# Why should I listen to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 8, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063 "2017-04-08T16:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/1 "2017-04-08T16:53:33Z")
Or why should I care what you have to say or write? Try to pick something outside your primary line of expertise. It is ok to call atention to your primary expertise as a qualifier if you choose. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/2 "2017-04-08T16:55:47Z")
I am sometimes entertaining. So in that circumstance you should listen to me. Then ignore what I say. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/3 "2017-04-08T17:09:55Z")
Why should I care whether you listen to me? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/4 "2017-04-08T17:14:58Z")
Because I’m holding a thermal detonator. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/5 "2017-04-08T18:35:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Because I’m holding a thermal detonator. Win. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/6 "2017-04-08T19:26:49Z")
Because I’m rich, and you’re one of my employees. So if you want me to keep paying you, you had better reinforce my beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/7 "2017-04-08T19:31:43Z")
Because I am so. Fucking. Loud. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/8 "2017-04-08T20:27:36Z")
You shouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/9 "2017-04-08T20:29:14Z")
Don’t ever listen to me. You will only end up drunk and ridiculed by polite society. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T377A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/10 "2017-04-08T20:54:13Z")
'Cause I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/11 "2017-04-08T22:07:07Z")
I’ve slept with more women than you have, which makes me objectively better than you. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/12 "2017-04-08T22:08:06Z")
Because I love you. I will love you harder and longer than anyone else possibly could. It will be a fierce and passionate love, the kind of love you deserve. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/13 "2017-04-08T22:10:44Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Or why should I care what you have to say or write? Try to pick something outside your primary line of expertise. It is ok to call atention to your primary expertise as a qualifier if you choose. Because I have seen every episode of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer and Angel. I can quote dialog. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/14 "2017-04-08T22:16:20Z")
If you’re really listening to me, then get the hell out of my house. If instead you’re asking why you should read what I post, why not? I mean, what is it really costing you? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/15 "2017-04-08T22:24:05Z")
Because I’m a man, and therefore have an answer to every question. On top of that, I have excellent moral character, so you’ll instinctively trust me even if I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/16 "2017-04-09T00:02:31Z")
I will present you with alternatives you haven’t considered. Whether you like them or not, your own arguments will be improved if you respond to mine. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/17 "2017-04-09T00:06:55Z")
You shouldn’t listen to me. You should read to me. Sent from my Samsungs No-No Place using Touchy-Touchy. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/18 "2017-04-09T00:31:40Z")
Because if you don’t, I’ll hold my breath until I turn blue. Maybe I’ll even die and then you’ll be soooooooooooooooooory. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/19 "2017-04-09T00:48:55Z")
Because I’ll listen to you, in turn. It’s a kind of social contract. We might even learn something. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063/20 "2017-04-09T00:56:08Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Because I’ll listen to you, in turn. It’s a kind of social contract. > > We might even learn something. My favorite so far! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-listen-to-you/784063.md?page=2)