# Signs you've spent too much time on the Dope... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294 "2004-07-03T00:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/21 "2004-07-03T22:38:59Z")
I have a message board I moderate that I have been visiting a lot longer than SDMB’s and now I am always trying to mouse over for a preview on the threads there. Also, yesterday I went to see Spiderman 2 with a friend and I actually found myself discussing the thread in Cafe Society about Spiderman, his sphincter and g-forces. At least I didn’t remember the physics formulas and start explaining it in detail. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/22 "2004-07-04T00:17:37Z")
…You check out this thread to see how many of the signs you agree with. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/23 "2004-07-04T02:22:50Z")
Yes I too use the mouseover on other sites to get a preview of a story - but as we all know, it doesn’t work except at the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Mundo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mundo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/24 "2004-07-04T03:44:08Z")
When I saw that M&M’s were going to be in black and white my first thought was not how odd that was, or even if they would taste different. No, my first thought was concern for the unemployed gladiators and sympathy for [these](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=235134) poor people who would now have much duller snack times. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/25 "2004-07-04T20:54:55Z")
> [@leafrog](#): > > I know I spend too much time lurking here because whenever I go to another site, for news and such, I will see an interesting headline and I will consistently mouse over it hoping for a popup to tell me the first couple of sentences of the story so I can determine if I want to read it or not. Even worse than that, when I read articles, especially editorials, in the newspaper, I often find myself looking for the “Post Reply” button to-- I don’t know, press with my finger or something. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/26 "2004-07-04T21:04:28Z")
The other thing I’ve started to realize: the only reason I get to bed at a consistent hour every night, is because that’s when the board goes down for maintenance. I need somebody outside my apartment with a megaphone: “Step away from the keyboard, Mr. Grundy.” ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/27 "2004-07-04T22:21:03Z")
Every time someone draws a happy face on the dry-erase board at work, I replace the curvy line with a straight one and add some eyebrows: :dubious: I’ve also used “1920’s style Death Rays” in casual conversation, even though I wasn’t around when it originated. References nobody gets are big among my circle of friends. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/28 "2004-07-05T01:56:02Z")
You know you’ve spent too much time on the boards when you take time to frame your thoughts in the form of a potential new thread. I do this all the time. :smack: I also try to sneak “1920’s style death ray” into my daily conversations. When people on various IMs ask me what I’m doing, I give them a one word response: “SDMB”. They all know what it means. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/29 "2004-07-05T02:27:23Z")
Lessee…I -compose threads in my head (mainly Pit threads…usually I deem them too lame to actually post) -refer to “the MB I frequent” to my friends IRL -have dreamt about Dopers -noticed a sharp increase in my heart rate when I overheard someone IRL say “1920s-style death ray”. I was going to talk to him but then I chickened out. I’ve also created an “SDMB” category on my AIM buddy list especially for Dopers, but I’m too chicken to actually talk to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/30 "2004-07-05T02:49:17Z")
I’ve become much more confrontational IRL with people who talk politics, economics, etc. I’m quick to say “you got a cite for that”? ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/31 "2004-07-05T05:30:48Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m quick to say “you got a cite for that”? I do the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/32 "2004-07-05T12:01:12Z")
I’ve become prone to make such exclamations as: “Oh, for the love of Og!” or “Og knows!” ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/33 "2004-07-05T19:35:20Z")
You respond to your screen name. You use SDMB threads as cites in arguments with your friends. You start dating a doper. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/34 "2004-07-05T19:52:46Z")
What Board? (Pass me another beer) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/35 "2004-07-05T20:03:13Z")
You can count the number of times you’ve seen this thread topic. On your first day at a new job, your biggest problem is the internet connection is AOL. Therefore crap, and you are unable to access the board. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294/36 "2004-07-09T22:30:46Z")
When you start thinking in terms of “these boxes are packed full of MPSIMS” or “the cat did TMI on the carpet.” When you wake up one morning with the perfect post in mind for a 4 day old thread. 😃 > [@Angua](#): > > You respond to your screen name. Or even when you start thinking of yourself as your screen name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-youve-spent-too-much-time-on-the-dope/253294.md?page=1)