# Um, fuck you, you condescending fuck. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413 "2004-10-09T23:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/61 "2004-10-11T01:06:40Z")
Something to consider: I of course can’t speak for other posters, but when I compose a message here, I write it as I would say it in a face-to-face conversation, since that’s what these threads feel like to me. I’m not creating a literary composition; I’m (at least attempting to) engage in a discussion, and thus use the kind of interjections I’d insert in speech. To me, this approach to posting also advocates for the _judicious_ use of smilies, to echo the sort of facial expressions I’d be employing in in-person conversation. Why, yes. Yes, I AM rather longwinded and circuitously verbose in person; why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/62 "2004-10-11T01:22:40Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > I believe it is from Mr. Garrison on South Park. Actually I think “m’kay” entered the vernacular due to Mr. Mackey, the school counselor/psychologist in South Park. (Hey, at least I didn’t say “um” or “er”… and boy did it feel rude.) And **ETF** , do you really do things like calling people “my contumacious turnipseed” in everyday conversation? If so, I’d love to see some of the looks you get…especially among the salt-of-the-earth horse and stable set! ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/63 "2004-10-11T01:26:08Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Actually I think “m’kay” entered the vernacular due to Mr. Mackey, the school counselor/psychologist in South Park. (Hey, at least I didn’t say “um” or “er”… and boy did it feel rude.) Um, \*\*Miller \*\* already made this point. You been on the meths again, **SA**? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/64 "2004-10-11T01:38:35Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Now, “m’kay,” that annoys the living fuck outta me. As opposed to a dying fuck? Is that when your partner expires during sex? Um, you folks really need to relax. Stressing over words is bad, mmmkay? 😛 Huh? What’d you call me? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/65 "2004-10-11T01:55:45Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > And **ETF** , do you really do things like calling people “my contumacious turnipseed” in everyday conversation? If so, I’d love to see some of the looks you get…especially among the salt-of-the-earth horse and stable set! Naw, I save the really good stuff for special occasions. You should hear W.C. Fieldsian overtones when I say things like “my fine dumpling”. Then again, I do use pet names for my horse Nick such as “His Chestnut Glory” and “The Magnificent Pickle”. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/66 "2004-10-11T02:30:58Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > “The Magnificent Pickle”. I am _so_ not going there. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/67 "2004-10-11T02:35:42Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Then again, I do use pet names for my horse Nick such as “His Chestnut Glory”. Is he a natural blond? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/68 "2004-10-11T02:40:49Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Um, \*\*Miller \*\* already made this point. > > You been on the meths again, **SA**? Uh, hey, dude…I, uh, like I think it was the counselor who always said m’kay. I’m surprised nobody has, like, uh, you know pointed it out yet. Oh…somebody has? And I was one of 'em? Man, this is some good shit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/69 "2004-10-11T03:17:18Z")
Like I’ve ever seen _South Park_ or had even heard of it until a few days ago. First time I heard it, I thought it was the place JR and Sue-Ellen (?) lived. Just couldn’t resist pointing out that you hadn’t bothered to read the boring drivel others had posted before providing your gem. As if _I_ would ever do that. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/70 "2004-10-11T03:42:25Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Is he a natural blond? [Judge](http://community.webshots.com/photo/735286/805337) [for](http://community.webshots.com/photo/735286/805415) [yourself](http://community.webshots.com/photo/735286/128044052qFdlZC). As for you, **Ths Year’s Model** , get your mind out of the gutter. “The Magnificent Pickle” is merely an extension of “Nick” – “Nicky the Pickle”. Which one of my friends extended to “[Gherkin](http://community.webshots.com/photo/145850906/182642007UuPxSZ)”, and thence to “The Gherkmeister”. There’s more. Shall I go on, or have you had enough? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/71 "2004-10-11T04:48:35Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > So unless I’m in the Pit, I winch a little whenever I see a post start with “um.” It just seems a bit harsh for the more civilized boards. > > Poster 1: I wonder, when eating soup, is it proper to draw the spoon away from you, or towards you? > Poster 2: Why my dear, of course it’s quite proper to draw the spoon away from you, and thank you so much for asking. > Poster 3: Well of course one should draw the spoon away from oneself, but certainly no one would think less of you if you didn’t. > Poster 4: um, no **you stupid fucking dumbass cunt. You can eat your Goddamned soup any fucking way you want, moron!** > > :eek: I think it’s just possible that it might be the bolded part that makes this harsh, rather than the “um”, but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/72 "2004-10-11T05:18:57Z")
Thanks for drawing attention to that post, **RNATB**. > [@](#): > > I winch a little whenever I see a post start with “um.” So that means you go to the coffing hoist or cable unit and take another pull on the handle, or what? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/73 "2004-10-11T05:33:27Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Like I’ve ever seen _South Park_ or had even heard of it until a few days ago. First time I heard it, I thought it was the place JR and Sue-Ellen (?) lived. Well, I can see how you’d think that. There’s a character on _South Park_ named Cartman who I think grew up to be J.R. > [@roger thornhill](#): > > Just couldn’t resist pointing out that you hadn’t bothered to read the boring drivel others had posted before providing your gem. As if _I_ would ever do that. No problem. The funny thing is, I scanned the thread _twice_ to try to make sure no one had mentioned Mr. Mackey. (My apologies to **Miller** , whose posts I almost always read.) For some reason it just didn’t register tonight. Too much wine, perhaps. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/74 "2004-10-11T05:37:13Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Too much wine, perhaps. So you’re not back on the meths, then? That’s a huge relief. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/75 "2004-10-11T05:42:49Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Naw, I save the really good stuff for special occasions. You should hear W.C. Fieldsian overtones when I say things like “my fine dumpling”. Ah, yes, my little chickadee! 😉 (Pardon the obvious, I couldn’t resist.) And thanks, your words will resonate with a new nuance now that I know that. (Thank you, thank you…I have a natural gift for alliteration.) “Anyone who hates dogs and children can’t be all bad.” – W.C. Fields ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/76 "2004-10-11T05:54:36Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > So you’re not back on the meths, then? That’s a huge relief. Nope. No illegal chemicals at work in this boy. 😉 P.S.: You _are_ speaking of methamphetamine, I take it? I know you’re in the land of the tall buildings and that you come from the land of our country’s ancestors, so it occurs to me perhaps you’re speaking either of medicinal items or perhaps woozy spirits like could be found once upon a time in Absinthe. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/77 "2004-10-11T05:56:53Z")
Sometimes it amazes me what a minefiled composing a simple post can be. I’m going to have to completely change my posting style: " **Some other poster:** William Henry Harrison won the Presidency in the election of 1480, but died a month later. **Me:** THE ELECTION OF _ **1480???** _ CHRIST, what kind of FUCKING MORON ARE YOU? Were you fucking educated by FUCKING WOLVES or something?!? American hadn’t even been FOUNDED YET in Fourteen-Fucking-Eighty, you DROOLING CRETIN! FUCK!!! Columbus hadn’t even sailed the fucking ocean blue–“In 14_ **92** _, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue”–Clue-by-Four, here, fuckhead, if bloody COLUMBUS didn’t make his first goddamn voyage until 14_92_, there couldn’t very fucking well have been a _PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION_ in the U.S. of fucking A in _ **1480!!!** _ Please fucking tell me you were fucking HOMESCHOOLED, and that there’s a history of CONGENITAL MENTAL RETARDATION in your no-doubt INBRED FAMILY OF HILLBILLIES, Mouth-Breather! I mean, how do even manage to sustain basic life functions if you’re so fucking stupid you think WILLIAM HENRY FUCKING HARRISON was elected motherfucking President in _14-Goddamn-80!!!_ I weep for my country." Of course, then I’d have to give myself a Very Stern Warning. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/78 "2004-10-11T05:58:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Sometimes it amazes me what a minefiled… “Minefiled?” What the flying fuck is a fucking “minefiled”? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/79 "2004-10-11T06:08:37Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > You _are_ speaking of methamphetamine, I take it? Um, no, actually. I’m talking of methylated spirits. Are you in denial again? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413/80 "2004-10-11T06:12:56Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Um, no, actually. I’m talking of methylated spirits. Are you in denial again? Er, sorry. My bad. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-fuck-you-you-condescending-fuck/268413.md?page=5)