# Ask the guy on steroids **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187 "2004-03-19T12:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/1 "2004-03-19T12:12:44Z")
Man, am I buzzing! I feel like I want to hit something. Not to be mean, but just to be expressive. I think my emotions are poetry. I feel like I’m thinking too fast. I’m on these things for six days (the first day is a massive dose) as part of a treatment for MS-type symptoms. I’m normally more of a passive type guy. Melancholy in fact. But right now, my eyes look sort of wild and I wouldn’t mind getting into a fight. Not to hurt somebody, but just to have fun. I’m still a libertarian, so I wouldn’t do it unless it was something they wanted, too. I feel primal. I know this is all in my head. But I have to take another pill in about an hour. By the end of the day, I might be bouncing off the walls. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/2 "2004-03-19T12:29:14Z")
Welcome to my world, **Lib**. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/3 "2004-03-19T12:48:10Z")
Thanks! Wouldn’t roller coasters be more fun if the cars themselves would spin? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/4 "2004-03-19T13:15:29Z")
Uh-huh. Not that I need roller coaster rides, my mood swings are plenty exciting as it is. Handy little tip for you to help release all that aggression - get yersen a punch bag. Don’t bother punching it, though. You’ll find it far more satisfying to beat the shit out of it with a baseball bat. For added fun, whack a few nails through the bat first. You may need a spare punch bag if you do, mind. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/5 "2004-03-19T19:23:15Z")
> [@](#): > > But right now, my eyes look sort of wild and I wouldn’t mind getting into a fight. Not to hurt somebody, but just to have fun. I’m still a libertarian, so I wouldn’t do it unless it was something they wanted, too. Ya want me to send Evander Holyfield over to your pad? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/6 "2004-03-19T21:32:47Z")
I was thinking more along the lines of George Costanza or something. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/7 "2004-03-19T22:17:34Z")
We tied the cat’s pouch of catnip which she adores to the dog’s nutsac once and enjoyed his consternation with her trying to get to it. That’s about the last time I’ve seen **Lib’s** level of energy on display. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/8 "2004-03-19T22:34:26Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > But right now, my eyes look sort of wild and I wouldn’t mind getting into a fight. Not to hurt somebody, but just to have fun. Who would Jesus fight? “I’d fight William Shatner.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/9 "2004-03-20T01:13:19Z")
I know how you feel man. I have to take some for my asthma. Everytime sluggish, but I need to hit someone. Like my brother for example! 🙂 Anyway, it gets better after the first few days. Stay strong and try not to kill anyone 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/10 "2004-03-20T01:30:31Z")
You on prednisone, Lib? 's what it sounds like. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/11 "2004-03-20T02:23:47Z")
If I were conducting a study and you were my only available subject, I’d conclude that steriods make smart people seem more weird than usual. hey, it’s a joke but feel free to kick in your monitor. ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/12 "2004-03-20T03:05:29Z")
I know how you feel. I’ve been on that stuff for nearly 20 years, mostly just 5mg but I have been as high as 100mg. I don’t feel aggressive but when on the high doses get extremely emotional and hyperactive. Oh and hungry!!! Have fun. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/13 "2004-03-20T03:39:50Z")
Are you more tolerant of pain, or do you find being able to tolerate pain more satisfying than usual? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/14 "2004-03-20T04:47:53Z")
So, uh… Hulk smash? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/15 "2004-03-20T04:53:41Z")
> [@Michael Ellis](#): > > So, uh… Hulk smash? (insert modal ontological proof that, yes, Hulk smash) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/16 "2004-03-20T06:33:57Z")
Yeah, I was on them temporarily for my lungs so I know how good they start out. Doc wouldn’t let me have more than a week of them, though. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/17 "2004-03-20T06:37:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Thanks! Wouldn’t roller coasters be more fun if the cars themselves would spin? They are. Go to Six Flags Magic Mountain and go on [Xtreme](http://www.sixflags.com/parks/magicmountain/Rides/x.html), the best roller coaster ever created! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/18 "2004-03-20T06:42:54Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > Thanks! Wouldn’t roller coasters be more fun if the cars themselves would spin? 🙂 I opened this thread with great expectations of you losing it in 30 point “LIBERTARIAN SMASH!!!” font screed. I was expecting some real rhetorical 'roid rage, and I get this tea party crap. Where’s the elemental fury you are famous for? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/19 "2004-03-20T16:27:18Z")
> [@astro](#): > > I opened this thread with great expectations of you losing it in 30 point “LIBERTARIAN SMASH!!!” font screed. I was expecting some real rhetorical 'roid rage, and I get this tea party crap. Where’s the elemental fury you are famous for? BBQ Pit, first door to your left. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187/20 "2004-03-20T17:42:04Z")
Which steroids? Anabolic (like testosterone)? Prednisone? Estrogen? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-on-steroids/235187.md?page=2)