# Coming soon: Post #3,000,000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900 "2003-03-04T01:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/1 "2003-03-04T01:41:33Z")
Who will make it, and how are we going to celebrate? I’m thinking a cake with 3,000,000 candles. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/2 "2003-03-04T04:37:59Z")
So, how far away are we? Please don’t tell me to do the math. I stink at that.🙂 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/3 "2003-03-04T04:56:06Z")
Man, I remember when **User 10K** came on board, at that was quite the accomplishment. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/4 "2003-03-04T05:00:03Z")
The post counter on the front page is behind, as post number 3,000,000 has already been posted. [Here it is.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=163379) Hover your cursor over the “quote” button to see the post ID. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/5 "2003-03-04T05:14:43Z")
It’s already happened? I was expecting a big banner with ballons dropping, to come across one of my posts YOU ARE THE 3,000,000 POSTER, YOU WIN . Now I’m disappointed. I didn’t get to be the winner.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/6 "2003-03-04T05:46:30Z")
That’s the lonliest 3 millionth post I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/7 "2003-03-04T12:00:30Z")
Wow … the big 3-0 … -0-0 … -0-0 … 1. How’s it feel, **handy**?😉 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/8 "2003-03-04T17:57:16Z")
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/9 "2003-03-04T18:07:16Z")
Holy crap~! 3,000,000 pearls of wisdom all in one place. I feel so special being a part of this place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/10 "2003-03-04T18:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > **3,000,000 pearls of wisdom all in one place.** Ummm, then you’ll have to subtract 1300 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/11 "2003-03-04T18:46:44Z")
Ahh, and to think it was only 10 months ago that I [didn’t](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2100734&highlight=Million#post2100734) post the 2,000,000th post. Mem-o-ries… Happy, the poster previously known as stv ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/12 "2003-03-05T00:09:34Z")
I say the mods lock that thread just so we can keep it preserved and intact for future generations. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/13 "2003-03-05T00:20:22Z")
I think we should be going by count on the main page, not post IDs. As of this post, we’re at: 2,981,593 . ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/14 "2003-03-05T00:32:46Z")
One closer. And it seemed like it was just yesterday we were counting down to 2 Mil. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/15 "2003-03-05T03:04:12Z")
Hell, it seems like just two yesterdays ago we were at under 10K registered users… ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/16 "2003-03-05T04:32:15Z")
If I’m not mistaken, we’re close to thread #200,000. This one is #167,059. Does this deserve a whole new thread? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/17 "2003-03-05T05:05:24Z")
Damn that was uneventful. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/18 "2003-03-05T14:03:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loopus \* > \*\* Hover your cursor over the “quote” button to see the post ID. \*\* That would be the button with the word “Quote” on it, right? 'Cause when I hover, all I get is “Reply w/Quote”. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-post-3-000-000/158900/19 "2003-03-05T14:48:26Z")
Look at the line at the bottom of your browser. It shows the url with the post ID count. hth.