# tell me why I should subscribe --- and become a "DOPER" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074 "2007-09-30T22:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![nipplesup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@nipplesup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nipplesup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/41 "2007-10-01T14:50:26Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] Because you have a very cool username! 😃 We demand photo proof of course… If you’re a chick of course… [/QUOTE] I made a mistake with my name I should have written _Nipples To The Wind_ google **THAT** to find out why 😛 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/42 "2007-10-01T16:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] Sha! As if! Google-fu (in my case Altavista-fu) trumps your mind-fu 100 times over. 😛 [/QUOTE] I keep all my knowledge in Google. It’s safer there than in my brain. (Überbutts is the best name for a goat EVER!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/43 "2007-10-01T16:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Ain’t that the truth. Oh yeah, don’t create thread after thread bitching about how slow the servers are immediately after you sign up. We ate the last guy who did that. [/QUOTE] Oh, that reminds me, I have some left in my freezer from over a year ago…suppose it is still any good? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/44 "2007-10-01T16:39:54Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] Is that the name of the new goat? What happened to Überbutts? [/QUOTE] Mariah is the main squid. ---
**Author:** ![nipplesup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@nipplesup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nipplesup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/45 "2007-10-01T16:46:16Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] Oh, that reminds me, I have some left in my freezer from over a year ago…suppose it is still any good? [/QUOTE] please don’t tell me you have fava beans and chianti on the menu ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/46 "2007-10-01T16:51:55Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] Is that the name of the new goat? What happened to Überbutts? [/QUOTE] Join today and we’ll upgrade your initiation buddy from standard goat to [lonk](http://www.sheep101.info/Images/Breeds/Lonk.jpg). Seriously, let me join in suggesting that you hang out for a month and give us a test drive. Start a thread or two. Read anything that you think looks interesting. Waste hours of your life. If you’re like me, you’ll be glad you did. ---
**Author:** ![nipplesup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@nipplesup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nipplesup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/47 "2007-10-01T17:00:44Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] Join today and we’ll upgrade your initiation buddy from standard goat to [lonk](http://www.sheep101.info/Images/Breeds/Lonk.jpg). Seriously, let me join in suggesting that you hang out for a month and give us a test drive. Start a thread or two. Read anything that you think looks interesting. Waste hours of your life. If you’re like me, you’ll be glad you did. [/QUOTE] what is that hanging between the sheep’s legs ? a tumor ? 😃 seriously, is this site addicting or something? are all ya’ll unable to walk away after awhile ? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/48 "2007-10-01T17:27:53Z")
Actually, if you want the truth, we need the money to _find_ The Great Lonk. You see, some time ago he went on a bender and hasn’t been seen since. We fear he has fallen into the wrong hands and is being sold into prostitution on the black Lonk market. (Do you have any idea how much pervs are willing to pay for a _great_ Lonk?) Your money will help us expand the search party to include every [del]titty bar[/del] potential place of interest north of Mexico and south of Alaska. Help us help The Great Lonk. You won’t regret it. He’ll make sure of it. [sub]He only takes cash.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/49 "2007-10-01T18:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=nipplesup] seriously, is this site addicting or something? are all ya’ll unable to walk away after awhile ? [/QUOTE] Heck no! Not addicting at all! I can quit any time I want. In fact, I quit several times a day. Ignore that tremor in my right elbow. ---
**Author:** ![nipplesup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@nipplesup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nipplesup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/50 "2007-10-01T21:52:01Z")
I just figured out how to read the black “spoiler” box progress of the fool is painful to watch, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/51 "2007-10-01T22:19:42Z")
[QUOTE=nipplesup] what is that hanging between the sheep’s legs ? a tumor ? 😃 seriously, is this site addicting or something? are all ya’ll unable to walk away after awhile ? [/QUOTE] Huh. Check my “join date.” Leave? _They won’t let me go!_ Everytime I try to leave, they pull me back in! With a squid. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/52 "2007-10-01T22:24:10Z")
[QUOTE=nipplesup] progress of the fool is painful to watch, ain’t it? [/QUOTE] No, not at all! It’s what we live for. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/53 "2007-10-01T23:44:23Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] The question is not so much are we right for you, but are you right for us? We have pretty high standards here, and you _will_ be corrected for spelling and grammar. [/QUOTE] Wow. Just, wow. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/54 "2007-10-01T23:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies] Wow. Just, wow. [/QUOTE] **Alice** speaketh the Truth, however much it burns. We aren’t for everybody. But we manage. **Der Trihs** and **Polycarp** both find a home here, and are accepted. **Red Fury** and **Mr. Moto** are both productive, contributing members of our little cyber-society. Hell, we even let Yankee fans join! ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/55 "2007-10-01T23:52:29Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Alice** speaketh the Truth, however much it burns. We aren’t for everybody. But we manage. **Der Trihs** and **Polycarp** both find a home here, and are accepted. **Red Fury** and **Mr. Moto** are both productive, contributing members of our little cyber-society. Hell, we even let Yankee fans join! [/QUOTE] That’s not an insult in any way as this seems to be a great place. It’s just that one doesn’t see that kind of oddly arrogant statement very often outside of high school or a John Hughes movie. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/56 "2007-10-01T23:57:19Z")
Well, that does sum us up sometimes. “Oddly arrogant.” Might I suggest…band name? ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/57 "2007-10-02T01:58:06Z")
[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies] Wow. Just, wow. [/QUOTE] I’m glad someone else said it. I mean I obviously am hooked. I’m here all the time. I try to tune out the grammar and spelling nazis. However, no matter what you write here someone is going to be morally outraged, get into a tedious argument over semantics, or accuse you of having the reading comprehension of a five year old. But everyone likes a little abuse ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/58 "2007-10-02T02:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies] Wow. Just, wow. [/QUOTE] A comma is not appropriate in your concluding sentence. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/59 "2007-10-02T02:23:35Z")
Hell, they let me in, they will let anybody in. I just came here to post a story about a guy shaving his ass hairs and I never left. Well I did once, for 20 minutes, in 1960. You earn brownie points for using obscure references from long dead posts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074/60 "2007-10-02T06:20:27Z")
[QUOTE=nipplesup] what is that hanging between the sheep’s legs ? a tumor ? 😃 seriously, is this site addicting or something? are all ya’ll unable to walk away after awhile ? [/QUOTE] [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vebDXkfg_8) should explain what you see between Lonk’s legs. Addicting? Naw, I only stopped here once to browse. That was in 1999. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-subscribe-and-become-a-doper/421074.md?page=4)