# How did you find the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062 "2003-07-31T04:28:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/1 "2003-07-31T04:28:17Z")
I guess it would be more like, how did you find the Straight Dope and then get into the message board? I was bored one day at went to [bored.com](http://bored.com). I saw the Straight Dope on one of the links and clicked over. I read articles for about 5 hours. I was hooked immediately. This was back in the summer of my freshman year in high school ('99, '00?; I don’t know I graduated this year so you all do the math). I joined the boards fall of '02 because I had completely forgotten about this site until I was bored again in the computer lab at school. I registered and have been part of one of the greatest community of complete strangers I have ever known. So what about you all? ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/2 "2003-07-31T04:29:45Z")
I’m not sure if this is better suited for MPSIMS. If it is then I beg forgiveness from the powers that be and request its relocation. Thanks in advance (if it’s necessary).😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/3 "2003-07-31T04:33:03Z")
I honestly don’t remember. It was probably an internet search that led me here, though probably not Google. I rarely used Google until I came here, but now I use it more than any of the other major engines combined. I _do_ remember chewing through the Archives for hours on end for several days before finding the Board and registering. I never bothered lurking, I just felt like I fit in from the get-go. That’s my story. ---
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/4 "2003-07-31T04:37:56Z")
Was on a game message board for some game that ended up being vaporware, and they were discussing something related to marjiuana which one poster linked one of cecil’s classics. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/5 "2003-07-31T04:38:33Z")
I also came to the Straight Dope from [bored.com](http://bored.com). I read the archives for quite a while, kept up with the new articles, and finally came here after getting over my “MB’s are for geeks” phobia, lurked for a while, and here I am. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/6 "2003-07-31T04:40:22Z")
I was in withdrawl from getting the free e-mail of the weekly columns. I’m so glad! Y’all rock. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/7 "2003-07-31T04:41:51Z")
I was initiated into the World of Cecil when my husband bought me one of his books on a lark one year for Christmas. Life has never been the same. 😃 The book referred to the old AOL board that had just been moved to here so with a little detective work, I found the SDMB and haven’t left since. ---
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/8 "2003-07-31T04:42:52Z")
Oh my **Q.E.D.** you have so many answers in GQ I assumed you’d been around here forever, what with 5500+ posts… I never noticed you joined in January. I’ve been lurking here too long. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/9 "2003-07-31T04:45:27Z")
I was talking to a friend of mine on MSN and told her I was bored. Since we know each other through a message board, she linked me to the SDMB knowing I’d probably like it here. She was right. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/10 "2003-07-31T04:50:30Z")
No column here in Oz, so my experience over several years was book -\> usenet group -\> SD website -\> SDMB . IIRC the book belonged to a friend who was also interested in these kinds of debunking activists. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/11 "2003-07-31T04:56:54Z")
I used to watch the show on A & E with my brother (it was a bonding thing for us). The show was cancelled, a few years went by, my fam got net access, and one day I was bored so I was just typing in my interests with .com on the end ([Hellokitty.com](http://Hellokitty.com), [Madonna.com](http://Madonna.com) FE) to see what webpages I got . I remembered the show and typed in “[straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com)”. When I saw there was an MB, I went nuts (having recently become an MB addict) and lurked for a long time before I signed up. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/12 "2003-07-31T05:03:23Z")
I bought a couple of the books WAY back in the 80s, and one day at work I was really bored and thought “SaaaaAAYY?? I wonder if he’s got a website??? Surely so”!! And he did, and I never called him Shirley again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/13 "2003-07-31T05:05:30Z")
One of my friends used to get the Straight Dope in his local paper and he read me the column about Le Petomaine over the phone. Then I found the books and eventually the website, though it took me quite a while to get up of the nerve to deal with the wonder that is the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/14 "2003-07-31T05:16:58Z")
I got into the SDMB when it was on AOL because some friends from another board I posted on highly recommended it. When the boards moved to the internet, I eventually moved over here too. I was a fan of the books before I started posting, but they just sealed the deal. It probably never would’ve occurred to me to post here if it weren’t for the raves of those acquaintances. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/15 "2003-07-31T05:25:04Z")
I used to be a regular on the snopes board and all of a sudden, we had a “Doper” invasion when the boards here went down. I decided to check it out and see what all the fuss was about. 😉 Since that time, I haven’t hardly been back to snopes and, apparently, never leave here. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/16 "2003-07-31T05:32:10Z")
My aunt told me about this website last October I think. I guess she thought I might like it. I lurked for a long while, then started to post. ---
**Author:** ![soulburnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@soulburnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulburnz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/17 "2003-07-31T06:03:15Z")
I saw a thread linked on Fark… I’ve been hooked ever since. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/18 "2003-07-31T06:20:09Z")
A few years back, I was a regular at the Bust boards. Some of the people there were apparently regulars here and mentioned it. Since I was a regular reader of the SD column in our local free paper, I was eager to check out the message board. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/19 "2003-07-31T06:23:12Z")
I found [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) googling Lorum ipsum one time when I wanted to paste it into a document. (There’s a column about it) I wound up reading about half the archive but never really paid any mind to the message board link. Then a year or so later I saw a link to this board from a panic/anxiety board (tapir). The link to this board was to a thread about associating colours and numbers. After I read the thread I realized where I was and later I registered to search for something or other. I chose a stupid name because I just thought I would use the account to be able to do searches and didn’t think I’d ever post. Then some dumb TMI thread sucked me in and I started posting. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062/20 "2003-07-31T06:30:44Z")
Standing line to buy college books in 1987, I saw the original, fat SD book. I bought it, have bought all the others, and discovered that there was a web site in the mid 90s. I spend most of my net time here, because the content is so interesting, and it’s always changing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-sdmb/192062.md?page=2)