# New here .. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849 "2017-06-01T17:03:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/21 "2017-06-01T21:58:07Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > …Even our biggest right wingers are anti-Trump… Not all of us! ---
**Author:** ![bikerdruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bikerdruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bikerdruid)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/22 "2017-06-01T22:28:06Z")
Anyone with a modicum of intelligence is anti- Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/23 "2017-06-01T22:39:09Z")
> [@bikerdruid](#): > > Anyone with a modicum of intelligence is anti- Trump. Uh-ooooh. . .backs away slowly as the Mod hammer descends. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/24 "2017-06-01T22:50:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Uh-ooooh. . .backs away slowly as the Mod hammer descends. Chefguy is referrring to this moderator thread, which can be found at the top of this forum’s thread list: [No political/religious jabs in breaking news threads in MPSIMS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=778315) Take the time to read the rules threads at the top of each forum. It will save you some grief. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/25 "2017-06-01T22:51:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Uh-ooooh. . .backs away slowly as the Mod hammer descends. Annnnd, that’s why multiple people have told you to lurk. But you just couldn’t stay quiet for even a half a day, couldja? (In case you’re "all like _Whaaa?"_, what you just did can be construed as insulting people – millions of them, actually…) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/26 "2017-06-02T00:20:33Z")
> [@bikerdruid](#): > > Anyone with a modicum of intelligence is anti- Trump. I like your style! Just stick it right out there and see if anyone slaps it away. (Kind of like when Donnie reached for Melania’s hand.) This is a fun place with lots of people knowledgeable on every imaginable topic. We discuss flying (with and without airplanes), history (stuff that happened, stuff that never happened, stuff that will happen tomorrow), languages (translations, including from different, extinct, and made-up alphabets), movies, books, recipes, pets (health, cute antics, nicknames), surgery (yours and everyone else’s), other medical procedures (colonoscopies are a favorite), techie shit, and you can also find a thread on "what does normal poop look like? (human, canine, feline, and others). Speaking of poop, lots and lots and lots of politics. In the proper places. No topic is too common, too obscure, too boring, or too Dope-y. There are grammar police here, as well as shameless punsters, along with bad spellers and people who have never located their shift key. Many are hilarious and insanely witty (or just insane), and I often laugh hysterically in public places while reading the board on my kindle. I get pity looks, but haven’t been asked to leave. Yet. Welcome aboard. (Do you like cashew fudge?) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/27 "2017-06-02T00:37:42Z")
Welcome! I hope you’ll enjoy your time here. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/28 "2017-06-02T01:01:23Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Annnnd, that’s why multiple people have told you to lurk. > > But you just couldn’t stay quiet for even a half a day, couldja? > > (In case you’re "all like _Whaaa?"_, what you just did can be construed as insulting people – millions of them, actually…) Geez, what the…? Big deal. He made a small mistake. Welcome,\*\* bikerdruid\*\*! My advice is to not call anyone a “troll” outside the aforementioned Pit (which I love). You’ll get modded for it. Trust me on this. :o ---
**Author:** ![bikerdruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bikerdruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bikerdruid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/29 "2017-06-02T01:11:39Z")
Ooook. A steep learning curve. no political digs … check. Mind my manners. Check. I’ll try and get it right. Honest. I can do this. ---
**Author:** ![bikerdruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bikerdruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bikerdruid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/30 "2017-06-02T01:16:01Z")
P.S. Does this mean that no one can insult me for being queer, communist and pagan? I have been called every filthy name in the book, accused of unspeakable acts, had death wishes and been ridiculed endlessly on the Truth Zone. This sounds refreshing. After thirty thousand posts on the David Icke Forum, I was finally banned for calling bullshit on Icke’s theories. It will be nice to be somewhere civil. ---
**Author:** ![bikerdruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bikerdruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bikerdruid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/31 "2017-06-02T01:17:49Z")
BTW … Cashew fudge sounds amazing. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/32 "2017-06-02T01:27:53Z")
> [@bikerdruid](#): > > P.S. **Does this mean that no one can insult me for being queer, communist and pagan?** > I have been called every filthy name in the book, accused of unspeakable acts, had death wishes and been ridiculed endlessly on the Truth Zone. > This sounds refreshing. > > After thirty thousand posts on the David Icke Forum, I was finally banned for calling bullshit on Icke’s theories. > > It will be nice to be somewhere civil. In the Pit, they can. Elsewhere, the basic idea is “attack the post(content), not the poster”. Example:Someone can say your defense of Communism is wrong but they can’t call you a filthy Commie. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/33 "2017-06-02T01:43:49Z")
> [@bikerdruid](#): > > P.S. Does this mean that no one can insult me for being queer, communist and pagan? In the pit, sure. But they’ll be roasted alive by the rest of us for that kind of stupid. Edit to add that we do have hate speech rules, even in the pit, so if someone decided to go on a long rant about you being queer, they likely wouldn’t be long for this board. Besides the total and complete nuclear roasting from the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/34 "2017-06-02T01:45:06Z")
And don’t forget this is an international forum with posters from all corners of the world. So if you feel like insulting Lower Patagonia or Outer Bumfuckistan, chances are you’ll get a swift kick in the nads by the teems of locals who inhabit those places. 😃 kam…from Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/35 "2017-06-02T01:53:24Z")
> [@bikerdruid](#): > > had death wishes Totally against the rules even in the pit. Virtually guaranteed warning in any other forum on the board. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/36 "2017-06-02T03:02:15Z")
> [@bikerdruid](#): > > … > > It will be nice to be somewhere civil. The civility ebbs and flows… But on the plus side, while people are insulting you (or someone else), they’re usually using really big words (spelled correctly), often from passages in classic literature. There were a couple of poetic insults based on lines from _Richard II_ in the Trump Clusterfuck thread today. I really enjoyed them. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/37 "2017-06-02T03:31:21Z")
> [@bikerdruid](#): > > P.S. Does this mean that no one can insult me for being queer, communist and pagan? Here we just think “Damn, this kid’s hipper than I\* am in three different ways.” \*(note the subjective case…yes, we have grammar SS officers here. We care more about your spelling than your lifestyle) ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/38 "2017-06-02T08:16:11Z")
Welcome, **bikerdruid** and bring it. What you’d like to discuss is always welcome, unless it involves a theory involving paper-towel tubes. (Please, don’t ask.) I’ve learned many things here on the board, and I’m still amazed about [moose sheds.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653903) (This may still be my favorite, WTF thread.) Browse around and enjoy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/39 "2017-06-02T08:51:19Z")
Welcome! Come and hang out with the cool kids in the MMP 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849/40 "2017-06-02T13:10:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The civility ebbs and flows… It’s easy to get irritated with jerks on the Dope, until you poke around the rest of the internet and realize we have it pretty good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/787849.md?page=3)