If you’ve EVER been tempted to start a thread titled, “Am I the ONLY One Who ___,” please think better of it.
It really doesn’t matter what you put in the blank. I can already tell you, the answer is “NO.” You’re NOT the only one.
“Am I the only one who thinks baseball is a stupid waste of time?” No. Lots of people do.
“Am I the only one who hates CSI?” No- lots of people do.
“Am I the only one who thinks Gary Coleman is sexy?” No, I’m afraid not. I wish you were, but you aren’t.
“Am I the only one who likes walrus blubber on my pizza?” No, you almost certainly aren’t.
TRUST me on this- WHATEVER you love or hate, SOMEBODY in this world agrees with you. It goes without saying. There is absolutely no need to post any variation on this question here.
Yes! I mean… no! I mean, yes to astorian, and no to Skammer!
Jesus, the pet peeve I have about this! For some reason, all those threads which are started “Am I the ONLY One Who _____” bug the hell out of me, especially since the threadstarter never is the only one! I’ve been feeling like starting a thread like this, but well…
…um…
…I’ve always felt like the only one thinking that way, and…
Thank God! AT LAST someone to share my love of walrus blubber with! Astorian, walrus blubber (or “blub” as we blubber aficionados call it) is good so many things or just by itself, don’t stop just at pizza. There’s boiled blubber, fried blubber, blubber ettouffe, blubber creole, stuffed blubber, popcorn blubber, blackened blubber, and blubber just by itself!
You are not the only one my dear Astorian! Blubber, it’s what’s for dinner! (and breakfast and lunch if we’re lucky).
I’d like to remind people that there also exist threads starting with “Is It Just Me, Or ________” and that those, too, always show that no, it isn’t just the thread starter.
I don’t think it’s worth getting one’s panties in a bunch over… I’d bet that most people are just using it as shorthand for “I’m sure I’m not the only person who _____, but man, it sure seems like it sometimes. And it seems like an interesting topic to discuss” or perhaps “I would like to challenge the conventional wisdom that ______”
Few such OP’s that I’ve ever seen actually seem to believe that they are the only person in the world who _____, or even the only doper who _______.
(Although that brings up an interesting topic? Who can think of the least-contrived thing that they actually are the only person in the world to have ever done?)
No, you’re not. Ever since you posted this to another thread, I am now convinced bananas are unsafe to consume. So not only are you not the only one, you’re actually spreading the joy.
I feel good about me. I feel good about loving whale blubber on my pizza. You see, I’m one of the charter members of the I.A.O.L.I.W.B.E.P. ( International Association of Lactose Intolerant Whale Blubber Eating Pizzaholics ). I cannot eat the cheese, so I use blubber instead.
–weeping-- I’m not alone, I’m not alone any more !!!
