# Damn you, dead horse! WHY WON'T YOU MOVE? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652 "2000-11-17T21:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/21 "2000-11-18T15:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by boli \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Unfortunately, there are not enough coal threads. > > I work in the coal industry, kind of. I just don’t think it’s interesting enough to post about… \*\* Define “humor-intentioned facetious comment”… ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/22 "2000-11-18T16:45:28Z")
Well for me it’s the Race threads, religious threads until recently and locked threads also suck me in. **Biggirl** , you’re not alone, I have noticed there aren’t many of us here. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/23 "2000-11-18T16:48:47Z")
Aw, sorry, Anthracite. 'Twas unconscious plagiarism, I swear. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/24 "2000-11-19T05:54:58Z")
Java, Duke, this is for you. \ You like me! You really like me! Will you still like me after Eye for an Eye? Or Where the Heart Is? \ \ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/25 "2000-11-19T06:12:16Z")
I liked you in Forrest Gump and The Flying Nun, and Gidget. And in one movie you get naked, though I can’t remember which one. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/26 "2000-11-19T16:25:44Z")
Answering the OP: Threads started by dopers I’ve grown to respect, or dopers I think are really stupid. Threads about any sport at all. Especially the ones I know about. Threads about Christianity, abortion, depression, alcoholism, abuse, molestation and other health-related things. Threads where it’s really easy to appear really intelligent. Threads where I can list things like they matter to anyone, while in reality I’m thinking about lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/27 "2000-11-19T16:56:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > **Threads started by dopers I’ve grown to respect, or dopers I think are really stupid.** You showed up in my “lesbian strip show” thread. I hesitate to ask which category that puts me in! 😃 I gotta admit locked threads suck me in too, especially if the title seems relatively innocuous. I’d like to say sex threads, but since I post mostly from work I kinda steer clear, just to be on the safe side. Overall, though, I don’t think any one topic pulls me in on a regular basis. I just go with what looks like an interesting title. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/28 "2000-11-19T20:03:10Z")
No real pattern - I’m probably not enough of a “regular” here anyhow. I tend to gravitate towards race/gay/mental health/philosophical issue threads, I guess. And travel-related threads, because I travel alot. Oh, and sex threads to, because I do that alot too. 🙂 Oh, and pet threads. Ones I don’t bother with: TV/movie threads (Am I the only one here without a television?), “Look at my post-count” threads, any that look like they contain mathematical content. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/29 "2000-11-19T20:06:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*Java, Duke, this is for you. > > \ > > You like me! You really like me! > > Will you still like me after Eye for an Eye? Or Where the Heart Is? > > \ > > \ \*\* We try not to show it too much. \ But thanks for noticing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/30 "2000-11-20T04:38:30Z")
Homophobia threads, threads wherein I can flirt with Esprix, threads in which my honour is impugned. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/31 "2000-11-20T16:11:26Z")
Queer-related threads, anything in the title that relates to my life (like a movie I love or something I’m going through), sci-fi threads, and anywhere where I can get **matt\_mcl** to flirt with me. 😉 I avoid CvE, Christianity doctrine and _really_ pointless and mundane threads. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/32 "2000-11-20T16:56:12Z")
tracer said: > [@](#): > > Evolution vs. Creation threads. > > The horse is not only dead, he has been beaten into so many pieces you cannot even tell he’s a horse any more. That’s cus it evolved into a new creature. ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/33 "2000-11-20T17:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > **I avoid \ _really_ pointless and mundane threads.** I wondered why you never showed in my “ode to applesauce” thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/34 "2000-11-21T00:52:13Z")
Historical threads, especially about royalty. Stuff about MST3K… Or cats… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652/35 "2000-11-22T00:17:47Z")
tracer said: > [@](#): > > Evolution vs. Creation threads. > > The horse is not only dead, he has been beaten into so many pieces you cannot even tell he’s a horse any more. And David B. added: > [@](#): > > That’s cus it evolved into a new creature. …Or God miraculously transformed it… Sorry…it had to be done! 😃 Do I get picked on now, Eve? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-dead-horse-why-wont-you-move/41652.md?page=1)