# SDMBKL is an alien life-form sent to Earth to gather data about the natives **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958 "2012-04-25T22:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/21 "2012-04-25T23:45:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > But I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point he starts a thread asking what his own name means and what everybody thinks about it, and if it hurts. Yes. It hurts. It hurts a LOT. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/22 "2012-04-25T23:48:49Z")
> [@iftheresaway](#): > > On a more serious note, I was trying to decide what it was that irks me so much about all these threads, and I think I’ve figured it out. The OPs aren’t discussion openers, and the threads almost never generate discussions. They’re survey questions, and they tend to get a couple of posters “filling out the survey”, and that’s it. Yeah, a couple of times I opened one of his threads and went to answer the question, but then it’s like… what’s the point? It’s not like there’s a discussion to be had, here. So obviously, the OP must have an ulterior motive. Truthfully, I’m wondering if he’s a student taking Psych 101 who has to ask a bunch of boring-ass survey questions, and found this to be a better method than standing on the campus mall and bugging passers-by. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/23 "2012-04-26T00:03:30Z")
I thought that too–or maybe a silly research course. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/24 "2012-04-26T12:21:24Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > So, do we know what the “KL” in SDMBKL stands for? Any theories? Knowledge Leech. Not very subtle, but his kind is unfamiliar with alphabets. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/25 "2012-04-26T12:42:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Ford Prefect is a hell of a lot of fun. … Glasses of water, or pints of bitter, would violently disagree. Three out of four packets of peanuts agree he’s a hoopy frood though! 😃 CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/26 "2012-04-26T13:07:42Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Knowledge Leech. Not very subtle, but his kind is unfamiliar with alphabets. Damn, that actually works. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/27 "2012-04-26T17:26:58Z")
What the hell was up with his Week of Bigotry? He must have posted four or five different threads on it. It was weird. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/28 "2012-04-26T18:26:41Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Glasses of water, or pints of bitter, would violently disagree. Three out of four packets of peanuts agree he’s a hoopy frood though! Well done. I’ve actually knew a guy who insisted he was an alien, and to say he was more fun and more interesting than **SDMBKL** is like saying having your arm ripped off by a crocodile hurts a bit. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/29 "2012-04-26T18:36:49Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Well done. I’ve actually knew a guy who insisted he was an alien, and to say he was more fun and more interesting than **SDMBKL** is like saying having your arm ripped off by a crocodile hurts a bit. But is that having your arm _forcibly_ ripped off, or ripped off in some other way? Gently, perhaps, or voluntarily? Adjectives matter, **Marley**. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/30 "2012-04-26T18:48:25Z")
“Forcibly” is an adverb, though. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/31 "2012-04-26T18:51:56Z")
You know who else thought of himself as a crazy lion? **Jubal Early**! /possibly too-obscure Firefly reference //then again, this is the Dope ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/32 "2012-04-26T19:06:33Z")
I’m still trying to decide which is more interesting: the nature of his questions, or the fact that his posts all seem to be typed with care. While I haven’t read through all of his posts, I’ve looked through a fair number of them and did not find any significant errors in spelling or grammar. I can’t explain why, but I find this combination of esoteric question-mongering and precise, clear English weirdly peculiar. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/33 "2012-04-26T19:13:02Z")
> [@Atreyu](#): > > I can’t explain why, but I find this combination of esoteric question-mongering and precise, clear English weirdly peculiar. **“To Serve Man”** It’s a cook book! He is writing a cook book! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/34 "2012-04-26T19:15:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No, that’s if you make _him_ say it backwards. That should be easy, just ask him about calculator manufacturers. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/35 "2012-04-26T19:19:04Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > At first, I thought he(?) was just straight-up 'tarded. But upon further reflection, I realized there’s no way that a human being would possibly question all of these things in such quick succession, no matter how stupid. He’s the Ford Prefect of the two-thousand-'tweens. > > Incidentally, I do \*so \*hope that futurefolk end up referring to this decade as the 'tweens. Hey! I resemble that remark! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/36 "2012-04-26T19:20:04Z")
> [@Atreyu](#): > > I’m still trying to decide which is more interesting: the nature of his questions, or the fact that his posts all seem to be typed with care. While I haven’t read through all of his posts, I’ve looked through a fair number of them and did not find any significant errors in spelling or grammar. > > I can’t explain why, but I find this combination of esoteric question-mongering and precise, clear English weirdly peculiar. He’s like edumacated but not really. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/37 "2012-04-26T19:43:49Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > What the hell was up with his Week of Bigotry? He must have posted four or five different threads on it. It was weird. Must have a report on it due for Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/38 "2012-04-26T19:46:29Z")
I once wrote a three-page essay about mirrors. Maybe I should sell it to one of those essay websites for wink-wink research purposes only. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/39 "2012-04-26T19:49:19Z")
_::considers making the obvious joke about mirror sites, but decides it’s far too lame even for her::_ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/40 "2012-04-26T20:02:40Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > In the first two pages of **SDMBKL** ’s posting history, I observed these gems: You forgot “Should one eat candies before a home-cooked meal?” And his MO of packing several questions into one big OP ([here, for example](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=649688)) should also be noted. Still, he comes across as less clueless and a better thread-starter and question-asker than some people (_[cough](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648923) **Diamonds02** [cough](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648919)_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958.md?page=3)