# Is the Straight Dope a cult? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963 "2000-03-12T14:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bedboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@bedboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedboy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/1 "2000-03-12T14:53:00Z")
Is it?..is my immortal soul in jeopardy by being here? ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/2 "2000-03-12T14:55:00Z")
Big time, dude. Wait til we start brainwashing you. * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/3 "2000-03-12T14:59:00Z")
T_H_E_S_T_R_A_I_G_H_T_D_O_P_E_C_U_L_T ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/4 "2000-03-12T14:59:00Z")
Maybe yer pal Satan should answer that one. * * * All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/5 "2000-03-12T15:03:00Z")
There are no other message boards. There are no other message boards. There are no other message boards. There is only one message board. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/6 "2000-03-12T15:05:00Z")
Is the Straight Dope a cult? Yes. A very, very dangerous one. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/7 "2000-03-12T15:18:00Z")
RUN!! while there’s still time!!! * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/8 "2000-03-12T15:25:00Z")
Now that you’re in the cult of The Straight Dope, let me tell you about the sub-cult of The First Church of David B… Come to Great Debates for all the info. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/9 "2000-03-12T15:35:00Z")
Forget it, David - I worship at the feet of the true Gauddess! 😉 * * * Enough of voting for the _lesser_ of evils - vote Cthulhu 2000! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/10 "2000-03-12T15:36:00Z")
Altho that’s mostly because her Moderator Hat is much cooler than yours. ---
**Author:** ![bedboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@bedboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedboy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/11 "2000-03-12T15:38:00Z")
I wonder if I can sneak out of here without being noticed ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/12 "2000-03-12T15:49:00Z")
Not a chance bedboy! Once entered…there is no turning back! * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/13 "2000-03-12T15:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by RTFirefly: > **Forget it, David - I worship at the feet of the true Gauddess! 😉** Yes, but MPSIMS is the only forum with it’s own official saint. * * * Saint Eutychus _H.M.S.H._ _" ‘He is a prince’ , the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools he is a king."_ [Disney Shorts](http://www.disneyshorts.org) [The Eutychus Papers](http://members.aol.com/eutychus55) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/14 "2000-03-12T17:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by funneefarmer: > **There are no other message boards. > There are no other message boards. > There are no other message boards. > There is only one message board.** and SD is the Messenger of Cecil Five times a day we face Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/15 "2000-03-13T06:07:00Z")
::Preparing the sacrificial rites altar:: Who brought the chicken blood?? * * * I’ll buy that for a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/16 "2000-03-13T06:09:00Z")
That was chicken blood? Damn, I thought that juice tasted funny. pat ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/17 "2000-03-13T06:11:00Z")
The Cult of Reason. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/18 "2000-03-13T06:15:00Z")
Is it today that we are going to sacrifice a virgin to Saint Eutychus55? * * * Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/19 "2000-03-13T06:17:00Z")
YES! But there’s help at hand. Send $10,000 to Rev. OldBroad. Special 2% discount if you order your computer exorcism at the same time. Operators are standy by! ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/20 "2000-03-13T06:18:00Z")
Operators are WHAT??? stand i n g by. sheesh! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963.md?page=2)