# Who are the institutions of the Straight Dope Message Board? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078 "2014-02-24T08:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/41 "2014-02-24T20:11:19Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Antinor01, the problem with you (and probably what would ever keep me from being on such a list as well) is that panache has us beat easily as far as the institutional gay doper. Sad, I know. But we’re younger and prettier, that has to count for something! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/42 "2014-02-24T20:32:27Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > \ > Really Not All That Bright has 52,000+ posts, so he’s at the very least filler for the board, keeping all the others’ posts apart\ Hey, I’ve found my role here, too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/43 "2014-02-24T21:05:04Z")
**Cat Whisperer** , you’re on my list simply by virtue of liking cats. anyone that does is ok by me. 😃 Plus, you’re pretty cool. I think I dumped on you once, and I’m really sorry about that. \*\*Flatlined \*\*and \*\*purplehorseshoe \*\* for their kindness. \*\*Monstro \*\*for her insightfulness. **DSeid** for nutrition/fitness knowledge and willingness to share it. **Skald** for interesting questions. Astro for the same reason, although he tends to piss me off so his name doesn’t get bold. 😉 I’m not really answering the original question about “institutions”, I know. Please grant me some newbie slack! These are all posters who have made an impression on me. A few more: **Rhiannon8404** for loving and helping dogs, \*\*Chimera \*\* for being a puddle of mush about his cat, and **lavenderblue** for the best weather rants EVER. There are many more. In short, everyone’s valuable, even the jerks, and it’s a great place. Thanks for having me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/44 "2014-02-24T21:06:31Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > **Cat Whisperer** , you’re on my list simply by virtue of liking cats. anyone that does is ok by me. 😃 Plus, you’re pretty cool. I think I dumped on you once, and I’m really sorry about that.\ You did? I don’t even remember, so we’re good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/45 "2014-02-24T21:15:17Z")
Honorable mention, at the least, to **cervaise** , if only for [this classic thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51270). (Regulars here will know exactly which one that is without even looking.) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/46 "2014-02-24T21:17:56Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I hope you’re not a baseball writer when a player with 2999 hits, 499 homeruns and 299 pitching wins tries to get into the Hall of Fame. \psst..that was **ftg** ’s 9999th post.\ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/47 "2014-02-24T22:01:26Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > \psst…that was **ftg** ’s 9999th post.\ In case anyone is curious, [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17136891&postcount=63) is number 10,000. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/48 "2014-02-24T22:11:05Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Names are okay. _Discussing the (banned) posters, at length, is not_. If any sort of debate or argument or even heavy “kicking them while down” type of posts is made towards any previously banned members, then this thread may be shut down. what about ones that were banned without good cause to the determent of the Board? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/49 "2014-02-24T22:12:38Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Antinor01, the problem with you (and probably what would ever keep me from being on such a list as well) is that panache has us beat easily as far as the institutional gay doper. Sad, I know. Yes, I do believe I’m old enough to be an “institution” by any standards. And let us not forget the late **Polycarp**. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/50 "2014-02-24T22:35:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yes, I do believe I’m old enough to be an “institution” by any standards. > > And let us not forget the late **Polycarp**. ☹ of course, Poly. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/51 "2014-02-24T22:41:45Z")
Right now, I choose the institute (or face) of the board to be **Monstro**. For some reason, her point of view and advice seem to be the most spot on in anything I read here, so she’s my pick. However, I’m sure I have more runner-ups than I’d have time to list. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/52 "2014-02-25T04:12:34Z")
It depends on which threads do you hang out in. I cannot imagine a WWII thread without \*\*Dissonance \*\*and **Sailboat** , with whom I generally agree, and **Little Nemo** with whom I disagree more often than not. Someone else who I very much disagree with, but certainly is an institute would be **Stoid**. I miss fellow Japanophile Autolycus, R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/53 "2014-02-25T04:30:52Z")
CalMeachem is a good sh\*t. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/54 "2014-02-25T06:42:33Z")
My favorite super-intelligent response giver who has not been mentioned yet is **Half Man Half Wit**. Not the most frequent poster, but man, such a high signal-to-noise ratio there! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/55 "2014-02-25T07:49:09Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I think these two are the closest I’ll get to being mentioned in one of these sorts of threads. I’ll take it! Yeah, same here. Oh well, at least it seems I’ve never pissed anyone off enough to become notorious. Real institutions who come to mind include: elucidator, Sampiro, Nzinga, Seated, Clothahump, Mean Old Lady, Der Trihs, GusNSpot, Qadgop the Mercotan, Stranger on a Train, Snowboarder Bo, adaher, Shodan and Magiver. Signed, El\_Kabong Elder Statesman ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/56 "2014-02-25T07:59:09Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > elucidator, Sampiro, Nzinga, Seated, Clothahump, Mean Old Lady, Der Trihs, GusNSpot, Qadgop the Mercotan, Stranger on a Train, Snowboarder Bo, adaher, Shodan and Magiver. Missed edit window before I could include: Johnny LA, Vinyl Turnip, Skald the Rhymer, Broomstick and Bricker. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/57 "2014-02-25T09:46:54Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > For me, that list would be something along the following: > > Little Nemo, Shodan, elucidator, Chronos, Ambivalid, BigT, BubbaDog, A Clockwork Melon, Nzinga, Seated, Clothahump, Mean Old Lady, Der Trihs, GusNSpot, Qadgop the Mercotan, Stranger on a Train, Snowboarder Bo, and adaher. But mostly AClockworkMelon. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/58 "2014-02-25T11:59:37Z")
These threads are always so cruel. But I’ll throw in a vote for **Una** and pretty much anybody else on the SDMAB (did I get that right?). They do a lot of the heavy lifting on providing factual information about important topics (like what happens when you put a hot gun down your panties). ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/59 "2014-02-25T12:46:53Z")
I enjoy\*\* samclem\*\*'s posts on word origins. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078/60 "2014-02-25T13:55:25Z")
Here’s to all the old group of Trek Dopers! ::raises virtual glass of something green:: You know who you are. You sure made the boards fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-institutions-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/682078.md?page=4)