# Here, you are a Doper, but elsewhere, what are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990 "2010-03-10T16:47:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/21 "2010-03-11T05:55:33Z")
Member of: - various Disney-related discussion sites - LA sports teams discussion sites - Snopes - IMDb - OTer - various “Gaijin in Japan” sites ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/22 "2010-03-11T05:56:53Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Where’s the “In anime and manga” section of this post? You’re slacking, **ped**. I also don’t see an “In anime and manga” section in any of your other posts. What would happen if I told the other Tropers that? Not only that, but I forgot to add any examples from Buffy the Vampire Slayer! :o ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/23 "2010-03-11T06:02:01Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > People that participate in the online community for the Sluggy Freelance webcomic call themselves Sluggites. > [The Sluggite Zone • Index page](http://www.sluggy.net/forum/) I am one of them. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/24 "2010-03-11T07:09:51Z")
I am a member of a small private Forum that broke off from a bigger one. We call it _The Refuge_, and we’re Refugees. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/25 "2010-03-11T13:45:04Z")
Those of us who belong to LibraryThing sometimes call ourselves \*thingamabrarians. \*Having the same number of syllables as “LibraryThing member” limits its catchiness though. You sometimes see \*Library Thingers \*which at least saves one syllable. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/26 "2010-03-11T14:11:03Z")
I’m also a goon, and a farker. I mostly read rather than post. Do you have stairs in your house? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/27 "2010-03-11T14:14:20Z")
As an Alice Cooper fan and a member of several forums, we’re “Sick Things.” ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/28 "2010-03-11T14:37:47Z")
On my local football team’s fan’s board I am in the company of “Smoggies” a nickname given to people from my hometown referring to pollution effects of the long declined but still evident chemical and oil and gas plants in the area . My user name there is “SmoginManila” ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/29 "2010-03-11T14:49:29Z")
I am a Darkling-minion of Darklady(Theresa Reed), local SMOF(science fiction and gaming conventions), Yummite, JREFer and a few other groups, and they all know me as Czarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/30 "2010-03-11T15:36:03Z")
I’m a Mefite. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/31 "2010-03-11T15:40:09Z")
[DNRC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogbert's_New_Ruling_Class) The lovelies[http://www.mil-millington.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/things.html](http://www.mil-millington.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/things.html) Mil Millington fans. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/32 "2010-03-11T15:47:10Z")
A goon, and also a “stealthiläinen” on a Finnish message board. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/33 "2010-03-11T15:57:49Z")
I don’t participate in the forums, but on **Ain’t It Cool News,** they’re called **Talk-Backers.** ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/34 "2010-03-11T16:00:47Z")
Also, if you’re a fan of **Scott Sigler** (big in the AudioBook/PodCasting world), you’re known as a **Junkie.** ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/35 "2010-03-11T16:12:53Z")
On Television Without Pity, where I am also Sigmagirl, we are TWOPers. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/36 "2010-03-11T16:21:36Z")
Are you an [Achiever](http://www.lebowskifest.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/37 "2010-03-11T17:09:38Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Wow. Are you guys as scary as you’re rumored to be? I’ve heard…stories. I think the biggest thing about us goons and SA forums is that we’re much less forgiving. There are almost no warnings ever. You break a rule, you’ll get probated (can’t post for X hours/days,) banned (have to re-pay to get your account active and post again,) or perma-banned (your account can no longer be active. if you want to still post, you have to buy a while new account.) And since it’s perfectly ok to insult other posters and their posts, people do…and with reckless abandon. Certain sub-forums are worse than others, but it’s still not that bad. Just don’t say stupid things. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/38 "2010-03-12T20:26:31Z")
This is the only message board I post at. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/39 "2010-03-12T20:53:07Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Certain sub-forums are worse than others, but it’s still not that bad. Just don’t say stupid things. 😛 The other thing with SA is that each individual sub-forum has it’s own character (and rules, somewhat), and the traffic is so large that there are several sets of goons who rarely, if ever, interact with each other. There are sub-forums that the smartest Dopers would feel right at home in, and then there’s FYAD. Even in General Bullshit (kinda fulfils some of the same role as MPSIMS) there’s good threads - there’s one at the moment started by a vulcanologist in Iceland who is keeping the goons up to date with a volcano that looks like it’s going to erupt soon - with graphs and everything! It skews somewhat younger than here, and is a lot more male I reckon, but it’s worth ten dollars of anyone’s money. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/40 "2010-03-12T21:16:58Z")
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