# What has become of SDMB, especially GD’s? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304 "2005-12-19T16:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/181 "2005-12-22T16:31:16Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > You, and others, are fingering the copious boogers in your nostrils and flinging them around, now. It’s all the ammo you have left. > > So there, **Frenchy** In the current lull in the reciprocal blowjob-fest between you and **Aeschines** , we have had to resort to our own pitiful witicisms to amuse ourselves. Sorry if any of the flung mucus soiled your tights. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/182 "2005-12-22T16:31:27Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > I don’t know. Are you? It was sort of a rhetorical question. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/183 "2005-12-22T16:32:39Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Am I supposed to laugh this much at a Pit thread? Yes, I think laughter is quite apposite. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/184 "2005-12-22T16:33:08Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > You seem to be repeating yourself. Are you feeling okay? Yep, yep, doin’ fine. Yep, yep, doin’ fine. Yep, yep, doin’ fine. Yep, yep, doin’ fine. Yep, yep, doin’ fine. > [@jrfranchi](#): > > No boogers from be. Just a few cafe style slightly humorous observations. > > Possibly very slightly. No boogers from “be”? You got a cold? And if you want to post to Cafe Society, then that’s where you must go. We do not allow such frivolity around here. The integrity is just too great. > [@jrfranchi](#): > > You do sound rather full of yourself however. And loving every precious moment of it! ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/185 "2005-12-22T16:35:05Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > No, I think they even have spandex uniforms and big, billowing capes. > > Look, over in the center ring! It’s the Bearded Lady, the One-Armed Trapeze Artist, the Half-Man/Half-Mermaid–no, it’s **Balloon Clown** and **Mod Cache**! Damn you for putting [this image](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/111500/111770WDFC_w.jpg) in my head. Damn you to hell. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/186 "2005-12-22T16:35:56Z")
Aw, blew the formatting in the above. Still, I think the basic idea gets across. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/187 "2005-12-22T16:37:11Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Damn you for putting [this image](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/111500/111770WDFC_w.jpg) in my head. Damn you to hell. **Maureen** , the link didn‘t work for me. Would you try again? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/188 "2005-12-22T16:38:19Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > Aw, blew the formatting in the above. Still, I think the basic idea gets across. Yes, you are a supercilious nitwit. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/189 "2005-12-22T16:41:34Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > **Maureen** , the link didn‘t work for me. Would you try again? You betcha. Try [this one](http://newsaskew.com/va5/BC1.jpg). Although Jason Mewes looks much better in lace than in leotards, IMO… ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/190 "2005-12-22T16:42:23Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > It was sort of a rhetorical question. Oh, okay. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/191 "2005-12-22T16:43:31Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > You betcha. Try [this one](http://newsaskew.com/va5/BC1.jpg). Although Jason Mewes looks much better in lace than in leotards, IMO… Which one is which? ---
**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:** [December 22, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/192 "2005-12-22T16:47:19Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > Which one is which? Your thread you get to decide. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/193 "2005-12-22T16:52:56Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > …we have had to resort to our own pitiful witicisms to amuse ourselves. Oh, you said it! ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/194 "2005-12-22T16:57:49Z")
**Frank** reformatted a previous post correctly. My bad. Thanks, **Frank**. I appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/195 "2005-12-22T16:58:48Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > The sitcom’s format benefits a lot > from tranformation into blank verse form > But casting one with animals you’ve made > From toy balloons–now THAT would break the norm! This was good! Watch out now, we might all start laughing together and liking each other, and then we wouldn’t have our fun little war any more. Hey you guys, take your shots at me, I don’t mind. I don’t turn to the Dope as my source of self-respect (does anyone?). But when I saw people trying to pull that old-school invalidation shit on someone who seemed pretty cool to me, the kind of poster we should _want_ to have on the boards, I knew I must join in the rumble. And it’s been fun! (Not that **drmark2000** wasn’t doing an excellent and successful job of defending himself; he was. But two righteous people against the ignorant horde is not twice the power, it’s more like 10 times the power.) We defused the bullshit and demonstrated that that species of negativity isn’t going to fly here any more. Indeed, all the “dead-enders” are left with now are grody boogs, but boogers are harmless. Medusa has seen her reflection. Liberation (for now at least) is effected! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/196 "2005-12-22T17:02:48Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > This was good! I feel so…validated > [@](#): > > Watch out now, we might all start laughing together and liking each other, and then we wouldn’t have our fun little war any more. Am I still a tool? maybe I’ll call my sitcom _Awl in the Family_. > [@](#): > > We defused the bullshit and demonstrated that that species of negativity isn’t going to fly here any more. Indeed, all the “dead-enders” are left with now are grody boogs, but boogers are harmless. Medusa has seen her reflection. Liberation (for now at least) is effected! Yeah, Sparky, that’s just what happened. A question for you. Imagine, for a moment, a world in which you were a gibbering cretin with the self-awareness of, oh, let’s say a balloon animal, about as good a judge of intelligent posting as you are a judge of pan-dimensional rotary manicotti. **What would distinguish your attitude from your current attitude, your impression of your accomplishments from your current impression**? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/197 "2005-12-22T17:27:39Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > I feel so…validated And as well you should. This guy can write! Still, the stanza requires some further analysis. > [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > The sitcom’s format benefits a lot > from tranformation into blank verse form > But casting one with animals you’ve made > From toy balloons–now THAT would break the norm! It’s not bad, for a toss-off. But the metering and punctuation could benefit from some more attention. Here’s a suggestion: The sitcom’s format benefits From transformation into blank verse form. But casting one with animals you’ve made From toy balloons, now _that_ would break the norm. You see? Just a few changes, and your message gets across considerably better. Poetry is difficult, man. > [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > maybe I’ll call my sitcom _Awl in the Family_. Not bad, not bad. Except that awls and balloons, you know, they just don’t mix. Keep working on it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/198 "2005-12-22T17:28:46Z")
I now regret my first post denouncing replying to this thread. This has become one of the funniest threads ever. I doubt if I’ve ever seen people who’s self-esteem was inflated so far beyond their actual contributions. Again, if you’re posting in the hopes of actual dialog, you’re tilting at windmills. But if you’re posting for amusement, by all means carry on! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/199 "2005-12-22T17:36:37Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > It’s not bad, for a toss-off. But the metering and punctuation could benefit from some more attention. Here’s a suggestion: > > The sitcom’s format benefits > From transformation into blank verse form. > But casting one with animals you’ve made > From toy balloons, now _that_ would break the norm. You give suggestions for revison here that I think make my stanza even worse. But–pay attention, man, I think it’s obv: your changes make my words not be verse (blank). Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304/200 "2005-12-22T17:38:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I doubt if I’ve ever seen people who’s self-esteem was inflated so far beyond their actual contributions. All along I’ve been thinking “blowhard”. Now I see that it should have been the imperative - Blow Hard. Clearly in the making of balloon animals **drmark2000** sucked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304.md?page=11)