# In which we all beam intense thought rays at one particular Doper... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382 "2011-07-17T22:15:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/1 "2011-07-17T22:15:58Z")
… after viewing [these four images](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14175993). No, we don’t name him, nor do any of us PM him, or mention this thread in any other threads in which he participates. We just think very hard of his username whilst viewing the images. Eventually, he is telepathically drawn to this thread, and posts to congratulate us all on our psychic abilities. Then we consider how to hold the world to ransom with our superpowers. OK? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/2 "2011-07-17T22:18:57Z")
I know of whom you speak. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/3 "2011-07-17T22:24:24Z")
Thought ray- ON! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/4 "2011-07-17T22:29:29Z")
I’m doing it! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/5 "2011-07-17T22:36:45Z")
I chuckle at his name, ever since the “How did you get your username” thread… I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/6 "2011-07-17T22:37:41Z")
Hnnnnnngggh pfFFFFFFFffnnngh Hnnngnnnggggrrr Wow. Thinking is hard. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/7 "2011-07-17T22:39:55Z")
I don’t think E.I. posts here, though I wish he did. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/8 "2011-07-17T22:48:49Z")
I wonder if this mystery Doper prefers cake or death? ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/9 "2011-07-17T22:49:30Z")
The irony of this, if it works, is that the Subject/Recipient need not know about this thread or if they do know, posting to it. … In fact, if you were the subject, would you acknowlege it? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/10 "2011-07-18T00:31:05Z")
Yup. Y’all start a thread about an Attack from the 3rd dimension, and I’d drop in. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/11 "2011-07-18T00:38:49Z")
I dont know a poster named “three inch thick epidermis” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/12 "2011-07-18T00:43:52Z")
There’s a poster with the name “I.M. Nuts”? ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/13 "2011-07-18T00:47:42Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > There’s a poster with the name “I.M. Nuts”? Of course not. But there is one named Anaphylactic Shock. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/14 "2011-07-18T00:49:46Z")
Bee serious! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/15 "2011-07-18T01:17:46Z")
I’ll help, but now it’s going to take longer before Karl Rove’s head explodes. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/16 "2011-07-18T01:33:18Z")
_smoke emits from ears_ _hair catches fire_ Ow, damn, I hope this was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/17 "2011-07-18T01:40:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’ll help, but now it’s going to take longer before Karl Rove’s head explodes. Oh well, if that’s the choice, I’d hate to disturb you from your far more worthy efforts. Do get back on Rove’s case. The rest of you… try harder! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/18 "2011-07-18T01:49:40Z")
I know him! I know that guy! The guy in that picture! He writes on a message board I frequent. Gotta be him. Who else would wear shirts like that? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/19 "2011-07-18T03:33:26Z")
Woah! I felt the universe pulling me to the Straight Dope, like a magnet. All I could think about at work today was “Boy I sure wish I was at the SD posting in a thread about bees!” And here I am. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-we-all-beam-intense-thought-rays-at-one-particular-doper/589382/20 "2011-07-18T04:04:40Z")
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