This thread:
Has nothing in it, not even an original post.
What gives?
Sorry.
Ahh, that’s one of the threads that only people who Believe In Cecil can see…
Seriously, though, I’m guessing that Liquid Lobotomy hasn’t had his coffee yet this morning and left the message field empty. This is perhaps a bug in the VBulletin software, that it doesn’t at least put the OP’s name, date stamp, etc., albeit with an empty message field?
Alternatively, I’m guessing that the server hiccuped when he posted it (it’s still got grinding noises coming from the transmission), so his OP is now puzzling a group of sub-etheric mindforms centered on Titan.
I want to believe…
I Wouldn’t have thought that possible; I haven’t tested it here, but certainly I remember accidentally clicking the post button on the old software with an empty field and being told to try again - it would be rather embarrassing for the programmer to have left out such a fundamental bit of validation, but it wouldn’t be the first time I suppose.
Maybe the hamsters just found a particularly tempting sunflower seed at that precise moment.
I see the question has appeared now, I wonder if LiquidLobotomy had to repost or if the original was just stuck somewhere…
I would guess the server was overwhelmed and was unable to retrieve the text of the post from the database. Did it take a long time for the thread to show up?
If LiquidLobotomy had to re-post I would expect to see two posts in the thread.
Of course I meant “two posts by LiquidLobotomy in the new thread.”
It was an OP, so one would expect two threads, not two posts. And there is, indeed, another copy of the thread floating aroung in GQ. Last I saw, it was near the bottom of the first page with no replies, so it might not even be worth the trouble to lock it.
All right Mr. Smartypants Chronos. Had to prove me wrong didn’t you? En garde! One two three four I declare a thumb war.