# Is there an elite clique on this board ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2000, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755 "2000-09-11T10:09:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/41 "2000-09-11T20:42:18Z")
To anyone who believes there’s a clique here: What’s the definition of a clique, to you? In my experience, it means “All the people who I don’t like.” –John ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/42 "2000-09-11T20:56:50Z")
that I am the one who has the photo of Omni’s shiny white ass, and I wasn’t invited to the meeting. Forgetting the west coast again? ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/43 "2000-09-11T21:13:01Z")
All I wanna know is why I wasn’t named flirting chair. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/44 "2000-09-11T21:18:13Z")
Having a nefarious and long-standing prior association in common is so much easier on the feelings than just accepting that the thing a group of people actually has in common is a unanimous agreement on the fact that I am an asshole. Yeah, I go with the clique theory too. Conspiracy can be a great comfort. Certainly I can’t really be an asshole. We should establish a clique for newbies. Then we can throw them out of it, after they have more than three posts. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/45 "2000-09-11T22:12:26Z")
Uh, Mr. Coldfire, sir…(note humble newbie posturing) I wanted to let you know that I can talk dirty in German. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/46 "2000-09-11T22:26:48Z")
Hi Brynda - welcome aboard! No need to be humble to me -it’s Clog Boy! Well, German is nice… for engineering and such! It’s hardly a romantic language. We always laugh our asses off here at those late night RTL Plus soft-porn German-overdubbed movies - hilarious 😉 “Ach ja, baby, ich moechte dich ganz voll spritzen!” 😃 (No, don’t babelfish that crap…) Nope. Needs to be Dutch to turn me on, I’m afraid! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/47 "2000-09-11T22:51:29Z")
Whew! I haven’t been added to the clique, yet. Actually, if there _are_ cliques on this MB, I wouldn’t call _any_ of them **elite**. Has there been gang mentality demonstrated from time to time? I’d say yes. But it tends to be the sort of natural “circle the wagons” or “defend my friend” mentality that arises in specific circumstances. I think it would be hard to find examples of any identifiable group that is hostile to every new poster. There are also hot button issues that can bring out some predictable responses from many folks. That, too, is not so much an example of cliquishness as it is normal human reaction. BTW, **yojimbo** , regarding the OP. “Reg” status (or even “evil R.E.G.” status) is not determined by overall post count, but by “regularity” of posting. Your “regularity” makes you a reg. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/48 "2000-09-11T23:00:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Well, German is nice… for engineering and such! It’s hardly a romantic language. We always laugh our asses off here at those late night RTL Plus soft-porn German-overdubbed movies - hilarious 😉 > > “Ach ja, baby, ich moechte dich ganz voll spritzen!” 😃 > \*\* I am suddenly reminded of the German woman I had an encounter with once. As I recall, her favorite thing to say was: “Oh mein Gott! Bitte!” My friends said that it means “Wrong Hole!” but I don’t believe them. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/49 "2000-09-11T23:28:01Z")
Don’t let your friend tease you, Mr. Cynical. The correct translation of “Oh mein Gott! Bitte!” is NOT “wrong hole.” It is “is it in yet?” You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/50 "2000-09-11T23:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > > **Milosarrian** gives his report on the **Euchtyus55** post-bot, which seems to be perfectly filling in for the late moderator. There is no Eutychus55 post-bot. … bot … … bot … … bot … … bot … \< click \> ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/51 "2000-09-12T00:09:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brynda \* > \*\*Don’t let your friend tease you, Mr. Cynical. > > The correct translation of “Oh mein Gott! Bitte!” is NOT “wrong hole.” It is “is it in yet?” > > You’re welcome. > > \*\* Cool. I thought it had something to do with a form of measurement, and a Vienna Sausage, but how was I to know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/52 "2000-09-12T00:14:45Z")
It’s been said before, but it should be repeated: What is your definition of _clique_? There are the flirters. Don’t try and interupt them when they get on a roll. There are the arguers. Once they start, don’t bother trying to inject reason into the thread-- you will be ignored. There are the nit-pickers. You all know who you are. When I was relatively new I had a nit-picker follow me from post to post, nit-picking the placement of my commas. The Opals. You know what I mean. I don’t think there are deliberate cliques. There are no secret meetings or hidden agendas. There are no rules and you are not _allowed_ in or deliberately kept out. It’s just the way a large group forms subsets. Don’t take it personally. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/53 "2000-09-12T00:32:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > I’ve always considered **yojimbo** to be the social leader of the elite clique in this joint. Now there’s a job I can handle 😃 All future potential attendees to Dopefests please forward me your details and I will/won’t issue you the password depending on your qualifications. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/54 "2000-09-12T00:34:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > **your qualifications.]** Dude, you misspelled “enormous knockers” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/55 "2000-09-12T00:48:37Z")
Damn Coldie I thought that would get by . I expect a nice pic. of your _Bristols_ in my in-box within the hour 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/56 "2000-09-12T01:00:47Z")
I suppose I’m the super secret double micro quiet member of the clique, then? I can be a spy on the outsiders. They’ll never see it comin’. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/57 "2000-09-12T01:02:37Z")
I don’t get this. Of course there’s a clique. Every time I switch threads or forums, my computer goes **Clique** as it changes screens. Is this a bad thing that I don’t know about? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/58 "2000-09-12T05:49:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aghris \* > \*\*Taking the reason why you probably post this message: > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > > \*\* > > Some guy ( basically a fuckin’ _newbie_ for that matter) comes in here… > > \*\* > > Now, it could be that this was meant in good fun, and in that case, I apologise for my outburst, but this sounded like slacking off a new member just because he was new. > > \*\* Whoa, whoa, whoa! The whole point of that post in the Pit was because (1)It was in the Pit (2)People were being all mushy and nice instead of arguing and fighting (3)The only reason I made a “newbie” reference was to basically make fun of people who _ **do** _ bash newbies! I threw it in there to add a little more mock-hostile emphasis! I was trying to post a mock-irritated “why-are-we-being-nice-in-the-Pit” thread and I guess it caught the wrong people’s attention! That will teach me to post sarcasm! I have no problem with anyone unless they act like a moron. It doesn’t matter if you have 5 posts or 5,000 posts. I have defended several people on the boards that I felt were being attacked just for not quite having the hang of it yet. And I also have certain well-established posters that I cannot stand because of their attitudes etc. That said, I do not believe there is an elite clique on the board. I do think there are several posters here who think that their “veteran” status puts them into some untouchable classification but for the most part, everyone takes their lumps when they are deserved. We have had many people come here and fit right in with little to no adjustment period and then we have had people come here who struck the majority of posters the wrong way. Basically, if you martyr yourself because of your post count, then don’t expect sympathy because everyone here was new at one time or another. However, if you try to get the feel of the board, apologize when you mess up and eventually get into the flow of things, then there will be no problem. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/59 "2000-09-12T05:56:40Z")
It looks like various members of the clique have hijacked this thread! Way to go, guys! Do you think the newbies bought the “Of course, there’s no clique” spiel? (I posted my previous post without having read the whole thread!) ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755/60 "2000-09-12T06:26:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > \*\ ***DRY** will begin flirting with **Maeglin**. Heated debate ensues as to whether or not **Maeglin** is female. Discussion tabled with decision that **DRY** will instead begin flirting with **Falcon** , causing a minor tiff with **ChiefScott**. **Maeglin** will be given “first free rights”, where whomever he/she flirts with first must return the affection. > \*\* Sir, this is an outright falsehood! I NEVER flirt with anyone unless I’m absolutely sure the the person in question is a female\* [sub](Oh, all right, there was that time in Tuscaloosa, but I was really drunk, he looked like a woman, it was very dark, and besides, the people in Tuscaloosa are all weird, anyway.)[/sub] Clearly, sir, you are AN IMPOSTER, a wanna be clique member poser! We would NEVER allow you to…what?..tell the gullible newbies there IS no clique? Or be forced out of the clique myself? Err…umm…well, that is, you wouldn’t be a clique member if there actually were a clique…heh. Besides, John, you forgot to mention that when I threw the punch that knocked ChiefScott cold, his head snapped back, and to the left. BACK…AND TO THE LEFT… \*[sub]No offense, Maeglin, I’m sure you are a worthy flirt. The issue here is whether I’d flirt with you before KNOWING you were female.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-elite-clique-on-this-board/32755.md?page=4)