# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/41 "2003-11-05T22:41:45Z")
When you see something like [this](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/uclickcomics/20031105/cx_ft_uc/ft20031105&e=1) you think “Hey, that would go perfect in a thread I saw. I hope no one else has posted it yet!” ---
**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 5, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/42 "2003-11-05T22:53:05Z")
When you’re actually willing to sit and wait for threads to load during peak hours. When you find a dead insect in the cap of a pen and ask yourself whether to start an MPSIMS thread about it. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > **You find yourself trying to post a reply to an item on a news page.** Once when I was writing something on a piece of paper, I tried to click the save button. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/43 "2003-11-05T23:27:38Z")
When every time a celebrity dies you wonder if Fred Phelps will be at the funeral. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/44 "2003-11-06T03:03:16Z")
When you laugh at jokes about _1920’s style death rays_. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/45 "2003-11-06T04:19:38Z")
When you can nod and agree enthusiastically to everything posted here thus far. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/46 "2003-11-06T04:25:03Z")
You average around 5 hours of sleep per night. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/47 "2003-11-06T04:47:20Z")
When you start to look at your world with new eyes and question absolutely everything. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/48 "2003-11-06T04:52:47Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by misstee_ > \*\*: when you would willing give up the following to read here > \*sleep > \*meals > \*work > \*sex > \* tv > \*going out with your friends. \*\* What she said. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by MsRobyn_ > \*\*Oh, and one more… > > When you get an ego rush from being in wolfstu’s list. > > Robin\*\* What she said. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Blonde_ > **You average around 5 hours of sleep per night.** What she said. 5 hours? I wish! Welcome back, **spogga**! Hi, **Opal**! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/49 "2003-11-06T05:46:50Z")
What y’all said. And, when you wonder if making **wolfstu** ’s list is really a _good_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/50 "2003-11-06T06:28:20Z")
When you see you’re #57 in **wolfstu** ’s list, you think of that [column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_195.html) about Heinz’s 57 varieties and the Illuminati. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/51 "2003-11-06T06:33:32Z")
Ta-daa - you start a new page just for the heck of it. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/52 "2003-11-06T06:33:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*What y’all said. > > And, when you wonder if making **wolfstu** ’s list is really a _good_ thing. \*\* Right you are, but YOU were on the list, and… ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ very late in Dallas ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/53 "2003-11-06T06:43:30Z")
Wow, I made **wolfstu** ’s list. I’m not sure if I should be happy or worried… I guess I’ll just think about it some more while browsing the forums. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/54 "2003-11-07T06:17:31Z")
You give your threads a bump or two before you let them die a lonely death. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/55 "2003-11-07T06:45:48Z")
You post a 1920’s style “Death Ray” comment in every post you can. And you start using it in real life. ---
**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 7, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/56 "2003-11-07T07:48:49Z")
You find yourself asking who Cthulhu is. Honest I really don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/57 "2003-11-07T08:02:46Z")
You see a thread titled “You know you’re hooked on Dope when…” and your first thought is, “Oh, boy, here’s _another_ one of these.” And then you read it and post to it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/58 "2003-11-07T08:42:09Z")
What **jackelope** said, except substitute “a thread on the origin of your username.” Yes, I’ve posted the origins of my username in at least five or six separate threads around here since I registered. I even have the story of its origin in [my blog](http://flamsterette.blogspot.com). F\_X ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/59 "2003-11-07T08:50:09Z")
It’s all about the disco beat. (reference for those of us who remember the '70s) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-hooked-on-dope-when/211138/60 "2003-11-07T11:43:26Z")
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