Hey guys, I’m Atticus. I lurk a bit, but occasionally post in GD, the Pit etc, sometimes have a GQ question. I talk about the law, Australian stuff, the Middle East.
The thing I’m bitter about is that I’ve never been pitted. I think I’ll have to be more offensive in future - not trolling, just expressing my true beliefs in a more offensive and pittable way. I mean, I don’t think I’ve even had the opportunity to call anyone an asshat. (Of course, I’d pronounce it “arsehat”).
I’m Darwin’s Finch, and I’m not entirely unknown. I usually hang out in threads pertaining to evolution (except the politics of the creation vs. evolution deabte…I read those, but typically don’t participate), dinosaurs, taxonomy, and assorted other biology-related threads (and the occassional pit thread when I’m feeling persnickity). So if you read that sort of thing, you’ve probably heard of me. If you mostly read flirt threads or “Who’s your favorite poster…” threads, then you’ve probably never heard of me, as I doubt I’ve ever been mentioned in one.
No other Dopers know me in person, I’ve never been to a Dopefest, and I’ve never posted a picture. I’m mysterious that way.
I’m also not the guy who just posted before me.
Actually, I am. I am the same person. I know a great deal about biology. Go on, ask me anything…
Okay, I bite. Why do some fruits look like medieval weapons? And - an animal one - why do dolphins get turned on by blowhole sex?
Hell, IANAB, but even I can answer that second one. For the same reason that humans enjoy blowjobs. 
You want no-name? Here I am! I’ve been posting since about 1998 or 1999, and have no presence. I’ve made no friends, attended no fests, and haven’t even made a thousand posts yet. I actually won a threadkiller game a long time ago, and had claim to a hundred bucks (which I never dibbed). But then I’ve never been a social creature.
I’m single. I’m thirty this year, live in Redneck Fundy Hell, and license people to carry concealed firearms. I have an MA in anthropology. I watch a lot of cartoons. I’m not exciting. But here I am.
Sgt.:
Huh! 'Flu, eh? They should eat more fresh fruit. Ha. Right. Now, self-defence. Tonight I shall be carrying on from where we got to last week when I was showing you how to defend yourselves against anyone who attacks you with armed with a piece of fresh fruit.
(Grumbles from all)
Palin:
Oh, you promised you wouldn’t do fruit this week.
Sgt.:
What do you mean?
Jones:
We’ve done fruit the last nine weeks.
(Knowing your love of anything Python, Roger…)
I’m raz. I used to be roadkiller, and way before that I was blink178.
I post fairly frequently. I usually read the boards every day but have been kind of busy lately.
I don’t really think I stand out here in any way. I usually don’t have much to add to a thread. The jokes I think of have already been told and my responses are usually nothing more than a little quip or anecdote. Occasionally I’ll post something relevant or funny. I rarely start threads unless I am asking a question.
I hang out in MPSIMS the most. I hardly ever visit GD. The knowledge base of the people there scare me. I had never read any of Cecil’s columns before finding the straight dope website. I have been a member for over three years and lurked for a while before signing up. I’m not well-known but I don’t really mind. Here is a recent picture of me.
Hey, I’m Harimad-sol, and people get my name wrong a lot. But I don’t mind. I post not quite six times a day. I post in MPSIMS and IMHO most of the time. I recognize most of the posters in this thread. I’ve been here almost a year. I go to college and plot to take over the world. A certain Doper has already been guaranteed a place in my new world order, which I’m sure he’ll fill creditably. I’m a friendly sort–just drop me an IM and you’ll see. I wish to meet as many Dopers as possible, but don’t know when I’ll be able to do it.
I’m movingfinger, and no, the name has nothing to do with the recent Wendy’s chili fiasco. The name is from The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam: “The moving finger having writ, moves on…”
I make a sort of living designing homes and remodels and additions here in the LA area, but retirement is only a couple of years away and I will then move to Oregon or Utah.
I live with my girlfriend whom I am trying to get to join the board.
I’ve fought a little ignorance today…
Hi there! I’m DesertGeezer. I’ve been around since before the Great Dark, when all my really brilliant posts were lost. Okay, there were no brilliant posts. But a lot of lost ones.
I don’t live in the desert anymore, for which fact I am grateful. My siblings, all of whom are younger, insist that I’m not really a geezer, and I don’t feel as geezerly as I did in the desert. Must have been the fact that I spent seven years taking care of someone who really was. She just passed away at 97.
When I first joined the SDMB, whenever that was, I thought I knew something. I have discovered from many Dopers that I don’t know as much as I thought I did. I still offer opinions (mostly in IMHO or the Pit, because I’m usually not smart enough for GD), but I’m less secure in them than I used to be. I avoid GQ because I never have any answers. I do visit Cafe Society from time to time, and I like game threads on MPSIMS because I still think I’m funny. Time and association with Dopers who really are may prove me wrong about that, too.
I recognize a lot of the names in this thread, but my short term memory is so bad I couldn’t tell you the political, social or sexual proclivities of any of them. I do pay attention, but nothing sticks for very long. Maybe I am a geezer after all.
Hi! I’m the SDMB’s Resident Redneck[sup]TM[/sup].
“I live back in the woods you see
The woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I’ve got a shotgun, rifle and a four wheel drive
A country boy can survive”
Thanks for that one, Hank Jr.
I’ve got lots of other cool shit too, like chain saws and tractors and cattle and horses. Nearest paved road to my house is two miles, and nearest neighbors are about 2.5 miles. When my dial up modem is really rockin’ it’s at 24.0 Kbps.
I used to post in GD some, but got tired of people claiming bloggers as unbiased cites and things of that nature. Now I mostly post in IMHO, MPSIMS and the Cafe. It’s happier that way. 
I’m Gorgonzola. I’m fond of cheese.
I’m married to Sam Stone. Some of you may be familiar with him.
The overall bitchiness of many Dopers puts me off posting. Needless aggravation is not my thing. I lurk, therefore I am.
Shirley, I don’t think I’ve ever interacted with you (beyond approving of your fondness for Steve Buscemi) but you are, like, the coolest poster on this board.
I seem to have come over all fan-girly and Californian. :eek:
I don’t post a lot, and I don’t think I’ve contributed anything helpful. If I do post, I’m like most of the other lurkers – it’s just on a whim. Maybe I like the topic or maybe I’m actually feeling semi-social. I enjoy lurking and reading because most of the people here are well-spoken (written?). I’m always afraid that if I do try to post something helpful, I’ll only succeed in making an ass of myself. Oh yeah… I’m dearissues and I’m very happy to meet you all. I agree with the people who said that they recognize most of the names in this thread. I may not post a lot, but I read nearly everyday.
Ah Tripler You’re a good man. Some things just never go away.
I’d really like to meet you sometime but not right now. I have to be at the course in 1 hr.
Hey, I’m Bear – Founder and President of The IIDU. I’m from Florida, but currently living in Korea.
I always notice you because you live fairly close to me. I tend to notice people with whom I have something in common, even if that commonality is only in my mind.
Like inkleberry . I’ve never mentioned this outright, but we have lots and lots in common. Sons around the same age, former careers as clinicians but now working as career counselors, kids who won’t sleep. I know there’s more that I can’t think of off the top of my (not caffeinated enough) head, but a lot of times when I read some fact in one of your posts, I think, “Well, that shouldn’t surprise me. I think/am/have the same thing.”
Me too. It’s embarassing sometimes because I’ll say hello to someone or mention something about a time we met before and they’ll say something along the lines of the title of this thread.
Actually, if I meet a lot of people around the same time (like when I started my current job and met about 50 new people in the space of 2 days), then this might not necessarily hold true. I just found out 3 weeks ago that a woman I have been thinking of as “Nina” for 4 months now is actually “Susan”. :smack: The good thing is that I don’t tend to use people’s names a lot in conversation unless I am 100% sure that I have it right.
I’ve been Pitted, once, and it was less than impressive. Over one silly comment in a thread, and then a little bickering.
