# The Clique... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 1999, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216 "1999-12-21T02:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/21 "1999-12-21T16:14:00Z")
## The amounts above are _per week_, I wouldn’t want you guys to think I have an addictive personality or something. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/22 "1999-12-21T16:24:00Z")
Thats very true. #straightdope is also a healthy place for porn. I didn’t want to say it, because I figured then the room would _always_ be packed. pat ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/23 "1999-12-21T17:52:00Z")
Really, it would be great if more people showed their faces in their. I think they’re getting sick of my, “Drink too much and then mispell everything” schtick. It only works for so long ya know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/24 "1999-12-22T06:12:00Z")
Chat room entry for the non mIRC/similar inclined: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp) java and non-java both are there, as well as a link to current channel stats (who is there, etc) and other such fanciness. Soon to be posted: Hilarious Chat Moments page * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/25 "1999-12-22T06:21:00Z")
I guess part of it is the way that gossip can be exchanged in real time there. If one hasn’t gotten into the chat room, it can feel like one’s being passed up. Or something. I felt a twinge of cliquishness when I first tried to get onto the chat room. I saw that roughly a dozen people were chatting, and I couldn’t get the dad blamed IRC to work! Then, I downloaded mIRC, and I can be part of the “In” crowd whenever I want. Come on in, people! It’s chat, spelling doesn’t count! If nothing else, just pop in and say Hi. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/26 "1999-12-22T06:35:00Z")
I’m surprised I didn’t make the common users list either… * * * Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/27 "1999-12-21T19:19:00Z")
Me neither, Burn… Zette sulking in the corner… * * * Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high. Not enough and you’re gonna die… [Click here for some GOOD news for a change](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews5.html)[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/28 "1999-12-21T19:29:00Z")
No kidding…are we all hanging out in some OTHER #straightdope channel? * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/29 "1999-12-21T19:37:00Z")
I think it is only fair to warn all of those who haven’t ventured into the chat room yet: it is HIGHLY addictive. It starts out innocently enough - lots of laughs with fellow SD’ers. Then it starts to get ugly - you find yourself wondering, who is in chat? What are they talking about? What am I missing? I MUST CHAT!! Just remember that you were warned… Oh, and Dem - we NEVER tire of your drunken misspellings. Doobieous and I are greatly entertained, right Doob? ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/30 "1999-12-21T19:41:00Z")
I went in there and I think I made Opal puke. Now I try to be more careful. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/31 "1999-12-21T19:48:00Z")
Holy crap, guys! We can start _another_ clique! The disillusioned, not-popular-enough-to-be-mentioned chatters! Whaddaya think? Chef, Burn, Zette (or Mrs. Popiel, whichever), and Flyp! Honestly, I don’t think we’re a clique in that we don’t actively keep people out (unless they come on with someone else’s handle). However, there are several in-jokes that posters who don’t chat won’t get. Oh, and a guideline: Falcon has a super-secret name. Bonus points if you call her that name in chat. * * * “And he, he himself, the _Grinch_, carved the roast beast.” ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/32 "1999-12-21T19:58:00Z")
Demo said - “Drink too much and then mispell everything” schtick." Dude, you were mispelling everything long before you started drinking :). ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/33 "1999-12-21T20:00:00Z")
hey can I be in that one?? huh? huh? can I? can I? * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/34 "1999-12-21T21:23:00Z")
_grumble_ I do NOT have a super-secret name. ::smacks Flyp:: Although…I do seem to end up naked a lot. Or at least Aura always seems to be handing me my clothes… And we NEVER tire of the drunk Demo! Right boli? * * * “Jesus Mary Joseph…you’re a biker chick!” - co-worker, upon hearing of my tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/35 "1999-12-21T21:25:00Z")
Quaere: If there is ongoing chat, why is it that the home page for the forum says it is on hiatus and testers are needed? \ ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/36 "1999-12-21T21:30:00Z")
Well then, I’ve got a bottle of cabernet waiting for tonight, don’t worry, I won’t wear a white shirt. I will come bearing wine and more SF Meeting pics. Oh, and Dirty Devil, in the immortal words of Doobie, **STFU!** 😉 * * * “Teaching without words and work without doing are understood by very few.” -Tao Te Ching ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/37 "1999-12-21T21:39:00Z")
DS- You can access the site through Opal’s Teeming Millions page. I get the feeling, what with the trouble that went down with the Str8 Dope trademark, that the channel is not implicitly endorsed by the Dope officials. But I could be wrong. * * * “And he, he himself, the _Grinch_, carved the roast beast.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/38 "1999-12-21T21:50:00Z")
This isn’t the Straight Dope site’s chat, this is the Teeming Millions Homepage chat 😉 It’s the #straightdope channel on IRC (undernet) accessable also through the TM Homepage (java and non java versions available) [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp) * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/39 "1999-12-21T21:56:00Z")
Mr. Thin Skin: A “flame-meister”? Moi?(Batting my eyes innocently) Pray tell, isn’t that what one is supposed to \* do \* in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![SuperNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SuperNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNerd)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/40 "1999-12-22T00:09:00Z")
Official disclaimer: I just went to the chat page to see what the deal was; it forced me to choose a user name, I asked for SuperNerd; it said that it was already in use. I realize that this is just a portal into an existing IRC channel so I said to myself “Shrug”. But, on thinking about it further: please be advised that the person in this channel is not me. Thank you. Love the IRC applet, BTW … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216.md?page=3)