# Why we have jerks. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 11, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030 "2014-02-11T03:44:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/21 "2014-02-11T18:55:14Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Well, if they’re calling you, it’s because you’re their best customer. Whoosh > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > My phone just rang, and the caller ID said “Jerk Store.” Any of you know what this could be about? They’re running out of _you_! ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/22 "2014-02-11T19:02:11Z")
They stick all the jerks in Tower One! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/23 "2014-02-12T00:19:37Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Whoosh > > They’re running out of _you_! That’s okay, you’re their all time best seller! ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/24 "2014-02-12T01:03:18Z")
> [@sentrix](#): > > why put people in boxes? Makes it easier to stack the bodies. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/25 "2014-02-12T01:44:13Z")
I once heard that the surly shall inherit the Earth. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/26 "2014-02-12T01:46:15Z")
“Yeah but everybody’s a jerk. You, me, this jerk.” -Bender [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu37VpwaVAA) ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/27 "2014-02-12T02:40:41Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > [Why we have jerks](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lddf5rLyHa1qdbblao1_500.jpg). [Where Og gets his jerks](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ii.worldmarket.com/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi%3FFIF%3D/images/worldmarket/source/24269_XXX_v1.tif%26wid%3D2000%26cvt%3Djpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.worldmarket.com/product/walkerswood%2Bjamaican%2Bjerk%2Bseasoning.do&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=H2q-a7GEBJ4VGM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&zoom=1&usg=__GIoTNsJ02oB5b1l7CWulKVqMXpM=&docid=6zDpsgR9uhm95M&itg=1&sa=X&ei=gd76UungC4jR2QW68ICQDA&ved=0CM4BEPwdMAo) ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/28 "2014-02-12T02:45:24Z")
My thoughts: [ol] [li]People stink at self-assessment - Just like no one is stupid,ugly,unfunny or a bad driver, no one will admit to being a jerk.[/li][li]People have unrealistic expectations of others - People expect (no demand) that others view the world in the same that they do. When they don’t or find fault in your worldview, guess what they are?[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning\_Kruger[/li][/ol]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning_Kruger%5B/li%5D%5B/ol%5D) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/29 "2014-02-12T04:10:35Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > That’s okay, you’re their all time best seller! Yeah, well I had sex with your wife! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/30 "2014-02-12T05:20:10Z")
Weightlifting – ya gotta love a sport that has snatches and clean jerks. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/31 "2014-02-12T06:08:44Z")
i just think its a bit silly to call someone a jerk. if you don’t like their behaviour call it out, say yeah well what are you on about, explain? name calling my kids do at school. if you are not american ‘jerk’ has no meaning. watch your language. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/32 "2014-02-12T06:09:54Z")
🙂 you surly hot, er _lot_ 555. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/33 "2014-02-12T14:57:04Z")
> [@sentrix](#): > > i just think its a bit silly to call someone a jerk. if you don’t like their behaviour call it out, say yeah well what are you on about, explain? > > name calling my kids do at school. if you are not american ‘jerk’ has no meaning. > > watch your language. So you know what the word means, what it entails, and how it’s used, but insist it has no meaning? Isn’t that being intentionally obtuse? If the two or three sock-obsessed posters got help with whatever emotional deficit keeps them creating users here, how many fewer trolls and MPSIMSpity-me!s we’d have? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/34 "2014-02-12T16:34:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Weightlifting – ya gotta love a sport that has snatches and clean jerks. Or the other sports with those three words. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/35 "2014-02-12T23:56:42Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > And feeding them to lions while children watch? Aha! _Somebody_ saw what I did there! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/36 "2014-02-12T23:57:42Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > **WARNING! Uses adult language.** > > Might not be safe for work, but makes the point very clearly, I think. > > [http://imgace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/be-cool-dont-be-an-asshole.jpg](http://imgace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/be-cool-dont-be-an-asshole.jpg) > > 😃 Can somebody give us that in Hebrew please? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/37 "2014-02-13T02:51:57Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Yeah, well I had sex with your wife! His wife is in a coma. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/38 "2014-02-14T00:11:22Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Or the other sports with those three words. Water sports? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/39 "2014-02-14T01:55:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Whoosh Pretty sure that noise is over your head. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030/40 "2014-02-14T02:33:24Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Water sports? Brillo, for tough cases. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-jerks/681030.md?page=3)