# Why does it seem my posts go unnoticed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402 "2006-01-31T21:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 3, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/81 "2006-02-03T04:06:23Z")
Oh, sorry, **Agent Foxtrot** , forgot to respond to your OP. 😃 Yeah, we all feel like that sometimes. It’s good to be an under-the-radar Doper - we get away with tons of shit. I can say just about anything I want with no fall-out at all. And thread-killing is highly under-rated. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/82 "2006-02-03T12:35:48Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I too wish to join **Norinew’s** stupid club for jerks. I’ll bring rice krispy squares. Hey, hey! It’s the Dopers Flying Under The Radar Club. It is not stupid, and it is _not_ for jerks! And if you keep talking like that, young lady, you can leave! But we’ll just keep those Rice Krispies treats here, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/83 "2006-02-03T14:41:39Z")
There just aren’t enough threads around to boost one’s post count. ---
**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 3, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/84 "2006-02-03T15:07:00Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Hey, hey! It’s the Dopers Flying Under The Radar Club. It is not stupid, and it is _not_ for jerks! And if you keep talking like that, young lady, you can leave! > But we’ll just keep those Rice Krispies treats here, shall we? Um, you did get the Simpson’s reference, right? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/85 "2006-02-03T15:10:02Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I too wish to join **Norinew’s** stupid club for jerks. I’ll bring rice krispy squares. The signs says [del]Homers[/del] jerks, plural. We are allowed one Jerk. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/86 "2006-02-03T15:30:29Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Um, you did get the Simpson’s reference, right? I realize I may lose my Doper-hood for saying this, but I don’t watch the Simpsons. But The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies, so can I please still stay? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/87 "2006-02-03T15:39:47Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Um, you did get the \*\*Simpson’s \*\*reference, right? I am absolutely certain there are any number of things you do better than I, and many points on which you could correct me. That said, this actually made my _teeth chatter_ with pain. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/88 "2006-02-03T20:34:15Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > I realize I may lose my Doper-hood for saying this, but I don’t watch the Simpsons. But The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies, so can I please still stay? Please? No kidding that we’re dopplegangers: I don’t watch _The Simpsons_, either. Never have. But I have two copies of _The Princess Bride_ and can quite nearly the entire movie as it plays. Can I stay, too, please? I have chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/89 "2006-02-03T20:42:31Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > … **quite** nearly the entire movie as it plays. QUOTE. It should be “quote.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/90 "2006-02-03T20:56:19Z")
When one nods, one doesn’t usually make a sound. So just take it to mean that everybody agreed with what you said and don’t have any objections. On another forum, I used to change my sig line once a week or so, usually with some sort of lame joke or observation. I didn’t know that anybody cared or noticed. One time I set it as “What’s the temperature of the Florida Everglades? 110 below.” (in reference to a recent plane crash) Hoooo boy did I stir up a hornet’s nest then! ---
**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 4, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/91 "2006-02-04T06:31:38Z")
> [@cthiax](#): > > I am absolutely certain there are any number of things you do better than I, and many points on which you could correct me. That said, this actually made my _teeth chatter_ with pain. Your teeth are actually chattering with pain, and I don’t even know why. Hunh. How 'bout that? Sorry, **norinew**. See, Homer tried to join the Stonecutters, and they wouldn’t let him in, so he said he didn’t want to join their stupid club for jerks anyway, in a sour grapes kinda way, so now my husband and I (and many other Dopers 😉 ) say stupid club for jerks frequently and inappropriately cause we’re immature that way. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/92 "2006-02-04T18:04:52Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Your teeth are actually chattering with pain, and I don’t even know why. Hunh. How 'bout that? > > Sorry, **norinew**. See, Homer tried to join the Stonecutters, and they wouldn’t let him in, so he said he didn’t want to join their stupid club for jerks anyway, in a sour grapes kinda way, so now my husband and I (and many other Dopers 😉 ) say stupid club for jerks frequently and inappropriately cause we’re immature that way. The teeth-chattering would most likely have been for **Simpson’s** instead of **Simpsons** when there was no possessive function: > [@](#): > > Um, you did get the Simpson’s reference, right? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/93 "2006-02-04T18:28:58Z")
Let’s see now, Agent Foxtrot. Last year you started a thread about how terrible your love life was. Three months later Mississippienne moved in with you. So now you start a thread about how little your posts get noticed. I predict that within three months you’ll be one of the most well-known posters on the SDMB. There will be half a dozen threads debating how wonderful or terrible your posts are. And then you’ll get banned. But, hey, it will be a great couple of months as the most famous poster on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/94 "2006-02-04T18:37:21Z")
Hey guys! I heard there was a pity party going on around here. I brought the potato salad. Ok it’s just potatos and mayo. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/95 "2006-02-04T22:24:24Z")
M’kay, I’m bringing the good coffee. The last thread I started got _10 replies_ before it sank into oblivion! W00t! ---
**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 4, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/96 "2006-02-04T23:19:20Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The teeth-chattering would most likely have been for **Simpson’s** instead of **Simpsons** when there was no possessive function: D’oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/97 "2006-02-05T01:30:38Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > so now my husband and I (and many other Dopers ) say stupid club for jerks frequently and inappropriately cause we’re immature that way. Immature humor will fit right in, I think. Come on in outta the rain. > [@WendellWagner](#): > > I predict that within three months you’ll be one of the most well-known posters on the SDMB. There will be half a dozen threads debating how wonderful or terrible your posts are. And then you’ll get banned. But, hey, it will be a great couple of months as the most famous poster on the board. Okay, **Wendell** , you’re in charge of the betting pool; we’ll organize that over in the corner of the kitchen. > [@Loach](#): > > Ok it’s just potatos and mayo. As long as the potatoes are cooked, I don’t think anyone will notice. Just add a parsley sprig so we can pretend to be sophisticated. > [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > M’kay, I’m bringing the good coffee. If it’s Kona, you can sit in the most comfortable chair in the house, right over there by the fireplace. Boy, this thing is really pulling together! Thanks, **Agent Foxtrot**! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/98 "2006-02-05T04:36:10Z")
You betcher, and I grind fresh from whole beans! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/99 "2006-02-05T13:33:40Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > You betcher, and I grind fresh from whole beans! 😃 Combining this fact, with the fact that my cooking motto is “You never have too much cheese”, I think you are my new best friend! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/100 "2006-02-05T15:18:31Z")
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