# You're hardcore Cred **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729 "2010-07-14T23:59:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/61 "2010-07-22T00:28:42Z")
Scylla, unless I’ve mistaken you for someone else, aren’t you the guy who voluntarily waterboarded himself because you didn’t think it was torture, then posted all about how you were wrong and yes, it is horrible torture? That IS hardcore. My (now ex) GF yesterday said that I could handle something because I’d been the kid ‘who beat people up with garden hoses.’ I objected that it was only one person, and it was strangled, not beaten, and in self-defence, but she still seems to think it’s bad-ass. The ‘ex’ part is unconnected, btw. She’s not scared of me or anything. I mean, we don’t even have a garden. ETA: @Superhal: I get that ALL the time too. A couple of times the person has even then wandered away with a dazed look and no further comments. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/62 "2010-07-22T16:46:09Z")
In response to a post I made in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=463885) about my long-ago exploits working in a venom lab, **lieu** said: [QUOTE=lieu] My gosh, that’s one of the most bad ass posts I’ve ever read. If our country ever runs out of titanium, the defense department is probably going to want to mine your nuts. [/QUOTE] A quick read of the post that elicited this response will reveal that I don’t quite merit the praise. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/63 "2010-07-22T16:49:32Z")
I was once called “The Babe Ruth of College Bowl”. Of course, the guy was drunk at the time … ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/64 "2010-07-23T00:41:30Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Lightweights! 😛 > > After having [this](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x171/CJOKUSAP/P5090220.jpg) bounced off my head fairly recently, resulting in [this](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x171/CJOKUSAP/P5050200.jpg), while still causing my attacker to flee, then bumping into the guy 2 days later and punching the shit out of him , I think my hardcore cred is pretty secure. > > ps. The initial attack by the 19yr old plastic gangster, was because I had the effrontery to challenge him about breaking a couple of my flat windows in front of his mates. Big deal. That looks like a Nerf rock. Can’t have weighed more than 5 or 6 pounds. I’m surprised it cut you. I hit myself in the head with rocks like that whenever I need gravel. (I feel the need to ridicule true badassery when I encounter it, as a defense against my own inadequacy. Pay no mind.) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/65 "2010-07-23T01:24:14Z")
I remember at a large work place gathering the topic of the Unabomber came up. He had just been caught. One person expressed their opinion that they had always figured it was actually me. Most others agreed. I told em I was just good at framing people too. And at about that same time, I had to run to Radio Shack to buy a crapload of miscellaneous electrical components for a work project. It was hundreds of dollars of little cheap parts. I had a giant pile on the table. The FIRST words out of the cashiers mouth were “are you building a bomb or something?” And the ONLY time I been told I was lottiering and needed to move along was in front of that very same Radio Shack. I guess I need to send a photo and resume to Hollywood and see if there are any openings for “creepy looking bomber dude”. ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/66 "2010-07-23T06:46:59Z")
After talking on the phone and then meeting me in person: "_I thought you’d be taller."_ ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/67 "2010-07-25T23:52:12Z")
I have no hardcore cred. I’m far too ninja for that. But I came in to post this one from Zelazny’s _Amber_: > [@](#): > > “I fear Benedict. He is unlike any other being in Shadow or reality. He is the Master of Arms for Amber. Can you conceive of a millennium? A thousand years? Several of them? Can you understand a man who, for almost every day of a lifetime like that, has spent some time dwelling with weapons, tactics, strategies? Because you see him in a tiny kingdom, commanding a small militia, with a well-pruned orchard in his back yard, do not be deceived. All that there is of military science thunders in his head. He has often journeyed from shadow to shadow, witnessing variation after variation on the same battle, with but slightly altered circumstances, in order to test his theories of warfare. He has commanded armies so vast that you could watch them march by day after day and see no end to the columns. Although he is inconvenienced by the loss of his arm, I would not wish to fight with him either with weapons or barehanded. It is fortunate that he has no designs upon the throne, or he would be occupying it right now. If he were, I believe that I would give up at this moment and pay him homage. I fear Benedict.” ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/68 "2010-07-26T02:04:29Z")
My hardcore cred? I test software. Once the developer whose stuff I was working on complained that I filed too many bug reports. To his boss. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/69 "2010-07-26T06:26:27Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > On the other hand, **Scylla** always starts the best threads. Oh yeah, dopers always need another reason to rub Embiggen on their already too large ePenes 🙂 But to play along, back when I was a badass with unlimited energy I was the manager of a gas station and I overheard one of my employees uttering a phrase which had apparantly become an inside joke. “No, ma’am, you _don’t_ want to talk to the manager” ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/70 "2010-07-26T08:21:48Z")
Well… violating HIPPA… during my vasectomy the Doc had to leave the room and call in an extra nurse and another Doc… he told me i had one of the toughest vas deferensia he ever had to sever… Trust me… this is one hardcore cred I really coulda done without… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/71 "2010-07-26T08:24:21Z")
That is one tug of war I wouldn’t want a part of. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/72 "2010-07-26T11:18:30Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > > [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > > > Lightweights! 😛 > > > > After having [this](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x171/CJOKUSAP/P5090220.jpg) bounced off my head fairly recently, resulting in [this](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x171/CJOKUSAP/P5050200.jpg), while still causing my attacker to flee, then bumping into the guy 2 days later and punching the shit out of him , I think my hardcore cred is pretty secure. > > > > ps. The initial attack by the 19yr old plastic gangster, was because I had the effrontery to challenge him about breaking a couple of my flat windows in front of his mates. > > Big deal. That looks like a Nerf rock. Can’t have weighed more than 5 or 6 pounds. I’m surprised it cut you. I hit myself in the head with rocks like that whenever I need gravel. > > (I feel the need to ridicule true badassery when I encounter it, as a defense against my own inadequacy. Pay no mind.) 🙂 My own “badass compliment” in relation to this incident, came from my younger brother( he’s 40.) saying to his mate during the telling of what had happened, “He’s like The Wolverine. He had a big gash on his face last week and there’s nothing there now!” 😃 ps. I knew it was at least slight exaggeration, but it was still funny. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/73 "2010-07-27T14:09:02Z")
Mine is One Liners and completely useless knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/74 "2010-07-27T15:15:18Z")
I’m a fairly quiet person by nature, and at work I’ve learned it’s usually best to keep my head down and my mouth shut whenever possible. Recently, I got a new manager. The outgoing and incoming managers scheduled informal meetings with each employee as part of the transition. The old manager said to the the new: “Wheelz doesn’t say much, but when he does you’d better listen.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/75 "2010-07-27T17:20:12Z")
I’m a graphic designer in the apparel decoration industry. I used to work at a tiny company - it was just the owner, a screen printer, and me. The screen printer had some personality conflicts with the owner and got a job at another similar, but slightly larger, company. A couple months later, the larger company called and offered me a job. It seems that their graphic designer wasn’t working out, and my old coworker kept telling them that I was really great and they should hire me instead. So they did. 😃 A couple months later, I got off the phone after talking with a difficult client about their design, and one of my new coworkers said to another, “[The Weird One] is the nicest designer I’ve ever met!” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/76 "2010-07-27T19:15:43Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The old manager said to the the new: “Wheelz doesn’t say much, but when he does you’d better listen.” Reminds me of story I’d like to share. Worked with a really smart but not so PC guy. There would be these technical meetings between two very contentious groups. Them, the folks designing, building and selling a weapons system to the Air Force. And us, hired by the Air Force, to keep the first group honest. At these regular meetings, both sides would get into heated arguments about this or that. “Bob” would just sit there, thinking and absorbing it all. After a good while, usually when things were just being repeated, finally somebody would ask “Bob” what he thought. If he thought it was okay, he would basically give an approving grunt. If not, he would say “bullshit”. After Bobs input, they would often move onto the next item. ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/77 "2010-07-30T19:44:53Z")
bla blah blablabla Wilford Brimley. OMG your THAT Popehentai?! (yes this HAS actually happened, more than once.) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729/78 "2010-07-31T02:24:43Z")
A good friend of ours once said to me and **Mama Zappa** “What have you two ever done half-assed, except dieting and exercise?” Several other examples [post=10389592]here[/post]. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hardcore-cred/546729.md?page=3)