# In praise of Dopers who don't normally get praised **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875 "2008-07-26T22:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/41 "2008-07-28T16:00:35Z")
\*\*Inigo Montoya’s \*\* threads always interest me, and I always get ready to post and find that \*\*Whynot \*\* has said what I was going to say, except much better and probably much more diplomatically than I could. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/42 "2008-07-28T16:15:42Z")
**lalenin** , for a nearly unique perspective and background. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/43 "2008-07-28T16:18:07Z")
Not wanting to show favouritism to anyone I’ll just state that I like all posters with one exception. It’s not **Der Trihs** who I think is a pretty intelligent and at times witty guy, his thoughts may be a tad extreme but at least he has the courage of his convictions and isn’t afraid to make them known to us. The one exception is **Leckett** and I think we can all agree that this guy is two vouchers short for a pop-up toaster ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/44 "2008-07-28T16:23:38Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] The one exception is **Leckett** and I think we can all agree that this guy is two vouchers short for a pop-up toaster [/QUOTE] That’s **lekatt**. And I agree. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/45 "2008-07-28T16:25:36Z")
I like what **Lemur866** adds to the discussion. He’s prolific by my standards, but his posts aren’t wasteful. He’s not confrontational, a drama queen or a jerk…just a rational voice in many GQ and GD threads. I try to be much the same way, but I just don’t post as much. And I know **Rick** is probably on most people’s A lists…but I always enjoy seeing his posts. One of the most genuinely helpful Dopers out there. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/46 "2008-07-28T16:38:34Z")
I’m not sure what is meant by ‘‘A-list’’ Dopers because I imagine that varies depending on who you ask. I love reading anything **ivylass** , **eleanorrigby** or **WhyNot** have to say. They always give me the greatest advice too. I kind of look up to them, to be honest, what with their level-headedness and cool wisdom. I am beginning to really enjoy **Lust4Life** ’s posts and I think **Omegaman** has the biggest heart on this board. I love the eloquence and sensitivity of **TokyoPlayer** ’s posts. I like the offbeat quirkiness **freakalette** adds to the mix. **VinylTurnip** is hilarious, but then, we all know that. **tdn** kicks all sorts of philosophical ass. **Phlsphr** knows what it means to love and I love him for it. **Noone Special** is anything but – he’s very intelligent and sweet and funny and never posts often enough. **bbs2k** is a big sweetheart. **Least Original User Name Ever** makes me laugh out loud and he’s even crazier in real life. I wish **cmyk** would post more. He’s always got something very well thought-out and enlightening to say, yet he always maintains a respectful and diplomatic tone. Frankly I love a lot of the posters here. The **MMP** crowd,\*\* Anamiika\*\*, **Always Brings Pie** , the whole lot of you. There are maybe three posters on this board I don’t like and even then they have their endearing moments. I even love our trolls. I _especially_ love our trolls. I have a thing for social outcasts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/47 "2008-07-28T16:39:06Z")
Any time I post in one of these threads, I forget a dozen people I should include, but I will try it again. **RickJay** , especially for his baseball posts. \*\*Malacandra \*\* is a witty writer and solid debater \*\*Why Not \*\* who is very interesting and I stumble over in green threads. \*\*Eleanorigby \*\* is a nurse I always find interesting to read and I find myself more often than not agreeing with. \*\*Maureen \*\* is another nurse that I always enjoy reading, though I have not seen her much lately. \*\*Campion \*\* is always informative and extremely level headed. She will talk an issue through and try to find a point of understanding. \*\*Wordman \*\* is a poster I always look forward to in music threads. \*\*Crotalus \*\* is someone that presents a rational, intelligent and balance view from the right and is a voice I look forward to in music. (Oh, and he provided my user name too!) **Elendil’s Heir** is a great guy and starts some of the best game and café threads. He also can answer legal questions in layman terms which is an invaluable skill. \*\*Terrifel \*\* has cracked me up more often than any other poster on the dope. Look for the sneaky little insertions into threads and take delight with myself and others. **Mr Bus Guy** is an excellent writer and entertaining read and all around nice guy. \*\*Silenus \*\* is one of my favorites, no matter how much he hates my Yankees. \*\*twickster \*\* is a great read, a rational writer, dispatches sage advice, starts entertaining games and organizes fun outings. **Hal Briston** always adds a lot in his posts. His stories of fatherhood and cats and dogs and cupcakes are always worth a read. They usually come with pictures too. 😉 **Inigo\_Montoya** has been one of my favorite posters since I join the dope. His strange threads entertain and delight. **Oy!** who does not post enough, provides many detail opinions that often make me realize I am not seeing the whole picture. \*\*Phlosphr \*\* is a poster who calmly provides detailed information on green issues and politics and appears to be a great guy. The Science experts I really look forward to, but I suspect most of them are A-List anyway. \*\*Stanger on the Train, jshore, Colibri, Una Persons and QtM \*\* do more to fight ignorance on this board than any other posters I can think of. They all have much else to recommend them, but the 5 are awesome! My apologies to the dozens I have failed to list. Jim ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/48 "2008-07-28T16:41:50Z")
Ok, I’ll mix in. I’m not sure if **Stranger on a Train** counts as an All-Star, but he’s always been a Doper with something incredibly informative, knowledgeable and interesting to add. Not to mention well thought out and eloquent posts. **olivesmarch4th** always has a piercing and level-headed perspective. She’s wise way beyond her years and funny to boot. She usually ends up putting down her thoughts way better than I or anyone else could, they’re compelling and just make a ton of sense. (and I’ve thought that, even before I met you!) **Inigo** and **LOUNE** always crack me up. Also **WhyNot** and **Reverent Threshold.** I always pay attention when I see thier posts, especially in GD. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/49 "2008-07-28T16:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] I came in to mention **Bryan Ekers**. He’s the funniest mofo here. I love a quick wit and dry sense of humor. [/QUOTE] Me, too. I suspect he and I have very different politics, but goddam that guy is pithy. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/50 "2008-07-28T16:45:12Z")
I will open a thread that does not otherwise have any appeal to me if I see that **Qadgop** has posted to it\*. Same goes for **anaamika** , **Zsofia** , and **RickJay**. - Unless it’s obviously about Tolkien, because I know it will all go over my head anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/51 "2008-07-28T16:48:02Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] **olivesmarch4th** always has a piercing and level-headed perspective. She’s wise way beyond her years and funny to boot. She usually ends up putting down her thoughts way better than I or anyone else could, they’re compelling and just make a ton of sense. (and I’ve thought that, even before I met you!) [/QUOTE] Okay, blushing like crazy over here… I’ll miss you! **LOUNE** is a crazy sonofabitch, isn’t he? I mean that in a good way, buddy. I forgot to mention **What Exit?** Never met him, but seems like a totally nice dude. Heh, this thread is reminding me why I spend so much time here. ETA: And **featherlou**! :smack: Goes up in that list with **eleanor** and **ivylass** and **WhyNot** among ladies I admire and respect. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/52 "2008-07-28T16:52:37Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Dopers I know in person who are just as if not more entertaining than their screen personas: **Ginger of the North, twickster, norinew, Weirddave, MsRobyn, Airman Doors, danceswithcats, bibliocat, Mama Tiger**. [/QUOTE] _sniffles_ Apparently, I’m neither memorable nor entertaining either here or IRL … ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/53 "2008-07-28T16:58:35Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Okay, blushing like crazy over here… I’ll miss you! **LOUNE** is a crazy sonofabitch, isn’t he? I mean that in a good way, buddy. I forgot to mention **What Exit?** Never met him, but seems like a totally nice dude. [/QUOTE] LOUNE’s batshit insane. And he’s ours, all ours! I’ll (we’ll) miss you too, and let us know if you’re assumption of **What Exit?** changes when you meet him at the next Jersey Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/54 "2008-07-28T16:58:56Z")
I always read **Mr. Bus Guy** ’s, T **riskadecamus** ’ and **Mangetout** ’s posts with interest. Hell, I read just about everyone’s post with interest. That’s why I’m here. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/55 "2008-07-28T17:14:49Z")
Though most of the time I tend to see their posts in thread where i’m disagreeing with them, **FriarTed** and **Sarahfeena** seem like very nice people whose posts often make me feel ashamed of my own intolerance. Similarily, I strongly suspect **Anaamika** is the genuinely nicest person on the boards, and at least in the top five; i’d say she’s the person i’d most like just chatting to. **What Exit?** and **John Mace** are consistently non-partisan whenever they appear in GD or the Pit, and don’t raise their hackles when attacked. **Triskadecamus** is probably the best advertisement for Christianity i’ve come across. I don’t know if mods count, but **Giraffe** seems like a good guy. Possibly this is just in comparison to the other mods, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/56 "2008-07-28T17:17:40Z")
Wow, I’ve always read your username as Reverent, rather than Revenant… sorry **RT!** ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/57 "2008-07-28T17:19:28Z")
No problem! I’ve also been promoted to the priesthood on occasion. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/58 "2008-07-28T17:21:49Z")
I open threads that I would otherwise leave untouched if I see **tdn** , **QtM** , **Swallowed my Cellphone** (come back!), **ivylass** , **twickster** , **jttm** or **pbbth** have involved themselves in them. You guys rock! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/59 "2008-07-28T17:30:07Z")
Perhaps I’m biased because I’ve met him IRL and he’s always been nice to me, but **RobotArm** has a great, subtle wit to him. I tend to run into **Contrary** in a lot of threads and will hopefully meet her soon, now that she has moved to Boston. There are others, but most have already been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/60 "2008-07-28T17:30:18Z")
And in one of the most glorious typos of all time, **jttm** should actually be **jjimm**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875.md?page=4)