# How Did You Find SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700 "2003-03-28T03:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Canadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Canadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/1 "2003-03-28T03:02:14Z")
Yeah, sure, you get on your computer and _poof_, voila, you just decide to type in [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com), and you think, oh that’s cool, I think I’ll try it. Yeah right. What’s your story? How did you find SDMB and start your doping experience? Oh yeah, for me I think I was searching for something on Google and some post came up in my search… ---
**Author:** ![Pelleas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Pelleas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelleas)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/2 "2003-03-28T03:39:37Z")
I don’t know what happened to my first attempt at a response so I’ll try again. Hope it doesn’t wind up being a double post. Anyhow, my son turned me on to the SDMB a couple of years ago and I lurked untill this past December. When he was home for Christmas he told me he was registered so I decided to register as well. Even though I am a new poster myself I suppose it is acceptable for me to welcome you to the boards **Canadagirl.** ---
**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/3 "2003-03-28T03:43:58Z")
Fark. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/4 "2003-03-28T04:57:24Z")
**Kwyjibo** ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/5 "2003-03-28T05:00:39Z")
My wife and i watched the TV show, and I got the bright idea to loo for it on the web. It was probably a year or two though before I clicked on the “message board” link, and another year or so till I registered. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/6 "2003-03-28T05:01:13Z")
Someone on IRC mentioned the straightdope articles, and I was curious about the message board, so I checked it out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/7 "2003-03-28T05:03:13Z")
A friend pointed me to [www.bored.com](http://www.bored.com) which has a link to The Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Shabadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Shabadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shabadu)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/8 "2003-03-28T05:05:16Z")
Velma let me in on the fun here at SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/9 "2003-03-28T05:13:50Z")
From the George Carlin BBS… someone left a link to (scalia?)s thread about balloons then I read (Fnoonf?)s thread about the car he keyed. THAT was funny! I can’t believe the shit some people gave him. I wish people wrote like that all the time. Anyway, I thought I’d hang around for a while. Welcome ME. I have no idea when one receives official doper status. Doper, where I come from, means pothead. ---
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/10 "2003-03-28T05:16:51Z")
A friend of mine bought me the books. I chased the links through the Chicago Reader until I found this place. Then when I realized it was one of the fonts from whence all knowledg flowed, I hopped on the bad foot and did the good thinkg, aka joining it. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/11 "2003-03-28T05:17:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Canadagirl \* > **How did you find SDMB and start your doping experience?** From a referral on another board. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/12 "2003-03-28T05:17:37Z")
I can’t remember really, but I do think it was from the link at bored. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/13 "2003-03-28T05:17:48Z")
I followed a link from the snopes MB… and I just kinda settled in. I do a lot more lurking than I do posting, but this board has provided many a giggle in times of work related boredom. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/14 "2003-03-28T05:19:08Z")
[Penny arcade](http://www.penny-arcade.com) mentioned it in one of thier articles, about the astronomer Tycho Brahe (one of the character’s namesake). I found the article interesting and kept reading more and more…then I found the message boards. My geekness factor has since rose exponentially. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/15 "2003-03-28T05:19:13Z")
Hmm. A _triple_ simultaneous post! ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/16 "2003-03-28T05:33:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Canadagirl \* > \*\*Yeah, sure, you get on your computer and _poof_, voila, you just decide to type in [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com), and you think, oh that’s cool, I think I’ll try it. Yeah right. \*\* “Yeah right” actually is right in my case. I read all of Cecils books and tried the URL on a whim. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/17 "2003-03-28T05:38:46Z")
Yep, I read the books, watched the show, and then… I searched the web. Four years later, I’m still here. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/18 "2003-03-28T05:46:18Z")
I just moved the baked potato over to one said and there it was! Ok, no, seriously. I saw the TV show, then a few days later found a link on a friend’s website and the rest is history. Or, I dunno, maybe it’s geography. ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/19 "2003-03-28T06:02:27Z")
I finally listened to those damn voices in my head. Uhm, it was the blimp story, passed along by a friend (before it hit the mainstream, even). ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700/20 "2003-03-28T06:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > \*\*I just moved the baked potato over to one said and there it was! > \*\* :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: One SIDE. :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/164700.md?page=2)