# Doper memes that I wish would just go away **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877 "2011-04-27T11:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/101 "2011-04-28T23:35:14Z")
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**Author:** ![ImNotPaulAvery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@ImNotPaulAvery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImNotPaulAvery)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/102 "2011-04-29T05:45:56Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’ll jump right on that. > > “Random poster who I have never heard of” on the net wants me to make all my posts conform to his idiotic biases. > > Check. Nope, I’m just trying to make the argument that reading the same dumb overused memes gets tiresome after a while. Which apparently they do or this thread wouldn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![ImNotPaulAvery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@ImNotPaulAvery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImNotPaulAvery)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/103 "2011-04-29T05:50:16Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Who the heck is PaulAvery? (need answer fast!) The Zodiac movie was playing in the background when I was registering here. A reporter named Paul Avery is threatened by the killer and people in the movie start wearing “I’m not Paul Avery” buttons. Every other name I could think of was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/104 "2011-04-29T08:18:40Z")
**Hal Briston** is our resident MacGregor. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/105 "2011-04-29T08:30:53Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > Instead of “my wife” it’s **Mrs. (my username)** (or **Mr. (my username)**) > > It makes me cringe when people do that. Just say “my husband” and stop trying to be cute. I find this far, far preferable to the poster indulging in some kind of unique cutesy inside joke in their marriage, like referring to her husband as “ **Himself** ” as some kind of proper name over and over and fucking over again. Thrusting that kind of wink and wry grin in my face like that makes me want to punch someone else’s. (Especially after others say, wtf, and the poster says “tee hee, that’s our little inside joke” and then goes on _to keep doing it_ in a dozen more posts. C’mere, you wanna wink, I’ll give you a permanent wink.) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/106 "2011-04-29T10:38:19Z")
> [@ImNotPaulAvery](#): > > … or this thread wouldn’t exist. Um, wait… if a thread exists on the Dope, it means the subject is true and valid? You’re new here ain’tcha? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/107 "2011-04-29T13:51:20Z")
The subject of this thread is true and valid. Because I said so. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/108 "2011-04-29T13:59:08Z")
So if I start a thread on something that is not true and valid, and I say that it isn’t true or valid, but the existance of the thread makes it true and valid, does that makes me God? Or just confused? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/109 "2011-04-29T15:24:10Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > That’s a Scott Adams thing, not an SDMB thing. It’s still extremely tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/110 "2011-04-29T15:50:51Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > The subject of this thread is true and valid. > > Because I said so. Good enough for me! ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/111 "2011-04-29T15:53:00Z")
I hate when people use letters in lieu of names to protect the names of people they’re talking about. For instance, someone will post something like “My friend, whom I’ll refer to as K, dated my childhood best friend–who I’ll call B–and then they broke up and B married his cousin’s neighor’s sister-in-law, who will be referred to as Z in the rest of this post…” WTF? Why not make up names and spare us these random, genderless letters that make it that much more difficult to follow a story that is rambling to begin with? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/112 "2011-04-29T16:46:37Z")
And then there’s the inverse – when they say something like “let me tell you the story of someone I’m going to call Bob. Because that’s his name.” ---
**Author:** ![Phoebestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phoebestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoebestar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/113 "2011-04-29T17:31:26Z")
Regarding the cow-orker usage > [@Morbo](#): > > That’s a Scott Adams thing, not an SDMB thing. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-302568.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-302568.html) It’s a usenet thing, predating Scott Adams’ usage. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/114 "2011-04-29T17:42:14Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Ewe first. Aw **twicks** , have a hart. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/115 "2011-04-29T18:05:18Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I wanted to make a post doing exactly what you are complaining of, but my then my head exploded. Thank you for restraining yourself. I mean that sincerely. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/116 "2011-04-29T18:27:22Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I find this far, far preferable to the poster indulging in some kind of unique cutesy inside joke in their marriage, like referring to her husband as “ **Himself** ” as some kind of proper name over and over and fucking over again. Thrusting that kind of wink and wry grin in my face like that makes me want to punch someone else’s. (Especially after others say, wtf, and the poster says “tee hee, that’s our little inside joke” and then goes on _to keep doing it_ in a dozen more posts. C’mere, you wanna wink, I’ll give you a permanent wink.) I don’t mind the modification of the username for people’s significant others. It’s the fucking DH that makes me want to rip the face off that poster. DH is is Designated Hitter, not that fucking Dearest Husband stupid shit off some moronic relationship message board. Gack! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/117 "2011-04-29T18:29:45Z")
Except in political threads, in which it stands for Designated Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/118 "2011-04-29T18:34:13Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I think it is actually a dragon in the garage. And I think he is usually purple. It comes up regularly when religion is discussed, and it goes something like this: > > Shirley: “How can you be certain there is no God?” > mmm Curley: “Shirley, you can’t be serious?!” ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/119 "2011-04-29T18:36:19Z")
Oddly, most of these things don’t bug me at all. I say “oddly” because usually most things do bug me. The “penis ensues” one does irritate me though. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/120 "2011-04-29T19:09:39Z")
Mr. or Mrs. **Username** doesn’t bug me, but “the wife” instead of “my wife” does. A little. Oh, and somebody used to use She Who Must Be Obeyed. Yeah, hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877.md?page=7)