# Things that dopers overstate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552 "2006-12-10T08:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/61 "2006-12-12T03:25:20Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] If you and your spouse have college degrees, and you interact with other degreed people at work, and your friends tend toward the intelligent and educated, **it’s easy to forget that there are 10s of millions of people out there who didn’t even graduate HS.** [/QUOTE] A quick trip into the local McDonald’s or Wal\*Mart should rid anyone of this notion. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/62 "2006-12-12T03:25:27Z")
Oh yeah, I forgot this one: > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > PENIS SIZE Good call! Was that thread a hoot or what? It left me wondering if male dopers start measuring their penis from the back-side of their buttocks! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/63 "2006-12-12T05:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Fire] The [above] average intelligence of the board’s membership? [/QUOTE] Well, you’ve got to admit: all the women are strong and all the men are good looking, so it follows that. . . . ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/64 "2006-12-12T07:20:46Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Well, you’ve got to admit: all the women are strong and all the men are good looking, so it follows that. . . . [/QUOTE] Everyone’s gay? ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/65 "2006-12-12T12:17:05Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Dopers tend to ask _“cite?”_ far too often… 😉 [/QUOTE] too bad you aren’t allowed to have an [avatar](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/MiscellanyPix/LobeliaOverhill02.jpg)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/66 "2006-12-12T14:26:31Z")
Yeah, that’s really too bad… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/67 "2006-12-12T16:18:28Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I can’t believe I’m the first to post: PENIS SIZE [/QUOTE] Am I the only one appreciating the brilliant above-average intelligence displayed here by the use of all caps ? 😛 I would opine, however, that our dear **AnnieXmas** is not correct. Opposed to, say, AOL Chat Rooms, the SDMB Boards are rarely if ever populated by folks whose prime objective in joining is to regale us with the ( immensely exaggerated ) proportions of either their penile or clitoral appendages. Amen. 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/68 "2006-12-12T19:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=Ellis Dee] Big boobs is the one believable claim. Ever seen dopefest pictures? The average weight around here starts with a 2. [/QUOTE] and is measured in kilograms 😉 ---
**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:** [December 12, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/69 "2006-12-12T23:46:59Z")
As purely evil as some posters say Hillary Clinton and Rush Limbaugh are, you’d think they’d be pals. Some folks post to say that _The Simpsons_ have jumped their 96th shark, and they’re pretty darned excited about it. Did you notice the butterfly in (…) ep of _Heroes_ that would be dead by that time of year? What’s up with that? Does it mean Ando is a double agent? Fred Phelps is insane; that really shocks me. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/70 "2006-12-12T23:55:25Z")
I’m surprised this one hasn’t come up yet: **SUVs are gas-guzzling, environment-raping behemoths whose drivers are arrogant and incoNsiderate pricks completely lacking of any manners and courtesy.** While SUV’s are not exactly known for their fuel efficiency, I don’t think it’s fair to say that ALL SUV drivers are menacing assholes (I don’t drive one myself, though). ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552/71 "2006-12-15T02:20:26Z")
I thought of a few more: **Battlestar Galactica** is a good TV show Political Correctness is an extant relevant social force **War of the Worlds** , directed by Steven Spielberg (although people always talk about its star, not its director), was a less than perfect movie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dopers-overstate/383552.md?page=3)