It has been pointed out that there's a clique-y thing going on here. I think it's probably because of Beers and people getting to know eachother in real life. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I'd imagine it'd be pretty off-putting if you were new. So I propose that this thread be reserved for new people, lurkers who would like to post a bit but are intimidated and anyone else who doesn't know anyone to just say hi, so people know that they're new and feel a bit funny about jumping right in.
Ideally, people would pm the new people who post here so the thread doesn't get really badly clogged up and become a spam thread #2.
If everyone thinks it's a crap idea, then I guess letting a mod know so they can delete it would be a good idea.
Oh, and if you're new, HELLO! We love you already. And we're really nice, honestly, so it's great that you've decided to hang out here.