# The unofficial SDMB friendship club **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886 "2004-06-17T16:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shaolinrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Shaolinrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaolinrabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/1 "2004-06-17T16:32:21Z")
I was thinking today, everyone knows that Dopers are the coolest people in the world. Ok, _we_ know we’re the coolest people in the world. We communicate through this message board and it becomes a great place for a meeting of the minds. Through our social interactions here, however, we have a tendency to clog the board, suck down bandwidth, etc, for things that are really more one on one social. We enjoy flirting, and having little friend to friend interactions. This doesn’t necessarily go with the whole purpose of this message board, but hey, where else are you going to find a huge group of intelligent folks to flirt with, have good conversations about life, and make smart assed remarks? I’m proposing that we continue to steal bandwitdh for these purposes to a great extent 😃 (JK) However, in addition to that, I noticed that a lot of people have IM clients listed on their profile. It’s a tad odd to just IM someone out of the blue if you’ve only read their posts and they may not have even noticed you. “You’re _who_ from the SDMB?” ☹ Here’s how it works, post in this thread if you have an IM client listed, or list your client and post in this thread, however you want to do it. If your client username is _way_ different from your SDMB username, list it out so others can see it. Like I = **Shlnrabbit** on AIM. **Note: This isn’t an example of way different.** Then, pay attention to everyone else who posts in here. The idea is that anyone who posts in this thread is amenable to friendly conversation with anyone else who posts in the thread. Good luck, and have fun! ---
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/2 "2004-06-17T16:41:19Z")
AIM - **alpharedux** Y! - **alpharedux** MSN - **alpharedux** ICQ - **132244084** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/3 "2004-06-17T16:46:51Z")
AIM: **BrattiAtti** Y!: **BrattiAtti** MSN: **Attitudial** (maybe, I haven’t logged into that in a long time. addy is e\_2good4u at hotmail dot com) ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/4 "2004-06-17T16:49:26Z")
Yahoo Messenger (where you’re most lkely to find me logged in) - **crunchy\_frog\_1** AIM - **CFrog73** ICQ - **147782220** I also check my email on a regualr basis, so feel free to follow the link and use that too. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/5 "2004-06-17T18:38:20Z")
My Yahoo Messenger ID is my former SDMB username, **aryk29** (that’s a·ryk, not ark·y!) I’m hardly ever on ICQ anymore but it’s 218954038. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/6 "2004-06-17T18:52:17Z")
AIM: aegolius acadius ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/7 "2004-06-17T20:28:37Z")
Ok, so now that I’ve added the people who have posted so far, and notice that some of them are even online, I still feel stupid IMing a stranger saying, “Yeah umm… hi and shit. I saw you in that one thread and stuff, you know?” We need some sort of ice-breaker code sentence to get conversations starting, like “So hi there. Ever get arrested while naked?” Or something like that, anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/8 "2004-06-17T20:59:07Z")
**AIM** : ZevSteinhardt (no underscore as there is in my username) If you see me online, feel free to drop a line even if just to say “hello.” I always like to hear from Dopers. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/9 "2004-06-17T21:03:41Z")
AIM - kittenlmc Feel free to drop me a line - I love talking to people, so don’t be embarassed or feel awkward - if you wanna talk - just start the conversation! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/10 "2004-06-17T21:04:15Z")
Yahoo: twickster47 (I’ve usually got it turned on when I’m online) Mention SDMB when you say hi, but feel free to say hi! ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/11 "2004-06-17T21:11:25Z")
On AIM, I’m **SickFriendCalled**. No one ever speaks to me on there, so someone should definitely say hello! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/12 "2004-06-17T21:11:51Z")
We’ll just see how this works out. I’ve never used IM before, but I just installed the Yahoo! messenger on my work pc. **quietguy042** would be my id. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/13 "2004-06-17T21:12:37Z")
AIM: ElScOrChO456 or Flamingpenguins If I’m on the boards, I’m on at least one of these. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/14 "2004-06-17T21:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > AIM: ElScOrChO456 :smack: That was my old one. I don’t use that one anymore, and it was just a habit to put it down. Lets try this again. AIM: Flamingpenguins ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/15 "2004-06-17T21:23:47Z")
AIM: ottosdmb Y!: mcmarbles ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/16 "2004-06-17T21:53:10Z")
I’m henfortheages on yahoo. Say hi sometime, it will keep me from entertaining myself with the voices in my head 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/17 "2004-06-17T21:53:55Z")
AIM: **pt9631** (couldn’t get any good user names so eventually just picked my initials and some random numbers…) MSN: My email addy is peter\_thorvaldsson at hotmail dot com Feel free to say hello whenever. I’m always online, but often forget to put up away messages, so if I don’t reply just means I’m not in front of the computer, I’m not being anti-social or anything (well, sometimes I am, but thats when I do know who the person is…)… ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/18 "2004-06-17T22:15:56Z")
I’m always up for some friendly chatting! So, IM **hermajestylorna** (AIM) for a good time! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![store-clerk-slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@store-clerk-slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/store-clerk-slacker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/19 "2004-06-17T22:16:12Z")
This thread was a great idea! I’m always down for talking to new people, especially those that I’ve been reading their posts for soooo long. So here’s my usernames: \*\*Y!-nekkid30 MSN-nekkid30\*\* I have an ICQ# but I don’t remember it, but I’m always on both of those messengers when I’m online. except for right now of course…I’m at **Crunchy’s** and of course they don’t allow messengers on the media center computers…hence his new thread 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886/20 "2004-06-17T22:46:03Z")
I have an AIM account and a Yahoo name, so rather than download Y! messenger (what idiot decided that “custom install” automatically sets Yahoo as the default search engine without being cancellable?) I went and downloaded Trillian, which I’m now working out the kinks to. AIM: KyleKatarn Yahoo: atombracing Please try to mention the SDMB, or I’ll probably be pretty quiet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-sdmb-friendship-club/250886.md?page=2)