# Do you remember who you argue with in SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392 "2007-05-09T14:43:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 9, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/21 "2007-05-09T15:59:14Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Some as I enjoy their writings, some for the excellent knowledge they usually impart and **at least one to see what stupid thing his Op is about this time.** [/QUOTE] Hey! I resemble that remark! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/22 "2007-05-09T16:00:50Z")
I tend to not get in arguments on here. Out of all the people I’ve interacted with there is only one that I would never respond to on here again. I’m not sure they actually post anymore though, so it might be a moot point. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/23 "2007-05-09T16:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Hey! I resemble that remark! 😃 [/QUOTE] No, you are firmly in the category of someone I enjoy arguing with and talking to. The level of stupidity I am talking about is much lower than ours. 😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/24 "2007-05-09T16:09:30Z")
I see a lot of folks interpreted my OP as being strictly focused on the negative; just about people you argue with. It may have come across that way because I shortened the thread title. I meant to include people you agree with, too. There are certainly a few people whose posts I go out of my way to read (several have already posted in this thread), and a few I avoid, but the vast majority of the time I really can’t remember the history. I honestly don’t know whether **Mangetout** has outdoor cats or whether **Anaamika** votes a straight party ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/25 "2007-05-09T16:13:26Z")
I can finish reading a book and start reading it again without remembering how it goes. This means I don’t really have too much of an opinion about the vast majority of posters. In fact, I normally don’t read the name of the poster when I am going through a thread, unless I am very confused and trying to make some sense of where an argument is going). That said, there is a handful of regulars here who live in a cloud of general positive feeling, although I cannot tell what is it that I like about them. And there are two members who I learned to remember so I don’t get baited by them into stupid arguments. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/26 "2007-05-09T16:14:18Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] I see a lot of folks interpreted my OP as being strictly focused on the negative; just about people you argue with. It may have come across that way because I shortened the thread title. I meant to include people you agree with, too. [/QUOTE] Oh, well in that case, certainly. For example, **silenus** is a local and a Dodger fan, so I always note whatever he posts with great respect and admiration. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/27 "2007-05-09T16:18:05Z")
And I notice your posts simply because I’m a huge Isaac Asimov fan. 😉 There are definitely usernames that stand out, but I often can’t remember anything important about the person behind the name. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/28 "2007-05-09T16:22:14Z")
I’ll rarely even read the names in a thread, unless they garner a visceral reaction (like someone mentioning that they like living in New Jersey, or that Albany is in New York when we all know it’s a Canadian city, or some other foolishness like that). Many very high post count posters fly under my personal radar, unless they hit a subject that has caused a ruckus. For example, I caught a glance of a poster name in the City of Heroes thread that surprised me; I really only notice that poster when s/he’s beating his/her common dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/29 "2007-05-09T16:24:48Z")
Has **Kalhoun** checked in yet??? Heh, Heh… Just kidding! The little shit and I are like this {crosses fingers} 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/30 "2007-05-09T16:41:04Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] And I notice your posts simply because I’m a huge Isaac Asimov fan. 😉 [/QUOTE] Oh, crap. I didn’t think anyone actually _noticed_ me here. Now I’ve got to start coming up with intelligent stuff to say. Um… … … … … Crap. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/31 "2007-05-09T16:51:31Z")
The only person who I can remember distinctly is Liberal, and that’s because his name is descriptive of his beliefs. Other than that, everybody else just sort of blends together. Sorry, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/32 "2007-05-09T17:03:22Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] I honestly don’t know whether **Mangetout** has outdoor cats or whether **Anaamika** votes a straight party ticket. [/QUOTE] Well, that _would_ be a tough one since I don’t think I’ve ever flat-out stated which way I vote regularly on the boards. Especially since I don’t vote one way regularly! 🙂 > [@D\_Odds](#): > > (like someone mentioning that they like living in New Jersey, or that Albany is in New York when we all know it’s a Canadian city, or some other foolishness like that). HEY! _I_ resemble that remark! Them’s fightin’ words! ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/33 "2007-05-09T17:10:19Z")
Being a guest with few posts I can’t respond to the question,fairly. But I have been reading the SDMB for perhaps a year,and usually read everything,with some exceptions. I’ve noted that posters who have intense arguments in some threads don’t seem to carry the baggage to another,though a Pit thread will bring out long standing grudges. More heartening is the oft realisation that the discourse has revealed a “worthy adversary” and maybe even a neccesary foil. There appears to be a feud that’s personality based (IMO) ongoing between two posters in particular, vitriol out of proportion to statements made.They are both pretty articulate too,surprisingly. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/34 "2007-05-09T17:14:49Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] HEY! _I_ resemble that remark! Them’s fightin’ words! [/QUOTE] Who’re you, again? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/35 "2007-05-09T17:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=Carson O’Genic] More heartening is the oft realisation that the discourse has revealed a “worthy adversary” and maybe even a neccesary foil. [/QUOTE] _They called me…Mr Glass!!_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/36 "2007-05-09T17:18:46Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] Who’re you, again? 😉 [/QUOTE] I live in YOUR capital city and WE make the budget. So nyah, nyah, nyah. (Yeah right, like we ever have a chance of denying NYC anything!) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/37 "2007-05-09T17:33:56Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I live in YOUR capital city and WE make the budget. So nyah, nyah, nyah. (Yeah right, like we ever have a chance of denying NYC anything!) [/QUOTE] You’re in Gracie Mansion (someone has to live there as Bloomberg doesn’t) and help Mike out with budget? And Albany has been doing a bang-up job of denying NYC education funds, so much so that we had to sue for it, win, and _still_ have to fight for the funds. And let’s not even discuss the per capita disparity in mass transit funds between NYC and any suburbian rail. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/38 "2007-05-09T17:40:00Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] You’re in Gracie Mansion (someone has to live there as Bloomberg doesn’t) and help Mike out with budget? And Albany has been doing a bang-up job of denying NYC education funds, so much so that we had to sue for it, win, and _still_ have to fight for the funds. And let’s not even discuss the per capita disparity in mass transit funds between NYC and any suburbian rail. [/QUOTE] Boy, this turned dark really fast. I’ll speak to Mike next time I see him, I promise! (Yeah right.) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/39 "2007-05-09T17:44:24Z")
No more griping about you pseudo-Canadians, I promise! Although considering how much travelling Mike does, you’re just as likely to meet him as I am. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392/40 "2007-05-09T17:47:55Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] No more griping about you pseudo-Canadians, I promise! Although considering how much travelling Mike does, you’re just as likely to meet him as I am. [/QUOTE] I have to admit, I do say ‘Eh’! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-who-you-argue-with-in-sdmb/403392.md?page=3)