# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/101 "2004-07-19T14:41:59Z")
> [@](#): > > It wasn’t the way I wanted it! I can handle things. I’m not dumb Christ, not like everyone says. I’m smart; and I want respect. Can we get charter member changed to IIDU? ---
**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, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/102 "2004-07-19T15:04:03Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > I’ve got my own [stupidity thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266903), too. So, can _I_ stay? We love ya, **Q.E.D.** , but if you have “SDSAB” under your name, you don’t belong here. Incidentally, **\>\> I \<\<** knew the correct answer to the math problem you linked to, but only because I’ve seen it before. ---
**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, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/103 "2004-07-19T15:28:07Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > We love ya, **Q.E.D.** , but if you have “SDSAB” under your name, you don’t belong here. Things you are afraid to ask because they make you look stupid… What exactly does SDSAB stand for anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/104 "2004-07-19T15:40:03Z")
> [@](#): > > What exactly does SDSAB stand for anyway? If you know the answer you don’t belong here. ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/105 "2004-07-19T15:53:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If you know the answer you don’t belong here. **S** traight **D** ope **S** cience **A** dvisory **B** oard. We’re the folks who answer the questions Cecil doesn’t. Ok, I’ll leave now… ---
**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, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/106 "2004-07-19T16:27:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by 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. > > Reply by Q.E.D.: > Heh. You made me curious, so I did a liottle digging and found this thread, which is the one I’m pretty sure you were referring to. > > I’ve got my own stupidity thread, too. So, can I stay? Well, I guess we’ve already covered that last part. It’s good, **Q.E.D.** that you recognize your own limitations. As further proof of my IIDU fitness I offer: After several weeks I finally remembered where I got the info that allowed me the rightous courage to correct Q.E.D… While he brought in various studies, complete with sciency kind of words, a little math, various facts I based my entire argument on something I read in a, **FREAKIN’ TOM CLANCY BOOK.** ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/107 "2004-07-19T16:27:58Z")
Can I hang out with you guys for awhile? I don’t feel much like debating these days and you guys are just way too cool, funny, hell I don’t know what it is …interesting. Yeah that’s it, interesting. I mean think about it. Would you rather hang out with a bunch of brainy geeks who are always correcting you or some ignorant asses that know how to laugh at themselves. Besides, I’ve professed my ignorance on several occasions. Did someone here say they wanted to be an IUD? …interesting 😃 BTW with a membership waiting list that includes tomndeb, xash, QED, and some others. I suppose this could be the, “if you can’t beat 'em, then join 'em thread.” Has **Unca C** arrived yet? ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/108 "2004-07-19T17:13:38Z")
I definitely feel like one of those not-so-smart people- and here I thought I was the only one! :eek: I generally stay away from Great Debates because I am a terrible debater, I don’t recognize fallacies well and get frustrated when one cite carries more weight than another ‘just because’. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/109 "2004-07-19T17:20:59Z")
I entered a political thread yesterday for the first time ever. I asked a simple question about something I was confused about. My question set off a bunch of fireworks and kind of hijacked the whole thread! :eek: I tried to join in but was basicly ignored, but it was kind of fun. 😃 ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/110 "2004-07-19T19:45:46Z")
> [@SamIAm336](#): > > 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 😃 There you are Sam- you can never again say you were ignored. I think it should be standard for we ‘message board imapired’ folk to answer each others posts so no one knows we are dumb. 😃 ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/111 "2004-07-19T20:09:58Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > There you are Sam- you can never again say you were ignored. I think it should be standard for we ‘message board imapired’ folk to answer each others posts so no one knows we are dumb. > > 😃 Thanks **Cicero**! That made my day! ---
**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 20, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/112 "2004-07-20T01:19:13Z")
I may not be a genius, and I may not be very well informed, but I’m excellent at making arbitrary decisions. [Cite.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=181954) So, for the sake of tidying up a bit, I’m going to make a few. **Name of club:** IIDU - Intelectuallly Inferior Dopers United (pronounced “double I do”). **Xash** suggested SDUMB (Straight Dope United Moronic Bums) and IDIOTS (Inferior Dopers (Intellectually) Of The Straightdope), but the consensus seemed to be that these were a bit too clever. Also suggested: DUD (Dumb United Dopers). **Motto:** Open to discussion. (No, the motto is not “Open to discussion”; the subject of the motto is open to discussion. I hope I’m not disqualified from the club for using a semi-colon.) The only motto suggested so far (by me) is “Keeping our unsupported opinions to ourselves since 1973, at least most of the time,” which I’m changing to “Keeping our uninformed opinions to ourselves since 1973, at least most of the time.” We could take our motto from one of our T-shirt logos:[ol] [li]Out five bucks and still ignorant.[/li][li]The guy standing next to me is with stupid.[/li][li]Hi, Opal.[/li][li]How come I have all the questions and tomndebb has all answers?[/li][/ol] **Logo:** A messed up ASCII picture of a putz running into a pole. Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/113 "2004-07-20T01:34:52Z")
Re: logo– Remember **Ilsa\_Lund** ’s fountain of rolleyes? I think we should commission him to do something except with ole smacky here :smack: or else Mr. Clueless 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/114 "2004-07-20T01:44:53Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > (No, the motto is not “Open to discussion”; the subject of the motto is open to discussion. I hope I’m not disqualified from the club for using a semi-colon.) 😕😕😕 I thought semi-colons were used only when the following bit of sentence couldn’t stand by itself? Oh, and to the person who asked on the last page… [Google](http://google.com) is [URL = [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) ] Google [/ URL] Just remove the spaces. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/115 "2004-07-20T01:47:04Z")
I like this thread. It is good. I like meat too. Can we have more threads about meat? ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/116 "2004-07-20T02:38:02Z")
Meat is good, and I like them tater thingies too. Straigt D’OHpers UNTIE!!! Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/117 "2004-07-20T02:48:29Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > I entered a political thread yesterday for the first time ever. I asked a simple question about something I was confused about. My question set off a bunch of fireworks and kind of hijacked the whole thread! :eek: > I tried to join in but was basicly ignored, but it was kind of fun. 😃 [Voice of experience] The first dozen or so threads like that are kinda’ fun to participate in. Then after a while one realizes that it’s always the same old tired posters with the same old tired responses and positions. Now I don’t open those threads unless the title tricks me or is really outrageous.[/Voice of experience] I come to the SDMB for fun and information, and threads like this one are more fun and much more informative than the GD stuff. Question: Is being the President of IIDU similar to being the Valedictorian of summer school? Can I join IIDU? I’m already dumbed down and promise to sleep through most of the meetings… ---
**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 20, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/118 "2004-07-20T04:29:04Z")
> [@Sutremaine](#): > > Oh, and to the person who asked on the last page… > > [Google](http://google.com) > > is > > [URL = [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) ] Google [/ URL] > > Just remove the spaces. I thought about throwing that out there, but I didn’t want to come off as too intelligent. Also, you can make a coding example using the [code] tags thusly: ```auto [Google](http://www.google.com) ``` And I have another idea for a motto/T-shirt: “I don’t know and neither do you.” which I’m stealing from someone describing their agnosticism in **Czarcasm** ’s poll a while back. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/119 "2004-07-20T04:55:59Z")
> [@Call me Frank](#): > > Also, you can make a coding example using the [code] tags thusly: > > ```auto > > [Google](http://www.google.com) > > ``` Dude, you’re trying too hard. 😛 ---
**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 20, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/120 "2004-07-20T05:06:18Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Dude, you’re trying too hard. 😛 Yeah, I know…I realized that about a minute after submission. It’s just that that last minue hesitation before submitting a post is reduced here… C’est la vie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640.md?page=7)