# Remember your first posts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573 "2001-05-06T23:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/1 "2001-05-06T23:12:16Z")
Ahh, the good old days of having double digit post counts :). I decided to do a search, and I remember my first thread. It was in GQ, titled Help. Find it here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28625](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28625) What was your first thread/post? ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/2 "2001-05-06T23:22:32Z")
Not a clue, and I’m too lazy to do a search on it. If I didn’t have my membership date under my username, I couldn’t even tell you how long I’ve been here. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/3 "2001-05-06T23:26:31Z")
I don’t know if this was my very first post, but this was early enough to count… [Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23098) My finest moment… unfortunately, it got glitched during the software switch and stopped getting bumped at about 7 or 8 pages, so it had to be closed. Maybe I should restart the debate again… maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/4 "2001-05-06T23:59:03Z")
Hmmm, well [here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=13218). I guess reading all the books a few times over before posting helped at least a bit. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/5 "2001-05-07T00:40:29Z")
First post: in MPSIMS, a thread started by Gatsby, something on the order of “The Seti@home Project!” First thread: in GQ, “Why are toilets called Johns?” 4500-some posts later, here I am. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/6 "2001-05-07T00:47:28Z")
It was way back… uh… 1997 I think. It was on the old AOL board… there had been a lot of people asking if lighting farts really worked, and so I made my debut by asking if you could light armpit farts. No one really seemed that amused 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/7 "2001-05-07T00:51:40Z")
Mine was in a thread about the grossest foods you have eaten mentioning I once ate grape potato chips…OpalCat responded with EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Keith ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/8 "2001-05-07T00:59:06Z")
[SDMB Tennis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53968=). Ahhhhh memories 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/9 "2001-05-07T01:02:53Z")
[Most Depressing Books](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14520) 10/21/99 In MPSIMS, of course. 😃 Hey look what I found: > [@](#): > > Ai\ Yue- Ha > > Guest lol. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/10 "2001-05-07T01:05:15Z")
Oh yeah, the “Do Ghosts Exist?” Thread in Great Debates. Dag, I ought to wander into there again. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/11 "2001-05-07T01:19:21Z")
Mine can be seen [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=764959#post764959). A bright shining moment for me, as The Moderator Formerly Known As Slyth proclaimed it post of the week. Of course, since such an illustrious beginning, I’ve left lesser posts scattered about the board like so many fossilized little cat turds. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/12 "2001-05-07T01:45:46Z")
My first post was a rather lengthy one in the GQ thread about T-rex being a predator or a scavenger. I recall posting a few lengthy additional posts to that thread, too. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/13 "2001-05-07T02:00:15Z")
It was to [Disney Sequels](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59490). It was, of course, my first post, but also the first time I made someone think that I was upset with them. Ooops! We made up though! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/14 "2001-05-07T07:14:33Z")
The earliest post that turned up in my search wasn’t my very first post. My earliest posts are from February or March of 1999, and they’ve been culled. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/15 "2001-05-07T07:34:35Z")
would you believe my first post was to start my very own thread in GQ about the 2 Dennis the Menaces [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=63940](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=63940) And as an added bonus I actually got 11 replies Cool, it’s kinda like hitting a line-drive down the first base line in my first at-bat ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/16 "2001-05-17T05:21:37Z")
My first post was a thread I started the day I joined, commenting on a mailbag item: [What does "Kyrie Eleison mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2224). It wandered on for over 5 months, much to my surprise. - Started with a simple comment on the kyrie. - Wandered into the question of the antiquity of the Anglican church, courtesy of a mischievious inquiry by **Songbird**. - Slight deviation into the reasons for the split between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic church, **John W. Kennedy** chiming in. - Returned to the question of musical settings of the kyrie, with discussion by **Songbird** and a little spat on the musical styles favoured by **pldennison**. - Review of the issues of papal infallibility and the validity of Anglican orders by \*\*tomndebb, Diceman \*\* and **Pickman’s Model**. - Discussion of the origins of the kyrie in the Tridentine mass and Archbishop Cranmer’s virtues as a poet by **tomndebb, John W. Kennedy, dougie\_monty** and **Pickman’s Model**. - Speculation by **Diceman** on whether Henry VIII was currently residing in the nether regions, notwithstanding he had been the head of the Anglican church. - Further speculation between **John W. Kennedy** and myself on whether Charles I was canonised by the Anglican church. - Minor dispute between \*\*CK Dexter Haven, Wally M7, \*\* and myself on the two _genuine_dates in English history. (From the date of posting, appears to have been one of **Wally’s** earlier posts. R.I.P., **Wally** ) - Culminated in a declaration of love by **CK Dexter Haven** for myself (then going under the handle of **jti** ). - Closed with a regretful expression of platonic interest by myself to **CK**. With an intro like that, both the range of topics and characters, I was hooked on Dope. Been here ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/17 "2001-05-17T05:44:51Z")
After quite a year of watching the TV show (God bless Miek Lucas) and two of looking at the website, and yet a few months of lurking on the boards(7 IIRC), and one month of waiting for an appropriate thread, my first was [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26728) one which happened to be my first “Started Thread”. I’ve learned a LOT since then. Tripler Much more than you could even know. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/18 "2001-05-17T05:46:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > **(God bless Miek Lucas)** That should be **Mike Lucas** / Goddamn Keyboard. . . Trip ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/19 "2001-05-17T07:07:24Z")
My first post was apparently in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55423&pagenumber=2). I had completly forgotten about that until I did a search a few minutes ago. The topic was whether there should be a maximum wage. By post is at the end of page two. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573/20 "2001-05-17T07:19:03Z")
A search turned up [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=5143) one (I used to be **whammy** and posting order is out of whack for some reason) but I know for a fact that my first post was actually answering a GQ about phenylketonuria. I was preggers at the time and had my trusty WTEWYE on hand to help with the answer. It seems to have been trimmed in search of a faster server. If I had my druthers, I would prefer[this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15356) one to be known as my first post (still as **whammy** ) as it also has posts by the esteemed **notthemama** and **PapaBear**. That **notthemama** , I sure miss him. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-your-first-posts/64573.md?page=2)