# I'm back after 7 years... what did I miss? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969 "2018-03-21T14:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 21, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/21 "2018-03-21T19:34:00Z")
Nothing has changed: still arguing about beans in chili, ketchup on hot dogs, and how to properly boil an egg. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/22 "2018-03-21T20:49:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m back after 7 years… what did I miss? One itch. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/23 "2018-03-21T20:58:30Z")
We had some sparkly jackboots for a while. That was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/24 "2018-03-21T21:01:29Z")
He’s still eligible for the \*Cecil Christmas Mug \*they gave away 3 years ago, right? If so, he should email Cecil and request one. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/25 "2018-03-21T21:05:30Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > We had some sparkly jackboots for a while. That was fun. Oh, the good ol’ days. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/26 "2018-03-21T21:10:46Z")
**What?!? He came back?** Get the rope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/27 "2018-03-21T21:22:37Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Hey, welcome back! > > Some people have died, so that sucks. Others are still alive but just stopped posting, so that sucks too. > > But I’m still here, so the board’s got that going for it 😃 Welcome back, **Serenata67**! Some old posters have died, some have moved on. We have some new ones but in general, postings are way down from what they used to be. The board’s still good; could be better but we still have **ZipperJJ** here. :o 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/28 "2018-03-21T21:23:19Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > **What?!? > He came back?** > > Get the rope. > > 🙂 Dopers can post for free, you think we can afford a rope? Make him hold his breath for a really, really long time or something. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/29 "2018-03-21T21:33:29Z")
Oh, Dogbutler and Spiderman are now known as Dogbutt and Spiderbutt. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/30 "2018-03-21T21:38:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Nothing has changed: still arguing about beans in chili, ketchup on hot dogs, and how to properly boil an egg. …and which way to load the toilet paper - under or over? These are some of the great questions of our time, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/31 "2018-03-21T21:39:04Z")
Read the In Memorium Thread to see a few who have died: > **[In Memoriam](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802)** > > Over the years the Straight Dope community has included a huge variety of memorable and remarkable people. Posters come and go for their own reasons, but some have left us much sooner than we would have liked. This is a short list of friends who... ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/32 "2018-03-21T21:48:47Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Read the In Memorium Thread to see a few who have died: > [In Memoriam - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802) Hint: it is a list because there are more than 2 names. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/33 "2018-03-21T21:52:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Hint: it is a list because there are more than 2 names. Awwww man, I’m still not over her. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/34 "2018-03-21T22:32:37Z")
Nothing has changed. We are all just a bunch of AI chatbots designed to spy on you just like we were in 2011. ---
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/35 "2018-03-21T22:34:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Nothing has changed: still arguing about beans in chili, ketchup on hot dogs, and how to properly boil an egg. I haven’t seen a good thread about planes on a treadmill, 1920’s style death-rays, tipping, or wearing shoes inside for a while though. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/36 "2018-03-21T22:54:13Z")
**Leaffan** has watched and disliked a shit-load of movies! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/37 "2018-03-21T23:47:14Z")
Didn’t they stop requiring a goat at the initiations? ---
**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 21, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/38 "2018-03-21T23:51:27Z")
> [@Crazy\_Canuck](#): > > I haven’t seen a good thread about planes on a treadmill, 1920’s style death-rays, tipping, or wearing shoes inside for a while though. Ah, the Death Ray thread. What a beauty that was. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/39 "2018-03-21T23:57:49Z")
The only way to really be back is to participate in this year’s [shot glass exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=851381). ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969/40 "2018-03-22T00:03:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Didn’t they stop requiring a goat at the initiations? The goat’s still with us, but Mariah retired. It’s just not the same without the tentacles. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-after-7-years-what-did-i-miss/810969.md?page=3)