Poker Player's Ego

[Guernica4000]

Maybe just a rhetorical question or just a start to my rant but Why do so many Poker Players have the need to stoke their own egos by putting down other players ?

Here are some recent quotes from posts on 2+2:


“Saturday night I played a $20 buy-in, .10/.20 blinds NL Hold Em home cash game with 3 really, really horrible players.” bennyblanco

“Friend hosts a weekly home game at which Hero is a regular. Boss wants to play so Hero invites him. He turns out to be one of the worst player Hero has encountered at home, casino or online games. Boss is LPP and a huge donator.” jnh24

“I just got back from a game held at a guys house who is friends with one of my friends and he invited over a buncha people he knew. These were some of the most horrible players ive ever seen which is fine and dandy and all...” Python49

“This weekly game is with friends who are not poker players. They are there to have fun, and they are, in general, relatively poor players.” THWAP!

These are just some quick example but it seems to me that everyone posting here is always IN with the best hand, has the right read and plays perfect poker while all their friends or players on-line are fish and complete idiots.

Anyone that plays on line has seen many times when the “know it all” player starts insulting another for calling or raising with junk. (Ah… if only everyone played perfect poker… but that is for another post)

I don’t ever recall playing a game of pool, going bowling with friends, playing tennis, Basketball while insulting other's play.
-You call that a top spin?
–What a horrible passing shot.
- Jumping like that you are lucky to dunk.
-You may have gotten a strike but your form was horrible.
- Good luck making the 8 ball you pool fish.

So again:

Why do so many Poker Players have the need to stoke their own egos by putting down other players?