# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Wildrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/59ef9b/32.png) [@Wildrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildrose)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/141 "2004-07-21T18:21:09Z")
_rubbing the sleep from her eyes_ The SDMB was all just a smart person’s dream. But now I’m home! There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/142 "2004-07-21T18:31:10Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > Can I join? > > I know nothing. Oh, no, you don’t, you dirty lousy _physicist_!!! 😉 Or are you an astronomer? Either way, you’ve forgotten more than I’ll ever know … ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/143 "2004-07-21T18:36:01Z")
Maybe one of YOU should ask one of US to help you name your group. We’d be glad to help. By the way, the armbands we ordered for you to wear are in the mail. Go along and play, now. I got you this shiny new truck. ---
**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 22, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/144 "2004-07-22T02:00:25Z")
> [@Tygr](#): > > The intervening time has been spent trying to figure out how to ask, in the most intellectual-sounding manner possible, how soap works. Here you go: [Can soap ever get dirty?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_398.html) **He** runs through the basic working principle… **laina\_f** was on the right track. ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/145 "2004-07-22T02:44:10Z")
I am waiting for confirmation of our IIDU motto so I can use it as my sig line. I do like **laina\_f** ’s suggestion of “Keeping our uninformed opinions to ourselves since 1973, at least most of the time.” or “Out five bucks and still ignorant” even though that was the T-shirt option. Any other suggestions? In the seven months I’ve been a member, and I think this qualifies me for the club, I have not, as yet, come up with something witty to use as my signature. Then will come the hard part, figuring out how to add it. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/146 "2004-07-22T09:42:05Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Oh, no, you don’t, you dirty lousy _physicist_!!! 😉 Or are you an astronomer? Either way, you’ve forgotten more than I’ll ever know … OK. I’m an astronomer. But I still know nothing! 😉 ---
**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 22, 2004, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/147 "2004-07-22T10:16:17Z")
I think anyone with lots of posts to their names needs to explain WHY! Are they moles? Craven toadies who pretended they were smart before? ---
**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 22, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/148 "2004-07-22T20:49:03Z")
> [@](#): > > C’est la vie… Stop speaking Russian. If you know two languages you don’t belong here. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/149 "2004-07-22T21:44:00Z")
Like my namesake (after the effects of the intelligence enhancing surgery wore off) I’m as dumb as a silly mouse. Therefore I think I should get to be a member of this club\* too. > [@from Flowers For Algernon summary notes](#): > > … takes Algernon to the lab. He sadly observes that the mouse is ‘solving problems on a much more primitive level than I would have expected.’ Algernon can no longer figure out sequences, he depends on trial and error. > > Charlie discovers that, “artificially-induced intelligence deteriorates at a rate of time directly proportional to the quantity of the increase.” He also christens his discovery as the Algernon-Gordon Effect. > > Early one morning, [Charlie] comes to the lab and finds Algernon dead in one corner of his cage. Dissection reveals that his brain had shrunk and the cerebral convolutions and smoothened out. Charlie is terribly afraid the same is happening to him. He puts Algernon’s body in a small box and buries him in his back garden. He weeps as he puts wild flowers on his grave. - though I’m reminded of the quote that goes something like: “I wouldn’t want to join any club that would accept me as a member.” ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/150 "2004-07-22T23:24:42Z")
> [@Algernon](#): > > though I’m reminded of the quote that goes something like: “I wouldn’t want to join any club that would accept me as a member.” Yes, it was Groucho Marx: “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” My favorite personal twist to that: I refuse to date any girl who would have me as a boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/151 "2004-07-23T11:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > 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.** At least you read a Tom Clancy book. If what I read doesn’t have loads of breast heaving, bodice ripping, I’ll Save You My Sweet with My Stunning Good Looks, Witty One Liners, Hard Body, Pure Bloodlines and Deep, Deep, Deep Pockets. - story line, I’m lost. So, you are purty smert in my book. And **SDSAB** stands for **Straight Dope Sex and Beer** \*\* QED\*\* has been a poser all this time and gets his stuff from google. Don’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/152 "2004-07-24T05:15:24Z")
I was born to be here, folks! ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/153 "2004-07-24T05:18:42Z")
I have spent most of my time in GD since joining the boards. However, I am growing quite weary of it. Do you guys offer a transitional program of some sort? Perhaps a learners (unlearners) permit? ---
**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 24, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/154 "2004-07-24T05:19:57Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > And **SDSAB** stands for **Straight Dope Sex and Beer** It does?? They been holding out me! I’ll get you, **Dex**!! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/155 "2004-07-26T02:44:29Z")
I try to remember we’re all intellectually inferior to Cecil. That doesn’t make me any smarter, or the smarter people any less smart, but it’s somewhat comforting. > [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Yes, it was Groucho Marx: > “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” > > My favorite personal twist to that: > I refuse to date any girl who would have me as a boyfriend. Abraham Lincoln’s version - “I now have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying and for the reason that I never could be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.” ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/156 "2004-07-26T22:43:27Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > I realized that all of us non-geniuses need to come out and be recognized. No longer must we hide in fear or cowar under our blanket of ignorance. We must rise up and be heard! > \ > Who is a closeted NON-Genius!? Hi, my name is Patty and I can’t spell or do Algebra to save my life. Bad Spellers of the World, UNTIE!!! ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/157 "2004-07-26T23:15:31Z")
All I can do is answer questions about automotive issues and how to make a mean teriyaki chicken. Can I join? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Heppie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Heppie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heppie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/158 "2004-07-27T02:38:17Z")
Finally, I belong 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/159 "2004-07-27T12:42:57Z")
> [@Heppie](#): > > Finally, I belong 😃 . But what are we going to do about those SDMB members who try to humiliate us by writing big long posts, filled with big long words and really difficult concepts? Call me paranoid, but I bet they’re already plotting to get rid of us - and probably change the name of the board to Straight Smartypants or something equally elitist!! How can we keep them from wiping the genuine Dopes out of SDMB? As Marvel said - we gotta untie, and fast!!! ---
**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640/160 "2004-07-27T13:51:42Z")
**ZombiesAteMyBrain** , our job is to subtly undermine them, and/or keep them on their toes. So long as they never open this thread, they have no way of knowing who we are. So we ask questions which they, in their innocence, reply to, before they realise we’ve wandered off, distracted by the beautiful butterflies, or the marks on the wall, or the pretty patterns you get inside your eyelids when you close your eyes… Where was I? Oh yes. We ambush them with d’oh! moments, and try to see how many cites they can come up with before they realise it’s hopeless. And that naturally makes them more alert, and more suspicious, and more likely to beat each other unconscious with Google, leaving the boards free for US! Which would be a good thing, right? Maybe not. I think I’ll just go and rethink my strategy, if I can concentrate for long enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640.md?page=9)