# Worthy Chat Rooms and Message Boards

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-chat-rooms-and-message-boards/9753>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-chat-rooms-and-message-boards/9753 "2000-04-05T02:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kookalouris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kookalouris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kookalouris)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-chat-rooms-and-message-boards/9753/1 "2000-04-05T02:57:00Z")

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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. 🙂

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. 😃

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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**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-chat-rooms-and-message-boards/9753/2 "2000-04-05T06:53:00Z")

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Hi, kooka! You might try the official Darwin awards site and message board - [http://official.darwinawards.com](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!

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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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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-chat-rooms-and-message-boards/9753/3 "2000-04-05T13:53:00Z")

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I suspect this one will be better served in MPSIMS.

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[NYC IRL III](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/006163.html)  
is on April 15th. Do you have what it takes?