# SDMB book contest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408 "2004-03-30T21:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/61 "2004-03-31T00:56:21Z")
**Ed Zotti** The Shoes of the Fisherman **TubaDiva** Silken Glove, Iron Fist, Brass Tuba **Lynn Bodoni** Cecil Bows To Her ( Might I just take this moment to comment on how completely lovely that ensemble is today, Lynn? šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ ) **Cartooniverse** Tempus Fugit **General Ideas** Uuber Member Charter Member Fan Of Slug ( the forgotten element in the rare ore known as SDMB ) Educable Will Post Threads For Food Two of Millions šŸ˜‰ Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/62 "2004-03-31T01:14:31Z")
General: Teeming Millionth Rank and File One of Us! One of Us! Friend oā€™ Cecil (or Friend of Cecil, even) Specific: **TubaDiva** Supreme Goddess Jerry the Tech God (I forget his actual username) Tech God **Ed Zotti** Not Cecil. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/63 "2004-03-31T01:34:28Z")
Moping Dopers (BBQ Pit) Defenders of the Dope/Dope Defenders Doper Than We Wanna Be Hooked The Good Stuff The Dope Army Cecilā€™s Soldiers Cecā€™s Kids Dopeful Pit Master ( **Lynn Bodoni** ) Diva of the Dope ( **Lynn Bodoni** ) His TMIness ( **Spoose** ) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/64 "2004-03-31T01:42:19Z")
My money went to Chicago, and all I got was this lousy banner. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/65 "2004-03-31T01:44:15Z")
> [@sjc](#): > > How about **Original Doper** for Charter Members? Iā€™d like to go on record here as opining that I think itā€™s going to turn out to be a really **bad** idea to have one set of unique titles for all those fortunate enough to have gotten in on the ground floor of this one-time-only introductory offer of $4.95 subscription rates. Iā€™m going to feel ashamed of myself forever afterā€“seriouslyā€“if thereā€™s _any_ kind of differentiation in the future between my (hardly) exalted so-called ā€œcharter memberā€ status and that of the mere plebes who either didnā€™t happen to be onboard before April 22, 2004, or who didnā€™t get the credit card limbered up in time, but who did eventually subscribe. Iā€™m not talking about differentiating between those who have paid, period, and ā€œguestsā€ who are exercising their 30-days-free option. Iā€™m talking about differentiating between those who will have paid before April 22, 2004, and those who will have paid after that date. Also, there are inevitably going to be a number of SDMB regulars who are going to be ā€œleft behindā€ in this, due to being off the boards during this crucial month, because of illness or job changes or whatever, and itā€™s going to be bad enough for them to come back and find out that theyā€™ll have to fork over $15 for what the rest of us were lucky enough to get for $5, without **also** having to endure the annoyance of seeing that all the **rest** of usā€“who just _happened_ to be here in time to sign up for $4.95ā€“get to put special member titles under our names, and they donā€™t. The thing Iā€™m objecting toā€“and I think a number of other people would join me in thisā€“is not the designation ā€œcharterā€ memberā€“not just the word ā€œcharterā€ā€“so much as the simple indication that thereā€™s a difference between two segments of the SDMB, and, one segment of which couldnā€™t do much about it, being either not registered yet, or simply unfortunately not around when it all went down. If, when I registered here in the spring of 2000 I had seen that all those who were members of the old AOL board (denoted by their March 1999 registration dates) had had ā€œOriginal Doperā€ instead of ā€œMemberā€ under their names, Iā€™d have been subtly put off by the suggestion of elitism, and I probably wouldnā€™t have hung around, feeling that no matter what I did, Iā€™d never be able to fit in, or be able to catch up to all the ā€œinsidersā€, all the ā€œOriginal Dopersā€, who were Original Dopers solely by virtue of them having been involved with the Cecil Adams and his Straight Dope column before I was. I donā€™t have any particular suggestions other than either ā€œMemberā€ or ā€œSubscriberā€ for everyone in general who has paid, and then possibly (if the software will accommodate it) allow those who have paid to compose their own custom member titles if they donā€™t like ā€œMemberā€ or ā€œSubscriberā€, within the bounds of reasonable good taste, to be determined by Lynn or Tuba. This is what the JREF boards doā€“when you join the JREF Foundation, you get the title ā€œJREF Kidā€ on the message board, and if you donā€™t like that, you can make up your own title. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/66 "2004-03-31T01:52:56Z")
Take your choice: SERIOUS POSTER or WISEASS. When Iā€™ve tried to be serious in a post, someone is either demanding a cite, correcting my spelling or grammar, or trying to dazzle me with words that I think they made up. Now, WISEASS that I am anyway, thatā€™s what I want under my name. This way, if you see me coming, and you have a tendency to use the word ā€˜piffleā€™ in a sentence (that really happened to me) you can just breeze on by that particular thread and go search for a rocket surgeon thread. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/67 "2004-03-31T01:58:15Z")
(I will pay up soon, I swear on my stack of all five _Straight Dope_ booksā€¦) For those of us who were around to see the OP: **"GOTCHA YA!-ers"** ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/68 "2004-03-31T01:59:54Z")
Under my name I want a quote from my wife: ā€œ$4.95 for Chicago Reader? Is that Porn?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/69 "2004-03-31T02:27:33Z")
People who joined before Jan 2000: Old Timers General: Evil Resident For me: Furry Guy for the Cute Girl Threadkiller ā€œ1920ā€™s Style Deathā€ Ray For General subscribers I also like ā€œCecilianā€ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/70 "2004-03-31T02:29:38Z")
Iā€™m with **Duck Duck Goose** on the ā€œCharter Memberā€ thing. I want either ā€œMemberā€ or ā€œSubscriberā€ under my name, unless someone calls me something so creatively funny that I have to adopt it. Or unless I decide to call myself: Blatherskite Badinagineer Old Enough To Know Better Uncheck Sig Before Posting ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/71 "2004-03-31T02:30:40Z")
**Esprix** The Gay Guy **Eve** The Golden Child **Scylla** Blimpophobe **Opal** Hi, back at ya! **Zev Steinhardt** Such a mensch! **Attreyu** Hunter Of The Purple Buffalo **Chronos** Timekeeper **Tubaduva** Send Chocolate **Gaudere** (her name broken into syllables and spelled phonetically) **Ianzin** The Astounding! ---
**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/72 "2004-03-31T02:32:38Z")
Following up on **Truth Seekerā€™s** suggestions: Banned ā€œCharter Membersā€: **Wasted $14.95** and Guests: **This Space Available** or Guests: **Trial Doper** Banned Guest: **Will Remain Ignorant** Members with less than 100 posts: **Newbie Doper** Members between 100 and 999 posts: **Apprentice Doper** Members between 1,000 and 4,999 posts: **Dope Fiend** (with full credit to **lulu** ) Members between 5,000 and 9,999 posts: **Dope Master** Members with 10,000 or more posts: Selected by admins after a three day thread in IMHO taking recommendations from the teeming millions. Oh, and one more that seems to fit - **elucidator: cunning linguist** ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/73 "2004-03-31T02:37:56Z")
The Unbanned ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/74 "2004-03-31T02:40:13Z")
**Shodan** Straight Doper **Esprix** Gay Doper **Polycarp** Great Doper **any Storm Front Member** Hate Doper **Scylla** Okey Doper Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/75 "2004-03-31T03:02:54Z")
Iā€™ve got to agree with **Duck Duck Goose** Iā€™d like this to be a general option thing for ALL members to partake of, not an elite, ā€˜I joined early so Iā€™m special!ā€™ kinda thing. I find it more irksome to consider the ability to change sub-title depending on the level acheived through post count (as proposed somewhere up ā€¦there). That only promotes spam posting with lame comments like, ā€˜yeah, me tooā€™ and ā€˜oh?ā€™, etc (thereā€™s a collectors board that operates for Singaporeā€™s geek community that suffers from this exact problem and it makes the boards pretty unreadable simply because that signal to noise ratio is so appalling!). But basically I dislike this because Iā€™ve been around here for quite a while, but donā€™t post very often (I spend most of my day on the boards, but only contribute when I have something to say, like now) so to be labeled ā€˜newbieā€™ because of a low post count would be kinda ā€¦unfair. _sob_ Iā€™m just whinging. Ignore me Anyhooā€¦ my suggestions: Third post on any thread: umā€¦ no. Too obviousā€¦ (but still mildly amusing). **Dangergene** : boy without fear! orā€¦ **Dangergene** : whinging antipodean ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/76 "2004-03-31T03:05:26Z")
oh, even better! [b[Dangergene[/]: not related to Dangermom ---
**Author:** ![adirondack\_mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@adirondack\_mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adirondack_mike)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/77 "2004-03-31T03:10:43Z")
**Humblest** charter member And for guests Not Quite As Humble as a charter member ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/78 "2004-03-31T03:13:43Z")
one more time for the dummies! (me) [b[Dangergene[b/]: not related to Dangermom ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/79 "2004-03-31T03:21:12Z")
I like The Unbanned. Makes me giggle. Iā€™d like Blathers On to be my title. Hmmm. Hamster Fodder Must Have Dope Ignorance Slayer Join the Dark Side \< Cecil Iā€™m SMRT! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-contest/237408/80 "2004-03-31T03:23:48Z")
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