# Sometimes on dope... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736 "2009-01-17T11:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/1 "2009-01-17T11:18:31Z")
i can’t tell if a poster is a guy or a girl, and, yes, irl too \*shudders if moderators decide that title is banned, Please note: title references experiences with this message board only ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/2 "2009-01-17T11:33:52Z")
You’re not alone, **jessesheeran**. I think I recall threads started just for the sake of reporting in as to whether posters were male or female. Have you tried asking? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/3 "2009-01-17T11:49:19Z")
I can’t tell either. But that’s just on dope. Booze doesn’t have the same effect. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/4 "2009-01-17T12:55:09Z")
You’re all lucky. Apparently, a number of people must think my user name is feminine and so they think I’m a female. I’m not, but I don’t really care enough to change my username. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/5 "2009-01-17T13:21:13Z")
Male here, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/6 "2009-01-17T14:05:00Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > You’re all lucky. Apparently, a number of people must think my user name is feminine and so they think I’m a female. I’m not, but I don’t really care enough to change my username. Eh, people always assume I’m a guy unless I post something that makes me very obviously female. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/7 "2009-01-17T14:08:22Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > You’re all lucky. Apparently, a number of people must think my user name is feminine and so they think I’m a female. I’m not, but I don’t really care enough to change my username. Maybe we need to swap user names. I think Cazzle sounds girly, but I’ve been referred to as though I were male quite a lot of times over the years 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/8 "2009-01-17T14:13:47Z")
I saw a poll on another forum and it showed that 85% of the people voting assumed that posters were male unless their name was clearly a female one. They attributed it to the fact that there were always so many more men than women posting on most forums that is was their default assumption. I’m not sure if that’s true or not although it’s been the case on most forums that I’ve spent time on. I like having to guess, and most of the time it doesn’t matter at all. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/9 "2009-01-17T14:26:33Z")
On the other hand, you can pretty safely assume that most everyone in your average chat room is male; **LONGHORN2213:** SUP ANY LADYS HERE **Redcoat42:** I need to get a haircut **ChrisDF23:** yeah, me too **LONGHORN2213:** CHRIS LET ME SHAVE UR PUSY **ChrisDF23:** Dude, I’m a guy **LONGHORN2213:** UR GHEY _LONGHORN2213 has left the chat room_ ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/10 "2009-01-17T14:38:48Z")
Does it matter? (I’ll show you mine if you show me yours… giggity giggity) ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/11 "2009-01-17T14:39:25Z")
**Cucoorex** , I gave up on chat rooms very quickly because of that. If you’re female the second you log on you get 15 PMs from lurking horny guys who all start the PM with ‘wt r u wrng?’ and it’s like getting mugged by idiots in the hallway on your way in. Annoying little PM boxes would open up as you were typing and you’d have to keep closing them to finish a sentence. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/12 "2009-01-17T16:10:22Z")
well, i guess its not weird or important to know necessarily but in that moment when you find out that you were wrong all along about so-and-so… it can send shivers, at least me… just a surprise i guess… so this thread attracted at least **some** attention from girls, but [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502226) didn’t. though it calls for the female perspective, albeit difficult subject… ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/13 "2009-01-17T17:40:20Z")
> [@jessesheeran](#): > > [SIZE=“1”]if moderators decide that title is banned, … Apparently not the title. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/14 "2009-01-17T21:20:01Z")
Yup. That’s why you should never post on dope. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/15 "2009-01-17T23:49:22Z")
I’m a short, busty African American woman with a bootylicious thick build and short temper who wears expensive German and Italian designer calf high leather boots, and writes calligraphy with a peacock quill. That’s the mental image you need to have of me when responding. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-on-dope/481736/16 "2009-01-17T23:50:12Z")
Thank you for the vivid picture, **astro**. On that note, I think we can let this thread sink now.