# Well, that milestone went right past me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889 "2019-04-01T21:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/1 "2019-04-01T21:39:03Z")
Sometime either yesterday or today I made my 25,000th post on this Board. I had planned on marking the occasion with a little celebration or some other event. Now I guess I’ll have to focus on my 20th anniversary here, which won’t be for another (checking my user CP. . .) CRAP! It’s in six days! ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/2 "2019-04-01T23:50:07Z")
wow, I passed my 20th 2 weeks ago. I read a lot but don’t really post much. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/3 "2019-04-01T23:51:02Z")
Happy join day to you, Happy join day to you Happy join day kunilou Happy join day to you And scoobysnax too ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/4 "2019-04-02T02:32:10Z")
I will reach my 20th at the end of this year, and my 20,000 post can not be far away. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/5 "2019-04-02T02:40:30Z")
Congrats on those milestones! I think people who’ve been here 20 years should get some little perk, like a star by their usernames. ---
**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 2, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/6 "2019-04-02T03:39:59Z")
25,000? Newbs are so cute. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/7 "2019-04-02T03:43:28Z")
I have no idea how many posts I have. I’m sure that if I hit a milestone it’d be a post that says “Wow, OP. Seriously?” But I’m not sure I should celebrate spending too much time posting… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/8 "2019-04-02T07:36:57Z")
You know what? My Join Day Anniversary and 25000th post will probably line up quite closely too! It’s not for another six months, though. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/9 "2019-04-02T12:36:44Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Sometime either yesterday or today I made my 25,000th post on this Board. I had planned on marking the occasion with a little celebration or some other event. > > Now I guess I’ll have to focus on my 20th anniversary here, which won’t be for another (checking my user CP. . .) > > CRAP! It’s in six days! Oh, that milestone didn’t get past you, cookie. Tomorrow an 18-wheeler will pull up to your house and the trailer will open to reveal a panoply-- a veritable cornucopia of prizes and tokens of appreciation from the SDMB. I hope you have room for a hot tub! And you’d better lay in a supply of extra-large dog beds. (They have good ones at Tuesday Morning.) Do you have enough freezer space to accommodate a whole side of beef? No? Well, don’t worry, the freezer is included, too! Is there room for a 9-foot Steinway grand piano in your living room? There had better be by tomorrow! Hope you like peanut butter (and there are no peanut allergies in your family), because you will soon have a year’s supply! Plus, all the shelf-stable Velveeta cheese you will ever need for the rest of your life! And that’s not all… better take the day off from work and invite the neighbors… it will be quite a show. Don’t say the Dope never appreciated you. \*\*Disclaimer for the literal-minded Dopers among us: this is a joke. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/10 "2019-04-02T12:57:14Z")
Well done! I’m a mixture of embarassed and proud of my post count. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/11 "2019-04-02T16:39:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 25,000? > Newbs are so cute. 😃 Joined in 2003? Come back when you have posts old enough to drink, junior. 😃 > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Don’t say the Dope never appreciated you. Oh, I never thought the Dope didn’t appreciate me. Heck, the hookers and blow they sent me when I became a Charter Member were thanks enough! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/12 "2019-04-02T19:06:11Z")
I didn’t do anything to celebrate or acknowledge my 20,000th. Back when I hit 10,000, “post parties” were against board rules; people were not supposed to post about their posting milestones. I had to cheat 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/13 "2019-04-02T19:28:06Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I didn’t do anything to celebrate or acknowledge my 20,000th. > > Back when I hit 10,000, “post parties” were against board rules; people were not supposed to post about their posting milestones. I had to cheat 🙂 When did it change? I thought they were still against the rules. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/14 "2019-04-02T20:03:00Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > When did it change? I thought they were still against the rules. Well, if that’s the case, this thread would be a violation, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/15 "2019-04-02T21:36:41Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > When did it change? I thought they were still against the rules. [Technically it still is](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457052) > [@SkipMagic](#): > > **Post-Padding and Truly Pointless Threads** > > Even this forum—with its spectacular name—has its limits for truly pointless threads. We will be closing threads which cross that line, or exist merely for post-padding reasons. This includes any post count parties. > > We understand that determining what is or isn’t pointless is a subjective process, but we reserve the right to make the final decision. We will, however, be as consistent as possible, with the caveat that as human beings with families, jobs and other distractions, we’ll probably foul up once or twice. But you know what? I’ve never received a Warning here. Heck, I can’t even remember getting a Mod Note. If I’ve ever been pitted, it fell off the page so fast I never saw it. Maybe after all these years this is my subconscious attempt to be a bad boy. Maybe deep in my heart I’m trying to go right up to the edge, to see how far I can push The Man before The Man pushes back. Maybe I’m trying to commit - well, I don’t want to commit suicide by Mod, but maybe I’m trying to commit stubbing my toe by Mod. **I NEED TO BE STOPPED. SOMEONE REPORT ME BEFORE I GO TOO FAR. PLEASE!!!** ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/16 "2019-04-03T12:31:43Z")
I think that the old ban on post count parties and such can definitely be relaxed. And for sort of sad reasons: Just a lot fewer people in general and a lot less newbies in particular. We’re not going to see this forum clogged up with a bunch of “Woot! This is my 100th post!” threads. If TPTB think having the smaller number of people should be encouraged to make more threads to make the board seem more active, then relaxing some previous standards might be in play. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-milestone-went-right-past-me/831889/17 "2019-04-03T19:32:43Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Technically it still is](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457052) > > But you know what? I’ve never received a Warning here. Heck, I can’t even remember getting a Mod Note. If I’ve ever been pitted, it fell off the page so fast I never saw it. Maybe after all these years this is my subconscious attempt to be a bad boy. Maybe deep in my heart I’m trying to go right up to the edge, to see how far I can push The Man before The Man pushes back. Maybe I’m trying to commit - well, I don’t want to commit suicide by Mod, but maybe I’m trying to commit stubbing my toe by Mod. > > **I NEED TO BE STOPPED. SOMEONE REPORT ME BEFORE I GO TOO FAR. PLEASE!!!** If I recall correctly, that rule went into effect after several people started threads just to boost their post counts. They were useless threads that contained nothing but periods, numbers, or gibberish.