# OMG! I'm In Great Debates! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642 "2003-08-26T00:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/21 "2003-08-26T15:15:33Z")
If they don’t suffer fools gladly, why would I ever want to go? Semi-seriously, I enjoy reading GD when I have some time to kill, since I admire quite a few of the regulars. But I know when I’m intellectually outgunned. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/22 "2003-08-27T01:21:37Z")
Sometimes, I wander over to Great Debates to see what momentous topics are being discussed, but since I’m easily intimidated, I don’t answer any. Even though Collounsbury has been banned for a second time, I’d still hate to have him yelling at me; he’s **intense**. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/23 "2003-08-27T01:30:21Z")
Sometimes, I wander over to Great Debates to see what momentous topics are being discussed, but since I’m easily intimidated, I don’t answer any. Even though Collounsbury has been banned for a second time, I’d still hate to have him yelling at me; he’s **intense**. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/24 "2003-08-27T01:36:42Z")
Sorry about the double-posting; I had no idea that was going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/25 "2003-08-27T16:38:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Salem \* > \*\*Oh, **Quasi** , you poor thing. In GD, unknowingly and all alone? > God be with you my friend, and if they start to attack, just give me a holler. I’ll be right there behind you [sub]hiding[/sub], ready to defend your honor [sub]from a safe distance and possibly incognito[/sub] and say something [sub]stupid[/sub] that will give them all long enough pause [sub]to pick their jaws up off the floor[/sub] for you to give 'em your best shot [sub] while running away screaming like a girl[/sub] and leave with dignity. > > Seriously, you’re a smart guy and I’m sure you can hold your own. And if it gets really bad, you can always evoke the effective “I know you are but what am I?” rule. \*\* Sweetie, I really _like_ your posting style, with those little “sublingual” (the _real_ word escapes me, but it’s that stuff they use in movie theatres to get you to buy popcorn!:D) thingies in between your sentences. I’ve never noticed another Doper doing this, so this must be original with you, yes? Anyway thanks for being there [sub]chuckling all the while[/sub] for me! 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/26 "2003-08-27T16:42:59Z")
Subliminal? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/27 "2003-08-27T17:08:58Z")
**lieu** , my friend! 😃 Yeah, **that’s** it, thanks! Lissen y’all, I’m gonna go in there, but I don’t really wanna go by myself, okay? We need someone with a flashlight, someone with a sharp sword-tongue and somebody with a frickin’ laptop. We’ll be The Fellowship of The Brains. (Or something) They’re gonna be lying in wait, so we gotta come up with a topic we can defend once they pounce on us. And we may have to be ready because they may ride into MPSIMS after us… I can hear them now… **"MPSIMS!!!..'Modem!"** So who’s with me? 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/28 "2003-08-27T18:11:29Z")
Hey, I _started a thread_ in GD once. I still shudder to think of how naive I was. Let’s just say I know how David Carr felt last season with the Texans. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/29 "2003-08-27T18:14:10Z")
Look, I **know** I got that _subliminimal_ word wrong, but that was just a brainfart! (Okay, so I had the whole **BM**! So what?) How about **this** for a debate topic: Do we really _need_ the Dewey Decimal System anymore? Pretty good, huh? Get back to me on this, okay? 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/30 "2003-08-27T18:14:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\* > Lissen y’all, I’m gonna go in there, but I don’t really wanna go by myself, okay? We need someone with a flashlight, someone with a sharp sword-tongue and somebody with a frickin’ laptop. We’ll be The Fellowship of The Brains. (Or something) > > They’re gonna be lying in wait, so we gotta come up with a topic we can defend once they pounce on us. And we may have to be ready because they may ride into MPSIMS after us… I can hear them now… > > **"MPSIMS!!!..'Modem!"** > > So who’s with me? 😃 > > Q \*\* I’ll go with you as far as IMHO, but after that you’re on your own. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/31 "2003-08-27T18:19:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*I’ll go with you as far as IMHO, but after that you’re on your own. \*\* _Sigh_ I don’t like the sound of those drums! Q ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/32 "2003-08-27T18:25:44Z")
Oh, don’t worry, bwana. They only mean trouble when they **stop**! :: crickets chirping :: ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/33 "2003-08-27T18:37:58Z")
Okay, and **now** what? Bass solo, right? 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/34 "2003-08-27T18:40:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*I’ll go with you as far as IMHO, but after that you’re on your own. \*\* I’ll head all the way with you. But when we get to Cafe Society you’re gonna have to give me a good kick in the butt to keep me going. FTR I’ve been in GD a couple of times, heck I even started my own thread once, that was enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/35 "2003-08-27T18:45:50Z")
See? Ed’s a better guide, having traversed the terrain once. Trust in the Head. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/36 "2003-08-27T19:00:53Z")
I started a Great Debate thread, sometime in the '90s, I believe. (Well, I suppose it would _have_ to have been 1999, wouldn’t it?) Yipe. I can’t even argue properly with myself. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/37 "2003-08-27T19:35:31Z")
"We will **unite** or we **will fall!"** Strength in numbers, my friends! **Edward The Head** shall lead us as our guide. We shall trust in The Head. The Virgin **Ellen** has traversed these grounds before. She will be our Oracle. **dantheman** is our mapmaker, and **wmulax93** will be in charge of organization! We also need a strategist, a seer, an archer, and a weapon-smith who would all travel with us into the land of GD. Who will heed the call of the horn of **MPSIMS** and come to our aid? I will just keep trying to **think** , okay? (Merlin’s voice: “ **Arthur!** ”) Q ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/38 "2003-08-27T21:36:12Z")
Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map… climb me a climb, take me a crap… Okay, now listen up. The “N” means “north.” The blue lines are rivers, and the green lines are roads. Or is it the blue lines are roads, and the green ones are rivers? The rivers can get mucky here. Well, suit up; long as we’re prepared, we won’t get mucked up. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/39 "2003-08-27T22:08:59Z")
I get to organize? Sweet! Now, where did I put my pen… ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642/40 "2003-08-27T23:05:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > **How about this for a debate topic: Do we really _need_ the Dewey Decimal System anymore?** I think most libraries have switched over to the Library of Congress system. Sorry, no cite. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-im-in-great-debates/197642.md?page=3)