# The Bestest SDMB Newbies of Summer 2012 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709 "2012-07-19T12:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/1 "2012-07-19T12:25:02Z")
Inspired by some of the comments over in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=658903), I thought it was time to shovel through the avalanche of horseshit that flows over us every summer to see if we can find a pony in there somewhere. Yea, surely amongst the recent influx of trolls, spammers, ignorami, dogmatics and profound dipsticks there must be some new additions to the SDMB who have proved themselves capable of adding something of value to the boards, even if it’s just the occasional clever witticism. As such, I would like **you** to nominate one or more new board members of your choice as the rare nuggets of gold sifted from the mountain of summer holiday muck. Here are the criteria: - The nominee must have a Join date of June or July 2012 (although if you have a compelling case for a May 2012 entry I’ll consider it). - Tell us why you’re nominating the people or people, and include a link to at least one particularly worthy post by the nominee. - If you have a Join date of June or July 2012, i would prefer you not nominate anyone and certainly don’t nominate yourself. That’s it. I was going to turn the results into a poll but actually I don’t want a single winner - I’d rather just have a list of new people who through their wit, pithiness, notable knowledge, and/or general reasonableness have shown that they’re worth paying attention to in future. I also ask that you note the forum we’re in and NOT turn this into the “Worst newbie” thread, even obliquely (“I’d like to nominate **NewGuy** because at least he’s not as bad as **Goatfelcher Jones** ”). Let’s ac-cen-chu-ate the positive here, people. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/2 "2012-07-19T13:18:39Z")
I am nominating **Enkel** on the basis of [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15287786&postcount=70) alone. He’s got a May join date though. > [@](#): > > Thank you for this post. I’m a 2012 newbie, but that’s only because --with the heat and all-- my flock decided to cut the fucktard migration short this year. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/3 "2012-07-19T13:26:22Z")
I’m going to add \*\*tapu \*\*to the list despite her [banning](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=657485), just for being such a good sport about it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/4 "2012-07-19T13:30:12Z")
**Curiosity Kills Her** Why? Well, she hasn’t been pitted yet. For this summer, that’s an enviable record. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/5 "2012-07-19T13:40:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m going to add \*\*tapu \*\*to the list despite her [banning](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=657485), just for being such a good sport about it. Okay, that’s a pretty awesome thread. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/6 "2012-07-20T02:23:56Z")
I nominate **KingLord**. I posted a simple question in GQ yesterday about Youtube, got 1000+ views with no answer, and KingLord created an account just to give a (presumably) correct answer: > [@Some youtube clips are unresponsive in Firefox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-youtube-clips-are-unresponsive-in-firefox/628692/2): > > Sorry for my bad english!Im from germany and made me only to answer this question an acc 😃 > I had the same problem but now i fixed it!You mus go to his page:[http://www.youtube.com/html5](http://www.youtube.com/html5) there you scroll down and you must see:Leave the HTML5 Trial!Click on it and now I hope it will be fixed for you! 🙂 > KingLord One post does not a good poster make, but it still seems a good start. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/7 "2012-07-20T12:17:32Z")
That **Boswellia** character seems very nice indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/8 "2012-07-20T12:26:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **Curiosity Kills Her** > > Why? Well, she hasn’t been pitted yet. For this summer, that’s an enviable record. Also, in the same thread (and the same vein) as the **Enkel** comment above we get: > [@ChefGuy](#): > > By the way, who opened the doors to Troll World and let all these nincompoops in here? > [@Robot Arm](#): > > We’re on the migratory route of the Northern Crested Fucktard. > [@Curiosity Kills Her](#): > > 'Tis true. How do you think I found it? Comic self-deprecation is a good way to win over Dopers, I find. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/9 "2012-07-21T01:03:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I am nominating **Enkel** on the basis of [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15287786&postcount=70) alone. He’s got a May join date though. Aw… shucks… thanks. But, us fucktards have to stick together… 'specially since we confused the superglue with sunscreen… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/10 "2012-07-25T10:15:33Z")
**richarddean** hasn’t posted much yet but got my attention with [this one-word post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15306114&postcount=209). A very promising start. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/11 "2012-07-25T15:06:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **Curiosity Kills Her** > > Why? Well, she hasn’t been pitted yet. For this summer, that’s an enviable record. Thank you for the kind words, sir. \*The deposit should hit your PayPal account today. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/12 "2012-07-25T17:25:10Z")
It’s a sham! I have nothing\* to contribute. Usually I assume anyone with a join date more recent than 3 months ago is spam or an android of subnormal intelligence unless they pass my internal Turing Test. I can’t verbalize the test requirements, but I know when someone’s passed it. \*Okay, okay, \*\*Curiosity Kills Her \*\*passed it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/13 "2012-07-25T17:27:21Z")
Will the winner be eligible for a [Dopey](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=dopey&hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS473US473&biw=979&bih=595&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=QVZMBye-iSSiyM:&imgrefurl=http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Dopey&docid=CorYXVjnjD0HDM&imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/disney/images/0/06/599933-dopey_large.jpg&w=300&h=368&ei=PywQUMmgHef10gHV_oGQCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=82&vpy=146&dur=87&hovh=249&hovw=203&tx=143&ty=139&sig=114816241258772284677&page=1&tbnh=115&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:141) award? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/14 "2012-07-25T17:32:28Z")
My goodness! If I had known the screening process was this rigorous, I would have been much more reticent to post when I was a newbie. And yet, y’all let me live. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/15 "2012-07-25T17:58:27Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > My goodness! > If I had known the screening process was this rigorous, I would have been much more reticent to post when I was a newbie. > And yet, y’all let me live. We asked the goat if you should be terminated and he said “Naaaaaa”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bestest-sdmb-newbies-of-summer-2012-thread/628709/16 "2012-07-25T18:40:15Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Will the winner be eligible for a [Dopey](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=dopey&hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS473US473&biw=979&bih=595&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=QVZMBye-iSSiyM:&imgrefurl=http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Dopey&docid=CorYXVjnjD0HDM&imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/disney/images/0/06/599933-dopey_large.jpg&w=300&h=368&ei=PywQUMmgHef10gHV_oGQCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=82&vpy=146&dur=87&hovh=249&hovw=203&tx=143&ty=139&sig=114816241258772284677&page=1&tbnh=115&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:141) award? How have we not had those before? :eek: