# The stealth-bragging thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488 "2010-07-21T17:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/41 "2010-07-23T16:06:01Z")
This thread is kinda juvenile and I’m not sure I should participate in it. I have a huge penis. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/42 "2010-07-23T16:12:40Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > For the love of all that’s holy, I beseech you to change the title. SNEAK-BRAGGING! > > I’ve worked hard for that catch-phrase, and I won’t let DragonAsh bastardize it. Stealth-bragging is much better. Come on, just admit it, it sounds better. Why, Bill Safire told me so over dinner last summer. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/43 "2010-07-23T16:16:55Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > Stealth-bragging is much better. Come on, just admit it, it sounds better. Why, Bill Safire told me so over dinner last summer. Hijack I can’t see your nick without thinking of Jason and the Argonauts. End of hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/44 "2010-07-23T17:23:03Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Thanks for offering that! I only wish I was in a position to do the same. I can understand that problem I had to limit the number of ladies in my bed back when I was limited by a king size. Once I upgraded gymnasts have been known to do floor excerpts across my mattress but damn I had to knock down a wall to fit the damn thing through the door. Don’t you hate those random remodeling projects? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/45 "2010-07-23T17:31:09Z")
Apparently, there is a perfectly good word for this already. [Moasting.](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moasting) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/46 "2010-07-23T17:31:49Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I believe society glorifies violence too much. I haven’t been in a fight since I kicked Chuck Norris’s ass, and I find that leading a peaceful, non-violent life is more fulfilling. Chuck, Jet, Jackie and I were having our round-table chat after I gave them a good workout, and Chuck mentioned that he had had a problem with your technique. I showed him where he had gone wrong. By the way, he’s looking for you. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/47 "2010-07-23T17:39:25Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > Apparently, there is a perfectly good word for this already. [Moasting.](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moasting) I dunno, they seem like two different things to me. Moasting is bragging while complaining, while [del]stealth[/del] sneak-bragging is bragging while appearing to not be bragging at all. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/48 "2010-07-23T17:46:34Z")
Dear Stephen Hawking, Please be sure and bring the spicy salsa when for your tutoring session in physics this week. Ever, Me ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/49 "2010-07-23T17:55:17Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I dunno, they seem like two different things to me. Moasting is bragging while complaining, while [del]stealth[/del] sneak-bragging is bragging while appearing to not be bragging at all. I think the OP in the other thread had packaged the bragging in a more general complaint, or at the very least, shellacked it with some “woe is me”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/50 "2010-07-23T17:58:38Z")
I can’t think of anything to post in this thread - I think it’s because I’m too honest and forthright to engage in this kind of misleading behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/51 "2010-07-23T18:00:41Z")
I haven’t had a conversation this good since I my days at Oxford. Bravo to all of you! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/52 "2010-07-23T18:27:07Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > I haven’t had a conversation this good since I my days at Oxford. Bravo to all of you! Oh, I remember you now. You and your little group of chums. You were downright adorable with your serious faces all screwed up in thought. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/53 "2010-07-23T18:59:47Z")
Goddamn it, I lost another post. You would think that with all the billions of dollars Uncle Sam spent on the technology that I’d be able to connect with. But no, the damn pencil pushers are more concerned about their precious “secrecy” to fix the fix the problem. Honestly, this shit happens every time I’m in Jovian orbit. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/54 "2010-07-23T20:40:38Z")
Wow, after evolving to a higher life-form I’ve forgotten how interesting you humans could be. It’s lonely being the only higher life-form. Hopefully one of you will evolve soon and give me company. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/55 "2010-07-23T20:41:41Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > … Don’t you hate those random remodeling projects? Yes, those models are so thin and fragile from all the dieting. So I have to remodel on occasion because I wear them out. It’s quite the chore. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/56 "2010-07-23T20:42:21Z")
I’m sorry I didn’t see this thread sooner. I’ve been in the emergency room after stepping on my penis yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/57 "2010-07-23T20:43:52Z")
You’re lucky you can step on yours. I’m always tripping over mine. ---
**Author:** ![StrangeBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@StrangeBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrangeBird)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/58 "2010-07-23T22:19:06Z")
I’m glad all of you are getting the chance to talk about your achievements on this thread. What a wonderful way for those of you who don’t have others constantly marvelling at their achievements to feel worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/59 "2010-07-24T03:57:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You’re lucky you can step on yours. I’m always tripping over mine. That’s cute! I probably would too, if I weren’t a starting center in the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488/60 "2010-07-24T04:19:48Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > That’s cute! I probably would too, if I weren’t a starting center in the NBA. I’m sorry to hear that you have to do physical labor to make a living. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stealth-bragging-thread/547488.md?page=4)