# How to know if the SDMB has taken over your life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408 "2008-07-31T20:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/41 "2008-08-01T16:12:13Z")
[QUOTE=phouka] When half the funny stories you tell start with, "okay, so there was this thread on the Dope . . . " [/QUOTE] Half? What are you, a piker? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/42 "2008-08-01T16:18:06Z")
I dream every now and then that I’m moderating the SDMB. The nightmares involve trying to delete spam posts. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/43 "2008-08-01T16:25:31Z")
When your three year old recognizes the Dope’s banner, and runs around happily screaming that “Mommy loves Dope!!” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/44 "2008-08-01T16:28:10Z")
When you actually volunteer to be a moderator. [QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] You actually say out loud to someone “cite?”. [/QUOTE] I’ve done that! Got me the funniest look… ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/45 "2008-08-01T16:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=phil417] Quick question: how do I post a pic? My husband has a digital camera, but how to I upload the pictures? (How do you know if the SDMB has taken over your life? Would a sane person ask this question?) Love, Phil [/QUOTE] Do you know how to get them onto your hard drive? Or are you asking how to upload them onto a hosting site? I use Photobucket, but there’s lots of others. Picasa, Flickr… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/46 "2008-08-01T16:38:08Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] You actually say out loud to someone “cite?”. [/QUOTE] I’m guilty of this one. If I’m feeling kind I’ll add a ‘please.’ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/47 "2008-08-01T16:48:40Z")
[QUOTE=phouka] When half the funny stories you tell start with, "okay, so there was this thread on the Dope . . . " [/QUOTE] Related to that, “I was talking to this friend of mine who’s from Sydney, well, he’s not really a friend in the traditional sense, I’ve never actually met him, but he’s an online friend, on this message board…” ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/48 "2008-08-01T17:15:28Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Related to that, “I was talking to this friend of mine who’s from Sydney, well, he’s not really a friend in the traditional sense, I’ve never actually met him, but he’s an online friend, on this message board…” [/QUOTE] I do this too, but I leave off the part where I start to sound like a crazy person. My meatspace friends all think that I’m the most connected and worldly guy around. I “know” people everywhere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/49 "2008-08-01T17:28:42Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Related to that, “I was talking to this friend of mine who’s from Sydney, well, he’s not really a friend in the traditional sense, I’ve never actually met him, but he’s an online friend, on this message board…” [/QUOTE] I’ve given up trying to explain it… I just say, “I was talking to this guy/gal…” My IRL friends look at me funny if I go into any real level of detail. They make fun of my “blog site”. [QUOTE=freekalette] When your three year old recognizes the Dope’s banner, and runs around happily screaming that “Mommy loves Dope!!” [/QUOTE] I don’t care who you are, that one’s funny!!! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/50 "2008-08-02T00:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=AngelicGemma] You remember reading this thread the last time it was started. And you’re wondering if you’re posting the exact same thing you did then. [/QUOTE] For me, it’s reading a zombie thread without noticing, compose a response, and get to the exact same response I posted when the thread was new. As for news, I read the Times on paper, but I figure that during the day anything important will show up here first. From a similar thread in talk.origins, many years ago: “When your wife says she loves you, you ask for a cite from a peer reviewed paper in a technical journal.” ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/51 "2008-08-02T00:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I do this too, but I leave off the part where I start to sound like a crazy person. My meatspace friends all think that I’m the most connected and worldly guy around. I “know” people everywhere. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah, I tend to just say “my friend in [fill in the applicable city/country] told me…”. People seldom ask how I know all of these people. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/52 "2008-08-02T20:59:03Z")
Unless your friend resides in Obamalamadingdong; then it’s tough explainin’. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/53 "2008-08-02T21:14:30Z")
I saw Adrian Grenier on the beach this morning, helping out some kids with a beach clean up, and immediately thought- "Hey, I need to post that in the “Random Encounters” thread! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/54 "2008-08-02T21:42:32Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] Yeah, I tend to just say “my friend in [fill in the applicable city/country] told me…”. People seldom ask how I know all of these people. [/QUOTE] That’s started to be my answer as well. “Dopers say…” just leads to a lot of explaining, which nobody listens to anyway. I just say “I have friends everywhere” and let it go at that. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/55 "2008-08-02T21:50:57Z")
There was a board glitch a few days ago, and I was about to post a reply when I got the message that my IP had been banned. The world grew dim and small and very, very terrible. Also– I have checked to see if my wedding ring fits in my nose. (It does.) ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/56 "2008-08-02T21:52:38Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] I have checked to see if my wedding ring fits in my nose. (It does.) [/QUOTE] The only reason I haven’t is that I can’t the ring off and there’s too much finger in the way. It makes me sad. ---
**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408/57 "2008-08-03T01:57:19Z")
When you say things in the form of “Ask the guy who \_\_\_\_” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-know-if-the-sdmb-has-taken-over-your-life/458408.md?page=2)