# Next month is my 16th Dope Anniversary. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524 "2015-05-07T23:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/1 "2015-05-07T23:24:21Z")
Yikes. SIXTEEN years. Wow. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/2 "2015-05-07T23:27:10Z")
'99ers rolling over to Sweet Sixteen. Um-hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/3 "2015-05-08T00:17:26Z")
Ahhhh, so _you’re_ one of those snooty 99’ers!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/4 "2015-05-08T00:28:15Z")
We’ve seem them come. We’ve seen them go. But we’re still here. ETA: Even though it takes several minutes to post something like this. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/5 "2015-05-08T00:46:59Z")
Congratulations. You passed the audition. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/6 "2015-05-08T01:09:30Z")
I am just barely a 99’er. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/7 "2015-05-08T01:18:28Z")
I remember, back in the old days, when posts were _real_ posts, and satire was _real_ satire, and little green furry things from Alpha Centauri were _real_ little green furry things from Alph— er, what was I saying again? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/8 "2015-05-08T01:49:37Z")
I was about to throw you off my lawn but I see we’re only a couple years apart. So I guess I’ll congratulate you instead. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/9 "2015-05-08T08:42:04Z")
June 1999 - Napster was released, but we didn’t know what it was yet. The war over Kosovo ended, but it wasn’t a real war. TV was finally allowed in Bhutan, but no one knows where that is. What could you possibly have had to post about? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/10 "2015-05-08T09:05:28Z")
You’re old. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/11 "2015-05-08T15:34:30Z")
I opened this thinking “OMG 16 years, that’s CRAZY” Then I realized I’m also a 99er. I’m not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/12 "2015-05-08T19:26:23Z")
Next week, on Monday, I’ll have been here (on and off) for 15 years. Maybe I’ll start the MMP, despite having never participated (to the best of my knowledge). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/13 "2015-05-08T19:34:10Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Next week, on Monday, I’ll have been here (on and off) for 15 years. Newbie ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-month-is-my-16th-dope-anniversary/719524/14 "2015-05-08T21:34:26Z")
I have been a part of this online community longer than I have ever done anything else in my life that I can think of. I’ve never lived anywhere so long, and I certainly have never had a job so long. My relationships tend to last, though. There are 9 people in the world outside my family that I love deeply. The years I have known them: 4 x 45 years 1 x 38 years 1 x 30 years 1 x 23 years 2 x 15 years So wow… I have been among you guys longer than I have known my two most recent close friends. I had two cocker spaniels that both lived to 16.5 years old, but outside of that, it looks like my relationship to the Dope is currently and may always be my longest-lasting relationship of all! Whoa thunk? (For anyone who hasn’t, I recommend checking out [the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=756223) about biggest life events since you signed up here, it’s fascinating to read what kind of life changes people have gone through. And it’s what prompted me to these thoughts in the first place.)