# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/61 "2008-07-28T17:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=Most Original User Name Ever] But I wanna meet Lissla Lissar! She sounds like a fabulous cook and I would love to spend the day in the kitchen and sewing with her. She could teach me so much. And I would get to spend time with her cute baby Nat! [/QUOTE] My lord. Thank you. I’m another bitter _never gets mentioned in these threads_ girl. 😉 I would also love to spend a day with you, although unless you enjoy getting your nose bitten you wouldn’t like to spend a day with Nat, let me tell you. You’re a sweetheart. I want to meet **gardentraveler** and **Sarahfeena** , because they’re both very cool, and lovely people, and I love the way **Sarah** debates. I also want to meet **Bricker** , or rather, I want me and Mr. Lissar to meet **Bricker** , especially Mr. Lissar, because he’s thinking about becoming a Knight of Columbus. And **Unauthorized Cinnamon** , and **IvoryTowerDenizen** , and pretty much everyone who’s responded sympathetically to my cluess new-mom cries for help. Oh, and **fessie** and her kids, because I’m curious about those ‘myriad uses for toothpaste’. 😉 Oh, and **dangermom**. She’s an amazing resource about classical homeschooling and anything LDS. ---
**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, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/62 "2008-07-28T18:00:49Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] _sniffles_ Apparently, I’m neither memorable nor entertaining either here or IRL … [/QUOTE] To be honest, I think a lot of the time we don’t run in the same threads on the board. I do remember meeting you at the last Gettydope and at Gingy and Dave’s parties, but we really didn’t talk much, together. And that’s mostly on me, because I don’t talk much at all once there’s a fairly large group going. There was no intent to slight you, believe me! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/63 "2008-07-28T18:08:58Z")
Oh, and: **WhyNot** because my Wife liked her. **HazelNutCoffee** because she’s enormously hot and she hopped right into my car and let me drive her home after seeing me for the first time ever and giving me a big hug IN PUBLIC. **Anaamika** because she makes a fascinating foreign (to me) culture seem not so foreign. ---
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/64 "2008-07-28T18:18:06Z")
Just remembered another one! **Angua** , both for her perspective as a professional astronomer and for her viewpoint as a member of a minority sect of Islam. She offers some fascinating insight and doesn’t get half the praise she deserves for it. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/65 "2008-07-28T18:42:29Z")
**beagledave** and **Stratocaster** are both class acts. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/66 "2008-07-28T18:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] **Ginger of the North** always draws my attention. A fine lady. [/QUOTE] Thank you, **Paul** and **jayjay**. Although, **jayjay, Morgyn** has never been to my house. You’ve met her at Gettysdope, though. It’s not a good day for me. Maybe I’ll think of someone later. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/67 "2008-07-28T18:54:27Z")
I think people in this thread who are un-noted in the praise lists here should praise each other, so the circle is complete. **JThunder** is particularly cool. And snappy dresser. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/68 "2008-07-28T19:09:35Z")
**Sam Stone** is the man. I am constantly irritated by the average person’s ignorance of how economics works. I praise anyone who has the patience to explain it over and over and over again, and most of the time, he is drowned out by the left leaning audience around here. Thank you, **Sam Stone** , for continuing to battle ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/69 "2008-07-28T19:16:05Z")
I’d like to take **Wile E** out for a beer or two. Her good humor, insight, and love of animals are certainly beerworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/70 "2008-07-28T19:27:55Z")
(Someone should ask for peoples 3rd tier dopers…maybe I can make it on that list!) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/71 "2008-07-28T19:39:06Z")
I adore every last one of you (yes, you too)…except for you, you, and you\*. \*I actually _start_ to like you all the time, but then I remember about that thing that bugged me. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/72 "2008-07-28T19:40:52Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] (Someone should ask for peoples 3rd tier dopers…maybe I can make it on that list!) [/QUOTE] **Who are the Dopers you always forget you liked?** Somehow I don’t think that thread will get many posts. (grinning) Of course, since I forget everyone, I’ll just sit here and pretend I mentioned everyone on the Dope. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 28, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/73 "2008-07-28T19:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] (Someone should ask for peoples 3rd tier dopers…maybe I can make it on that list!) [/QUOTE] Antinor is witty, intelligent and generous to a fault. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/74 "2008-07-28T19:45:02Z")
Of the people I haven’t mentioned before in prior threads, **HazelNutCoffee** and **freakalette** are high on my list. I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned **Cervaise** before, but he may be considered an A-lister. Oh, and of course, I have this secret crush on **Antinor01** , but I can’t talk about that because I’m married. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/75 "2008-07-28T20:01:07Z")
I nominate myself. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/76 "2008-07-28T20:08:46Z")
I think between us we could start to define an Alt-A\* List. Mine would definitely include **Kythereia** , **HazelNutCoffee** , **matt\_mcl** , **Cerowyn** , **Twickster** , **WhyNot** , **Sam Stone** , **Anaamika** , **angua** , **Nava** , **Lissla Lissar** , **Scuba\_Ben** , **What Exit?** , **tdn** , **TokyoPlayer** , **pbbth** , **Mahna Mahna** , **Spoons** , **featherlou** , **Ginger of the North** , **olivesmarch4th** , and **Siege**. Undoubtedly, there are many I’ve left out. Including two I’m racking my brains trying to remember their usernames. Note that many of these Dopers I have either met in person, had Hopeless Doper Crushes on, or both. 🙂 [sub]\*Although we might have to call it something else, lest it start to reek of financial collapse[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/77 "2008-07-28T20:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=Satellite^Guy] I think **Rick** and (Hi,) **Opal** (!) could be added to that list… /me shuffles back into his corner… nobody knows I’m here… S^G [/QUOTE] I would heartily like to second the vote for **Rick**. He is be the driving force behind so many Doper-driven causes to help the deserving. Additionally, he is a funny contributor and all round car tip Ace! I suspect these others have been mentioned but I only have had time for a quick scan right now. I’d add (second, third, whatever) **Sampiro** , **Stranger on a Train** , **What Exit** and others I’m sure I’ll think of in the next few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/78 "2008-07-28T20:25:34Z")
My jaw just dropped on to the ground, because I was mentioned. Thank you!!! I came in to say that everyone here being mentioned are A-listers! ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/79 "2008-07-28T20:31:08Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Oh, and: **WhyNot** because my Wife liked her. **HazelNutCoffee** because she’s enormously hot and she hopped right into my car and let me drive her home after seeing me for the first time ever and giving me a big hug IN PUBLIC. **Anaamika** because she makes a fascinating foreign (to me) culture seem not so foreign. [/QUOTE] Wait, Hazel is the Grapist now? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/80 "2008-07-28T21:06:37Z")
[QUOTE=Risha] I’ve suddenly realized that I have very little idea of who counts as “A list” Dopers. Off the top of my head, I’m always glad to see these people pop up in a thread: **norinew** , **olivesmarch4th** , **Really Not All That Bright** , **Paul in Saudi** , **SSG Schwartz** , **Anaamika** , and **TokyoPlayer**. [/QUOTE] :eek: My master plan of never getting mentioned in these things is _foiled!_ Thanks, though 😃 I am such a fan of **lobsang** and **Mangetout** that I am constantly confusing the two of them. Really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875.md?page=5)