# Are you a thread killer? I am, and here's proof **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304 "2004-07-28T18:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/21 "2004-07-29T04:47:42Z")
Huh…I always go about it just the opposite way…I look for the ones with the least amount of replies, since I know that once the thread hits page 2, there’s a 90% chance that someone has already A) made the point I want to make, or B) made the wise-ass comment that I want to make. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/22 "2004-07-29T10:21:53Z")
This thread is _doomed_ I tell you! _DOOMED!_ ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/23 "2004-07-29T10:53:09Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > In the 8 bazillion other threadkiller threads, **a mod invariably locks it down** , ensuring that no one, in fact, receives the ill-sought after title. (my bolding) Of course, that means that the Mods probably have the best threadkilling ratios… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/24 "2004-07-29T11:48:34Z")
This isn’t dead yet? Here, let me be the stake through the heart. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/25 "2004-07-29T14:00:13Z")
36/222 which is about 16% I never knew I was so good at answering peoples questions 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/26 "2004-07-29T14:16:06Z")
Actually it’s 11%…guess I’m crap at math too. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/27 "2004-07-29T22:19:25Z")
No, you had it right the first time…it’s a hair over 16%. ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/28 "2004-07-30T01:06:18Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Well, I suppose we’d better get **harmless** and **Rufus\_Xavier** in here to make whole thing official… Why didn’t I make round two? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/29 "2004-07-30T01:07:34Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > And don’t post “ok!” to my above request! Can do! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/30 "2004-07-30T01:40:57Z")
Guys. Think long and hard - I mean it - before you post to this thread. We don’t want another four-million-post behemoth. Threads like that rip apart your soul and eat your children. Just let it go. Let it go… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/31 "2004-07-30T01:46:22Z")
You all have it wrong. I’m the real thread killer here, unless it’s a game. I’m so good at killing them, my own don’t even get off the ground. Now watch, nobody will reply to this after I do. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/32 "2004-07-30T02:01:52Z")
Ha! I can kill this thread in nine words. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/33 "2004-07-30T02:04:27Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Ha! > > I can kill this thread in nine words. Surely Ujest! See? A bad pun = on the road to it’s last twitches. Stick a fork in it. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/34 "2004-07-30T02:07:08Z")
I’ve been watching this thread with amusement, knowing full well that I am, reluctantly, the Threadkiller with a capital T. And since I am, I’m sure a mod will lock this thread down quite soon after my 35th post (which should occur at around…oh… page 14). Ignoring the fact that I won the last threadkilling contest, I’ll be back in a few to give you my most immediate credentials. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/35 "2004-07-30T02:20:21Z")
Well, my mistake. I only killed three out of my last 50: one where I got a post in just before it was closed by a mod, and two back-to-back a week ago. I’m not a threadkiller after all!!! That’s great! Hey, everybody! Post in this thread! I don’t want to have to call you by name, but every Doper Brat should definitely respond!!! MY problem is, my contributions to each thread I post in are so astonishing to others, that it generally takes them a couple of hours to post after me, to allow the brain to recover from the shock. So I assume the thread is done and move on, never suspecting that everyone is waiting for me to log off the 'net so that they can talk to each other without my inane interruptions. Hello? Anybody there? What are you doing, listening to John Kerry? O, well, I’ll just go away now. I’m sure no one will be posting in this thread for a while. Move along, nothing to see here. :innocent whistling: 😃 ---
**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:** [July 30, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/36 "2004-07-30T02:28:21Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I’ve killed threads that I’ve started. I think the mods should keep me on speed dial and when a thread has gone on and on beyond its natural life ask me to weigh in an put it out of its misery. I could’ve used you for my “WARNING for the guys” thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/37 "2004-07-31T22:22:25Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Well, I suppose we’d better get **harmless** and **Rufus\_Xavier** in here to make whole thing official… So sorry I’m late. Maybe I should do more vanity searches. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/38 "2004-08-01T01:29:29Z")
> [@rexnervous](#): > > So I looked it up. Based upon the last 100 posts I’ve done, fully 10% are the last posts in a thread. One out of every 10 times I post, that thread is history. That is one high number. cheer up! It’s not all that bad, really! Don’t look on yourself as a thread killer - think of your last posts to each thread as so absolutely brilliant that you left all other dopers speechless. The up side to this is that _ **you** _ are always the person to get the last word on a subject. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/39 "2004-08-01T18:03:41Z")
I’m running about ten percent myself (29 of 293 by my count). I thought that was a little high but maybe it’s just about normal. It’s not like I try though… just happens. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304/40 "2004-08-01T21:16:43Z")
It doesn’t bother me anymore when I kill threads with a regular reply to the OP. But several of my thread killing posts are questions about something mentioned in the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-thread-killer-i-am-and-heres-proof/257304.md?page=3)