# Your first SDMB post **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137 "2012-12-06T00:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/61 "2012-12-06T22:12:51Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1609998#post1609998](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1609998#post1609998) Thanks, **hajairo**! It’s nice to know that my first post here wasn’t as mundane and pointless as I thought it would be. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/62 "2012-12-06T22:34:08Z")
Ten years and four days ago, which was the same day I joined: > [@Seeking info re: Trill species (Star Trek)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-info-re-trill-species-star-trek/138819/10): > > Jerevan, > > “The Lives of Dax” is a recent paperback novel published by Pocket Books and is set after the end of the Deep Space Nine series. I’m pretty sure that the stories contained within are not canon because, to my knowledge, the only stories considered official are the novelizations of various episodes and movies and “Mosaic”, a Voyager novel chronicling the life of Kathryn Janeway as written by one of the original producers of the television series. (Her name eludes me at the moment, sorry.) > > Either way, as an avid reader and owner of most Trek books (I own and have read about 90% of them at last count), I can assure you that the book should be worth a look despite not being recognized as official. But, also, I could be wrong.. the past few DS9 novels have all had a continuity unlike most other series. I think the last post I made before this one was also about Deep Space Nine. At least I’m consistent. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/63 "2012-12-06T22:55:46Z")
Mine was: > [@](#): > > On Atheism and Agnosticism > Views: 2,378 > Posted By Voyager > There is one point missing in this discussion,… > > There is one point missing in this discussion, and that is which god people believe or do not believe in. > > God is a poorly defined term. Even within Christianity there are varying definitions. … From August 15, 2002. (I had to search 10 years and older.) I’ve probably posted the same damn thing 50 times since. I came thanks to a link someone posted in talk.origins about a good evolution discussion here. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/64 "2012-12-07T19:13:20Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > I [asked for a cookie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12587312&postcount=50) from **Skald**. Hmm. Remind me to send you a perfect brownie from the next batch. No, there’s no weed in the perfect brownie. The perfect brownie is fudge and nutless and moist and iced and gives you heat vision for twenty-six minutes. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/65 "2012-12-07T19:40:55Z")
I think I made a post about whether a snake’s severed head can retain its venom. Then shortly after that I joined a gun control debate ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/66 "2012-12-07T19:45:08Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > …and gives you heat vision for twenty-six minutes. I think you should remind people that they should take their contacts out before eating one. I needed cornea transplants. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/67 "2012-12-07T20:30:17Z")
I do remember my first post. However, the entire thread that it was in was disappeared, as were a number of threads started by the same person [under mysterious circumstances](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=83168&postcount=26) that none of the mods would ever fess up to. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/68 "2012-12-08T02:31:43Z")
Mine was about how big a cheapskate I am. > [@SDMB Server Migration/Upgrade Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/105): > > Yay! I’ve been lurking around, waiting to make sure this change was ever going to happen. There are quite a few posts I want to get involved in, but there was no way I’d feel comfortable asking anyone to sponsor my membership. > > Anyways, I thought I’d join now, so I’ll be one of the first new Dopers. And so I can post in this thread before it gets 10 pages long. > > –One of the Riffraff that will come in if the board goes free ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/69 "2012-12-08T02:50:27Z")
My very first post from the cmyk thread “What Awes you?” > [@What Awes You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-awes-you/592601/103): > > Not to demean the importance of this thread, and some of the responses have been truly amazing… but in all seriousness, this is some of the stuff that AWES me. > > 1. Instant Noodles. How can this stuff exist? It truly blows me away. A real guilty pleasure that is so easy to prepare and SO cheap. No meal even comes as close as being this cheap. I know it’s bad for me, but damn. > > 2. Cheese. Who the hell thought of making this stuff? You basically are just letting milk spoil in very specific conditions. It’s gross, but wonderful amazing stuff. Same applies to Yogurt. > > 3. Human Sexuality. Why is sexuality so taboo for so many people? How and why has it changed so much since we first began language. Why are there so many different sexualities, fetishes, etc. It’s really fascinating since so much of it is completely contradictory to what we would expect from a simplistic understanding of evolutionary biology. > > 4. Language. How language came to be. How our brains have specifically evolved to facilitate it. How language has evolved and where it will end up. How it is used to change the course of human history, as well as individual lives. > > 5. Cheez-Wiz. Why does everyone call Easy Cheese Cheez Wiz? The stuff that comes in a spray can is Easy Cheese (or some other store brand name). The stuff that comes in a jar that is spread with a knife is Cheez Wiz! How hard is it to keep these two things straight people??? I’ve never ONCE heard someone use Easy Cheese’s correct name. Not… Even… Once. Ever. EVER. Come on people!!! I sometimes hear people us the term cotton swab instead of Q-tip. Sometimes I hear tissue instead of Kleenex. Nowadays everyone uses the verb “to copy” instead of “to xerox”, thank God. But we are still stuck in the dark ages when it comes to Cheez Wiz vs Easy Cheese. GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!! Wow look how fucking pedantic I was on point number 5? No wonder I’ve stuck around here and fit in so well!!! ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/70 "2012-12-08T03:15:54Z")
My first post was a thread about whether or not Highway Patrol and police had a secret pact not to cite each other for bad driving. I was 18 and hated the man. I am mostly over it now. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/71 "2012-12-08T03:47:17Z")
My first post was to ask, “if turkey is full of tryptophan, how do turkeys stay awake?” My first thread was to ask, “Why are dinosaurs so popular?” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/72 "2012-12-08T03:55:05Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > My first post was to ask, "if turkey is full of tryptophan, how do turkeys stay awake? > " Untrue! That was 12/21/2000: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=990375&postcount=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=990375&postcount=2) But on 11/30 you made a joke: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=928451&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=928451&postcount=10) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/73 "2012-12-08T04:01:10Z")
Apparently my searching skills have not improved much in 12 years. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/74 "2012-12-08T04:27:02Z")
Mine was on March 16, 1999. It was thread number 8 on the whole board. And it was answered by Cecil. > **[Ni-Cad Battery Answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=8)** > > Unc Cece had it “half-right” on his Ni-Cad Battery answer recently published. I used to manage a two-way radio shop. Now, as you can imagine, Ni-Cad batteries were very popular for the handheld radios, as you could simply recharge them instead of... As you can see, the names have been stripped out, but at least I had the presence of mind to sign my posts - unlike Cecil, who didn’t. It was about rechargeable batteries. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/75 "2012-12-08T04:57:57Z")
Against all expectations, I managed to find my first post with my very first search. I went with my handle in GD, no keyword, Any Date, and Earlier, Ascending order: [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=389479&postcount=25) Had I not noticed where I called it out as my maiden post, I would have repeated the exercise in other forums and compared timestamps. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137/76 "2012-12-08T10:35:04Z")
It was a rather uninteresting post about my French-speaking friend not having a French accent when speaking English in a thread about American accents. My first thread was a more interesting one asking about the legality of flipping off cops in public. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-sdmb-post/643137.md?page=3)