What the STRAIGHT DOPE MESSAGE BOARD is to me

This message board is a place where, as a member of a growing civilization, you can ask any question to other curious people all across the planet, and possibly have it answered.

It’s also a fantastic place to analyze the way people think by how they choose to communicate with this this multi-sensored tool we’re using. Someone thousands of miles away from you maybe, but real people.

This is a GOOD thing, and I appreciate it.

It’s a fabulous place where I can believe I know a whole crowd of very smart people, and where I can bask in the illusion that many of them respect me. Maybe I even am.