# Descriptive Titles - Training Wheels **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 1, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815 "2001-07-01T06:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815/21 "2001-07-05T12:55:24Z")
**White Lightning** : my first comment was _obviously_ referring to **jally** ’s words about posters being bloodhounds and all that. Hell, the friggin’ quote is _in my last reply_. As far as **jally** ’s history goes: [(s)he does have](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75836) [a lot of trouble](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34162) [posting in](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34194) [the appropriate forum](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34156), [doesn’t (s)he?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34131) In other words: no, I wouldn’t say “We’ve been through this before” if it weren’t so. I then proceed to answer her actual question to the best of my abilities. Cut _me_ some slack, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815/22 "2001-07-05T13:09:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > Cut _me_ some slack, I’d say. Those words are gonna come back to haunt you, **Coldfire**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815/23 "2001-07-05T14:55:16Z")
**Coldfire** : > [@](#): > > Then again, people tend to learn quickly. A badly phrased thread title means little hits, and less answers. Most people tend to pick up on that logic fairly quickly. An excellent metaphor for natural selection! Poorly-phrased, “unfit” thread titles tend to disappear in favor of well-written, “fitter” thread titles. Which also somehow seems to explain the reproductive success of sexually-themed thread titles. Paging Richard Dawkins… ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815/24 "2001-07-06T08:57:11Z")
I haven’t yet read the responses to this thread. I just wanted to say that, last night I posted my last post, without having ever seen a post of **jally** ’s, asking for y’all to cut her some slack. I’ve just been reading about her in the Pit and elsewhere, and I want to say: 1. You guys were right. Whatever I said about pulling stuff in from other threads was wrong, this one’s a kook and a persistent one at that. 2. I’m shocked that she’s lasted so long with the constant mis- and cross-posting, the rude and inappropriate rants and insults, and the all around bad attitude. 3. I should have known better than to criticize. Sorry. Particular apologies go out to **Fenris** and **Coldfire**. You guys know what you’re doing, I don’t. My bad. Now to go read the thread. I should have received some scalding responses. Consider me, in advance, properly chastened. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815/25 "2001-07-06T14:15:53Z")
Allow me to be the first to point out that direct personal attacks on posters are generally discouraged in ATMB. Pileons especially are not welcome in the Holy Hall of Saint Tuba. You don’t like Jally, go post it in the Pit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815/26 "2001-07-06T14:22:10Z")
…and I might add that “making fun” of a poster is considerably different from saying “I’m surprised she’s lasted so long with her bad attitude”. FTR, I don’t think she’s got a particularly bad attitude– **I** think she’s cute. So there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815/27 "2001-07-06T14:54:06Z")
Enough already! This thread is closed. your humble TubaDiva Administrator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815.md?page=1)