# Am I a Thread Killer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106 "2002-04-06T01:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/1 "2002-04-06T01:07:29Z")
It seems like lately everytime I post no one else posts after me, or if they do it’s about something compeltly unrelated. Is there something about me? Do people not like my posts? Are my posts so informed and intellgent that no one can dispute them? (could be?) Don’t worry about it, I wouldn’t hold it against you if no one replies to this. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/2 "2002-04-06T02:17:44Z")
Maybe it has something to do with the lack of a spell checker! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/3 "2002-04-06T02:24:11Z")
Back Off!:mad: I hold that position, and I intend to keep it. ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/4 "2002-04-06T03:17:18Z")
Sometimes I feel that way too. Then again, I have my 20 Questions threads that a lot of people participate in, so I’m fine, I guess… [sub]Or am I?..[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/5 "2002-04-06T04:09:46Z")
Hey! just what the hell do you mean by starting my thread? This is MY damn complaint, and you have a lot of gall to be claiming it for yourself! I bet I’ve killed more threads than all of you put together! I should be called the Hannibal Lector of the Straight Dope. I’ve got so many dead threads to my name, I might as well be running a crematorium! I am the Stalin of thread massacres! In fact, I bet no one even posts after this one, I’m so damn deadly to threads. [sub]Damn whiners and their puny mewling complaints about being a thread killer. I’ll show THEM a thread killer, grumble grumble grumble…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/6 "2002-04-06T04:30:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yondan \* > \*\*In fact, I bet no one even posts after this one, I’m so damn deadly to threads. \*\* You lost your bet. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/7 "2002-04-06T04:47:06Z")
Ahhh, young ones, how much you have to learn… Gather 'round children, and learn of the tragic story that was **Threadkillers** …(raises spork in salute). It all started with [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=36448&highlight=Threadkillers) thread, where I made almost the exact same complaint. That resulted in a multi-page threadkilling contest that was very fun and memorable. Then, the next year, we had [url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53434&highlight=Threadkillers which was also fun, but got a bit too big for its own good. So big, in fact, that the mods came in and said that Threadkilling contests were a no-no, because they waste bandwith. So be confident in knowing that you are not a threadkiller. **particlewill** , who won the first contest, is the official Super-Mega-Threadkiller-o-Doom, and you can’t hold a candle to him. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/8 "2002-04-06T05:07:34Z")
I don’t call it killing threads when I do it. I call it having the last word. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/9 "2002-04-06T05:09:30Z")
Don’t complain just yet. I’m probably anchoring over 100 threads. And I don’t mean the good kind of anchor, like the guy who runs last in the relay. There are other who are worse off. Based on the shear number of posts that he has, **Handy** must of killed close to 1000 threads. ---
**Author:** ![Ferggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Ferggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferggie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/10 "2002-04-06T05:37:32Z")
Here I always thought **I** was that message-board scourge. In fact, I briefly considered asking the mods to change my name to ThreadKiller, but I suspect it’s already been taken. (Too lazy to check right now.) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/11 "2002-04-06T06:57:35Z")
I don’t think it’s too bad to be the threadkiller. We all do it sometimes. Now, killing a thread, then starting a parody thread based on the thread you killed…that’s bad. So, I’m going to go to SDMB Hell for [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=107545). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-thread-killer/102106/12 "2002-04-06T08:12:49Z")
It’s a three-way winning situation. Being a thread-killer, and then starting/participatin’ in a thread on thread killin’, all builds up th’ post count. Nothin’ to be sad about, really.