# Man! I feel like a Doper!...almost **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495 "2002-11-12T23:07:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/21 "2002-11-13T03:49:42Z")
There aren’t many things that you can **do** wrong here. Also, preview is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/22 "2002-11-13T04:07:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Let’s see - iampunha, I’ll volunteer the information that your new newbie is female before you go checking for yourself. So… how YOU doin’? 😃 > [@](#): > > As far as the rest of you guys - if I stay out of those threads, what’s left? Why, the fun ones, of course! Okay – some of the GD threads can be pretty funny… as an outside observer. I’m kind of partial to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/23 "2002-11-13T04:13:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Let’s see - iampunha, I’ll volunteer the information that your new newbie is female before you go checking for yourself. So… how YOU doin’? 😃 > [@](#): > > As far as the rest of you guys - if I stay out of those threads, what’s left? Why, the fun ones, of course! Okay – some of the GD threads can be pretty funny… as an outside observer. I’m kind of partial to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/24 "2002-11-13T04:14:58Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/25 "2002-11-13T12:27:55Z")
I love newbies. So what shall it be? A warm welcome to the board or the sarcastic overcast of what makes you think you are worthy to be on this board just cause you found the site and can type? The one-hundred million times question of ‘how do you know when you are not a newbie any more?’ Well I’ve had my coffee fix for the day and am in a rather pleasant mood (don’t get used to it) so I shall say welcome to the boards, step right in, make that initial fool of yourself as we all did to begin with, and make yourself at home. ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/26 "2002-11-13T14:08:46Z")
Thanks, I think, **Ultress.** Why do I feel like I narrowly escaped something here? 🙂 Gee - I’ve been welcomed to the board by someone who’s been welcomed to the board by Cecil! Now I’ve got Cecilwelcome by proxy! (Not that I’m discounting the Wally sig, either.) Don’t worry, I won’t let it go to my head. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/27 "2002-11-13T14:19:56Z")
Verily, stay thee from Great Debates. Abandon all hope, ye who enter there. ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/28 "2002-11-13T14:26:19Z")
Darn it, now I’m really getting tempted to head over to Great Debates and plunge in. If there’s all these warnings, it’s either got to be a lot of fun or really dangerous. (Probably the latter, for me.) Guess it’ll have to wait until I’m on vacation next week, though. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/29 "2002-11-13T14:31:57Z")
Well, they can be fun to read (until they degenerate into the inevitable “I’m right, and you’re a freaking idiot” tirades), but man, if you say anything, you better be able to back it up with a ream o’ cites. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/30 "2002-11-13T16:36:53Z")
Hmmm… Well, you can spell, so that’s good. You seem to have decent grammar. You know what “paragraph” means, as well as the function of your “enter” key. You capitalize properly, and use punctuation. I’ve no complaints. Yet. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/31 "2002-11-13T16:43:20Z")
Actually, you’re not a Doper until you go to a Dopefest. It’s the law. ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/32 "2002-11-13T16:49:09Z")
Hmm…that could be problematic. I may have to slink off into oblivion, muttering imprecations about our urge to move into the back of beyond, far away from all major Dopefests. I wouldn’t recommend having one up here - shortage of cool hangouts and frequent snow being a definite consideration. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/33 "2002-11-13T16:50:59Z")
Well, don’t slink off just yet. A lot of us ain’t never been to one. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/34 "2002-11-14T00:03:24Z")
Offer to host one! Man they come crawling out of the woodwork and you’ll find yourself surrounded by dopers in no time. Just post a thread called “[geographic area] Dopefest?” and see the sparks fly! Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/35 "2002-11-14T00:57:12Z")
I’m another one who hasn’t made a Dopefest yet! I think our Maryland/Virginia Dopers get spoiled. **Typo** , **Monstre** , welcome to the Boards. I’m looking forward to getting to know you. **Monstre** , if you can cook up a parody that gets little inhibited me singing it in my living room and are interested in women, well, let’s just say, “How _you_ doin?” I think you might be able to give **Fenris** a run for his money! As for Great Debates, it’s a tough crowd, but one of the best places to get rid of some of your own ignorance. I’ve learned more from that forum than I have anywhere else around here. On the other hand, sometimes that place scares me! Welcome to the party! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/36 "2002-11-14T01:05:38Z")
Oh, well I’m not brand new, **cjhoworth**. Granted, 300 isn’t the hugest post count, but I’ve been around here for a little bit… > [@](#): > > Monstre, if you can cook up a parody that gets little inhibited me singing it in my living room Well, I’m glad you liked it! (Now if I could only get that damn song out of my head! 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/37 "2002-11-14T01:21:13Z")
Yeah, but what would we do for entertainment? I guess you could feed my chickens, but I’m not sure I want some of you around my chickens. 😃 Hmmm…we could hold an ice-scraping competition, I guess. First one to clear their windshield gets a bottle of peppermint schnapps, doncha know. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/38 "2002-11-14T01:27:22Z")
Hey, if you can’t bring a Dopefest to you, bring yourself to a Dopefest. Of all the 'fests I’ve been to (ummm… Denver, Chicago, LA, SF… ) only one has been in my home state, which is Minnesota, in case you’re curious. (Sorry chique! ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/39 "2002-11-14T01:36:06Z")
Minnesota, eh? That might be possible, but until then I’ll just enjoy the virtual fests on the board. Besides, I don’t want to show up and have everybody going “Typo WHO?” I figure I gotta have at least a few hundred under my belt first… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495/40 "2002-11-14T01:44:09Z")
Typo, Don’t worry about that. I guarantee you that even if some people who have largeish counts were to go to a Fest, people might wonder who they were. No one reads every post everyone else makes, anyway. And besides, who gives a frig, anyway? All you gotta say is that you’re from the Dope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-feel-like-a-doper-almost/136495.md?page=3)