# Brainglutton **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813 "2011-02-18T16:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/1 "2011-02-18T16:10:20Z")
Not really mad at you, but I didn’t want to post this any of your (MANY) GD threads on the subject… Do you get paid based on how many ME threads you start? By my count you have 6 threads on the front page all talking about protests/revolution in the ME. Does each country really need its own thread? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597377](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597377) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597270](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597270) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597015](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597015) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597222](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597222) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=596999](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=596999) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597226](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597226) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/2 "2011-02-18T16:15:32Z")
> [@Bambro](#): > > Does each country really need its own thread? Yes, each country really needs its own thread. Each is having its own maybe-revolution. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/3 "2011-02-18T16:16:29Z")
Well, shit. That was easy. Mods? Close this one up? ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/4 "2011-02-18T16:17:56Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Yes, each country really needs its own thread. Each is having its own maybe-revolution. I disagree. ETA: I was able to find a resolution to my issue so that I do not have to see them every time I refresh the page, which I was previously unaware of. Mods, you can close this. sorry for wasting your time. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/5 "2011-02-18T16:21:29Z")
> [@Bambro](#): > > Does each country really need its own thread? Why wouldn’t each country need its own thread? How does the [del]abdication[/del] resignation of Hosni Mubarak affect the people of Tripoli’s desire to change their government? ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/6 "2011-02-18T16:24:46Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Why wouldn’t each country need its own thread? How does the [del]abdication[/del] resignation of Hosni Mubarak affect the people of Tripoli’s desire to change their government? One does not affect the other, unless simple inspiration counts. But it is all the same shit in each thread. But as I said I have been pointed to a solution which seems to resolve my dislike for so many threads. This is (and pretty much always was) a non-issue now. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/7 "2011-02-18T16:34:57Z")
Is it just the fact that they’re all countries in the Middle East? Suppose there was one about France, another about Zaire, and another about Chile. Would you still have pitted him? ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/8 "2011-02-18T16:40:06Z")
Lame pitting. ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/9 "2011-02-18T16:42:21Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Is it just the fact that they’re all countries in the Middle East? Suppose there was one about France, another about Zaire, and another about Chile. Would you still have pitted him? Probably, if they were all in different threads. ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/10 "2011-02-18T16:43:27Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Lame pitting. agreed ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/11 "2011-02-18T16:46:06Z")
In future, I will instruct the states of the Middle East to have their riots and/or protests one at a time, so you need not be inconvenienced by multiple threads discussing them. ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/12 "2011-02-18T16:47:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In future, I will instruct the states of the Middle East to have their riots and/or protests one at a time, so you need not be inconvenienced by multiple threads discussing them. Outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/13 "2011-02-18T16:51:49Z")
> [@Bambro](#): > > One does not affect the other, unless simple inspiration counts. But it is all the same shit in each thread. Nonsense. If I had not started a separate thread on Yemen, I never would have learned about qat! ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/14 "2011-02-18T16:52:19Z")
> [@Bambro](#): > > Outstanding. As you apparently agree with your critics all that remains is a polite mod request to close the thread down. All together now. ‘Kumbaya M’Lord ..’ ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/15 "2011-02-18T16:53:30Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nonsense. If I had not started a separate thread on Yemen, I never would have learned about qat! Individual threads are fully capable of supporting multiple conversations. ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/16 "2011-02-18T16:53:58Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > As you apparently agree with your critics all that remains is a polite mod request to close the thread down. > > All together now. > > ‘Kumbaya M’Lord ..’ Please see post #4 > [@Bambro](#): > > Mods, you can close this. sorry for wasting your time. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/17 "2011-02-18T16:57:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nonsense. If I had not started a separate thread on Yemen, I never would have learned about qat! Unlike those of us who learned about qat\* through Scrabble. \*Also qi, qadi, qanat, qoph and all the other oddball q without u words. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/18 "2011-02-18T16:59:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nonsense. If I had not started a separate thread on Yemen, I never would have learned about qat! Where were you during the Restore Hope Operation? News kept mentioning it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/19 "2011-02-18T17:05:16Z")
Just curious… any other example where “pitter” becomes the “pittee”? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813/20 "2011-02-18T17:06:43Z")
Happens all the time. Check out the Superdude thread (now locked, but still on the front page) for an extreme example. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton/571813.md?page=2)