# How can I convince my brother to join the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559 "2003-11-21T19:55:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/1 "2003-11-21T19:55:49Z")
So, I’ve been a member for 2.5 years. I’ve had quite a bit of ignorance squashed here. Now, I look at one of my brothers and see a lot of myself in him as I was a few years ago. He is the brilliant one in the family, but it seems that his common sense is a bit lacking. His interests include talking about religion, politics, and such. I’ve talked to him about it, I’ve even gotten him to read a few threads. But he says he doesn’t want to put any of his theories in print, and he doesn’t want to have to look up cites for any of his assertions. I figure it’s because he doesn’t want anyone poking holes in his theory “which debunks everything everyone else believes in.” What can I do to get him to come on over? Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/2 "2003-11-21T20:08:19Z")
Tell him there are naked pictures of smart women, but he has to register to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/3 "2003-11-21T20:13:30Z")
Tell him about the signing bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/4 "2003-11-21T21:52:35Z")
Tell him about the toaster. : whisperwhisper : Oh, that is the _other_ program. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/5 "2003-11-22T00:58:55Z")
Hang about near the schoolyard, and give away the first couple of hits for free. Soon your patrons will be hooked and… Oh, sorry, that’s crack. I get it mixed up with the Dope sometimes. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/6 "2003-11-22T01:09:48Z")
Wave your wanger at him. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/7 "2003-11-22T01:15:27Z")
Tell him that if he doesn’t post, **Giraffe** will urinate on him. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/8 "2003-11-22T04:38:42Z")
Tell him if he doesn’t post, the Great and Dreaded Cthulhu will send Deep Ones to eat his children. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/9 "2003-11-22T05:47:40Z")
Kick him in the groin until he agrees to post. Remember to wear steel toed boots. You’re welcome ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/10 "2003-11-22T05:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > **His interests include talking about religion, politics, and such.** Tell him to piss off, we’ve got them covered. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/11 "2003-11-22T07:55:46Z")
My question: why do you even want your brother to join the Dope? I’d **die** if a family member joined. They all know about this place and if they started paying attention to the dumb stuff people talk about here, maybe they wouldn’t be so accepting of my Dopefesting. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/12 "2003-11-22T09:13:38Z")
Tell him he doesn’t need any cites just post his “ultimate theory which debunks everything everyone else believes in tm” in any forum but great debates. The pit would be highly amusing. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/13 "2003-11-22T12:23:28Z")
Just offhandedly say to him “You know the Dope Board I’ve been telling you about? Boy, you should **hear** the things they’re saying about you over there!” Let him pick it up from there!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/14 "2003-11-22T12:27:36Z")
Mention the 70 virgins we all get in the afterlife. . ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/15 "2003-11-22T14:27:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*My question: why do you even want your brother to join the Dope? I’d **die** if a family member joined. They all know about this place and if they started paying attention to the dumb stuff people talk about here, maybe they wouldn’t be so accepting of my Dopefesting. \*\* Then it might surprise you when I tell you… _I_ am your father, **Kyla**! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/16 "2003-11-22T15:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*My question: why do you even want your brother to join the Dope? I’d **die** if a family member joined. They all know about this place and if they started paying attention to the dumb stuff people talk about here, maybe they wouldn’t be so accepting of my Dopefesting. \*\* Because he has some ignorance that needs squashing. Besides, I don’t talk about anything on this board that I don’t talk about with him in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/17 "2003-11-22T15:32:06Z")
Perhaps I should mention that he says he’s invented a mathematical proof which he says “proves evolution is complete bullshit.” ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/18 "2003-11-22T15:42:54Z")
**Lord Ashtar** , tell him there are a lot of people here who would agree with him and would help him in his attempts to “convert” the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/19 "2003-11-22T16:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\ ***Lord Ashtar** , tell him there are a lot of people here who would agree with him and would help him in his attempts to “convert” the rest of us. \*\* Right. And be sure not to add a 😉 to it. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559/20 "2003-11-22T17:18:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*Perhaps I should mention that he says he’s invented a mathematical proof which he says “proves evolution is complete bullshit.” \*\* Oh, bring him here. We love people like him. Also, tell him about the breasts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-my-brother-to-join-the-sdmb/214559.md?page=2)