Hi! I’m new to the Straight Dope. Happy to be here. I’m a 17 year old high school senior from Seattle. Any similar folks out there?
Anyway. I’m happy to be here! 
Welcome!
I hope you enjoy your experience here at the SDMB.
about as dis-similar as can be… Old, (have a kid in HS), and about 3000 miles to the east of you.
but anyway welcome, have fun
I hope I can contribute to this bustling cyberculture.
hiya
You’re welcome.
And you’re not alone. The average age of the posters here is mid 30’s (I know this thanks to an IMHO thread) but there are lots of teenagers.
As with Kamikazee, I’m similarly dissimilar; high school was several decades ago, Seattle is far away and I’d surprise more than a few people if I picked a user name with “Dame” in it.
But, welcome aboard ChiChiDame, I look forward to swapping thoughts with you.
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Go away, kid. Ya bother me.
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As the one-time self-appointed board welcomer and founder of the Welcome Wagon thread* I’d just like to remind you that you’re not allowed to participate in or open any threads until you have at least 100 posts.
*That link goes to the second Welcome Wagon, in which is a link to the first Welcome Wagon. The link is for self-promotion purposes only and to give you an idea about what passes for welcoming around here. Please do not post to (and thus bumping) the Welcome Wagon thread as it is unofficially closed.
A hearty welcome to the SDMB from way down south, ChiChiDame. Oh, and Crunchy Frog, I must have missed the memo on that “rule” you quoted. Dang, I hate it when I don’t get th’ newsletters.
Welcome, ChiChiDame! We’re all very excited to meet you, I’m sure! Yay for new blood!
Oh, whoops, I’ve said too much…
Love, Kn(not 17, not in high school, not from Seattle, sorry… but I make great oatmeal-raisin cookies!)ckers
P.S.: Are folks from Seattle called “Seattleites”? 'Cause they should be.
Hey, I’m a newb too, 18, second Seimester of College in Internet Tech. at Fanshawe
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Why hello there! Glad to have you and ChiChiDame aboard. Now some invasive privacy busting questions:
What are your genders,
How did you find the straight dope,
Which forum do you think you will be using the most often,
Does my butt look fat in this outfit?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Do you want to say hi to Opal ?
And the granddaddy of all questions:
What is your favorite color?
Well, Meatros
Female.
I was really just surfing around.
I don’t know, but I usually am pretty mundane and pointless.
No, not at all!
I don’t know yet. I’m going to the University of Washington next year.
Um…Hi, Opal?
Green…no, blue!