# A celebrity you don't like or a random Doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 27, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049 "2018-09-27T19:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/1 "2018-09-27T19:35:36Z")
Based on my Sinatra v. Ellison thread. Putting it here so nobody needs to be coy. Would you rather spend an evening with a celebrity you dislike or with a randomly chosen Doper? The celebrity can’t be someone you’ve actually met. You’re celebrity has to be somebody you strongly dislike based on what you know from the media. The Doper will be randomly chosen from the membership. You could get anybody who isn’t banned. I’ll go with the random Doper. I don’t like everybody here, but an evening with a putz like Czarcasm or Colibri would still be better than an evening with Chris Christie. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/2 "2018-09-27T19:40:52Z")
Yeah, I’ll roll the dice with the random doper. Why on earth would I purposely spend the evening with someone I already know I detest? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/3 "2018-09-27T19:41:34Z")
What rules apply to my interaction with the vic…the celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/4 "2018-09-27T19:43:28Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Yeah, I’ll roll the dice with the random doper. Why on earth would I purposely spend the evening with someone I already know I detest? I could happily spend a whole evening at a nice restaurant sitting across from someone like Trump, repeatedly calling him a cunt and taking the piss out of everyone of their flaws and weaknesses. Hell, I’d pay for the opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/5 "2018-09-27T19:44:34Z")
The only celebrity that I can think of that I care enough about to dislike is Omarosa. So I’d have to pick random doper too. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/6 "2018-09-27T20:24:36Z")
I kind of like **Gary Kumquat** ’s approach. “I’m not trapped in here with you, you’re trapped in here with ME!” Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/7 "2018-09-27T20:48:41Z")
nm el wrongo ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/8 "2018-09-27T21:13:59Z")
I’m not sufficiently sadistic or lawless enough to be able to properly use my opportunity to have a hated celebrity unable to escape me for an evening, so I’ll take random doper. If they’re expecting me to entertain them, I fully expect them to be disappointed by the evening. I mean, my TV is nice, but I never assume I have anything in my DVD collection that they’d like. I suppose if they remember their Netflix password we could use that… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/9 "2018-09-27T22:49:20Z")
Do we define a doper as anyone who has ever registered here, or, a poster who’s had a relatively substantial amount of posts (however the heck _that_ would be defined.) If the former, I’m not sure if I’d wanna risk the honour of having a beer across from herefortheluluz or alphacuckdestroyer666. Probably just quaff one with Udo Kier or Vincent Gallo instead. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/10 "2018-09-27T23:37:36Z")
A celebrity that earns a reputation as an asshole is probably going to be an asshole full time. I have a feeling that many of the more colorful posters may acted differently in person. I know I’m much more personable in real life. And stunningly handsome. I met one long term colorful poster who was eventuality banned IRL. He was charming and pleasant. On the board he could be a prickly bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/11 "2018-09-28T00:24:55Z")
It would depend on the celebrity. I don’t really follow celebs so most I don’t know enough about to really develop an opinion on. My most hated Celebrity is Donald J. Trump and I would love to spend an evening with him in the hopes of possibly influencing future policy. But if it was between Kayne West and a doper, I’d choose the doper. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/12 "2018-09-28T00:34:24Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I met one long term colorful poster who was **eventuality** banned IRL. Even after I adjusted to the auto-correct changing it from adverb to abstract noun, I _still_ misread that as him being banned in real life. If I got saddled with **Machineaforce** or **JohnClay** , would I be able to pick again? :o ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/13 "2018-09-28T00:45:39Z")
Doper. Easy choice. Even with the risk of drawing **Starvers**. Frankly, I’d \*love \*to have the dice come up **Hurricane** or **Octopus**. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/14 "2018-09-28T01:10:46Z")
There aren’t many celebrities I strongly dislike. But… I’d rather have dinner with a random person than a person I strongly dislike. So I opt for the doper. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/15 "2018-09-28T01:45:06Z")
For those choosing dopers, here’s your pick. Go to the number in the corner of your post and put your cursor over it. Look at the last 2 digits of the post number. For my post it’s 89: ```auto https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21235089&postcount=14 ``` Now check out this list of random dopers. I used this set of random character strings from [random.org](http://random.org), to find posters whose username started with various 3 character strings. zfkcjvoisx iscfwslibt kbmwjovqcc frvswylnkc pyhcnkjktr yumymwhwdy avuwcwlzqi irghamzvwr qmypyrusxr qesowtbrgy I started with the first letters and kept entering and re-entering them until I got some names in the user name box under advanced search. Here is the numbered list: [spoiler] My methodology tended to pick out spammy names. I suspect many of them have been banned, which conflicts with the OP. Oh well. Here’s the list. I’ve heard of only a couple of them. 1 zfksxxmc 2 CJValant 3 cjvard10 4 OishiiZilya 5 oishmosh 6 xisaac 7 xiseeux 8 xistespaa 9 Xistusmout 10 cfwrinhklf 11 slianuko 12 slibid 13 slice 14 Sliced Alone 15 SlicelekHen 16 SLICg 17 SLiCk 18 Slick Goodlin 19 Slick Willy 20 slick1ny 21 slick2462 22 slickedge 23 Slicker 24 Slickity 25 slickmick1015 26 Bmw1987 27 bmw2005 28 bmw330cii 29 bmw7777 30 BMWLover2012 31 bmwm4 32 bmwt 33 jovan 34 jovannisa 35 Jove 36 jovelle 37 jover 38 Jovers 39 jovi 40 jovi1010 41 jovialsam 42 jovisma1 43 jovius 44 Jovi\_Balani 45 jovubovip 46 jovuxieue 47 FrVideoXXX 48 FrVisi 49 swytch 50 swyves 51 swyytch 52 lnkn\_prk\_dragon 53 HCN4 54 hcnlut 55 kjkjkkjpoii 56 kjkjnk 57 kjkolb 58 Try As I Might… 59 Try Not To Over Think 60 Try This 61 Try2B Comprehensive 62 try2keeepup-arnold,oldchap 63 try2keepuparnoldoldchap 64 try2kepup-arnold,oldchap 65 trydnostalo 66 tryerot 67 tryfonaration 68 trygo 69 Trygve 70 trygvenv 71 tryhangary1911 72 Tryin’togetit 73 umyes 74 mwhahaha 75 mwhale 76 mwhittle 77 wdy 78 wdyn1 79 Avumede 80 wcw68 81 Ghabroum 82 ghady 83 ghalen SutaI’ muchwI’ 84 ghamm1 85 ghanchat 86 ghandi5569 87 ghania 88 Ghanima 89 ghanistha 90 Ghansyqf 91 ghantaghar738 92 ghantasingh 93 gharbanao 94 gharp 95 gharris 96 wrq70745 97 mypad15 98 mypadiman 99 myparadym 100 MyParentsAreProud [/spoiler] Anyway the evening went ok. My dinner companion yammered on about sports betting while I read the newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/16 "2018-09-28T03:35:13Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Doper. Easy choice. Even with the risk of drawing **Starvers**. > > Frankly, I’d \*love \*to have the dice come up **Hurricane** or **Octopus**. :eek: Would I need a bodyguard? Let’s say we met what would you want to do? Racquetball? A board game? A stroll in the gardens? You got me curious! I guess I’d take my chances with a random doper. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/17 "2018-09-28T13:07:15Z")
Who’s picking up the tab? If the celeb is buying, I’ll go that route. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/18 "2018-09-28T13:23:38Z")
By “celebrity I don’t like” I assume you mean Roseanne Barr, right? Man, that would be rank. She’d be constantly stuffing canapés in her mouth, while simultaneously attempting to monopolize the conversation, spraying bits of canapé and spittle all over me. And her farts would be devastating. I’ll take the random doper, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/19 "2018-09-28T18:18:43Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > A celebrity that earns a reputation as an asshole is probably going to be an asshole full time. > > I have a feeling that many of the more colorful posters may acted differently in person. I know I’m much more personable in real life. And stunningly handsome. > > I met one long term colorful poster who was eventuality banned IRL. He was charming and pleasant. On the board he could be a prickly bastard. Pretty much what I was thinking. The GIFT effect tells me that pretty much even the worst Dopers are decent enough in person. And the vast majority I’ve had at least some pleasant interactions with. The only reason I could see picking the celebrity would be bragging rights, really. Telling them they’re an asshole seems like a bad idea since they probably have money and thus power. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049/20 "2018-09-28T18:29:18Z")
Random doper! Ab-so-tively. I’m nearly certain that most of you are not serial killers. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebrity-you-dont-like-or-a-random-doper/822049.md?page=2)