# Why so bitter? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383 "2003-06-25T22:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/21 "2003-06-27T17:47:29Z")
So, “echolocate”: to determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate using the interntet. Bats are smarter than they look. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/22 "2003-07-04T13:42:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 2trew \* > \*\*Bats are smarter than they look. \*\* Now _there’s_ a sig… ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/23 "2003-07-04T13:51:23Z")
I used to be acidic, but I’m becoming increasingly base. ---
**Author:** ![jessondair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@jessondair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessondair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/24 "2003-07-04T15:06:19Z")
Because, dammit!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/25 "2003-07-04T15:38:18Z")
what she said ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/26 "2003-07-04T16:02:07Z")
My tricycle died. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/27 "2003-07-04T17:15:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 2trew \* > … Bats are smarter than they look. So, what you’re saying is that not all bats are _bats_? (In the belfry, that is.) ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/28 "2003-07-04T17:57:15Z")
Because I didn’t take a shower today. But keep going - I’ll taste better in a minute. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/29 "2003-07-04T18:42:13Z")
Because life sucks, and then you die. Which isn’t so bad, except the last part seems to be taking an _extremely_ long time to come around. Which sucks. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/30 "2003-07-04T19:50:43Z")
Why the hell not?! ---
**Author:** ![silenteyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@silenteyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenteyes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/31 "2003-07-05T00:39:49Z")
Because no matter how hard I try, I just can’t get my socks to mach the color of my eyes and the shape of my earlobes at the same time. I mean, is it really too much to ask for? ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/32 "2003-07-05T01:25:15Z")
I prefer jaded and cynical myself. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/33 "2003-07-06T03:44:33Z")
Absolutely nothing in this world or any other can make up for it. So there. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/34 "2003-07-06T04:45:23Z")
I’m little Mary Sunshine myself. Full of the joys of spring and the deep abiding love of little fluffy things. Except when they shit in the sugar bowl. Then I’m bitter. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/35 "2003-07-06T04:56:20Z")
I’m bitter because I haven’t gotten kiddy time in a while! So there! (and it’s not THAT kind of kiddy time, either!) Actually, I’m also bitter coz of the way life and my parents are treating me right now. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/36 "2003-07-06T22:03:07Z")
“Bitter, party of one, your table is now available.” ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/37 "2003-07-09T13:05:26Z")
When life hands you lemons… Aw, fuck it - we’re screwed ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/38 "2003-07-09T13:06:06Z")
> [@](#): > > “echolocate”: to determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate using the **interntet.** Interntet: A bitter, young Vietnamese man forced to work for free cataloging deaths from the Tet Offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Nanny\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@Nanny\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanny_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/39 "2003-07-09T18:21:36Z")
Why?.. because my employer values diversity and manic and clueless were already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383/40 "2003-07-09T19:55:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Drastic \* > \*\*I’m becoming increasingly base. \*\* Give in to your Id. It is an amoral imperitive that you do so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-bitter/184383.md?page=3)