# I'm in love

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 14, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579 "2009-11-14T19:25:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sawdee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@sawdee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sawdee)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579/1 "2009-11-14T19:25:52Z")

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I don’t know if anyone else has had a similar experience, but this was mine. Presumably made possible by my relative youth, I wasn’t aware of the column’s existence until last night.

I was originally searching for information on the link between Disney and antisemitism, when I stumbled across this column and archive. That was around 8:00 PM. When I discovered that this site was a treasure-trove of concise, thorough, and well-written answers to not only this question but also many others of similar fascination to me, I remained glued to my monitor reading the last 10 years of columns until, get this, 7:00 AM.

I promptly awoke at 1 PM to continue gorging on what remained of Cecil’s 20th century exploits. This is exactly the type of information I CRAVE, delivered in an ideal format and medium. Long story short, I think I’m in love.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579/2 "2009-11-14T20:49:26Z")

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Welcome to the Dope! Stick around and have some fun. The others will be here soon for the [del]initiation[/del]weclome wagon!

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**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579/3 "2009-11-14T22:09:53Z")

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Welcome, **sawdee**. I had a similar experience back in 2003, when I searched the internet looking to confirm that Hitler had only one testicle, and found [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/881/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle). Stayed up all night reading columns, and devoured each new column like a starving man at a feast.

I discovered the message boards a couple of years later, and developed a similar addiction.

You have been warned.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579/4 "2009-11-15T13:11:22Z")

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Looks like you are already enjoying the forum. I apologize for my ignorance above–you won’t get the full welcome party unless you announce yourself in MPSIMS (Mundane Pointless Things I Must Share). That’s one of the least serious forums. But, in my opinion, it is the one with the highest sense of community.