# Hey. I Need To Ask Something...... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134 "2009-02-09T21:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/1 "2009-02-09T21:53:00Z")
… and I really need a straight answer, okay, please? Am I repeating myself a lot in my threads or posts? I’m asking this **here** , because this place means a lot to me and y’all have always shot straight with me, right or wrong, and right now I’m in kind of a precarious position because of the Alzheimer’s testing, and I for sure don’t wanna be just _tolerated_ at The Dope. I’d like to feel that I’m okay with y’all, and that every now and then I _do_ add something to the board, but I have to tell you that here lately I have lost a lot of my self-confidence, and I find myself second-guessing and wondering: “Dude! Didn’t you just post that???” And because I feel some trepidation, I don’t go back and check my posts, because to find a duplicate answer would make me cringe, so I just don’t do it. Guess I’m still in denial. or something. So could you send me a PM or just tell me straight out? It;s tough for a 59 year old to remember what he’s said before, but it’s even tougher for one with severe short-term memory problems and one who is as detail oriented as me. I’d really appreciate it, 'cause I **do** “listen” to you, even if we don’t agree . Thank you Bill ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/2 "2009-02-09T22:06:57Z")
Isn’t there a rule about opening multiple threads on the same subject? 😃 Seriously, I just took a quick look through your posts for the last month and nothing jumped out as duplicates. I think most of the regulars know by now and would make allowances. Probably won’t even be noticeable unless you started repeating yourself within a thread. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/3 "2009-02-09T22:16:48Z")
Nothing personal, **Quasimodem** , but this is more of an MPSIMS topic. I haven’t seen you repeat yourself either. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/4 "2009-02-09T22:23:12Z")
Thanks **pat** , but to further clarify… A lot of us older guys kinda remember what gets a laugh or what **they** think is funny as hell, and if there’s an opportunity to use it, we will. For instance, my “Standing in a hammock” response to the question “How do you GUYS masturbate” in another thread… Well see, I got that from a very old joke which goes like this: “I’d like to eff you in the worst way, baby!” “Well, what _is_ the worst way, Hon?” “Standing up in a hammock!” See what I mean? That stuff comes around a **lot** with me, and I use it every chance I get if I think I can get a laugh.😃 I just don’t want someone thinking: “Here comes ol Quas’ with that ‘standing up in a hammock’ gag again!’” I appreciate your answer, and thank you also for checking me out. Y’all do mean a lot to me. Q ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/5 "2009-02-09T22:27:31Z")
Lots of people repeat themselves in posts here. I know I do. I assume that there is no one hanging on my every word and they won’t possibly remember my life story from thread to thread, so I know I’ve re-told stories and used the same lines in several threads. I see lots of people do the same thing and it’s probably for the same reason I do it. There have been a handful of posters who have been deemed as “one trick ponies” and they do get called out and often mocked. But considering the number of posters here, it’s rare. So even if you do find that you’re repeating yourself, don’t sweat it. No one will notice. And if they do, we’ll call you out on it and mock you for it - but gently 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/6 "2009-02-09T22:30:03Z")
Good lord, you should spend some time around my (wonderful) father-in-law if you want to hear the same punch lines over and over and over and over and over and over and O-_ver_! It’s just a thing you fogies do. 😉 Hey, did you see **Tuckerfan’s** post; [Alzheimer’s Reversed in Animal Models](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=505627)? The linked article is definitely worth a read! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/7 "2009-02-09T22:36:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Nothing personal, **Quasimodem** , but this is more of an MPSIMS topic. I haven’t seen you repeat yourself either. I’m glad that I have you and the other mods to keep me straight, **Marley**. No offense taken, and thanks. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/8 "2009-02-09T22:50:51Z")
\*\*Zip \*\*and **Shayna** , All right, you two! 🙂 Y’all don’t wanna see me on the Science Channel as the first cyber-space ghost to haunt y’all, do ya’? 😃 I think I’m doing what the shrinks call “compensating”, kids. I’m scared to death of this friggin EEG and what it might record and mean. Shit. There I go again, thinking it’s all about ME. There are so many **others** of us here on the Dope, that are going through maybe not the same thing, but are just as frightened as I am. Dammit! I see men and women in my ER ( **IANAD**!) in cardiac arrest, and we cannot save them and here I am whining about making it to 59 and catchin’ Alzheimer’s.:rolleyes: I have **had** a great life with a good heart and body! Why can’t I just shut the fuck up??? Sorry for the rant, ya’ll. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/9 "2009-02-10T00:24:49Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Shit. There I go again, thinking it’s all about ME. > > There are so many **others** of us here on the Dope, that are going through maybe not the same thing, but are just as frightened as I am. > > Dammit! I see men and women in my ER ( **IANAD**!) in cardiac arrest, and we cannot save them and here I am whining about making it to 59 and catchin’ Alzheimer’s.:rolleyes: > > I have **had** a great life with a good heart and body! Why can’t I just shut the fuck up??? Well, in the words of a RL friend of mine who became a Quadrapalegic in October: “Just 'cause my situation sucks giant green donkey balls doesn’t mean your green donkey ball situation doesn’t also suck.” I haven’t noticed **you** repeating yourself. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/10 "2009-02-10T01:04:10Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > EEG and what it might record and mean. > > Shit. There I go again, thinking it’s all about ME. > > There are so many **others** of us here on the Dope, that are going through maybe not the same thing, but are just as frightened as I am. I don’t think you have much to worry about. Many posters here repeat themselves (or habitually try to redirect the focus of a thread) for various reasons–sometimes because they apparently feel very strongly about something, and sometimes, it seems, because they just like to post a lot. And a lot of the threads here seem (to me, IMHO) to be started more just because someone wants to say something about him- or herself. Example: “How do you butter your toast? Me, I go right to left. Isn’t that fascinating? How about you?” Then you get 100 posts saying either “right to left,” “left to right,” or the occasional “top to bottom,” etc. No one really cares how 100 anonymous people butter their toast. It’s the message board equivalent of small talk. Most people wouldn’t even notice even if you _did_ repeat yourself. (They’re too busy telling the world how they butter their toast.) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/11 "2009-02-10T02:45:12Z")
Well, _I_ butter my toast front-to-back. Neener neener. **Quasi** , I have not noticed you repeating yourself, but if I do, I will surely tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/12 "2009-02-10T03:05:12Z")
I’ve been reading much more than I’ve been posting lately, and in all that reading, I don’t recall seeing you repeat yourself. And, if you somehow have repeated yourself, I certainly have not found myself saying, “Jeez, I wish **Quasimodem** would stop repeating himself.” Relax. If my experience is anything to go by, you’re doing fine. Keep on keeping on; and rest assured, if you do repeat yourself to the point where it becomes bothersome, we’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/13 "2009-02-10T07:27:19Z")
I’m a few years older than you, and I find myself being repetitious all the time. I think it’s just a matter of having lived long enough to have a lot of stories to tell. Don’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/14 "2009-02-10T14:50:43Z")
I know I repeat myself a lot. As someone upthread said, I assume that not everyone here is hanging on my every word, so I tell some anecdotes repeatedly. I try _hard_ not to be a ‘one trick pony’ and hope I succeed. But I think it’s quite normal to kind of _fixate_ on something _you_ have. For instance, I’m drawn to threads about kidney stones/kidney and bladder issues. Why? Because I’ve had a million of 'em myself. But repeating yourself? Not that I’ve noticed. And if I _do_ notice, I promise you I’ll at least PM you about it (I certainly wouldn’t pit you!) ETA: I, personally, thought that “standing up in a hammock” bit was funny! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/15 "2009-02-10T18:58:27Z")
Although I haven’t noticed you repeating yourself, I have noticed a lot of people in this thread repeating the phrase that they have not noticed you repeating yourself. 😕 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/16 "2009-02-10T19:16:51Z")
And if so, does rinsing with mouthwash kill them? Or is mouthwash just a cover up? But seriously, sorry about the health scare you’re going through, **Quasi**. Like the others, I haven’t noticed any repetition issues. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/17 "2009-02-10T20:42:56Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > But seriously, sorry about the health scare you’re going through, **Quasi**. Like the others, I haven’t noticed any repetition issues. I appreciate it, **Borborygmi** (A Carlin, fan, too, huh? ;)). I really hope that my sense of humor stays with me as long as possible. I can find humor in most anything, including the EOAD, and sitting here in front of my computer looking like a guy with a really bad head injury! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-need-to-ask-something/485134/18 "2009-02-10T23:12:56Z")
You mean people don’t hang on every word I type???