Why do some people have to be jerks?

[NicoleM]

Does anybody know?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Makes 'em feel powerful

lack of maturity.

[einniv]

2. Get bent.

Stop asking stupid questions

:spank:

[IronLionZion]

3. to spice things up

sure its unpleasant but if everyone was nice, it would be a pretty boring world.

[Ninga]

4. Jerks are quick to point out everything

wrong with everybody but them. They think that they can make their star shine brighter, by making it seem they are better than others.

Jerks are sad, unhappy folks, who just don't get it.

[Alenne]

5. It makes them feel better about themselves. nt

[Pale_Rider]

6. Everybody gets a bit jerky at times ...

... its only human nature.

[NicoleM]

8. For some people

it is a chronic condition.

[Blue-Jay]

7. Stop talking about me like I'm not here.

/jerk

[NicoleM]

9. Don't give me anything to talk about

and I won't talk about you.

HA!

[Blue-Jay]

11. D'oh!

:D

[kmla]

10. Because spoiled rotten little bastards and pampered princesses

(regardless of income and/or intelligence levels) eventually grow up. Or at least that's my take on it.

[Kamika]

12. We feel cool

err I mean THEY! feel cool and more secure about themselves

[SOteric]

13. Medical science

is very close to isolating the recessive 'jerk' gene.

Perhaps in a decade or so, genetic therapies will be devised to remediate and the only jerks to be found will be on the menu at Jamaican restaurants.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. The Jerk Gene Is Not Recessive

It's clearly a dominant gene. It's the only explanation as to why it's so easy to run into a jerk. 75% have the gene, and only a small fraction can resist the natural "jerkness".

There already is a genetic therapy for jerks. It's called a lead pipe to the kneecap.
The Professor

[NightTrain]

15. To overcompensate for their feelings of inadequacy, perhaps?

That'd be my guess.