I sort of get where Bisjac is coming from, to be honest. You shouldn't be offended so easily by what people say about you, especially on the internet, because that doesn't mean it's true in any way. If you keep treating yourself like you deserve sympathy instead of working to rise above the problem, you're getting nowhere.
Bisjac doesn't care when people call him a richard because 1. it's the internet, and 2. he already knows that he's doing far more in his life than most people are doing. In his mind, the situation is most likely similar to a hobo telling a CEO that he's a dumbass. Of course, most of the forumers are young, so it probably is more of 1 than 2.
Ultimately, you decide whether you're above the person next to you or not (If it matters.). If a homeless person wanted to believe he's better than the most successful person in the world, he can be.
Of course, society wouldn't think so, but their opinion shouldn't change his mind.
So I concur that Bisjac insists that he's better than most people because it helps your self esteem more than "Oh my gosh, I'm really an idiot like they said I was!"