# I have achieved SDMB Nirvana

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 25, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478 "2003-05-25T23:23:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/1 "2003-05-25T23:23:11Z")

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MY 100th post! Yes, this may be insignificant to you, but not to me. 😃

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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/2 "2003-05-25T23:25:05Z")

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And maybe this should be in MPSIMS, no?

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/3 "2003-05-25T23:25:41Z")

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Q: I have achieved SDMB Nirvana. Is this insignificant to you?

A: Yes.

This thread can now be closed.

😃

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**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/4 "2003-05-25T23:37:55Z")

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If that’s nirvana, what’s 10,000?

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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/5 "2003-05-25T23:40:14Z")

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> [@](#):
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> If that’s nirvana, what’s 10,000?

Easy, Ultra-extreme Nirvana. 😃

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/6 "2003-05-25T23:51:32Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by furt \*  
> \*\*If that’s nirvana, what’s 10,000? \*\*

Valhalla. Possibly.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/7 "2003-05-26T00:16:21Z")

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100 posts and still misusing GQ.

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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/8 "2003-05-26T00:17:36Z")

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Wow, don’t kill me.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/9 "2003-05-26T00:18:50Z")

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Off to MPSIMS.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ

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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/10 "2003-05-26T00:22:32Z")

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100 posts is a celebration? No offense, but it seems like 1,000 posts is more of a reason. I don’t mean to rain on your parade or anything.

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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/11 "2003-05-26T00:25:47Z")

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Well, not exactly a celebration, more like half a celebration, half jokingly.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/12 "2003-05-26T00:30:00Z")

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Poor Topaz. Just trying to have some fun and gets dumped on.

Next time you begin a thread in the wrong spot, click Report this post to a moderator in your post and let the powers that be know. That way the wet blankets won’t get all hippity hoppity on ya. 😃

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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/13 "2003-05-26T00:35:59Z")

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Hey, I’m not a wet blanket, I’m only slightly moist! Wait, that didn’t sound right.

Anyway, happy 100th post.

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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/14 "2003-05-26T00:36:20Z")

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Sorry, the only way to reach nirvana on the SDMB is to receive personal acknowledgement from Cecil. It’s not impossible, as posters like **aha** (or should I say “Hoo-ha”?) and **Esprix** can attest, but it’s not common. That might be for the best, though…

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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/15 "2003-05-26T00:41:02Z")

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Am I the only one who is sort of afraid of talking to Ed Z–er… Cecil? I’m afraid I might say something stupid and be corrected by him.

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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/16 "2003-05-26T00:48:10Z")

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Shhh! Ixnay on the Ottizay!

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/17 "2003-05-26T01:34:35Z")

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**Topaz** , if you keep posting at the pace in which you’ve posted in the last two hours (13 posts in about two hours), you’ll hit 10,000 posts in 64 days or thereabouts, thereby achieving true hyper-mega-super-Nirvana. (This assumes no sleep. If you wish to sleep, it will take 95 days or more.)

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**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/18 "2003-05-26T01:36:56Z")

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I love being here, I’m a Doper, dammit! 😃

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**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/19 "2003-05-26T01:38:34Z")

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Don’t count on that. . .I’ve been here half of forever and I still haven’t hit 300.

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**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:** [May 26, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-achieved-sdmb-nirvana/177478/20 "2003-05-26T01:41:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KCSuze \*  
> \*\*Hey, I’m not a wet blanket, I’m only slightly moist! \<snip\> \*\*

So, Suze: How _YOU_ doin’? 😉

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