# 3000 posts of sheer mediocrity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106 "2002-08-03T00:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/1 "2002-08-03T00:37:10Z")
Yep, here it is. Post #3000. Whee. To all the other forgettable posters out there, let me just say that it’s best just to get used to it. Be proud to be part of the vast army that provides such a large percentage of the content here. Just don’t expect it to change. I still regularly get people asking, “Who?” when they see my name. Fweeeeeee! \<—noisemaker sound. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/2 "2002-08-03T00:52:23Z")
Well, I certainly recognize your name. Though I do know what you mean about the “forgettable” bit. Congrats on your 3000th post! ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/3 "2002-08-03T08:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*I still regularly get people asking, “Who?” when they see my name. > \*\* **Smeghead**? Who’s that? 😃 Happy 3000! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/4 "2002-08-03T10:33:45Z")
And…?? Here I was thinking you were going to ‘turn over a new leaf’ or ‘carpe diem’ or ‘pull your doper socks up’…but noooooooo. Your 3000th post was as tepid as you suggested the rest were…_sigh_. (couldn’t you have given us an explicit description of your sex-life or something similar…on second thoughts, maybe that’s as mediocre as your posts…but then again, maybe you’re a shrinking violet…_more sighs_ Ahh, we will never know! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/5 "2002-08-03T10:36:03Z")
P.S. With a name like ‘Smeghead’, you are indeed unforgettable…Congrats on getting to 3000!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/6 "2002-08-03T10:53:16Z")
Actually I always think “Smeghead? What’s that?” P.S. That was the first post of the rest of your life! Bum bum bummmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/7 "2002-08-03T17:03:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*Yep, here it is. Post #3000. Whee. To all the other forgettable posters out there, let me just say that it’s best just to get used to it. \*\* I’ll drink to that. Maybe we should start some sort of “3000 posts, but none of them memorable” club? ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/8 "2002-08-03T18:03:45Z")
I’ll join, as soon as I get my numbers up. Here’s something that may cheer you up. I’ve been running a daily diary on my Web site for well over a year. I’ve also been expanding the site with essays, interesting pictures, book reviews and annotations of Dorothy Sayers’ novels. This past month, events in meatspace force me to put the diary on hold for a month. A few days ago, I checked my figures to see how many people are coming to the site. No change. None whatsoever. I suspect most of the site’s audience are Webots, spiders and hackers trying the doorknobs. If I was doing this live, I’d be hearing crickets out there. _sigh_ It sucks to realize you’re mediocre. pesch ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/9 "2002-08-03T19:07:22Z")
I have one question? Where’s the cake? egg ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/10 "2002-08-04T02:17:17Z")
You talk a lot 😃 Congrats on your mediocrity 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/11 "2002-08-04T02:33:59Z")
Hopefully, by the time I reach 3000 posts, I will be less forgettable than Smeghead, who I’ve never noticed here up until now. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/12 "2002-08-04T03:41:31Z")
Am I the only one who realized that next to the OP, where it says “posts” the number is “3002”, and not “3000”? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/13 "2002-08-04T16:52:46Z")
monica, your posts are not “hard” numbered to each thread. Right now, looking at your post above, you have 179. If you go post in IMHO, then come back and look at this one, it will read one 180. IOW, Smeghead has posted twice (elsewhere) since the OP in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/14 "2002-08-15T06:04:27Z")
Smeghead, you magnificent bastard, you beat me to 3K. But if I hadn’t gone on vacation, it would have been a race to the wire! Happy Three Kiloposts. And go post in [MY 3000th post thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130391) to show your gratitude! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/15 "2002-08-15T06:47:03Z")
Excuses Max?? So going on vacation was an excuse?? Well, that was THE LOUSIEST excuse for not making posts I’ve EVER heard.😃 😃 Next you’ll be telling us you had brain damage from the inoperable tumor, or carpal-tunnel syndrome that prevented you from typing your words into a message. Maybe your server was down (for an extended period) and you were not able to access the site because of THAT. ?? Or do you have a more original one than those??? 😃 Oh, by the way, happy 3000th. Have a pot/schooner/glass/whatever of beer for me wontcha?? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/16 "2002-08-15T09:26:46Z")
Heh Just wait til ya have 4 or 500 post and then find out your irrelvant … Althouhg I do admit some of my posts upon rereading are incomprehensible … . But congratulations your one of the more entertaining posters here Althouhg I must say the image i get when i see your member name is a person with as notty head cole ---
**Author:** ![Blackhawkeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Blackhawkeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackhawkeye)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/17 "2002-08-15T09:53:19Z")
What? No shout-outs? I guess that tradition doesn’t exist on this board. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-posts-of-sheer-mediocrity/122106/18 "2002-08-15T11:15:06Z")
erm snotty head cold