# Are you going to forgo opening new threads during the server upgrade? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618 "2008-08-28T23:25:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/1 "2008-08-28T23:25:37Z")
So as not to waste any good ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/2 "2008-08-28T23:40:39Z")
Well, I don’t know what the hell to do over the weekend while pretending to clean if nobody’s posting new threads. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/3 "2008-08-28T23:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Well, I don’t know what the hell to do over the weekend while pretending to clean if nobody’s posting new threads. [/QUOTE] Well, obviously you should be composing a sonnet sequence in honor of me. It woud need to be 15 sonnets line; the first line of each of the first fourteen sonnets would each be a line in the fifteenth sonnet. And the theme could be, “This, Lord Skaldy, is why you should spare me from being eaten by your genetically engineered winged monkeys when you finally get off your lazy ass and conquer the earth.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/4 "2008-08-28T23:44:11Z")
I almost never open new threads, but unless I have an urgent question (e.g. My grill has set my deck on fire - what to do? Need answer fast!) I think I’d probably wait until my brilliant witticisms can be preserved for posterity. ETA: I’m assuming that by ‘open’ you mean ‘start’ new threads. I’d still _read_ new things, especially because I think people will be goofier during Amnesia Weekend. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/5 "2008-08-28T23:53:51Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] So as not to waste any good ideas? [/QUOTE] Waste any good ideas?? Why, they spew from my mind in a veritable fount!! I’d hardly notice a few expended during “Amnesia Weekend”. I’ve a squillion to spare !! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/6 "2008-08-29T00:10:19Z")
Only a _squillion_ good ideas? That’s weak. I have an infinity of them. Plus one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/7 "2008-08-29T00:12:47Z")
Hell no. I intend to post pictures of my cleavage. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/8 "2008-08-29T00:13:35Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Only a _squillion_ good ideas? That’s weak. I have an infinity of them. Plus one. 😛 [/QUOTE] Hunh, I’ve got at least a couple more than that. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/9 "2008-08-29T00:15:21Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Waste any good ideas?? Why, they spew from my mind in a veritable fount!! [/QUOTE] Ewww, SAE 90W all over the place? This could get messy! That reminds me of the time we were putting gear lube in my buddy’s '38 Plymouth’s differential and the cover gasket leaked… ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/10 "2008-08-29T00:17:29Z")
[QUOTE=GilaB] (e.g. My grill has set my deck on fire - what to do? Need answer fast!) [/QUOTE] Save the furniture, please! ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/11 "2008-08-29T00:44:43Z")
I intend on using the weekend to its MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. Expect several pointless threads. [sub]I just hope I don’t get banned.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/12 "2008-08-29T00:47:45Z")
I think the weekend is the _perfect_ time to launch a few “things you don’t want the board to remember” threads. Like “ **Name Your Creepy Kink** ” and “ **When Was the Last Time You Wet the Bed?** ” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/13 "2008-08-29T00:49:57Z")
I intend to start crappy threads that won’t be remembered, or missed. In other words, business as usual. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/14 "2008-08-29T01:24:46Z")
I probably won’t start anything, but that’s more to do with how infrequently I start threads rather than anything special about this weekend. [QUOTE=CaerieD] I think the weekend is the _perfect_ time to launch a few “things you don’t want the board to remember” threads. Like “ **Name Your Creepy Kink** ” and “ **When Was the Last Time You Wet the Bed?** ” [/QUOTE] The boards may not remember, but we will. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/15 "2008-08-29T02:19:14Z")
I’ll believe in the upgrade when I experience that it actually is better than what we mess with currently. During the weekend I won’t waste my time starting threads. They’re probably trying to just have less activity by scaring us that our posts will disappear. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/16 "2008-08-29T02:21:47Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] Hell no. I intend to post pictures of my cleavage. [/QUOTE] Genius! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/17 "2008-08-29T02:29:41Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] Hell no. I intend to post pictures of my cleavage. [/QUOTE] You are very wise. When the Zuvembie apocalypse begins, I will make sure you are spared the worst. (Assuming,of course, you are as good as your word.) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/18 "2008-08-29T02:33:46Z")
So, wait - if I post cleavage pics, do I still have to write the sonnets? Or can I substitute a perfect mirror fugue? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/19 "2008-08-29T02:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=GilaB] I’d still _read_ new things, especially because I think people will be goofier during Amnesia Weekend. [/QUOTE] This does not compute. People on this board can NOT be goofier. Does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618/20 "2008-08-29T02:36:37Z")
I plan on going on a posting rampage that will live in memory long after the Board is rebooted. Quake, ye mortals! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-forgo-opening-new-threads-during-the-server-upgrade/461618.md?page=2)