PAB proudly presents the 2002 "You're addicted to atot when..." list!
1. When a friend comes up, starts talking about their gf/bf/inane moment in their life and you immediately say "Pics?"
You need help if a person that happens to be a part of the anecdote (bf/gf/etc..) is standing in front of you and you dont notice him/her/it and still involuntarily blurt out "Pics?"
You REALLY need professional help when you break out a Kodak DC4800 (courtesy of HawkeyeNJ and the HD forum), snap pics of her, upload them to the internet, and start a website (with a poll) asking is she dateable and post the LINKY in an ATOT thread.
2. If you've read a post about food and suddenly went out to eat something a member of ATOT reccomended.
Addtional bonus if you used a coupon from the HD forum
Additional bonus if you went to Quiznos and ordered the RossMAN special ®.
Extra additional bonus if you know the contents of the RossMAN special ® by memory (medium black angus, bowl (not cup) of clam chowdah, and a beverage)
3. You know where ATOT members went to college (how's the weather at the swamp aphex?)
4. You made the phoenomenon of people speaking without listening to the comments of other people first, AKA the Skoorb effect ®. as your senior thesis
5. ATOT memebers ie: russ, gopunk, windogg, rossman, etc... work into daily conversations.
6. If you've said an ATOT-ism in real life. (Example: Bruce lee vs Coke vs Nissan Maxima, Pics?, MOD pls lock, gopunk made lifer, you're more annoying than Jerboy, etc...)
Bonus if you've used said ATOT-ism at the dinner table and your parents give you the *deargodmykidspendswaytoomuchtimeontheinternet* look
7. If you ever referred to a teacher or instructor at your school as a MOD
8. Instead of saying shut up to someone, you mumble "lock this" to yourself.
Bonus points: "STFU PLZ"
9. If you've gotten new car advice from Brandon, AT's Ace Reporter AKA: NFS4 and followed it.
10. You've ever used the term nef in daily conversation
11. You've read the unfocused ramblings of Monel
You've done some of the stuff Monel suggested
You've gotten arrested for doing something Monel suggested, got arrested, and started a "NEED LEGAL ADVICE, IS THERE A LAWYER IN THE FORUM?" thread
You've then had a PM conversation with DevilsAdvocate/Frenchie
12. You've done a research paper including a member of the AT forums
(I did do a paper on the McOwen saga once)
13. When you hear someone talking about someting you heard earlier that day you scream "REPOST!"
14. When you rely on ATOT movie review threads instead of imdb or the newspaper. (Warning: ***SPOILERS*** )
15. You've put an AT member as a reference on a job application. (I actually did "RossMAN of AnandTech )
16. You can name at least 10 of the women that regularly post in OT (ThunderGirl, gf, arazele, baffled2, klee58, HC, ohtwell, Hzl, Jfur, and luvly)
17. You've listened to the mod and bought a Nissan.
18. You cant ask a girl out, but have the guts to ask for advice and pics on ATOT. *cough*kev1n*cough*
19. You have ATOT bookmarked...
http://subscriber.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
http://subscriber1.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
http://subscriber2.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
http://subscriber3.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
20. You've had a three way phone conversation with other AT members, wondering who the mods are.
21. You've gotten into an argument as to who should be ATOT mayor.....and took sides.
22. Same as above, except for Nissan vs Spork.
23. You've gotten into a a financial debate about how a certain elite ATOT member should invest his money.
Bonus points if you know which member i'm talking about chough*grandnagus*cough.
Bonus points if you know their personal info ie: Principal and how many points its being financed at
24. You have a group in AIM/ICQ/Trillian devoted to AT members
25. If you order anything at a fast food joint that is named after an AT member. ie: The Skoorb Special® at Subway.
Bonus if you can recite the Skoorb Special® by memory (6" roasted chicken, a diet pepsi, and 2 cookies)
Bonus if you can recite the Gopunk Special® at Subway (12" turkey on country with southwest sauce, honey mustard, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, with pepperjack cheese, no drink)
26. You've neffed by proxy. *cough*baffled2*cough*
27. You post specs for a computer you dont even own, recieved, have assembled or even turned on yet.
28. You wake up, fire up ATOT and get your FDA reccomended daily requirement of nef in during/before breakfast.
29. You can recognize each forum by the category ID.
30. You've neffed in a multilple-forum interface. i.e: Adul neffing at gigglygrinch, Adul neffing at Adul's, Adul neffing at someone elses board. Adul neffing about his neffing at another board at ATOT...
31. You can name at least 2 ATOT couples. Skoorb and MrsSkoorb don't count.
32. You've managed to nef from the airport. Hzl, I'm looking in your direction...
33. You memorized your AT password.
34. You have the cell phone number of more than one AT member.
35. You call people IRL by their AT handles.
Bonus points if you said "IRL" IRL.
36. You have sent a Private Message to someone in the SAME HOUSE because theres more than one AT member online under your roof.
37. You've used OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!! IRL. (Everyone who points me back to #6 can go to hell. This deserves its own entry, because if you can pronounce every vowel correctly you deserve a medal.)
38. You post on ATOT when the power goes out from your backup power source that your computer, monitor, and cable modem run off of.
39. You can state the history of the RossMAN Special at Quiznos!
40. You give your signifigant other some item engraved with his/her AT profile ID on a momentus occasion.
41. You've ever wondered....Who would win: Mucman or Kami?
42. You associate AT members with their rides automatically, ie: John - 2002 Lightning; RossMAN - Red Accord SE; NFS4 - Camry with the latest DMB album blasting; Evadman - Only 2 more fill ups and Saddam can put that wetbar in Palace #249! (Well, not anymore); notfred - well, we cant see his ride since he usually leaving a really big cloud of smoke
43. YOU KNOW WHAT PAB MEANS!
44. You can recall the history of the Grand Nagus elections.
45. You see a thread titled "Who goes on Ross & Emily's honeymoon?" and think RossMAN and MrsSkoorb are swingers.
46. When you place a Mod quote in your sig.
Bonus points if there is more than one
More bonus points if you can quote the mods from memory
47. Personalized license plates that are ATOT symbolic or came to fruition from ATOT. Examples: catid38, I NEF, |BTL, ATOT, RUSSBO (Someone call the Washington State DMV and check that. It'd make one hell of a present for the guy), I MOD, et al.
48. You've sent a PM to an AT member living in the same city instead of calling and leaving a message on the basis of "He/She/It will get it sooner"
49. You know the backstory behind Jerboy, Polgara, Dennilfloss, MiataGirl, GG, nowhereman, dessertcart, Elledan, and a half dozen other banned members.
50. You've posted from class, vacation, or both.
-PAB
1. When a friend comes up, starts talking about their gf/bf/inane moment in their life and you immediately say "Pics?"
You need help if a person that happens to be a part of the anecdote (bf/gf/etc..) is standing in front of you and you dont notice him/her/it and still involuntarily blurt out "Pics?"
You REALLY need professional help when you break out a Kodak DC4800 (courtesy of HawkeyeNJ and the HD forum), snap pics of her, upload them to the internet, and start a website (with a poll) asking is she dateable and post the LINKY in an ATOT thread.
2. If you've read a post about food and suddenly went out to eat something a member of ATOT reccomended.
Addtional bonus if you used a coupon from the HD forum
Additional bonus if you went to Quiznos and ordered the RossMAN special ®.
Extra additional bonus if you know the contents of the RossMAN special ® by memory (medium black angus, bowl (not cup) of clam chowdah, and a beverage)
3. You know where ATOT members went to college (how's the weather at the swamp aphex?)
4. You made the phoenomenon of people speaking without listening to the comments of other people first, AKA the Skoorb effect ®. as your senior thesis
5. ATOT memebers ie: russ, gopunk, windogg, rossman, etc... work into daily conversations.
6. If you've said an ATOT-ism in real life. (Example: Bruce lee vs Coke vs Nissan Maxima, Pics?, MOD pls lock, gopunk made lifer, you're more annoying than Jerboy, etc...)
Bonus if you've used said ATOT-ism at the dinner table and your parents give you the *deargodmykidspendswaytoomuchtimeontheinternet* look
7. If you ever referred to a teacher or instructor at your school as a MOD
8. Instead of saying shut up to someone, you mumble "lock this" to yourself.
Bonus points: "STFU PLZ"
9. If you've gotten new car advice from Brandon, AT's Ace Reporter AKA: NFS4 and followed it.
10. You've ever used the term nef in daily conversation
11. You've read the unfocused ramblings of Monel
You've done some of the stuff Monel suggested
You've gotten arrested for doing something Monel suggested, got arrested, and started a "NEED LEGAL ADVICE, IS THERE A LAWYER IN THE FORUM?" thread
You've then had a PM conversation with DevilsAdvocate/Frenchie
12. You've done a research paper including a member of the AT forums
(I did do a paper on the McOwen saga once)
13. When you hear someone talking about someting you heard earlier that day you scream "REPOST!"
14. When you rely on ATOT movie review threads instead of imdb or the newspaper. (Warning: ***SPOILERS*** )
15. You've put an AT member as a reference on a job application. (I actually did "RossMAN of AnandTech )
16. You can name at least 10 of the women that regularly post in OT (ThunderGirl, gf, arazele, baffled2, klee58, HC, ohtwell, Hzl, Jfur, and luvly)
17. You've listened to the mod and bought a Nissan.
18. You cant ask a girl out, but have the guts to ask for advice and pics on ATOT. *cough*kev1n*cough*
19. You have ATOT bookmarked...
http://subscriber.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
http://subscriber1.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
http://subscriber2.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
http://subscriber3.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=38
20. You've had a three way phone conversation with other AT members, wondering who the mods are.
21. You've gotten into an argument as to who should be ATOT mayor.....and took sides.
22. Same as above, except for Nissan vs Spork.
23. You've gotten into a a financial debate about how a certain elite ATOT member should invest his money.
Bonus points if you know which member i'm talking about chough*grandnagus*cough.
Bonus points if you know their personal info ie: Principal and how many points its being financed at
24. You have a group in AIM/ICQ/Trillian devoted to AT members
25. If you order anything at a fast food joint that is named after an AT member. ie: The Skoorb Special® at Subway.
Bonus if you can recite the Skoorb Special® by memory (6" roasted chicken, a diet pepsi, and 2 cookies)
Bonus if you can recite the Gopunk Special® at Subway (12" turkey on country with southwest sauce, honey mustard, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, with pepperjack cheese, no drink)
26. You've neffed by proxy. *cough*baffled2*cough*
27. You post specs for a computer you dont even own, recieved, have assembled or even turned on yet.
28. You wake up, fire up ATOT and get your FDA reccomended daily requirement of nef in during/before breakfast.
29. You can recognize each forum by the category ID.
30. You've neffed in a multilple-forum interface. i.e: Adul neffing at gigglygrinch, Adul neffing at Adul's, Adul neffing at someone elses board. Adul neffing about his neffing at another board at ATOT...
31. You can name at least 2 ATOT couples. Skoorb and MrsSkoorb don't count.
32. You've managed to nef from the airport. Hzl, I'm looking in your direction...
33. You memorized your AT password.
34. You have the cell phone number of more than one AT member.
35. You call people IRL by their AT handles.
Bonus points if you said "IRL" IRL.
36. You have sent a Private Message to someone in the SAME HOUSE because theres more than one AT member online under your roof.
37. You've used OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!! IRL. (Everyone who points me back to #6 can go to hell. This deserves its own entry, because if you can pronounce every vowel correctly you deserve a medal.)
38. You post on ATOT when the power goes out from your backup power source that your computer, monitor, and cable modem run off of.
39. You can state the history of the RossMAN Special at Quiznos!
40. You give your signifigant other some item engraved with his/her AT profile ID on a momentus occasion.
41. You've ever wondered....Who would win: Mucman or Kami?
42. You associate AT members with their rides automatically, ie: John - 2002 Lightning; RossMAN - Red Accord SE; NFS4 - Camry with the latest DMB album blasting; Evadman - Only 2 more fill ups and Saddam can put that wetbar in Palace #249! (Well, not anymore); notfred - well, we cant see his ride since he usually leaving a really big cloud of smoke
43. YOU KNOW WHAT PAB MEANS!
44. You can recall the history of the Grand Nagus elections.
45. You see a thread titled "Who goes on Ross & Emily's honeymoon?" and think RossMAN and MrsSkoorb are swingers.
46. When you place a Mod quote in your sig.
Bonus points if there is more than one
More bonus points if you can quote the mods from memory
47. Personalized license plates that are ATOT symbolic or came to fruition from ATOT. Examples: catid38, I NEF, |BTL, ATOT, RUSSBO (Someone call the Washington State DMV and check that. It'd make one hell of a present for the guy), I MOD, et al.
48. You've sent a PM to an AT member living in the same city instead of calling and leaving a message on the basis of "He/She/It will get it sooner"
49. You know the backstory behind Jerboy, Polgara, Dennilfloss, MiataGirl, GG, nowhereman, dessertcart, Elledan, and a half dozen other banned members.
50. You've posted from class, vacation, or both.
-PAB
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