# This board is consuming newbies! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744 "2006-04-07T17:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/1 "2006-04-07T17:10:27Z")
Okay, so two idiot newbies in the past month or so isn’t what I’d call an infestation, but for fuck’s sake, why the hell are you coming here asking the paying members if it’s worth paying for a membership? If you’ve lurked here for any amount of time you should already know the answer to that question. If you don’t, then the answer is “no.” If you have to post about it – especially if you feel the need to _pit_ it – then it’s obvious the only reason you’re posing the question is to try and give some legitemacy to the airing of your grievances about the board in the guise of eliciting membership opinion from its members. It is also obvious that in asking the question you are only looking to confirm your reasons _not_ to join by picking out all the negative responses you know a question like that is guaranteed to get – especially because confirmation bias just pegs you as hopelessly ignorant. If you’re only looking to see what you want to see as a reason to leave, then please, fuck off, because you contribute nothing. Save your energy for the next cashier you upset when you yell at her for not honoring your $0.30 off coupon that expired two days ago. If you think it’s worthwhile for you to join, you’ve probably joined already, or are about to, and don’t need our opinion to ostensibly push you over the edge. Welcome aboard. Mind the dogpile. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/2 "2006-04-08T14:46:04Z")
I for one welcome our newbie overlords. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/3 "2006-04-08T15:38:21Z")
It’s not the people who post those OPs that are the problem, it’s the fucking idiots that feed them by responding to the OPs that are the problem. If those OPs sunk off the page with no replies, how many more of them do you think we’d ever see? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/4 "2006-04-08T15:59:37Z")
If they sunk off the forum with no replies we’d _still_ get more of them down the road 'cos they just don’t realize what they’re in for. Not that responding is any better – frankly I don’t think it makes a difference whether anyone responds to them or not 'cos the OP will use everyone’s ignoring him as his reason not to join. I doubt anything short of wine and roses will convince that sort to pony up, and with the attitude they invariably possess they’re lucky if they get a can of Moxie and a wedge of limburger. Newbies like that are little better than trolls. They’re just looking for reasons to hate this place. ---
**Author:** ![AFAIKnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@AFAIKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AFAIKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/5 "2006-04-08T16:35:13Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > If they sunk off the forum with no replies we’d _still_ get more of them down the road 'cos they just don’t realize what they’re in for. Not that responding is any better – frankly I don’t think it makes a difference whether anyone responds to them or not 'cos the OP will use everyone’s ignoring him as his reason not to join. I doubt anything short of wine and roses will convince that sort to pony up, and with the attitude they invariably possess they’re lucky if they get a can of Moxie and a wedge of limburger. > > Newbies like that are little better than trolls. They’re just looking for reasons to hate this place. So, do you want them to pay and stay or not? Appropriate name, cus my head is about to 'splode. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/6 "2006-04-08T16:59:18Z")
I want them to pay and leave. You know, the best of both worlds. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/7 "2006-04-08T17:28:47Z")
**Mindfield** : Nice Op. I know at least one you speak of and I just kept reporting his posts as a Troll/Sock alert. Same with the follow up Op. Thankfully both were shut down. A lot of people wasted time\* arguing with the nitwit. I would love to know how complaints they actually got on that user. I wonder if it is Kosher for you to link the threads you were talking about. As I have used the verboten words, I can’t link to the 2 threads I was speaking of. \*\*silenus \*\* 😃 Jim - Wasting time might be too strong, they may have enjoyed it ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/8 "2006-04-08T21:42:01Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > - Wasting time might be too strong, they may have enjoyed it It’s kind of like kicking puppies… it aint that hard, but it’s good practice for soccer. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/9 "2006-04-08T23:37:18Z")
Ah- I remember the old days when we’d get 15 idiot newbies every time the schools closed for a snow day. Good times…good times… ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/10 "2006-04-08T23:39:55Z")
> [@AFAIKnow](#): > > So, do you want them to pay and stay or not? Appropriate name, cus my head is about to 'splode. If they’re posting to ask if they should pay or not, then no; if you have to ask, fuggeddaboudit. It’s not a choice between world peace and feeding the hungry here. Whether it’s worth coughing up $15 for this place should become pretty self-evident by the time your guest period is up, if not before. If it’s not obvious by then, it never will be, so don’t waste your last few guest days whining about it. At least have the decency to expire quietly\*. > [@What Exit?](#): > > Nice Op. I know at least one you speak of and I just kept reporting his posts as a Troll/Sock alert. Same with the follow up Op. Thankfully both were shut down. A lot of people wasted time\* arguing with the nitwit. That was the impetus for my post. It’s not so much the time “wasted” arguing with the idiots, it’s the temerity of the idiots to start the thread in the first place. Their motive for doing so is clear (unless there’s some genuine questions they have, though I can’t imagine what could be asked whose answers aren’t already out in plain sight). Everything else is just food for the OP’s ego. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/11 "2006-04-08T23:41:05Z")
Forgot to add: - Use in whatever context pleases you most. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/12 "2006-04-09T00:30:43Z")
I for one, welcome our… oh, wait. You guys are talking about me. And I haven’t been here long enough to use that joke. :o ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/13 "2006-04-09T01:07:16Z")
> [@hawksgirl](#): > > I for one, welcome our… oh, wait. You guys are talking about me. > > And I haven’t been here long enough to use that joke. > > :o Unless you opened a thread asking why you should have joined, we are not talking about you. If you understand the joke, you can use it. And welcome, quick lock the doors before she gets away. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/14 "2006-04-09T01:13:30Z")
> [@hawksgirl](#): > > I for one, welcome our… oh, wait. You guys are talking about me. > > And I haven’t been here long enough to use that joke. > > :o You also haven’t been here long enough to know that nobody uses the blowjob smiley. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/15 "2006-04-09T01:15:38Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > You also haven’t been here long enough to know that nobody uses the blowjob smiley. 😃 It was an EMBARRASSED smiley! and thanks for the heads-up. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/16 "2006-04-09T01:19:23Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > You also haven’t been here long enough to know that nobody uses the blowjob smiley. 😃 Shhhh, now you’ve spoilt my fun. > [@hawksgirl](#): > > and thanks for the heads-up. Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/17 "2006-04-09T01:22:09Z")
> [@hawksgirl](#): > > It was an EMBARRASSED smiley! Heh. That’s what we _wanted_ you to think. You probably also don’t know that any post by a mod as a regular poster is just another post. In other words, I was joking. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/18 "2006-04-09T01:33:59Z")
> [@hawksgirl](#): > > Thanks for the heads-up. > [@rayh](#): > > Works for me. I can see I’m going to have to watch what I say a LOT closer now. :rolleyes: :: getting in a frat house frame of mind :: ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/19 "2006-04-09T01:55:51Z")
> [@hawksgirl](#): > > I for one, welcome our… oh, wait. You guys are talking about me. > > And I haven’t been here long enough to use that joke. > > :o Nah, you don’t apply to this thread. You were sensible enough to know this place was worth the price of admission without asking. 😃 And you’re free to use that joke. Just avoid the usual Weebl & Bob ref. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-is-consuming-newbies/351744/20 "2006-04-09T02:19:12Z")
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