# Another Old Timer checking in **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-timer-checking-in/927232 "2020-12-04T20:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-timer-checking-in/927232/30 "2020-12-09T18:22:25Z")
Hey, Tristan! I remember you… I started hanging out here about when you did, but I lurked for a decade or so before actually getting involved. When I think back to the Early Oughts here, I’m amazed at how similar things are. Liberal Smartypants Sci-Fi Dorks galore. Some of the worst ‘Equal Opportunity Offenders’ have been recently banned, and this place is easier on my blood pressure now (thanks, Mods!). I always start my day by checking The Pit, for the quality of the writing… fresh quips and fresh takes on current events (the Trump [Clusterf\*ck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/7429) thread is great for recreational schadenfreude, as is the thread for generic Republican malfeasance). Come to think of it, I’ve changed more than this board. When I started, I was a Libertarian\* office peon who’d come to work an hour early to load The Dope on our one computer that was connected to a modem. Since then, I’ve helped run an ad agency, taught design at a tech college, and just last year retired… to hopefully make art. … \*I got better. (thanks to Liberal Smartypants Sci-Fi Dorks…) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-timer-checking-in/927232)._