# The stereotypical doper **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186 "2011-03-02T08:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/1 "2011-03-02T08:05:08Z")
What is the stereotypical doper? We are a varied group, but we are not _that_ varied, when you think about it. Most have us have college degrees, or at least read a few books in our time. But what I want is a one sentence stereotype. One sentence. Example below: Dopers are the people who either joke or argue about a subject that they only know enough about to be dangerous. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/2 "2011-03-02T08:10:36Z")
Dopers often misspell a word in the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/3 "2011-03-02T08:25:08Z")
Dopers leave no nit unpicked ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/4 "2011-03-02T10:03:11Z")
Dopers love awful puns. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/5 "2011-03-02T10:11:56Z")
Dopers are liberal atheist cat lovers. Except the ones that aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/6 "2011-03-02T12:09:55Z")
[Mod mod]Fixed title-Removed extra “p” from “stereotypical”[/Mod mod] ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/7 "2011-03-02T13:44:42Z")
“Any fool in error can find a Google cite to back him up.” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/8 "2011-03-02T14:27:37Z")
Each doper is an expert in something. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/9 "2011-03-02T14:41:38Z")
Dopers are tenacious. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/10 "2011-03-02T14:46:38Z")
Dopers post in the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/11 "2011-03-02T14:48:50Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Dopers post in the SDMB Paint with a broad brush much? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/12 "2011-03-02T15:24:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > “Any fool in error can find a Google cite to back him up.” > > Regards, > Shodan Dopers have a need to redundantly state their identities. 😛 I think mine would be: “Dopers: no topic too silly to argue vehemently about.” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/13 "2011-03-02T15:31:37Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Dopers have a need to redundantly state their identities. 😛 Dopers over-generalize. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/14 "2011-03-02T15:54:40Z")
Dopers are correct, correct, or are corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/15 "2011-03-02T15:55:50Z")
Dopers are smart enough to figure out every problem in the world, from politics and economics to physics, computers and Quantum mechanics, but they can’t figure out the problems with their own lives. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/16 "2011-03-02T16:04:35Z")
I think mine would be: “Dopers: no topic too silly to argue vehemently about.” Someone once asked in a thread about fleching "That’s disgusting. Is anything too sick for you people to discuss? Someone made the reply I always quote when people ask about this place: Too sick, no. Too stupid, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/17 "2011-03-02T16:11:27Z")
Dopers: sometimes you have to fight ignorance WITH ignorance! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/18 "2011-03-02T16:27:15Z")
Dopers slay sacred cows. ETA: And serve them with bacon! ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/19 "2011-03-02T18:58:26Z")
The most arrogant reclusives you shall ever (sort of) meet! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186/20 "2011-03-02T19:30:05Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Dopers: sometimes you have to fight ignorance WITH ignorance! WIN! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypical-doper/573186.md?page=2)