# I feel like a real doper! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835 "2005-07-16T21:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nausicaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@Nausicaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nausicaa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/1 "2005-07-16T21:57:04Z")
I never thought of myself as a “true” doper - I was merely a lurker, but today I realized I am a “true” doper. I’m in the supermarket doing the normal shopping thing when I see a new product that says “0 g of Fat”. My first thought was “Why does Og care about how much fat is in food?” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/2 "2005-07-17T01:16:42Z")
Well, welcome all the same! Just you watch…soon you will be sucked into the vortex. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/3 "2005-07-17T01:23:05Z")
Abandon all hope now for it is already far too late for you. And welcome out of lurkerdom. ---
**Author:** ![Magdalena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Magdalena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magdalena)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/4 "2005-07-17T02:00:17Z")
> [@Nausicaa](#): > > I never thought of myself as a “true” doper - I was merely a lurker, but today I realized I am a “true” doper. > > I’m in the supermarket doing the normal shopping thing when I see a new product that says “0 g of Fat”. My first thought was “Why does Og care about how much fat is in food?” This place really seems to get into your head. I’ve been lurking here daily for just close to three years and made an account a year ago (??). The other night I was reading and I turned to my husband and said . . . “I’m going to need a cite for some of this stuff.” He was looking at me funny even AFTER I explained. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/5 "2005-07-17T03:13:21Z")
Magdalena Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Location: N. California And for the ultimate Queen of the Lurkers[sup]**TM[/sup]**, I give you… Taaaaaaa… **Magdalena**! Two posts in 18 months? You _GO_ girl! ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/6 "2005-07-17T03:24:55Z")
> [@Nausicaa](#): > > I’m in the supermarket doing the normal shopping thing when I see a new product that says “0 g of Fat”. My first thought was “Why does Og care about how much fat is in food?” 0 g of Fat. My first thought was, “How would \*\*Amazon Floozy Goddess \*\* draw a picture of that?” Og SMASH! Come on out of the shadows, fellow Doper, we won’t bite. We smash. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/7 "2005-07-17T10:40:16Z")
One of us! One of us! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/8 "2005-07-17T13:37:51Z")
Resistance is futile. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/9 "2005-07-17T16:11:17Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > One of us! One of us! Gibble! Gobble! We accept her! We accept her! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/10 "2005-07-17T16:20:34Z")
Okay, now I’m worried. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/11 "2005-07-17T21:27:14Z")
> [@Nausicaa](#): > > I never thought of myself as a “true” doper - I was merely a lurker, but today I realized I am a “true” doper. Is your name from the Miyazaki film? ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/12 "2005-07-17T21:35:31Z")
Is the Og of fat some sort of demi-og? Does this imply there is an entire pantheon? ---
**Author:** ![Nausicaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@Nausicaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nausicaa)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/13 "2005-07-17T21:38:27Z")
No - I got it from Homer by way of James Joyce’s Ulysses. I guess there is a lot we don’t know about the Og universe. ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/14 "2005-07-17T21:42:07Z")
Perhaps it should be Pantheog. ---
**Author:** ![Magdalena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Magdalena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magdalena)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/15 "2005-07-18T00:52:58Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > Magdalena > Member > > Join Date: Jan 2004 > Posts: 2 > Location: N. California > > And for the ultimate Queen of the Lurkers[sup]**TM[/sup]**, I give you… > Taaaaaaa… **Magdalena**! > > Two posts in 18 months? You _GO_ girl! You know . . . I was going to reply, but this brings my count up to **3**. This could really mess up my post/lurking ratio. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/16 "2005-07-18T00:58:56Z")
> [@Nausicaa](#): > > I’m in the supermarket doing the normal shopping thing when I see a new product that says “0 g of Fat”. My first thought was “Why does Og care about how much fat is in food?” Now this is scary. Just yesterday I saw a bag of chips that said the very same thing, and I thought the very same thing too. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-a-real-doper/312835/17 "2005-07-18T02:02:32Z")
> [@Inner Stickler](#): > > Okay, now I’m worried. As well you should be. Don’t know how long you’ve been lurking, but it really doesn’t take long to start looking at the world from a Doper perspective. GT