePony \* > \*\*I’m white, my hair is more or less wash-and-wear (ie, I don’t style it or have it styled in any way), and I would be DAMN upset if anyone threw me in a body of water. I understand that this is supposed to be funny. . . but I just don’t get that one in particular. Maybe it just strikes a nerve with me because I’ve always found throwing someone into water to be assault. . . I mean, if someone throws you into water, they’re taking away your control of your body and putting you into a dangerous situation, and though I know some people would not mind, I fail to see any humor in that. > > ::shrug:: Joke failed. Move on. \*\* Now throwing people into water is assult. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/22 "2003-07-31T23:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Themis00 \* > \*\*\*Throw a black female in any body of water…because A)it’s likely she cannot swim B)she just got her hair _did._ > > \*\* Though I know that this is a sure death for me, this is not the poster’s own comment. It was said by Steve Harvey during ‘The Original Kings of Comedy’. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/23 "2003-08-01T01:46:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheOnlySaneOne \* > \*\*Though I know that this is a sure death for me, this is not the poster’s own comment. It was said by Steve Harvey during ‘The Original Kings of Comedy’. \*\* You’re kidding me? No, I didn’t get that from ‘The Original Kings of Comedy’. What a coincidence, lol. ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/24 "2003-08-01T02:11:49Z")
Yes, that is how I feel. Perhaps I used the wrong word, since “assault” is considered a legal term. However “picking up and literally moving my own body into a place where I DO NOT want it to be and would be very upset about” took too long to type. I shall assume that you think it is appropriate to literally throw people into situations they do not want to encounter, and shall avoid you. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/25 "2003-08-08T03:32:43Z")
I got some more! \*Drive on a long one way street at 5 miles per hour. No one can pass you. \*Throw a worm on a woman! What woman do you know likes worms? \*Post about 50 posts in one thread on the SDMB. :rolleyes: \*Keep sending your food back to the server telling them the food is not warm enough. \*At night time, flash your high beamers at an oncoming car. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bee\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e480ec/32.png) [@Queen\_Bee\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bee_1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/26 "2003-08-08T04:52:36Z")
Call someone pretending you’re a telemarketer (preferably when the callee is either eating dinner, taking a pee, or having sex) and pronounce their name wrong. Ask “do you want fries with that?” (no, I DON’T want any friggin’ fries with that – if I did I would have ordered them!) Speed up on the freeway when you notice someone with their blinker on trying to merge into your lane. When they finally find a space to merge in behind you, move into the lane they just came from. Give them the finger for using their turn signal. Approach a car at a stop light offering to wash their windows with a who-knows-how-gritty-or-dirty squeedgee to guilt them out of a buck. Extra points when its raining. Corollary #1: same stop light, selling flowers, candy, or one of those beanie hats with an umbrella on top. Corollary #2: same stop light, holding a sign saying Hungry Vet, evicted family, need a beer. Make sure you are well dressed, clean shaven and freshly showered. Corollary #3: grocery store. Accost innocent shoppers with pleas to buy raffle tickets, girl scout cookies, or send the softball team to the state championship. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/27 "2003-08-08T05:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Themis00 \* > \*\*hahaha KPUTT calling my post stupid… \*\* Even a broken clock is right twice a day. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/28 "2003-08-08T06:15:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Themis00 \* > **What woman do you know likes worms?** [Well, you could ask some of these ones.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203014) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/29 "2003-08-08T06:36:41Z")
Well, the OP was unfunny to be sure, but let’s be honest with ourselves: a huge percentage (though I’m not going to venture a guess at what it might be) of black Americans can’t swim. I’ve had _a lot_ of black friends and I can’t recall a single one of them that can swim (and yes, I know for sure because I grew up on a lake.) Anyone that has been in the military can vouch that almost all of the black people congregrate at the shallow end of the pool during swim qualifications and generally don’t move from that spot. In the 8 years spanning my brother’s, myself’s, and my sister’s attendance of high school (with a large black population), there was never a single black person on the male or female swimteam. Of course there are plenty of black people out there that can swim, but there is also a large enough portion out there that _can’t_ swim that it is definitely noticable. Anyone who takes offense at that being mentioned or joked about needs to lighten up and/or pull their head out of their ass. It’s not that big of a deal. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/30 "2003-08-08T15:30:29Z")
Oh, my golly gosh. There certainly is a good deal of free floating anger out there. **Themis00** provides a crystal seed, and ah-whooom! Suddenly there’s a whole glommery of it. It’s a wonder of modern science. ---
**Author:** ![mipiace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mipiace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mipiace)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/31 "2003-08-08T15:35:11Z")
Call a woman a cunt that is pretty much sure to piss her off ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/32 "2003-08-08T16:12:10Z")
Start idiotic threads like this one. Continue posting to your own idiotic thread with further stupidities after having opened it. Continue wasting oxygen that the rest of us might someday need. Exist. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/33 "2003-08-08T16:39:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\*Start idiotic threads like this one. > > Continue posting to your own idiotic thread with further stupidities after having opened it. > > Continue wasting oxygen that the rest of us might someday need. > > Exist. \*\* I’m a the right place. This is the mundane and pointless board, isn’t it? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/34 "2003-08-08T16:39:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\*Start idiotic threads like this one. > > Continue posting to your own idiotic thread with further stupidities after having opened it. > > Continue wasting oxygen that the rest of us might someday need. > > Exist. \*\* I’m at the right place. This is the mundane and pointless board, isn’t it? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/35 "2003-08-08T17:41:04Z")
Remind a moderator to do something he forgot. Damn you, porcupine! :-p > [@](#): > > The ayes have it. This thread is off to the Pit a large pecentage of the people who’ve posted in here find it offensive. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/36 "2003-08-08T17:53:26Z")
And may I now note the extreme irony in **kputt** inferring something is a trend and labelling it stupid? _Sheee_- **it!** ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/37 "2003-08-08T17:53:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LauraLittlePony \* > \*\*Yes, that is how I feel. Perhaps I used the wrong word, since “assault” is considered a legal term. However “picking up and literally moving my own body into a place where I DO NOT want it to be and would be very upset about” took too long to type. > > I shall assume that you think it is appropriate to literally throw people into situations they do not want to encounter, and shall avoid you. \*\* No, you were quite correct. If I were to throw you into a body of water, you could file charges against me for assault. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/38 "2003-08-08T18:03:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > Anyone that has been in the military can vouch that almost all of the black people congregrate at the shallow end of the pool during swim qualifications and generally don’t move from that spot. I’ve been in the military and what I can vouch for is that this statement of yours is pure bullshit. All of the people with whom I served swam. Swim qualifications require a bit more than not moving from a particular spot. So, in your defense of an asinine & racist OP, you posted an asinine & racist response. Very fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/39 "2003-08-08T18:05:01Z")
So, Cisco, were you wooshing me or did you really mean that posting? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170/40 "2003-08-08T18:22:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TaxGuy \* > Yeah, I took it as some sort of meta thing going on here, i.e., the OP starts a thread about how to piss people off and includes in it something that pisses people off. You are giving Themis credit for being **way** more sophisticated than she actually is. Humor isn’t her strong suit. _Subtle_ humor even less so. I’d say I find it offensive too, but it’s really just inane. Themis doesn’t mean to voice sweeping generalizations about race, she’s just dim. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-ways-to-piss-people-off/192170.md?page=3)