# The Asshole Test - Guys Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281 "2008-11-12T01:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/101 "2008-11-12T20:58:26Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > I will leave the ugliness issue aside (she is), but is she blind? Those pictures are not flattering in anyone’s mind. Even if she were smoking hot (she isn’t), posing in a bikini next to a cheap rice burner will brand you as a cheap slut forever. She shouldn’t have left those photos live. That’s true. There doesn’t seem to be much of an upside for anyone, especially women, to pose for pictures of themselves. Although, if you’re a perfect 10 and are wearing a modest puppy-dog Christmas sweater you’re probably not putting yourself at much risk. Otherwise there’s a chance it’s going to wind up online forever and you never know when hundreds of assholes are going to post it on some discussion board and say awful things about you for 50 pages. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/102 "2008-11-12T21:00:33Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > … immature dicks… or 95% of people who use the internet. Many perfectly sensible polite kind people _become_ immature dicks when using the internet. There’s an amusing lolpicture depicting this very fact. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/103 "2008-11-12T21:10:49Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > We generally don’t devote entire postings on the web to it, though. Heh. [Here’s one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484100) There was another thread, some years back (don’t remember if a female Doper started the thread or not), where folks were poking fun at an Asian guy, who looked like the unholy offspring of Liberace and the Vegas-era Elvis, seeking a wife on teh intarwebs. Neither of those threads went on for 60 pages, though. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/104 "2008-11-12T21:52:54Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > Maybe she’s not especially attractive but she’s not ugly. She kind of struck me as being like that one woman from that one Seinfeld episode … the one that looked sorta’ okay from one angle, but see her from a different direction, and RUN AWAY! ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/105 "2008-11-12T21:56:07Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > She kind of struck me as being like that one woman from that one Seinfeld episode … the one that looked sorta’ okay from one angle, but see her from a different direction, and RUN AWAY! Good from far, far from… _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/106 "2008-11-12T21:58:50Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Heh. [Here’s one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484100) There was another thread, some years back (don’t remember if a female Doper started the thread or not), where folks were poking fun at an Asian guy, who looked like the unholy offspring of Liberace and the Vegas-era Elvis, seeking a wife on teh intarwebs. Neither of those threads went on for 60 pages, though. It’s similar, but not based on his looks. There isn’t a picture of that guy to be had anywhere. I am not familiar with the Asian guy thread. > [@](#): > > I agree with you. But we didn’t know the circumstances of the post when we first opened the thread. We all took it at face value (or at least, the less cynical among us did.) The new information changes my perception of the whole thing. > > My only point is to suggest that given the OP were legitimate, it’s possible, just maybe, to find something humorous about the linked thread without being an asshole. I believe that because I laughed, and I’m not an asshole. I did misunderstand you but I get it now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/107 "2008-11-12T21:59:43Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > She kind of struck me as being like that one woman from that one Seinfeld episode … the one that looked sorta’ okay from one angle, but see her from a different direction, and RUN AWAY! Yeah! Except the bad direction is facing a crappy car, a dog, and a whole bunch of make up that seems to be applied to her face. She seems like a nice woman from her myspace page so I hope that she’s successful in avoiding being seen from that angle in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/108 "2008-11-12T22:00:51Z")
I find stuff like “DO NOT WANT” and relevant images freaking hilarious, regardless of the subject. Yes, I’m shallow, but net memes crack me up easily. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/109 "2008-11-12T22:03:50Z")
I’ve seen it before and IPML (is that the right one?). I know its bullying, bu it’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/110 "2008-11-12T22:11:05Z")
Derision is a tool to help teach society how _not_ to behave. Without it, we are all lost. At least that’s how I get myself to sleep at night. What I find funny is not so much the girl herself, although, I am with most, that whatever she’s done to her face in those photos, is not helping her already below average looks. It’s really the whole, _what was going through her and the photographer’s mind when taking these amateurish shots._ Whatever it was, and whomever the real photographer is, I believe they were being _sincere._ That usually triggers my, “I can’t believe real people do this, then make it public” gland. Then the over-reactions and juvenile responses took the cake. I was in tears. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/111 "2008-11-12T22:11:19Z")
You owe me a new set of eyeballs, as I was forced to gouge out my own upon seeing the, ah, damsel in question and her truly horrifying eyes. A lesser man would have simply closed the tab, but I wanted to maintain the moral high ground. ---
**Author:** ![PotLuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@PotLuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PotLuck)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/112 "2008-11-12T22:36:02Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I’m in the “fix her eyeliner and hot damn” camp, myself. I’m chuckling, but at the dudes who can’t tell the difference between “ugly” and “hot, with really bad makeup and posing”. This. She just needs to learn how to work what she’s got – like the “Ugly Betty” character who isn’t ugly, merely unfashionable. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/113 "2008-11-12T22:40:18Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > You owe me a new set of eyeballs, as I was forced to gouge out my own upon seeing the, ah, damsel in question and her truly horrifying eyes. A lesser man would have simply closed the tab, but I wanted to maintain the moral high ground. If you think that’s bad. You should avoid page 36. Picture of a baby, living or dead -I’m not sure. It has some sort of growth around it’s mouth and chin. It’s a trully upsetting and disturbing picture ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/114 "2008-11-12T22:50:09Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Heh. [Here’s one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484100) There was another thread, some years back (don’t remember if a female Doper started the thread or not), where folks were poking fun at an Asian guy, who looked like the unholy offspring of Liberace and the Vegas-era Elvis, seeking a wife on teh intarwebs. Neither of those threads went on for 60 pages, though. I’ll argue that wasn’t based on appearance only but also the hubris of his “qualifications” along with his appearance. I can’t tell since the original link to the studmuffin in question is broken. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/115 "2008-11-12T22:53:53Z")
> [@torie](#): > > It’s similar, but not based on his looks. There isn’t a picture of that guy to be had anywhere. Well, were one to be able to find photos of the guy, no doubt he’d be mocked for his appearance, no matter how good he looked. > [@](#): > > I am not familiar with the Asian guy thread. With a 300 second delay between searches, I’m not going digging for it, as I’ve simply no idea what terms to plug in that wouldn’t result in me having to slog through hundreds of threads before I found the right one. IIRC, it was started sometime around '01 or '02. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/116 "2008-11-12T23:17:34Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Again, I see the OP as the target of this pile-on, not the girl in the photographs. It is very common for guys to make fun of one another, particularly if they are good friends. I agree that it’s not acceptable that they are doing it at the expense of this girl, who is the unwitting victim. I don’t advocate cruelty. What’s funny about it, if anything, is the irony given the OP’s expectation vs. the actual reaction he is inevitably going to get. That’s not his girlfriend. He stole those pictures and posted them on that MB to troll for exactly these kinds of responses. IOW, he’s incited a massive case of Internet harrassment that ultimately has no effect on him since he’s not actually connected to the girl at all. She’s apparently been pushed to contemplating suicide on her MySpace, and to top it all off, some people on the linked thread are claiming that they’ve had sex with her and she’s a “hoe”. (They don’t mention how they managed to have sex with a garden tool, but hey, every board needs an **Autolycus** or two.) > [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > But we didn’t know the circumstances of the post when we first opened the thread. The pictures had a date from 2004 and the OP wrote “yes i’m strong fraudin” in the second or third post. > [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > My only point is to suggest that given the OP were legitimate, it’s possible, just maybe, to find something humorous about the linked thread without being an asshole. I believe that because I laughed, and I’m not an asshole. Fair enough. BTW, for the person who said that this isn’t indicative of what bodybuilder culture is like–I only read the first three or four pages, and almost all of the posts were from guys whose avatars were pictures of themselves all buff and ripped, and their signatures said stuff like “I SNORT MUSCLE MILK EVERY FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE I CAN NEVER BE TOO RIPPED”. I saw a lot of misogyny in those few pages. > [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > You owe me a new set of eyeballs, as I was forced to gouge out my own upon seeing the, ah, damsel in question and her truly horrifying eyes. A lesser man would have simply closed the tab, but I wanted to maintain the moral high ground. Clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/117 "2008-11-12T23:28:46Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > That’s not his girlfriend. He stole those pictures and posted them on that MB to troll for exactly these kinds of responses. IOW, he’s incited a massive case of Internet harrassment that ultimately has no effect on him since he’s not actually connected to the girl at all. She’s apparently been pushed to contemplating suicide on her MySpace, and to top it all off, some people on the linked thread are claiming that they’ve had sex with her and she’s a “hoe”. (They don’t mention how they managed to have sex with a garden tool, but hey, every board needs an **Autolycus** or two.) That’s horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/118 "2008-11-12T23:31:45Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > BTW, for the person who said that this isn’t indicative of what bodybuilder culture is like–I only read the first three or four pages, and almost all of the posts were from guys whose avatars were pictures of themselves all buff and ripped, and their signatures said stuff like “I SNORT MUSCLE MILK EVERY FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE I CAN NEVER BE TOO RIPPED”. I saw a lot of misogyny in those few pages. That was me, and keep in mind I’m defending bodybuilding culture as a whole from broad strokes here, and not necessarily a small clan of morons on that one forum (even so, one could compare the number of active members of that forum vs the number of that forum’s members dogpiling in that thread, except that I honestly don’t care that much – feel free to stereotype bodybuilders all you want; I won’t argue beyond what I’ve already stated). And in the interest of accuracy, she was never contemplating suicide 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/119 "2008-11-12T23:37:40Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > And in the interest of accuracy, she was never contemplating suicide 😉 But I bet she’s not feeling chipper. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281/120 "2008-11-12T23:47:49Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Yup. The ‘wide-eyed dude taken aback’ picture made me lose it. (So do most lolcats pictures, so that wasn’t hard to predict.) this [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-asshole-test-guys-only/472281.md?page=7)