# The narcissistic thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-narcissistic-thread/610980>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-narcissistic-thread/610980 "2012-01-28T12:51:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-narcissistic-thread/610980/1 "2012-01-28T12:51:55Z")

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Inspired by the “which posters do you recognize…” thread. Let’s have a thread where anyone can ask what, if any, impression they’ve made on the sdmb. This is not a thread though where we list who we have a sense of. Instead it’s one where we ask others what impact we’ve had and then they tell us.

I’ll start. I feel like I’ve been here quite awhile, although not as long as the Prodigy/AOL people. But other than the one other member I’m friends with in RL I don’t feel like I’ve made any kind of impression at all on other members. Not that I think I’m particularly memorable. And of course, I expect that many others like myself have trouble correlating an impression from a username absent a catchy mnemonic like an avatar visual to cling to.

My base expectation is that I’ve made no waves. Not even negatively - despite a long tenure, and many threads and posts, I’ve never been mod warned or pitted. But still I’m curious if I’ve made an impression on anyone. So I put it to you - when you see “jackdavinci”, does that register any prior flash of brain recognition at all? And if so, what?

Post your own recognition query and/or response to another’s query.

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-narcissistic-thread/610980/2 "2012-01-28T13:19:23Z")

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You’re a good writer. That’s always my first thought when I see your name.

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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-narcissistic-thread/610980/3 "2012-01-28T13:35:47Z")

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> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#):
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> You’re a good writer. That’s always my first thought when I see your name.

Thanks! Do you know me from the short story threads, or do you mean in general?

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-narcissistic-thread/610980/4 "2012-01-28T13:57:18Z")

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> [@jackdavinci](#):
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> Thanks! Do you know me from the short story threads, or do you mean in general?

The short story threads mostly. You need to post more in other threads. I don’t see your name often enough.