# Ego-search **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 25, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950 "2009-01-25T20:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flipbustle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Flipbustle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipbustle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/1 "2009-01-25T20:30:22Z")
How can I find myself ---
**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:** [January 25, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/2 "2009-01-25T20:32:45Z")
Should this be part of the “Existentialism” thread? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/3 "2009-01-25T20:41:22Z")
Reach down. ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/4 "2009-01-25T20:52:08Z")
Google yourself. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/5 "2009-01-25T21:00:18Z")
ctrl-f, type “myself” ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/6 "2009-01-25T21:13:04Z")
Look in the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/7 "2009-01-25T21:57:09Z")
Start in the Blue Ridge Foothills of South Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/8 "2009-01-25T21:57:45Z")
Hand held GPS? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/9 "2009-01-25T22:03:56Z")
Get into a thread that’s going to be locked before it’s locked. You will be forever immortalized. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/10 "2009-01-25T22:37:21Z")
This is simply brilliant. Also, I love myself. Hostile Dialect Hostile Dialect, Narcissist ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/11 "2009-01-25T23:06:32Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Reach down. > [@puppygod](#): > > Google yourself. Now THAT’s funny. So, _thats_ what the kids are calling it these days. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/12 "2009-01-25T23:36:05Z")
> [@Flipbustle](#): > > How can I find myself I’m gonna be charitable and assume you wish to know how to search this board to find out things about yourself, such as your posts, etc. So, I’m moving the thread to _About This Message Board_ (ATMB). If I’m incorrect, and you are searching for your place in life, I’d suggest going to IMHO. **samclem** Moderator, General Questions ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/13 "2009-01-26T00:45:17Z")
Are you wanting to find posts made by you, or any mention of your name in a post, whether yours or someone else’s? If the former: 1.) Click on Search | Advanced Search 2.) Enter your name in the User Name field 3.) Fill out the rest of the search form and click on ‘Search Now’ If the latter: 1.) Click on Search | Advanced Search 2.) Enter your name in the Keyword(s) field (but leave the user name field blank) 3.) Fill out the rest of the search form and click on ‘Search Now’ ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/14 "2009-01-26T04:19:02Z")
Find a forest. Wonder around without any food. Listen to whatever the great spirit of the Raven tells you. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/15 "2009-01-26T04:39:00Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > Find a forest. > > Wonder around without any food. > > Listen to whatever the great spirit of the Raven tells you. If I follow the Great Spirit of the Raven to the middle of the forest, get lost and go mad, does that mean that I have become a Raven idiot? 😕 You can also just click on your user name in the upper right hand part of the screen, then click on statistics and choose either all posts by yourself or all threads started by yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/16 "2009-01-26T14:31:36Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > If I follow the Great Spirit of the Raven to the middle of the forest, get lost and go mad, does that mean that I have become a Raven idiot? 😕 What’s the difference between a raven idiot and a writhing jest? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/17 "2009-01-29T20:19:59Z")
Go find someone you love and tell them “Come and let me look in your eyes”. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/18 "2009-01-29T20:36:22Z")
> [@Flipbustle](#): > > How can I find **myself** Found it! (It’s the one in bold(bolding mine)) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/19 "2009-01-30T19:48:16Z")
I’m not appreciating the direction of this thread. Do not mock me. Or I will give you visions which compel you to do crazy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950/20 "2009-01-30T22:17:13Z")
You dawg. I heard you like finding yourself so I put you in yourself so you can find yourself while you find yourself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ego-search/482950.md?page=2)