# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/141 "2008-07-29T16:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] Ouch. I _was_ going to tell you that because of your posts, I’ve stopped being irritated by the less vs. fewer brouhaha, and that I’ve left most of my prescriptivism behind. But not anymore. Nope, it’s strictly by the (Strunk & White) book from now on. No colloquialisms, no dialects, no split infinitives. English, the way the 18th century (and God) intended. … (I also adore parentheticals. It’s a sickness. Really.) [/QUOTE] There, there, dear. You had a brief fliration with the dark side, and now you’ve returned back to the side of light. We welcome you back with open arms. And parentheticals are _not_ a sickness! A friend of mine once told me, “You speak (how should I say this?) parenthetically.” Ended up cracking us both up, enough so that I remember the line twenty-five years later. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/142 "2008-07-29T16:50:15Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Ahem. [/QUOTE] bah, missed my cue… **carnivorousplant** is smart, fantastic and probably the all around sexiest doper there is. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/143 "2008-07-29T17:41:38Z")
Well, he’s certainly the most elephantine. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/144 "2008-07-29T19:19:17Z")
**Stranger On A Train** , **matt** , **QtM** , **John W. Kennedy** , **FriarTed** , **Exapno Mapcase** , although I guess they are all A-listers. Reading **WordMan** ’s posts makes me want to learn to play guitar. And if there’s anybody on the planet funnier than **Sampiro** , I haven’t met him. There are a slew of others, too, who do not come to mind at the moment. Your time will come, though, oh yes. Oh, yes, **RiverRunner** is the smartest and sexiest guy around. And perfectly shameless, too. RR ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/145 "2008-07-29T19:21:38Z")
I just popped in here to praise **Rick**. What a helpful guy. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/146 "2008-07-29T19:56:52Z")
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove] You guy’s who are depressed at not being mentioned: just be glad this board has a search engine you can plug your name into. I once spent hours at “that other board” looking in vain for my name, slogging through years of archives. You wish you could get a b-list compliment? Try not rating even an offhand insult. Oh well, at least I’ll get a mod-spank for this paragraph. [/QUOTE] For us people with common user names (Joey P, Rick, Gary etc…) searcing doesn’t bring up any useful results. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/147 "2008-07-29T20:02:38Z")
[QUOTE=Joey P] For us people with common user names (Joey P, Rick, Gary etc…) searcing doesn’t bring up any useful results. [/QUOTE] Ditto for anyone whose user name is also a word. No vanity searches for me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/148 "2008-07-29T20:04:12Z")
> [@Silthy Tove](#): > > You guy’s who are depressed at not being mentioned: just be glad this board has a search engine you can plug your name into. This is what I always say. This is an MPSIMS style thread. (Not just because it’s in MPSIMS). So that means it’s going to attract MPSIMS-type people. So the regular contributors in GD, the Pit, GQ, may not always get mentioned. Because those people don’t often enter threads like this. So they don’t always come in here and mention each other. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/149 "2008-07-29T20:10:01Z")
:: Checks thread to make sure he is still forgettable enough to carry out his plan without undue suspicion :: :: Fails to see his name :: :: Rubs hands together gleefully :: :: Ducks out, giggling :: ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/150 "2008-07-29T20:33:59Z")
Goodwin had that second law, you know: “As a poster-praise discussion grows longer, the unlikelyhood of a mention of yourself approaches one.” ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/151 "2008-07-29T22:29:04Z")
I had to add at least one more. **Zoe**. She has said things that carry the finality of my mother. Words so true that arguing is of no use. I love you \*\*Zoe. \*\* , and the others I have mentioned. You reduce the hate that fills my heart into the nothingness that it deserves. I can’t tell you how much of my life I have spent battleing that which has threatened to destroy me. My most heartfelt thanks to all. P.S. I almost got banned but choked back my hatred. It was a real battle here where words are the only means of expression. Be sure, in real life, I show my love for all. Words can never comprimise my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/152 "2008-07-29T22:44:36Z")
I always enjoy reading whatever **Ivylass** and **Hippy Hollow** have to say, and I appreciate the way **Shodan** and **Bricker** manage to disagree with most of the board in a pointed but polite manner. I may not agree with their political views but their manner of posting makes me tend to at least give their thoughts serious consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/153 "2008-07-29T22:44:41Z")
**Autolycus, Siam Sam, Sampiro, Ginger of the North, Mr Dibble** ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/154 "2008-07-29T22:50:56Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] [Channeling Sally Field] They like me, they really like me![/CSF] **Silver Tyger Girl** is a hoot. The only person I know to name her printers. (Pixel is giving me problems today) [/QUOTE] Of course we do! (And Pixel is actually the only one behaving right now. Damn ten year old pieces of crap.) **Antinor01** is a great guy, and it’s really too bad (for me and other single ladies) that he’s gay. And taken. **Freakalette** - we read each other’s Livejournals too, and she’s funny and quirky. **Asimovian** - also a hell of a great guy, if a little too obsessed with sports and bowling. =^.^= **MadPansy64** - I complained that I was going to need a new job, and she recommended someone. Who I haven’t called yet, but that’s not the point. I still wish some of my other internet friends would give in and sign up. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/155 "2008-07-30T01:28:46Z")
I always thought **Marley23** was a genuinely nice guy. Always seems friendly and cheerful, even when he has to deliver a mod smack. And I wish **Master Wang Ka** would come back. ---
**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 30, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/156 "2008-07-30T01:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] even when he has to deliver a mod smack. [/QUOTE] I read that as “A Mod _snack_” ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/157 "2008-07-30T01:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] Ditto for anyone whose user name is also a word. No vanity searches for me! 🙂 [/QUOTE] That’s possibly for the best. Last time I did one the results were rather depressing. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/158 "2008-07-30T02:18:38Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] I read that as “A Mod _snack_” [/QUOTE] Is that when he has to pass out the apple juice and animal crackers just before naptime in mod kindergarten? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/159 "2008-07-30T02:45:33Z")
[QUOTE=Acid Lamp] **Autolycus, Siam Sam, Sampiro, Ginger of the North, Mr Dibble** [/QUOTE] Wow, really? I am genuinely surprised, I thought I had gone under the radar the last couple of years. ---
**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 30, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875/160 "2008-07-30T02:46:59Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Wow, really? I am genuinely surprised, I thought I had gone under the radar the last couple of years. [/QUOTE] FAIL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875.md?page=9)