# Signs you may be spending too much time on the Dope! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165 "2003-02-01T21:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/21 "2003-02-02T18:52:12Z")
You hear people arguing, and you tell them to take it to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/22 "2003-02-02T19:55:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*You hear people arguing, and you tell them to take it to the Pit. \*\* I must be immumne, I still suggest a deathmatch as the mediation tool of choice. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/23 "2003-02-02T20:08:48Z")
Someone want to explain this whole concept of “…spending too much time on the Dope?” You seem to indicate that this is a bad thing. Cite? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/24 "2003-02-02T21:24:09Z")
Here I am at a BBQ at a friends place, and I had to check my threads on The Dope. [Martha Stewart] And that’s a very good thing. [/Martha Stewart] ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/25 "2003-02-02T21:29:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Northern Piper \* > \*\*How about: you’re working away on a document in Word and type in [b] and [/b] to bold your text, then mutter that the hamsters aren’t working, before sheepishly deleting? (happened to me the other day). \*\* I’ve done this too, only without the muttering about hamsters. It did take me awhile to figure out why my italics weren’t working though. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/26 "2003-02-02T21:36:57Z")
Good thread. I’m sorry to say (not) that cite?, ham **p** sters, and fucktard have all worked themselves into my so called real life. This place rocks. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/27 "2003-02-04T17:28:44Z")
This morning I passed a cow-orker in the hall. He said, “Hey, laina, what’s the good word?” I said, “Cromulant.” He actually stopped in his tracks, looked puzzled, and said, “I’m not familiar with that word.” ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/28 "2003-02-04T17:46:38Z")
Ha! Fucktard! I love that one! 🙂 I’ll use that more oftnen for sure… now where is that thread so I can add this to the list… ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/29 "2003-02-04T18:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Northern Piper \* > \*\*How about: you’re working away on a document in Word and type in [b] and [/b] to bold your text, then mutter that the hamsters aren’t working, before sheepishly deleting? (happened to me the other day). \*\* Heh… On more than one occasion I’ve been doing HTML coding and found myself using [and] instead of \< and \>. I do catch myself saying “Cite?” quite a bit and have also suggested that people disagreeing with each other “take it to the Pit”. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/30 "2003-02-04T18:36:06Z")
Another vote for bursting out “cite?” I was in Wal-mart yesterday and some dumbard employee was telling a customer that all dog foods are the same. I couldn’t help myself. CITE? ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165/31 "2003-02-05T01:10:01Z")
I’m actually starting to believe that “Cite?” is a perfectly valid way of asking someone to back up what they say with proof! Another thing: I am often tempted to say “Your mileage may vary”… makes sense doesn’t it? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-spending-too-much-time-on-the-dope/152165.md?page=1)