# I don't know how you guys treat newbies... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452 "2002-07-11T17:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@poser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poser)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/1 "2002-07-11T17:19:05Z")
There have been message boards that I’ve been on that flame newbies like none other. So hello! I’m new. :o 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/2 "2002-07-11T17:24:37Z")
Don’t worry, we won’t flame you… but if you come over here, we can play a game we like to call “Customs Agent”. 😃 All joking aside, welcome to the boards, and enjoy your stay! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/3 "2002-07-11T17:24:42Z")
welcome, you dirty, rotton… OH!! Sorry! S’cuse me while I put this out! (you will learn to ignore me, like most everyone else does! :D) * * * “Oh I wish I was a Catfish, swimmin’ in the deep blue sea. I’d have all the pretty women fishin’ after me.” - Catfish Blues ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/4 "2002-07-11T17:26:26Z")
Did somebody say sumthin’? ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/5 "2002-07-11T17:26:28Z")
Welcome poser! Many happy posts to you! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/6 "2002-07-11T17:29:12Z")
Welcome to the SMDB! [sub]So, who has the branding irons?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![poser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@poser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poser)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/7 "2002-07-11T17:35:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*welcome, you dirty, rotton… > > OH!! Sorry! S’cuse me while I put this out! > > (you will learn to ignore me, like most everyone else does! :D) > \*\* :o > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superbee \* > \*\*Did somebody say sumthin’? \*\* :mad: bark bark! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Speaker for the Dead \* > \*\*Don’t worry, we won’t flame you… but if you come over here, we can play a game we like to call “Customs Agent”. > 😃 > > All joking aside, welcome to the boards, and enjoy your stay! \*\* sank you. 😃 (P.s. Don’t refer to me as a he when speaking. I’m quite the contrairy. ) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/8 "2002-07-11T17:37:45Z")
> [@](#): > > I bit my wookie. The Simpsons quote you’re looking for is “I bent my wookie”, said by Ralph Wiggum in the “Lisa’s Rival” episode. It was quickly followed with “My cat’s breath smells like cat food.” Welcome aboard! ---
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/9 "2002-07-11T17:38:15Z")
Hmmm… lets see… care and treatment of newbies… Someone seems to have ripped that page out of my membership manual here. Best suggestion I can offer… Threadspotting Archives. Read, learn, repeat. And oh… yea I remember this part without the missing page. Pleased to meet you, welcome aboard. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/10 "2002-07-11T18:28:02Z")
… and you join the SDMB with a car coat and a blood initiation. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/11 "2002-07-11T18:34:08Z")
Burn the Newbie, purge him with fire… huh? we don’t do that anymore? Darn. Welcome to the boards. please accept this invisible fruit basket filled with the best fruit on Mars with my complements. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/12 "2002-07-11T19:05:04Z")
Me don’t tink he’s no newbie… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![poser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@poser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poser)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/13 "2002-07-11T19:42:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\*Me don’t tink he’s no newbie… 😉 \*\* 😕 I are not newbie? That I are, I are a newbie, matee. But I are familiar with many-a-message board. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![poser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@poser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poser)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/14 "2002-07-11T19:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*Burn the Newbie, purge him with fire… > > huh? we don’t do that anymore? Darn. Welcome to the boards. please accept this invisible fruit basket filled with the best fruit on Mars with my complements. \*\* Exnay on the Him-tey. I am woman. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/15 "2002-07-11T20:11:20Z")
Exnay on the Him-tey. I am woman. * * * I bent my wookie. I didn’t know women could do that! Learn something new every day! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/16 "2002-07-11T20:20:25Z")
Gots a lot of screen names there, poser/desdenova. You might want to get an administrator to knock one off for you before you get banned. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/17 "2002-07-11T20:22:55Z")
You should be aware that newbies are not allowed to post any messages to this board until their post count has reached 100. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/18 "2002-07-11T20:48:33Z")
> [@](#): > > You should be aware that newbies are not allowed to post any messages to this board until their post count has reached 100. Wow I’m almost there ---
**Author:** ![RedDevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RedDevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedDevil)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/19 "2002-07-11T21:01:57Z")
They’re really, really horrible here. And _sniff_ I want to _sob_ go _sniffle_ home! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452/20 "2002-07-11T21:02:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Gots a lot of screen names there, poser/desdenova. You might want to get an administrator to knock one off for you before you get banned. ??? poser/desdenova ARE NOT one and the same! I am just another noob! Too! Please don’t hurt the newbies! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-how-you-guys-treat-newbies/118452.md?page=2)