# You know you're a Doper when.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355 "2006-01-24T03:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/21 "2006-01-24T17:19:51Z")
> [@Dolores Reborn](#): > > All of the above, plus wondering what the boards have got to say on a spectacular news story. On a related note, finding out about major news events from the Board before you do from news sites. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/22 "2006-01-24T17:23:02Z")
When your first, immediate reaction to almost anything is: “Hey, this’d make a great SDMB thread!” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/23 "2006-01-24T17:24:56Z")
…when you rephrase a previous post, thinking it’s not been said yet, and no one minds (or they all pounce at once 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/24 "2006-01-24T17:28:05Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > BTW, I being humorous not snarky here. Have fun with the thread guys! 🙂 . . . when you read the underlined part, and immediately flashback to “I burning your dog.” Tripler You know, I never read that “burning dog” thread. . . :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/25 "2006-01-24T17:38:34Z")
… you withhold judgment on something until after you’ve seen what your fellow dopers have to say about it. … you realize that most of the items on your amazon wishlist are there because of recommendations made by fellow dopers. … you recognize more Simpsons quotes by reading the Dope rather than actually watching the show. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/26 "2006-01-24T18:22:25Z")
> [@The Chao Goes Mu](#): > > When you’re partner and you search fruitlessly for an answer to a question and then she hands you your laptop and tells you to “Straight Dope it.” This one’s a winner for me as well – been there, done that. Of course, now that **Jakeline** ’s a member herself, she can Straight Dope it for me. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/27 "2006-01-24T18:25:41Z")
So, what is it when you meet your SO because of the SDMB then? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/28 "2006-01-24T18:28:48Z")
You get annoyed at [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) because hovering your mouse over a news story doesn’t give you the beginning blurb. And yeah. Deathpool. Totally. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/29 "2006-01-24T18:35:25Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > This one’s a winner for me as well – been there, done that. Of course, now that **Jakeline** ’s a member herself, she can Straight Dope it for me. 🆒 Yeah, mine is a new member too. \*\* Freudian Slip\*\* now rings in at 2 posts. I brought her to the dark side. [DR EVIL=] **Mwooohahahahh!! \*\* M** woooohahahahhha!!\*\* [/DR EVIL] ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/30 "2006-01-24T18:57:23Z")
You invite someone to “fucko off!” ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/31 "2006-01-24T19:03:05Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > You get annoyed at [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) because hovering your mouse over a news story doesn’t give you the beginning blurb. EXACTLY what I was going to say. 🙂 But it’s not just CNN: it’s the NY Times, the Washington Post, MyWay… mouse-hovering doesn’t work on _any_ of them, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/32 "2006-01-24T19:10:54Z")
… when I’m driving down the highway and grab the note paper and pen to write down an OP I want to start when I get online. Happens all the time. Sometimes the intervening hours make me come to my senses and I don’t write them. Other times, I do anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/33 "2006-01-24T19:18:09Z")
You refer to the people you work with as your “cow-orkers.” Oi, the hovering thing, yeah. Somehow I feel every site I go to should allow me to hover and preview the content before I open it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/34 "2006-01-24T19:18:45Z")
…when you use, or think of using, the phrase “the Teeming Millions” in a non-=SDMB context. …when you use SDMB HTML coding on another website. …when you quote the SDMB in some other setting. …when The Straight Dope is the first item listed in your AOL Favorites box. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/35 "2006-01-24T19:35:33Z")
When you tell your son (who’s not a Doper) that someone famous died and he asks,“Did anybody have him?” And you’re not even in the Death Pool. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/36 "2006-01-24T19:38:33Z")
When the death of someone you only knew by an alias stays on your mind for days. When you hesitate to post an anecdote because you’re afraid everyone’s tired of hearing that same old story. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/37 "2006-01-24T19:49:18Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > When you tell your son (who’s not a Doper) that someone famous died and he asks,“Did anybody have him?” > And you’re not even in the Death Pool. You must be so proud! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/38 "2006-01-24T19:49:54Z")
When you’re p.o.'d at anyone, ANYONE at all, you immediately think “I’ll se you in the pit, Asshat!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/39 "2006-01-24T19:51:08Z")
Where you will immediately be jumped on by posters noting your typo. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355/40 "2006-01-24T19:53:44Z")
Yes on the Deathpool thing. (big one for me) Yes on the composing of witty threads to things going on around me. Yes on the screaming of “CITE?!?” (but thankfully, usually only in my head) and the rolling of eyes to crap like “It’s only one molecule away from plastic!” Yes on getting annoyed that I can’t mouse-hover anywhere else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/341355.md?page=3)