# I used to be a lurker, now i'm a poster! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511 "2012-03-12T01:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Not\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/1 "2012-03-12T01:46:59Z")
Hi Dopers! I’m been lurking on these boards for about a year and finaly i decided to join and post! I’m from Brazil and still learning english, so please be nice with me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/2 "2012-03-12T01:51:32Z")
Welcome, welcome! So… What’s the weather like in Brazil? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Not\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/3 "2012-03-12T02:00:14Z")
Hi Sunspace! The weather in Brazil is great! Right now is about 20°C (68 Fahrenheit) and we have a beautiful starry night! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/4 "2012-03-12T02:11:46Z")
Hello! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/5 "2012-03-12T02:25:36Z")
What a coincidence! I now lurk on posters! ---
**Author:** ![Not\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/6 "2012-03-12T02:30:09Z")
Hi Ivory! Hi John! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/8 "2012-03-12T03:25:17Z")
So where are you from in Brazil? And are you still in Brazil, or have you escaped? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/9 "2012-03-12T03:44:44Z")
Bom dia (boa noite?)! Tudo bem? Bem-vindo tambem, meu amigo! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/10 "2012-03-12T03:57:53Z")
> [@Not\_From\_Here](#): > > Hi Sunspace! > The weather in Brazil is great! Right now is about 20°C (68 Fahrenheit) and we have a beautiful starry night! Nice. I’m Canadian, so you don’t have to worry about using that Fahrenheit stuff with me. Celsius is fine. 🙂 Brazil in on the list of countries I’d like to visit. I speak Esperanto, and it always seems that there are a lot of Esperanto-speakers on the net from Brazil. Very friendly people. And when I was taking art classes at OCAD in Toronto 20 years ago, there was a very beautiful Brazilian woman in the class. Unusually, we started to become friends. If she hadn’t smoked… (sigh) Do you live in southern or northern Brazil? Big city or small town or rural? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/11 "2012-03-12T11:32:22Z")
Welcome to the insanity! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/12 "2012-03-12T11:51:50Z")
Welcome, **Not From Here**! I hope to see more posts of you. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/13 "2012-03-12T11:52:09Z")
Welcome to the dope. It’s a fun place to hang out. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/14 "2012-03-12T12:02:10Z")
Welcome! How are you enjoying learning English? Is it difficult? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/15 "2012-03-12T17:00:04Z")
Hello, bom dia, and welcome! I was born in Brazil, though we moved out of the country when I was 2 1/2, so I still retain a rusty smattering of vocabulary. Glad you signed up so it’s not a one-way conversation with you anymore… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/16 "2012-03-12T19:01:57Z")
Sure, you were lurking, but my inverse tachyon pulse detected you despite your lurking device. Anyway, good to see you here 🙂 (And we’ll be merciless in pointing out any spelling, punctuation or grammar mistakes you make despite English not being your native language, we’re just a bit pedantic like that.) ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/17 "2012-03-12T19:15:33Z")
Greetings Not From Here! I’m relatively new to this enjoyment myself. Looking forward to seeing you. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/18 "2012-03-12T20:09:05Z")
Hopefully the translation page I found is somewhat accurate: _Fazer não ter medo de as lulas._ Now then, if you’d kindly step over this way…yes, right over the big “X” over there…thank you. Ok then, your initiation will begin…shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/19 "2012-03-12T22:03:34Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > So where are you from in Brazil? And are you still in Brazil, or have you escaped? Hi Tripolar! I’m from Sao Paulo and i still live here. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/20 "2012-03-12T22:07:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Bom dia (boa noite?)! Tudo bem? Bem-vindo tambem, meu amigo! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Welcome to the insanity! > [@Maastricht](#): > > Welcome, **Not From Here**! I hope to see more posts of you. > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Welcome to the dope. It’s a fun place to hang out. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Hello, bom dia, and welcome! I was born in Brazil, though we moved out of the country when I was 2 1/2, so I still retain a rusty smattering of vocabulary. Glad you signed up so it’s not a one-way conversation with you anymore… 🙂 > [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Greetings Not From Here! I’m relatively new to this enjoyment myself. Looking forward to seeing you. Hi Guys!!! ---
**Author:** ![Not\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@Not\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511/21 "2012-03-12T22:15:17Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Nice. I’m Canadian, so you don’t have to worry about using that Fahrenheit stuff with me. Celsius is fine. 🙂 > > Brazil in on the list of countries I’d like to visit. I speak Esperanto, and it always seems that there are a lot of Esperanto-speakers on the net from Brazil. Very friendly people. And when I was taking art classes at OCAD in Toronto 20 years ago, there was a very beautiful Brazilian woman in the class. Unusually, we started to become friends. If she hadn’t smoked… (sigh) > > Do you live in southern or northern Brazil? Big city or small town or rural? I live in São Paulo, a huge city in the southeast of Brazil.And about that beatiful brazilian woman, well, all brazilian woman are like that!This is why i would never move to any other country! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-a-lurker-now-im-a-poster/615511.md?page=2)