# You Know You're A Doper When ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206 "2009-12-31T18:18:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/41 "2010-01-01T12:51:57Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > …you can’t seem to get through a real-life conversation without remarking, “I remember a thread about that, once…” I have cited this board so many times IRL I can’t even count. I’ve also said, “cite?” I’ve used the books also as references to inform kids about various things (I teach HS). That reminds me, I know some cool kids who would just devour the SD books if I bought them used off the net. Oh: If you get evangelical about getting people to sign up here. Unfortunately, no one I know has stuck with it for any respectable length. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/42 "2010-01-01T13:07:38Z")
I, too, have noticed Og’s interest in nutrition. Every day at work, I transmit data to the central office. When the pop-up informs me “Fetching batch details”, my brain often interprets that as “Felching batch details”. Once, I was browsing the SDMB at work. Just before I got home, I realized that I had forgotten to log out. Remembering Hal Briston’s experience, I rushed back to work to log out. Fortunately, the computers at work clear cookies when you close the browser, so I was safe. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/43 "2010-01-01T13:12:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I picked up a pack yesterday for a taste test. Unfortunately I have a cold right now, so taste-testing will have to wait. Yeah, I got a few packs of Smarties yesterday. They’re made in the UK but imported into the US, so (IIRC) they’re subject to US labeling laws. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/44 "2010-01-01T14:50:24Z")
I was called on this one in the 2009 Celebrity Dead Pool thread- When you find out about the death of an extended-family member in the death pool thread! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/45 "2010-01-01T15:30:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I was laid off yesterday and sent a goodbye message to about 200 friends in the company, letting them know my personal email address and that I could be reached through here because “I am a regular contributor to the Straight Dope Message Board under the name Boyo Jim.” You’re having your _mail forwarded_ to the Dope? :: looks at Boyo Jim with totally new respect :: 🆒 You Know You’re a Doper When . . . . . . you’re in a conversation about something and you say “Well, I know this guy who would know the answer to that . . . well, I don’t really _know_ him . . .” _“Who’s that, Sigmagirl?”_ “I don’t really know his name, either.” _“Where did you meet him?”_ “Uh, I’ve never met him . . . oh, never mind.” ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/46 "2010-01-01T16:51:08Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Well maybe there isn’t no fat - maybe there’s some, but they round it up to the nearest gram so it becomes zero grams. > > (Or maybe I’m just in a pedantic mood) You can’t round something _up_ to 0 unless it’s negative. Perhaps you mean round down? Or, in other words, you know you’re a Doper when nit-picking pedantry is a way of life. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/47 "2010-01-01T16:59:53Z")
> [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](#): > > You don’t use the SD for 9months and get pulled back in when Facebook drives you completely nuts, and when you don’t understand what your Dad is talking about when he sporadically speaks in SD language. By Og, I don’t! Cite? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/48 "2010-01-01T18:58:55Z")
When you’re agreeing with someone IRL, and you confirm it by just saying “This.” ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/49 "2010-01-01T19:01:35Z")
> [@Dervorin](#): > > You can’t round something _up_ to 0 unless it’s negative. Perhaps you mean round down? > > Or, in other words, you know you’re a Doper when nit-picking pedantry is a way of life. 😉 Well you are being pedantic because I didn’t mean to say ‘up’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/50 "2010-01-01T19:13:22Z")
When you’re re-reading your Pterrys and half the names you see make you think of the Dopers who use them… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/51 "2010-01-01T19:15:50Z")
I found out about 9/11 when I logged on to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/52 "2010-01-01T19:44:11Z")
> [@](#): > > By Og, I don’t! Cite? Oh crap. I need to go into my garden with my hippo and think about this. Hang on. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/53 "2010-01-01T20:39:05Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > My family is used to this now. They know I get it from the Dope and my husband says, “my foot in your ass is my cite!” I think your husband would get along well with my husband - apparently his grandma used to always say things like, “You’re hungry? I’ll hungry you right in the arse.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/54 "2010-01-03T04:51:56Z")
For Cafe Dopers, you must have your computer and TV on at the same time because you’re watching that show and posting about it. Bonus points if you come up with or introduce special names for the characters (or at least know who the heck they’re all talking about) For Pitters, you answer some dickweed irl and say “That’s it! You’re Pitted!” ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/55 "2010-01-04T00:41:51Z")
Sunspace, You really found out about 9/11 here? In what thread? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/56 "2010-01-04T00:59:51Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Sunspace, > You really found out about 9/11 here? In what thread? The famous one. I was at home ill from work that day; I woke up around 10:00; fired up my computer, and guess what was near the top of the list. I had no TV set at the time. Once I read the thread, I started checking news sites, and fired up the radio in my boombox. ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/57 "2010-01-04T17:19:17Z")
Began reading the Chicago Reader sometime in the mid-seventies, although by the time it came to me 200 miles away, it had been through my aunt, two cousins and an older brother. Somehow the Straight Dope was always left intact, and never defiled by highlighters or scribbles. (Unlike many of the section III personal ads). Began lurking online reading Cecil’s column in the mid-nineties, and never really paid much attention to the message boards here, until just a few years ago. I know I’m totally hooked because a week apart and I’m a little lost. I wonder where Ron went, and when melodyharmonious will regale us with more jolly good threadstarters. When the discussion during the holidays wandered to the whole creation/evolution question, I heard myself instruct all my listeners to check out the SD website. Within 24 hours, I kept getting messages like “That is the most amazing place on the web I’ve ever seen!”, “You can find out almost anything from flatulence to nanophysics, _with actual citations!_” and my favorite: “oh my Og! those peopple on the SDMB, what a collection of characters! where were they when I needed help on my dissertation, or changing that lightbulb in that nipple-less semi-globular fixture!” Knowledge and entertainment should go hand in hand, but that is the subject of a future thread I’ll be starting sometime… ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/58 "2010-01-04T17:38:13Z")
When someone mentions you as determination that they are a doper ::blushes furiously:: I came in here to say that I know I’m part of a Doper couple when my nightly phone call to my SO includes the phrase, “Did you see that thread about the . . .” and am dismayed if he has not! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/59 "2010-01-04T17:54:36Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > And everyone else in the room filled with Real People, all stare at you like you just grew a third arm out of your forehead. All is right in your world because of the Higher Education you done got here at Cecil Adams College of Academics. (\*\* CACA\*\*. Team Mascot…ummmm The Protestors? Octopus? Goats?) I nominate Mr. Hanky. The “Hankies” Team yell? Pbbbbbbbbpt. (Fart sound) and when we score a major point or sack their quraterback we can all yell "Ah ha ha ha! Splashback! ! ! " I have often worked through my anger at somebody on the drive home from work by planning out a Pit thread in my head. Then I remember that Pitting them would require entering the Pit, and I decide to let it go. My reference is always “Some friends I was chatting with . . .” which leads to the false impression that I have an actual social life, but is simply easier than trying to explain. . . ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206/60 "2010-01-05T17:27:38Z")
😊 - a thread I started actually made it to the “Threadspotting” part of [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com)! You like me, you really like me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-doper-when/523206.md?page=4)