# Doper of the Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248 "2002-12-21T18:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/1 "2002-12-21T18:55:09Z")
This thread is about something that was brought up in another thread, and about a comment I made in jest, which got me thinking. Has the SDMB ever had an “awards” type thread? Where certain individuals get the honor of something? Example: Smartest Doper comments:\_\_\_\_\_ Best Debating Doper:\_\_\_\_\_\_ Best Witnessing Doper:\_\_\_\_\_\_ Most thought-provoking doper:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Funniest doper:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Doper whose sanity is most in question:\_\_\_\_\_\_ Rookie Doper of the Year:\_\_\_\_\_\_ If we haven’t, then I say we have one. There would be no actual prizes, just the honor of being able to add “Doper of …” to one’s signature. We could come up with categories, people would get nominated, and then a vote would be in order. What do you all think? Am I of slow, drooling mental intellect, or does this idea have some promise? Mods, can this be achieved? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/2 "2002-12-21T18:56:46Z")
Mods, can you get rid of those \*\*s? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/3 "2002-12-21T19:02:13Z")
I think this is A Bad Idea®. These things quickly snowball into popularity contests. People are excluded or ignored. Feelings get hurt. People sulk. Nothing useful is accomplished. No good can come of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/4 "2002-12-21T19:03:42Z")
yeah Mermaid, you all laughed in my face when I got nominated. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/5 "2002-12-21T19:04:19Z")
Well maybe we could put qualifiers on it. Like you have to have examples or whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/6 "2002-12-21T19:06:36Z")
**Kwijibo** won the favorite little guy award a while back. I don’t know how official it was though. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/7 "2002-12-21T19:08:09Z")
Kwijibo also accused me of being a troll (sorry for being a whinge, but it brings back memories) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/8 "2002-12-21T19:08:36Z")
Before anyone has the chance to cry “sour grapes” Being as how I am rarely mentioned in “who is the hottest, smartest, sexiest, etc doper” contests you may be right. Hey maybe I can run for Bitterest Doper of the Year??? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/9 "2002-12-21T19:09:27Z")
Can I be close second? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/10 "2002-12-21T19:10:36Z")
[Barbra Streisand] Memmmmmmmmories light the corner of my mind! 😃 [/Barbra Streisand] (Meatros, take my advice, dear. Drop it like a hot potato. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/11 "2002-12-21T19:12:36Z")
This would be too much work for me. Sometimes I am here frequently, and sometimes I am rarely here. [Yes, profound!] ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/12 "2002-12-21T19:12:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*[Barbra Streisand] > > Memmmmmmmmories light the corner of my mind! 😃 > > [/Barbra Streisand] > > (Meatros, take my advice, dear. Drop it like a hot potato. ;)) \*\* I admit, I haven’t thought this thing all the way through yet, that’s what 4 hours of sleep and a heft day at work will do to you, but I’ve been having all sorts of crazy ideas about SDMB today (probably because I am trying in vain to get my mind off of work _while I’m at work_ . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/13 "2002-12-21T19:14:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*yeah Mermaid, you all laughed in my face when I got nominated. \*\* Site? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/14 "2002-12-21T19:15:29Z")
Trust me on this one. I am jumping in to spare you pain and humiliation beyond anything you’ve likely ever known. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/15 "2002-12-21T19:17:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Trust me on this one. I am jumping in to spare you pain and humiliation beyond anything you’ve likely ever known. 🙂 \*\* You know, you are just peaking my curiousity about this, right?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/16 "2002-12-21T19:19:28Z")
Ditto what **Lib** said. You don’t want to go there. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/17 "2002-12-21T19:21:48Z")
Bosda wrote the thread, so just search his name and you’ll find the thread. I can’t do the links properly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/18 "2002-12-21T19:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*Bosda wrote the thread, so just search his name and you’ll find the thread. I can’t do the links properly. \*\* Ok I am going to go out on a limb and assume you are replying to my request for a cite. [This is Bosda’s ode to Ryan Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147536). You will notice that I have not posted to it. If you heard people are laughing at you, it wasn’t me. Not out loud anyway. [The FAQ page is your friend.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?action=faq) ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/19 "2002-12-21T19:41:42Z")
Thanx mermaid, they all seem to be head over heels in love with BZ00000. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248/20 "2002-12-21T19:46:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*Thanx mermaid, they all seem to be head over heels in love with BZ00000. \*\* You’re just jealous:D [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-of-the-year/144248.md?page=2)