# How have you grown on the sdmb? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115 "2002-12-11T22:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/1 "2002-12-11T22:27:47Z")
I was re-reading someone of my older posts, from when I first joined the SDMB…and let me just say, I want to appologize for being such a bubble-headed little airhead! So, who else feels that they’ve grown a LOT from their time on the SDMB! For example: > [@](#): > > Actually, I don’t believe the church sells indulgences anymore, although they DO sell anullments, believe it or not. > I guess it would depend on which priest you asked. Not all priests will give you the same answer, I don’t think. I made this statement in a GQ thread-no one called me on it, but now, it makes me cringe…no sites, just saying, yeah yeah, of course they do that! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32932](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32932) So let’s here it! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/2 "2002-12-11T22:36:29Z")
On second glance, this might be more IMHO. Mods, if I made a mistake, please move it. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/3 "2002-12-11T23:04:34Z")
…sigh… I haven’t grown too terribly much since I’ve been here. I’m still a MPSIMS/Pit kind of girl. Well, with a dash of IMHO and Cafe Society. I’ve only made one or two posts in GQ, basically because I don’t have the time to reference things I post. Maybe that can be my goal for next year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/4 "2002-12-12T02:03:45Z")
About seven pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/5 "2002-12-12T02:06:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > \*\*About seven pounds. \*\* Lucky…I’m about 15 pounds…:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/6 "2002-12-12T02:18:44Z")
I have learned alot about people. What it takes to offend them, for instance. Now I try to avoid it, and it works well for me. Citing is imperative! Love having my head ripped off and chewed up by a 495 pound rottweiler for that one. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/7 "2002-12-12T02:45:12Z")
**Guin** , I don’t think we _really_ want to examine my first few hundred posts … or even the few hundred before I got to post 8K…😉 ---
**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 12, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/8 "2002-12-12T02:59:35Z")
I learned to be more skeptical about what I read and hear. A lot of what we regard as “common knowledge” turns out to be common organic fertilizer. If I post something I’m not sure of, I’ll say so. ---
**Author:** ![SteveSteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SteveSteve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveSteve)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/9 "2002-12-12T03:38:37Z")
I am not nearly as interesting or unique as I originally thought. It is kind of like reading The Onion. I think “how clever am I for enjoying an understanding this satirical article that millions of other people are also reading and…oh, dammit”. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/10 "2002-12-12T03:38:51Z")
Don’t post after the sixth beer. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/11 "2002-12-12T04:24:58Z")
Or after a round of NyQuil[sup]TM[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/12 "2002-12-12T04:59:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AskNott \* > \*\*I learned to be more skeptical about what I read and hear. A lot of what we regard as “common knowledge” turns out to be common organic fertilizer. If I post something I’m not sure of, I’ll say so. \*\* Ditto. I automatically assume everything I hear is BS now. In other words, I’ve become a smug, cynical bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/13 "2002-12-12T06:11:41Z")
I actually have become **less** of an A-hole. Working in the health-care field, I have developed a nice sense of compassion for my patients, but for some reason had learned to leave it there and pick it up again at the time clock. **SDMB** has taught me that there is a world outside the walls of my hospital, and that there are people who deserve my respect and attention even though I don’t see them up close and personal. Through interaction with y’all, I have become less of a recluse as well. Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/14 "2002-12-12T07:28:39Z")
I no longer inject alcohol directly into my veins. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/15 "2002-12-12T10:33:36Z")
_Is too ashamed to go look at her original posts_ Gawd I was such an idiot… _Silently blesses all the people on the SDMB for putting up with her and for helping her grow out of her idiocy_ ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/16 "2002-12-12T10:50:05Z")
As a new member, I know I am making posts that I will look back on and regret. However, we always have to move forward. Being on this board has made me more careful about what I say and when I say it. I’ve also become ashamed of my poor grammar and spelling and for the first time, am seeking to correct it. :x I am glad to be among such talented and intellegint people. I am young and foolish, so be as harsh as you need to be. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/17 "2002-12-12T10:51:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ava \* > **intellegint** Bah. Did I mention I am dyslexic? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/18 "2002-12-12T11:40:45Z")
Having had the opportunity to meet and interact with people completely unlike those I’ve worked with for years, I’ve gotten a wider world view and I’ve shed some of my personal ignorances. I’m more likely to question or challenge idiotic pronouncements from those I might have ignored in the past. Since I pretty much live in MPSIMS and IMHO, I’m thinking most of my posts remain in the lighthearted-banter realm. I’m still too cowardly to dive into GD. But I like to think I have a more enlightened approach to stuff in general. Plus I type faster. Deep, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/19 "2002-12-12T12:51:36Z")
Like a few others, I’ve learnt to be much less gullible and to require a little more proof than “a friend of a friend said”. I’ve also broadened by horizons by taking a trip out to the states to meet a bunch of dopers. Without the SDMB I wouldn’t have had such a good excuse! Also, I was looking at an early post of mine the other day and… I didn’t capitalise my "i"s. I was horrified. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115/20 "2002-12-12T12:56:28Z")
I’d like to think I’m not as quick to post, that I take a few seconds to think about it first. That’s made a world of difference. My sarcastic nature hasn’t changed, just mellowed some. I remember the very first post I made, the mods had to move it I put it in the wrong forum. How’s that for making a big first impression? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-grown-on-the-sdmb/142115.md?page=2)