# Anyone else have trouble going from lurker to member? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084 "2006-05-02T12:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/41 "2006-05-03T16:08:01Z")
Oh yeah, this thread is the first I’ve ever heard of the MMP thing and I’ve been reading this board for 4 years! Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/42 "2006-05-03T16:08:57Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/43 "2006-05-03T16:22:34Z")
> [@Zuzu's Petals](#): > > I think I’m probably the newest newbie here, with a grand old post count of ‘2’ so far. I’ve lurked for ages, but only paid the sign-up fee yesterday. > > And…um. Hello. Nice to be here. > > I’m too scared to _talk_ to any of you, but it’s nice to be here! 😃 \*\* Mindfield\*\*, some **Zuzu Petal** should taste good deep fried. Um, would you mind slathering yourself with this butter and then rolling around in the breadcrumbs? You know…newbie initiation and all. …where’s **Hal** with the squid and marbles and such? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/44 "2006-05-03T17:06:25Z")
> [@pendgwen](#): > > The pathetic part is that I’ve been a member for years and still haven’t grown out of this newbie shyness. Come to Trivia Night, you Seattleite you, and we’ll scrub that shyness off you like a janitor scrubbing a booth at the Lusty Lady. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/45 "2006-05-03T17:42:57Z")
Yep, check out my join date and number of posts. And I lurked long before joining. I’m naturally reticent, so hanging back a while and not contributing much is my style. I’ve gotten better (?) about commenting, though. Like many others, I usually don’t comment if I feel like my opinion has been covered already or I don’t have anything terribly clever to add. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/46 "2006-05-03T18:19:19Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > \*\*Um, would you mind slathering yourself with this butter and then rolling around in the breadcrumbs? You know…newbie initiation and all. Oh, that’s nice. Deep fried? **Zuzu** is new! You don’t deep fry newbies, you marinate them in hickory smoke and coriander for several hours and then put them over a low flame until golden. It’s much more polite than just unceremoniously plunking them down in hot oil. Now pass the buffalo sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/47 "2006-05-03T18:20:51Z")
…and a code wrench. Damn monkeys get into everything around here. ---
**Author:** ![Zachlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Zachlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zachlee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/48 "2006-05-03T18:30:58Z")
> [@McNew](#): > > Maybe you and I should just keep responding to each other in this thread, and one of us is bound to kill it. Then the other one can respond “HA!!” HA! ---
**Author:** ![Zachlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Zachlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zachlee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/49 "2006-05-03T18:35:42Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Should we just deliver a food dish under the couch until such time as you’ve acclimated to the surroundings and determined that we’re not actually going to eat you? > > Well, not yet anyway. (hijack) When we moved to our house, one of our cats (indoor cat) was so traumatized by the shuffling of her entire universe that she cowered under the corner of a familiar couch for three days before venturing out to see if the sandbox survived the holocaust. I’m not sure she ever completely determined that nothing in the house would eat her. (/hijack) Hi, Zuzu’s petals! ---
**Author:** ![Zachlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Zachlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zachlee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/50 "2006-05-03T18:40:26Z")
Having seen the quick wit on display around here for years, Zuzu, I am pretty sure they are kidding about the breading and such. If other posters decide you are ripe, you’ll find yourself staked out, gutted, stuffed and served in a matter of moments without feeling a thing other than the eternal shame. Just ask Hal. Not that that should deter you. Life is full of risks. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/51 "2006-05-03T18:57:39Z")
> [@Zachlee](#): > > Having seen the quick wit on display around here for years, Zuzu, I am pretty sure they are kidding about the breading and such. Yes, we’re kidding. Breading ruins the natural flavour. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/52 "2006-05-03T19:07:33Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Oh, that’s nice. Deep fried? **Zuzu** is new! You don’t deep fry newbies, you marinate them in hickory smoke and coriander for several hours and then put them over a low flame until golden. It’s much more polite than just unceremoniously plunking them down in hot oil. > > Now pass the buffalo sauce. Well, i happen to like Deep Fried Newbie. It tastes like…like…victory… Besides, frying things is the American Way. How about we compromise? We fry us some **Zuzu** AND we slather it with buffalo sauce? i’m hungry…is it wrong to be genuinely hungry after typing this out? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/53 "2006-05-03T19:35:13Z")
I’m on a diet. I’ll just have the grilled lurker. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/54 "2006-05-03T20:03:01Z")
Cilantro tastes like soap to me. May I have the honey-mustard sauce instead? ---
**Author:** ![Wensleydale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@Wensleydale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wensleydale)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084/55 "2006-05-03T20:37:38Z")
Most times what I want to say has already been said by someone else. Other times I have no real pearls of wisdom to sow and then there are the occasions when it just seems to be too much effort to post when I spend the time reading other people’s posts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-trouble-going-from-lurker-to-member/355084.md?page=2)