# You know you've been on the SDMB too long when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896 "2000-09-20T19:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/41 "2000-09-21T09:49:21Z")
…when you try to use UBB code in email and in real life. Sigh. I am _so_ glad I am not alone. I have hit the refresh button to see if a thread has been responded to, I have stayed up too late, been late for work (not really too much) and just generally gotten sucked in by SDMB!! And I am always referring to the boards IRL. Some of the most interesting and enlightening “conversations” I have are on this board, so why wouldn’t I mention them? And sometimes I start a conversation with someone IRL because I wanted to know their opinion about a current topic on these boards. Some good conversations have been had this way. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/42 "2000-09-21T10:06:06Z")
Yeah, but at least we’re all still bathing. We are all still bathing, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/43 "2000-09-21T12:24:13Z")
You know you’ve been on the board too long when you sit back and watch the newbies act just the same way you did when you first joined. Except most have more posts than I do, I still can’t figure that one out. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/44 "2000-09-21T14:23:34Z")
[old man] back in the day our connection speeds were so slow that we were lucky to post once a week! and that was usually just to say “me too”![/old man] ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/45 "2000-09-21T17:51:59Z")
I realized what a large part of my life the SDMB had become when I noticed that I was buying most of my books and magazine subscriptions so I could contribute intelligently in GD and GQ. When speaking casually with friends, I find myself searching my memory for a relevant Cecil Adams article and then prefacing my comments, “According to Cecil …” ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/46 "2000-09-21T18:44:41Z")
My husband has figured out that anytime I answer a seemingly trivial, obscure, or off-the-wall question, the answer came from SD. Here’s another couple: …when your SO asks about your day at work, and you tell him what happened on the SDMB, becuase that’s what you did all day at work …when you refer to you husband or wife as your SO in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/47 "2000-09-21T18:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anti Pro \* > \*\*You keep wondering what ever happend to…Shayna [how is she doing?] \*\* I don’t know about the others you listed, but I just spoke with Shayna today on the phone (that’s right, I not only use the company computer to slack off while posting here, I use the company phone to talk long distance to fellow posters!). Basically, she’s been busy. She says she doesn’t even lurk anymore. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/48 "2000-09-21T19:13:50Z")
I do just about everything y’all have listed. I’ve dleiberately not showered (sorry, tater) so I could post again . . . and again . . . and again. I’ve stayed up nights . . . not gone to sleep, in fact (but that was just once). I’m addicted. But it’s a healthy addiction. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/49 "2000-09-21T19:16:57Z")
I don’t laugh anymore. When something amuses me, I respond with “LOL” or even better “ROFL” I don’t refer to my BF has “Jim” anymore, he is now “SO” I DO say/think “That’s it. We’re going to the Pit” when people piss me off. When I read the letters to the Editor, I want to pick it apart GD style with my responses, including website addresses, backing me up. I refer to myself as “Pepper” now. And always in the 3rd person. Instead of saying “I’m thirsty”. I’ll say “Pepper wants a drink” That’s from too much chat. That’s very embarrassing. I except people IRL to not only be impressed by the Great Cecil Adams, but I want them to be stunned that I am one of the 19 people personally greeted by him. For some reason, they just don’t care. I brag that not only do I know the guy who sang “Western Union”, but I’m also on his laminated list. 😉 Do you realize how many people don’t even know what I am talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/50 "2000-09-21T19:22:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > **I was buying most of my books and magazine subscriptions so I could contribute intelligently in GD and GQ.** So, you’re expecting these books and magazines to be delivered soon? Ouch! Come on, you knew _somebody_ was gonna say it! OUCH! Lay off of the **red button,** already! ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/51 "2000-09-21T19:25:53Z")
…when you think Satan is a nice guy …when you go over the day’s Great Debate on your commute home from work …what everyone else said ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/52 "2000-09-21T20:12:54Z")
> [@](#): > > You stay at work late to finish reading a thread. Oh, dear lord. That is SO me! Smeghead: I’m with you, man. If these kids only knew how many times I’ve resited looking up a link to an old thread… ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/53 "2000-09-21T20:21:03Z")
…when one of your first thoughts on getting a better-paying job is “Cool! I can go to more Dopefests!” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/54 "2000-09-21T20:56:45Z")
Like they said, and when you miss out on an item on ebay cause you didn’t read the e-mail cause you were too busy reading (and laughing) at the funniest things said during sex thread. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/55 "2000-09-21T22:08:32Z")
If your [href=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39303](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39303)”]daily[/href] post count is above 10. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/56 "2000-09-21T22:12:04Z")
damnit, damnit, damnit preview, preview, preview I promise not to mix vB and html codes again. If your [daily](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39303) post count is over ten. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/57 "2000-09-21T22:39:49Z")
When your Doctor knows you talk to Satan and to GaWd. When you call home after lunch and ask your wife “Anything interesting happening on the board” (LIONsob) or when you can answer that question. When you burn dinner because you just _have_ to check a post one more time. When this board is the first thing you check before you can have your coffee. I am so addicted ! ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/58 "2000-09-21T23:06:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*. . . when you’ve seen more than 2 “you know you’ve been on the board too long” threads. > > I think I may have even started one. \*\* I think this is the second I’ve started, definitely the fourth or fifth I’ve seen. But hey, I only posted a mundane pointless fact. Nobody had to respond. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896/59 "2000-09-21T23:08:34Z")
…when you go off on a tangent IRL, you say, “this is OT” or “I’m going to hijack my own thread…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-been-on-the-sdmb-too-long-when/33896.md?page=2)