# So, the world is watching us (the SDMB), you better watch what you post? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598 "2003-01-19T05:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/21 "2003-01-21T17:52:05Z")
John 3:16 ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/22 "2003-01-21T17:54:59Z")
How is it that the SDMB is now “primetime” and having it’s 15 minutes? Has something occurred of which I’m blissfully unaware? ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/23 "2003-01-21T18:23:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > \*\*How is it that the SDMB is now “primetime” and having it’s 15 minutes? Has something occurred of which I’m blissfully unaware? \*\* It’s the [“If TLOTR were written by someone else”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138905) thread over in Cafe Society. It’s been linked to from all over the web, it got Sashdotted a few weeks ago, made the top 10 on Blogdex for a while and now has even been featured in a [newspaper article in Sweden](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=156782). So, we’re getting lots of visitors from elsewhere dropping by. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/24 "2003-01-21T19:35:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMark \* > **Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung! (And you all know what I mean.)** “Speed Limit”, right? 😕[sup]—What’d I win? Do I finally get into the clique?[/sup] As to the OP, well, that’s just great. Now, instead of just accepting the fact that I’m being ignored by about 30,000 people, I have to deal with the knowledge that there’s umpteen million (give or take a dozen) people ignoring me. Behold, the spectacle of my ego shrinking to a singularity… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/25 "2003-01-21T19:39:20Z")
[Tommy boy} Does this post make me look fat? No, your face does [/tommy boy] Hamlet, nice rainbow wig! ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/26 "2003-01-21T21:03:03Z")
HEY WORLD! Pay attention! Go the hell away. ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/27 "2003-01-22T18:40:30Z")
But will it get me laid? ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/28 "2003-01-22T19:28:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robb \* > \*\*Apparently, I’m not going to get any better at recognizing words. > I read this > as > stuffs writing hand back down into cauldron \*\* That’s not so bad. I read it as stuffs writing hand backd down into pants. Took me a minute to get the image straightened out. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/29 "2003-01-23T05:56:30Z")
All I’ve got to say is "All you guys **XYZ**. :o ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/30 "2003-01-23T06:10:26Z")
> [@](#): > > "All you guys XYZ. That’s the signal! To the Dope Cave, brethren and sistren! [sub](And coustren and frientren and acquaintren)[/sub] Someone break out the tinfoil hats, and make with the landing lights. We’s goin’ ta an unspecified theme park at this time! ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/31 "2003-01-23T07:17:30Z")
_Mon aéroglisseur est plein d’anguilles._ ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/32 "2003-01-23T08:21:58Z")
Deuteronomy 28:5, 17 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/33 "2003-01-23T12:15:36Z")
Leviticus 11:41 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/34 "2003-01-23T12:27:18Z")
To quote James Gleick: > [@](#): > > [A]ny silly message that you broadcast to a Usenet newsgroup is now being stored, for eternity or some approximation thereof, by a variety of commercial services. No matter that you gave your last posting a mere five seconds’ thought; you should be prepared to hear your biographer read it back to you in your dotage. Most people, unfortunately, don’t have posterity in mind when they fire off their little notes. Internet communication seems so spontaneous and personal. Will people really want future employers to dig up all the messages they’ve been posting to alt.dead.porn.stars and soc.support.depression.manic? Sometimes, as the years go by, privacy demands a gentle forgetfulness. > - _Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything_ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/35 "2003-01-23T12:34:12Z")
Kmart 8.23 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/36 "2003-01-23T12:38:56Z")
England 127 all out ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/37 "2003-01-23T16:05:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by glee \* > \*\*Leviticus 11:41 \*\* Creepist!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598/38 "2003-01-23T16:28:58Z")
I wish somebody had told me that the internet was available to the general public. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-world-is-watching-us-the-sdmb-you-better-watch-what-you-post/149598.md?page=1)