# Ever go back an read your earliest SDMB threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560 "2012-05-01T21:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/1 "2012-05-01T21:11:18Z")
Have you ever gone back and read some of your earliest threads? There were some in there I had no memory of starting. I’m looking at them and thinking, “Hey, that’s a darn good question! I wonder what the answer is…” It helps if they were more than 5 years ago or so. For some of us with terrible memories, a couple years will do. Sidebar: I have also done this with past college essays and such. I read them and think “I wrote this? I have never heard of this subject before in my life. Did I pay someone else to write this?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/2 "2012-05-01T21:14:17Z")
I look back at mine fairly often, sometimes giving them a bump. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/3 "2012-05-01T21:20:27Z")
Satan was banned for back and forth with me in one of my earlier threads, so I’ve gone back to that thread a couple of times to look at what happend. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/4 "2012-05-01T21:21:01Z")
Link? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/5 "2012-05-01T21:33:40Z")
I’ve never been one to start many threads, but I’ll occasionally dig up one of the earlier threads I’ve been involved in. I find that there are some folks who have the knack for consistently asking good questions. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/6 "2012-05-01T21:41:13Z")
Never. I first came around here when I was 16. Why would I want to read anything I wrote when I was 16? ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/7 "2012-05-01T22:10:05Z")
No. I am so much wiser now than I was 2 months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/8 "2012-05-01T22:13:18Z")
Rarely. Like RandMcnally, I find little of worth in my earliest threads. My contributions were rarely useful and my thread questions were inane or so poorly asked the resultant info was worthless. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/9 "2012-05-02T00:25:22Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Link? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742) ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/10 "2012-05-02T02:23:43Z")
I joined this board eight years ago as I was just finishing high school. The thoughts I had were scary. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/11 "2012-05-02T02:38:53Z")
I get depressed at seeing how many threads I started that sank like a stone without a single reply. So, yes I’ve done it, but it hasn’t been a joyful experience. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/12 "2012-05-02T02:50:18Z")
Very often I’ve read an old zombie thread and wishing I could go back in time and explain things to those idiots. I’m often gratified to see an earlier version of me saying exactly what I wished I could go back in time to say. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/13 "2012-05-02T02:54:22Z")
I do once in a while. I usually run across them if I’m bored and doing a google search of my email address which was part of my signature when this board first started up since that was my AOL user name. Mostly I’m surprised at how bad my grammar and spelling was back then. Also, for obvious reasons, I asked a lot more questions that related to what I was studying at the time. Now, I’m not all that concerned with Advanced Calculus. Hell, some of those threads I can’t even understand anymore. Seriously, I would have to study my ass off for months to be able to read [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=197603) thread…that _I_ started. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/14 "2012-05-03T16:07:25Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742) Thanks. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/15 "2012-05-03T16:43:00Z")
I think I’d rather be burned with a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/16 "2012-05-03T19:05:38Z")
I’ve done it. I was an idiot back then. Of course, I’m an idiot now so I’m not sure how well I should trust the opinion of an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/17 "2012-05-03T19:40:17Z")
I thought Muffin was a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/18 "2012-05-03T19:47:24Z")
On occasion. I used way too many smilies back then. Although this thread _did_ inspire me to pull up my [retrospective](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=520898), which lead to about an hour of reading back. It also made me realize that I need to find a new web host, stat. My contract with IX Web Hosting expires in six days, and while there’s no way in hell I’m going back with them, I don’t want my tales to suddenly have dead links either (it’s bad enough most of the Littest Briston pic links no longer work, I don’t want things like _I’m Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Sorry_ to lose their punch). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/19 "2012-05-03T19:48:39Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742) Damn! There are several posters currently BANNED in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560/20 "2012-05-03T20:06:13Z")
I was reading through one zombie the other day when I thought “that guy makes good sense” then noticed in was from me. Blush. Turns out, I agree with my own views! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-back-an-read-your-earliest-sdmb-threads/620560.md?page=2)