# How did you get through The Darkness of The Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493 "2013-05-04T20:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/1 "2013-05-04T20:16:45Z")
It was hell, I tells ya. No Dope fix for like six hours this morning, so I was forced to have conversation with my spouse and drink my coffee at the table. Once I even went outside for something, but it was brief. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/2 "2013-05-04T20:21:56Z")
I went to a friends house who was having a Mothers Conference. I met with people I haven’t seen in a long time, learned about how to better understand a teach my children, and ate great food. Life outside the Dope was pretty fun. 🙂 but I missed it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/3 "2013-05-04T20:22:44Z")
Had to talk to your spouse? Holy shit…I feel for you man. How did you ever survive? I played games and read a little. : p And slept for about half of it. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/4 "2013-05-04T20:26:28Z")
Saturdays are busy for me anyway. I took a run this morning, took a shower, had breakfast, went out for the two-hour violin rehearsal I have every Saturday, and got a haircut. I was busy until 3:30-4:00 anyway. I occasionally kept checking back on my phone to see if the Dope was working again. Funny, I was the first person to post on the board after its re-opening at 3:58 PM EST. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/5 "2013-05-04T20:33:38Z")
Laundry and gardening, and lots of online sudoku. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/6 "2013-05-04T20:34:54Z")
I tried the SDMB once about 9AM and then TWOP. Both down for maintenance. Cried a little and had another cup of coffee. 😉 It was cold this morning so I stayed inside reading a book on my Kindle. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/7 "2013-05-04T20:35:07Z")
I saw others in my 'hood, emerging squinting into the morning sun with a look of wonder on their faces. Dopers all, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/8 "2013-05-04T20:42:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Cried a little and had another cup of coffee. 😉 You seriously _cried_? Please tell me this is a woosh. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/9 "2013-05-04T20:49:06Z")
I went down to the garden shop, & bought most of what I needed to put together 3 small terrariums. No plants yet. Raining here, so, later. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/10 "2013-05-04T20:53:29Z")
The worst part was that my internet was down last night, so I was already troubled. Then I get up this morning and there’s no Dope! It was a true tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/11 "2013-05-04T20:56:23Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > You seriously _cried_? > > Please tell me this is a woosh. It’s called “humor” in a thread that is intended for such. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/12 "2013-05-04T21:01:51Z")
The Dope was down? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/13 "2013-05-04T21:08:13Z")
Meh. Just pop over to giraffe and read the threads where everybody disses on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/14 "2013-05-04T21:10:58Z")
Went to the store, bought food, did yard work, got the raspberry patch set for the year, installed new light fixtures in three bedrooms, finished my PhD… It should go down more often. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/15 "2013-05-04T21:14:24Z")
The Dope downage coincided with nothing else working at my house either _and_ a three-day dry spell here in not-Colorado-land. I had no choice but to run amok in the streets spreading violence and mayhem. It all kinda worked itself out this afternoon, though. I’m feeling much better now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/16 "2013-05-04T21:15:36Z")
I had to edit this goddamned video project without anything amusing to look at in the pauses. It was hell. Hell, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/17 "2013-05-04T21:34:33Z")
I popped over to the giraffe board also. I wasn’t there too long though. I started with a thread about why Roo should be boxed, but none of it made any sense to me. I was very confused. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/18 "2013-05-04T21:37:37Z")
I was strangely glad that I couldn’t read the dope this morning. Instead of spending my Saturday morning lazing around on the computer, I went and ran errands including going to IKEA and getting these: > **[All Products](https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/cat/products-products/)** > > Find all products by department: Bathroom, bedroom, kitchen and appliances, children's furniture, textiles, lighting and more. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/19 "2013-05-04T21:42:40Z")
I fixed someone else’s database. Then I watched some Arrested Development reruns on Netflix. Then I went to the store. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493/20 "2013-05-04T22:02:38Z")
Dishes. (Is the Dope up? )Laundry. Unpacking from the move. (Is the Dope up?) More dishes. More laundry. (When will it end?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-get-through-the-darkness-of-the-dope/657493.md?page=2)