# Your Performance at the SDMB - rated! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269 "2022-07-01T22:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/21 "2022-07-03T01:42:02Z")
Well, _I_ can remember when those letters were featured on _The Electric Company_… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/22 "2022-07-03T14:20:24Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Well, _I_ can remember when those letters were featured on \*The Electric Company’ Back in my day, we learned our letters from _The Steam-Powered Company_ on the radiograph. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/23 "2022-07-03T14:25:11Z")
When SDMB first moved to Discourse, I noted I was averaging 98% quality posts. I’ve slipped a bit recently and am currently at 95%. Still, this is far above the total board average of 71% (or 73.5% if you don’t count spammers). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/24 "2022-07-03T16:24:31Z")
If _seventy_ percent of the posts here are high quality, and I love the SDMB, then clearly you have access to the secret forum where all the posts are _amazing_. I heard you have to be on a first name basis with Zotti to get in there. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/25 "2022-07-03T17:11:44Z")
How far can oneupsmanship go? Back in my day, Leonard da Vinci featured the letter S on his show _Military Engines and Hypothetical Flying_. Yeah? Well I used to watch Heron of Alexandria’s show _The Mechanical Dispenser_. Brought to you by the letters alpha and omicron… ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/26 "2022-07-03T18:37:49Z")
Not enough categories. Needs: Annoying as hell. Clueless Cannot follow simple instructions Goes against the grain of board culture Does not get off my lawn when instructed ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/27 "2022-07-03T19:26:27Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > **Excellent** : Leaps tall buildings in a single bound. If you get me a scale model, about a foot or two high, of a tall building then, yup, I can leap that fellow with no hassle. > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > **Good** : Faster than speeding bullet train. Or knows if this is actually faster than bullet. I do know whether a bullet is faster than a bullet train. > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > **Good** : Stronger than bull elephant. > **Satisfactory** : Strong at spreading bull. I am somewhere between these two as I am certainly weaker than a bull elephant but I am poor at spreading bull. > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > **Good** : Head above water. You would need to check with my wife but, tentatively, I’ll go with this one. > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > **Excellent** : Talks to God. > **Satisfactory** : Talks to self. We are all, in our own way, little gods. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/28 "2022-07-03T20:37:37Z")
Suggestions for additional categories are welcome. You can use the box in the corner if you do not want to post them here. Is a scale model of a tall building tall? No. And what if you need multiple bounds? Are bull elephants good at Scrabble? Climbing trees? Strength is a relative thing. Seinfeld has a bit about how most men consider themselves lesser superheroes. He says he saw a guy driving and thinking he was holding the mattress on the roof of his car in place using one arm. You might have a problem if you genuinely think of yourself as a lesser superhero. Or if you dress up in a cape, hang around downtown, and refuse to respond to anyone who does not use the prefix “Almighty”. You probably do have a problem if you think of yourself as a “God of Small Things”. You might be likely to give fancy and unneeded names to household tools and items. It is bad to call your car “a chariot” or relic, but possibly worse to call it “Majestic Farfegnugen”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/29 "2022-07-03T22:27:06Z")
This is the “Prestige” category. **Excellent:** Invited to the secret forum. Free drinks from the company mini-bar. Access to underground highway and annual trip to Baja. **Good:** Given Zotti branded car. Free parking. Invited to backyard potluck. Must bring salad. Don’t cheap it out with buns or ice this time. **Adequate:** : Invited to be moderator. Post once picked as “post of the week”. Buy one, get one free coupon for cheesesteak or deep dish. **Doper:** Annoying or clueless. Invited to Pit. Cannot follow simple instructions or throw frisbee in straight line. Does not get off lawn when instructed. Mother dresses you badly. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/30 "2022-07-05T14:55:05Z")
@Dr_Paprika Edit to add to **Doper:** Shoes on wrong feet. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/31 "2022-07-05T15:03:38Z")
Mother’s eyesight hasn’t been so good recently? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/32 "2022-07-06T22:32:48Z")
I’m exasperating and angelic 😇 I don’t see those categories listed. I must be the only one.🤯 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269/33 "2022-07-06T22:41:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m exasperating and angelic 😇 👍 I rank Doper Doper Satisfactory Satisfactory Excellent. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-performance-at-the-sdmb-rated/967269.md?page=1)