Yeah, but what have you done for us lately, huh? I haven’t seen any of those brilliant Dante stories. C’mon, get with the program, man!
I’m CynicalGabe.
As my name suggests, I’m more than a little cynical. Real original, huh? I’m usually good for a wisecrack and not much else. Once in a blue moon I manage to actually provide useful and/or insightful information. But my signal-to-noise ratio is low.
Beyond that, I usually rant about trivial things and get roasted for it. Most people on the board think I’m a terrible driver and have no business behind the wheel. 
I like to travel, and next winter I will be clogging MPSIMS with another thread about my travels that noone will read.
Oh, and I’ve been pitted 3 times so far (that I’ve noticed).
I mostly hang out in GQ. If you read a lot of the techie threads or car threads (or you went to Gettysdope I) you probably know who I am, but outside of that I don’t think very many people know me around here, especially in the other forums.
I don’t think I’ve ever been pitted. In fact, I think I’ve only been mentioned once in a thread I didn’t post in. I’m an old fat bald guy, so I don’t get even any comments in the “post your pics here” threads, but then if anyone besides Mrs Geek ever said “how you doin” I’d question their sanity (or at least their eyesight).
Hi, I am Devilsknew. How’s it goin’?
I recognize most of the people in this thread but have a cognitive problem in assigning a personalitiy to the written word. I recognize names on this message board but would have a hard time saying anything definitive about the poster or the last thing they wrote. I also have a problem with names in real life so maybe that is neurological… don’t know? (But I’m sure somebody here could tell me!) I need more than a fleeting and impersonal engagement, let alone a lexical interface, for somebodies’ name to stick and impress, and even then I still might forget their name. Even after being a daily reader here for quite some time at the SDMB it all feels very big, cold, and impersonal.
I have no idea how I am perceived here, if even perceived! I believe some might think that I am a “woo-woo” for my forays into and moderate interest in the paranormal threads. I have been warned twice for coloring outside the lines. One warning I received was for revealing my erotic angel (mythological creature) fantasy!? I’d estimate that 75% of the guys here have had lesbian fantasies involving Arwen and Galadriel, but I wanna be descended upon by an angel and that is just too far… I’m the freak! So I have compromised my personality, conformed, and restricted my posts. I don’t post too often and hardly ever start threads. I occasionally have a brief opinion, fact, anecdote, or some esoterica to add. I am too lazy and apathetic to really contribute prolifically unless I feel really moved or passionate. Less and less lately…
I try not to read GD much anymore. Paradoxically, I find this board too conservative and have considered pulling a Manhattan and leaving because of it. Ah well, crazy spinning circles! Let the rain roll off my (hairy) back.
I have never attended a Dopefest. I have considered it but feel really apprehensive and don’t feel as if I have much in common with many here. I see a huge socio-economic chasm and a somewhat smaller cultural gap that makes me nervous. I’d also feel embarassed because I would probably not recognize anybody by their screen name.
I am good friends with Ggurl and she introduced me to the Straight Dope. I am also hopelessly, passionately, respectfully, and tragically in Love with her and her huge and brilliant heart and formidable genius! She is what’s real and good in this world and makes a difference by living it and being it… Respect and Love T, you deserve it. Shoutout to my Homie!
I’ve killed a few threads… fingers crossed. (I’m looking forward to experiencing a singularity. Maybe it’s like an angelically induced orgasm!)
Hahaha. That was my experience exactly! It happened right at finals too, so I didn’t get to actually say much.
I’m kimera and I’ve been reading the SDMB since 2000 and Cecil’s columns since long before that. I don’t post much, except in the sex threads, which I can’t stay away from. I’ve been posting more recently, especially now that it’s summer. I’m always in the chat channel, although I don’t say much since most of the time I’m not actually there. I was an anthro major first time I went to college, now I am in Cognitive Psychology, but it will be a while before I get my PhD.
I am very mild and meek on the dope, so I don’t think I will ever be banned or pitted. Maybe someday I will let more of my bitchiness out and tell more people to suck my cock.
Hi there. My name is Harborwolf and I’m addicted to hookers.
What’s that? Wrong thread? Oh dear…
Where is the Dope chat channel?
Hi, I’m Fromage A Trois (briefly bras0978 before a name change).
I’ve been reading the columns for years, and the archives on the website, whiling away the hours at work. When I recently decided to sign up to the message board, I thought I’d be able to spend loads of time conversing with like-minded people all day. Then I moved into a new role and now I have to work all day (tchoh, employers, eh?).
I hang around, mainly in MPSIMS and IMHO but do like a bit of GQ and GD. I’m a threadkiller extraordinaire, and I can’t start an interesting thread to save my life. It’s either GQ question where the first reply tells me the answer and the second backs it up (end of thread), or what I think is a beautifully worded GD that will get everyone thinking, first reply pulls apart my original postulate and destroys the thread. Bah.
I don’t think I’ve been pitted, in fact I don’t think I’ve even been noticed. Can’t post here as much as I’d like, but I love reading it!
Okay, I’ll come out, too. I’m interface2x and I do stuff.
I usually write nothing of any real substance, offer no in-depth insight, and don’t provoke anyone into a pit-worthy frenzy. Most of my posts are about this long or possibly shorter, depending on how well I think my smartass comment, joke, or one-liner is going.
That’s about it, really.
Sorry, that name’s already taken 
If my time on this board has taught me anything, I know that this thread will die once I post this comment.
In fact, I’m thinking of changing my name to PostAndKill.
In case anyone cares before they quickly return to the main thread list, I’m a 24 year old female in Chicago. I work at a university, will be returning for a masters degree in a month, and am usually only on when I should be working.
There’s nothing more I hate in life than rude people. Sassy is the way to be.
Oh, I’m a middle child in a family of 6 kids, so feel free to ignore me, I’m used to it. Sniffle, sniffle.
**Dante ** rocks. I was just reading those two threads again this morning! Got a nice plug in the Things that will never stop being funny. Ever. thread.
I’m **5que ** and I’ve been around for, well, look to your upper right and see, why don’t you? I lurked for the middle few years but now that work is fairly boring (intermixed with periods of great horror) I find myself here keeping myself amused. I love the kind and gentle world of the Pit, Cafe Society where I will jump feet first into anything regarding Deadwood, House, or the late Carnivale, and MPSIMS just to see what’s happening. Otherwise I just throw in smart ass remarks here and there.
I work in downtown Chicago (TwoOnSunday, how you doin’?), live near the Wisconsin border (hence the location), and 5que = 5K = 5 kilometer races I used to run. But now that I’m older, fatter, and more decrepit, I should change it to something more sedentary.
I thought I would add another post, just so PostAndKill’s isn’t the next to last. 
Middle child here too, let’s both sit in a corner together and eat worms. No-one loves us anyhow. 
I am Ranchoth, hanger-on from the AOL days—I authored the last question ever featured on the SD AOL page, as a matter of fact—and I’d like to think that I’ve grown from being a “lame newbie,” to a “generally tolerated eccentric.” I suspect that I’m not very memorable, or that I’m on a lot of “ignore” lists. On this board, I ask weird and esoteric questions even more esoteric reasons.
I am a semi-obsessive information hoarder, bibliophile (nothing about you, don’t worry), and my bookshelves have collapsed under their own weight before.
I am “quiet, and kind of a loner. 'Mostly keep to myself.” But I don’t bite. Really.
I have never seen a dead human, but I have seen human bones. And I have had the sad experience of burying more cats and dogs than I can even remember, some of whom were friends.
I’m from Northern California. 3rd generation godless heathen, and I’m both a 4th generation Irish American and a Mayflower decendant.
I’ve never drank, smoked, done drugs, “done it,” or played a tabletop RPG. I think it’s the last one that I regret the most.
I’ve used " " and " " far too often. In fact, I’m pretty sure I will go to hell for it.
Lessie…What else? Political Centrist, Atheist, unrepentant geek/nerd, frustrated writer, insomniac, flight simmer (As far as I know, I have built and/or currently host more weapons for the “X-Plane” flight simulator than anyone else. On the planet.), nihilist, Mac user, cheap stingy bastard.
INTERPOL has one known photo of me, taken somewhere in Prague in 1978. (Or in my bathroom a few weeks ago. Whatever.)
How’s that?
Oh, and I predict about a 33% chance that I just killed this thread. :smack:
Aw, poor Ranchoth. I’ll take pity on you. Could you shoot some lottery numbers my way, by the way?
On IRC, the server is undernet and it is called #Straightdope.
Don’t Look Back! The Lemmings Are Gaining On You!
Okay, I’m Cranky Hermit, another lurker extraordinaire. I don’t post all that much because of rampant self-consciousness. I love reading the posts of others (I recognize lots of the names so far) in MPSIMS, though. I am often caught at work, chuckling inexplicably.
Hi, I’m EarthStone777 and I’ve recently gone from 5 years of lurking to posting a dozen times a day (when I can get on - recent RL activities has kept me away from the computer for days at a time). I feel like I’m bursting onto the scene and am torn between wanting to finally speak up and share my thoughts, and fearing that I’m making a fool of myself.
Having lurked for so long, I feel like I know all the regulars as old friends even if they have no clue who I am. I’d love to go to a Dopefest and meet people, but have just recently moved and see that one was just held in my area (missed it by a month). They mentioned doing it again in a year… I can be patient. … That loud snort you just heard was Mrs. Stone who knows how impatient I get.
I cruise all the threads, starting with IMHO and MPSIMS, then to the BBQ Pit and finally rounding out rest of them randomly on the whim of the moment. I have yet to be pitted but I expect it’ll happen sooner or later as I can be rather bull headed about some things. Also I know that I don’t research things nearly enough to hold my own in GQ or GD. I tend to do a little research and then ‘wing it’. I know that won’t cut it here. (thus my expecting to be Pitted some day.)
I do have a great Pit OP in mind (I think) and am letting it stew a bit till it comes out on it’s own. Having seen a few great ones, and many lame ones appear over the years, I don’t want to fall flat on my face in that hallowed hall of vitriol.