# Do you want me to join SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676 "2008-01-31T03:52:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/41 "2008-01-31T09:05:08Z")
Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/42 "2008-01-31T09:09:40Z")
If I had asked this question and received this response I would join just to spite the bastards who didn’t want me to. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/43 "2008-01-31T09:20:23Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] If I had asked this question and received this response I would join just to spite the bastards who didn’t want me to. [/QUOTE] But would you have asked the question? Its not like the OP needs anyone’s permission to pay up and join. It doesn’t matter whether the majority of folks thinks he’s a cool guy or an imbecile. I wouldn’t spend 15 bucks to spite some people I’ve only interacted with on a message board, but thats me. (and how much of a jab can it be? Its not like people will go 'Aw NO! 2.5 inches joined! that jerk!". Especially when they don’t have to read any of his posts in the first place) ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/44 "2008-01-31T10:56:15Z")
It’s a community, and it needs all sorts (would be kind of boring without). Join if you’d like. But this society, like the broader one, needs a certain set of rules to function - so only join if you are happy to live within those rules. Otherwise you stand to flush those 15 bukkers pretty quickly! ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/45 "2008-01-31T12:43:09Z")
I was looking through my attic the other day and I found a whole big bag of attention that I had forgotten all about. So, I thought, since I have all the attention I need right now, why don’t I do the charitable thing and give all this attention to someone who is desperately in need of it. Someone who is so pitifully in need that they are willing to go to great lengths to get even a meager smidgen of attention. The kind of person whose antics in search of a daily crumb of attention makes you sad, thinking about the kind of life, or absence of one that poor soul must have. You’ve convinced me that you’re the most needy. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/46 "2008-01-31T12:44:46Z")
I wish there was a way for me to express how little I actually give a fuck without staying out of the thread entirely. All I can say is this: imagine that everyone of the thousands of people who doesn’t respond to your stupid poll doesn’t give any fuck whatsoever. That’s how much you register. Consider me in that group, but I took one for the team to enter your thread and post it. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/47 "2008-01-31T12:47:29Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] I wish there was a way for me to express how little I actually give a fuck without staying out of the thread entirely. All I can say is this: imagine that everyone of the thousands of people who doesn’t respond to your stupid poll doesn’t give any fuck whatsoever. That’s how much you register. Consider me in that group, but I took one for the team to enter your thread and post it. [/QUOTE] All I can say, for the silent TM are “thanks, man.” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/48 "2008-01-31T12:48:32Z")
Give the guy some credit, he’s a lot more fun than a _Fun Size Mars Bar_ - two and a half inches, sheer bloody luxury. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/49 "2008-01-31T13:02:54Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] I love how this innocuous thread was moved to the Pit within _one minute_ of it being posted. [/QUOTE] I could have closed the thread for attention-whoring; pulled the plug on the OP’s SDMB career for trolling; or moved the thread here. Should I have emailed you and asked if any of those met your exacting standards for message board moderation? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/50 "2008-01-31T13:09:45Z")
[QUOTE=JonScribe] You answered your own question when you asked it. If you need more guidance that that, consult your Magic 8 Ball. [/QUOTE] I consulted my magic 8 ball \ and it says that it’s time to get another 8 ball \ ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/51 "2008-01-31T13:21:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I consulted my magic 8 ball \ and it says that it’s time to get another 8 ball \ [/QUOTE] I hate to be the one to tell you, but I hear on the street that your magic 8 ball has been providing guidance to anyone with a spare $20. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/52 "2008-01-31T13:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Okay I embark to create a reply of massive TLDR proportions, let us begin. [/QUOTE] TLDR = **T** he **L** ord of **D** a **R** ings? As for the OP: sure, why not? If we had no ignorance to fight we’d just fall apart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/53 "2008-01-31T13:36:41Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] I could have closed the thread for attention-whoring; pulled the plug on the OP’s SDMB career for trolling; or moved the thread here. [/QUOTE] **2.5 inches of fun** , you’ve pissed them off. You’ve pissed the members off. Hell, you’ve pissed me off, but I will continue to attempt to appeal for your continued membership. I already said I don’t give a shit about your $15. I am only interested in the potential for an interesting new member. Do you understand why fingers are hovering over the ban button? ETA: [QUOTE=Astroboy14] TLDR = **T** he **L** ord of **D** a **R** ings? [/QUOTE] **T** oo **l** ong **d** idn’t **r** ead. It’s one of those fun internet abbreviations. Basically I was warning all my friends with short attention spans to skip my post altogether. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/54 "2008-01-31T13:44:25Z")
Hmm, sorry, I thought the abbreviation was less obscure. [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/TLDR](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/TLDR) I hate it when I get confused by one I haven’t seen before too. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/55 "2008-01-31T13:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Moved from IMHO to the Pit. [/QUOTE] There’s the answer right there. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/56 "2008-01-31T14:21:23Z")
Dear Diary, Two and a Half Inches of Fun finally asked me! I’ve been playing coy for weeks, not wanting to appear too eager, but all the while secretly anguished. I wondered: was Two and a Half Inches of Fun just playing around, or would he finally make a committment to us? Oh Diary, how I’ve agonized over that question. And now he’s asked me! He’s _asked_ me! Joy! Rapture! Oh, what should I say? I want to say “yes,” but I don’t want to jump at the offer like I’ve just been _waiting_ to say “yes.” Oh, what should I do? spoke- P.S. Diary, I am still having the little problem I mentioned last week. Maybe I should have less cucumber in my diet? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/57 "2008-01-31T14:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Dear Diary, Two and a Half Inches of Fun finally asked me! I’ve been playing coy for weeks, not wanting to appear too eager, but all the while secretly anguished. I wondered: was Two and a Half Inches of Fun just playing around, or would he finally make a committment to us? Oh Diary, how I’ve agonized over that question. And now he’s asked me! He’s _asked_ me! Joy! Rapture! Oh, what should I say? I want to say “yes,” but I don’t want to jump at the offer like I’ve just been _waiting_ to say “yes.” Oh, what should I do? spoke- P.S. Diary, I am still having the little problem I mentioned last week. Maybe I should have less cucumber in my diet? [/QUOTE] Nothing says mocking like Comic Sans. That was very funny **spoke-** ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/58 "2008-01-31T14:30:19Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] That was very funny **spoke-** [/QUOTE] I wanted to say that dang it. I was just afriad of too much sarcasm in this thread so it would be taken the wrong way. One of these days we’ll all be serious, and then… kaboom. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/59 "2008-01-31T14:31:09Z")
Of course I would like you to join. Unlike apparently many other members, if for some reason I decide I dislike you and/or your posting style, I can simply not make the effort to read your posts. I think there’s even a feature of the board software that will ignore you for me automatically, but I’ve never used it; I find simply not reading what I’m not interested in is more than adequate. There’s pretty much no risk involved, for me, to welcome you with open arms. As others have already noted though, if you get banned you don’t get a refund, so you should get a good idea that you’d like to use the board while operating under its rules and culture, if losing the sign up fee is something you’d be concerned about. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676/60 "2008-01-31T14:38:25Z")
Only if you promise to start more of your “Is Yemen a democracy” and “some author no one including me has ever heard of has a new book out” type threads. And for the love of god, please tell us the meaning of your name! I got no sleep last night trying ot figure it out, and now I’m a wreck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-me-to-join-sdmb/435676.md?page=4)