# Self-reported doper behavior that would baffle you to encounter in the wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580 "2014-05-03T13:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580/81 "2014-05-12T17:11:20Z")
I’ve never lived in a house with a garbage disposal. It’s not baffling, exactly, but it des give me a different perspective on how kitchens work and what becomes of scrps than people who are the opposite. Also, apparently there are people on the board who consider it rude not to bother complete strangers who are minding their own business. > [@Essured](#): > > When people casually mention “my therapist” or “in therapy”, it does weird me out a little, I must admit. Here’s another example, then. I don’t know anyone who’s a big enough asshole, or sufficiently stuck in the '70s, to look down on people who are in therapy. > [@pulykamell](#): > > the only real thing that jumps out to me is how Dopers, as a whole, are quick to pull the “end the relationship” trigger at what seems to be the slightest sign of trouble. It may not be a fair characterization, but that’s the impression I get. I’ve never encountered such quick “dump-his/her-ass” in the wild. [ol] [li]It’s easier to suggest that in text than to someone standing there blubbering in front of you. [/li][li]We get the person’s woes all at once, with a lot of gaps filled in and questions resolved, as opposed to watching it play out for however long.[/li][li]I’m no more likely to think it on SDMB than in meatspace, I’m just more likely to say it.[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580/82 "2014-05-12T18:27:23Z")
> [@skylyn12](#): > > Well sure, many kids around that age start to memorize things be it letters or numbers or car makes, etc. My older son (at 24 months) could ID every US President. But reading is a huge leap from memorizing a few items. I’m not saying she’ll be reading Shakespeare, but I can definitely see her getting to the point of sounding out ‘C-A-T’ from the letters, and getting people to go ‘Woah! She’s reading it!’ ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580/83 "2014-05-12T23:04:24Z")
The people who say they walked out of a bad movie before it was over. Didn’t you pay for it? why not stick it out? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580/84 "2014-05-13T00:55:55Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > The people who say they walked out of a bad movie before it was over. Didn’t you pay for it? why not stick it out? I don’t understand this criticism. I don’t go to very many movies and I’ve never walked out of one but there’ve been a few I wish I had left halfway through. I have, however, given up on books a third of the way in. Books I paid money for as well. Same thing, surely. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580/85 "2014-05-13T00:59:44Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I started my master’s-degree thesis research while still in the womb. I was your thesis advisor while _I_ was in the womb. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580/86 "2014-05-13T01:07:52Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > Here’s another example, then. I don’t know anyone who’s a big enough asshole, or sufficiently stuck in the '70s, to look down on people who are in therapy. Excuse me? I’m not an arsehole _or_ stuck in the 70s. And I don’t look down on people who are in therapy either (I think it’s very smart to recognise if you need help and go and get it), so I don’t know where you got that from - I just said it weirded me out to read people mention it so casually. I don’t want an apology from you, but maybe you should not just insult / attack first? People mention therapy / therapist very casually on this board, as if it’s an everyday occurence and very prevalent, like going to the grocery store, and when barely related to the topic at hand. I have never EVER had anyone just mention it “in the wild” (unless it was the point of the discussion), hence why it’s a little jarring, and also why it would baffle me in the real world. I would not find it at all odd in the context of some horrible event, or PTSD sufferers, or a discussion on mental illness, for example - but just interspersed randomly, yes I find it odd. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580/87 "2014-05-13T01:20:27Z")
Even if a kid can “read” at 2, that doesn’t necessarily mean they understand what they’re reading. I was able to memorize certain words at four, at the youngest, just from certain advertisements, but it doesn’t mean I could “read” them, just that I knew them from sight. And even then, it was probably the font that I recognized more than anything, rather than the word itself. > [@Essured](#): > > When people casually mention “my therapist” or “in therapy”, it does weird me out a little, I must admit. > > I’m sure there’s plenty of cooking ones too, but nothing is coming to mind other than the odd “help I left the X out of the fridge for 30 minutes - should I throw it out / will I get food poisoning if I eat it?” I’m guessing because people are more likely to mention it on an anonymous message board than they would in real life. Just saying. There was a thread where someone asked if it was okay if he took home the leftovers of a six pack he brought to a party, if only one or two had been drunk. To me, the idea was completely alien that you would bring food to a party like that and then just take it home with you, unless either the host insisted, or it was your own personal casserole dish. It just seemed so rude to me, but dopers acted like it was no big deal. Or not bathing regularly. I understand not everyone can bath EVERY day, if they have skin issues, but bathing every other day was somehow too much? That was kind of a creepy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-reported-doper-behavior-that-would-baffle-you-to-encounter-in-the-wild/687580.md?page=4)