# Important Reading for those considering posting **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245 "2001-01-09T23:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/1 "2001-01-09T23:34:12Z")
Hi All! THis link may help those of you who are considering posting (or some of you who are unsure why your posts anger others.) [http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html) ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/2 "2001-01-09T23:57:22Z")
Excellent! You should start a thread in IMHO (or maybe the Pit…) for people to self-identify and identify others. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/3 "2001-01-10T00:36:54Z")
Dude, that is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen! [This one](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame63.html) reminds me of JDT. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/4 "2001-01-10T00:58:02Z")
So, who is the SDMB example of [this one](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame26.html)? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/5 "2001-01-10T02:29:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > [This one](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame63.html) reminds me of JDT. Awww - he’s even got the little helmet. 😃 And I’m not going to touch [this one](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame56.html). [Insert tasteless joke here] ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/6 "2001-01-10T03:41:25Z")
Holy crap! I’m crying now from laughing - especially at the links posted here! This is just too close for comfort in some ways… (Una now tries to find which one she is…) Tee hee! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/7 "2001-01-10T03:54:51Z")
Wait! I found a male version of myself! [http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame32.html](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame32.html) And I found **concrete**! [http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame11.html](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame11.html) And do they remind you of a certain couple…? [http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame20.html](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame20.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/8 "2001-01-10T03:58:23Z")
Those of you familiar with the LBMB are sure to recognize [this one](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame63.html) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/9 "2001-01-10T04:02:33Z")
I swear to God I have seen this in another thread. But I’m too damn lazy to look, someone else do it for me, please? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/10 "2001-01-10T04:09:04Z")
Sweet Baby Jesus…laughing so hard…I haven’t laughed like this in MONTHS. 🙂 I have seen every single one of these characters on our Board…oh here comes a laugh attack again…my jaw and tummy hurt… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/11 "2001-01-10T05:48:56Z")
**bouv** : It was mentioned [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38553) by **Fenris**. And I don’t think it’s accurate at all [snigger]. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/12 "2001-01-10T12:09:09Z")
Both sides of the gorgeous **manhattan** [http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame12.html](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame12.html) [http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame18.html](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame18.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-reading-for-those-considering-posting/49245/13 "2001-01-10T12:17:20Z")
and that odd young man from Iceland: [http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame46.html](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame46.html)