# Finally decided to join in (newbie) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915 "2012-08-18T23:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mattie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/1 "2012-08-18T23:38:37Z")
Greetings one and all. I finally decided to jump in to the deep end of the pool. I’ve lurked on this message board for over a decade and admired all the smart, witty postings. Because of you all, I’m the proud owner of a diva cup, consider myself one of Eve’s minions, and find relief that I am not the only one fascinated by pimple popping threads even if it does cause me to gag occasionally. Personal info: Female, 53, happily married, no kids, atheist, liberal, living in rural northeast Missouri. Enjoy reading, swimming, gardening, Joss Whedon, and jogging, which in my case is more of a slow trot. Okay - bring on the goat! (It is still just a goat, isn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/2 "2012-08-18T23:49:26Z")
First things first: Are you in a wheelchair or typing blind? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/3 "2012-08-18T23:53:59Z")
I think a squid is involved too and my bees are not too discriminating either. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/4 "2012-08-19T00:00:43Z")
> [@Farmer\_Jane](#): > > First things first: Are you in a wheelchair or typing blind? Ok, that was funny. Welcome aboard! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/5 "2012-08-19T00:12:09Z")
A liberal atheist who enjoys reading? It’s about time we got that perspective here. ---
**Author:** ![Mattie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/6 "2012-08-19T00:43:49Z")
Yeah, I don’t quite hit the narrow end of the bell curve around here, do I? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/7 "2012-08-19T01:09:39Z")
Hello Mattie Blue. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/8 "2012-08-19T01:27:10Z")
Hello Mattie! You’ve been lurking longer than I’ve known this place existed, but welcome! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/9 "2012-08-19T01:37:55Z")
OK, corn on the cob - around or across? Ketchup on hot dogs? Welcome! I am like you and lurked for a long time before joining the fray earlier this year. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/10 "2012-08-19T01:38:07Z")
And here I thought I’d been hesitant, lurking for a year before I signed up. That’s some dedication. Hi! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/11 "2012-08-19T01:51:48Z")
Hello Mattie Blue. Welcome to the dope. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/12 "2012-08-19T02:18:27Z")
> [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > Hello Mattie! You’ve been lurking longer than I’ve known this place existed, but welcome! 🙂 Holy crap, me too! That is some _serious_ dedication, **Mattie Blue**. Glad you finally decided to hop into the pool. Please don’t pee in it … or declaw your cat. Snacks are down the hall to your left. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/13 "2012-08-19T10:53:31Z")
Welcome to the posting side of the Dope, **Mattie Blue**. I’m an over-50, married, childless, atheist, liberal resident of rural southeast MN, so I’m sure we’ll be bitter enemies before long. (What’s with this bizarre obsession you have with physical exercise, eh?) 😛 Congrats on delurking! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/14 "2012-08-19T10:59:04Z")
Never mind what the other guys say. I am the resident male hottie. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/15 "2012-08-19T12:17:27Z")
WELCOME TO THE DOPE! ENJOY YOURSELF. HAVE A NICE TIME. DON’T PET THE SWEATY THINGS AS THEY SAY, UNLESS THAT’S YOUR CUP OF TEA OF COURSE IN WHICH CASE PLEASE DO! BUT ANYWAY I THINK YOU’LL FIT IN JUST FINE, UNLESS YOU DON’T, HEHE, BUT REALLY NOBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT THAT! ARE YOU HOT? HAHA JUST KIDDING. WELCOME! …WELCOME! Oh God I get so nervous at introductions. Think I came on too strong? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/16 "2012-08-19T12:35:45Z")
I wonder if **Autolycus** will come by and welcome you… he’s usually good about that. Wonder where he is? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/17 "2012-08-19T13:27:04Z")
Welcome, welcome! Would you like some ice cream? It’s [del]frisky[/del] fresh! ---
**Author:** ![Mattie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/18 "2012-08-19T21:49:30Z")
Thank you for the warm fuzzies. I will endeavor to make you all proud. Or, at the very least, I’ll try not to piss you off. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/19 "2012-08-19T21:53:56Z")
> [@Mattie\_Blue](#): > > Thank you for the warm fuzzies. I will endeavor to make you all proud. Or, at the very least, I’ll try not to piss you off. About those “warm fuzzies”-if you soak in bath salts for an hour and apply some calamine lotion they should start fading in about a week. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915/20 "2012-08-28T13:57:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > About those “warm fuzzies”-if you soak in bath salts for an hour and apply some calamine lotion they should start fading in about a week. You petted the sweaty things, didn’t you? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-decided-to-join-in-newbie/631915.md?page=2)