# The opposite of The Pit - the Doper appreciation and admiration thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780 "2010-12-30T01:46:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/1 "2010-12-30T01:46:51Z")
As 2010 draws to a close, I’m thinking of all the people I admire on this message board and so, I wanted to start a thread where Dopers could say nice things about each other to each other. (Just as a guide, try to keep it to only one Doper per reply - multiple replies encouraged!) I’ll start - **Sunspace** - you are one of the kindest, warmest and wisest people I know. Wishing you happiness and prosperity in 2011. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/2 "2010-12-30T02:25:22Z")
I’m really excited that two of my favorite Dopers, **Asimovian** and **jsgoddess** found each other this year. I wish them a lifetime of joy yet to come! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/3 "2010-12-30T02:29:33Z")
**Manda Jo** is always kind and has the most supportive, well thought out posts. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/4 "2010-12-30T03:18:43Z")
**Sampiro** has given me endless entertainment, both with his wonderful posts and with his trippy game (which he thought would not last!!). He has made me laugh. **Marley23** moved me so much with his stories of his brother. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/5 "2010-12-30T03:41:22Z")
**Khadaji** is the gentlest Doper I’ve ever known. He never passes up an opportunity to offer congratulations, good thoughts or condolences. Truly, an awesome individual. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/6 "2010-12-30T03:45:17Z")
I agree on the comment on sunspace - he really is a nice, gentlemanly fellow. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/7 "2010-12-30T03:54:34Z")
I’d like to thank Amiss for her willingness to type my “Just OK American Novel”, and everyone else who originally offered their services. It’s a great help to this printerless non-typer. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/8 "2010-12-30T04:57:25Z")
**Gary T** rocks. Not only does he know more than me about cars, he has a way of putting it online in way less words than I do. **Fried Dough Ho** My doper crush of 2010. Writes about wine, and food. I get hungry reading her blog. **Silenus** I swear he is my twin brother of a different mother. Plus a bunch of other I can’t recall right now. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/9 "2010-12-30T05:40:11Z")
**Rick** rocks. In many ways. I owe him many moose. **Qadgop’s** posts are always informative and well thought out. **rockingchair, twickster, flutterby, gardentraveler, lissener, jayjay, Eureka, amarinth, faithfool, gwendee, C3, HazelNutCoffee, stargazer, Sattua, zweisamkeit, Hello Again, irishgirl, Ruby, Ruby Sees, Unauthorized Cinnamon, fairychatmom** and all the other yarnies on the board that make my knitting threads interesting (at least to me). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/10 "2010-12-30T06:16:49Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > **Rick** rocks. In many ways. I owe him many moose. But does Rick roll? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/11 "2010-12-30T06:19:34Z")
**WordMan** has been a kind and patient mentor as I learn the ways of the electric guitar. **Elendil’s Heir** has the heart of a poet. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/12 "2010-12-30T08:14:48Z")
**rhubarbarin** seems unusually sensible. I’m not sure why she sticks out so much, maybe the odd handle? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/13 "2010-12-30T08:39:12Z")
Every person I’ve ever played mafia with on here is a great person, and among the dopers I feel I know the best/most. It’d take me forever to list them all, but they know who they are. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/14 "2010-12-30T09:17:24Z")
I’m afraid to name names. The last time I tried saying something nice, the thread was locked and my favorite mod quit: [Yay Giraffe!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=479990) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/15 "2010-12-30T09:40:10Z")
I envy **Skald the Rhymer**. He knows how to make threads that get lots of replies. I can do so on occasion, but I’m just as likely to start a thread that no-one cares about. Figuring out what dopers will respond to and what they won’t is tricky for me, but he has it nailed. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/16 "2010-12-30T09:59:14Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** and **cunctator** for encouraging me. **jsgodess** , cause she’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/17 "2010-12-30T10:53:01Z")
**Big Bertha** made my day a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/18 "2010-12-30T11:24:52Z")
**Stranger on a Train** , not only for his incredible breadth of knowledge but also his ability to clearly explain even very complex and esoteric concepts. Plus many of my favorites for the reasons already given by others in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/19 "2010-12-30T11:40:46Z")
^ That fella there. **runner pat** , for giving advice and support to aspiring runners facing their own personal Battle of the Bulge. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780/20 "2010-12-30T11:45:44Z")
**Olivesmarchforth** is great **Cat Whisperer** is funny, decent and smart **Vinyl Turnip** cracks me the hell up. **Angua** fights the good fight for religious tolerance. There are lots of others, but these names don’t get mentioned as much as they ought. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-the-pit-the-doper-appreciation-and-admiration-thread/565780.md?page=2)