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Originally posted by YouthVoice:

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My opinion about sterotypes against a race is 1 step closer to racism

Um...newbies are a race? Interesting...

erh...I was talking about Racial Sterotypes?

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still fresh fish, time doesn't matter if you weren't active for it

May have been active. Other accounts, other ways on the site. You don't know for sure.

Besides, why do we get to determine who is "new" or not? And why does post count matter? I've seen older (if not more) eras of YN than you, but I have less posts. Granted, I really wasn't active, but in 2001, the only way I was active was through J1C. I also got the email updates when I wasn't on the site. Sometimes I read them, sometimes I didn't. I was slightly active. CritiKay could have as well.

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Not new. Look at posts, registration date.

June 2005, 33 posts

still fresh fish, time doesn't matter if you weren't active for it

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this reminds me so much of myself and other back when i was new.



back when? you mean right this instant?

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Be nice to the new people! If they think they aren't new, let them think that.

Not new. Look at posts, registration date.

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back when? you mean right this instant?

Be nice to the new people! If they think they aren't new, let them think that.

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Um...newbies are a race

Ha! I knew it!

so becoming a vet is then proof of evolution correct?

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this reminds me so much of myself and other back when i was new.

back when? you mean right this instant?

ah yes.
this reminds me so much of myself and other back when i was new.

this is great.

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My opinion about sterotypes against a race is 1 step closer to racism

Um...newbies are a race? Interesting...

Not so far ESS, though most people with the "Anarchy" A and anything involving misery in their sig end up as an Emo Newbie though so far you seem closer to the:

Normal Newb
The rarest of newbies this newbies is quiet, well spoken and just about unhatable, she/he/it lurks and learns(quickly) and thus never draws much attention to themselves. These newbies are highly desierable and usually evolve in to a Vet or a G.N.O.A.T

Jeez, I hope I don't fit any of those stereotypes.

Oh my god, this is so true. Can I ask what kind of newbie I was (or still am... I still feel new...)?

The "Let's See How Many Old Threads I can Bring Back in the Next Hour"

Quickly chewed out, and/or tared and feathered, Then learns and moves on, becomes emo, or disappears, never to be heard from again.

Now This is a very Funny thread. Kudos to the Docter.

The G.N.O.A.T (Greatest Newbie of All Time):

Essentially this type of newbie is an insta-vet. They can start an advice thread, hold a level headed conversation and actually type in english. This newbie because of their rarity is loved by vets and welcomed to the vet fraternity almost immediately due to sheer amounts of collected awesome

The Self-Proclaimed Life Expert

This newbie thinks she is all that and a bag of chips. Her first post is often the start of some form of "advice" thread; all subsequent posts are defending her credibility against suspicious vets who tend to doubt that this particular 13 year old girl really holds the answer to their life problems.

the stalk me one is my favorite.

i actually laughed when i read that.

it wasn't like when someone says something moderately amusing and you say "hmp" to yourself and put "lol," this was a true laugh out loud.

The "I want to be stalked/have my identity stolen" newbie
Generally comes on in the middle of a debate acting like the boards are a chat room, saying things like "Hay wat's up, my name is <name here> and i am 12 and i live in <city here> and i wanna talk wit ppl my email is <email here> email me so we can talk and stuff lol!!1!"

Usually reprimanded by the mods before disappearing back into the depths of cyberspace to get stalked by someone from MySpace.

Opinionated Tween Girl
Generally female newbies who fit in closely with the above stereotype with the added idea that they knows everything about anything even though they haven't even hit high school (or indeed, puberty). Usually prefaces arguments with "i think..." and ends with a large number of exclamation points and/or ones, having really said nothing of substance. Depending on the reception they receive (usually negative), they either grow into a Jesus Freak (in order to save the people they annoyed) or an Emo Newbie (because they hate the people they annoyed, as well as everyone else in existence, especially their moms). Often spotted frequenting the abortion threads.

lmao, i'm a stealth vet i spose.

well, there's always the perpetual posters, usually collect thousands of posts in no time at all simply by posting for the hell of it.

The "What's a period?"

Never heard of punctuation, or spelling. Get's very confused when you try to correct them. MAY OR MAY NOT TYPE LIKE THIS.

The "kinda" Jesus Freak:
A watered down version of the classic Jesus Freak this type of newbie usually types like a MYKEYBOARDISBROKEN or Teh IM tYp3r
to mask their incompetence and utter stupidty

The Gamer:
The hardcore gamer is the guy who knows more about Xbox then Bill Gates. He plays it all, Sony, Nintendo even the old school games like DnD. He can and will connect everything in life to games and gaming. He might have a typing disorder resulting in him spewing "leet" speak. The best way to anger the gamer is to mention Jack Thompson or Hillary Clinton.