# Telling Friends about the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531 "2002-04-30T19:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/21 "2002-05-03T09:42:40Z")
I’ve turned a couple of people on to the board. A co-worker is a lurker who sometimes posts in GQ. Another friend…well, there was an incident… ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/22 "2002-05-03T10:19:13Z")
An Internet freak told me about this site. _ducks_ I told other Internets freaks about this site. It’s like a freakin’ disease. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/23 "2002-05-03T10:23:56Z")
Yep I’ve told a few and at first they looked at me strange and then slagged me a bit but then saw the light. Isn’t that right **jjimm** , **manwithaplan** and **micilin** and from them came **pergau** and **lemas** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/24 "2002-05-03T10:34:03Z")
Yes, you bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/25 "2002-05-03T14:45:29Z")
My husband understands, he’s an everquest junkie. To him this is eq without the monsters. The rest of my family, well, it varies. My father wonders if I’m getting enough exercize (exersize?) Jeez, I wish there was spell check on this thing! ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/26 "2002-05-03T16:48:59Z")
I am often emailing friends links to threads for them to read, interesting philosophy stuff or funny pit threads here or there, but no one seems to appreciate it. I subtly suspect they don’t actually read the links, because I can’t see how _anyone_ can resist the power of the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/27 "2002-05-07T20:52:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dreamer \* > \*\* > > It’s _especially_ cool when people you know post in your threads :). \*\* Well, then I should probably say howdy 🙂 Actually, while I am responsible for letting **dreamer** know about this place (or addiction, if you prefer), I wouldn’t tell her my screen name for a long time and even went so far as to deny it at first when she figured it out. I wanted to retain my anonimity. I do tell friends about the SDMB, although few are interested. They just don’t get what the big deal is. Their loss, as far as I am concerned. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Miss\_Gretchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gretchen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/28 "2002-05-08T00:21:52Z")
Nah, other people don’t “get it”. Which is fine by me, I steal, er, quote all of the really snappy and witty things that other dopers write. I can’t tell you all how terribly clever you’ve made me appear over the years. 😉 You think I’m gonna give up my best source of material? No way! ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531/29 "2002-05-08T02:17:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by musicguy \* > \*\* > > Actually, while I am responsible for letting **dreamer** know about this place (or addiction, if you prefer), I wouldn’t tell her my screen name for a long time and even went so far as to deny it at first when she figured it out. I wanted to retain my anonimity. > > \*\* **musicguy!!** Now I have to admit I did the same to you, though I didn’t deny it when you found out. But it was fun waiting to see how long it would take you to find me :D. I must say that when I tell people about this place and they ask me my name, I hesitate before telling them. It depends on who they are and if they know me well enough. Or rather if _I want_ them to know me well enough :D. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-friends-about-the-sdmb/106531.md?page=1)