# What's the biggest trend that has been started on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522 "2002-12-18T11:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/21 "2002-12-18T21:44:28Z")
"Just Because I’m in the Pit… @&£! " ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/22 "2002-12-18T21:45:06Z")
Ok, not started here, but the concept of a Turd Burglar cave sure was. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/23 "2002-12-18T21:54:54Z")
Hell, you’re all missing the obvious - MPSIMS, itself. Used to be there were only two forums on AOL. Comments on Cecil’s Columns and General Questions. Someone, can’t remember who, started a thread titled Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, and _voilà_, here we are. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/24 "2002-12-18T22:03:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cherry \* > \*\*I dont know if these are used anywhere else but I’ve learned new swear words here such as fucktard and asshat. \*\* I am proud to say that I brought “asshat” to the SDMB, though I did not make it up. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/25 "2002-12-18T22:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Hell, you’re all missing the obvious - MPSIMS, itself. Used to be there were only two forums on AOL. Comments on Cecil’s Columns and General Questions. Someone, can’t remember who, started a thread titled Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, and _voilà_, here we are. \*\* Almost. Someone started a thread called “Titanic Wallpaper.” The post consisted entirely of someone giving a link to good Titanic wallpaper. (This was right when Titanic had just come out.) The next poster lambasted the OP for starting such a meaningless thread, and asked, “Why didn’t you just start a thread called Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share?” This was on AOL, and it was possible to change the thread title mid-thread, so the title was immediately changed by two seperate people. I know, because I was one of them. It was the other branch of the thread that caught on, though, which makes me sad. I could have said I was the OP of MPSIMS! How about…I was _almost_ the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/26 "2002-12-18T22:25:15Z")
There’s that guy that keeps running naked through the threads… I realize streaking exists IRL, but I’ve never seen it done on another message board. Starting a countdown to somebody’s banning might be a local contrivance. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/27 "2002-12-18T22:25:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > \*\*Allow me to introduce you to [Weebl and Bob](http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/b3ta/pie.html) > > And the “Band Name” thingy did come from Dave Barry’s columns. \*\* Yeah, when I saw “when come back, bring pie” about 12 times in one day on the Dope, I just had to search for the phrase origin. When I hit on Weebl, it was obvious he was the one being quoted. I tell you, I had to change my pants twice. “Want pie now.” And the band name thingy is definitely Dave Barry. I can’t remember him not saying it since I first started reading his stuff back in the 13th century. How about: “I’ll see you in the Pit!” ? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/28 "2002-12-18T22:37:17Z")
[Moderator hat on/off] ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/29 "2002-12-18T22:45:47Z")
I actually said “Band Name” aloud during a feature film trailer. In a theater. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/30 "2002-12-18T22:46:46Z")
Felch, band name and og smash all predate the SDMB by years. I first heard the word felch in 1982. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/31 "2002-12-18T22:50:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*There’s that guy that keeps running naked through the threads… I realize streaking exists IRL, but I’ve never seen it done on another message board. > > Starting a countdown to somebody’s banning might be a local contrivance. \*\* **iampunha** , I do believe. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/32 "2002-12-18T22:58:54Z")
Is it just me or does anyone think that the OP should have those in the order of #1 switching places with #3? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/33 "2002-12-18T23:01:07Z")
Cow-orkers seems too easy to be native to the SDMB, and “manny” has faded from use. How about the Dopefests? I’m sure people from other message boards have gotten together, but not with the frequency and gusto that we do (that I know about). ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/34 "2002-12-18T23:08:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*I don’t know if that came before the pie hijack trend, or if we adopted it as part of the trend after the fact. \*\* So, would this be the [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88141&perpage=50&highlight=pie&pagenumber=2) that started the pie hijack trend? Just curious. I always wanted to be a trend-setter. 😃 As pie is a three letter word, it’s hard to search properly, so I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/35 "2002-12-18T23:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*Cow-orkers seems too easy to be native to the SDMB, and “manny” has faded from use. How about the Dopefests? I’m sure people from other message boards have gotten together, but not with the frequency and gusto that we do (that I know about). \*\* Cow-orker is over 10 years old. It’s from the email newsletter from Scott Adams, the creater of Dilbert. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/36 "2002-12-19T00:18:47Z")
IPU ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/37 "2002-12-19T00:27:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*Cow-orker is over 10 years old. It’s from the email newsletter from Scott Adams, the creater of Dilbert. > > Haj \*\* Actually, it originated in the August, 1997 DNRC Newsletter #17 > **[Welcome to Dilbert](https://dilbert.com/)** > > The Official Dilbert Website featuring Scott Adams Dilbert strips, animation, mashups and more starring Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, The Pointy Haired Boss, Alice, Asok, Dogberts New Ruling Class and more. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/38 "2002-12-19T00:29:51Z")
I brought the letter E, the number 7, a container of milk, a loaf of bread, and a stick of buttah to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/39 "2002-12-19T00:59:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Larry Mudd_ > twickster47, how YOU doin’? > > \*Not a genuine flirt, but rather a wicked display of metatextual humour. Or something. The first time I’ve gotten a “how YOU don’?” and it’s embedded in a wicked display of metatextual humour. Could life get any better than this?[/ot] ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522/40 "2002-12-19T02:45:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*Felch, band name and og smash all predate the SDMB by years. > > I first heard the word felch in 1982. > > Haj \*\* I’m fairly sure the “og smash” thing was started here. As a matter of fact, I followed the thread in which it happened. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-trend-that-has-been-started-on-the-sdmb/143522.md?page=3)