# Why do you come here? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157 "2012-07-13T23:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Patience\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/21 "2012-07-14T01:54:16Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > And the cookies. Nobody gave me any cookies. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/22 "2012-07-14T02:05:58Z")
Forget cookies, I like the squid. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/23 "2012-07-14T02:09:33Z")
I came for the healing waters… ---
**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:** [July 14, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/24 "2012-07-14T02:17:16Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Pssst. I know about this other place. It’s really your kind of place. What, he got banned there? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/25 "2012-07-14T02:18:00Z")
> [@Patience\_Jones](#): > > Nobody gave me any cookies. ☹ Check: C:\Users\*_YourUserName_\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/26 "2012-07-14T02:32:55Z")
I am not odd or eccentric. No, not at all. . . . . . . . \ . . . OK, ok, ok. Hello, my name is Gagundathar and I am a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/27 "2012-07-14T04:28:39Z")
I convinced a judge this was community service. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/28 "2012-07-14T04:57:42Z")
Occasionally, very occasionally, well once in a great while, okay hardly ever, but you never know when, someone will ask something and I will say to myself “I always wondered that too.” ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/29 "2012-07-14T04:59:03Z")
For me it’s more; “Gee, I never would have even thought to ask that! But now, I **MUST** know the answer!” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/30 "2012-07-14T05:01:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Dear Ma you might find it hard to believe > But I think I’ve finally found a home > The weather’s lovely there’s so much to see > And people who know what I know ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/31 "2012-07-15T17:55:07Z")
Because conversations are had on here that are too weird to have anywhere else. If you ignore the folks getting worked up over stupid things\*, you get to learn about gourmet cannibalism and every other crazy hypothetical imaginable. A lot of the stuff **elbows** said, too. And not going to lie, I really like good usernames. I come here partly for the usernames. Maybe that’s kind of sad, but sue me. There are some posters I practically hate but love the sound of their usernames. - Whatever your definition of “stupid things”, on a board this size, there will be a lot of folks getting worked up about them. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/32 "2012-07-15T18:20:55Z")
I’m a mod. They pay me. Handsomely. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/33 "2012-07-15T18:53:14Z")
Because just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/34 "2012-07-15T19:46:15Z")
You mean I don’t have to? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/35 "2012-07-17T17:42:53Z")
For new ideas and opinions, with minimal flaming. There are a lot of bright OCD types here. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/36 "2012-07-17T17:45:58Z")
Boredom. ---
**Author:** ![tbook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbook)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/37 "2012-07-17T18:19:04Z")
“I laughed I cried, it became a part of me”. (Selma Diamond quote from her role on night court.) ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/38 "2012-07-17T18:50:03Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I have nowhere else to go. ☹ I come here because posts like this make me laugh. I’ve gotten a lot of great recommendations for movies, music, funny websites, and similar stuff from this forum. The pedants and grammar nazis can be annoying sometimes, but they do tend to cut out some of the more egregious riff raff that is ubiquitous on other forums I’ve seen. I’ve also, believe it or not, even learned a few things from reading this forum. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/39 "2012-07-17T18:51:50Z")
To kill threads. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157/40 "2012-07-17T18:58:21Z")
> [@Crab\_Rangoon](#): > > It’s not just you - different posters are here now than 10 years ago - so I do think there is a somewhat different feel. But it’s much better than other places and I generally still can find the humor and intelligent discussions I am looking for. > And inertia. Yeah, pretty much. I find myself going to Reddit more often now, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-come-here/628157.md?page=3)