Why does it seem most of you think this? The SDMB is not the original board or the biggest board to have this discussion
So what was it?
Ummmm…k. What makes you think we were under the impression such was the case? I don’t recall anyone proclaiming “seen FIRST on the SDMB!”
There are so many message boards devoted to so many different subjects, it would be amazing to me if it were not discussed elsewhere. But that isn’t going to stop most board members from discussing those subjects here; we may get a fresh perspective that isn’t found elsewhere.
I have seen several people on this board argue that it started here. Because Cecil did a report about it. I didnt say anything was wrong with having it on here.
Are you going to tell us what the other board was? Otherwise I’m not too sure what the point of this thread is…
There have been a number of Dopers who assume that because Myth Busters are doing the treadmill thing, they must read the SDMB.
It’s a common disease around here. Many people think that because they saw something here first that it must have started here. Every couple of years or so someone will start a thread asking for phrases or ideas that started at the SDMB and well over half of the mentions will have started elsewhere, often years before the SDMB existed.
Ohhh. Gotcha. I just did a search and was trying to find someone actually posting that the whole discussion started here. That sounded a bit over the top…
I think there have been screen shots of the SDMB visible during research montages.
…hey, when did you come back?
I saw it on PPRuNe before it was on the SDMB. I don’t think it was first there though either.
I think it’s quite likely that it was seen on the SDMB by those guys (Mythbusters) but I don’t see any reason to assume that it was.
A while ago, I’m a bit useless like that.
You also didn’t say where it actually first appeared. There’s nothing wrong with giving us the reason for your OP.
I know when it showed up here, it was because somebody had seen it on another board. Boy were they ever in a funk. That board wasn’t the originator either. The members here solved the problem in an instant. Unfortunately there were arguments on which answer was the correct one. 
My solution was for if we were in a hurry and needed to actually go somewhere in the near future. Turn the plane perpendicular to the track.
As for Mythbusters and SDMB. Wasn’t there a Doper who was going to be a consultant to them a while back?
Yes.
Researcher. Yes, that was me. I did it for a few months, but it turned out to be rather less fun and interesting than I’d hoped, once the novelty wore off. Nevertheless, it a was a neat experience I wouldn’t trade for anything. I’m still a big fan of the show.
There was a sizable number of people on here who thought that “so, how YOU doin’?” originated here - when it was the catchphrase of the most popular character on the most popular sitcom in history.
I mean, seriously. Mutants. :smack:
Are you seriously suggesting that Joey was the most popular character EVAR?
You mean “All your base are belong to us” didn’t start here? Wowzers.
I don’t think he was even the most popular Friend.
But Gaudere’s law really did get its name from the SDMB - right? 
penis ensues