# What do you just love about newbies? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 2, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542 "2001-04-02T20:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/21 "2001-04-03T01:52:39Z")
It didn’t come off sarcastic? It was supposed to, so excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusse me!!! Would a little smiley have helped? :o What is that? Is that the sound of a toilet flushing in the distance? Oh no, it’s just my lame attempt at a fun thread dying- slowly. Fine. This thread was lame. Very lame. And it’s dying. I can feel it. Stop. Stop, Dopers. I can feel it. I…can…feel…it. Daisy, Daisy, bring me your answer please… Anyway, I’m amazed that people actually took this seriously. It was a joke! A joke, I say! I swear. I really like newbies. I was a newbie once(on AOL). And to think, I thought their threads plumeted. I like newbies. In fact, I like them a lot. Yeah, that’s it. I shall be the staunch defender of newbies. They shall hail me. Hail! Hail! All newbies hail me! Your leader! No one cares for you like I do! Hail! ::shuffles off and begins redemption process:: ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/22 "2001-04-03T01:55:53Z")
I sorta like it when people ask about Wally. Brings back good memories. ☹ 3124 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/23 "2001-04-03T05:00:38Z")
Know what I love about newbies? They aint all winkled up like the old bees! I’m sorry. I’ll be quiet now. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/24 "2001-04-03T06:27:02Z")
Uhhhhhhh … Mahaloth? Yeah. You’re trying to make amends to the “newbies” so you … give them orders? Ask them to hail you? Is that just a little backwards? Or was that a joke again? Right … we’ve gotta work on that tone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Bad\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Hat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/25 "2001-04-03T07:14:55Z")
SHEESH, not claiming affiliation one way or another here, but: its sort of a damned if you, do damned if you don’t thing ain’t it? Get snapped at for ressurecting old posts, but if they start new threads with out looking for relevant old posts they get tore up that way too. Whats a newbie to do? ---
**Author:** ![donnie\_rotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@donnie\_rotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_rotten)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/26 "2001-04-03T07:41:11Z")
Personally, as a newbie myself, I’d just like to add that South Park rules. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/27 "2001-04-03T09:35:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Orig. by Biggirl_ > Know what I love about newbies? They aint all winkled up like the old bees! Comment: 😃 Anyway – while there’s still a newbie inside ya, ya won’t get stale. While there’s newbies still on the SDMB, it shall always rock. While we continue to think the sweet thoughts of newbiedom – we piss the fogeys off. Life is sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Lil\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lil\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lil_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/28 "2001-04-03T11:18:40Z")
I gotta come out of lurk mode to interject a stupid newbie question here… What the heck is AFAICS? Somebody just answer me before you discuss my endearing naivete… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/29 "2001-04-03T11:24:29Z")
As Far As I Can See ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/30 "2001-04-03T12:30:12Z")
Boy, that really torques me right off- “What does AFAICS mean?”, the newbie whines. As an oldie, I roll my eyes at you, I point to your post and laugh, and feel very superior right now. HA! ROFLMAOATDN Oh, and Mahaloth- first rule when you are in a hole: stop digging. Zette Welcome, Lil Lurker- I’m just funnin’ with ya’ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/31 "2001-04-03T12:37:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\*It didn’t come off sarcastic? It was supposed to, so excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusse me!!! \*\* Well, _I_ caught the sarcasm. I don’t know if that’s any comfort to you, but I felt it had to be said. So, ya wanna, like, hang out or something?? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/32 "2001-04-03T12:48:39Z")
Bah, newbies! I always thought we should institute the rule that only people with at least 50 posts should be allowed to post. [sub](Shamelessly stealing a joke from, IIRC, Alphagene from about a year ago)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/33 "2001-04-03T13:36:46Z")
[sally field] They like us, They really like us! [/sally field] ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/34 "2001-04-03T13:56:53Z")
I have to admit, I like newbies. Especially with gravy. Well, _somebody_ had to say it. Oh, wait. I guess I am one. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![hashiriya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@hashiriya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hashiriya)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/35 "2001-04-03T14:58:24Z")
I’m sitting around waiting for **Crunchy Frog** to come back so I can get my “bite me!” 🙂 -hashiriya- ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/36 "2001-04-03T15:08:09Z")
HeY, yO, lIkE ~nApsTer~ iS lIkE ~sOoOoOoO~ kEwLiEs, Ya dIg?!?! nEoNe eLSe hEreZ liKe BrITney 2? sHe LiKe rOCks mY wORld!!! ~~**kAyEby**~~ xxxxxxxxoooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxx ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/37 "2001-04-03T15:14:32Z")
**Man** that took a long time to type! And it doesn’t even look authentic! ::kicks dirt:: I guess I really am a stupid newbie. 😃 : **Kayeby** previews, just to make sure she hasn’t stuffed the coding up:: ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/38 "2001-04-03T15:15:13Z")
In all fucking seriousness, the thing I like about newbies is that they aren’t afraid to skewer sacred cows. They don’t know the history of a person, so they treat them as they see 'em. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/39 "2001-04-03T17:35:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jodi \* > \*\*ZETTE – I think the true criteria for wisdom and wit is being in the class of 5 of '99. 😃 Anyone who signed up after that is be definition a “newbie.” > \*\* WOO HOO! I made the cutoff even with this low post count! Have I set a record for being an oldie and having less than 300 posts? ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542/40 "2001-04-03T17:43:28Z")
DANG! I meant 4! 400 posts! 🙂 [sub]well I guess that disproved my wit and wisdom. Im the class of 5 of '99’s dunce ☹ [/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-just-love-about-newbies/60542.md?page=3)