# Welcome, you're our 10,000th member!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027 "2000-10-07T00:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/1 "2000-10-07T00:53:26Z")
I just got home and logged right into the boards, and noticed that the member count has surpassed the 10,000th mark. Who’s the lucky guy/gal/it? I’d like to personally welcome whoever it is. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/2 "2000-10-07T00:56:12Z")
The answer to your question is appropriately 10K (Gee I wonder how that name got chosen) 😉 Keith ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/3 "2000-10-07T01:05:53Z")
Yay! Our board has surpassed the 10,000 member mark! Whohoo! ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/4 "2000-10-07T01:18:35Z")
Uh-Oh. Are we P10K compliant? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/5 "2000-10-07T01:52:37Z")
A beautiful moment, Dopers and Dopettes. We may not all be vocal, we may not all be real (check under the bridges, count your socks) but it’s a hell of a milestone. God, I can remember when we were proud of breaking 500… ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/6 "2000-10-07T02:02:50Z")
Wow, my own thread! And it’s not the one I psoted. I’m a Mrs., but use my maiden number for posting. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/7 "2000-10-07T02:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by User 10K \* > \*\* > I’m a Mrs., but use my maiden number for posting. > \*\* _SNORT!_ I like you already! If you haven’t yet, be sure to stop by ATMB (about this message board) and brush up on your code, etc. Something tells me you’ve been lurking for a bit, or have been here before though…hey wait. You aren’t **concrete** are you? Nah, you make too much sense. (Now watch me be wrong! lol) ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/8 "2000-10-07T03:52:16Z")
LOL! I thought it could be concrete too. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/9 "2000-10-07T03:57:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > **You aren’t concrete are you?** Now **that** would be ironic. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/10 "2000-10-07T04:14:25Z")
Please don’t be troll. Please don’t be troll. Please don’t be troll. Please don’t be troll. Please don’t be troll. Please don’t be troll. Please don’t be troll. Please don’t be troll. You know how much that would really suck? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/11 "2000-10-07T04:32:31Z")
**User 10K** said: > [@](#): > > I’m a Mrs., but use my maiden number for posting. Your husband isn’t **1040** , by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/12 "2000-10-07T16:28:05Z")
Welcome 10K ! Is there any pressure in being #10,000? Nah… no pressure. None at all. I share Sk8’s sentiment… don’t be a troll,don’t be a troll,don’t be a troll,don’t be a troll,don’t be a troll. ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/13 "2000-10-07T21:18:14Z")
I suddenly realize that this is a troll tread, and sk8rixtx is the main troll and there are a half dozen more in the pack. Everyone learns about the trolls on the first viewing of this site, because that’s all some people talk about, but I did’t think I would be the target. Your acromyns list says a troll is anyone who disagrees with you. Well how do you defend yourself on that one? Denial puts you in disagreement, hence a troll. Wow, what cool logic. That would puzzle my daughters for a few minutes, since they’re 5. But I think it’s easier to say namecalling is a game two can play. I say you’re trolls, and if you disagree, that only proves it. Happy now? I did have to wonder about being termed an “it” in the lead-in, and the fact that you made me come back here after finding my own thread on the topic. Anyway, I know enough to answer trolls by name: voguevixen - Have I been lurking for a bit, or have been here before? Lurking is an ugly word. If you mean reading questions and answers but not offering any answers, then a few days. Do I know a couple of stock formats? Yes. This isn’t my first message board, you know. Or should know if you get out much. This probably is nobody’s first board, being only a year or so old from the member dates. voguevixen - Am I concrete? No. Ask him. A search shows him still active. Silo - Am I concrete? No. See above. Anthracite - Am I concrete? (I’m noticing a nasty trend) No. See above. (and if I were, I doubt it would be ironic in any way) BTW, if the point of asking repeat questions is your way to convince someone of something, you may find nobody is stupid enough to buy into that logic. sk8rixtx - “Please don’t be troll. You know how much that would really suck?” You seem to have brought me here to attack me a dozen times for being a troll. THAT’s what really sucks. Go back under your bridge already. MysterEcks - No. 1040 is not my husband. I suppose he’s another “known” troll? Feynn - I wish YOU weren’t a troll, but it’s too late for that, isn’t it. What a shabby trick to troll with a “welcome thread”. I thought all the hazing of new people was supposed to be in the Pit. Fortunately, there were nice ligitimate welcomes on the other two threads about me, and some on this one, so I think once I make a list of who to avoid, I’ll fit in fine. I’m not here to please everybody. ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/14 "2000-10-07T21:19:56Z")
Odieman (Kieth)“Gee I wonder how that name got chosen :)” Would you believe it’s been my nickname since college track meets? No? Would you believe it was my house number? No? OK, it was inspired by jcgmoi’s thread " #10,000 ". That would have been the username but I wasn’t sure the # and comma would work as part of a username, but I saw digits were OK. ren - “Uh-Oh. Are we P10K compliant?” If the board made it through 1 day, I think we’re safe. Good question though! ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/15 "2000-10-07T21:51:17Z")
Ok, now I’m confused. Usually people who are newbies, even after lurking for a while, are generally nice for their first few posts. Also trools are defined as not “people who don’t share the same opinions” but as people who are generally here to pisss people off. If you claim not to be a troll, I would lurk some more and learn to be a bit more diplomatic on your first few posts. ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/16 "2000-10-07T21:55:06Z")
I was plenty nice. Then I got “roasted”, but not in the pit. Was that nice? Sorry, the answer is No. ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/17 "2000-10-07T21:58:45Z")
tubagirl - Who was trying to piss who off? THEY tried to piss ME off, calling me a troll at least a dozen times. If I can’t respond after that much grief, then please tell me when. I suspect you are one of them too, so don’t be surprised if I ignore you also. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/18 "2000-10-07T22:06:13Z")
You were not roasted. Nobody called you a troll. People just hoped you weren’t a particular poster called **concrete** (he’s come back under several user names, most recently today). If you’re not, great. **concrete** was called a troll not you. Relax. ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/19 "2000-10-07T22:06:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by User 10K \* > \*\*dropzone thanks:) > > Fairy Princess Kitty (What a sweet name! Is that what your daddy called you? Mine called me Wiggle Rabbit, so I may be projecting) > Thanks 🙂 > > What’s the patron saint reference? 😕 > > SPOOFE Bo Diddly - thanks for the offer, but if Cecil is that shy, we’d better not bother him. 🙂 \*\* ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027/20 "2000-10-07T22:07:49Z")
**User 10K** , far be it from me to get in the way of a classic self-inflicted immolation, but nobody in this thread has yet flamed you, and if you’d like to remain untorched I’d suggest you stop being an overly sensitive ass. But that’s just my opinion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-youre-our-10-000th-member/36027.md?page=2)