Worthy Chat Rooms and Message Boards

Factual Questions
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Hiya,

I think this is my big third post (I have lurked for awhile) here at SD and I thought I honk everybody off by trying to leach away stalwart Dopers. :slight_smile:

BTW, if this is the wrong place for this post, I apologize and y’all can roast me in the Pit until I am just pink in the middle. :smiley:

Guys, this is the most intelligent message board I have seen in some time (which, sadly, isn’t saying that much) so I ask you.

What other worthy chat rooms and message boards are out there?

I am trying to avoid the vapid flirting/insular babble out there. Here’s what I am looking for.

  1. A conversation seems to stick to a basic topic.
  2. Any newcomer is as roughly qualified to comment as anyone else. (the CR/MB is about universal themes, not the personal lives of the posters).

and, finally…

  1. The CR/MB is friendly and welcoming, even to opposing P.O.V.'s especially to opposing P.O.V.'s.

I want to socialize, but I like to get to know people by their opinions and arguements first. The personality and wit are usually a close second anyway.

Looking forward to your replies, but I have some virtual mesquite briquettes standing by (if I must cook, I will cook divinely :P)…

P.S. I’m not really trying to take users away from the SD, I’m trying to recruit new ones. (yeah, that’s it…)

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Hi, kooka! You might try the official Darwin awards site and message board - http://official.darwinawards.com . They have a UBB also. I’ve only had time to glance around there so far, but the conversations look rather similar to the SDMB - they even have a religion debate forum! There are probably some SDMB members that hang out there!

You’ve got a point there, brother - and one of these days I’m going to figure out what it is. - Cecil Adams

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I suspect this one will be better served in MPSIMS.

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