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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32Congratulations, you passed the ***** test!
- scottevans, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32awm4, were you possibly a case study for this article?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22How to deal with idiots:
1)Click "Bury:" and choose from the following options: "Duplicate Story", "Spam", "Wrong Topic", "Inaccurate", or "Ok, This is Lame."
2)????? (diggs Crazy Algorithm kicks in)
3)Profit!!!! - ArmyOfFun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19How to avoid ***** (on digg):
1) Go into your profile and remove political news and opinion topics from your list of "topics to watch".
2) Profit!!!!
Incidentally, my grandfather told me the surest way to avoid heated arguments with people is to avoid religious and political discussions. He never followed this rule and was always bickering with my grandmother and their children, so I guess he was right. - flippinjeremy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17I choose the walk away method, normally.
- JeffreyLebowski, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Rule #18: Re-read your digg post description before you click on submit.
- migs87, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I'm an *****, Stupid book hurt my feelings......wheres my half shot of soy half low fat drinky thing.!
- toppgun, on 10/12/2007, -7/+20this isnt the political news/opinion section
- ArmyOfFun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12@rationalist
I don't think you understood my grandpa's point. He wasn't advising me to disengage from political discussions or debates but to realize that when does so, one will inevitably piss people off. Sometimes making friends is more important than making a point. - playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Congratulations, you failed the urine test!
- spookshowbaby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14I'm going to buy a few copies of this book as "Secret Santa" presents this year. :)
- playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Harvard business school editors are such prudes...
- dealsdealer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13
" How to deal with Idiots " ??
You Live and You Learn ..... no need for a guide .....
- playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12"You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado Convertible. Hot pink! With whale skin hub caps, and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights. YEAH! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115 miles per hour getting one mile per gallon sucking down Quarter Pounder cheeseburgers from McDonalds in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers and when I'm done sucking down those grease-ball burgers I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag. And then I'm gonna toss the Styrofoam containers right out the side and there ain't a Goddamn thing anybody can do about it. You know why? 'Cause we got the bombs, that's why! Two words: Nuclear F*ckin' Weapons. Okay!? Russia, Germany, Romania, they can have all the Democracy they want, they can have a big Democracy cake walk right through the middle of Tiananmen Square and it won't make a lick of difference. Because we got the bombs. Okay!? John Wayne's not dead. He's frozen! And as soon as we find a cure for cancer we're gonna thaw out "The Duke" and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well, multiply that by 15 million times; that's how pissed off "The Duke"'s gonna be."
Leary is an *****. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13IT IS SO DIFFICULT NOT TO BE AN ***** DEALING WITH ALL THE IDIOTS ON HERE!!!!!!!!!
- Dorkbot101, 5 hr 46 min ago, -1/+9idiots tend to attract other idiots.
- SundayTrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6And Kim Jong il is an ***** ...
- rationalist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10@ArmyOfFun:
"my grandfather told me the surest way to avoid heated arguments with people is to avoid religious and political discussions."
That's also the surest way to kill a democracy. - CraigJ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6IMHO this is the most important item in the article:
"Do not mistreat people who are less powerful than you. One of the sure signs of an ***** is treating people like clerks, flight attendants, and waiters in a degrading manner."
The guy serving you a burger is just as worthy of respect as your boss or the pesdsident of the company you work for... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Sounds like a Dennis Leary routine. Coffee flavored f'ing cofee!
- ABadInAlbany, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5more like, idiot's guide on how not to be an ***** ... not to sound like a hippie or a greenpeace activist (is there a difference?) but, can't we all just get along? it's called being professional. you're paid to be here, I'm paid to be here, keep the checks coming and the insults to nil.
- cpmcd2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@ spookshowbaby -
I dont know why your getting dug down - that is a hillarious comment!
(but to think of that makes you an ***** =P) - Matt-lars, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"8: Focus on ways you are no better or even worse than others"
I like that one. No need trying to feel higher or lower than anyone, we're all human beings. - FishPoisonCon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5kinda interesting, but mostly obvious info... one thing that did catch my attention was Marge’s ***** Management Metric (#5 in how to deal). wouldn't this be included in number 8 of "Suttons’s dirty-dozen list of everyday ***** actions"? also, looking for small wins can turn you into an ***** just as fast as the desire for total control and absolute domination - especially if the ultimate goal is "winning the war".
- pexor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I bet he got some good results when he googled "paris hilton *****".
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Reminds me of the George Carlin routine about *****, the stupid, and the ***** nuts (Dan Quayle is all three).
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I dont want to deal with them... I want to film them and make money off them...
Oh wait there's Jackass already... - fredrated, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Does this mean I have to give up Digg?
- ronaldst, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Easy to spot: They usually submit stories in the Political sections of Digg.
- playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3dingdingding, are you even in the right thread?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Phoey. These seem to be on dealing with "office *****" and don't apply well outside of that situation.
And aren't that accurate anyway. The whole strategy should be two parts:
(1) Avoid them: Treat ***** like speedbumps. You steer around speedbumps when you can, and when you can't then you slow down only as much as you have to and run right over them.
(2) Make them avoid you: Figuratively speaking, throw a stick for them to chase. Take it for granted that there is an inverse ratio between ***** factor and IQ. Waste no more mental effort than you have to to think of the stupidest trick that they will fall for to send them chasing to the farthest corner of the building and then go on with what you were doing. Rinse and repeat.
Sticks and speedbumps - all you need to know! - sophiaperennis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Too many idiots, not enough bullets.
- useful, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10This should read "how to get walked all over and get used"
- AnotherBrian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Apperently we elect them to positions in the US government.
- xenoploid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You're worried about censorship on Digg? Are you kidding me? Most of the posts are centered on a 12 yr. old mentality. I think our refined audience can handle the word "*****"
- Tarnum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3> good punch in the face works well.
In fact that is not a bad idea. The threat of violence will cure the a**hole from his arrogance and will make him listen. - ezkiel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3im only an ***** to idiots...
dilemma? - monkeymagik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Further to the Starbucks test. If you find yourself in a Starbucks, it is entirley possible you yorself are an *****.
- itisme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yeah Denis Leary before he ran out of bill hicks routines to copy and started doing films with Elizabeth hurley, once is an accident twice is unforgivable.
- missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Ditto xeno.
Good article, but if you really wanted to censor yourself, you could have used asterisks.
***** aren't always idiots, and I was expecting an article dealing with the latter. Next time, write an accurate title and description. - ccheath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i LOVE that bit
'No Cure for Cancer' right? - tsf5000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You can tell that the people who dugg everyone down here are a punch of candy-asses.
Digg me down again bitches!! - chubbymidget, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I love the Google ***** test he mentions. I tried it with Steve Jobs and nearly broke Google. 852K
- balkanboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I know I'll get modded down for this one - but #8 reminds me so much of "Meet the Fockers" where the Wall of Gaylord at Gaylord Focker's (Ben Stiller) parents' home was decorated with all sorts of achievement/effort ribbons, none of which were for winning either 1st, 2nd or 3rd place, and Jack Burns (Robert DeNirro) interjects the funniest line: ""I didn't know they made ninth-place ribbons" to which Bernie Focker (Dustin Hoffman) replied "They have them up to 10th place now" :).
My point is - eliminating competitive spirit is bad. That _will_ kill you. Being an arrogant ***** and thinking you can do it all/better/more than the other guy will also kill you (or turn you into a salaried college professor). The happy path lies somewhere inbetween - coming to the realization that as smart and as gifted as you may be, there's many others who are too. That, and the ability to forgive yourself is probably the hardest thing one can do (I know, cause I still cant forgive my own ***** for some stuff I've done). - unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@monkeymagik
I think you're on to something! - unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wonder, why bullies slash ***** and their relationships/cliques wasn't positioned somewhere in that article?
- Whodoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is fun to watch this in the business/corporate environment. Dumb-asses there confuse self-confidence, Type A, aggressiveness and success with being an *****.
Every member of executive management I met was an *****. You know, putting people down in front of groups at corporate dinner parties and so on. I finally discovered that the closer you sit to them, the lower your chances are of being targeted by their ***** ravings. If you sit right next to them, they won't insult you at all because no one can hear them!
I completely agree with Hosaih above regarding the IQ of *****. They literally wear their hot buttons right on their shoulder and you can press them at will. They are always too stupid to know they are being played.
I think people learn it from watching too much television. On TV, powerful and successful people are always ***** so wannabes are just monkeying their suspected heroes. Poor *****. - johnnychan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Spot-on article - I used to work for quite an *****... A few points in the post remind me of Guy's "Suck Down" approach to schmoozing.
lol @ the paris hilton ***** search... - playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've never had candy-ass punch. What's it taste like?
- playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sir, I am in your debt.
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