# Intelectuallly Inferior Dopers, UNITE!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640 "2004-07-18T00:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/81 "2004-07-19T04:02:47Z")
I came back … I brought pie 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/82 "2004-07-19T04:24:09Z")
> [@Ashkicker](#): > > Since it looks like we _may_ have some infiltrators in the thread, that is those who are disguising themselves as “ignorant” but are really smart. We know who you are. 😃 We should at least have some proof of ignorance. That’s right folks. You will be provided with your own proof of ignorance i.d. complete with picture like this → :smack: upon links proving your ignorance. Here is [my proof of](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163344&page=1&pp=50) ignorance. Pay attention to post #25 and #49 on the first page. And post #55-#57 on the second page. Anyone else brave enough to do the same? I’d post mine but it’s on a videogame forum and also the most embarrassing thing ever. The only reason I haven’t edited my posts into oblivion is because the guy I was arguing with quoted me a lot. And mocked me. In brain spaghettiing English. ☹ I have such a problem with cites. I’m so keen to remember my latest fascinating nugget of information that I forget to remember where it was or how to find it again. I wander into GD sometimes, but the threads there hurt my head because it always seems to end up with the same two people ramming their heads against one another before giving up in disgust. ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/83 "2004-07-19T04:45:33Z")
Uh guys, before you rush in for membership of the IIDU, I should warn you that the compulsory entry vascectomy is not covered by medicare. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/84 "2004-07-19T04:45:46Z")
Awwwright **Ashkicker** you da sub-human. When **Bear\_Nenno** can’t be there to head our meetings you can take over. Four posts in one thread where three of them are thanking other posters for showing you your shortcomings certainly put your credentials on solid ground. I would like to follow your lead in proving my worthiness (unworthiness ? Are either spelled right?) but can’t find the thread. I will sum it up thusly: I got in an argument over scientific fact with Q.E.D. But I stuck to my guns until the thread sunk out of sight. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/85 "2004-07-19T05:10:36Z")
Can I join? I’m so dumb that I only got **foxymoron** ’s name just then. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/86 "2004-07-19T05:34:20Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > I will sum it up thusly: I got in an argument over scientific fact with Q.E.D. But I stuck to my guns until the thread sunk out of sight. Heh. You made me curious, so I did a liottle digging and found [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=219507), which is the one I’m pretty sure you were referring to. I’ve got my own [stupidity thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266903), too. So, can _I_ stay? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/87 "2004-07-19T07:59:52Z")
> [@jastu](#): > > This IIDU club sounds like my kind of place. Count me in. How 'bout calling us the **SDUMB**? Straight Dope United Moronic Bums. Then, when people ask, we’ll just say it with a slight accent and they’ll think we meant SDMB. That way we’ll sound cool, without having to know anything. Or the **IDIOTS**. Inferior Dopers (Intellectually) Of The Straightdope We need to brand ourselves right. After all, the big bad corporations of the world make their money from us. I can already see the t-shirts and mugs. This could be huge. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/88 "2004-07-19T08:25:40Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > We must rise up and be heard! > We don’t have to be ashamed that we have no fucking clue exactly how hawking radiation works, or why it should even matter to us. I swear to you, after reading Timothy Zahn’s [Angelmass](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/081258418X/ref=pd_null_recs_b//104-5252632-5673532?v=glance&s=books), it made perfect sense to me. But when I just looked up the definition again…nothing… d’oh! Anyway, I sympathize with you and will join your club. Also, I’d like to point out that **xash** ’s suggestions for names were _strangely_ clever…ya know, like the kind of cleverness us IIDUies don’t exhibit… now where’s the suspicious smiley? …or would that be a frowny…? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/89 "2004-07-19T09:45:15Z")
[QUOTE=AvhHines] Oh, great. _Another_ foreign quote… What is this, Italian? Well I guess it could qualify as foreign- it is from The Day The Earth stood still to bring Michael Rennie back to life. It really indicates that I never watch anything much more uplifting than 1950’s science fiction movies. ---
**Author:** ![SamIAm336](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SamIAm336](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamIAm336)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/90 "2004-07-19T11:30:45Z")
I think a name should be simple so I have a prayer of a chance of remembering it. Dumb United Dopers is as about as complicated as I can handle. I don’t have proof of bein dumb, but I can say that I never say anything in threads that gets replys… they are totaly ignored…I think that this will qualify me. Too dumb to even comment on. I brought brownies 😃 ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/91 "2004-07-19T11:53:29Z")
_moves to the front of the line_ I called ahead and booked a reservation here. Hmmmm… what’s **Biotop** and **SolGrundy** doing here? 😕 Gee - It looks like \*half \*the people here - shouldn’t be here. Mods - Please remove the smart people from this thread. And… Where’s **Ed Zotti**? I’m KIDDING!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/92 "2004-07-19T12:11:22Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > Hi. > > I’m DeVena. And I’veneverpassedthemensatest. > > Whew. Have you ever met some (not all by anymeans) of the people that have passed the Mensa test? “Socially retarded” was coined just for them. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/93 "2004-07-19T12:26:28Z")
Ah. I’m home. My post count would equal **Handy** ’s (if he were still around) if I posted every reply I ever drafted instead of deleting it in a fit of insecurity. In fact I just looked at the above statement and almost deleted it. Instead I’ll leave it up to prove that I do belong to the IIDU. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/94 "2004-07-19T12:46:30Z")
> [@Anonymous Coward](#): > > Ah. I’m home. > > My post count would equal **Handy** ’s (if he were still around) if I posted every reply I ever drafted instead of deleting it in a fit of insecurity. I do this exact same thing. There are times that I will spend 30 minutes on a long indepth reply, only to preview it, and say never mind and delete it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/95 "2004-07-19T12:55:04Z")
> [@Tiggrkitty](#): > > I do this exact same thing. There are times that I will spend 30 minutes on a long indepth reply, only to preview it, and say never mind and delete it. :rolleyes: The best part is when you end up forgetting that you canned the post. “Why is no-one answering my question? Oh… I never posted it.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/96 "2004-07-19T13:05:15Z")
> [@Sutremaine](#): > > The best part is when you end up forgetting that you canned the post. > > “Why is no-one answering my question? Oh… I never posted it.” :smack: um I do this as well. I forget I didn’t post it, and then try to find the post I took such care in writing. :o See I belong here! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/97 "2004-07-19T13:35:17Z")
Given that [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267117) (post #6) is the extent of my high-brow intellectual posting around here, I think I qualify for a Lifetime Charter Membership. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/98 "2004-07-19T13:58:38Z")
I am screech-owl, and I too am a _D’OH_per. ---
**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 19, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/99 "2004-07-19T14:04:37Z")
I’m dumber than all the people who posted links to show how dumb they are, because I don’t know how to post those kind of funky links where it looks like a word of your post but it really goes to http:/what the hell ever. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/100 "2004-07-19T14:37:57Z")
We may not be bright enough to be of much help in the fight against ignorance, but at least we have the sense to keep our mouths shut most of the time, thereby not furthering the spread of ignorance. I suggest the following motto for our as-yet unnamed club: \ Keeping our unsupported opinions to ourselves since 1973, at least most of the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640.md?page=6)