# Let's get real about SDMB, you cybernerds! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832 "2006-09-07T21:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/81 "2006-09-08T03:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Are you left handed, or were you just playing hard-to-get? [/QUOTE] He’s a switch-hitter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/82 "2006-09-08T03:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Nah, I think he’s the giant robot formed together by lions: one red, one black, one yellow, one blue and one stupid. I think I know which one’s the primary lion. [/QUOTE] That might be the funniest thing I’ve read on this board in months. Fuckin’ _bravo,_ man. If you pay **John Corrado** for sex, and you don’t feel anything, does that mean you still got fucked? As for the OP…the SDMB doesn’t give refunds, so I guess you’re fucked. Neither does **John Corrado**. Fucker. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/83 "2006-09-08T04:05:16Z")
I paid $7.50. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/84 "2006-09-08T04:06:53Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] “There is no God, and **Der Trihs** is not his Prophet” ? "And the people came unto **Der Trihs** , and said unto him, ‘Give us your wisdom, Ascended One !’ And **Der Trihs** did speak unto the multitudes, and said unto them ‘Goest thou away, a new Honor Harrington book is out and I am busy’. The assembled multitudes did heed these words of wisdom, and went unto the nearest bookseller. There they did find that the Ascended One had spoken truly, and there was much rejoicing." [/QUOTE] Is your name in real life “Brian”? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/85 "2006-09-08T04:07:54Z")
[QUOTE=Valteron] First of all, do you seriously believe I care if the fictional person “Valteron” (It is NOT my real name d. . . . .uuuuh!) is not greatly respected by a bunch of similarly anonymous cybernerds… [/QUOTE] But, but… If Valteron is fictional, and his posts aren’t yours, then [spooky music]_who’s typing your posts?_[/spooky music] ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/86 "2006-09-08T04:46:29Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] Not to mention the invaluable technical and scientific savvy one can gain from knowledgeable members, such as the risks of swimming in the open ocean and/or drinking your own urine. [/QUOTE] What’s wrong with drinking your own urine? No. Seriously. Tell me. C’monnnnn. Tell me. What? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/87 "2006-09-08T04:47:23Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Are you left handed, or were you just playing hard-to-get? [/QUOTE] He was playing hard, to get off. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/88 "2006-09-08T04:55:47Z")
I paid $14 and I didn’t get sex with anybody. I got stiffed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/89 "2006-09-08T05:00:59Z")
> [@](#): > > I paid $14 and I didn’t get sex with anybody. I got stiffed. …or not. I’m game if you’re paying for shipping. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/90 "2006-09-08T05:06:38Z")
[QUOTE=Valteron] I mean, think about it, folks!!! PAYING $14 A YEAR FOR THE RIGHT TO GIVE YOUR OPINION??? The only thing more humiliating would be paying for sex. [/QUOTE] Ok. The muliple exclamation points I get. It’s more emphatic. Tacky; but I get it. What’s with the multiple question marks? Deeper confusion? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/91 "2006-09-08T05:07:45Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I paid $14 and I didn’t get sex with anybody. I got stiffed. ☹ [/QUOTE] I got the shaft. And I _liked_ it. ---
**Author:** ![parrot\_recipes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@parrot\_recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parrot_recipes)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/92 "2006-09-08T05:27:39Z")
[QUOTE=John Corrado] I’ve paid for sex. [/QUOTE] But not !14.95 and been moderated. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/93 "2006-09-08T05:40:22Z")
[QUOTE=Mince] What’s wrong with drinking your own urine? No. Seriously. Tell me. C’monnnnn. Tell me. What? [/QUOTE] Well there was a dude around here who, after being arrested, was found to have been tweaking on Nazi crank, soaking bread in his own urine, allowing it to dry, and then eating the bread in hopes of getting another round of crank from it. I don’t, uh, think it worked. Where was I? Oh yeah…so that seems kind of wrong. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/94 "2006-09-08T07:25:44Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I paid $14 and I didn’t get sex with anybody. I got stiffed. ☹ [/QUOTE] Isn’t that a different thread? And if so, where’s _your_ shovel and protection from Wal\*Mart??? I feel so dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/95 "2006-09-08T07:33:38Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Is Valteron the Transformers bad guy? [/QUOTE] Get out of here with your gay Gobots shit! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/96 "2006-09-08T08:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=Valteron] Can you show me one case where Der Trihs converted a believer to atheism? [/QUOTE] Not **Der Trihs** , no. **IWLN** was “converted”, if you want to use that word, and I’ve seen several posters mention how their position on gay marriage was reversed due to discussions on this board. Not that this has anything to do with anything, of course. We pay for a service that we enjoy using. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/97 "2006-09-08T09:04:36Z")
[QUOTE=parrot recipes] But not !14.95 and been moderated. [/QUOTE] Ya know some people like to be “moderated” during sex. Just sayin ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/98 "2006-09-08T09:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=RedFury] > [@Mangetout](#): > > I don’t come here to talk and opine. I come here to listen and learn. Hmmm..after 24,000+ posts, it appears you must have done a hell of a lot of “talking and opining.” IMO, anyway. [/QUOTE] What the fuck? The part of my post that you _didn’t_ quote - yes, that’s right, _the words immediately following the sentence you quoted_ - explicitly stated as much. Here; see if you can spot them this time: > [@Mangetout](#): > > I don’t come here to talk and opine. I come here to listen and learn. OK, it just happens to be the case that I talk and opine a whole frigging heap, but the justificiation for my membership fee is primarily what I take away from this place, not what I put in. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/99 "2006-09-08T10:39:02Z")
[QUOTE=CanvasShoes] Well one good thing about Valteron, he makes **Der Trihs** look reasonable. [/QUOTE] Actually, I sometimes find our resident frothing at the mouth rabid atheist reasonable; unlike our OP, **der Trish** has a sense of humor. Been wondering if I should go out and get some Honor Harrington books… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832/100 "2006-09-08T11:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=Mince] What’s wrong with drinking your own urine? No. Seriously. Tell me. C’monnnnn. Tell me. What? [/QUOTE] What could be wrong? There’s even [a support group.](http://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=109). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-real-about-sdmb-you-cybernerds/371832.md?page=6)