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Nominations for the Dumbest things read on Patrick.net

By American in Japan   Follow   Mon, 3 Jan 2011, 10:18pm   10,115 views   159 comments
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Patrick.net is one of my favorite sites on the internet, and the site I check out most for housing information and advice. Most of the posters and commenters are knowledgeable in the area of housing and economics. In addition many have a good sense of humor.
However, there some very stupid things written by some. I invite anyone to share some of the dumbest things they have read from posters on this site. They might be worth a few more laughs...

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1. Bap33 Follow Befriend (3) 12 threads 3,101 comments

   40   9:00pm Wed 5 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   pretty much all of American Graffitti runs through my mind all day ... I mentally insert lines from the movie into my day, and sing the sound track at random. I think that is pretty much how I cope and get through each day. lol These are few that were used by me and my buds a few zillion times in the 80's-early 90s. "... wax on, wax off..." "... best way block punch, no be there..." " ... use the force ..." " ... that's not a knife, THIS is a knife ..." "... I got a lotta mo Balboa!... You a paper champion! ..." (Mr. T in Rocky #) "... Oh My God, Becky! ..." (Baby Got Back) my favorite right now is "apple pie" .. but, that is an "insider" thing.

2. American in Japan Follow Befriend (28) 149 threads 1,398 comments

   41   12:20am Sat 8 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   This has turned into a general joke post! Oh no....

3. American in Japan Follow Befriend (28) 149 threads 1,398 comments

   42   12:20am Sat 8 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   @Bap33 Funny lines even if not from these boards. I have to admit, my main reason for this post was to get a good laugh...It worked! There must be quite a lot more dumb things said over the last few years here...

4. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   43   10:06am Sat 8 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Let's add anything said by abeabe & rayray. If they had anything pertinent to say, it was buried beneath personal attacks and claims of victimization.

5. Done! Follow Befriend (4) 159 threads 2,826 comments

   44   12:00pm Sat 8 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   American in Japan says There must be quite a lot more dumb things said over the last few years here… Yeah my favorite was the NAR moles that would come here in 2007 and blame Patrick and others for putting bad Gloom and Doom mojo on the RE market. Like we were willing the crash. "SF is a Fortress"

6. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 168 threads 5,100 comments

   45   6:20pm Tue 11 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   shrekgrinch says Expand on that, it explains why Lefties are so clueless about themselves…they don’t view themselves as extremists but actually “of the center, a.k.a. ‘normal’” in the grand scheme of things. When in fact, they never really were and definitely are not now. shrekgrinch says Show me examples…and not the bogus Hawaiian Certificate of Birth he bandied around with portions blacked out. Where’s the affidavits? Who are the witnesses? Did they swear under oath and penalty of perjury? Where is the documentation for that? WHERE IS YOUR PROOF? shrekgrinch says 1) Lefties gave up any right to be called an ‘American’ long ago. shrekgrinch says No. Because that Demobitch isnt’ an ‘American’. As I keep stating. shrekgrinch says translation: ‘compared to what you classifed me as being’. If you real carefully what I write (because I do write quiet literally for this very reason) you’ll see how people just don’t really read what I write and go off on whatever they are thinking in their own heads about me, not what I actually said. Then I nail them to the wall over that. I get a lot of repeat biz, trust me. shrekgrinch says They should outlaw liberal idiots from speaking or voting and limit them to scrubbing toilets and fluffing on porn sets as an occupation. There is absolutely no reason such idiots should participate in society otherwise. After all, who cares about the rest of the Constitution when the parts we don’t like are open game for pissing all over? shrekgrinch says a few months ago I predicted that the Dems will continue to piss people off…and piss off people who tend to have guns…so much so that pretty soon said Dems would start getting shot at. I’m serious. I predicted that. shrekgrinch says Truthfully (I’m not Bap33 but will answer that unsolicited if it means I can piss even more people off than I usually do), I’ve always wondered how Liberals can be such dumb-asses when it comes to their fervent drive to totally piss off millions of gun-owners in this country. I mean, THEY OWN GUNS, people! Liberals usually don’t. So, do ‘the math’. While your average Winchester hunting rifle won’t stand up to the National Guard on their worst day of the month, it is more than enough to kill unarmed liberals who stupidly & arrogantly think that they are somehow immune from the wrath of an armed people descended from folks that did take up arms against their government before (Parliament and King George). shrekgrinch says So, don’t do the math then. Instead, keep whacking the nose of said rabid pit bull with your liberal rag of a newspaper while thinking “He can’t touch me! I have the ‘intellectual’ high ground!” Being in denial of the world as is is sooo conducive to one’s survival, after all. shrekgrinch says do ‘the math’.

7. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,576 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   46   6:23pm Tue 11 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   This awards show is going to suck if Shrek sweeps everything. Ray should get an honorary lifetime achievement award.

8. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 168 threads 5,100 comments

   47   8:50pm Tue 11 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   I'm thinking Ray will have to choose a new identity soon. Did anyone really believe this guy is a programmer ? I mean seriously, we have a lot of programmers around here. I'm not saying that a conservative or republican programmer is impossible. It's not at all. But this guy ? Please.

9. Nomograph Follow Befriend (1) 104 threads 2,851 comments

   48   10:27pm Tue 11 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   marcus says I’m thinking Ray will have to choose a new identity soon. Did anyone really believe this guy is a programmer ? I don't think he said he was a programmer. Oddly enough, he said he was a government employee. Go figure.

10. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 168 threads 5,100 comments

    49   10:56pm Tue 11 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   He said he was an engineer, and he referred to finding bugs. That makes him a programmer of some kind, or possibly QA, quality assurance, testing software. Either way, highly unlikely, both jobs require a fair amount of calm thoughtful reasoning. Seems fictional to me, that is the entire character and his posts.

11. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,576 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    50   1:21am Wed 12 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   marcus says He said he was an engineer, and he referred to finding bugs. That makes him a programmer of some kind, or possibly QA, quality assurance, testing software. Either way, highly unlikely, both jobs require a fair amount of calm thoughtful reasoning. Seems fictional to me, that is the entire character and his posts. Finding bugs as in extermination engineer.

12. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    51   1:40am Wed 12 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   lol.

13. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    52   3:13pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Mr.Fantastic says Another nomination: ch_tah says At most housing was going down slightly by Nov 2006. The case shiller shows a 25% drop from May 2006 - Nov 2006. I nominate yours so you can't modify it like you've done in the past. Yeah, 25%, try again!

14. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    53   4:21pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Mr.Fantastic says I never said 25% of what. It could be nominal, cumulative, etc. Thanks for playing though. I'll nominate this one as well. C-S didn't drop 25% in that time period no matter what you are talking about. Damn, you are pathetic.

15. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    54   4:29pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Troy already did on the other thread. The numbers were pretty clear. Every C-S graph is perfectly clear. It's your turn to prove YOU right.

16. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    55   4:36pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Done! Now you prove you are right. Am I supposed to ask you why you are so afraid now? Is that how this stupid game works?

17. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

    56   4:44pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   MF is the most spectacularly trollingishly troll I've seen on the internet. Normally I might say he's got a low signal-to-noise ratio, but in his case it seems he's providing us an actively *negative* signal, something I have never seen before and thus did not think possible. Going back and removing damning misstatements from an already combative missive is a key example of something I have never seen before on the internet, maybe because being able to edit one's comments is rare, but reddit has comment editing and I've never had to deal with such active dishonesty.

18. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    57   4:49pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Just in case there's any doubt how much of an idiot you are, here's more info from Mish: http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/04/case-shiller-march-2009-analysis.html If you assume May 2006 was the peak (even though it wasn't according to his chart), the total drop from the 10-city and 20-city indexes was 30% and 29%, respectively, by January 2009. If you are saying there was a 25% drop between May-Nov 2006, that means housing only dropped ~5% in 2007-2009. Yeah, that pretty much ranks on the top of the list of stupid thoughts.

19. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    58   4:57pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Just one last post to put some icing on the cake. There you go, specific cities. http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-record-home-price-declines.html

20. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    59   4:58pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Mr.Fantastic says Another nomination, this is too easy: ch_tah says If you assume May 2006 was the peak (even though it wasn’t according to his chart), SF Aggregate C-S Jan - Dec 2006: Jan 214.78 Feb 215.5 Mar 216.04 Apr 217.52 May 218.37 - peak Jun 218.12 Jul 217.63 Aug 217.22 Sep 216.37 Oct 215.42 Nov 213.84 Dec 212.13 According to Mish's chart - you need to read things in context, genius.

21. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,836 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

    60   5:11pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   the tax credit didn't encourage people to buy, its ending will make little difference to the market. quack quack quack.

22. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    61   10:20pm Wed 26 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Nomination for the SMARTEST thing said on patnet (sorry to yell, there): This country is run on protecting people from the epidemic of their own willing ignorance. - Austinhousingbubble 9/29/09

23. American in Japan Follow Befriend (28) 149 threads 1,398 comments

    62   12:11am Thu 27 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   @elliemae True so true! Anyway, I set up this post to give myself and others a good laugh and it has done so. So back with the dumb things...

24. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    63   7:19am Thu 27 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Mr.Fantastic says This is too easy. ch_tah doesn’t know how to read charts, or what the term nominal and cumulative mean. I think ch_tah has proven he’s has a lack of education when it comes to analyzing data, and his only use here is to provide comedy for our entertainment. I'll take it by your complete lack of support for your position that you cannot support your position and your sole purpose here is to annoy. You can't even provide one chart that shows what you are talking about. In the off chance you aren't just insulting or cheerleading, you offer stupid statements with no support whatsoever. Just put up the chart that shows a 25% decline in C-S in any form from May 2006 to Nov 2006. If you can't do this, then I think it is clear that Mr. F has proven he is completely full of crap and doesn't understand nominal, cumulative or any other concept remotely involving math or reading.

25. ch_tah Follow Befriend 3 threads 391 comments

    64   8:59am Thu 27 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Mr.Fantastic says ch_tah, I’ll be honest, I’m trolling you. But you are pretty stupid, everyone realizes it, and that’s why your post everywhere are universally derided. The #1 reason why you’re a dumb faggot is because you simply don’t care to examine the source of information you post, and you excitedly cling to the nuts of anyone who will say “housing is doing great.” Example #1, Ingo Winzer. You’re basically sucking Ingo Winzer’s dick because he’s saying San Jose is the #1 city with the potential to raise in value in 2011. You failed to address though that in 2006, Ingo Winzer called San Jose “Over priced” and had the following valuation. Winzer’s 2006 Equilibrium Price for San Jose: $372,100. He claimed SJ was “61% Overpriced”. In 2011… Current San Jose Median Sale Price: $400,000 So the current SJ sale price is $27,900 away from the Winzer predicted equilibrium price (which is still almost 10% over priced according to Winzer’s initial valuation), yet Winzer is now saying that prices are going to increase? See what kind of moron you’re worshiping? He has posted two viewpoints which are at odds. Yet you think he’s some sort of oracle for accuracy and prediction like that other faggot Troy. This is why both of you are simply stupid and wrong all the time. That's nice that you post directly to this thread, so there's no need to copy and paste. Just an easy quote to preserve for future reference so that you don't edit it and try to change history later. Thanks for showing your true colors with this one. I don't like the "ignore" function, but I think you deserve it. Sorry if I don't respond to future posts of yours; it's not just because they are worthless and stupid, it's just because I don't see them.

26. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

    65   9:49am Thu 27 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Mr.Fantastic says Yet you think he’s some sort of oracle for accuracy and prediction like that other faggot Troy. LOL. Here's his numbers again from mid-2006: San Jose CA $599.2 $372.4 61% overpriced zillow shows the 95112 zip had a $600,000 valuation in July 2006 and bottomed at $374,000 in May 2009. That's not prediction, that's fucking magic. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1006-N-2nd-St-San-Jose-CA-95112/19559185_zpid/

27. tatupu70 Follow Befriend (3) 15 threads 5,652 comments

    66   11:53am Thu 27 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Mr.Fantastic says You follow me because you know I’ve taught you numerous things by simply posting. That's my nomination. When have you ever posted anything that could be even remotely considered as constructive? Mr.Fantastic says I’m trolling At least you admit that you are a troll. That's progress...

28. American in Japan Follow Befriend (28) 149 threads 1,398 comments

    67   8:07am Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   @Troy Sorry, there is just too much competition for any of your comments to have a chance on this distinction. Maybe another award!

29. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    68   2:18pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Mr.Fantastic says ch_tah, I’ll be honest, I’m trolling...stupid, everyone realizes it...dumb faggot...because you simply excitedly cling to the nuts of anyone who will say “housing is doing great.” You’re basically sucking Ingo Winzer’s dick... like that other faggot Troy. This is why both of you are simply stupid and wrong all the time. You’re right, I am a moron. So to prevent you from exposing me further, I’ll just hide away from you now. Mistermister: Your use of the word "faggot" was used incorrectly, in that you allege ch_ta & Troy are gay if only because they disagree with you and support a statement by Winzer. There is a huge difference between quoting someone and performing a sexual act upon him - I would hope that you would know that, but it appears as though you missed that day in school. It does remind me of an interchange I had with a guy in high school: Boy - do you know the difference between a Big Mac & a blowjob? Elliemae - no. Boy - Wanna go to lunch? ;) But I digress. Other posters' disagreeing with you, especially in the respectful manner in which they do, is perfectly acceptable to the awards committee. Notice that ch_ta stated that your posts are worthless and stupid, but he/she didn't attack you personally by alleging that you lack intelligence or the ability to participate in a reciprocal conversation. I polled the members of the committee and we all agreed that it's a fine line between clever & stupid. Guess which side of the line you're on? When you use a pejorative term and common homophobic slur to attack a fellow poster, you are no longer eligible for a patnet award although your comments were added to the "most offensive" awards, to be held later this year in Oil City, Pennsylvannia. If you would like to appeal this decision, please do so without using the word "faggot" and I will forward your concerns to the committee.

30. Bap33 Follow Befriend (3) 12 threads 3,101 comments

    69   2:47pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   @ellie, Please understand that I am not defending Mr.Fantastic with my comments. I just had something to add. In my world, around my friends, we used "faggot" as a common putdown, on the same level as buttwipe, assbreath, dickhead, prick, stupid, idiot, queer, ect ect. Pretty much just another sophomoric put-down. Even to this day, if someone suggests doing something in an entirely idiotic way I may be overheard saying that doing it that way would be "gay". I do not mean it would be sexually deviant, I mean it would be the wrong way to do something - just as an example. Same thing for name calling, I have been called a faggot about 9 bazzilion times, and the N word, and all of the different ways to describe male and female anatomy ... I have been called them all. It's just words, vocabulary, used to express ones self. I have no idea if Mr.Fantastic was suggesting that the other posters were sexual deviants, and if so, that makes little sense. As I have tried to say, on-line there is no sex, hence no sexual identity, hence we are all gay and straight and slutty and prudish and male and female ... becasue on here we all be just words. For the record, I do not agree with namecalling very often.

31. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 168 threads 5,100 comments

    70   3:03pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   I work with kids. And saying "that's gay" sounds very innocent to me and relatively meaningless. But the word "faggot" to me is an ugly hate word. I'm straight, but I just find that word very ugly. And usually when I hear it, it is an expression of hate or sounds very much that way to me. Maybe its because one of the only times I ever was called that name, it was as a kid, my photography class went on a field trip to another high school to see an exhibit. I had very long hair, was kind of thin, not effeminate, but maybe a little bit of a pretty boy, definitely not the most burly super macho looking guy. This moron from the other school looked me in the eyes, from about twenty feet away, with a very mean attitude and says "faggot !" This guy did not know me, and this was meant as far as I could tell as fighting words. No I didn't fight him, he clearly would have kicked my ass. I would say that it's very much like the N word in that regard, if used with friends it might be almost amusing in some contexts, but it can be used as one of the most ugly hate words.

32. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

    71   3:08pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I just take it as a marker that the interlocutor has been drinking.

33. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    72   4:03pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Bap33 says @ellie, Please understand that I am not defending Mr.Fantastic with my comments. I just had something to add. In my world, around my friends, we used “faggot” as a common putdown, on the same level as buttwipe, assbreath, dickhead, prick, stupid, idiot, queer, ect ect. You said that you "used" the term, so I'm assuming that you did this during your sophomoric younger years. That's cool. It's even cool if you were to use the term "faggot" with your friends in private now. There's a common use of the word "gay:" people often say, "that's so gay..." I don't care, nor am I judging people who use such terms. I believe - and correct me if I'm wrong - that the use of the word faggot on a public forum in conjunction with more than one reference to two posters performing a sexual act on another man, and the obvious disdain which the self-branded Mr. Fantastic holds toward these posters, to whom he has stated he feels intellectually superior; well he was purposefully trying to be offensive. So no award for him. Or soup, for that matter.

34. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 168 threads 5,100 comments

    73   5:15pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   elliemae says Boy - Wanna go to lunch? So, did you go to lunch with him ?

35. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    74   5:46pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   The only thing I remember is laughing my ass off. We're still good friends (30 some years later).

36. Bap33 Follow Befriend (3) 12 threads 3,101 comments

    75   7:01pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   @marcus .... I may have been that burly looking fellow in your past ... we all did and said things as kids that look kinda mean now. I have classic man looks, and even a blind person would know I'm extra-straight, from 30 yards away, in poor lighting.... I simply emit "MAN" .... me and Chuck Norris share this trait. lol @ellie ..... I have to be honest, in the right group of buddies, it is still sophmoric names for all ... even at 42 and chubby and gray. None of my buddies are queer(openly), but we are all perverted sinners, and fathers, and husbands, and we still do silly things that are embarassing when they are accidently done in mixed company. I was called an ethnic slur on Friday at the coffee shop at 5am by a life long friend ... he was expressing his displeasure with how close I parked to his driver's door as we pulled in at the same time, forcing him to move his truck before exiting ... yes .. it was funny, and sophmoric, and his choice of words fit the moment pretty well in our world. He also used the F word as the only adjective for a few senrtences. Who starts their day better than that?

37. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    76   7:46pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Mr.Fantastic says Ellie is obviously a faggot. I guess that's one thing that we have in common - I like sex with men too. Since you're fixated on the term, I'm thinking that you're protesting a bit too much. Btw, I was almost successful in my endeavor to not to call you Mr. Fucktastic. Bap33 says @ellie ….. I have to be honest, in the right group of buddies, it is still sophmoric names for all … even at 42 and chubby and gray. None of my buddies are queer(openly), but we are all perverted sinners, and fathers, and husbands, and we still do silly things that are embarassing when they are accidently done in mixed company....Who starts their day better than that? Bap, you mentioned that you say these things to your friends. Who doesn't? I say inappropriate things all of the time - Just read some of my posts. It's just that I don't use offensive slurs to be hurtful to a stranger when I'm on the losing end of an interwebs conversation.

38. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    77   7:48pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   So, when you press "ignore," it asks "really ignore Mr. Fantastic?" There was no "really, really - I mean this guy is an offensive pos with whom I wish to never speak again" button. I wonder if Patrick can add that?

39. American in Japan Follow Befriend (28) 149 threads 1,398 comments

    78   9:38pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I have never used the Ignore function yet, but one poster on this is really tempting me. (BTW it's not Elliemae, ch_tah or Troy) Let's get back to some stupidly funny posts... cheers.

40. Bap33 Follow Befriend (3) 12 threads 3,101 comments

    79   9:48pm Sat 29 Jan 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   elliemae says Mr. Fucktastic. I have been called that ... well, not called, more like purrrred .... sometimes, life ROCKS!! not right now .... but sometimes!! lol

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