# The Crypt of SDMB Clichés **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731 "2003-05-16T18:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/81 "2003-05-17T02:59:10Z")
Dear God! For real? No shit?!? The horror. The horror. ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/82 "2003-05-17T03:24:59Z")
More annoyances: “Now, IANABFL (I Am Not A Bottom-Feeding Lawyer) but…” -Hey, if you’re gonna turn it into an acronym **and** spell it out, you’ve actually made **MORE** keystrokes, not fewer. Besides, no matter what I think of lawyers, writing IANAL just doesn’t seem right somehow- it seems more like the gag vanity license plate of a gay character in a Zucker/Abrams/Zucker movie. As for excessive typing in the interests of saving time… what the hell’s up with typing “2K+3”? That’s four characters, but with a _shift_ function so that it actually takes more keystrokes than just typing “2003”. I suppose 2K3 is a mere single character shorter, but hey, you’re typically making a half-paragraph post- is one extra character gonna save that much time? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/83 "2003-05-17T04:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*A few of my least favorite cliches… > > 1. Threads that begin with “AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO \_\_\_ ?” > > Trust me, people, the answer is NO! It doesn’t matter what you put in the blank, the answer is always NO! It’s a big world, there are 6 billion people on it, so SOMEWHERE, there’s SOMEONE who agrees with you, no matter WHAT you think. So, you’re not the only one who hates “The Matrix.” You’re not the only one who likes to sprinkle Comet on his pizza. You’re not the only one who has a crush on Emmanuel Lewis. There is SOMEBODY else out there who feels the same way you do. DON’T waste precious thread space asking. > \*\* Yeah, you think so, but if you ever meet anyone else who believes that singing along with the car radio to “Fly Away” by Lenny Kravitz- just this song, ftr- is going to make their car break down, send them my way. I forgot and sang about 3 words of it on Wednesday, so I expect a breakdown in retaliation in the near future. Or maybe the fact that I didn’t get as far as “fly away” saved me. I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/84 "2003-05-17T04:54:38Z")
I’m sure we all recall hundreds of times that people spew [ul] [li]Coffee[/li][li]Diet Coke[/li][li]Water[/li][li]other liquid substance[/li][/ul] all over their [ul] [li]monitor[/li][li]keyboard[/li][li]pet[/li][li]neighbor[/li][/ul] after reading a humorous post… ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/85 "2003-05-17T05:03:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phouchg \* > \*\*I’m sure we all recall hundreds of times that people spew [ul] > [li]Coffee[/li][li]Diet Coke[/li][li]Water[/li][li]other liquid substance[/li][/ul] > > all over their > > [ul] > [li]monitor[/li][li]keyboard[/li][li]pet[/li][li]neighbor[/li][/ul] > > after reading a humorous post… \*\* I agree it’s way overused - so much so by some people that I really pray that they never sneeze and fart at the same time. Who knows what hideous inhuman things might happen, and just how long it might take to clean up afterwards? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/86 "2003-05-17T05:07:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waverly \* > **The. Comic. Book. Guy. Punctuation.** Um… perhaps I may be a bit out of the loop on pop culture these days… but can someone explain to me just what “The Comic Book Guy” is and where he’s from? Thanks. (and if you say, “he’s a guy that sells comic books… DUH!”… I will rip yer heart out and have it for breakfast 😉 ) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/87 "2003-05-17T05:13:30Z")
he’s a guy that sells comic books… DUH! Ow! Ow! give it back! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/88 "2003-05-17T05:18:13Z")
OK, for real. He’s the guy that, uh, sells comic books on The Simpsons. > [@](#): > > Comic Book Guy: Last night’s Itchy & Scratchy was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured I was on the internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world. > > Bart: Hey, I know it wasn’t great, but what right do you have to complain? > > CBG: As a loyal viewer, I feel they owe me. > > Bart: What? They’re giving you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe you? I mean, if anything, you owe them. > > CBG: Worst episode ever. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/89 "2003-05-17T05:18:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > can someone explain to me just what “The Comic Book Guy” is and where he’s from? Google is your friend! Ha! No one mentioned that one yet! [The Comic Book Guy File](http://www.snpp.com/guides/cbg.file.html) ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/90 "2003-05-17T05:18:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > **Um… perhaps I may be a bit out of the loop on pop culture these days… but can someone explain to me just what “The Comic Book Guy” is and where he’s from? Thanks.** He’s an ultra-uber-geeky guy from the Simpsons, who talks in an exaggerted, abbreviated style, not too unlike that of Captain James T. Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Sarang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jack\_Sarang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Sarang)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/91 "2003-05-17T07:00:31Z")
I can’t stand “Asshat”. It looks to me like something the, ahem, “older” people on SDMB say to sound “young and hip” when it fact it just pegs them as the “aging hipster doofus” they are. I mean really, it has zero value as invective. Then maybe the old people think its as racy as “shmuck” or something. I mean honestly, the people who use “Asshat” the most around here are the housewives, Dilbert Cubicle Warriors and lonely shutins. I will now duck and run. IMHO, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/92 "2003-05-17T07:14:53Z")
The Hamburgaler and his many incarnations. My god, it may have been funny ONCE, but now he’s not even bothering to create quasi-original posts to go along with his post dashing. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/93 "2003-05-17T07:31:07Z")
In defense of “fuckwit”, don’t know if it’s different over the other side of the pond, but this is just a regular old insult in the UK, and therefore doesn’t deserve to be callled a cliché. ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/94 "2003-05-17T07:43:42Z")
My additions of cliches that annoy me: - drive-by postings, ended with “carry on.” (Yes, I did notice there is one in this thread.) - the deluge of acronymic (?) disclaimers following any OP asking for medical (or legal, other professional) advice - IANAL, IANAD etc. etc. - yes, I know why people do it, but it just annoys me to be reminded of the paranoid, litiginous society we live in. Can’t the default be, unless you say otherwise, it is assumed you are **not** a professional in the field? - {{{{{Cyber hugs}}}}} - the letter “e” I don’t dare use a “tongue-in-cheek” smiley for that last one, in a thread like this. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/95 "2003-05-17T08:04:17Z")
**Dooku** , that was hilarious!! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/96 "2003-05-17T08:05:57Z")
My vote’s for obvious anagram handles (usernames) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/97 "2003-05-17T09:37:35Z")
Underpants. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/98 "2003-05-17T10:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phouchg \* > \*\*I’m sure we all recall hundreds of times that people spew [ul] > [li]Coffee[/li][li]Diet Coke[/li][li]Water[/li][li]other liquid substance[/li][/ul] > > all over their > > [ul] > [li]monitor[/li][li]keyboard[/li][li]pet[/li][li]neighbor[/li][/ul] > > after reading a humorous post… \*\* ::sips cherry coke:: ::reads post:: ::snorts and spews cherry coke all over monitor:: Funny post! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/99 "2003-05-17T10:39:18Z")
**Mr. B** \>\>\>anagram\<\<\< **SPOOFE** \>\>\>underpants\<\<\< Hey, it’s not Standard Operating Procedure to be a FOE. We’re all friends here. Also we all know nerds can’t punt. Ball games rot minds. …I hope you can keep from storming off. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731/100 "2003-05-17T13:08:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Sarang \* > **…It looks to me like something the, ahem, “older” people…** It is common amongst the young to regard thier condition, which is comprised primarily of the twin components, ignorance and inexperience, as something so inherently desireable and good that it simply _must_ be envied by those no longer burdened with youth. I would take the time to thrash this insolent puppy, if it weren’t time for my nap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crypt-of-sdmb-cliches/175731.md?page=6)