# Why I'm here

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-here/16052>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 15, 2000, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-here/16052 "2000-04-15T08:48:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-here/16052/21 "2000-04-17T19:29:00Z")

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I am here because this board is like a giant, interactive soap opera. I’ve grown to know, like and appreciate the people on this board and now my day doesn’t feel complete if I don’t get my daily fix. Dammit I love you guys. {{{sob}}}  
Oh, yeah I can learn something sometimes.  
Keith

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“I’m tired of being an object of ridicule. I wanna be a figure of fear, respect, and SEX!”  
-Radar O’Reilly

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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-here/16052/22 "2000-04-17T20:25:00Z")

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I like it here because you all seem pretty normal (can you believe it?). Most of you seem like people I’d like to have as friends IRL. There’s always a good conversation going on and usually one that really makes me stretch my brain.  
(I refer to my dictionary frequently when posting here, also)

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-here/16052/23 "2000-04-17T20:32:00Z")

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I’m here for the unadulterated flow of information that people so freely post up on a public message board. I don’t know about anyone else, but I have every bit of information, personal and scientific, cross-referenced and catalogued on a very extensive database system…

Excellent…

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**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-here/16052/24 "2000-04-17T20:48:00Z")

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> _ **"sit on it and rotate counter-clockwise"** _

**THAT** is why I am here. I love to read prose like that. Such unabashed bashing… such absolute, cynical superiority. I _love_ it!

I read what’s on this board and laugh, out loud, several times a day. It’s refreshing, honest and totally enlightening and uplifting.

BTW, I also **LOVE** the fact that most of the people who hang out here are smarter than me. I don’t get to hang around with many people that fit that description. 😉

PS - If I am ever feeling down, three short words are all I need to cheer myself back up. Three little words, fired off as a parting shot aimed at unsuspecting idjits everywhere… one line of quiet, dactylic wonder… _“lick my bag”_

THANK YOU!!

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_“I was not making fun of you personally; I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea – a practice I shall always follow.”_  
-Robert A. Heinlein

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