# You just might be a Doper if... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739 "2007-11-16T18:55:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/61 "2007-11-19T04:59:19Z")
You can’t hear Duran Duran’s “Rio” without a giggle, either. Or a manly chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/62 "2007-11-19T05:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] You can’t hear Duran Duran’s “Rio” without a giggle. [/QUOTE] Grrr! I can’t take it anymore. I have to ask for a freakin’ link to the freakin’ “Rio” thread. May I have a link please? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/63 "2007-11-19T09:01:42Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Or you’re glad your logic challenged friends and relatives DON’T come here. 😃 [/QUOTE] Absolutely. My option is referring to the Dope as “the internet” with those relatives of mine who can read English and as “the board” with those who can’t. Don’t want the bros dropping by 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/64 "2007-11-19T09:22:59Z")
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated] Grrr! I can’t take it anymore. I have to ask for a freakin’ link to the freakin’ “Rio” thread. May I have a link please? [/QUOTE] [Glad to help!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/65 "2007-11-19T16:04:59Z")
[QUOTE=Achren] [Glad to help!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939) [/QUOTE] Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/66 "2007-11-19T16:55:04Z")
You’ve given thought to how you pronounce “MPSIMS”…or you’ve engaged in a conversation with another Doper about it. For the record, I say “Mip-Sims.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/67 "2007-11-19T17:06:17Z")
You just might be a Doper if you immediately chime in with an alternative pronunciation for a word that probably never has to be said aloud. 😉 But I say “Em pee sims.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/68 "2007-11-19T17:13:24Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] You just might be a Doper if you immediately chime in with an alternative pronunciation for a word that probably never has to be said aloud. 😉 But I say “Em pee sims.” [/QUOTE] You might be a doper if you nitpick a minor offhand remark on line … The **acronym** “Em Pee Sims” comes into use in voice conversations between Dopers at Dopefests or even just two Dopers talking on the phone. I do agree with your pronunciation of course as all right thinking people would. 😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739/69 "2007-11-19T18:26:29Z")
[QUOTE=cruel butterfly] When you mouse-over links on other websites expecting a preview to pop up… [/QUOTE] You send out an email thinking if you made any errors you’ll have five minutes to edit it. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-doper-if/426739.md?page=3)