# "I Am Maru" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205 "2012-04-08T22:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrStrangelove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@DrStrangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrStrangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/1 "2012-04-08T22:14:14Z")
Hiya! I’m new to ‘The Straight Dope’ msg board & thought it would be fitting to post something sweet & fun via YouTube to break my Dope cherry: Enjoy! 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QZR_6K03gWk/maxresdefault.jpg "まるです３。 -I am Maru 3.-") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZR_6K03gWk) Love, ~the doc. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/2 "2012-04-08T22:21:09Z")
Welcome aboard, **DrStrangelove**. I’ve reported your thread so that a mod can move it. It probably belongs in the MPSIMS section of the board. Also, you’ll find over time that the majority of members here prefer that the board be kept reasonably uniform, and that posting in unusual colors or in other ways that draw visual attention to your posts is, if not forbidden (?), at least discouraged. Hope you have a good time here. It’s a great board. ---
**Author:** ![DrStrangelove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@DrStrangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrStrangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/3 "2012-04-08T22:25:26Z")
[ps: I noted that one of the rules of ‘The Straight Dope’ msg board posting adverts is a violation of the rules & is, therefore, subject to suspension of privileges …so, why all the adverts, eh??? They’re on every page. If posting adverts are against the rules, then NO ONE, not even the site masters, should break this rule. You are our role models, don’tcha know? Do away w/ adverts altogether, me luv. They’re irritating & most of all: AGAINST ‘DOPE’ RULES! (& please don’t come back w/ justification…I already know what your excuses of defence shall be. Ta-ra!] ---
**Author:** ![DrStrangelove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@DrStrangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrStrangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/4 "2012-04-08T22:26:27Z")
Thank you. still learning & checking out where to post what & going thru the rules. You are kind to assist! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/5 "2012-04-08T22:28:05Z")
We meet again, **DrStrangelove**. Again, I recommend that you get a sense of the place before going on a posting spree. And since you’re smart enough to know what my response to the “ads vs. spam” question will be, I assume you’re also smart enough to know what the word “disingenuous” means. **twickster** , for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![DrStrangelove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@DrStrangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrStrangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/6 "2012-04-08T22:32:18Z")
Oh, & sorry…but I enjoy soft-purple Trebuchet on all things digital as it’s mild & unobtrusive, & I see that font style & colour it’s totally offered herein per post & thought, logically, that I could use it since it’s offered. Thanks for the info. Cheers! ~the doc. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/7 "2012-04-08T22:36:28Z")
Ah, yes good old Maru. We need a cat subforum. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/8 "2012-04-09T00:44:00Z")
> [@DrStrangelove](#): > > [ps: I noted that one of the rules of ‘The Straight Dope’ msg board posting adverts is a violation of the rules & is, therefore, subject to suspension of privileges …so, why all the adverts, eh??? They’re on every page. If posting adverts are against the rules, then NO ONE, not even the site masters, should break this rule. You are our role models, don’tcha know? Do away w/ adverts altogether, me luv. They’re irritating & most of all: AGAINST ‘DOPE’ RULES! (& please don’t come back w/ justification…I already know what your excuses of defence shall be. Ta-ra!] This post has been Graped by the Grapist! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/9 "2012-04-09T04:06:14Z")
> [@DrStrangelove](#): > > [ps: I noted that one of the rules of ‘The Straight Dope’ msg board posting adverts is a violation of the rules & is, therefore, subject to suspension of privileges …so, why all the adverts, eh??? They’re on every page. If posting adverts are against the rules, then NO ONE, not even the site masters, should break this rule. You are our role models, don’tcha know? Do away w/ adverts altogether, me luv. They’re irritating & most of all: AGAINST ‘DOPE’ RULES! (& please don’t come back w/ justification…I already know what your excuses of defence shall be. Ta-ra!] Those advertisements are not posts. What’s more, you wouldn’t see them if you were a subscriber. We do allow advertisements for members only in the Marketplace forum. Guests are free to browse the Marketplace, and buy stuff, but they can’t place ads in it. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/10 "2012-04-09T05:26:44Z")
> [@DrStrangelove](#): > > [ps: I noted that one of the rules of ‘The Straight Dope’ msg board posting adverts is a violation of the rules & is, therefore, subject to suspension of privileges …so, why all the adverts, eh??? They’re on every page. If posting adverts are against the rules, then NO ONE, not even the site masters, should break this rule. You are our role models, don’tcha know? Do away w/ adverts altogether, me luv. They’re irritating & most of all: AGAINST ‘DOPE’ RULES! (& please don’t come back w/ justification…I already know what your excuses of defence shall be. Ta-ra!] Firefox and Adblock Plus will solve that problem. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/11 "2012-04-09T08:45:54Z")
The name “DrStrangelove” is awfully close to “[Dr. Strangelove](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)” who joined in December 2010 (and who is an [active poster](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332724)). Is that permitted? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/12 "2012-04-09T09:21:31Z")
There was a thread about that very thing recently. > **[Weird, there's another me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=644373)** > > Well, not really but damn close. plainjane. What’s even stranger is that I notice from her profile that she also had Opiate ‘issues’ in the past (good for her that she, like me, is a couple of years clean). I had a good friend once who I thought... In it, **TubaDiva** stated that the admins will very politely ask the newer member to choose a different name. When it comes to user names, TPTB consider it to be first come, first served. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/13 "2012-04-09T20:50:15Z")
> [@DrStrangelove](#): > > Oh, & sorry…but I enjoy soft-purple Trebuchet on all things digital as it’s mild & unobtrusive, & I see that font style & colour it’s totally offered herein per post & thought, logically, that I could use it since it’s offered. Thanks for the info. Cheers! ~the doc. If this is something you really, really want, most web browsers will allow you to set the font and text color on every website. Look into it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-maru/618205/14 "2012-04-10T16:29:12Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > This post has been Graped by the Grapist! > [@DrStrangelove](#): > > [ps: I noted that one of the rules of ‘The Straight Dope’ msg board posting adverts is a violation of the rules & is, therefore, subject to suspension of privileges …so, why all the adverts, eh??? They’re on every page. If posting adverts are against the rules, then NO ONE, not even the site masters, should break this rule. You are our role models, don’tcha know? Do away w/ adverts altogether, me luv. They’re irritating & most of all: AGAINST ‘DOPE’ RULES! (& please don’t come back w/ justification…I already know what your excuses of defence shall be. Ta-ra!] This post has been Default Formatted by the Default Formatist!