# Dopers who are better than you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-better-than-you/40275>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 8, 2000, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-better-than-you/40275 "2000-11-08T09:26:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-better-than-you/40275/41 "2000-11-10T13:21:37Z")

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I’m 100% Dutch, G. Nome, and thanks for the compliment.  
I take it you’re referring to Lance’s website, then. Why not ask him in an MPSIMS thread?

It’s just that you raise a few eyebrows by posting threads like this in the Pit. Surely, you realise that by now?

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**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-better-than-you/40275/42 "2000-11-10T14:07:28Z")

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I also admire your command of English, and you are right about the raised eyebrows. I don’t think G. Nome has ever been boring.

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-better-than-you/40275/43 "2000-11-10T14:32:06Z")

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The idea of David B Gaudere moderating from a cabin made of earth and wood is pretty funny. Well that’s what I thought of. Maybe it’s a southern hemisphere thing.

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**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-better-than-you/40275/44 "2000-11-10T15:20:53Z")

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Hey! Are you spying on me?!

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**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-better-than-you/40275/45 "2000-11-11T00:13:46Z")

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Well, they’re not coming so I guess I’m going. May be if I put food out or something…

Thank you for the answers. My message board knowledge is far less eclectic now. What I’d really like to read, though, is a print media essay or article on message boards - this one if possible. Are there any to be found?

Coldfire: The von Trapp family at summer camp thing just isn’t me. And I don’t wear uniforms except for special occasions.

Although it has been explained to me (by Ultress et al) that choice of forum is all just a matter of taste I feel I have redeemed my thread a little by my experimental attitude. I have tried to coerce a great debater or general questioner into making just one appearance here and failed. Delicate stomachs, I suppose.

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