# What happens if you "ignore" yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 22, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824 "2006-05-22T21:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 22, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/1 "2006-05-22T21:35:11Z")
What would happen if you put yourself on your ignore list? Existential angst demands an answer! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/2 "2006-05-22T22:34:10Z")
If you try to add yourself to your own ignore list, you get a page that says “Sorry, you can not add yourself to your own ignore list.” Looks like you’ll just have to ignore yourself the old-fashioned way, by skipping over your posts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/3 "2006-05-23T00:44:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What would happen if you put yourself on your ignore list? Existential angst demands an answer! Occasionally, after a late night in the Pit, I’m tempted to ban myself. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/4 "2006-05-23T00:51:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What would happen if you put yourself on your ignore list? Existential angst demands an answer! > [@](#): > > Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. _Rainer Maria Rilke_ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/5 "2006-05-23T01:01:31Z")
You can’t add yourself to your own Buddy List either. Other forms of self-love will have to suffice. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/6 "2006-05-23T01:31:15Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > You can’t add yourself to your own Buddy List either. Other forms of self-love will have to suffice. Does the Buddy list actually do anything? If so, what? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/7 "2006-05-23T01:48:54Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Does the Buddy list actually do anything? If so, what? I just added you, and it’s _supposed_ to show me that you’re online. I couldn’t see where it did, so, not having won the Lottery either, I’ve removed you. 😃 It seems to be used mostly for private messaging, which is, of course, disabled here. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/8 "2006-05-23T13:51:10Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Does the Buddy list actually do anything? If so, what? It seems to provide a handy storage repository for those individuals you love enough to call your buddies, but not enough to bother remembering their IDs. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/9 "2006-05-24T18:10:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What would happen if you put yourself on your ignore list? You go back in time. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/10 "2006-05-25T13:57:26Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > You go back in time. Singing [“I’m My Own Grampa”.](http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surnamru/myowngrampa.html) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/11 "2006-05-25T15:05:33Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Occasionally, after a late night in the Pit, I’m tempted to ban myself. Shouldn’t you report your post to yourself? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/12 "2006-05-25T17:05:51Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > You go back in time. Yep. You gotta watch that pesky space-time continuum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/13 "2006-05-25T21:05:43Z")
If you did ignore yourself would you then get banned for letting someone know that they were on your ignore list? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/14 "2006-05-25T21:15:49Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > If you did ignore yourself would you then get banned for letting someone know that they were on your ignore list? No, because you’d necessarily ignore that information. I want to add myself to both my buddy list _and_ my ignore list. Thus rendering myself one of those friends of old that you’re embarrassed to be seen in public with. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/15 "2006-05-25T21:39:37Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Shouldn’t you report your post to yourself? 😕 I did make a note to myself, but given that it read “bread, milk, eggs”, I was only confused. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/16 "2006-05-25T23:57:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What would happen if you put yourself on your ignore list? Existential angst demands an answer! Well, you grow warts and hair on your palms. Keep that up, and you’ll go blind. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/17 "2006-05-26T00:33:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What would happen if you put yourself on your ignore list? Existential angst demands an answer! It has the effect of “rEVERSING pOLARITY!” Ah, but just exactly what does that entail? In movies, something explodes. In real life, absolutely nothing happens! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ True Blue Jack ---
**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:** [May 26, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/18 "2006-05-26T01:03:07Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Does the Buddy list actually do anything? If so, what? Yes, click on Quick Links, Open Buddy list and behold the wonder of the Buddy List Window. Ok, it is a little underwhelming. Jim ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/19 "2006-05-26T12:51:27Z")
If a Mod reports his own bad post to himself, and does nothing about it… Did the bad post actually exist? . ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824/20 "2006-05-26T15:02:33Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > It has the effect of “rEVERSING pOLARITY!” > > Ah, but just exactly what does that entail? > > In movies, something explodes. > > In real life, absolutely nothing happens! > > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > True Blue Jack Well, a few things do happen. Instead of your hair standing on end, it will retract slightly into your skin. If you get scared frequently, you may experience “polarity pattern baldness” from all the retraction. Your car stereo will quit working, but the loud bompbompbompbomp will still rattle everybody else’s teeth. Growly dogs will like you. When you walk through a store, some of the RFIDs will smoke or throw off sparks. Wearing a foil hat will cause everyone around you to read your thoughts, whether they want to or not. **Although you are ignoring yourself, no one else will be able to ignore you.** Oh, and you really, really should stay indoors during thunderstorms. :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-ignore-yourself/357824.md?page=2)