# Yes, Lady, I Get It-- You're Hostile and Anti-Social. Can I Go Now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-lady-i-get-it-youre-hostile-and-anti-social-can-i-go-now/363265>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-lady-i-get-it-youre-hostile-and-anti-social-can-i-go-now/363265 "2006-07-05T21:37:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-lady-i-get-it-youre-hostile-and-anti-social-can-i-go-now/363265/101 "2006-07-11T14:16:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Lissa]  
If it makes you feel any better, being sweet and polite is often the cruelest thing you can do to people who are trying to piss you off.  
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Random Bible quotes are usually out of place in MPSIMS, but when I saw this, I could not help but think of St. Paul being snarky in Romans 12:20 –

> [@Paul of Tarsus](#):
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> “Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: **for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head** ”

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-lady-i-get-it-youre-hostile-and-anti-social-can-i-go-now/363265/102 "2006-07-11T14:30:12Z")

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[QUOTE=Polycarp]

[QUOTE=Paul of Tarsus]  
“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: **for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head** ”  
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Seems like a lot of people today (including Christians) skip the first part.

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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-lady-i-get-it-youre-hostile-and-anti-social-can-i-go-now/363265/103 "2006-07-11T14:54:14Z")

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[QUOTE=garygnu]  
Seems like a lot of people today (including Christians) skip the first part.  
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I’m taking notes. I knew that book had to be good for something.

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