# dear god, i've been here since 1999 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388 "2015-08-30T13:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/1 "2015-08-30T13:35:54Z")
give me a medal. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/2 "2015-08-30T13:41:54Z")
JUNE of 1999. Newb. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/3 "2015-08-30T14:05:22Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > JUNE of 1999. > > Newb. Youngster. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/4 "2015-08-30T14:08:18Z")
It’s not unique. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/5 "2015-08-30T14:12:13Z")
Heh, yep. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/6 "2015-08-30T14:22:15Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > JUNE of 1999. > > Newb. Get off my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/7 "2015-08-30T14:43:12Z")
I’m not troubled by the passage of time. Although that “flexes like a whore/falls wanking to the floor” bit gets predicably dreary. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/8 "2015-08-30T14:44:38Z")
And get off of my lawn. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/9 "2015-08-30T14:45:04Z")
You people make me feel so young! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/10 "2015-08-30T14:48:17Z")
I wish I’d been here since 1999. It would be so much easier to judge who is losing their mind the fastest. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/11 "2015-08-30T15:00:29Z")
The mere fact that one has been doing something for a long time does not necessarily mean that they are good it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/12 "2015-08-30T15:09:39Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > The mere fact that one has been doing something for a long time does not necessarily mean that they are good it. > > 😉 At it. See? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/13 "2015-08-30T16:02:32Z")
This Medal’s mine and I’m keeping it. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/14 "2015-08-30T16:18:41Z")
It looks like February of 1999 is as good as it gets: > **[Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest,...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 So far, no takers. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/15 "2015-08-30T16:21:55Z")
Latecomer. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/16 "2015-08-30T16:29:43Z")
And you’re still just a guest bwha ha ha. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/17 "2015-08-30T17:48:07Z")
I’ve been posting since the early 2000s (a couple of different user names). But I was published in the actual newspaper column of the SD in 1994. Top that! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/18 "2015-08-31T14:36:46Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I’ve been posting since the early 2000s (a couple of different user names). But I was published in the actual newspaper column of the SD in 1994. Top that! 🙂 You’re oooooold. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/19 "2015-08-31T16:10:44Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I’ve been posting since the early 2000s (a couple of different user names). But I was published in the actual newspaper column of the SD in 1994. Top that! 🙂 Got a link to that? I’m not doubting, just wanting to ooh and aah at it. QtM, not a '99er, but I did join back in the 20th century. AND was reading the column in the 1970’s in Baltimore’s City Squeeze (later the City Paper). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/20 "2015-08-31T19:03:10Z")
I met Ed Zotti at an orgy in Chicago in 1979. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388.md?page=2)