# Everyone Here Is A Doper. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273 "2005-03-19T05:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/21 "2005-03-20T01:16:56Z")
Well, Dopers, it seems to me, as regards this whole redundancy issue and the matter of being long winded when that’s not required, that perhaps we do indeed need to distinguish between – no, sorry, that should be “among”, not “between”, my apologies – Dopers, lurkers, trolls, sock puppets, hackers, people from child-love boards who for some reason have decided to invade the SDMB board, law enforcement agents monitoring the SDMB boards in order to catch and apprehend said interlopers from the child-love boards, and whoever it is perpetrating the recent DOS denial of service attacks. Because I, personally, don’t really want to address my posts to all of the above. No, fellow Dopers, I only want to address my posts to you, my fellow Dopers, the real and true Dopers. Btw, is Cecil a Doper? Or is Cecil the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/22 "2005-03-20T01:58:29Z")
Gosh, I’m sorry I offended all the Dopers. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sinical\_brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sinical\_brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinical_brit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/23 "2005-03-20T02:16:30Z")
So, assuming i have never heard of SD before and do a search for the phrase ‘meet the goat’ i am automatically a doper? racinchikki - what are you talking about? Sin ---
**Author:** ![sinical\_brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sinical\_brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinical_brit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/24 "2005-03-20T02:43:04Z")
So, assuming i have never heard of SD before and do a search for the phrase ‘meet the goat’ i am automatically a doper? racinchikki - what are you talking about? Sin ---
**Author:** ![sinical\_brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sinical\_brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinical_brit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/25 "2005-03-20T03:34:38Z")
Ooops, the hamsters doubled up my post - Mod please delete as appropriate. Ta Sin ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/26 "2005-03-20T03:36:30Z")
> [@racinchikki](#): > > Gosh, I’m sorry I offended all the Dopers. :rolleyes: Hey, who’s offended? We’re just mocking you because we love you. Daniel ---
**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:** [March 20, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/27 "2005-03-20T03:51:25Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > We’re just mocking you because we love you. R - A - C See you real soon! I - N - C See? Told ya! C H I K K I Racinchikki Racinchikki Forever we will wave to Dopers, “Hi!” “Hi!” “Hi!” “Hi!” Who’s the Doper that we love To mock in their Pit thread? R A C I N C C H I K K I (I wasn’t offenced. I merely disagreed.) ;j ---
**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:** [March 20, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/28 "2005-03-20T03:54:07Z")
Hmmm… Remove the C from each line of CHIKKI and it becomes correct and more fluid. See!? If we had an EDIT fuction…! ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/29 "2005-03-20T03:55:33Z")
Yeah, I wasn’t offended either. The pit was lame. It got clowned. No biggie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/30 "2005-03-20T04:31:53Z")
> [@racinchikki](#): > > By definition, if you are reading and posting on this board, you are a Doper. If you’re asking for advice or opinions on this board, every single person who responds to you is going to be a Doper. There is, therefore, no need to specify that you’d like input from Dopers or that you’d like to ask Dopers a question, as there’s no one else here to be giving you input in the first place. > > Not a life-changing issue, of course, but it’s been grating on me lately for some reason. > > dopey dope dope dope, SDMBers! Do you have stairs in your house? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/31 "2005-03-20T11:37:26Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Do you have stairs in your house? Now that’s something truly awful. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/32 "2005-03-20T15:36:04Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Good point! Henceforth, I’ll say, “I’d like to ask folks a question about…” > > No, no, no! That won’t work, because everyone here is folks! Redundancies will not occur if the question is just flat out asked, instead of, “Hey [insert type of person here], I got a question about blah blah blah…” Just ask the question. Because some on the SDMB may consider themselves more of a doper if they’ve been here longer. And if you ask, “Can any dopers help me with this”, may imply, “I’m looking for advice from those with a post count of x,xxx, instead of you newbies helping me”. Or maybe not. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/33 "2005-03-20T15:40:22Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Just ask the question. Because some on the SDMB may consider themselves more of a doper if they’ve been here longer. And if you ask, “Can any dopers help me with this”, may imply, “I’m looking for advice from those with a post count of x,xxx, instead of you newbies helping me”. Or maybe not. 😕 If I say, “Can folks help me with…” will some individuals consider themselves less folksy and thereby not answer? If people are that insanely insecure, I can probably do without their answer. Not because of their postcount, though. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/34 "2005-03-20T17:36:56Z")
Random thought inspired by **Tenar** ’s post _Fnord Prefect_ would be a really cool username. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/35 "2005-03-21T11:48:34Z")
> [@sinical brit](#): > > So, assuming i have never heard of SD before and do a search for the phrase ‘meet the goat’ i am automatically a doper? > > racinchikki - what are you talking about? > > Sin I would like to state that as a female Doper of long standing, I have never met the goat. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/36 "2005-03-21T21:08:21Z")
**rainchikki** , you’re so fine, you’re so fine, you blow my mind, **rainchikki** , **rainchikki** ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/37 "2005-03-21T21:27:23Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Do you have stairs in your house? Perhaps I live in a bungalow without a cellar. How do you know?! Do you have a stillsuit? ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/38 "2005-03-21T22:51:53Z")
> [@sinical brit](#): > > So, assuming i have never heard of SD before and do a search for the phrase ‘meet the goat’ i am automatically a doper? > > racinchikki - what are you talking about? > > Sin More like what are you _you_ talking about, and what do I have to smoke, imbibe or ingest before I understand it? “Meet the goat?” WTF? And if you’ve never heard of SD before, do a search for “meet the goat” (whatever the hell that means) and consequently sign up for the SDMB - then yes, you’re a doper, the act of signing up for the message board confers that status upon you. Also, re: **Bippy** ’s post… why do so many people not notice the c in my name? ---
**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:** [March 21, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/39 "2005-03-21T23:06:24Z")
[QUOTE=racinchikki Also, re: **Bippy** ’s post… why do so many people not notice the c in my name?[/QUOTE] I added one. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273/40 "2005-03-22T01:05:43Z")
> [@racinchikki](#): > > Also, re: **Bippy** ’s post… why do so many people not notice the c in my name? It is a hamster conspiracy! Really, I chose reply to your post, then deleted the quote= and the post. Put Bold round your name, and still the **c** got removed. **racinchikki** you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow our minds. Maybe it was the same cosmic anomaly that caused me to use the correct form of your / you’re ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-here-is-a-doper/295273.md?page=1)