Post things that makes you sound like a newb, here.

[Neoma]

;-) worry free.

[LordshipLadyship]

1. People forget that everyone was a newbie once.

They stand for new ideas, new philosophies, new ways of seeing things, new solutions. They are friends you haven't met yet. It's easy to get lost in DU, and easy to not understand everything. So I always like it when people are receptive to newbies. There's flesh and blood humans behind our forum names. So hi newbies. :hi:

[frankly_fedup2]

60. We all were accused of being newbies at one time or another. This

too shall pass for you.

[Lex]

2. "Hey, did you guys know that 'morons' isn't spelled 'morans'?"

That a newb thing, but totally understandable.

[tenshi816]

38. Also this one -

I remember being completely confused the first time I saw someone at DU put "hugh" instead of "huge" in a post. It was before I knew about FR and how often it's used over there, so I didn't get the joke at first.

[frankly_fedup2]

48. If you really want to see something creepy, check the image at

the top of this URL. The morphing is kind of scarry.

http://www.911busters.com/

Some good videos as well.

[tenshi816]

61. Oooh, good find, that IS creepy!

Here's one I did a while back myself, although it's not quite as unsettling as the 911busters morph:

http://www.deblog.co.uk/KARLPIG.AVI

[frankly_fedup2]

63. They are too wierd. Gives me chills. Even the sites that

accuse Bush of being the antichrist do not have as scary pictures as 911busters does.

What kind of program did you use to turn his face into a monkey? I think it's pretty good.

[tenshi816]

70. I used a morphing program that I no longer have

on my computer and now can't remember the name of the damn thing! I keep hoping the CD will turn up one day in the chaos that is my study so I can reinstall it.

What the process involved was taking two photographs and marking points on each one to morph them. It was fiddly as hell to do and took days to get just right, because if I put a marking point a fraction of a millimeter too far wrong in any direction, I ended up with something resembling one of Picasso's more bizarre paintings.

Once I got a reasonable result from the morph, I transferred the picture into Photoshop to tidy up (I'm becoming very adept as using the clone stamp).

I have a different version I've had printed on some t-shirts to sell and I'm toying with the idea of selling posters on eBay, but I'm too disorganized to do anything much about it right now - I'll wait until summer's over, because when the sun shines in Britain, we have to take advantage of it!

[tenshi816]

71. Forgot to say this to you as well -

but when you look at those morphing images at the top of the 911busters page, isn't it striking just how evil those SOBs all look, especially turning into each other. They all have exactly the same look about them, which is probably why it works so well.

Rummy and Wolfowitz particularly give me the heebie-jeebies.

[moof]

3. What's with the * for bush's name ?

Answer, because that's the size of the amount of people that realize he is not in charge of anything.

Kidding ...... Irony ...... the point ....

there is no longer a need for a point.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

8. I have asked both of the above questions.

:)

I figure until i reach that anonymous 1000+ post point, I'll still be considered a potential troll. Oh well....

[tjwmason]

39. Rotten freepers

Coming over here to spoil our fun.

:D

[kick-ass-bob]

76. TROLL!!

Freeper!!

:P

:hi:

[kick-ass-bob]

77. Who is Tweety?

That one threw me for a while.

[linazelle]

4. Who's Randi Rhodes?

[BlueStateModerate]

29. Rhodes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Rhodes

<snip>
Randi Rhodes is an American liberal talk radio personality featured on Air America Radio, where her self-named program, The Randi Rhodes Show, is heard from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

Randi Rhodes was born in Brooklyn, New York and served in the United States Air Force. In 1979 she was voted ‘Most Outstanding Woman’ in the USAF. She has also won the American Women in Radio and Television award for Best Entertainment Programming.
</snip>

[KitchenWitch]

5. What is MIHOP and LIHOP?

:hide:

[BlueStateModerate]

22. Acronyms for...

Made it happen on purpose and Let it happen on purpose - in reference to 9/11.

[DS1]

6. How do I post a picture

and what does RTFM mean?

[BlueStateModerate]

24. For a picture...

Just type in the url.

RTFM: Read The Fucking Material

[frankly_fedup2]

65. I've done that and I cannot even get it to post my quote. I have

tried to add pictures, animations, etc. I RTFM and followed what the FM said to do; however, I cannot get it to work.

Thank GOD I have 1000+ posts because with a question like that, I think I would be accused of being a freeper (yikes)

[warrens]

7. What's freeper mean? And FRetard?

[BlueStateModerate]

21. Stands for the web site...

http://www.freerepublic.com - A conservative/neocon site. Symbolizes ignorant sheeples.

[Renew Deal]

9. Is LIHOP on Long Island?

[tjwmason]

40. Being a 'culturally deprived' Englishman

I though that that had something to do with the International House of Pancakes. :crazy:

[snickersnee]

10. NOW WHERE'S MY TAB???

[Elidor]

11. Why was I banned? You bastards!

[Mojambo]

12. What does n/t stand for? n/t

[BlueStateModerate]

25. N/T stand for...

No text. Implies that the entire message is in the subject line.

[Mojambo]

31. Yeah, I know.

I was pointing out that it's a frequently asked question by newbies.


;)

[Asirac]

13. Does anybody care to tell me

exactly why there seems to be this fixation on "newbies?" Personally, I find it a bit insulting that some people do not seem receptive to new people joining DU. Just because you came across this website before others does not make you
a) a better liberal
b) more likeable
c) smarter
Get over it.

[WhollyHeretic]

15. Well you couldn't have known anything about politics

before you joined DU so people with more posts must know more.
:eyes:

[Asirac]

16. Of course!

I don't know what I was thinking! I have seen the light! Excuse me, I must go light my candles and sing amazing grace... :)

[WhollyHeretic]

23. Well I guess that's good for a start...

But don't let it happen again. :evilgrin:

[Neoma]

19. Really the orignal idea of this thread was

Anyone come into the thread and ask alot of questions without worrying about the questions sounding noobish, i couldn't frame it into a title so i just posted this instead just for the heck of it, from lack of title ideas.. ;-)

[NMMNG]

36. "oldbies" are not

a) better liberals
b) more likeable
c) smarter


They just have been here longer and know the DU rules, lingo, abbreviations, and other DUers better, that's all. This thread was a chance for newer posters to ask about these things without being embarassed--I believe that's all the OP was getting at.


( I've been here since March and didn't know what n/t meant so I'm still a bit of a greenhorn. :shrug:)

[Cerridwen]

45. I'll chime in with my opinion.

Many on DU, yes I am one of them, are cautious around new posters due to the fact that we've had several occasions of disruptors coming in with low post counts and "pissing" all over the boards. During the election was a particulary trying time. It's a wee bit more difficult to do here that other boards and forums which allow immediate access to starting new threads and searching the site, etc. Of course we've also had cases of people with high post counts "out" themselves by suddenly unmasking as a disruptor, as well.

Please don't take it personally. It's mostly about, again, my opinion, the conflict between wanting to welcome someone with open arms and past experience that the one we're welcoming may, in fact, be up to no good.

Of course, some of us here, yes I count myself into this group as well, sometimes fall into the trap of "political snobbery," i.e., I've done more politically that you - erk! - sometimes, fortunately, my brain kicks in and I remember to remove my head from backside before I post that crap. So far so good.

Anyhoo, my .02 and -

Welcome to DU!





:hi:

[frankly_fedup2]

46. Look at it as a right of passage that we all have had to go through

at one time or another.

Anyone can tell the truth by researching your previous posts. If your a freeper pretending, eventually one of your posts will show it.

I have no life so that is what I do, research posts. There. . . I said it . . .

[Misunderestimator]

49. Good one!

Definitely makes you sound like a newbie.... :thumbsup:

And Welcome to DU!

[progmom]

50. wow - i was going to explain that this was meant as a forum for you to ask

...questions that you might have felt silly asking elsewhere.

And then I read the tone of your post, so I'm heading off to sulk in the corner.

[Lisa0825]

68. Oh please... we welcome newbies!

And welcome, BTW! :hi:

But ALL long-standing forums have their own history, and end up answering lots of questions for newbies and sometimes picking on them. Consider it an initiation! :evilgrin:

In the last 9 years, I have been a member of numerous forums, and believe me, many give newbies a much worse time than you'll get here. So, just take it with a grain of salt, and enjoy your stay :cheers:

[LastKnight]

14. so, whats a Freeper? nt

[BlueStateModerate]

27. Here!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3501687&mesg_id=3502144

[LastKnight]

32. i know... i was just reliving my first newbie question... lol

[micrometer_50]

17. I have 238 posts.

So far.
:hi:

[Neoma]

35. cool!

[Liberal In Texas]

18. Every thing I post makes me sound like a newbie...I still think I am a

newbie, actually.



but then there's HOMER!

[NorCalDem]

20. why don't you post the answers to the questions here

so that any other newbie (or relatively new member) could just read them. That way we could all get trained in the lingo much faster ;)

[Liberal In Texas]

26. I hate to say this...but that's actually a good idea. I remember my

newbie-ism. Had no idea.

I'll continue?

Skinner = GOD

[BlueStateModerate]

28. I just answered all the questions except for one...

and I only have 50 posts! That's what I get for lurking for years on end before finally signing up.

[Liberal In Texas]

33. I lurked for a long while too.

Well, welcome to DU anyway. LOL.

OK, let's think of something else that just got us dumbfounded...


heheheeh

tombstoned ... that baffled me for awhile.

[Bluebear]

30. OMG look at this video from JIB JAB!!!! LMAO!!!!!!

http://www.jibjab.com/162.html

[Duncan Grant]

34. I love Kirsty Ally, ask me anything.

:evilgrin:

(Welcome newbies! :hi: )

[leftofthedial]

37. what's MIHOP?

and who is Robb and why does everyone call him "dingbat" in polls?



BTW I don't need real answers

[HeeBGBz]

41. What forum should I put my thread on Chemtrails?

See where that gets ya...

[In_The_Wind]

42. but I don't like

flame-wars

[flvegan]

43. Why is Skittles kicking everyone's ass? And who's "Oscar?"

Heh heh heh...

[bicentennial_baby]

51. Oscar!!!

I miss that odd creature...sniff...

[jonnyblitz]

44. "why do they call her Pickles?" nt

[aeolian]

55. Ya know, I still haven't gotten an answer to that one.

[jonnyblitz]

66. I believe it's one of Bush's pet names for her...not positive though.

:shrug:

[Hugin]

72. Do you read the comic "Opus"?

There's a character in that strip called "pickles".

Now, I don't know if L.B. was called pickles before
or after that character appeared.

http://www.answers.com/topic/opus-comic-strip

[Lannes]

47. Whats the deal with Al Hedges?

[johnnie]

52. After about 20 posts

"How come all of my threads never get replies".


To the new members:
It can be frustrating at first when you come here and it seems like you are being ignored. I am not making fun of new members, but I have seen that question asked before.
If you are new to DU you have to remember that there are a hell of a lot of people posting and reading and not all threads get 250 replies. Even the people who have been here since the beginning have threads drop out of sight in a few minutes.
Don't get dicouraged... it happens to everyone. It happens to me almost every thread..lol.
Btw, I have only been here a little over 2 years, I am not really a veteran of DU.

[assclown_bush]

73. How do I even start a new thread???

I have been looking all over the place and I can't seem to find a "start a new thread window". Can someone please help this poor simpleton out.

ASSCLOWN BUSH

[johnnie]

78. You just click on "post" at the top of the page

It's right at the top, pretty much in the middle.

[sniffa]

53. anyone want to post naked pix of themseLves? i'm LoneLy.

a/s/L

[purr]

54. Whats up with all the cat threads?

:)

[Trigger Hippie]

56. What is ATA?

I saw someone mention it yesterday.

:hi:

:)

[GiovanniC]

57. Ask The Administrators

A now extinct forum where you could, well, uh, ask the administrators things.

Like, why are we banning discussion of poultry products?

[Trigger Hippie]

59. OK,

thanks for the info.

:)

[Shell Beau]

58. Why do you think the people in GD are ruthless?

They've been so nice to me!!:evilgrin:

[Pale Blue Dot]

62. Hey! That Misunderestimator (for guys) or Terrya (for girls) sounds cute!

Should I ask them out?

:evilgrin:

[Hugin]

64. Who's Skinner?

And why's he so pompous?

Just kidding! Really!

[Lisa0825]

67. Look what I found at the Drudge Report!

:evilgrin: :rofl:

this is fun!

[Lisa0825]

69. Why does sniffa capitalize Ls?

:rofl:

no, really.... WHY???

[Magrittes Pipe]

74. Dubya R00LZ, U LIEberal DEMONRAT TRADERS!!!!1

LOLO!! lam3rz!

[philosophie_en_rose]

75. Woman belong in the kitchen.

{insert link to Phyllis Schafly article}

[Trigger Hippie]

79. Another One:

What's up with the cowbells? :)