Recurring characters of DCUM, as written by a DCUM veteran

[Anonymous]

The College Forum ratings lists person.

[Anonymous]

The IB basher poster on the FCPS forum.

[Anonymous]

The (I presume) guys who engage in pointless fundamentalist Christian vs. atheist debates in the religion forum. I imagine them chortling, "Ha HA! What about THIS!" as they consult their book of logical fallacies and throw around Latin terms they don't understand, all to go around in pointless circles. They should just accept that they are yin to the other's yang.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:- lady who thinks anyone who marries before age 26 is a dropout teen mom. They couldn't possibly have enough brain development for marriage.

- person who calls everyone on the job forum a dinosaur or boomer when someone disagrees with them

- lady who has been ranting in the beauty forum and telling everyone their recommendations are ugly or for 80 year olds

That’s not me, but there is definitely a continent of posters in the Fashion forum whose suggestions imply they are 55-75 yr olds who shop at Chicos and Kohls. No shade to those ladies, my mom is a core member of that demographic, but that’s not who I want fashion advice from.

There is another, smaller group of regulars who seem to be perpetually slim 50-65yr olds with clothing budgets that exceed the average American’s annual income. I am not sure if they are real people or just fantasy characters people make up. I do think there is a chance they are real and just wildly out of touch with “normal” people because my neighbor works in non-profit development and I see these women by the dozens in the background of her pictures from an endless parade of galas and dinners. If they are real, I am not sure why they bother themselves with DCUM. It seems like they would be too busy to be bothered dishing out advice to the suburban Lulumemon preschool drop-off crowd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The (I presume) guys who engage in pointless fundamentalist Christian vs. atheist debates in the religion forum. I imagine them chortling, "Ha HA! What about THIS!" as they consult their book of logical fallacies and throw around Latin terms they don't understand, all to go around in pointless circles. They should just accept that they are yin to the other's yang.

No way. If someone doesn’t check those nutters then they’ll have us all living in the Christian version of Afghanistan in a generation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Poster in the Entertainment forum who takes shows waaaaaaaaaay too seriously and writes incredibly long, self-important analyses of each episode.

I love this poster or posters. Reading or listening in depth analysis of TV shows I enjoy is a longtime hobby of mine. I used to love the Television Without Pity recaps (some of them were like 25 pages long for ONE episode) and the Tom & Lorenzo "Mad Style" recaps of Mad Men episodes as interpreted through the costuming and set design. Seriously one of my top 10 favorite things about the internet.

Me tooo - I also frequent the reddits for the shows I am into (hi Ted Lasso & Yellowjackets).

That said, there was that person in the (RIP) White Lotus thread who wrote out these very long posts in which she ascribed very off-book backstories to characters, that she seemed convinced were true. She was convinced that Daphne came from money and owned some rental properties, and that's why we had to understand that she wasn't staying with Cam in any way because doing so afforded her a nice lifestyle.

That person should really take up fan fiction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poster in the Entertainment forum who takes shows waaaaaaaaaay too seriously and writes incredibly long, self-important analyses of each episode.

Eh I think that women are as into tv shows/movies/pop culture as men are into sports.

This! The poster(s) who start every response with “eh” or “meh”.

+2. Hate the “eh” poster. Just say the sentence. Just because you’re a woman , doesn’t mean you should start your sentences with “eh…” “meh” or “so”. Just use a declarative sentence like everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern booster

+1 and very tiring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poster in the Entertainment forum who takes shows waaaaaaaaaay too seriously and writes incredibly long, self-important analyses of each episode.

I love this poster or posters. Reading or listening in depth analysis of TV shows I enjoy is a longtime hobby of mine. I used to love the Television Without Pity recaps (some of them were like 25 pages long for ONE episode) and the Tom & Lorenzo "Mad Style" recaps of Mad Men episodes as interpreted through the costuming and set design. Seriously one of my top 10 favorite things about the internet.

That poster wrote some very long, detailed analyses in a recent Gilmore Girls thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The (I presume) guys who engage in pointless fundamentalist Christian vs. atheist debates in the religion forum. I imagine them chortling, "Ha HA! What about THIS!" as they consult their book of logical fallacies and throw around Latin terms they don't understand, all to go around in pointless circles. They should just accept that they are yin to the other's yang.

Why do you presume “guys”?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The person who leaves a double space before periods in sentences, like this .

Relatedly, people who purposefully put extra lines in their response so that it stands out more on the page, but also never have anything particularly useful or inserting to contribute.
True.

The poster who doesn’t know how to properly quote posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The (I presume) guys who engage in pointless fundamentalist Christian vs. atheist debates in the religion forum. I imagine them chortling, "Ha HA! What about THIS!" as they consult their book of logical fallacies and throw around Latin terms they don't understand, all to go around in pointless circles. They should just accept that they are yin to the other's yang.

No way. If someone doesn’t check those nutters then they’ll have us all living in the Christian version of Afghanistan in a generation.

The poster who thinks the fate of the nation depends on their anonymous banter on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

The poster who trained her son to poop first thing in the morning and always dressed him in clean clothes with undershirts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The College Forum ratings lists person.

[phone]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:-Carpetbaggers from parts of the country (but not “flyovers”) that don’t have equivalent website but need advice from sophisticated DCUMs

-Why is this house listed so low posters?

-Etiquette questions that end up getting crucified by page 2

This is me. I live in rural Pa & have never been to the DC area. I might visit sometime though, and what I’ve learned from this website will come in handy.