# Damn the previous poster with faint praise **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207 "2006-12-22T10:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/341 "2006-12-29T00:24:47Z")
I sea that you grammer have approved grately, Dahfisheroo. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/342 "2006-12-29T00:33:32Z")
**Liberal’s** attempt at humor is preferable to a painful rectal itch. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/343 "2006-12-29T00:48:30Z")
I had such high hopes for **swampbear.** ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/344 "2006-12-29T01:22:16Z")
Shosana is obviously an optimist to entertain such hopes, even if she was high… FML ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/345 "2006-12-29T01:23:55Z")
Shoshana is obviously an optimist to entertain such hopes, even if she was high… FML My appologies about the misspelling… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/346 "2006-12-29T01:39:08Z")
It’s great that **Full Metal Lotus** picks up so quickly on his/her own failings! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/347 "2006-12-29T01:57:49Z")
I wish I had been named by a stutterer. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/348 "2006-12-29T02:32:37Z")
I think it’s totally cool that “ **Liberal** ” contains “bile.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/349 "2006-12-29T03:50:47Z")
**Shoshana** ’s ability to extract anagrams from usernames is second only to… uh… lessee now… OK, I guess it’s her principal attribute. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/350 "2006-12-29T05:06:53Z")
It took less than an hour for \*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\* to come up wth that…response. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/351 "2006-12-29T05:13:50Z")
Dr. Rieux is perfectly adequate at spotting the obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/352 "2006-12-29T06:27:54Z")
**Scribble** is perfectly adequate at spotting. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/353 "2006-12-29T06:39:01Z")
**Featherlou** is \*this \* close to being perfectly adequate. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/354 "2006-12-29T06:50:56Z")
\*\*Dr. Rieux \*\*posts in many threads in short order. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/355 "2006-12-29T07:20:44Z")
The amount of progress that Shoshana’s made in her personal life is really quite amazing. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/356 "2006-12-29T12:04:43Z")
**Scribble** rarely scares children and small dogs these days. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/357 "2006-12-29T12:24:08Z")
What can I say about **swampbear** that hasn’t already been said? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/358 "2006-12-29T14:04:29Z")
**Chez Guevara** is a nice username. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/359 "2006-12-29T14:08:35Z")
**Uncommon Sense** needs no introduction. His rap sheet says it all. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/360 "2006-12-29T14:21:40Z")
Whereas any other person would give up and resign themselves to their fate, **Dr. Rieux** never stops trying to contribute an original thought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=19)