# Not one of our finest hours...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 22, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212 "2002-11-22T19:31:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212/21 "2002-11-23T03:05:08Z")

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Hey, I am ALWAYS nice to newbies.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212/22 "2002-11-23T12:45:30Z")

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And we love you for it.

Count on it.

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212/23 "2002-11-23T13:00:48Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Standard Message: Be nice to newbies. They’re our future.

At least until the cloning project is finished.

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**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212/24 "2002-11-23T16:05:26Z")

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As a newbie with a low post count, I’d like to say Domo Arigato to you for the OP. It was righteous.Damn, we need a kilroy smilie;)

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**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212/25 "2002-11-23T16:20:58Z")

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There’s a newbie posting in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=145636) who I suspect isn’t going to respond to the gentle approach.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-one-of-our-finest-hours/138212/26 "2002-11-23T19:06:50Z")

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But people are giving him the benefit of the doubt, our way. Asking him for cites, pointing out perceived errors, etc.

Face it, if he continues in the face of proof he won’t be staying long, anyway. But courtesy requires us to give him all benefit of the doubt until he proves to be a brick wall or troll or whatnot.

DESKTOP, thanks for getting the joke. More people have gotten my username in the last two weeks than ever in all history. Weird.

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