What type of threads do we need more of? The Fred Phelps hate threads? The Michael Moore hate threads? The "Ask the … " threads? The computer help threads? (Actually, I’m glad we have far less of these, as I assume most of us are.) The Bush vs. Kerry threads? The meta-threads? The pittings of people’s bosses/families/friends/neighbors over petty quibbles?
Personally, it seems like we’ve had a decline in math threads. Complex (or seemingly complex) probabilities, geometric calculations, infinite series, monkeys throwing lightswitches according to a pattern, fractals and intriguing constants. Is it just me, or do we have less of these than we used to? This makes me sad.
I like these. They’re usually quite amusing, especially when the OP’s complaint has very little basis in reality, resulting in a nice big cup of STFU getting served to all involved. We need more of these.
As far as actual discussion goes, I’d like to see more GD threads based on ideology rather than matters of practical politics (read: enough about Bush already; let’s talk about issues). I think the current GD environment is far too mired in current events, and with the obvious exception of the “Is There A God?” threads, no real matters of pure…well, intellectualism I guess, though I hate to use that word…are being discussed.
We’ve been suffering from an extremely serious dearth of, “Holy crap, but Smeghead is an amazingly wonderful person!” threads. I can’t explain it, but the drought has been going on for YEARS!
“Praise Lobsang the Creative Genius who cured cancer, discovered the meaning of life, created the elixir of eternal health, provided the key to happiness and eternal bliss, and told a funny joke once.”
What we actually need is a few borderline trolls. trollish enough to have stupid opinions, but not so much that he/she is doing it for fun and won’t respond seriously to confrontation.
We could do with a few more post-count monsters such as game threads (but those are outlawed).
More simpsons threads.
A few threads from buddhists.
A few Discworld threads.
A heck of a lot of ‘[famous person] appreciation’ threads.
Oh yeah, one other thing. We need more threads about Tears For Fears. I started one, but it died. The only other one I can find is an obscure lyrics question from 2001 (which I can answer, but I’m not positive the OP is still around, so I haven’t).
Come on now, what’s wrong with you people? Don’t you feel like discussing the greatest musical genius of the 20th century, Roland Orzabal? (No, not me, the real one.) Show some respect!
It is a knockoff from my screenname Flamingpenuins, which is from a daydream I had about a flaming penguin running around the Artic. When I was making this username I was eating a banana. Hence flamingbananas.
I’d like to see a thread called I Am the Most Beautiful Woman On Earth and Coincidentally Also a Rich Heiress But Not Putridly Skanky Like Paris Hilton and I Live Down the Street From Already in Use and Want to Sex Him Wild and Give Him All My Money. But I don’t think you can make titles that long.
