# Somewhat new member **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594 "2017-09-29T15:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/21 "2017-09-29T18:41:42Z")
Welcome. I see no one has yet mentioned the squid nor the goat. Exciting things await you! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/22 "2017-09-29T19:08:15Z")
nm. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/23 "2017-09-29T19:46:56Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Harassers, you mean. I thought she meant “hard asses”, but yours works, too! Willkommen! [sub]I don’t speak German, either, but I have been to [Helen, GA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen,_Georgia)many times![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/24 "2017-09-29T20:58:30Z")
I took German in high school. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/25 "2017-09-29T21:20:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > One dot is a period (or full stop, depending on your location). Three is an ellipse. Two don’t mean anything. It’s a colon that fell over. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/26 "2017-09-29T21:27:14Z")
Hello, and welcome! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/27 "2017-09-29T21:29:22Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It’s a colon that fell over. Ahh, I’ve heard of the transverse colon. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/28 "2017-09-29T21:43:19Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > > [@AHunter3](#): > > > > Harassers, you mean. > > I thought she meant “hard asses”, but yours works, too! Just illustrates that there actually is a reason to render it correctly. Sloppiness is imprecision. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/29 "2017-09-29T22:01:00Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Welcome, welcome! > Would you like some ice cream? It’s fresh! > > (Or at least it had _better_ be, because we haven’t had a proper Welcome thread in a while and the last time we had ‘vintage’ ice cream, it wasn’t so much ‘fresh’ as ‘frisky’, and it escaped before we could get the lid back on the container, and last I heard the assistant janitor found it in one of the greenhouses trying to mate with the corpse-flower plant. But that is all in the past now.) Ice cream? You want ice cream? [Eat the ice cream.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlIZbSEB7z8&app=desktop) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/30 "2017-09-29T22:02:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Hi…rule: watch your punctuation and spelling. There are harasses here who get really bent about it! They only “got really bent about it” because you were doing it on purpose. People generally overlook typos and genuine mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/31 "2017-09-29T22:16:13Z")
Oh, and welcome to the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/32 "2017-09-29T23:30:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Ice cream? You want ice cream? > > [Eat the ice cream.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlIZbSEB7z8&app=desktop) Could be worse. Could be [Almost Pizza](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjlfO9aPlcs)! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/33 "2017-09-29T23:44:52Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It’s a colon that fell over. I hate it when my colon falls over. ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/34 "2017-09-29T23:51:51Z")
Greetings **laurieb** , From **Beckdawrek** “Hi…rule: watch your punctuation and spelling. There are harasses here who get really bent about it!” Yep, I agree. We “hardasses” actually think proper punctuation and spelling have some merit. From **bobot** “You can tell the cool people around here by the lack of capital letters in names.” I would disagree. In any case, I think you’ll find the SDMB a reasonably cerebral forum. I do. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/35 "2017-09-30T00:00:04Z")
> [@ASGuy](#): > > Yep, I agree. We “hardasses” actually think proper punctuation and spelling have some merit. But not the proper use of quote boxes? :dubious:😛 ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/36 "2017-09-30T00:30:42Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Wait, they told me _extra_ capitals were the mark of coolness. > > And welcome, **laurieb**. No no:cool: the cool people have punctuation in their screen names:D Ya know like apostrophes:smack::rolleyes:🙂 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/37 "2017-10-01T03:43:21Z")
You see what I mean? Mispell one word… ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/38 "2017-10-01T16:51:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > They only “got really bent about it” because you were doing it on purpose. People generally overlook typos and genuine mistakes. I wasn’t ever doing it on purpose. I just like ellipses. But mispelling is just that, no premeditated intent… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/39 "2017-10-01T17:11:28Z")
Welcome, **laurieb**. Have you been…_initiated_…yet? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/40 "2017-10-01T17:24:14Z")
What part of Chicago? I live in Lakeview, near Wrigley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594.md?page=3)