# Introduction **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354 "2011-10-31T04:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/1 "2011-10-31T04:38:52Z")
Hi everyone. I found this message board by Googling “kurt vonnegut discussion board” as I wanted to chat with people I might have something in common with. You seem like a nice crowd and I hope you don’t mind my joining you. I’m procrastinating now. I’m a student, working, and have kids but because of that I work a lot at night and when my brain needs a rest I need to chat a bit. But I have nobody to chat to and I hate spamming facebook as then everyone I know in real life knows that I have no life. So, hello. I like Kurt Vonnegut though I haven’t read anything close to all of his work. I like Voltaire. I like chatting with strangers on the Internet. A friend and I were recently mulling over the fact that we have been addicted to Internet message boards since before most of the millennial generation were born. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/2 "2011-10-31T04:48:13Z")
Hello, and welcome! I haven’t read Vonnegut in a while, but I recall entire school breaks when I did nothing but hog all the Vonnegut in the library and reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaad!!! And yes, message boards are great; I think we have enough world-wide travellers here to find chatting opportunites at any time of day. 🙂 Now, I have to ask…are you PROBABLY procrastinating? Or a ProBaby at it? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/3 "2011-10-31T05:05:15Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Hello, and welcome! I haven’t read Vonnegut in a while, but I recall entire school breaks when I did nothing but hog all the Vonnegut in the library and reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaad!!! And yes, message boards are great; I think we have enough world-wide travellers here to find chatting opportunites at any time of day. 🙂 > > Now, I have to ask…are you PROBABLY procrastinating? Or a ProBaby at it? 😛 Heh. I am a ProBaby. Right now I’m working on a group project and waiting for the other person in my group. Very irritating. But she’s working on it, at least. Oh, ugh. Just saw typo. Multitasking strikes again. Well, I guess I’m pro-baby as well. I have two kids after all. Though I try to keep them away from people who are anti-baby, out of consideration. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/4 "2011-10-31T13:55:52Z")
Hi and welcome. **TubaDiva** , who’s the unofficial head of our (volunteer) staff of moderators and administrators, can fix your username for you. Email her (tubadiva at aol dot com) from the email address you used to register and let her know what you need. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/5 "2011-10-31T14:05:05Z")
Welcome! This place is a haven for procrastinating pre-Millenial internet junkies 😃 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/6 "2011-10-31T14:27:34Z")
Hello and welcome. This is indeed a great board full of smart and interesting people. Someone will be along with cookies pretty soon. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/7 "2011-10-31T17:11:13Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Hello and welcome. This is indeed a great board full of smart and interesting people. > > Someone will be along with cookies pretty soon. And, since I’m here, stupid and boring people as well. And I brought the cookies. Here, try one of… wait. Where’d they go?! Damn dog… just a minute. brb ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/8 "2011-10-31T17:14:35Z")
::brushing crumbs from chin:: Yeah, \*\*Lancia’s \*\*dog, bad puppy! ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/9 "2011-10-31T17:22:42Z")
Oh wow, thanks for the cookies. It’s the thought that counts. Especially online. Twickster, thanks for the tip. I will contact her. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/10 "2011-10-31T17:25:34Z")
I hope you brought your own lube for your initiation. The squid has been quite dry lately. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/11 "2011-10-31T17:29:51Z")
Welcome. I was a big fan of Vonnegut in my misspent youth, though I didn’t keep up with his later novels. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/12 "2011-10-31T17:35:11Z")
Well, couldn’t find the cookies. The dog looks innocent, but maybe I’m mistaking stupidity for integrity. Anyway, here’s a bag of gummi bears I found in the sofa. Kids must have left them there last year when we had that birthday party for grandma. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/13 "2011-10-31T17:41:32Z")
**ProbabyProcrastinating,** I never got the squid OR the goat treatment when I joined… it would appear you’re already engendering the respect of the board’s denizens. :sulks away in envy: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/14 "2011-10-31T19:00:47Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Welcome! This place is a haven for procrastinating pre-Millenial internet junkies 😃 It most certainly is. 🙂 > [@Lancia](#): > > Well, couldn’t find the cookies. The dog looks innocent, but maybe I’m mistaking stupidity for integrity. Anyway, here’s a bag of gummi bears I found in the sofa. Kids must have left them there last year when we had that birthday party for grandma. Enjoy! Oh, that’s nice - just chuck a solid, linty lump of gummi bears at her, eh? Sorry for the “hospitality,” **Procrastinating.** (I love Vonnegut, too. I haven’t read a book of his in a while, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/15 "2011-10-31T19:15:28Z")
It’s the thought that counts! Right? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/16 "2011-10-31T19:57:38Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > **ProbabyProcrastinating,** I never got the squid OR the goat treatment when I joined… it would appear you’re already engendering the respect of the board’s denizens. Pfft. You signed up in June. They were on vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/17 "2011-10-31T20:43:11Z")
Hello **ProbabyProcrastinating**. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay! ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/18 "2011-11-01T07:49:16Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I hope you brought your own lube for your initiation. The squid has been quite dry lately. Lube or dressing? I love seafood. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/19 "2011-11-01T12:45:50Z")
Welcome, welcome! Would you like some ice cream? I just made it; it hasn’t escaped yet. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354/20 "2011-11-01T13:28:53Z")
> [@ProbablyProcrastinating](#): > > Lube or dressing? I love seafood. Same difference, right? That’s what they told me when I got here anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/601354.md?page=2)