I’m surfing the web and I find this site. I’m thinking “COOL”: not only have I been reading the Straight Dope for years, but here’s a whole board dedicated to it, and on top of that the posters here (most anyways) aren’t potential candidates for sending into Chernobyl and determining whether or not it is still radioactive! So then I look for where I can post, and contribute to the eradication of ignorance. And I find tons of interesting threads. And then I find that someone has already posted what I was going to say. Sometimes even better than I was going to say. I feel inferior. I see people who’ve been here for years and have thousands of posts and I just don’t measure up. Even on new threads, by the time I finish writing what I am going to say someone has already beaten me to the punch and I’m like the eleventh post or something. I am suffering from Low Post Count Syndrome (L.P.C.S.)! PLEASE! I’M BEGGING! Just nobody post for next fifteen minutes! I’ll make a good post, I swear! <sob>
No can do. The one minute of “The moderators have asked…” is up so I can’t help myself. And if it isn’t up I’ll just keep clicking Submit until it is.
Sorry.
Do a search on “handy.” That should take care of all your fears of inadequacy.
i for one hate all these newbies. i worked long and hard for my high post count, and i think it’s time i started getting the respect i deserve!
Everyone who’s been here some time and has a high post-count was in your situation once. Just don’t let it get you down.
Dude, I’ve been here for almost a year and a half, and I can count on one nutsack the times when I’ve been able to contribute something meaningful to a thread in GD or GQ.
Everytime I see a topic that might interest me I get this inkling of what I might want to say about it, and when I open it it’s all been said, or I’ve been proven wrong.
Welcome, Asylum. LPCS is a common problem, and no cause for embarassment. Why, just last month I had 999,999 posts. Then I hit a million and had to start over from scratch. So now I’m a newbie again. Once the count zeroed, all of my acquired knowledge just sort of drained from my head. Hell, I can’t even remember the third “-gry” word. I feel your pain.
hah, fool. the maximum post count possible on Vb is 63,579!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a low post count. It just means you think things through.
This is why I read GD, but rarely post there. By the time I see a thread, somebody’s usually said what I wanted to say. It still makes for a great read, though. I wouldn’t worry too much about post-count.
If all you really want to do is feed some steroids to your post-count, I suggest you go make a few posts in Cafe Society. When discussing art, films, literature, and music, it’s a little easier to say something that hasn’t already been said. A few posts at MPSIMS might help too, and there’s nothing wrong with starting a little Pit rant (ooops… this is sorta like one already).
Fuck that . . . go to MPSIMS and flirt. You’ll have ten posts inside of an hour.
Or you could just make simple mistakes in posts and post to correct said posts.
I meant “ten more posts”
Don’t tell him that. No-one does that.
Do they?
Asylum, you care what you post. That’s the main thing. You don’t just spout off bullshit, like handy. Your post count will be like enlightenment: It will come to you when you stop trying to attain it. Just post here, read the threads, and have fun. Branch out into new fora. Expand your mind, and your postcount will follow. 
** Asylum ** , don’t feel bad about it. My 3,000 plu posts represent WAY WAY WAY too much wasted time. I am no drive-by poster…that number represents hundreds of hours, easily. Possibly thousands.
And what do I have to show for it?
Absolutely nothing.
This place is just cybercrack, and our post counts are just the tracks…
Jack Batty, that was meaningful enough for me! Thanks for making it worth my while to click on this thread.
I’m finding you AWFULLY amusing these days…
A high post count is by no means something to wear as a badge. High post counts do not equal respect. Case in point - Handy, who has the highest post count on the entire board, has entire Pit threads dedicated to his “drive-by” posting style. No offense intended to Handy, but it just shows that a high post count doesn’t mean that everyone on the board will worship you.
Take a look at my post count as compared to those of other posters. Granted, I’m certainly not the most respected dude here, but you might expect my post count to be higher given how long I’ve been on the boards. (Actually, I think I registered under “Sposman” some time in 1999, so I’ve been around longer than it might appear.)
My advice? Post to threads that really matter to you. Offer your honest opinion. Back up your opinions with solid facts. That’s the quickest way to get respect around here.
Hey, cool. I aim to please.
Of course, now that you’ve said that my potential humor will probably completely dry up.
So, thanks alot. Harrumph.