# Ever meet a Doper and not know it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-doper-and-not-know-it/78458 "2001-08-28T02:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-doper-and-not-know-it/78458/1 "2001-08-28T02:17:26Z")
I’ve seen a lot of threads about Dopefests and people on the board planning to get together. So I got curious: anyone ever meet someone and later find out they visit the Straight Dope? You know, sort of “You’re on the SDMB? I’m **RandomNumbersAndLetters**!” “Really? I’m **PretentiousLiteraryReference**!” That sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-doper-and-not-know-it/78458/2 "2001-08-28T02:34:24Z")
Ya know, that is funny. I have not met a doper without knowing it however I have often thought that one day I will be out in public and doing something rude, get online and find a story about what I did in the pit! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-doper-and-not-know-it/78458/3 "2001-08-28T02:40:10Z")
Odd coinkydink – listening to one of the afternoon talk guy on the radio here today, he referenced a personal story told by someone here on one of the threads. Not sure if that means the DJ is a member (or more likely a lurker), or if the story told by the poster was actually an urban legend being retold. I’m going to check out both scenarios and get back… Paul ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-doper-and-not-know-it/78458/4 "2001-08-28T02:48:54Z")
Weirddave came to visit me at IKEA last summer, and I had no idea who he was for about three minutes. Not quite what you asked, but oh well. I was mentioning the board to a buddy at work when he first started, and he said he had read the message boards a few months before but never signed up because he didn’t have time to post. Once, I was convinced that a certain poster was a boss of mine at work. The poster’s name was eerily similar to the manager’s, and a lot of the stuff the poster said reminded me of him. He even argued with me for a few posts about an issue I knew my manager and I disagreed on. It freaked me out for a while, but I’m pretty sure now it isn’t him. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-meet-a-doper-and-not-know-it/78458/5 "2001-08-28T02:50:23Z")
No, but I did see someone bring up the jarbaby “colorful word for body part” + “hardware” = “creative insult” formula on another forum today. Said a friend had told him about it. So somewhere in the world, it seems a Doper called a member of the Warren Ellis Forum a “twatlevel” or something, and the meme is spreading like wildfire. If this gets big, jarbaby (if you’re reading this), can I tell people I know you?