# Padding my post count **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290 "2005-04-20T19:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swanky\_glue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@swanky\_glue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swanky_glue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/1 "2005-04-20T19:29:43Z")
I really only started this thread to pad my post count. How am i doing so far? gosh, i haven’t posted in a reeaaallly long time, but i’ve been lurking for a coupla years now. I thought this would be a good time to rear my ugly head and say hello to all you Dopers. I am looking forward to being a productive member of the Doper society, and to adding posts that do more than just pad my count. So hi everyone, I’m really glad to be here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/2 "2005-04-20T19:33:56Z")
Out of curiosity: after several years of lurking, what made you decide to join the ranks? ---
**Author:** ![swanky\_glue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@swanky\_glue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swanky_glue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/3 "2005-04-20T19:51:20Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Out of curiosity: after several years of lurking, what made you decide to join the ranks? Well, I’ve always wanted to join the ranks. I sit at work every single day, reading the Dope, the articles, and the message board and I love it. However, I’ve been a lurker on a lot of boards, posting here and there and trying to nudge my way into the community. For whatever reason, I don’t really stick around for a long time on those boards, so I told myself that if I could lurk for at least a year faithfully, then it would be worth the membership fee. So, I lurked for, well, a long while before I decided that it was now or never. This nonsense probably doesn’t make sense to smart humans because they see the Dope say to themselves “Wow! what a smart, intelligent, witty group of people, I can’t wait to sign up” I say, “Wow, what a smart, intelligent, witty group of people, I hope I can join them one day, but for now, I’ll just watch from a distance and let their genious wash over me. One day, I’ll be smart and intelligent too, and then I can join.” Oh well, the smart intelligent thing didn’t really happen to me, but why keep myself from enjoying a great thing? That’s why I came out of lurkdom today. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/4 "2005-04-20T19:51:34Z")
> [@swanky\_glue](#): > > I really only started this thread to pad my post count. How am i doing so far? > > gosh, i haven’t posted in a reeaaallly long time, but i’ve been lurking for a coupla years now. And you still don’t know this is a no-no? 😉 Just wanted to say “howdy” before the lock down. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swanky\_glue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@swanky\_glue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swanky_glue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/5 "2005-04-20T19:54:51Z")
Hopefully the mods will know the post count thing is a joke. And, well, if not, I’ll see them all in the pit, where I will have 6 or 7 posts. That oughtta show 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/6 "2005-04-20T19:56:00Z")
Yeah, I’m going to continue on my quest to have participated in the most locked threads ever by saying “Hiya **swanky**!” ---
**Author:** ![swanky\_glue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@swanky\_glue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swanky_glue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/7 "2005-04-20T20:00:49Z")
By the way, Hi **Daithi Lacha** , **Harmless** , and **Hal** , thanks for the howdys ---
**Author:** ![Dragoness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@Dragoness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragoness)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/8 "2005-04-20T20:18:17Z")
So what is the record for fastest thread closure? Because this one has already gone on at least half an hour, which is surprising. It would have been cool to see a record set. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/9 "2005-04-20T20:20:13Z")
I wouldn ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/10 "2005-04-20T20:21:24Z")
't ever resort ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/11 "2005-04-20T20:22:59Z")
to pad ---
**Author:** ![swanky\_glue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@swanky\_glue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swanky_glue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/12 "2005-04-20T20:23:09Z")
Can the mods change the title of my thread to something that doesn’t have anything to do w/ padding post counts? Like, Padding my shoulder pads? or perhaps, padding my orthopedic shoes? Seriously, if I get locked out, I deserve it, but the post pad thing was meant as a joke and i’m not really padding my posts, or rather, i’m seriously not meaning to. I hope you will all forgive me. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/13 "2005-04-20T20:24:02Z")
ding my ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/14 "2005-04-20T20:25:03Z")
post count!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/15 "2005-04-20T20:25:46Z")
I believe you. I think the mods will show mercy. 😉 Welcome to the boards! _smooch_ ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/16 "2005-04-20T20:27:25Z")
Woo-Hoo!!! Ride that locked thread! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swanky\_glue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@swanky\_glue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swanky_glue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/17 "2005-04-20T20:30:31Z")
lock and load vrrroooommmm!!! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/18 "2005-04-20T20:36:38Z")
Shoot, we don’t care…it’s the mods that get their nickers in a twist. 😛 So this is actually a **Welcome Thread** , right? Right?! 😉 : nudge, nudge, wink, wink : ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/19 "2005-04-20T20:39:13Z")
OmiGod,pleaseno… After those Squcks… I just can’t handle anymore! _flops down and collapses_ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padding-my-post-count/300290/20 "2005-04-20T20:42:18Z")
What an unfortunate title for your thread, **swanky\_glue**. I believes ya when you say it’s just a welcome back thread, but the title is misleading about a posting style we don’t encourage. Sooooo… I’m gonna lock this one down. You’re more than welcome to start another thread joyously proclaiming your re-arrival. Just be sure to leave out references to verboten posting sins. - SkipMagic