# Being the last poster of a thread and then it dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751 "2018-07-11T21:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 166
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3302 "2025-12-12T14:59:57Z")
[squints] Ain’t that potheoses? Like analysis, analyses? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3303 "2025-12-12T15:03:38Z")
It’s [Greek to me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_to_me). ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3304 "2025-12-12T15:47:22Z")
See you at the antipodes! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3305 "2025-12-12T15:50:50Z")
kudos to you ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3306 "2025-12-14T05:58:17Z")
All right, that’s it. One bump, and then I’m off to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3307 "2025-12-14T10:08:35Z")
I know this is no way to bump a thread, but: Is kudos plural or singular? And if singular, what would the plural then be? Or the singular, in case it is plural. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3308 "2025-12-14T18:15:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > All right, that’s it. One bump, and then I’m off to bed. Hopefully your bed is not all bumpy. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3309 "2025-12-14T18:53:26Z")
_Kudos_ is from the Greek _κῦδος_. It is singular in Greek. In English it is also properly singular, but is a mass noun, like its synonyms “glory” or “fame”, so the need for a plural form is rare. The OED says it is “sometimes interpreted as plural; hence used in form **kudo** , understood as singular”. In other words, it’s sometimes treated as a singular mass noun and sometimes as a plural. Some would argue that the latter usage is incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3310 "2025-12-15T04:46:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > All right, that’s it. One bump, and then I’m off to bed. > > Hopefully your bed is not all bumpy. Comfy, not bumpy, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3311 "2025-12-16T02:16:41Z")
Tonight’s supper: Liverwurst, pancetta, and Gouda cheese on whole wheat bread, with mustard and uncured bacon jam. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3312 "2025-12-16T08:47:52Z")
Bacon _jam_? How is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3313 "2025-12-16T12:05:50Z")
If your jam is bacon anything is possible ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3314 "2025-12-16T16:40:13Z")
It’s a sequel to _Space Jam_, in which Porky Pig has a central role. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3315 "2025-12-16T17:04:19Z")
Next you’ll tell me about mackerel honey as a prequel to _The Dark Menace_. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3316 "2025-12-17T04:48:59Z")
Pass the Dutchie? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3317 "2025-12-17T05:05:04Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Bacon _jam_? How is that possible? Oh, it’s entirely possible, also delicious. Just to name a few: [Maple Bacon Onion Jam](https://www.vitacost.com/stonewall-kitchen-jam-maple-bacon-onion?CSRC=GPF-PA-711381322086-google_shopping_pmax_x_us_feed+only-&network=x&keywordname=&device=c&adid=&matchtype=&gclick=Cj0KCQiAo4TKBhDRARIsAGW29bfMpR6o25EZnqUI2BixP486E8vW_e5iWUNW8mizBeZ9WQr7G2K4h0YaAoxOEALw_wcB&ds_agid=&targetid=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22471539010) [Midwest Fresh Bacon Jam](https://www.etsy.com/listing/706932633/bacon-jam-award-winning-midwest-fresh?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_ps-d-home_and_living&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQiAo4TKBhDRARIsAGW29beETecBV2iyzwBmyWUbBMImI1jdKxBNQhU5xDwZD4jAdbHO6afV17gaAk0kEALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_22198874050_171324927061_731690077594_pla-303628061699_c__706932633_147023531&utm_custom2=22198874050&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22198874050&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo4TKBhDRARIsAGW29beETecBV2iyzwBmyWUbBMImI1jdKxBNQhU5xDwZD4jAdbHO6afV17gaAk0kEALw_wcB) [Classic Uncured Bacon Jam](https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Bacon-Jam-Classic-Bacon-Jam-9oz/332907851?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wmlspartner=wlpa&cn=FY25-ENTP-PMAX_cnv_dps_dsn_dis_ad_entp_e_n&gclsrc=aw.ds&adid=22222222297332907851_0000000000_21407473164&wl0=&wl1=x&wl2=c&wl3=&wl4=&wl5=1018258&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=332907851&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21690411341&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo4TKBhDRARIsAGW29beiT7QnRgen7SoN5TuuQGVN6ZoozT4s9Oe4OlGNEoqfUf15FZMC87saAkwvEALw_wcB) ---
**Author:** ![Meatwater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meatwater/32/20074_2.png) [@Meatwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatwater)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3318 "2025-12-22T18:10:00Z")
[I too am in this episode.](https://youtube.com/watch?si=6Zk4KENaEb8blFbU&v=kEZ6is4KrPw&feature=youtu.be) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3319 "2025-12-25T23:37:50Z")
X-Mas. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3320 "2025-12-26T06:34:17Z")
It’s Boxing Day! Put up your dukes! ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/3321 "2025-12-26T07:43:39Z")
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