# Why do you post on the Straight Dope Message Board? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619 "2019-11-18T16:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/21 "2019-11-18T17:40:33Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Interesting - how does that work? I’ve said all I’m permitted to say. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/22 "2019-11-18T17:49:54Z")
Because it validates my existence. My sad, sad existence. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/23 "2019-11-18T17:55:50Z")
It is a place of inconsequential amusement . Some of the conversations are interesting and some of the people here are fun. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/24 "2019-11-18T17:58:34Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > It is a place of inconsequential amusement . Some of the conversations are interesting and some of the people here are fun. This. Plus, boredom. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/25 "2019-11-18T18:09:11Z")
Sometimes I feel like I’ve been in this relationship so long, it would be sad to leave. I do enjoy getting news and commentary from posters here. I find it’s a “catch-all” for what’s happening in the world. I’ll start here and move out into other sites as stuff develops. Also, there’s a certain amount of getting to know people, while still controlling your degree of anonymity. Plus I hear you get a free sub once you hit 25,000 posts, and I’m too stubborn to quit this far in. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/26 "2019-11-18T18:34:00Z")
The sub is a lie. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/27 "2019-11-18T18:44:14Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Interesting - how does that work? kayaker recruited me. I then recruited two posters who, in turn, each recruited two posters, etc. kayaker gets a cut of each. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/28 "2019-11-18T18:46:34Z")
“I’ve got nowhere else to go!.. I’ve got nowhere else to go.” ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/29 "2019-11-18T18:48:49Z")
It’s a well managed place with a bunch of like minded individuals. I learn new things all the time. And I want to pay back by adding some stuff that others might not know. And I get some social stuff in as well. That never hurts in modest quantities. And it keeps my on my toes. Else I’d be typing “it’s” for the possessive 10 times more often than I do now. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/30 "2019-11-18T18:48:56Z")
All of the above. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/31 "2019-11-18T18:50:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The sub is a lie. It was true a long time ago, but by the time I hit that mark all I got was a stale bag of Sun Chips. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/32 "2019-11-18T18:54:02Z")
How could you tell? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/33 "2019-11-18T18:54:18Z")
To provide a different perspective to a place that desperately needs it, and to have my own thoughts / ideas / arguments tested by people who disagree with them. All in a place with good moderation that keeps most discussions from becoming pointless exchanges of insults. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/34 "2019-11-18T18:56:21Z")
> [@velocity](#): > > interesting - how does that work? это не сложно, но вы должны знать правильных людей. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/35 "2019-11-18T18:58:53Z")
I come here to argue and disagree, because that can be lots of fun. IMO the Dope is the big leagues for arguments and disagreements. The arguments I see on Facebook and other social media are mostly tiddlywinks compared to the Dope. I also come here to share stuff with other smart people and discuss food, entertainment, sports, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/36 "2019-11-18T19:01:04Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I am Sisyphus. Hear me painstakingly nitpick. Shouldn’t that be “Hear me nitpick: painstakingly” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/37 "2019-11-18T19:01:36Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > “I’ve got nowhere else to go!.. I’ve got nowhere else to go.” _breaks down in tears_ IT WAS YOU ! I LEARNED IT FROM _ **YOU** _ ! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/38 "2019-11-18T19:02:30Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Shouldn’t that be “Hear me nitpick: painstakingly” “Hear me nitpick: painstakingly.” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/39 "2019-11-18T19:05:04Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Shouldn’t that be “Hear me nitpick: painstakingly” Obviously not. A colon is only to be used when introducing either a citation ; a list ; or an enumeration of multiple disparate elements. Otherwise a comma suffices to separate clauses and/or sub-clauses. _adjusts pince-nez in preparation forrrr aaaaa rrrrrrrumble_ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619/40 "2019-11-18T19:12:04Z")
I post so much because I have a job that consists largely of sitting in front of a computer waiting in case something happens, and I can’t really read a book or watch movies while waiting. It helps pass the long hours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-post-on-the-straight-dope-message-board/843619.md?page=3)