# Adjectives in pit thread titles (warning: mild, lame, weak and petty) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-in-pit-thread-titles-warning-mild-lame-weak-and-petty/184824 "2003-06-27T19:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-in-pit-thread-titles-warning-mild-lame-weak-and-petty/184824/1 "2003-06-27T19:38:37Z")
I just don’t get it. Why put things like: Mild Lame Long Weak Petty In your thread title? I’m tired of seeing it, and the only thing it achieves is to discourage me from reading the thread. OK, maybe there is a case for saying “long”, if you don’t have much time to read a long thread. But why the others? What purpose does it serve? ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-in-pit-thread-titles-warning-mild-lame-weak-and-petty/184824/2 "2003-06-27T20:08:45Z")
Mild Weak, and Lame are probably denoted so the people who regularly complain of a rant being “lame ass weak shit, who the fuck cares about your stubbed toe”, so it’s sort’ve a warning that their won’t be sufficient vitrol to entertain them. Long is for the people who don’t want to read Moby Dick size posts. Petty is to indicate that they’re complaining about something petty, and realize that. Similar to the weak, mild and lame indicators. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-in-pit-thread-titles-warning-mild-lame-weak-and-petty/184824/3 "2003-06-27T20:11:06Z")
Yeah, I guess you nailed it. It mostly stops people from bitching. btw, I’ve been away for a few days, but I’m guessing you used to be Aslan2? Just wanted to say I like the new username - it’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-in-pit-thread-titles-warning-mild-lame-weak-and-petty/184824/4 "2003-06-27T20:15:19Z")
Yep, I is him and He is I. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-in-pit-thread-titles-warning-mild-lame-weak-and-petty/184824/5 "2003-06-27T21:00:14Z")
What about “Fat?” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjectives-in-pit-thread-titles-warning-mild-lame-weak-and-petty/184824/6 "2003-06-27T21:07:57Z")
It’s kind of a primitive ratings/review system. It’s like reading movie advertisements and seeing the movie length or words like “thrilling,” “romantic,” “hilarious,” etc. It gives you an idea of whether this might be the kind of thread you’d enjoy reading. With a board as slow as this one, where some people have to wait a very long time for a thread to open, it’s nice to have a clue about what you’re going to find inside. If you don’t like [mild][lame][weak][long][petty] threads, you don’t have to spend the time waiting for them to open.