Two months at DU... what I have learned...

[rockymountaindem]

I've been around for a couple of months now and I really like being here. All you kind folks are a treasure trove of information I can use to clobber all my right-wing friends. This is also a fine place to vent and express my opinions.

There also seems to be some kind of subculture around here which is really complex. I kinda feel like the anthropologist watching an isolated tribe from the trees. Here's what I've learned...

1. Robb is a dingbat

There seems to be a general consensus on this issue. Everything else is pretty confusing. Some of the most frequent posters around here seem to know a lot about each other. What am I missing? Are some of you all good friends outside of DU?

[hippiechick]

1. oh, it's just the cliques ....

... they seem to come-n-go in cycles ...

been here since the beginning and i still haven't figured out the secret handshakes.


:hippie:

[supernova]

2. Quite a few have met

off line.

A lot of us met up last fall when Will Pitt breezed through our towns on his book tour.

Where do you live?

[rockymountaindem]

4. Colorado, of course.

I wasn't on DU back then though. I'm in Canada now.

[Nlighten1]

5. Yeah,

I met Will when he was in Indiana last year.

[SoCalDem]

3. Yes.. lots have met up in the real world

a few have met, fallen in love and even married :)

Loungers are especially "familiar"..

Robb named himself the dingbat, and naturally, no one disagreed :)

Welcome aboard :hi:

[prolesunited]

6. Yes, some of us do get together offline

In fact, we just had a gathering in Chicago this Sunday and about 20 people attended.

There's also PMs, e-mails, AIM, Yahoo and telephone calls — lots of ways people are getting to know each-other.

[XNASA]

7. Agreed. There are Chicago DU'ers who...

..socialize quite a bit off-line.

And you're all coming to see the band on St. Paddy's Day, right. Right!?

[Raven]

8. Hi and welcome.

Don't worry about cliques...everyone is very inclusive here. I have met some (like Matcom) in person but I gotten to know most others very well via e-mail and I feel like I have met them. Take your time and enjoy this very good place! :-)