INTRO THREAD THE THIRD

[sexybobo]

Hi Big fan of the comic and i just read the rules so i will post here. i am 19/web admin/college IT guy/male/from KC MO

Also just so you know i cried during the land before time so you know i am not a bot.

[Bagel]

Obligatory Post in the intro thread as defined by rule 1 section (a).

Even though its not my first :O

Im 20/m/Portland OR

I'm a designer (or like to think so)
I work with web design and graphic design

[zachmorelikezack]

Hey, I'm Zack. I'm going to U of M for Computer Science, but I am primarily a web/graphic designer.

I just discovered the comic and I really like it.

That's pretty much it.

[pyro]

Pyro, male from Portugal. 22yo. Hi

[Bagel]

Hey, I'm Zack. I'm going to U of M for Computer Science, but I am primarily a web/graphic designer.

I just discovered the comic and I really like it.

That's pretty much it.

Wouldn't you love a design subforum?

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[Embryo]

Good evening. This is Post Number One as mandated by Ye Olde Rules Thread.

I've been a somewhat lurker on the forums and longtime reader / fan of XKCD, so I finally decided why not register.

I could technically be considered a freelance computer game developer and programmer. At least, that's what I say when I get introduced to people, so that'll work!

I live in the Bay Area. At the moment. Though who knows what the future may hold for a young man of a wandering bent and nothing holding him to an area? And suchlike.

My name comes from my in-game name in Guild Wars, where I was Embryo Pvpstyle (or other -Style). My tagline was "May the better grammarian win".

I hope to come to know all of you and become enlightened and amused.

[nicelittledoggy]

Hello!

I'm a female US citizen of a certain age. Discovered XKCD through another webcomic which I discovered through a newsletter. I don't understand the geekier bits, but I get the stuff that's common to all humanity. I'm more the literary type. I have friends who know math (or maths) and computer programming and all. We get along just fine. I've been lurking in the forums for a while, but I just might start posting more or less regularly.

See ya!

[Greyarcher]

Er. Live in Canada. Am in twenties. Became interested in replying to a post and forgot to post here first.

I find smalltalk tiresome/troublesome and have an obstacle of the will when it comes to initiating conversation, but I nevertheless can type up a storm and am fond of intelligent discussion. Hence, why I registered here. I'll probably spend most of the time lurking though, as I am rather taciturn. Undoubtedly, though, this account will be handy for those rare occasions when both my interest is piqued and I feel like chattering.

[slaxor]

5L4X0R: 1337 online slacking. I'm basically here to waste time(mine, not other peoples). I'm 20, and live in VA.

Edit: I also happen to be somewhat like the above

[madaloon]

Hello, all! Just for you special people, a comprehensive analysis of me:

My name is Maddy and I live it up in Colorado. I love politics, but more than that I love fashion in politics. I habituate easily. I can't stay in a bad mood. I love shopping for new shoes while wearing new shoes. I have many alter-egos which include, but are not limited to, snobby intellectual student, hippie, club rat, computer geek, chic city girl, sports fan, athlete, mountain woman, and power shopper.

I am currently studying to get a degree in political science. Upon graduation, I plan on attending law school with the intent of becoming a corporate attorney.
I want to join the Peace Corps, I want to climb as many mountains as I can, I want to help as many people as I can, and I want to own enough shoes to fill something large.
I have done a lot of great things that look great on a resume. When I played YMCA soccer in kindergarten, I kicked the ball all the way across the gymnasium. When I was in 7th grade, I was on the Geography Bee team.
When I was in high school I could have won the award for being the president of the most clubs. I have amassed a respectable shoe collection.
I have campaigned against world hunger, genocide, violations of human rights, and the lack of dessert at important events.
I know how to roof houses, build adobe homes, balance a jug of water on my head, build a computer, coordinate colors, and survive in the wilderness.
I have two great dogs, a license to fly, zero cavities, and chapped lips.

That is more than you wanted to know, but there you go.

[garlicnation]

My name is A.J. I'm a college student at CSULA taking a semester at Pasadena City College to learn c++. I play sax, and prefer believing in things that are testable. I registered for the forums to participate in the logic puzzles, mainly.

[TheKhakinator]

Hi! This is my intro post, because I read the rules and am not spam. Erm.

I have been a fan of the comic for a long while; like many people when I was first linked to some random strip a while ago I had to go back to the beginning and read every single one. I am (theoretically although I am on leave from school currently) a linguistics/CS major, so -- geek! I am preeeeetty sure I will not be alone in my geekfulness on these forums

Welcome!
Could the Large Text Baron please attack his tiny sig?

[waltwhitmanheadedbat]

I'm too paranoid to give a lot of details.

My avatar is from a Wondermark strip. I think there's probably a lot of overlap between xkcd and wondermark, so a lot of you probably know that.

I'm seventeen, and interested in boxen, internets, language, and other mostly academic junk like that.

A/S/L? Above Sea Level? Yes, I am. By about 130 feet.

[Nina Cupcake]

Hello good people.

My name's Nina and I'm at the tender age of 18. I came across this site by accident and ended up in fits of laughter at 6th form...

I live in the green and pleasant land of England, and I love music. AFI, Tegan & Sara, My Chemical Romance... yeah. I also write fanfiction... um, a lot. Mostly on AFIslash, as _endlessly. Please don't go on that site unless you are sure you can handle some very explicit content, kay? I love manga/anime too

EDIT: I am a Photoshop addict and general geek. A nerd, if you will.

That would be it.

I'm not scary, I promise. Hi

[Ren]

Hello Nina, and welcome!

Your avatar is kind of hypnotic, but in a classy way. Is it you?

[Prole]

Hello all, i am Prole

Thought online comics tried too hard until xkcd

20, carnivorous, music fiend and forum lurker extraordinare.

[Ubik]

Hello,
my name is Ilkka, and I'm a programmer who has almost completed his school (I studied interaction design in a polytechnic...sorry, in a "university of applied sciences"). You still should not think that I could give you answers to any (or "some", hopefully) questions about interaction desing or usability. My guess is that nobody probably has anything to ask from me, at least in relation to usability, which is not bad thing though.

I was actually a bit surprised that this nick was available, but it's nice to have it - I try to get it almost always when I am registering to web forums and other things on web requiring registration. Feels almost like home here - I have read the comic for a while and followed this forum for shorter time (How many can say that other way around? "Oh yeah, the forum is nice but that comic is really lame.") and according to that little bit of forum lurking I have done here it seems that people here are acting pretty nicely. People being pretty, nice or pretty nice is not that important, except possibly in some "post picture of yourself" -thread.

Two disclaimer-like things: 1) It is quite possible that the things I wrote in humoristic way have been written already by someone else on this thread (and quite possibly in a more clever way) - I did not read this thread through, because at least I know that there has not yet been my post-registration/pre-forum messaging message here yet. 2) I have had one about three months long English course (was it two or three hours every monday...) in the said polytechnic so my text may seem awkward. I hope that does not bother you.

Oh yeah, and I often end up writing a bit too long messages.

[MuseSik]

My name is Brandon and I'm 21. I live in Las Vegas, a city I love, but it's full of people I have nothing but contempt for. Irony is such a cruel slag.

I work as a Network Engineer/System Consultant for a small IT firm by day, and a local head shop by night.

I like to read, listen to music, and debate just about anything (philosophy and politics especially).

And I'm pretty much the coolest cat you're likely to come across, so there's that...

Oh, and I have a pretty big ego, which will explain the previous statement, and the many that are sure to follow.

...and *that's* how you introduce yourself. (a million points if anyone catches that reference)

This site is awesome by the way, and thus, worthy of my patronage.

[Aleril]

Big fan of the comic here, but that's been said thousands of times.



And I am not too big on telling too much about myself.

[rhizome]

Rhizome like the root structure and network theory. Big fan of comic, long-time lurker, finally decided to say something. Obligatory first... second post.

Hi.

[eiaboca]

I am living in New York City, I'm 27, and I like a forum in which you can discuss real issues, and you don't need to ingratiate yourself to cliques to be a part of it. I'm going to figure out the nature of the universe someday. I like to read. I waste time to distract myself from failure.

[Invisigoth]

Howdy,

I'm an accountant living and working in Central Texas. I play tabletop RPGs, have collected comicbooks for about 30 years, and am not very comfortable discussing myself.

I followed a link from John Roger's Kung Fu Monkey about a month ago and found the place really...interesting. The comic itself is great.

I may come back later and edit in more info if I think I fit in with the inmates in this particular asylum.

Edited for spelling and to add the tidbit that I have the annoying habit of not running my posts through a spell checker before sending them through.

[Wolydarg]

Hey all,
I'm just a high school senior who stumbled across xkcd after seeing a link to it from Godwin's Law on Wikipedia and been a fan ever since. My screenname comes from spelling my real name backwards (Grady Low) and I spend most of my time aspiring to be a better geek. It's rather annoying when no one in my area understands the jokes whenever I try to bring xkcd up. They think "sudo" means some foreign delicacy, what malarky. Anywho, glad to finally have posted something, buh bye.

[chocolatejesus]

I AM THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.
also, I'm delicious!
Anyway... I r a hihe sckool senioor in teh US OF A , and I <3 our school system! It's so great and fluffy and cute and nice to hug. Now if only it didn't metaphorically rape its students in the ass (ass rape of course is a metaphor for kittens)
speaking of which...


kthxby

[senseijason05]

Whoopsy, this is my second post, I hope that I'm not in to much trouble.

Well, I'm Jason from Western New York and can't believe how great a forum I found on the page of my favorite online comic. Cheers to you all and hope to see you around!

[gwself]

My name's Greg. I'm a male in central Virginia, turning 17 in about a week. I've been reading XKCD for about a month, and decided a little while ago that the mathematics section could be a good place to get help on any calculus that I don't quite grasp.

I enjoy food immensely. I'm currently eating corned beef and cabbage.

[q00u]

Not, technically, my first post. Gomen.

CS major at Eastern Washington University. My username is n00b, upside down. I use it in a lot of places (it's very rarely taken), so if you see me on another site, feel free to say "hi". But it might not be me, so we'll have to use a code-word.

The code-word is: duckies.

[unless]

Hey. I'm Bobby. I'm 25, and I live in PDX. I like fun, and I'm always surprised at how many people don't. Strange world.

Also, I like games, math and whiskey.

[Csaboka]

Hi folks, I'm Csaboka, a computer geek from Hungary, aged 22. I like rock music, programming, and some other stereotypically geeky things like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or Monty Python's Flying Circus. I also like reading science fiction books, I don't know how stereotypical that is. If you happen to visit TT-Forums, the Csaboka over there is also me.

I'm also a bad bad person, according to the rules, because I've replied to a topic before introducing myself here. Sorry about that.

I've found xkcd by following a link on some random other forum, I don't remember exactly anymore.

Well, I'm not sure what else to say - I'm not good at introducing myself, really. I hope I've proven I'm not a spambot, though.

[tradiuz]

Hi, my name is Patrick.

I'm a network admin for a school (BOFH is my eventual goal), and I found XKCD through a reference from a website using the "Map of the Internet" idea.

I became immediately addicted to the stick figure awesomeness.

[Sir Blackberrybush]

Hi there,

been reading the comic for a good while now and have loved it most of the time. I am a language person (although a lousy one at it), but get some of the CS jokes, specially the Lisp and Scheme ones because I have tried to teach myself both.

I can read Russian but I can no longer understand it.

[treehouse]

Posting here first, I guess.

[PhysicsChick]

Hi there,

I'm 33, a physicist and live in Cambridge (England). I design and build big, shiny scientific instruments and on a regular basis I get to say "Science, it works, bitches" (mostly because it does, which is still amazing, and doesn't seem to get boring).

I've been reading the comics for ages (over a year, which is several lifetimes on t'internet isn't it?) but only recently fell upon the fora. On the off-chance that I may be tempted to crawl out from under my stone and contribute to a discussion, I thought I'd say "hello" first. "Hello".

Oh, and I'm a woman, which still seems to be a surprise to people who seem to expect all physicists to be men. Sigh.

[Fantastic Idea]

Hey. I'm Bobby. I'm 25, and I live in PDX. I like fun, and I'm always surprised at how many people don't. Strange world.

Also, I like games, math and whiskey.

Do you like playing math-based drinking games with whiskey? And you live in the Portland International Airport?
You'll fit right in.

[jima]

Hi folks.

I'm Jima. I'm a 25-year-old male from Minneapolis (and got the a/s/l out of the way in one sentence). I'm married (*shock*) with children (more or less). I'm a Linux sysadmin/contributor by trade, helldesk by punishment. I've been reading xkcd...enh...for a while, don't recall exactly how long. (Also, I love writing things in parenthesis.)

Since someone will probably dig the humor of it, here's my precursor to comic #249: http://mintygreen.com/ponderingguy/. I still need to add the pictures from Disneyland.

So uhm...yeah. Hi everyone.

[Ren]

Erm...how do you "more or less" have children?

[Indon]

Hello.

I'm 23 and a computer programmer living in New Mexico.

I'm a big fan of the comic, and when I noticed the forums the subjects being discussed fascinated me, so I signed up.

I was perhaps a bit too hasty, as I've posted a few times before even introducing myself. Heh.

[Alekii]

My name is David, I use "Alekii" as a name. Simple. I studied Math/CS as an undergraduate and am now studying for my PhD in math.

I enjoy webcomics (xkcd, Dresden Codex, etc.), reading, and programming.

Not much else to say!

Oh, I came here because it seemed that arguments devolve less frequently to Religion/Global Warming/etc debates than Slashdot. Here's hoping!

[Ignotus Somnium]

Allo, freshman here from LSU. My friend directed me to the comic; I'm a language/politics major, so most of the math stuff goes over my head, but it's still great. Think I've converted three people with the "Cat Proximity" comic. Tend to lurk on the forum during work, and decided to just go ahead and register.
Name is Latin for "Unknown Dream."

[Xiphias]

As is standard procedure with any new forum I introduce myself to, please excuse me for a second.

*Licks the posting screen repeatedly*

And we're back. o.O

My name is Dan, I'm a 20 year old male from Australia and a long time reader of XKCD itself. I'm a Photoshop addict, an aspiring photographer, a World of Warcraft player, and a creative writer with specific talent in the category of writing bad introductions (See? I can be lazy and still come across as compelling!).