# Hooray for Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386 "2004-12-17T18:20:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/1 "2004-12-17T18:20:28Z")
Maybe I need to take a pill but right now I am feeling a little schmaltzy. I think all dopers need to give themselves a big pat on the back. There are so many smart, funny, sarcastic, wonderful people here that everyone should be proud to be part of the doper community. I may not post often but I do lurk a lot and you people always know how to make me hork liquids through my nose. And if for some reason I ever forget how to do so I can post in GQ and get an answer in three minutes or less. Straight Dope is a great site but the people make it really spectacular. I can think of no other site that allows one to express any opinion, ask any question or discuss any topic under the sun while recieving intelligent and thoughtful feedback. I will stop rambling now. I just want to say “Congratulations to all of you”. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/2 "2004-12-17T18:26:36Z")
The SDMB has a great way of getting me to read posts I vehemently disagree, but gradually become seduced by the wily and informative rhetoric of highly intelligent people. Being around such smary-pants, its easy to develop an inferiority complex. But there is also a connection I have to them in our mutual desire to fight ignorance, leap up on the table and scream, “FOR THE LAST TIME, MOM, ITS AN URBAN LEGEND!” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/3 "2004-12-17T22:33:13Z")
I don’t really live to gum up other people’s keyboards, but it’s oddly satisfying to hear about it. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/4 "2004-12-17T22:36:48Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > … smart, funny, sarcastic, wonderful …intelligent and thoughtful feedback… Why thankyou. Thankyou very much. I aim to please. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/5 "2004-12-17T23:09:18Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > There are so many smart, funny, sarcastic, wonderful people here that everyone should be proud to be part of the doper community. I second these sentiments. You RULE!!! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/6 "2004-12-18T00:21:38Z")
Alright, I’ll ask it then. You left out “vain.” Which post pulled your trigger? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/7 "2004-12-18T01:14:08Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > There are so many smart, funny, sarcastic, wonderful people here that everyone should be proud to be part of the doper community. Except for the dipsticks, I agree. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/8 "2004-12-18T02:14:40Z")
Hey! Us dipsticks are pretty neat, too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/9 "2004-12-18T04:45:58Z")
Whether you’re a dipstick, a dimwit, a dunce, or a dork, or someone like **Qadgop** , **Fenris** , **Scylla** , **Rue DeDay** , **Wally** of revered memory, or even the great **Cecil** himself, if you’re on the SDMB, you rule. No two ways about it. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 18, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/10 "2004-12-18T05:42:05Z")
Well, if because of membership in the SDMB, I rule… …I must find ways of manifesting that rule in Real Life! But how? _How?_ :: paces room with furrowed brow :: I know! Mad Science! 🙂 :: bright perky look :: Through the powers granted me by Twisted Science, I must Gain Command Of The City! Yes! All shall bow to me and follow even my least command! I shall make improvements. Oh yes. Green lines on the roads are only the beginning. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaa! :: mad evil laughter :: * * * Seriously, I thank the SDMB too. This place and its crew of whackos–er, I mean ‘brilliant individualists’–has taught me many things indeed. I am profoundly grateful to have found it. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-dopers/280386/11 "2004-12-18T06:03:10Z")
I only wish that I’d succumbed…er, joined, years ago.