Before filling out a membership application, we strongly suggest you look at our forums and decide for yourself if the SAO is right for you. In brief, we will not spam you or release your information to outside parties. Well, according to the dictionary, a smart ass is U.S. Slang for a clever, educated or mentally superior person. Sounds pretty lame. This desire should be avoided at all all costs.
Insults are fine, however subtlety is required to elevate insult to an art form.
Overuse of the perpendicular pronoun is definitely contrary to the spirit of smartarseism. Any twit can come up with a personal anecdote. These are often amusing but rarely instructive. A truly smartarse comment requires both generality and wit. A comment that is completely absent of meaning and purpose is not.