# I am the most famous doper... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867 "2004-11-03T23:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/141 "2004-11-05T13:03:11Z")
That sounds like something Michael Jackson would say. My next guess was that you were Roland Orzabal, and your first choice for user name was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/142 "2004-11-05T13:14:38Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Oh lighten up! > > I know this place is very important to a lot of people, and rightly so. But it IS onl a message board and you did NOT have to join in this thread. > > Geesh some people take life so seriously…relax and enjoy it a bit…or not. > > When i started this thread I had no agenda other than to have little fun. I am sorry it has devolved into something people take to heart. You’re right, we should all relax, take a deep breath, and tell each other our real names. You go first ;). ---
**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:** [November 5, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/143 "2004-11-05T13:16:28Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > You’re right, we should all relax, take a deep breath, and tell each other our real names. You go first ;). You want me to reveal my Secret Identity? But my career as a Masked Crimfighter would be ruined! ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/144 "2004-11-05T13:20:28Z")
**newcrasher** is Neal Stephenson. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/145 "2004-11-05T13:41:30Z")
I was going to say it was Tammy, but I suspect that was a different dicktease. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/146 "2004-11-05T15:12:59Z")
**newcrasher** , if you really are that famous, and as you say, you have been on this board for a while, do you really think that revealing your identity poses that much of a security risk? I’d like to believe that the board membership is a bit more enlightened, and could recieve such information gracefully without you being inundated by a million e-mail requests for a JPEG of your autograph. Even if there is a credible risk of privacy loss, I’m sure you could contact a board admin to have your username serruptitiously changed. Of course, I understand the desire for privacy, and to that end even I won’t reveal my real name online. I have to wonder, though, what you intended with this thread if not to eventually reveal your identity? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/147 "2004-11-05T15:21:00Z")
**MOONCHILD!** I can’t believe I just referenced The Neverending Story. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/148 "2004-11-05T15:31:25Z")
As I was sitting on the toity this a.m. it occurred to me **newcrasher** _has_ to be **Jon Stewart**. That whole Evangelical Christian thing is a classic red herring & his wife DID have a baby last winter. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/149 "2004-11-05T15:45:04Z")
You’ve got the **Stewart** part right, but it’s not Jon… It’s _a good thing_. Notice “he” suddenly has more time to post? Doesn’t _that_ just make you go hmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/150 "2004-11-05T16:08:00Z")
> [@Salem](#): > > You’ve got the **Stewart** part right, but it’s not Jon… > > It’s _a good thing_. > Notice “he” suddenly has more time to post? Doesn’t _that_ just make you go hmmmmm… Ah, but would this make us smile? He’s obviously Mr. Goodwrench. . . ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/151 "2004-11-05T16:10:06Z")
> [@Fuji Kitakyusho](#): > > **newcrasher** , if you really are that famous, and as you say, you have been on this board for a while, do you really think that revealing your identity poses that much of a security risk? I’d like to believe that the board membership is a bit more enlightened… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284479&page=4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284479&page=4) From this thread…courtesy of Spectrum… “Then you are a bigot, and I wish I knew you so I could kick you in your redneck-supported face.” Alas this board is not “enlightened”. It tends to lean to one side and villify those who disagree…methinks anonymity remains the way… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/152 "2004-11-05T16:12:02Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Alas this board is not “enlightened”. It tends to lean to one side and villify those who disagree…methinks anonymity remains the way… Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/153 "2004-11-05T16:14:13Z")
> [@Snaggletooth](#): > > I hope there is a point to this… > > Stephen Glass? If there \*were[\i] a point to this, then we would have to change the name of this forum from “Mundane Pointless Things I Must Share” to “Terribly Relevant Issues and Salient Points”. I don’t see that happening. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/154 "2004-11-05T16:14:22Z")
I was on the front cover of the Morley Advertiser once, with one of my paintings. Beat that bizzatch. Failing that, your that mang Jade off big brother. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/155 "2004-11-05T17:15:04Z")
Of course it’s pointless newcrasher, that’s the, erm, point. But you’ve created something that you obviously cannot (or refuse to) back up, so time’s up, pal, either you’re famous or you’re not. If you’re not going to say, then vanish, creating curiosity for something that clearly does not exist is childish, even in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/156 "2004-11-05T17:15:20Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284479&page=4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284479&page=4) From this thread…courtesy of Spectrum… > > “Then you are a bigot, and I wish I knew you so I could kick you in your redneck-supported face.” > > Alas this board is not “enlightened”. It tends to lean to one side and villify those who disagree…methinks anonymity remains the way… Okay, so we have a famous person, who takes an entirely innocuous thread and makes it political, leading me to believe that he/she is either a political figure, or a well-known partisan in the media. Your use of archaic english and ellipsis marks in your post is a clue that if you are in the media, it is in TV or film and not print. Conversely, if you are a political figure, my guess would be that you are relatively young. Am I getting warm? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/157 "2004-11-05T17:45:31Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > If there \*were[\i] a point to this, then we would have to change the name of this forum from “Mundane Pointless Things I Must Share” to “Terribly Relevant Issues and Salient Points”. > > I don’t see that happening. Note that we also haven’t changed the forum name to “Anonymous Bragging About Unspecified Real Life Accomplishments”. Face it, dude. You work at Hot Dog on a Stick. Just accept it – there’s no shame in it. You don’t need to pretend to be someone important. Just look yourself in the mirror and say “I may not have taken the world by storm, but I can make on hell of a corn dog! And that’s enough.” ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/158 "2004-11-05T17:52:56Z")
Are you D.B. Cooper? ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/159 "2004-11-05T17:55:39Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Of course it’s pointless newcrasher, that’s the, erm, point. But you’ve created something that you obviously cannot (or refuse to) back up, so time’s up, pal, either you’re famous or you’re not. If you’re not going to say, then vanish, creating curiosity for something that clearly does not exist is childish, even in MPSIMS. I will try to be more adult for those of you unable to resist posting in a pointless thread that makes you angry. By the by…as I write this “childish” reply the original thread is between such sober threads as… "I’m so ghetto… " "I love gummy candy! " and the thread most likely to be discussed on the Lehrer News Hour, "Fag-O-Matic " (honourable mention to "Dogs Love Newly Circumcised Baby Penis " For no reason, I thrust a jewish smiley at you! ;j ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867/160 "2004-11-05T17:57:38Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Note that we also haven’t changed the forum name to “Anonymous Bragging About Unspecified Real Life Accomplishments”. > > Face it, dude. You work at Hot Dog on a Stick. Just accept it – there’s no shame in it. You don’t need to pretend to be someone important. Just look yourself in the mirror and say “I may not have taken the world by storm, but I can make on hell of a corn dog! And that’s enough.” Are you Al Franken? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-most-famous-doper/272867.md?page=9)