# So... what's new? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721 "2018-11-18T06:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/1 "2018-11-18T06:06:11Z")
It appears that I haven’t been around here for, oh, 9 1/2 years. And even then I think it was probably just a brief wave hello. (Really sorry to the two people who sent me private messages in March 2009 – I promise I wasn’t ignoring you, I just had no idea!) I don’t know how much time I’ll still have to post and read, but after seeing something on Facebook, TubaDiva said I should pop back in, and I always listened to her, so here I am (for the half dozen or so of you who remember me from way back when :D)! ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/2 "2018-11-18T07:08:21Z")
I’m new(ish)! Well, I guess that’s more of a who than what but maybe it works. Maybe I’ve seen you in a zombie thread somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/3 "2018-11-18T09:53:42Z")
Helloooooo! I can’t seem to be rid of this place, even though I remain a low-level contributor who nobody pays attention to. The SDMB is as busy as ever, and still goes over the same ground on occasion, but there are surprisingly still a lot of new subjects to argue about each day. I don’t know how we manage it. [Here’s a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802) you may want to drop into, though. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/4 "2018-11-18T15:10:44Z")
Hey, man! Welcome back! Gosh, anything new in the last 9 1/2 years? Don’t even get me fucking started… ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/5 "2018-11-18T22:00:30Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Helloooooo! I can’t seem to be rid of this place, even though I remain a low-level contributor who nobody pays attention to. > > The SDMB is as busy as ever, and still goes over the same ground on occasion, but there are surprisingly still a lot of new subjects to argue about each day. I don’t know how we manage it. I’ve been away from here but not from social media, so I know there is PLENTY to argue about each and every day! > [@](#): > > [Here’s a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802) you may want to drop into, though. Wow, I definitely recognize some of those names. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/6 "2018-11-18T22:02:55Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Hey, man! Welcome back! > > Gosh, anything new in the last 9 1/2 years? Don’t even get me fucking started… Thanks! And yeah, that’s a LOOONG time! It’s really even longer than that when I consider that the time I dropped in 9 1/2 years ago, I don’t think I did much more than just drop in! Judging from the PM I got, I must’ve at least participated a little bit in some _Survivor_ discussion, but I don’t know if there was anything else! The funny thing for me is that I **rarely** posted here in MPSIMS when I was active, but I didn’t think coming back would really be a “Great Debate.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/7 "2018-11-18T22:04:31Z")
You DO know Cecil hit the bricks, right? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/8 "2018-11-18T22:09:50Z")
And Santa Claus is a myth.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/9 "2018-11-18T22:23:21Z")
Hey, welcome back, **David B**! ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/10 "2018-11-18T22:24:04Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You DO know Cecil hit the bricks, right? I know that the bricks hit Cecil! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/11 "2018-11-18T22:25:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > And Santa Claus is a myth.☹ WHAAAAAAA?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/12 "2018-11-18T22:26:31Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Hey, welcome back, **David B**! Thanks, NP! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/13 "2018-11-18T22:29:16Z")
> [@David\_B](#): > > WHAAAAAAA?! :eek: Yep. Apparently my whole childhood was a series of well timed lies. I am still dealing with the heartbreak of it all.😉 ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/14 "2018-11-22T00:30:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yep. Apparently my whole childhood was a series of well timed lies. I am still dealing with the heartbreak of it all.😉 I hope you’re recovering OK. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/15 "2018-11-22T00:33:45Z")
Dude, you’re never gonna believe who’s president. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/16 "2018-11-22T00:47:05Z")
> [@David\_B](#): > > …TubaDiva said I should pop back in, and I always listened to her… You be super-smart, Dude. TubaDiva knows what’s up; what direction it is pointed, and how sharp it is. Always listen to her and you won’t regret it. That’s not new, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/17 "2018-11-22T04:06:34Z")
**Beckdawrek** joined and nobody’s gotten a word in edgewise since. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/18 "2018-11-22T04:22:16Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Dude, you’re never gonna believe who’s president. I hear it’s some guy I was writing about when he was on The Apprentice! But that would be ridiculous! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/19 "2018-11-22T05:01:42Z")
Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-new/824721/20 "2018-11-22T05:04:04Z")
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