# Dopers an apology **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263 "2003-02-06T18:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/1 "2003-02-06T18:27:16Z")
Guys an apology. I have been an Idiot and self appriciating geek.:smack: I will take a break from starting threads. But I will continue to post in GD & GQ. I hope you can forgive me. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/2 "2003-02-06T18:39:45Z")
[The Prophet](http://www.columbia.edu/~gm84/gibtable.html) > [@](#): > > And then a scholar said, “Speak of Talking.” > > And he answered, saying: > > You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; > > And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. > > And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. > > For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. > > There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone. > > The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape. > > And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand. > > And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words. _Kahlil Gibran_ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/3 "2003-02-06T18:44:21Z")
Sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![EVO95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@EVO95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVO95)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/4 "2003-02-06T18:54:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*an Idiot and self appriciating geek.:smack: > \*\* Here? At the SDMB? Unheard of. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/5 "2003-02-06T19:01:28Z")
You words prove you are no idiot. Cheers, Bippy (who disspite starting that pit thread, does like your online personality) ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/6 "2003-02-06T19:03:03Z")
I am experiencing the strangest case of _deja vu_ right now… ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/7 "2003-02-06T19:11:31Z")
Well, mildly annoying behavior has been observed in many people. (Not me, of course. I would never do anything like that.) Most, however, refuse to acknowledge it. You have. Good show. See ya around. **Bippy** , mayhap you’d care to email a mod to close the aforementioned Pit thread? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/8 "2003-02-06T19:17:33Z")
I am experiencein the strangest case of _deja vu_ right now… ACK!!! Just kidding, **BNB** , I think I recall what you are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/9 "2003-02-06T19:20:18Z")
… and then the oral sex. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/10 "2003-02-06T19:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\*I am experiencing the strangest case of _deja vu_ right now… \*\* [You ain’t the only one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148737) So I did a search on all of Ryan’s posts to see how many apologies have been issued in the past. Quite a few. It’s a shame actually. Ryan has had quite a number of well writen, thoughtful, intelligent posts and threads he started, but everytime one of those “What about me…What about Ryan” threads come up, I immediately forget about them all. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/11 "2003-02-06T20:11:01Z")
Can someone give me a Live Journal code? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/12 "2003-02-06T21:33:07Z")
Sure. Here’s a code for you. y5jeeaaa86he ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/13 "2003-02-07T03:30:16Z")
::cue heavenly music:: All hail **Francesca** , our new deity. [sub]That’s RYAN’S CODE! DON’T TAKE IT FROM HIM![/SUB] ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/14 "2003-02-07T04:21:09Z")
Well techincally you started a thread to apologize for starting threads… Just kidding with ya. Really, you’ve been great, I find your posts to be very useful, insightful and smart. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-an-apology/153263/15 "2003-02-08T23:10:33Z")
“Good judgement comes from experience. The best experience comes from bad judgement.” –The humorist I thought wrote that probably stole it from somebody else.