# How the hell did I end up here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073 "2012-10-08T08:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NRayeMc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NRayeMc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NRayeMc)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/1 "2012-10-08T08:23:33Z")
I was searching for information on nightmares and this is the first place that popped up in Google. So I came here, registered and now I’m lost! I see a lot of interesting topics but not what I’m looking for now!! :smack: ---
**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:** [October 8, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/2 "2012-10-08T08:37:47Z")
We all end up here through similar circumstances. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but there is no way out. Go to the forum Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) and start a thread introducing yourself. Maybe a mod will move this one there for you. You’ll be welcomed by the Teeming Millions. After all, you’re one of us now. We accept you, one of us! Gooble Gobble! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/3 "2012-10-08T09:45:10Z")
Google served you well. This is the home of nightmares. (For geezenstacks though you’ll have to go [here.)](http://arthursclassicnovels.com/brown-f/geezen10.html) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/4 "2012-10-08T10:40:38Z")
Whatever mysterious fate led you here, you’re most welcome. We are a site with several ways to find information. First, you can search Cecil’s columns (in the Archive at [The Straight Dope - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/archive) ) for columns on nightmares (there don’t seem to be any specific, but there is one on [lucid dreaming](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2608/how-do-you-have-lucid-dreams) and one on [being scared to death (literally.)](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2634/can-someone-be-literally-scared-to-death) Second, you can post on our Message Boards. We’ve got lots of folks here with lots of strange interests and an uncanny ability to find things on the internet, so p’raps someone can help with your specific questions. If you’re asking a question with a factual answer, I suggest you post in the forum called “General Questions.” If you’re asking a question that’s a matter of opinion rather than factual answer, I suggest the forum called “Great Debates.” Anyhow, welcome! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/5 "2012-10-08T10:54:54Z")
Mwahahahahaa. Did you bring goat, or pie, I can never remember which is the initiation thingamagig. Welcome…we’re all lost here. You are now one of us. Pull up a chair and enjoy the ride! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/6 "2012-10-08T11:24:19Z")
Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650042) the thread you were searching for? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/7 "2012-10-08T13:43:59Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **NRayeMc**. It is, indeed, a strange and wonderful place. I got here ten years ago and haven’t figured out where the exit is yet. I’m moving your thread to our MPSIMS forum, which is where, among other things, the welcoming committee hangs out. They’ll be along soon. Again, welcome! Enjoy your stay. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/8 "2012-10-08T14:35:28Z")
Hi **NRayeMc** , You’re going to need an elevator pass to find your way around here. And I just happen to have one at half price that I can sell you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/9 "2012-10-08T14:39:31Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650042) the thread you were searching for? It works much better if you imagine The Amazing Jonathan saying the above line. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/10 "2012-10-08T14:41:24Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Did you bring goat, or pie, I can never remember which is the initiation thingamagig. The initiate should have prepared a post-rites spread which should include pie but the goat is part of the ceremony itself and only used if Mariah gets too handsy. Or tentacle-y, rather. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/11 "2012-10-08T14:42:02Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Mwahahahahaa. > > Did you bring goat, or pie, I can never remember which is the initiation thingamagig. > > Welcome…we’re all lost here. You are now one of us. Pull up a chair and enjoy the ride! 😃 HE brings the pie, WE bring the goat. Geeze. And the goat will be lonely because the squid is still out sick. So, what were you wanting to know about nightmares, **NRayeMc**? I haven’t had one in decades, personally. My own definition of nightbares includes a feeling of fear, though, and I’m a lucid dreamer. I don’t count it as a nightmare if unpleasant things are happening, but I know it’s a dream so I’m not afraid, just kind of annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/12 "2012-10-08T15:04:00Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > And the goat will be lonely because the squid is still out sick. Someone comes in here asking about nightmares and the squid is sick? Don’t worry, **NRayeMc** , I’m sure we’ll find a way to show you something about nightmares, even without the squid. Muahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/13 "2012-10-08T15:05:17Z")
information on nightmares is over in the Elections forum. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/14 "2012-10-08T15:46:19Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > information on nightmares is over in the Elections forum. Wouldn’t elections fall under ‘lucid dreaming’? 😛 ‘And then, on the second Wednesday of November, he woke up. The End.’ Welcome to the boards! I suggest keeping brownies around. Sure, sure, breadcrumbs are the traditional ‘mark your path so you can get out’ foodage of choice, but brownies are more pleasing to the locals. Also, we eat them, so you can’t get back out again, but don’t tell the new guy. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/15 "2012-10-08T17:22:59Z")
_There’s no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There’s no knowing where we’re rowing Or which way the river’s flowing Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing? Not a speck of light is showing, so the danger must be growing Are the fires of hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes, the danger must be growing, 'cause the rowers keep on rowing! And they’re certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing! uuuUUUUUHHHHAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/16 "2012-10-08T17:32:13Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Welcome to the SDMB, **NRayeMc**. It is, indeed, a strange and wonderful place. I got here ten years ago and haven’t figured out where the exit is yet. I found a way out once, but I went back in to rescue someone else, and then the way out was gone… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/17 "2012-10-08T18:04:21Z")
So ask your nightmare questions. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/18 "2012-10-08T18:26:03Z")
Maybe this thread is his nightmare, and all of us mere puppets in his dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/19 "2012-10-08T18:43:57Z")
You are here because Google knows all the best advice comes from the Straight Dope Advisory Board, which is basically everybody. And, nightmares are a specialty. Soo… pull up a chair and pay a nickle. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-here/637073/20 "2012-10-08T18:59:21Z")
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