# So, How Many Dopers Have You Met IRL? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252 "2012-02-28T14:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/1 "2012-02-28T14:05:24Z")
As in posters, not those who say they have visited the board. In over ten years here, I have only met one- and that was in Edinburgh. (I discount my sister.) I have communicated with heaps and exchanged proper mail and gifts. However, overall I have only met one. What is your score? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/2 "2012-02-28T14:11:14Z")
Two, that I know of. Bonus: no restraining orders issued, yet. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/3 "2012-02-28T14:12:42Z")
Only one that I’m aware of. There’s other people I’ve talked to IRL that have made me wonder if they might be a doper, but Milwaukee doesn’t have a large doper community, so that chances of that happening are pretty slim. The one that I’ve met wasn’t an accident, we made plans to meet up. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/4 "2012-02-28T14:20:54Z")
I have met one Doper in person, twice. And although you didn’t ask, it was **WordMan**. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/5 "2012-02-28T14:24:22Z")
Not a doper, but a doper’s brother. He was my kinda-boss at my old job. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/6 "2012-02-28T14:26:45Z")
Bunches - more than 20, for sure, and maybe more than 30. I’ve been to gatherings, hosted a few, met up with Dopers when I’ve gone on travel for work, and even had at least 2 spend the night at my house. One even came to the funeral home when my dad died. I’m not going to try to list them all because I’m sure to forget some. But now that I think about all the events I’ve attended since I joined the boards, I feel safe in saying definitely more than 30. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/7 "2012-02-28T14:27:17Z")
Probably close to a couple dozen. A couple have become good friends. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/8 "2012-02-28T14:31:04Z")
Somewhere in the neighborhood of ten, maybe a few more. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/9 "2012-02-28T14:32:12Z")
Somewhere between 10-20. They are all awesome. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/10 "2012-02-28T14:38:43Z")
I went to a dopefest in NYC a few years back so whoever was there. But I’ve only stayed in touch with one fine fellow. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/11 "2012-02-28T15:09:26Z")
Lots. Between the SoCal and Vegas Dopefests, I must have met at least 35-40. Not to mention my wife, who is more of a lurker but still posts occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/12 "2012-02-28T15:10:26Z")
None, but I definitely would. Dopers are so much better than real people! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/13 "2012-02-28T15:18:43Z")
One NJ dopefest a few years ago at Whatexit?'s house. I think there were 6 of us. If the timing were right I would do it again. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/14 "2012-02-28T15:29:14Z")
I have not yet had the pleasure. I hope to meet one or two in the near future though. We should be able to open our deli in the next month (please, universe, stop throwing hurdles!), and at least two dopers have expressed an interest in coming in to eat. I’d be thrilled to host a get together, but I don’t think we have many members up my way. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/15 "2012-02-28T15:49:04Z")
None - I really must resurrect the Scottish DopeMeet thread! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/16 "2012-02-28T15:52:28Z")
Around twenty. There is a large contingent in the Greater Toronto Area (and we haven’t had a Toronto Dopefest in far too long, come to think of it…), and I make a point of getting in touch with Dopers when I travel out of town, to see if there’s a way of meeting up. Dopers are a fascinating bunch of people. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/17 "2012-02-28T15:57:25Z")
I used to work with **msmith537** and two other Dopers that rarely post these days. I have only met a couple of more that I didn’t know otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/18 "2012-02-28T16:00:30Z")
I’ve set out to meet and met 2 Dopers, when **needscoffee** was kind enough to show me around Seattle and take me to lunch with **Johnny L.A.** I happen to have been dating 2 different dudes when they became Dopers, and they continue to be Dopers, but I don’t think that counts. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/19 "2012-02-28T16:07:02Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > (I discount my sister.) Will you take a check?😃 I’ve met one Doper in real life. Pittsburgh Santarchy; I was a Naughty Santa handing out adult DVDs, he was an Amish Santa handing out cigars. Hohoho!!! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/20 "2012-02-28T16:11:28Z")
Just one, who passed away a while ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252.md?page=2)