# Enough with the "Thunderdomes" in The Game Room **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 25, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633 "2016-05-25T05:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/1 "2016-05-25T05:56:05Z")
Home Depot Thunderdome was funny, but now we have Office Depot, Toys R Us, Electronics Store and more Thunderdomes. A funny joke that is quickly jumping the shark, can we put a stop to it or at least consolidate to one thread? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/2 "2016-05-25T06:40:30Z")
I am not a Mod, but I can already tell you the answer you’re going to get: Nope. It’s a phase, that will eventually play itself out. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/3 "2016-05-25T09:29:19Z")
Don’t those really belong in Thread Games? And, yes, this too shall pass. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/4 "2016-05-25T14:25:23Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Don’t those really belong in Thread Games? > > And, yes, this too shall pass. Hmm. Maybe we should start a game called **Forum Thunderdome**! In which forum will a topic draw the most complaints? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/5 "2016-05-25T14:27:57Z")
We need to have “Sex Shop Thunderdome”, and then the trend will have run its course. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/6 "2016-05-25T14:32:07Z")
There’s a very easy solution to this complaint. Ignore the threads. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/7 "2016-05-25T14:36:44Z")
Maybe if we had a [Thunderdome] tag they’d be easier to ignore? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/8 "2016-05-25T18:02:11Z")
> [@bump](#): > > We need to have “Sex Shop Thunderdome”, and then the trend will have run its course. By then everybody will be spent and just want to take a nap. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/9 "2016-05-25T19:45:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Maybe if we had a [Thunderdome] tag they’d be easier to ignore? No, the obvious answer is that we need a “Thunderdome” sub-group. 😉 I’m sure the mods will be right on that. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/10 "2016-05-26T13:13:11Z")
> [@bump](#): > > We need to have “Sex Shop Thunderdome”, and then the trend will have run its course. You could poke someone’s eye out with some of that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/11 "2016-05-26T16:51:42Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > There’s a very easy solution to this complaint. > > Ignore the threads. Whew. I thought I’d just been delaying the inevitable but not clicking on those threads. A weight is lifted. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-thunderdomes-in-the-game-room/755633/12 "2016-05-27T03:51:58Z")
No sdmb swag store thunderdome?