# You know you're hooked on Dope when ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138 "2003-11-03T12:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/1 "2003-11-03T12:16:54Z")
You get up in the middle of the night to take a pee, and you check for new posts in GQ before you go back to bed. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/2 "2003-11-03T16:03:12Z")
[ul] [li]Whenever something (goor or bad) happens during your day, your first thought is “Hey, I oughtta post something about this on SDMB!”[/li][li]You’ve had dreams in which are you posting to the SDMB.[/li][li]You turn to the SDMB to ask questions or get advice before asking anyone you know in person.[/li][li]You can’t hold a conversation with anyone without mentioning something you read on the SDMB.[/li][li]You can recite at least 100 Doper names from memory.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/3 "2003-11-03T17:06:29Z")
At the grocery store you are thinking about how to reply to that jerk you met in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/4 "2003-11-03T18:06:02Z")
You name your next five children Cecil, even the daughters!!! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/5 "2003-11-03T18:23:10Z")
When filling out a scan-tron test I have realized I was looking for an underscore in the name bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/6 "2003-11-03T18:34:38Z")
You start a thread to find the answer to a question when a quick Google search would suffice. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/7 "2003-11-03T18:39:30Z")
You see someone you know and yell out **“Hi Opal”**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/8 "2003-11-03T22:33:48Z")
It’s 5am, and you’re still posting. ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/9 "2003-11-04T03:27:17Z")
You question peoples intelligence, if after hearing countless second hand stories about how cool/funny the SDMB is from you, they still aren’t convinced enough to sign on and look. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/10 "2003-11-04T03:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AngelicGemma \* > \*\*It’s 5am, and you’re still posting. \*\* What she said! Help me! Someone help me!!! ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/11 "2003-11-04T05:35:33Z")
You put VB coding into your regular emails. You see random people on the street and wonder what their post count is. You refer to a law enforcement officer as a “mod”. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/12 "2003-11-04T07:11:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > \*\*[ul] > [li]Whenever something (goor or bad) happens during your day, your first thought is “Hey, I oughtta post something about this on SDMB!”[/li][li]You’ve had dreams in which are you posting to the SDMB.[/li][li]You turn to the SDMB to ask questions or get advice before asking anyone you know in person.[/li][li]You can’t hold a conversation with anyone without mentioning something you read on the SDMB.[/li][li]You can recite at least 100 Doper names from memory.[/li][/ul] \*\* Check, check, check, check, check. :smack: When you lose sleep wishing you could edit an embarrassing typo out of one of your posts. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/13 "2003-11-04T07:22:30Z")
Whenever something really pisses you off you cool down by writing a pit rant in your head. When you realize you just refered to yourself as a doper in front of all your bosses. People start to roll their eyes when you say “well we were just discussing this on the board”. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/14 "2003-11-04T08:18:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cityboy916 \* > \*\*When you lose sleep wishing you could edit an embarrassing typo out of one of your posts. \*\* Man, I must have a bazillion of those out there. What makes it even worse is when someone “quotes” you and you get to see it all over again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/15 "2003-11-04T08:40:45Z")
When the first thing you do in the morning is turn on the PC and check out the boards. and it is also the last thing you do IF you actually go to bed. and whenever you’re home during the day ya just gotta check-in for what you think will only be a minute. Damn I gotta get up in a couple of hours…g~nite :eek: and you see the same folks in the wee hours…just the few of us, hey arky29 😉 ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/16 "2003-11-04T08:51:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by t-keela \* > \*\*When the first thing you do in the morning is turn on the PC and check out the boards. \*\* It’s just all these subscribed thread replies in my Inbox! 😃 > [@](#): > > and you see the same folks in the wee hours…just the few of us, hey arky29 😉 You’re going to hold that over my head forever, arent’cha? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/17 "2003-11-04T10:28:08Z")
You have anxiety attacks when the board goes down at 5AM every day. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/18 "2003-11-04T10:41:49Z")
… If you think **any** thread, even this one, **must** have something worth reading in it! ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/19 "2003-11-04T10:55:37Z")
I haveheard this mentioned by other posters, but it becomes true. You want to (and sometimes do) yell out “Cite?” ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/20 "2003-11-04T14:28:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > \*\*[ul][li]You can recite at least 100 Doper names from memory.[/li][/ul] \*\* I did it! Just now, I sat down, and typed out 105 names in Excel, without cheating! I feel so, so… hopelessley addicted :eek: > [@](#): > > 1 TubaDiva > 2 Arnold Winkelried > 3 Chronos > 4 Priam > 5 matt\_mcl > 6 Potter > 7 scott evil > 8 Coldfire > 9 Eutychus > 10 CuriousCanuck > 11 jarbabyj > 12 Esprix > 13 Lum > 14 Atomic Badger Racing > 15 Mangetout > 16 Una Persson > 17 TheLoadedDog > 18 Ice Wolf > 19 if6was9 > 20 carrot > 21 broccoli! > 22 pezpunk > 23 Guinastasia > 24 ChiefScott > 25 CanvasShoes > 26 China Guy > 27 godzillatemple > 28 Eonwe > 29 DaveW0078 > 30 Lynn Bodoni > 31 jdavis > 32 Cecil Adams > 33 TVeblen > 34 The Bad Astronomer > 35 Homebrew > 36 swampbear > 37 Arthur > 38 look!ninjas > 39 Ryan\_Liam > 40 lissener > 41 ccwaterback > 42 zabali clawbane > 43 mort furd > 44 elenfair > 45 manhattan > 46 Fenris > 47 Scylla > 48 Francesca > 49 Ferret Herder > 50 GuanoLad > 51 avabeth > 52 Giraffe > 53 thegrimspectreofreddeath > 54 Cajun Man > 55 Libertarian > 56 flodnak > 57 Already In Use > 58 kaylasdad66 > 59 CrankyAsAnOldMan > 60 keeeoaddi > 61 Yo La Tengo > 62 beagledave > 63 Seven > 64 vivalostwages > 65 C K Dexter Haven > 66 OpalCat > 67 t-keela > 68 Sue Duhnym > 69 BottledBlondeJeanie > 70 Broomstick > 71 Johnny LA > 72 MsRobyn > 73 Airman Doors > 74 Ringo > 75 A Monkey With A Gun > 76 DrMatrix > 77 Qadgop the Mercotan > 78 Tuckerfan > 79 Trinopus > 80 Triskadecamus > 81 Maastrict > 82 handy > 83 Canthearya > 84 astro > 85 BillH > 86 lilbtagna > 87 NoCoolUsername > 88 Zenster > 89 Einstein’s lovechild > 90 Satan > 91 Melin > 92 Sofa King > 93 Crunchy Frog > 94 soup\_du\_jour > 95 tibstanglewood > 96 Exgineer > 97 Not In Anger > 98 xash > 99 sandalfeet > 100 Sauron > 101 Ed Zotti > 102 bibliophage > 103 Truth Seeker > 104 Paul in Saudi > 105 kabbes Apologies for any spelling errors there… Ack! I’m going ot be late for class if I don’t get a move on! - runs out the door \* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138.md?page=2)