# Greetings to everybody from a newbie.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 21, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415 "2009-11-21T17:02:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/21 "2009-11-25T19:06:14Z")

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> [@kapri](#):
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> Is it standard to introduce yourself here? I just came in and started posting. Was that rude?

> [@freckafree](#):
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> Nah. Some people do; some people don’t. No biggie. By your posts we shall know ye.
> 
> Anyhoo, welcome,\*\* kapri,\*\* too!

What **freckafree** said – introducing yourself allows us to properly greet you with a [del]sheep[/del] [del]goat[/del] [del]squid[/del] pie.

Welcome both of you to the SDMB!

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**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:** [November 25, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-everybody-from-a-newbie/518415/22 "2009-11-25T23:37:16Z")

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Welcome, welcome! Would you like some ice cream? It’s [del]frisky[/del] fresh!

> [@statsman1982](#):
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> There was a Bing spammer bot on here? What was, uh, its name? I don’t remember this…

Yes. Even more embarrassingly, I treated it as if it were a sentient being.  
I have _got_ to work on those social skills.

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