–True members of the Elite Clique will never be mentioned in these threads. At least, not by another true member.
True members must deny membership. And in Doper gatherings if the E. C. is even mentioned, true members must leave the room.
To acknowledge an Elite Clique could suffer a true member to lose the chance of World Domination and an SDMB coffee mug.
Newbie is such an offensive term. The politically correct phrase is “recently added user.” I expect you all to make a note of this.
Do not forget one of the most ominous, secret, and sinister cliques on this board:
The Unholy Lesbian Vampire Army of the Night
Be afraid.
Every newcomer here (myself included) goes through a period where you feel like there are certain posters on the inside, and you are on the outside.
It’s all about familiarity. Once people get to know you and your posting style (or you personally, through Doper gatherings), you will find this a much friendlier place. But it’s up to you to stay involved in board discussions. Don’t ever feel like you are out-of-place chiming in on threads here, if you have something intelligent (or just funny) to say.
In summation, there is no clique; there are just people that know other people better than they know you. Fix that.
And to those - ahem - other people who aren’t in the clique, (wink-wink) let me say, “The wombat drank the purple Yoo-Hoo on a skateboard wearing Chelsea Clinton’s negligee.”
They know what it means.
Very true Milo. BTW, I’ve been meaning to tell you:
“The three-toed sloth played hopscotch with the bandicoot while Ted Danson danced the fandango.”
How do you know it wasn’t a virgin, MysterEcks? I’ll get you a new straw…
There are certainly people who make excuses for each other’s behavior, and cover for them when they seem out of touch. So, yes, there are cliques, and as usual they are a pain in the butt when they pick on someone who just got here and is acting alone. It feels like he’s being ganged up on. The creeps who annoyed you with junior high cliques have grown up to anoy you now with pseudo-“adult” cliques.
The only difference, is you’ve grown too, so you can ignore them better.
When one learns that it is uncool to respond to threads without reading them.
But seriously, when you are a newbie no longer, you will know.
Or, when one learns not to admit to not reading the whole thread before posting. (I’d put a winky here, but I hate those things)
Now see, here is the deal. You have just insulted my honeybun, so I feel impelled to inform you that my sweetheart Myster baby is not into felching lambs; he prefers sacrificial virgins of the female varity.
So there.
Care to apply?
Scotticher: 
(Note: I have a no-smilies policy dating back to 1995. There are a few–a veryfew–exceptions. Scotti is one of them.)
True enough, but let me mention that (A) felching is out, and (B) the virgins must be females of the human variety. Call me boring.
::: gets down on her knees :::
ok, so what’s next?
I freakin’ hate those winky things, too! (Now the paranoid are gonna think we have a clique.)
From Green Bean-
Finally. Nows here’s a clique I’ve been apart of straight out of the gate. You can look back on all my posts and see I’ve never used one on purpose.
Wanna let me in? What’s my fee?
Click or Clique?
Neither, both and yes. or maybe no.
There are 2 types of people who post to this board.
Those who care about it. those who don’t.
Its easy to tell who does what.
It dosent make a difference how many posts you have. Take Sauron. The guy has been registered over a year. he has about 100 posts. He know the workings of the board.
Some people knocked up a thousand posts in a month or two.
Its the attitude you post with. You can tell it in someones first post even if they are dopers.
So there is no clique. There are Dopers.
Thats all.
Sheesh! Suck all the fun out of this thread, whydoncha?
Chris: No fee for entering the No-Winky Clique. YOu just have to have a proven track record of no winky use, and you have to publicly pledge to hate the darn things. I say you qualify.
Must…control…self…not…going…to…say…it…
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Smeg, I have been waiting for an appropriate time to tell you how much I LOVE your sig! Since I can’t seem to find one, this Red Dwarf fan would like to applaud at this time. (Clapping sounds)
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He’s Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer,
Without him life would be much grimmer.
He’s handsome, trim and no-one’s slimmer,
He will never need a Zimmer.
Do any of you fellow RD fans know where I can find a sound file of this song ?
He’s also a fantastic swimmer.
Thank you, thank you!!