::tiptoes in, peers around:: Any room for another lurker on this thread? (OK, former lurker, since I am now posting.) Actually, I intended to ‘come out’ on the Invisible Idiots thread- love those word games- and then I lost my connection. Seriously, I did! My family’s using a certain company who filed for bankruptcy :rolleyes: We put up with it because we have yet to find another broadband service in the area, and we’re too spoiled now to go back to dial-up!
Anyway, I didn’t mean to steal SumLurker’s thunder, but company makes this sort of thing a bit easier Part of my problem is probably that I think too much, to the point where I don’t act. Meh. Well, they say that recognizing the problem is the first step to fixing it!
Welcome lurkers, all three of you. I like the OP. I’m a real life lurker most of the time and I can relate.
Based on the posts in this thread, all three of you sound like wonderful additions to the board. Have fun and try not to spend most of your time in the Pit grumbling about everything like I do.
I always read 'em, and I like seeing the “lurker blossom” effect.
It’s always great to see somebody go on a tear in GQ or GD once he or she gets his or her feet under (screw it, I can’t manage proper grammar anymore) themselves.
Then I say (to myself), “Hey. I know that guy.” (Or girl, help me here.)
One good example I can think of is Salem. She(?) posted to that lame “lurker” thread I started a while ago, and then I started seeing her(?) username around a lot more. Heck, she(?) posted to my lame-o “complaining about the snow” thread, for crying out loud. I got all happy because somebody with a name I recognized posted in my stupid thread.
Rue and FairyChatMom did too, but they don’t count, because everybody loves them.
Post away folks. We will remember your names, and we’ll respond appropriately.
Proper grammar would have been to just use the default “he,” wouldn’t it? I’m so lame.
[sub]My apologies to Salem if I got the gender wrong.[/sub]
madmonk28, I can so relate. Sometimes I feel like the ugly girl at the dance that no one wants to dance with.
But of course SDMB is the most vital and compelling community I’ve found on the web, that I have any interest in being part of. I love everyone here (well not quite everyone, but I keep that to myself) and I follow all the sagas of love and marriage and babies and, sadly, death too with joy and wonder and awe.
I’ve become more mouthy lately, but that’s mostly because of all the people in Cafe Society who want to talk about BtVS.
Another long time lurker checking in, although I have been posting a little more lately. Exgineer’s unknown posters thread encouraged me to come out of my shell a little bit. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one that has been hiding in the shadows.
Thanks for opening this thread SumLurker. Maybe someday I’ll get the courage to start one myself.
An interesting question (and many good reasons have been discussed previously, I’ll attempt to avoid repeating them), but I have a couple additional reasons for lurking most of the time:
In many threads, by the time I get around to reading them, the points I’d like to make have already been stated by previous posters. And as a general rule, I won’t post unless I think I have something new or original to add to the discussion.
In a lot of the Pit or GD threads, I often honestly don’t know what my opinion is on an issue. Or if I have an opinion, I often can’t figure out a way to express it coherently or eloquently. (Maybe this post is a counterexample to this point? I’ll let everyone else be the judge).
Welcome out, all you lurkers! Or maybe I mean welcome in. Either way, glad to have you.
Don’t feel bad if it takes a while for people to recognize you and start putting together their mental pictures of you. And don’t feel bad if it takes you awhile to get everyone sorted out here, either.
I had three different conversations in three different threads with one person when I first jumped in. And it took me close to a week to realize that the guy I totally hated in one thread was the guy I was in total agreement with in another, and was the same guy who had me guffawing (in a very demure, ladylike fashion, of course) in yet another.
Well, when I first registered for the SDMB I figured I’d be mostly lurking, which is why I chose the username I did. As it turned out, I got sucked into the joy of making occasional smart-ass remarks, thinking that I actually had some something intelligent to contribute to a discussion, getting involved in strange threads, and bitching about things in my life.
I briefly considered requesting a change in my username, but decided it would cause too much confusion if any of my old threads surfaced.
I’ve been lurking around trying to find the What’s Your Favorite Kind of Pie discussion. The search function won’t tell me where the Pie is because (it claims) pie only has three letters. Maybe it’s just keeping all the pie to itself. I haven’t just come right out and asked the question in a new post for fear of being reprimanded, as in “everybody who knows anything knows where the PIE discussion is, you moron!”
Part of my problem is probably that I think too much, to the point where I don’t act. Meh. Well, they say that recognizing the problem is the first step to fixing it!