# Does this forum base classify people as "regs" or "newfags?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877 "2012-07-11T07:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Lizard\_of\_Oz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@The\_Lizard\_of\_Oz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lizard_of_Oz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/1 "2012-07-11T07:04:28Z")
Every single forum base I’ve been to has, and I swear, if this site does, I… I don’t know what I’ll do. I’ll obliterate you all with a laser gun and lots of mirrors. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/2 "2012-07-11T07:39:26Z")
You sound hungry. To answer your question though, no and no. Welcome, assuming you’re friendly. Also, requests may be made of you to bring pie. Expect that. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/3 "2012-07-11T07:42:03Z")
I’ve never heard those terms, and wouldn’t want to hang out any place they were used. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/4 "2012-07-11T07:42:42Z")
Drop and give me twenty, or you get the paddle. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/5 "2012-07-11T07:43:15Z")
No. Guess I’m a “regfag.” ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/6 "2012-07-11T07:44:03Z")
Hi The Lizard of Oz I did a search on our site [last time someone used newfags was 2008](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=8266890) regs is a bit short to do a search query did this help? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/7 "2012-07-11T07:51:08Z")
We didn’t, until you came and suggested it. So… welcome, and congrats on being this board’s very first newfag! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/8 "2012-07-11T07:58:47Z")
You’re one to talk **voltaire**. '99? You’re barely a currentfag ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/9 "2012-07-11T07:59:22Z")
> [@The\_Lizard\_of\_Oz](#): > > I’ll obliterate you all with a laser gun and lots of mirrors. we use 1920’s Death Rays‎ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/10 "2012-07-11T10:44:54Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > We didn’t, until you came and suggested it. > > So… welcome, and congrats on being this board’s very first newfag! 😛 Does one need to be a fag before being a newfag or are the two terms independent? I’m afraid I know a lot more about New FAQs than newfags, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/11 "2012-07-11T11:05:24Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > we use 1920’s Death Rays‎ He changed his name. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/12 "2012-07-11T11:06:00Z")
You must be a regular from 4chan. No, we don’t really classify each other here as those things (or anything). ---
**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:** [July 11, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/13 "2012-07-11T11:19:18Z")
Mostly we categorize people by whether they are idiots or not. We need more posting history to make that determination. I myself am an “oldfart” or “venerable mossback” on this board. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/14 "2012-07-11T11:25:32Z")
So, are you an idiot? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/15 "2012-07-11T12:30:56Z")
Here we’re either “smart and hip”, or a “total dipstick”. Like Heisenberg, though, to find out which one you are is to risk your category thereby being changed. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/16 "2012-07-11T12:34:40Z")
I would add the OP has registered as a 15 year old girl, so maybe cutting some slack would be okay. Then again, I may be a “Total Dipstick”. (I think I have a new charter thing). ---
**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:** [July 11, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/17 "2012-07-11T13:51:25Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Here we’re either “smart and hip”, or a “total dipstick”. > > Like Heisenberg, though, to find out which one you are is to risk your category thereby being changed. I don’t think it’s that simple; there seem to be any number who manage both. I have bad news for you, **Lizard** - you have no chance of ever being a Charter Fag like me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/18 "2012-07-11T14:01:42Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > He changed his name. But the thread that inspired it is etched in stone. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/19 "2012-07-11T15:03:16Z")
No. We’re adults here. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877/20 "2012-07-11T15:08:24Z")
Says a guy named **Smeghead**! Speak for yourself! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-forum-base-classify-people-as-regs-or-newfags/627877.md?page=2)