30 different ways to say “I’m a big honking jerk” on the Internet

By on 2011 02 19 at 10:10:21 pm

(A non-exhaustive list.)

  1. “tl;dr”
  2. “Wow, someone certainly has a lot of time on their hands.”
  3. “When progressives form firing squads they stand in a circle.”
  4. “Whatever happened to personal accountability?”
  5. “I know it’s not politically correct to say this…”
  6. “Let me tell you in excruciating detail why the term ‘mansplaining’ is offensive.”
  7. “Here’s why the collapse of Building 7 seems suspicious to me.”
  8. “It’s really more about class than race.”
  9. “You really could be working on more important issues than this trivial identity politics anger thing.”
  10. “PZ Myers hates me!”
  11. “gender feminists”
  12. “I’ll pray for you.”
  13. “I’m just saying that [two contrasting subsets of the human species] are wired differently, that’s all.”
  14. “There’s no reason to get hysterical.”
  15. “Are you being paid by the pharmaceutical industry?”
  16. “You know what else is dangerous to the environment and human health? Dihydrogen monoxide!”
  17. “Here is a list of different ways to say ‘I’m a big honking jerk’ on the Internet.”
  18. “They criticize him now, but back in 2007 they called us racists for suggesting Obama was shiftless, lazy and no-account!”
  19. “That thing you’re doing is just SO [span of time] ago.”
  20. “I like to call those kinds of environmentalists ‘BANANAs’ – Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.”
  21. “Don’t apologize for that slur. The people who claim to be upset are just jealous of your success as a blogger.”
  22. “I’m not the enemy, you [slur].”
  23. “Isn’t it ironic that you’re making this argument on a computer.”
  24. “What, solar is bad now? It’s so hard to keep up.”
  25. “This blog is so much more welcoming than the jerks over at [X] blog”
  26. “What, we’re not supposed to call them [Negroes/girls/trannies/Papagos/whatever] anymore? It’s so hard to keep up.”
  27. “So why is it perfectly okay for a Black person to call me ‘honky’?”
  28. “He was just a dog. Shouldn’t you be over him by now?”
  29. “As a popular blogger, you have an obligation to write about [X]”
  30. “By responding negatively to what I said you are violating my freedom of speech! Shut up, you freedom-of-speech-violating person!”

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2 comments on "30 different ways to say “I’m a big honking jerk” on the Internet"
  1. Sherwood's Gravatar, get your own at gravatar.com

    I’ll have a number 19, five years, and a side order of number 2.  So to speak.

  2. Florence's Gravatar, get your own at gravatar.com

    Swear I’m guilty of at least half a dozen of these.

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