# What makes a Doper stand out? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641 "2005-09-01T21:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/41 "2005-09-02T14:28:54Z")
Actually, I feel really uncomfortable here. But that’s why I stay. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/42 "2005-09-02T16:48:32Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Being tall, wearing bright orange vests, singing show tunes loudly off key… Didn’t I see you at **The Home Depot?** ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/43 "2005-09-02T17:30:36Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > I would definitely say curiosity. It takes a good amount of curiosity to search for an answer to one of Cecils questions and then end up finding this place. By-the-by, has anyone recently done a thread asking how everyone \*did \* end up here? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/44 "2005-09-02T17:41:56Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > As for what makes a Doper stand out… oh, I don’t know. Sore thumbs? [I have one of those.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332810) Also, you can stand out by attention whoring. Not that I would ever do such a thing. Certainly not. Please ignore me. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/45 "2005-09-02T17:55:05Z")
I think I can sum Doperdom up in one word: nit-pick. [sub]I am setting the joke up for you.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/46 "2005-09-02T18:15:20Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > I think I can sum Doperdom up in one word: nit-pick. [snarky tone] You really didn’t need to use a hyphen, there! [/snarky tone] Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/47 "2005-09-02T18:16:53Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > By-the-by, has anyone recently done a thread asking how everyone \*did \* end up here? [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327384) is not quite what you are looking for, but it is close. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/48 "2005-09-02T18:17:33Z")
Quick poll: when you were in school, did you ever want the teacher to call on you so badly that you said “oooh! oooh!”? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/49 "2005-09-02T19:12:10Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327384) is not quite what you are looking for, but it is close. Indeed, close, but … Gonna start my own 🙂 Thanks, **Scott**! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/50 "2005-09-02T19:39:53Z")
What makes a Doper? When you can dress up as Darth Vader at a Shakespeare festival, find “Hamlet” on stage, bow down to him and say, [Vader]::ssssshhhhhhhwhooooooooo:: “What is thy bidding, Master?”[/Vader] Not that I’ve ever done that, or anything. Tripler Really, I haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/51 "2005-09-02T19:52:01Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > What makes a Doper? > > When you can dress up as Darth Vader at a Shakespeare festival, find “Hamlet” on stage, bow down to him and say, > > [Vader]::ssssshhhhhhhwhooooooooo:: “What is thy bidding, Master?”[/Vader] > > Not that I’ve ever done that, or anything. > > Tripler > Really, I haven’t. I have. Well, not exactly. I was dressed up like Heidi and it was at a biker bar downtown. [sings] _I could’ve danced all night…_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/52 "2005-09-03T02:50:28Z")
_There’s_ a mental image I could have done without. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/53 "2005-09-03T19:11:13Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Quick poll: when you were in school, did you ever want the teacher to call on you so badly that you said “oooh! oooh!”? Only if she was giving out candy. :rolleyes: [sup] **Which I don’t believe ever happened.** [/sup] ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/54 "2005-09-03T19:20:12Z")
i wear my straight dope t-shirt to bed every night to make me feel safe from 1920’s style death rays. that’s what makes a doper, i think ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/55 "2005-09-04T23:17:41Z")
> [@Pope Righteous](#): > > I have lurked and lurked forever, including at the old site before subscription. Time and again I will read threads that make me say, ‘that’s exactly what I would say/do, etc.’ > > My question is: What makes a Doper? Is it our level of education, geekiness, socioeconomic status? > > What brings us together to this site? I’m so comfortable at this site it’s kind of eerie. My guess is, its not us, its you. Why would you hang around a place you didn’t like? Why would you voluntarily interact with people who didn’t “get” you? Or those you didn’t "get? Naw, its you, not us. 'Cause we’re (almost) perfect. 😃 **pinkfreud** , you’re not the oldest! I am! Not really, there are fosillized Dopers here. I just have a little dry rot:D ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/56 "2005-09-04T23:23:34Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > Only if she was giving out candy. :rolleyes: [sup] **Which I don’t believe ever happened.** [/sup] Back in middle school, on the last day, the teacher kept giving out box(not bag) after box of spare presidental visit M&Ms left from a few year ago, from a diffrent school. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/57 "2005-09-05T00:14:43Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > **pinkfreud** , you’re not the oldest! I am! Not really, there are fosillized Dopers here. I just have a little dry rot:D Eh? I’d appreciate your saying that a bit louder, and aiming it at my ear trumpet… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/58 "2005-09-05T01:08:51Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Eh? I’d appreciate your saying that a bit louder, and aiming it at my ear trumpet… 😛 I turned 59 in June. :smack: I say “huh?” so often, my friends think I’m learning a new language. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/59 "2005-09-05T01:40:22Z")
This is in my profile but I think it applies to ALL Dopers: **Intelligent, brave, handsome and extremely modest LOL** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641/60 "2005-09-05T20:21:30Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Eh? I’d appreciate your saying that a bit louder, and aiming it at my ear trumpet… 😛 Hard to do while you’re rocking back and forth like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-doper-stand-out/319641.md?page=2)