# 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:** 59
**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:** [January 27, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1162 "2019-01-27T05:05:14Z")
Who? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1163 "2019-01-27T05:12:00Z")
Keith Moon ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1164 "2019-01-28T15:45:00Z")
Sun Myung Moon ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1165 "2019-01-28T15:47:07Z")
Moon Bloodgood ---
**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:** [January 28, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1166 "2019-01-28T16:42:00Z")
I’m switching astronomical bodies. Freddie Mercury. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1167 "2019-01-28T16:59:07Z")
We don’t have to keep naming famous people, do we? 'Cause I don’t wanna. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1168 "2019-01-28T19:10:16Z")
_walks in one door, across the room, and out another_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1169 "2019-01-28T19:13:49Z")
I waved at you on your way by. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1170 "2019-01-28T19:56:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Neglect. > > No. the really pissy thing about this is that when no one posts is the thread for a while and it gets stale, the little blue arrow icon that takes you to the most recent unread post is no longer there, so you have to click “last page” and scroll all the way to the bottom in an effort to finish the damn thing off. > > So get to it, folks, stop making my life harder than it has to be. Not if you’re using Tapatalk on your phone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [January 28, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1171 "2019-01-28T21:29:31Z")
Hi, **Sicks Ate**! Oh. He’s gone… and didn’t even look at the pie. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1172 "2019-01-28T21:34:04Z")
Who said pie? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1173 "2019-01-28T21:38:23Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Not if you’re using Tapatalk on your phone. My phone cannot use tapatalk. I did try it on my tablet, but is sucks sons of electric donkey bottom biters. Like, if I say x[sup]2[/sup], it cannot parse that, nor can it handle [del]fuck it[/del], which is a pretty big problem. Beyond that, though, I despise the dark gray on light gray quote boxes that are a pain to read. It does have a couple of advantages, but mostly it is like having anal ocotillo. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1174 "2019-01-29T02:46:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > My phone cannot use tapatalk. I did try it on my tablet, but is sucks sons of electric donkey bottom biters. Like, if I say x[sup]2[/sup], it cannot parse that, nor can it handle [del]fuck it[/del], which is a pretty big problem. Beyond that, though, I despise the dark gray on light gray quote boxes that are a pain to read. > > It does have a couple of advantages, but mostly it is like having anal ocotillo. I just laughed. Audibly. You have a way with words. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1175 "2019-01-29T14:48:25Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > _walks in one door, across the room, and out another_ _walks in one door, across the room and out another_ _then walks in same door, diagonally across the room and out another_ _then walks in totally different door, orthogonality across the room and out another_ _then walks in previously unseen door, up wall and out door on ceiling_ _then walks in door on floor, army crawls across room and disappears in puff of smoke_ ---
**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:** [January 29, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1176 "2019-01-29T15:18:02Z")
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1177 "2019-01-29T17:05:15Z")
Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1178 "2019-01-30T00:31:05Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > _walks in one door, across the room and out another_ > > _then walks in same door, diagonally across the room and out another_ > > _then walks in totally different door, orthogonality across the room and out another_ > > _then walks in previously unseen door, up wall and out door on ceiling_ > > _then walks in door on floor, army crawls across room and disappears in puff of smoke_ I’ll bet nobody noticed the guy in the gorilla costume. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1179 "2019-01-30T00:33:15Z")
Who’s out there on the lawn walking in circles? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1180 "2019-01-30T02:20:48Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. _I was doing time In the universal mind I was turning keys I was setting people free_ ---
**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:** [January 30, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1181 "2019-01-30T05:26:12Z")
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