# Who are Special Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052 "2010-08-22T11:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/1 "2010-08-22T11:27:48Z")
In [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12828064&postcount=76), **Cat Whisperer** pointed out that **Super Kapowzler** is a Special Doper who does not have to conform to normal conventions. Who else deserves this accolade? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/2 "2010-08-22T11:51:27Z")
Nitpick- Cat Whisperer does not say Super Kapowzler does not have to conform to normal conventions. All she says is that he/ she is different. The person did have to conform or go. I think the person went. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/3 "2010-08-22T11:55:19Z")
I’m special. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/4 "2010-08-22T12:19:59Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Nitpick- Cat Whisperer does not say Super Kapowzler does not have to conform to normal conventions. > > All she says is that he/ she is different. The person did have to conform or go. I think the person went. She said: _he doesn’t participate like us regular folk, and some people love him for it, and some people hate him for it._ I don’t think either of us are being too serious. What we’re saying, if you want more precision, is that some people accept his ‘style’, and some don’t. And has he gone? He last posted a week ago, and he seems to only post in ‘special circumstances’, if you get my drift. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/5 "2010-08-22T12:27:12Z")
I’m not too serious about this (I KNOW I am the only special Doper 🙂 ). My bad- I thought he had his marching orders. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/6 "2010-08-22T12:55:26Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I’m special. > > 😃 > [@Cicero](#): > > I’m not too serious about this (I KNOW I am the only special Doper 🙂 ). Now,now behave -you **both** are special dopers 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/7 "2010-08-22T13:11:52Z")
But I’m MORE special than her. Aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/8 "2010-08-22T13:14:35Z")
Me, of course. I’m well-known (or somewhat-known) for being a highly irrational asshole. There was even an entire pit thread devoted to that very topic. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/9 "2010-08-22T13:28:44Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > But I'm MORE special than her. Aren't I? > > ``` oops look at the time,I gotta run - go ask your Uncle Cecil \*sigh \*,This thread is going to end in tears ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/10 "2010-08-22T15:49:41Z")
We’re all Special Dopers, because we’re all here! Anyone who has not found the enlightenment that is The Dope cannot be called Special! Hail Cecil! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/11 "2010-08-22T15:51:58Z")
Me. I want to be able to call people names outside of The Pit. Can we make this an official rule? Someone notify the moderators that we’re going to be doing things a little differently around here. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/12 "2010-08-22T16:01:11Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I’m special. > > 😃 > [@Cicero](#): > > But I’m MORE special than her. Aren’t I? We’ll have a special bus for you and others like you. A short one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/13 "2010-08-22T16:35:39Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Me. I want to be able to call people names outside of The Pit. Can we make this an official rule? Someone notify the moderators that we’re going to be doing things a little differently around here. Are you planning a takeover? If I aim for the hamsters, will you go for the mods’ mugs? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/14 "2010-08-22T16:41:11Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Me. I want to be able to call people names outside of The Pit. Can we make this an official rule? Someone notify the moderators that we’re going to be doing things a little differently around here. No you’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/15 "2010-08-22T16:50:19Z")
I didn’t get the sense that **Super K** was being insulted in that thread because of his previous posts, but because of his really weird OP. It was bizarrely written and had all these unnecessary misogynistic asides. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/16 "2010-08-22T18:08:52Z")
As the SDMB’s Corrosive Cynic at Large, I reserve the right to throw down the gauntlet of bitterness, hopelessness, and nihilism in any discussion of my choosing. I promise always to do so in a way that is articulate and thought-provoking, or would be if any of you bloody-minded troglodyte sheeple gave a damn. I further promise not to be a whiner. If you have any illusions that I might be one, come in a little closer; I will be happy to fucking \*cut \*you. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/17 "2010-08-22T18:16:31Z")
I simmered in a diarrhea-filled jacuzzi. That makes me Special on multiple levels. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/18 "2010-08-22T18:16:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@kambuckta](#): > > > > I’m special. > > > > 😃 > > > [@Cicero](#): > > > > But I’m MORE special than her. Aren’t I? > > We’ll have a special bus for you and others like you. > > A short one. > > 😃 I actually _was_ in Special Ed. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/19 "2010-08-22T18:19:39Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I simmered in a diarrhea-filled jacuzzi. That makes me Special on multiple levels. It certainly wins you the Metaphor for Life Award for today. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052/20 "2010-08-22T19:06:51Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I simmered in a diarrhea-filled jacuzzi. That makes me Special on multiple levels. I remember that thread, a lot. I read that with a mixture of horror and humor that has not been matched. Anytime I see a hot tub or jacuzzi tub, anytime I think of getting one of those, and anytime I travel I look at the facilities with suspicion and stick to the shower. Sometimes I even flashback to that thread for no reason at all. So you are indeed special to me. I can’t get you out of my mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-special-dopers/551052.md?page=2)