# Are you good at remembering which Doper is which? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169 "2007-11-04T05:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/21 "2007-11-04T23:30:08Z")
I think I’ll be a lot better at it now that I’ve been to my first Dopefest. I don’t know that I’ll remember everyone’s real names, but I’ll definitely pay more attention to the posts of the folks I’ve met IRL. There are other people here ( **featherlou** , **jsgoddess** , any of the baseball fans, some of the Pit dwellers) who I also specifically know by personality because they tend to hang out in the type of threads I’m interested in. But by-and-large, I don’t know that I could necessarily identify folks just by the style of their posts. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/22 "2007-11-05T00:40:26Z")
I remember **OpalCat** , but I’ve been here a while. When I started out, there was a guy named **Esprix** & a young woman called **SwimmingRiddles** who were memorable. I recognize **Polycarp** , **Otto** , & **Der Trihs** easily. I now mostly keep **BrainGlutton** & **Diogenes the Cynic** straight. I _think_ there’s only one guy with “Airman” in his name. But… I keep thinking **Green Bean** is **Drain Bead**. There are least two members with “T\_nk” in their names (Trunk, ExTank, & ?) that I don’t quite keep straight. And… I used to keep thinking **Speaker for the Dead** & **Enderw24** were the same guy. So assume I’m not paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/23 "2007-11-05T00:50:45Z")
I’m probably about average at keeping straight in my head who’s who if I’ve interacted with them on enough occasions. Like **twickster** said upthread, interacting off board makes it a lot easier. Some names will never leave me, even if their owners are (or seem to be) gone for good (I’m looking at you, **Munch** and **Montfort** ). Alas, I think I’m better at names here than IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/24 "2007-11-05T00:55:08Z")
I remember one hottie doper chickie… **Shirley Ujest** Funny, smart, long winded…just like me! The rest of you, my friends, are SOL. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/25 "2007-11-05T01:10:55Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Not to start an argument, but I promise, this happens to me in the real world: If I run into someone in the “wrong” venue, I’m apt to get confused. For example, if I see a coworker at a store, I might not recognize the person at first. I was at a craft show and I saw my ceramics teacher and it took a few minutes to make the connection. Heck, at my 10th high school reunion, a girl came up and talked to me with great familiarity. After she’d moved on, I asked who it was - turns out it was a girl I’d known since 1st grade. So yeah, I have these name-face issues… [/QUOTE] I’m exactly the same way. Whenever I tell people about this, they look at me like I’m making it all up. But it’s so true. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/26 "2007-11-05T01:26:36Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Not to start an argument, but I promise, this happens to me in the real world: If I run into someone in the “wrong” venue, I’m apt to get confused. For example, if I see a coworker at a store, I might not recognize the person at first. I was at a craft show and I saw my ceramics teacher and it took a few minutes to make the connection. Heck, at my 10th high school reunion, a girl came up and talked to me with great familiarity. After she’d moved on, I asked who it was - turns out it was a girl I’d known since 1st grade. So yeah, I have these name-face issues… [/QUOTE] Me, three. I will remember your kids, cats, dogs, hobbies, allergies, and mother-in-law’s occupation. Name or face, not so much, and I’m generally incapable of putting a name to a face. Or at least, the right name with the proper face. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/27 "2007-11-05T02:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Not to start an argument, but I promise, [/QUOTE] I was making a little joke, because you misspelled “deserve.” Diserve, disservice … sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/28 "2007-11-05T03:50:05Z")
No idea who’s who from one thread to the next, but at least that means each one starts with a clean slate. No prejudices! (but also no knowledge of anyone’s gender, back story, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/29 "2007-11-05T05:11:55Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Fight] No idea who’s who from one thread to the next, but at least that means each one starts with a clean slate. No prejudices! (but also no knowledge of anyone’s gender, back story, etc.) [/QUOTE] That’s me. It always suprises me when another poster claims we had a prior knock-down debate a couple years ago. I might remember the debate, but rarely the posters involved. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/30 "2007-11-05T13:40:15Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I remember one hottie doper chickie… **Shirley Ujest** Funny, smart, long winded…just like me! [/QUOTE] I remember her. She was smokin’. I wonder whatever happened to her? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/31 "2007-11-05T19:47:03Z")
I’m crappy with names IRL, even more so here. And I actually tend not to read usernames when I go through a thread, so most of the time there’s nothing to remember. I’ve had conversations go three posts each deep before realizing I was talking to someone I’m friends with. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/32 "2007-11-05T19:48:38Z")
Wait… what board is this again? Where am I? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/33 "2007-11-05T20:02:18Z")
The only Dopers I remember without fail are those who fall into the following two groups: “abject assholes” (of which there are 37) and “women so hot my heart skipped a beat when I saw their picture” (of which there is precisely one). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/34 "2007-11-05T20:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] …“women so hot my heart skipped a beat when I saw their picture” (of which there is precisely one). [/QUOTE] You sweet thing! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/35 "2007-11-05T20:15:15Z")
I’ve often wanted to just start creating profiles for Dopers…a new word doc for every poster. As I read through threads, I take pertinent info from their posts and add it to the document. For example…so-and-so lives in this state, has kids and a dog, likes bicycles and knows a lot about computers. With links to especially important threads they’ve started. That way I could always have a reference and a picture in my head of who is posting. It would be scary how much info I could amass. More so if I utilized the search function. However, that will never happen because I already spend too much time here. So, you are all safe! ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/36 "2007-11-05T20:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] I’ve often wanted to just start creating profiles for Dopers…a new word doc for every poster. As I read through threads, I take pertinent info from their posts and add it to the document. For example…so-and-so lives in this state, has kids and a dog, likes bicycles and knows a lot about computers. With links to especially important threads they’ve started. That way I could always have a reference and a picture in my head of who is posting. It would be scary how much info I could amass. [/QUOTE] I am glad you haven’t had time to begin your program of serial stalking dopers. If you ever end up with the time, please remember how nice I’ve been to you and kill me last. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/37 "2007-11-05T20:23:07Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I remember her. She was smokin’. I wonder whatever happened to her? [/QUOTE] Combusted in flames from her own hotness factor. To whom do I paypal a fiver too? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/38 "2007-11-05T20:23:19Z")
I only remember the dicks. Right, **Auto**? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/39 "2007-11-05T20:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] – and then of course there’s the folks who really piss me off… [/QUOTE] heh…I can count on one hand and part of another which Dopers I’m going to recognize, what they’re like online and what kind of humor or ribbing they’ll respond to. And then there’s the dozen or so I have absolutely no use for. Ever. Usually because of a single event. Pretty sure _that_ one’s working both ways though. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169/40 "2007-11-05T20:35:25Z")
I do remember scraps of information, but it may only last a week or two before fading. Some of it stays around and becomes permanent “knowledge”, filed along with other bits of useless trivia that no one ever asks me for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-at-remembering-which-doper-is-which/425169.md?page=3)