# Dis poster shoulda toined left.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367 "2013-08-28T03:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuniculus_albuquercus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/1 "2013-08-28T03:36:10Z")
Hi, everyone, long-time lurker, first-time poster. I was gonna write something utterly profound and thought-provoking on this, my inaugural SDMB missive. But the brain ain’t up to “Moby-Dick” tonight, so I’ll just start with “howdy,” and see how far that takes me. Also, I THINK I just read elsewhere that the signature I prepared won’t be seen unless I become a paying subscriber, so I’m going to lay it on you here and now, and then banish it to the archives. See you all on the boards! c.a. “I’m well past debauchery. It depresses me when I fail, and embarrasses everyone else when I try.” --me ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/2 "2013-08-28T03:37:44Z")
> [@cuniculus\_albuquercus](#): > > But the brain ain’t up to “Moby-Dick” tonight Anyway, somebody else already wrote _Moby Dick_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/3 "2013-08-28T03:42:59Z")
_Moby Dick_, sure. But the OP is thinking about _Moby-Dick_, which is the story of Richard Melville Hall’s genitalia. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/4 "2013-08-28T03:53:24Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Anyway, somebody else already wrote _Moby Dick_. Yeah, don’t think you can get away with plagiarizing Led Zeppelin tunes around here. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/5 "2013-08-28T03:58:37Z")
Hi! Howya doin’? ---
**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 28, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/6 "2013-08-28T04:20:28Z")
Welcome, welcome! Would you like a cookie? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/7 "2013-08-28T04:24:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Moby Dick_, sure. But the OP is thinking about _Moby-Dick_, which is the story of Richard Melville Hall’s genitalia. Moby’s tube? I hear it’s all twisty. ---
**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 28, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/8 "2013-08-28T04:28:16Z")
And we can use non-ASCII Unicode characters like ū in our usernames now? Cool! 'Cause I’m totally going to change my username to something like “Þór 菜. McЖеня”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuniculus_albuquercus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/9 "2013-08-28T13:22:38Z")
I would, in fact, like a cookie. Thank you. And yes, apparently these new-fangled character sets are all the rage. All the cool kids are doing it. Thanks for the welcome 🙂 \<=== old-school smiley c.a. edit: dagnabbit, how do I turn off the emoji? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/10 "2013-08-28T13:28:16Z")
Can we call you Ishmael? Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/11 "2013-08-28T18:53:56Z")
Welcome, longtime lurker/new(ish!) joiner! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/12 "2013-08-28T19:48:37Z")
Eskimo. Eskimo. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/13 "2013-08-28T19:58:08Z")
> [@cuniculus\_albuquercus](#): > > I would, in fact, like a cookie. Thank you. > > And yes, apparently these new-fangled character sets are all the rage. All the cool kids are doing it. > > Thanks for the welcome 🙂 \<=== old-school smiley > > c.a. > > edit: dagnabbit, how do I turn off the emoji? Check the box that says, “Disable smilies in text.” 🙂 (This’ll be under Go Advanced, not Quick Reply.) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/14 "2013-08-28T23:12:38Z")
Welcome, **c.a.**! ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/15 "2013-08-29T01:03:31Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Eskimo. Eskimo. Inuit. Inuit. ---
**Author:** ![cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuniculus_albuquercus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dis-poster-shoulda-toined-left/667367/16 "2013-08-29T04:09:39Z")
Cochrane, I’m obliged. 🙂 c.a.