Our obsession with quotes

[Hermit]

"You've got to be a real asshole to quote yourself!"

Where is Scholastic Spastic these days?

[Blondie]

"You've got to be a real asshole to quote yourself!"

Where is Scholastic Spastic these days?

I told him to fuck off about a month back. Seems he listened.

[Blondie]

I recall us having at Rationalia was when you described a post of mine as "More passive aggressive bullshit" and me as "a snippy little princess". I forgot to thank you for that at the time, but now that you blew your top again, I was reminded of it, and wish to belatedly express my gratitude.

You're quite welcome. You can expect more and worse.

Gawdzilla has convinced me of the errors of my ways, I was wrong to try to be nice to you Ratz. I'll just be an asshole from now on and claim 'Ratzian spirit'! (Ratzian.. get it? .. The Pope? Just a funny little irony).

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I recall us having at Rationalia was when you described a post of mine as "More passive aggressive bullshit" and me as "a snippy little princess". I forgot to thank you for that at the time, but now that you blew your top again, I was reminded of it, and wish to belatedly express my gratitude.

You're quite welcome. You can expect more and worse.

Gawdzilla has convinced me of the errors of my ways, I was wrong to try to be nice to you Ratz. I'll just be an asshole from now on and claim 'Ratzian spirit'! (Ratzian.. get it? .. The Pope? Just a funny little irony).

Just have fun, dickhead.

[Blondie]

I recall us having at Rationalia was when you described a post of mine as "More passive aggressive bullshit" and me as "a snippy little princess". I forgot to thank you for that at the time, but now that you blew your top again, I was reminded of it, and wish to belatedly express my gratitude.

You're quite welcome. You can expect more and worse.

Gawdzilla has convinced me of the errors of my ways, I was wrong to try to be nice to you Ratz. I'll just be an asshole from now on and claim 'Ratzian spirit'! (Ratzian.. get it? .. The Pope? Just a funny little irony).

Just have fun, dickhead.

I already am

[Blondie]

I recall us having at Rationalia was when you described a post of mine as "More passive aggressive bullshit" and me as "a snippy little princess". I forgot to thank you for that at the time, but now that you blew your top again, I was reminded of it, and wish to belatedly express my gratitude.

You're quite welcome. You can expect more and worse.

Gawdzilla has convinced me of the errors of my ways, I was wrong to try to be nice to you Ratz. I'll just be an asshole from now on and claim 'Ratzian spirit'! (Ratzian.. get it? .. The Pope? Just a funny little irony).

Just have fun, dickhead.

Incidentally, that qualifies as a personal attack.. you naughty old lizard.

Ironic.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I recall us having at Rationalia was when you described a post of mine as "More passive aggressive bullshit" and me as "a snippy little princess". I forgot to thank you for that at the time, but now that you blew your top again, I was reminded of it, and wish to belatedly express my gratitude.

You're quite welcome. You can expect more and worse.

Gawdzilla has convinced me of the errors of my ways, I was wrong to try to be nice to you Ratz. I'll just be an asshole from now on and claim 'Ratzian spirit'! (Ratzian.. get it? .. The Pope? Just a funny little irony).

Just have fun, dickhead.

I already am

And don't whine if you get your head handed to you for going over the line.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I recall us having at Rationalia was when you described a post of mine as "More passive aggressive bullshit" and me as "a snippy little princess". I forgot to thank you for that at the time, but now that you blew your top again, I was reminded of it, and wish to belatedly express my gratitude.

You're quite welcome. You can expect more and worse.

Gawdzilla has convinced me of the errors of my ways, I was wrong to try to be nice to you Ratz. I'll just be an asshole from now on and claim 'Ratzian spirit'! (Ratzian.. get it? .. The Pope? Just a funny little irony).

Just have fun, dickhead.

Incidentally, that qualifies as a personal attack.. you naughty old lizard.

Ironic.

It was meant to be.


(Attack or ironic? The world wonders.)

[Blondie]

I recall us having at Rationalia was when you described a post of mine as "More passive aggressive bullshit" and me as "a snippy little princess". I forgot to thank you for that at the time, but now that you blew your top again, I was reminded of it, and wish to belatedly express my gratitude.

You're quite welcome. You can expect more and worse.

Gawdzilla has convinced me of the errors of my ways, I was wrong to try to be nice to you Ratz. I'll just be an asshole from now on and claim 'Ratzian spirit'! (Ratzian.. get it? .. The Pope? Just a funny little irony).

Just have fun, dickhead.

Incidentally, that qualifies as a personal attack.. you naughty old lizard.

Ironic.

It was meant to be.


(Attack or ironic? The world wonders.)

Hahahaha.. ah you're killing me here Zilla. You truly out asshole me. I cannot compete.

[Blondie]

hmm all silent on the Zilla front.. guess he got it.

Ah, you're good people Zilla, really. Just having some fun with you.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

hmm all silent on the Zilla front.. guess he got it.

Ah, you're good people Zilla, really. Just having some fun with you.

Actually, I was making breakfast.

[Blondie]

oh well. I tried.

[Latimeria]

If anyone is still thinking about the OP after all that...

I don't have a problem with short and pithy quotes in general if a person is using them appropriately and considers what they mean. Sometimes you want to express an idea and you are aware that someone has already done a fabulous job of saying it already. In that case, go right ahead. However, it is slightly annoying when someone chooses contradictory aphorisms to justify their actions at different times.

For example, "Better safe than sorry" and "Nothing ventured, nothing gained". These pre-packaged nuggets of wisdom really only express part of an idea, because they really require context and a situation-based analysis of risk and possible benefits. I guess that usually doesn't make for a memorable saying, though.