# Hi Everyone!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 7, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927 "2015-11-07T18:06:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Bering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bering)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/1 "2015-11-07T18:06:32Z")
New poster, please be gentle. 🙂
Thought I’d better introduce myself!
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/2 "2015-11-07T18:07:40Z")
I want my two dollars.
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### Author:  [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/3 "2015-11-07T18:29:03Z")
Welcome!
What kind of pie did you bring?
_You do know about the pie rule here, right? It is listed in the FAQ._
😃
Bonus points if it is homemade…
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/4 "2015-11-07T18:51:50Z")
After you’ve settled up with **AncientHumanoid** , we need to talk.
Over in the corner.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/5 "2015-11-07T19:22:49Z")
This is The Straight Dope, not The **Strait** Dope!
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/6 "2015-11-07T19:43:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> This is The Straight Dope, not The **Strait** Dope!
Hey, I got that! So, Bering: are you making reference to the Arctic with your username, or are you just a fan of ol’ Vitus the explorer?
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/7 "2015-11-07T20:29:06Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#):
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> Welcome!
> What kind of pie did you bring?
>
> _You do know about the pie rule here, right? It is listed in the FAQ._
> 😃
>
> Bonus points if it is homemade…
The pie rule gets waived when the newbie poster makes his or her first post in the right forum.
Welcome **Bering**!
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### Author:  [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/8 "2015-11-07T21:11:22Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#):
>
> Welcome!
> What kind of pie did you bring?
>
> _You do know about the pie rule here, right? It is listed in the FAQ._
> 😃
>
> Bonus points if it is homemade…
Welcome Bering, don’t let them bully you about the pie
the real secret is bringing the right candy
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### Author:  [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/9 "2015-11-07T21:28:35Z")
Welcome. I give this warning to all new members. People whose usernames do not begin with a capital letter, are not carbon based life forms.
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/10 "2015-11-07T21:39:30Z")
> [@guestchaz](#):
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> the real secret is bringing the right candy
Spelled B - E - E - R
…& welcome.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/11 "2015-11-07T21:41:09Z")
Hello, Bering! I have gas!
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### Author:  [@Bering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bering)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/12 "2015-11-07T21:43:38Z")
Thanks for the welcome everyone! I think lol
> [@AncientHumanoid](#):
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> I want my two dollars.
😕
> [@kayaker](#):
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> After you’ve settled up with **AncientHumanoid** , we need to talk.
>
> Over in the corner.
:eek:
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> This is The Straight Dope, not The **Strait** Dope!
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Hey, I got that! So, Bering: are you making reference to the Arctic with your username, or are you just a fan of ol’ Vitus the explorer?
lol I named myself after my watch 🙂 Couldn’t think of a username! Though I suppose the brand might be named after the strait!
> [@Grrr](#):
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> The pie rule gets waived when the newbie poster makes his or her first post in the right forum.
>
> Welcome **Bering**!
> [@guestchaz](#):
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> Welcome Bering, don’t let them bully you about the pie
>
> the real secret is bringing the right candy
Thank you 🙂 Candy I can do, pies, not so much!
> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> Welcome. I give this warning to all new members. People whose usernames do not begin with a capital letter, are not carbon based life forms.
I’ll, uh, bare that in mind, thanks!
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/13 "2015-11-07T22:00:07Z")
> [@Bering](#):
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> lol I named myself after my watch 🙂
:smack: I should have done that! I’d be **GMT Master II**. You could call me **The Master** for short.
(Oh, wait… I didn’t have it until a year after I joined.)
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/14 "2015-11-07T22:03:02Z")
Hi Bering. Welcome to the SDMB. Unlike my sarcastic colleagues I am one of the serious and somber types on the board. I hope you aren’t put off by the hoi polloi and their feeble attempts at comedy, snide remarks, and occasionally incomprehensible outbursts.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/15 "2015-11-07T22:12:19Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> I hope you aren’t put off by the… occasionally incomprehensible outbursts.
Jabberwock Hupmobile! Star Trek panties plummet Roy Scheider! :mad:
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/16 "2015-11-07T22:51:24Z")
> [@Bering](#):
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> I’ll, uh, bare that in mind, thanks!
Okay, let’s get something out of the way. There are many grammar Nazis on this board, who will, instead of answering your questions, pick apart your poor spelling and language usage.
So it’s ‘bear’ (as in ‘to carry’), not ‘bare’ (as in ‘to undress or expose’). Don’t let it happen again.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/17 "2015-11-07T23:05:28Z")
I think what **Bering** meant was that he’d be mentally-undressing the Dopers whose usernames do not begin with a capital letter.
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### Author:  [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/18 "2015-11-07T23:13:09Z")
dont u wry - dere r no grammer nazis hear 2 bother u dat much
jus b urself and skrew em if day gets upsetz.
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### Author:  [@Bering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bering)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/19 "2015-11-07T23:44:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> :smack: I should have done that! I’d be **GMT Master II**. You could call me **The Master** for short.
>
> (Oh, wait… I didn’t have it until a year after I joined.)
Blame chronic lack of imagination lol
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Hi Bering. Welcome to the SDMB. Unlike my sarcastic colleagues I am one of the serious and somber types on the board. I hope you aren’t put off by the hoi polloi and their feeble attempts at comedy, snide remarks, and occasionally incomprehensible outbursts.
Thanks, oh I don’t mind people kidding around 🙂
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Jabberwock Hupmobile! Star Trek panties plummet Roy Scheider! :mad:
But then again…!
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Okay, let’s get something out of the way. There are many grammar Nazis on this board, who will, instead of answering your questions, pick apart your poor spelling and language usage.
>
> So it’s ‘bear’ (as in ‘to carry’), not ‘bare’ (as in ‘to undress or expose’). Don’t let it happen again.
A hundred thousand apologies, I shall go and throw myself off a bridge in penance!
Don’t worry, its a small bridge.
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I think what **Bering** meant was that he’d be mentally-undressing the Dopers whose usernames do not begin with a capital letter.
She 🙂
> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> dont u wry - dere r no grammer nazis hear 2 bother u dat much
> jus b urself and skrew em if day gets upsetz.
heh thanks
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-everyone/736927/20 "2015-11-07T23:49:29Z")
> [@Bering](#):
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> She 🙂
How\* you\* doin’ 😉 😉
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