# Newbie alert!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 23, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246 "2000-09-23T04:17:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246/1 "2000-09-23T04:17:00Z")

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Fresh fish here! **Just _trying_ out** some stuff:😃  
:rolleyes:😕

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> here’s a fake quote

To get to this URL,[click here](http://fakeURL.com).

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**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246/2 "2000-09-23T04:23:15Z")

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😛  
:wally

I’d really like to use these, but I’m a little scared.

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**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246/3 "2000-09-23T04:25:50Z")

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OK, my signature didn’t work last time. Maybe now…

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246/4 "2000-09-23T05:00:53Z")

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Hey, welcome to the SDMB. Read the forum descriptions, respect others, and have fun! 🙂 BTW, don’t be scared about using smilies. Most of us use them every so often.

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**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246/5 "2000-09-23T13:56:54Z")

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Thanks. 😃 And it’s nice to have found a forum packed with intelligent people and interesting debates. The last message board I used devolved into a bunch of ultra-conservative rants about Democrats, gays, and dogfighting. At least here the flame boards have their own habitat.

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**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sue)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246/6 "2000-10-02T00:01:13Z")

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**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sue)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-alert/34246/7 "2000-10-02T00:03:34Z")

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