# I'm addicted to Dope! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045 "2006-03-27T05:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045/1 "2006-03-27T05:37:00Z")
The Straight Dope, that is! Lately, I probably check on here 3 times a day. (I spend at least an hour online here) How much do you Dope per day? ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045/2 "2006-03-27T05:47:08Z")
1 to 2 hours per day on average. Sometimes more (my personal best is 11 hours in one day) and sometimes less (a few days between visits here and there). And I’m not addicted, dammit! I just reallyreallyreallyreallyreally like it. I could quit anytime I wanted… I just don’t want to right now, m’kay? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045/3 "2006-03-27T07:22:28Z")
I’m on throughout the day, but never for more than maybe 10 minutes at a time. Chalk it up to a terrible attention span. I did spend HOURS every day reading Cecil’s columns when I first found this site, though. ---
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045/4 "2006-03-27T08:29:55Z")
Welllll, there used to be a leaflet with a 12-step program… But the goat ate it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045/5 "2006-03-27T08:31:49Z")
Well, I’m in and out, in and out, in and out… And sometimes I check the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045/6 "2006-03-27T14:51:27Z")
I usually wake up between 3-4 in the morning to get my Dope. It’s the only time the house is silent (unless I’m listening to my iPod playlists while surfing) and I totally enjoy it. I hit GQ, then IMHO, then MPSIMS and finally the Pit. It can take a good 4+ hours if posters have been prolific during the day/night. If posters haven’t posted much, the whole thing can be done in about 1.5 hours. This is my favorite place to hang out. People are smart, some are smart-asses (like me!) and some are just fun. I consider a lot of you’se peoples to be my friends, even if you’re completely unaware of me! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-addicted-to-dope/350045/7 "2006-03-27T14:59:41Z")
(with apologies to Robert Palmer) Your PC’s on, and you’re at home No friends, 'cause you’re alone The keys click, the modem shrieks It’s Windows 2000, the memory leaks Yost pot once (whoa-oh!) you post twice Your comments in the Pit weren’t very nice “A goat felcher,” you called RickJay But I deserved it, what can I say Chicago Reader’s gonna keep up the board, you hope So pony up your eight bucks, and don’t mope Gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to the Dope