# Hi! I'm TriPolar, and I'm new here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961 "2011-12-21T17:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/41 "2011-12-23T07:23:28Z")
I’m “knew” here. I hope! 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/42 "2011-12-23T07:31:24Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I’m “knew” here. > > I hope! 😉 > > Q Hi Quasimodem! How nice to meet another knewcomer. How long have you been lurking before you decided to make your first posts in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/43 "2011-12-23T08:06:29Z")
Hi TriPolar. So that’s how its done. You could have warned me before I came crashin’ through the front door like some gun-crazed idiot. Yeah. Thanks mate! How do you work them Emoticons. Nobody tells me nuffin’… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/44 "2011-12-23T08:26:05Z")
> [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](#): > > Hi TriPolar. So that’s how its done. You could have warned me before I came crashin’ through the front door like some gun-crazed idiot. Yeah. Thanks mate! > > How do you work them Emoticons. Nobody tells me nuffin’… Well, I was waving my hands around and shaking my head, but you didn’t pay attention and kept on coming. I would have said something, but I don’t speak Australian (well a little, I can say “at dingoo’s gaught yer bye-bee!”) If you click on Go Advanced, it brings up a new page with a panel of emoticons you can just click on. Simple ones like a colon followed by a right paren will produce the basic smiley. I think people ask questions about stuff like that in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/45 "2011-12-23T10:38:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Hi Quasimodem! How nice to meet another knewcomer. How long have you been lurking before you decided to make your first posts in this thread? Oh, about 11 years (this month, even), **TriP** , but satire (though it’s my favorite literary genre), eludes me these days, I’m afraid, so I caught on kinda late here!😉 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/46 "2011-12-23T15:06:23Z")
> [@hermette](#): > > I wouldn’t say you’ve done irritating or trollish, but… in the ten years you’ve been lurking, how many “I’m new!” threads have you seen here? And of them, how many ended well? > > I could be wrong, I only lurked about a year before I first posted. Maybe they used to be the fashionable thing to do? Actually I’ve seen quite a few and the vast majority have gone quite well. As a matter of fact my original one went very well and did pretty much what I expected. People welcomed me, made some remarks, asked some questions and then it pretty much dropped. I see there is also another one in MPSIMS that seems to be doing the same thing. It’s just that this one came so close to mine and, as I said above, it kind of got under my skin, but **TriPolar** explained and it’s fine now. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/47 "2011-12-23T15:52:56Z")
Hi, I’m old here. At my age, 137, I’m old everywhere. I never meant to be here. I was resting quietly when a wire got crossed and I started receiving your internet on my telegraph. At first, it opened up a fascinating, new world to me and I tried to follow all of the dots and dashes intently. Then I realized it was mostly inane prattle about a woman called Opal and I quickly grew tired of it. Now I just want to rest but the telegraph keeps buzzing day and night. Hey you kids, get off of my telegraph! ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/48 "2011-12-23T17:17:47Z")
Hiya, I’m cornflakes. Introductions might not be necessary, but I don’t think that I have given one in the twelve years that I’ve been here. > [@Zeldar](#): > > If only all lurkers could provide us with gems like [How many ways are there to skin a cat?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576567) I vote for one–I asked my Anatomy instructor whether we needed to follow a standard dissection or if there were multiple ways to expose the musculature. English wasn’t her first language and I think that she missed the joke, but she said to wait, she’d show us what to do. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/49 "2011-12-29T01:25:02Z")
\ Ooh, ooh… Can I play too? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/50 "2011-12-29T01:54:56Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > \ > > Ooh, ooh… Can I play too? :rolleyes: Uh sure. Your turn. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/51 "2011-12-29T04:32:01Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Uh sure. Your turn. Be careful..his user number is over 1000.. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961/52 "2011-12-30T20:35:40Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Hi Quasimodem! How nice to meet another knewcomer. How long have you been lurking before you decided to make your first posts in this thread? **TriP** , I misread the question, sorry! I fell in love here the same day I found the **Dope** so no lurking for me, IIRC!🙂 Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-tripolar-and-im-new-here/606961.md?page=2)