# Friendless on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308 "2017-08-11T01:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/21 "2017-08-11T15:49:56Z")
[Groucho]I don’t want to be friends with any people who will accept people like me as a friend.[/Marx] ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/22 "2017-08-11T15:51:41Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Friends are good to have around when it’s moving time … I wonder if **Idle Thoughts** owns a pick-up truck? One member of the SDMB has a sig line that says something like "A friend will help you move–a good friend will help you move _a body"._ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/23 "2017-08-11T15:59:16Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > One member of the SDMB has a sig line that says something like > "A friend will help you move–a good friend will help you move _a body"._ :eek: And as I always add to that ---- great friends help you make the body the good friend helps you move. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/24 "2017-08-11T16:12:46Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > You’re a lousy friend if you don’t even know the preferred gender of your ‘special’ friend. > > :D:D I don’t recall seeing the prank posts, but somewhere I got the idea Idle Thoughts was female. Possibly someone who was fooled by the pranks used a feminine pronoun to refer to him and no one corrected the use. Or perhaps they were doing so ironically and I didn’t catch it. > [@Grrr](#): > > We are all quite fond of **Idle Thoughts** here on this board. But as likable as he is, it is a well known fact that **Idle Thoughts** is this board’s local “Friend Slut”. He doesn’t use much discretion when choosing friends. 🙂 I’m gobsmacked! I thought everyone had 900 Friends. ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/26 "2017-08-11T17:36:08Z")
If you put a poster on “ignore”, will they disappear from your “friends” list? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/27 "2017-08-11T17:47:30Z")
[Promo Friends video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45LpOzVcKYw). (SFW) [Old Friends Together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvo5wXD1-sw) (SFW) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/28 "2017-08-11T18:33:38Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > One member of the SDMB has a sig line that says something like > "A friend will help you move–a good friend will help you move _a body"._ :eek: An SDMB Friend helps you move a thread. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/29 "2017-08-11T19:59:53Z")
I never considered the Friends feature until **Idle Thoughts** used it on me. I just look for familiar names from the years I’ve been here, read what they have to say, and maybe respond. They’re all formless, bodyless entities to me until I meet them in rl. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/30 "2017-08-11T20:24:04Z")
**Idle Thoughts** does a great job befriending posters whose posts he has found interesting in the past. After 15 years here he’s my only friend. I don’t think that necessarily means anything though, the concepts of Friend and Like,etc don’t really fit here (thank goodness). ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/31 "2017-08-11T20:27:40Z")
I’m reminded of an MTV commercial from long ago. dtilque: I don’t have any friends. kopek: I’ll be your friend. dtilque: (sigh) I don’t have any _cool_ friends. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/32 "2017-08-11T20:37:30Z")
I just noticed that I have a friend request from **Idle Thoughts**. Finally my dream has come true. I do the dance of joy. **dtilque** , I think this makes us cousins or something. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/33 "2017-08-11T21:40:25Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > I just noticed that I have a friend request from **Idle Thoughts**. Finally my dream has come true. I do the dance of joy. Looks like he’s working hard to get to that 1000 level. I wonder what kind of prize he gets. :cogitates: Well, I just saw an article about a [100-year-old fruitcake](https://www.nzaht.org/pages/100-year-old-fruit-cake-found-in-antarcticas-oldest-building#) they just found in Antarctica. They say it’s almost good enough to eat, which means being frozen improved it. Anyway, we could give him that. > [@](#): > > **dtilque** , I think this makes us cousins or something. Distant cousins, maybe. Not close enough to borrow money if either of us wins one of the two big jackpots currently up for grabs. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/34 "2017-08-11T21:47:14Z")
Idle bribed me into being his friend with promises of a burger. A burger I have yet to receive. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/35 "2017-08-12T23:49:49Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Idle bribed me into being his friend with promises of a burger. A burger I have yet to receive. That’s because you didn’t gladly pay him Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/36 "2017-08-13T10:59:56Z")
Friends will help you move. Good friends will help you move a body. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/37 "2017-08-13T15:50:43Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > One member of the SDMB has a sig line that says something like > "A friend will help you move–a good friend will help you move _a body"._ :eek: > [@kopek](#): > > And as I always add to that ---- great friends help you make the body the good friend helps you move. 😛 > [@Shodan](#): > > An SDMB Friend helps you move a thread. > > Regards, > Shodan > [@cochrane](#): > > Friends will help you move. Good friends will help you move a body. And a great friend will suggest you read the whole thread before posting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/38 "2017-08-13T20:49:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > “It’s the friends you can call up at 4am that matter.” – Marlene Dietrich That’s everyone in London then. And I never really trusted the Californians. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/39 "2017-08-14T15:57:50Z")
I have a friend request pending, but when I try to accept it nothing happens. Technical issue, perhaps? I’ve tried two different browsers and two different computers. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/40 "2017-08-14T16:23:35Z")
It’s unintuitive how it works. When you go to see pending friend requests, you’ll see a list of them. You need to check off the box for each potential-friend in the list, and _then_ click “accept”. It’s just not obvious that this is what you need to do, because the list probably only has one request in it. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308/41 "2017-08-14T16:32:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I have a friend request pending, but when I try to accept it nothing happens. Technical issue, perhaps? I’ve tried two different browsers and two different computers. Is it Idle Thoughts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendless-on-the-sdmb/793308.md?page=3)