# DaveBear ... have you started any non sex related threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593 "2003-04-28T03:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/1 "2003-04-28T03:45:34Z")
OK… first off, this is not a real pitting by me, I just was not sure where else to put it. I am actually entertained by reading all of the sex related threads you start, but, it seems to me to be at least the vast majority of threads you have started lately. You seem to have a one track mind. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Anyone else notice this?? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/2 "2003-04-28T03:56:17Z")
HA! Yessss, I’ve noticed this too. 😃 I did see one thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179540) started by **Dave** that was not sex related. Maybe there are others lurking around here somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/3 "2003-04-28T04:19:03Z")
Hey, he’s performing a service. Because sex is, in fact, the point. And all the other things we do; playing the trombone, sweeping the carpet, posting to the SDMB, are just stuff we pass the time with till we can have sex again. So if we bring it a little closer to the actual goal- sweeping the carpet naked, posting to sex related threads- well, all the better. More power to him. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/4 "2003-04-28T05:02:46Z")
So it looks like we are seeking to evaluate the postings of **Davebear** to determine whether he merits the title of One-Trick Pony (OTP). In a rapid glance at **Davebear** ’s [last 50 posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=davebear), I found 19 that I would consider to not be directly related to sex, romance or relationships. (IMO – your evaluation criteria may, and probably do, vary.) This would make **Davebear** 62% OTP pure. Some well known OTPs, such as **Uekte** and **Jack Dean Tyler** , have much higher OTP purity – IMO, 100% for **Uekte** and 90% for **JDT** , based on last 25/50 posts. While **Davebear** has a fairly high percentage of posts on one topic, I don’t think it’s really enough to consider one to have a one-track mind. Alternately, we could just throw him to the [SDMB One-Trick-Pony Chowder and Marching Society](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=143998&highlight=marching+AND+chowder) and see how he fares. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/5 "2003-04-28T05:06:43Z")
I wondered how long it would before someone started a thread like this. If someone did nothing but needlework threads, would it be worth a pitting? Rock on Dave. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/6 "2003-04-28T05:18:02Z")
Like I said, it was not a real “pitting” per se… I jsut wasn’t sure where to post. I have nothing disparaging to say about DB 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/7 "2003-04-28T05:48:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spit \* > \*\*If someone did nothing but needlework threads, would it be worth a pitting? > \*\* Well, don’t forget that there has been a commitment to [raising the tone of the boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=128401), complete with [additional](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128449) [discussions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128450) at the time and [later](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=153107). Sex threads are more likely to lower the tone of the boards than are needlework threads. It appears that **Davebear** posts on a variety of topics anyway, so the idea of sex threads lowering the tone of the boards is rather a moot point, no? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/8 "2003-04-28T11:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > Sex threads are more likely to lower the tone of the boards than are needlework threads. You ain’t seen my tapestry collection. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/9 "2003-04-28T12:20:53Z")
It’s Spring. What did you expect? ---
**Author:** ![NameAlreadyTaken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@NameAlreadyTaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NameAlreadyTaken)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/10 "2003-04-28T12:43:45Z")
Although the title could be misconstrued, DaveBear’s recent [Ferret Frolic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=175263&highlight=ferret) thread was most certianly not about sex. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/11 "2003-04-28T13:26:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, don’t forget that there has been a commitment to raising the tone of the boards, complete with additional discussions at the time and later. Sex threads are more likely to lower the tone of the boards than are needlework threads. Well, only if sex is defined in advance as a lowered tone. Why would that be? I _appreciate_ this board for its rare openness about sex. It’s one of the things I value highly here. Frankly, I think prudery and silence are lowered tones… ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/12 "2003-04-28T13:31:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*Well, only if sex is defined in advance as a lowered tone. Why would that be? I _appreciate_ this board for its rare openness about sex. It’s one of the things I value highly here. Frankly, I think prudery and silence are lowered tones… \*\* I agree. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/13 "2003-04-28T14:06:13Z")
I always thought “playing the trombone” and “sweeping the carpet” were euphemisms for sex. Lordy, were we to take you seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/14 "2003-04-28T14:14:23Z")
Well, unless you make a point of reading every thread on the boards, the fatc that you’ve noticced a high percentage of sex-related threads could just mean you are _reading_ those threads disproportionately often… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/15 "2003-04-28T14:23:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\*So it looks like we are seeking to evaluate the postings of **Davebear** to determine whether he merits the title of One-Trick Pony (OTP). In a rapid glance at **Davebear** ’s [last 50 posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&username=davebear), I found 19 that I would consider to not be directly related to sex, romance or relationships. (IMO – your evaluation criteria may, and probably do, vary.) . \*\* to be fair to the OP, however, you shouldn’t be looking at last posts, but last threads opened. as for the OP itself : 1. If you don’t want to read yaddy yaddy yaddy. 2. I would think that if the administration had a problem w/how many or what type of thread a poster was opening, **they’d** be the one to comment. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/16 "2003-04-28T14:58:06Z")
Hell, as I said in the OP, I am entertained by them and have even posted in them… don’t mistake my question for an admonishment 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/17 "2003-04-28T15:42:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanOldLady \* > **I did see one thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179540) started by Dave that was not sex related.** Wha??? You mean the question wasn’t, “Who’s going to play you in the **PORN MOVIE** which is your life?” Well, that changes my answer entirely… **lieu** : I always thought “_playing the trombone_” and “_sweeping the carpet_” were euphemisms for sex. Lordy, were we to take you seriously? Oh, is that what the kids are calling it these days? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/18 "2003-04-28T16:55:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*I always thought “playing the trombone” and “sweeping the carpet” were euphemisms for sex. Lordy, were we to take you seriously? \*\* And by your ommision, are you saying “posting to the SDMB” is NOT a euphemism for sex? Oh you’re so naive 😉 Said correctly, **everything** is a euphemism for sex. (“I’m going to be upstairs…doin’ my taxes…heh, heh, heh”) Which I think just makes my point that sex is, in fact, the point :). Hmm…why hasn’t Dave shown up? This thread does have “sex” in the title after all… ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/19 "2003-04-29T02:22:07Z")
This is one of the many, many reasons I like **Davebear**. I appreciate his playfulness. Also, he makes me feel pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593/20 "2003-04-29T02:38:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*Well, only if sex is defined in advance as a lowered tone. Why would that be? I _appreciate_ this board for its rare openness about sex. It’s one of the things I value highly here. Frankly, I think prudery and silence are lowered tones… \*\* I agree. When there isn’t a bunch of people scraming “EEEEWWWW”, there can be some damn fine and illuminating discussions about sex on here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davebear-have-you-started-any-non-sex-related-threads/171593.md?page=2)