# Come out of the closet: What SDMB rules of a"cool" do you break? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289 "2007-12-17T02:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/41 "2007-12-17T14:25:29Z")
I only liked the original Star Trek, all of the others seem kinda silly and I’d rather not watch them. I have a vast collection of Perry Mason paperbacks from the 50’s and 60’s and can’t wait to read them again even though, yes, I know, they all seem to end the same. I don’t think dogs necessarily need to behave. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/42 "2007-12-17T14:46:35Z")
I’m a Starbucks junkie too. Venti Mocha please. I’m not a fan at all of the outer space genre TV shows. I’ve seen most of the original Star Trek, and absolutely nothing like that since. In fact, I’ve only seen the original trio of Star Wars movies. I think all things considered, I’d much rather live in the US than anywhere else, and yes I have traveled pretty extensively thank you. I really like Peanuts. If I could get a Snoopy, I’d get a dog. I like I-tunes, and my I-pod. They get bashed here a lot by the techies, but they work for me, and so I like them. I even like the ‘bad’ years of the Simpsons. I like the Mods here, I think they do a good job in a difficult situation, and once in a while when they get Pitted for being snarky or whatever, I have to go back, read the offending post and ask myself if the level of tolerance by some people needs just a BIT of a nudge, because I usually don’t see the offense. The above was NOT sucking up, I meant it. I could watch Cops all day long. Any recipe that has more than 5 ingredients (not counting spices) or takes more than 30 minutes to prep bores me and will never be made in my kitchen. Ebay kind of scares me. ---
**Author:** ![Dinah\_Steeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Dinah\_Steeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinah_Steeler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/43 "2007-12-17T14:48:08Z")
I’m a Christian(albeit a rather liberal one) and I attend church on Sundays. I’m very much pro-life(one of my only conservative postions – the other being I’m anti-gun control). Not only do I shop at Wal-mart, but I work there as well. I wish this board had avatars. And I wish there were a way to enable signatures to show up in posts. And I start sentences with “And”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/44 "2007-12-17T14:58:50Z")
Many times I refrain from posting on a topic because I dislike having to qualify everything I say. To use a silly example, if I post on my love for blue pens, I feel I have to say I hold nothing against those who use black pens, pencils or crayons. If I don’t, another poster will come along and say, “well I use pink neon pens and what’s wrong with that?” I don’t like having to think of every possible response and preempt them. But one of the features I love about this board is that hardly anything slips by unnoticed and you DO have to back up what you say. This board forces you to look at everything you think and know from all sides, and you’d damn well better know what you’re talking about or why you feel a certain way. I’m just not very good at that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/45 "2007-12-17T15:01:55Z")
I think we should be able to point and say, “YOU WHAT?!?” no matter what the OP says. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/46 "2007-12-17T15:10:16Z")
I shop at Wal-Mart. Weekly. I don’t hate Starbucks, though not being a coffee drinker, I don’t go out of my way to drink there. I do love their nonfat chai lattes. I like chain restaurants. Prefer them, in fact. I’ve never seen a reality TV show. I like my TV with scripts and trained actors. That said, I abhor laugh tracks. I won’t watch any TV show that has them. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/47 "2007-12-17T15:15:24Z")
If I don’t have anything nice, supportive, constructive or otherwise positive to contribute to a thread, I generally don’t post. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/48 "2007-12-17T15:21:56Z")
I double post, and don’t even care. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/49 "2007-12-17T15:22:04Z")
[QUOTE=Team of Scientists] The MMPers seem like a bunch of very nice, very good listeners who are always able to provide a pick-me-up or pat on the back or what have you. That said, it’s a bit too cheery for me, so I just stay away. I like my Mondays surly and baggy-eyed. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=HostileDialect] The MMP has waaaay too much saccharine for me. I actually love most of the MMP regulars–there seems to be a lot of overlap between that group and the group of cooler, more intelligent Dopers. But the MMP thread itself is just so sticky-sweet; I can’t say I like my Mondays surly and baggy-eyed (though tomorrow’s will be, what with a dentist appt at 7:30 in the AM–seven freakin’ thirty!), but I’m definitely somewhere between the MMP’s atmosphere and there. [/quote] We don’t care what you think. So there! 😛😛😛 (That surly enough for ya?) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/50 "2007-12-17T15:22:48Z")
Right now, I don’t have a single beer in the house that would pass ordinary beer thread muster. It’s all Pabst and Miller High Life and I’m enjoying them too. I’ll go back, but these are just so freaking drinkable. I hate cats. I’m still not 100% sure what Firefly is either. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/51 "2007-12-17T15:37:28Z")
**Hostile Dialect** –I meant the Opal in “hi, Opal!” in the lists. No idea if **OpalCat** is THAT Opal. Don’t care. And I LIKE the MMP. It’s where the Cool Kids hang out. Oops, posted that in the wrong thread, apparently… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/52 "2007-12-17T15:40:10Z")
Huh. You all keep mentioning it, and I’ve seen the posts about it over in Cafe Society, but I have no idea what Firefly is. [Unless everyone is talking about my miniature horse.](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/4792795/136608989.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/53 "2007-12-17T15:47:58Z")
I like Starbucks (as do a few folks). I flush the toilet every time I use it. I believe that for some people, alcohol use, even beyond moderate use, can be beneficial. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/54 "2007-12-17T15:50:47Z")
I love _Firefly_ but hate both _Buffy_ and _Angel_. I like the MMP, it’s a nice place to be on a Monday when the rest of the world looks grim. I went off _Family Guy_ a long time ago, and I’ve never really bothered with _The Simpsons_. I guess I’m not that much of a television bunny either. I like Starbucks but wish the UK outlets had the same range of seasonal coffee that the US ones have. I am still pining for that lovely caramel apple coffee, it was like drinking pie filling. I don’t really give a stuff about grammar and spelling, as long as I can understand what your post is trying to say. Errr…and I’m a nice person really, no matter what you might think! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/55 "2007-12-17T15:50:54Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] Huh. You all keep mentioning it, and I’ve seen the posts about it over in Cafe Society, but I have no idea what Firefly is. [Unless everyone is talking about my miniature horse.](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/4792795/136608989.jpg) [/QUOTE] [Firefly.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/56 "2007-12-17T15:56:32Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] Huh. You all keep mentioning it, and I’ve seen the posts about it over in Cafe Society, but I have no idea what Firefly is. [Unless everyone is talking about my miniature horse.](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/4792795/136608989.jpg) [/QUOTE] No fair trumping the thread with a cute widdle horsie! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/57 "2007-12-17T16:00:22Z")
I don’t do anything uncool. I’m just like everybody else. I hate Starbucks and Wal-Mart, I worship European stuff, I love cats and sports and LOTR and fantasy and Firefly, I’ve never made a grammatical error in 3,000 posts, and I’m constantly cracking jokes about **OpalCat** and the Marianas Trench and 1920’s-style Death Rays. Am I cool? Do people think I’m cool? Pleeeeeeeeeeease, is there somebody out there who thinks I’m cool? No? Oh, well, screw it then. I wouldn’t know Firefly from Frodo. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/58 "2007-12-17T16:27:30Z")
Firefly never gelled for me, though I loved Serenity. I’m not really a great watcher of TV. I’m thoroughly skeptical of AGW. I still approve of the invasion of Iraq and the removal of Saddam; I disagree with but respect Bush’s reasons for staying. I essentially can’t make people laugh. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/59 "2007-12-17T16:35:44Z")
I do not: have a computer at home. use chopsticks. speak another language. have a 10 inch dick. remove my shoes when I get home. have an IQ of 170+. concern myself with how much I should tip. like cats. At all. really care to hear about other folk’s problems. give a shit about reality shows. care about banner ads. watch Buffy, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Futurama or what ever show is the “cool-show-du-jour”. want to try bacon salt. I’d rather just eat bacon instead. have any interest in what you’re reading. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/60 "2007-12-17T17:07:27Z")
I love this guy ☹ and this guy :eek: and sometimes even this guy :smack:. I hate the words _meme_ and _hegemony_. Political debate bores the living crap out of me. I think, or at least hope there is _something_ after death. **Kuboydal** , I like bad dogs, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289.md?page=4)