# A SDMB thread hit pages of the biggest morning paper in Sweden **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945 "2003-01-16T08:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S.Mussberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@S.Mussberger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.Mussberger)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/1 "2003-01-16T08:41:02Z")
Guess which one… FYI the [What if the LOTR had been written by someone else](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138905) was mentioned in the biggest morning paper in Sweden this very morning, [Dagens Nyheter](http://www.dn.se/) Se link (it’s in Swedish) [Article in Swedish](http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=574&a=97202) In translation they recon it’s one of the better additions to the LOTR hysteria this month. Honorary mentions to the Irvine Welshs, the two Fight club, the Hunter S Thompson and the P L Travers versions. Want to bet the hamster will have a busy busy day? ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/2 "2003-01-16T08:55:26Z")
Nothing against Swedish newspapers, but after the “Slashdot effect” I doubt our hamster will be very impressed by anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/3 "2003-01-16T08:59:40Z")
Yeesh, all these chefs showing up, saying Bork Bork Bork, sounds terrible… j/k ---
**Author:** ![S.Mussberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@S.Mussberger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.Mussberger)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/4 "2003-01-16T09:05:30Z")
That’s “Boork Boork Boork” actually, present time means double "oo"s, it’s a comon grammar mistake so don’t worry about it… Yup, the Slashdot effect would probably be hard to beat. A pretty high percentage of them must have clicked on the link. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/5 "2003-01-16T12:20:59Z")
Dude… Irvine Welsh was mine! Famous in Sweden! Who could ask for more? ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/6 "2003-01-16T12:27:01Z")
At the risk of a hijack, I’ll bite: Somebody 'splain to me this “Slashdot effect” phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/7 "2003-01-16T14:02:40Z")
[http://slashdot.org/](http://slashdot.org/) is as they say “news for nerds” they have a very very large readership. Last week a link to the thread in question appeared on their front page. The board slowed down to a standstill because of the amount of people hitting it, last time I looked the thread had 150,000 + views. Slashdot “unintentionally” take down sites in this way quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/8 "2003-01-16T14:06:50Z")
Obligatory Jargonfile link: [Slashdot effect](http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/slashdot-effect.html). ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/9 "2003-01-16T14:48:07Z")
I suppose congratulations to **fingolfin** are in order for creating one of the best threads in the history of the boards - so good it’s a worldwide phenomenon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/10 "2003-01-16T15:00:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\* The board slowed down to a standstill because of the amount of people hitting it, last time I looked the thread had 150,000 + views. > > \*\* 269, 317 at the moment ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/11 "2003-01-16T16:35:35Z")
I would imagine there is more danger of DN getting bogged down from people here hitting the article link than the other way round 🙂 Fan va’ kul dock! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/12 "2003-01-16T16:52:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*269, 317 at the moment \*\* :eek: :eek: :eek: Time for the Reader to think about adjusting their advertising rates, eh? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/13 "2003-01-16T16:55:46Z")
I think it’s an amazing reflection on Swedish language skills that a mainstream paper would post a link to a site that parodies different styles of literature in a language that isn’t the national language of that country. Very few other countries I can think of (except the Netherlands, of course) would be able to do that with any confidence. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/14 "2003-01-16T17:05:26Z")
woohoo! I’m one of the Fight Clubs. (there are three actually, now…) I’m really beginning to think that thread will never die. With all the publicity about it, newbies keep coming in to bump it. (usually with something that’s been done before :rolleyes:, but sometimes something good.) ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/15 "2003-01-16T17:20:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*Dude… Irvine Welsh was mine! Famous in Sweden! Who could ask for more? \*\* You could ask for music and rhythm. But that might just be greedy. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/16 "2003-01-16T17:33:52Z")
Heh. Or his girl. Maybe even a Toyota. Okay. I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/17 "2003-01-16T17:38:12Z")
Ok good, I was rubbing my eyes everytime I looked at that 200,000. Thought I needed glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/18 "2003-01-16T17:56:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > **Yeesh, all these chefs showing up, saying Bork Bork Bork, sounds terrible…** Fan också, jävla skithuvud. Håll käften förr jag kommer dit, klösa ut ditt öga och knulla din skalle. Bork! Bork! Bork! d’ohh :smack: ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/19 "2003-01-17T00:31:05Z")
There was a period a few hours ago when response was the pits. That probably explains it. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945/20 "2003-01-17T00:36:48Z")
Maybe some of them were the Swedish bikini team and they will decide to stay… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sdmb-thread-hit-pages-of-the-biggest-morning-paper-in-sweden/148945.md?page=2)