# So... \[just joined the board\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018 "2012-12-24T15:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eddyg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9e5f3/32.png) [@eddyg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddyg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/21 "2012-12-24T23:18:06Z")
Hey there. Hope you enjoy it here. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/22 "2012-12-25T01:21:02Z")
I love you guys. You’re so weird. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/23 "2012-12-25T01:24:44Z")
Howdy! 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/24 "2012-12-25T04:37:14Z")
Eeeee! Hi, Princeton College student! (clicks tongue, winks) 😉 Also, do you say “Lon gisland” or “Long Island”? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/25 "2012-12-25T05:18:54Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > My RL name is one “i” short of your handle (yes, I spell it that way, what with being a ferriner and all…) > So, “hi!” right back atcha 🙂 Really? I never knew your real name was “dan i”… Anyway, welcome **danii**! Your timing is great; we just got the goat’s Santa outfit back from the cleaners… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/26 "2012-12-25T06:33:23Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Really? I never knew your real name was “dan i”… I’m just not (quite) as “spaced out” as you think… 😛 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 26, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/27 "2012-12-26T15:59:36Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **danii**. If someday soon you want to set aside a couple of hours and read [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=48886), it should tell you all you need to know about what it’s like to be a Doper. But enough about us, and more about you. How did you find your way here, and what inspired you to join up? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/28 "2012-12-26T17:16:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Welcome to the SDMB, **danii**. > > If someday soon you want to set aside a couple of hours and read [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=48886), it should tell you all you need to know about what it’s like to be a Doper. > > But enough about us, and more about you. How did you find your way here, and what inspired you to join up? Or, in bluntspeak: are you ever planning to return to your thread, or was this just a drive-by? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/29 "2012-12-26T18:07:51Z")
so…um…where are the donuts? Didn’t somebody tell danii that its customary to bring refreshments to your first thread? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/30 "2012-12-26T18:13:01Z")
Welcome indeed ! I believe you may have selected the most auspicious moment to join, you have my admiration already. I sense the force is strong in this one! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/31 "2012-12-26T19:01:15Z")
You fuckers clearly scared her off. Great job! 😉 ---
**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:** [December 26, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/32 "2012-12-26T19:27:42Z")
So, one and done, eh? Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/33 "2012-12-26T19:37:51Z")
It _is_ the day after Christmas. Family obligations etc. She may still return and give us a proper intro. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/34 "2012-12-26T19:46:49Z")
Yeah, I suppose that’s possible. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/35 "2012-12-26T20:39:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > It _is_ the day after Christmas. Family obligations etc. She may still return and give us a proper intro. Maybe her caregivers were too busy to help her type. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/36 "2012-12-27T04:32:14Z")
Hey a girl are you single? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/37 "2012-12-27T05:50:16Z")
Well, other than PSXer… I was very impressed that we made it 30 some posts before someone responded to the 20 year old coed with “are you hot?” or “Pics” ---
**Author:** ![SpaceRace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@SpaceRace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceRace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/38 "2012-12-29T01:18:18Z")
Incredible! Hi! I’m Katie. I’m new here. History student at U of Michigan. This thread convinced me to stick around. You’re just my type! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/39 "2012-12-29T01:20:36Z")
Ok… ---
**Author:** ![SpaceRace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@SpaceRace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceRace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/40 "2012-12-29T01:25:56Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Ok… Hmmmm.. I guess I was late to the warm welcome party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018.md?page=3)