# etv78, please take a nap **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385 "2010-09-28T19:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/1 "2010-09-28T19:39:52Z")
Or at the very least, stop starting so many goddamn threads. Since your return on 9/5, you’ve posted 339 times in 170 threads. Of those 170, you’ve started 71 of them. Seventy-one threads in 23 days! Holy fuck, man - take a fucking break! I understand you’re disabled, and don’t get out of the house much. Posting here gets addicting. But this is a community - could you try to spend more than 42% of your posting time contributing to the OTHER 8 gazillion threads at hand? Or get a LiveJournal so you’re not cluttering up the board with [ridiculous shit like this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579882)? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/2 "2010-09-28T19:59:26Z")
Top marks in that thread for the link to this one. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/3 "2010-09-28T20:10:49Z")
I endorse this thread. I know it’s not the biggest deal in the world, but with some members it seems that they sit in front of their computer furiously wracking their brains for any topic that might be worth starting a thread about. It is, in many cases, probably about boredom, but it often ends up seeming like a scream for attention. “I don’t just want to participate in discussions; i want to be the starter of threads.” It’s not like there’s a lack of discussions already in progress, or that the board lacks for new material. Especially given the completely pointless nature of threads like the one linked in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/4 "2010-09-29T00:11:42Z")
Not to mention barely comprehensible in most cases. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/5 "2010-09-29T01:16:22Z")
I was going to suggest sending out his brain for retooling, but napping is good, too. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/6 "2010-09-29T02:10:17Z")
My name is **Guinastasia** and I approve this message. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/7 "2010-09-29T02:18:38Z")
I just want to say how much I love this idea of telling people to “take a nap” in the pit thread titles. The 8,000,000th iteration of “I pit Dio” was great because the thread title instructed to take a nap. That is hilarious. Like we’re dealing with small, over-worked children who need to lie down. Up next: Clockwornmelon, for the love of god, take a fucking nap! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/8 "2010-09-29T02:22:00Z")
[del]And after that, how about _ **Shot from Guns** and **Chimera** , go to your rooms until you can decide to play nice with each other_?[/del] Nah. Too unkind. I’ll leave it unsaid, is what I’ll do… ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/9 "2010-09-29T02:26:22Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > That is hilarious. Like we’re dealing with small, over-worked children who need to lie down. If you have evidence that we are not, then I’m going to have to ask for a cite. > [@](#): > > Up next: Clockwornmelon, for the love of god, take a fucking nap! I heartily endorse this message. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/10 "2010-09-29T02:52:36Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I just want to say how much I love this idea of telling people to “take a nap” in the pit thread titles. The 8,000,000th iteration of “I pit Dio” was great because the thread title instructed to take a nap. That is hilarious. Like we’re dealing with small, over-worked children who need to lie down. I thought twice about it, but the softball he tossed me in the thread linked in the OP was too good to pass up. > [@](#): > > Up next: Clockwornmelon, for the love of god, take a fucking nap! I don’t know if the typo was intentional, but I also approve this message. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/11 "2010-09-29T09:05:02Z")
I’ll be happy to lend **etv** a blanket if he doesn’t have one, too. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/12 "2010-09-29T09:42:06Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I was going to suggest sending out his brain for retooling, but napping is good, too. Don’t bother. He’s already a tool. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/13 "2010-09-29T10:04:34Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Up next: Clockwornmelon, for the love of god, take a fucking nap! Yeah, what a fucking asshole. I have it on good authority that he got the idea for his username from me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/14 "2010-09-29T10:57:37Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I just want to say how much I love this idea of telling people to “take a nap” in the pit thread titles. The 8,000,000th iteration of “I pit Dio” was great because the thread title instructed to take a nap. That is hilarious. Like we’re dealing with small, over-worked children who need to lie down. Up next: Clockwornmelon, for the love of god, take a fucking nap! [Considering the post made right before this Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12965718&postcount=7), I think telling him to take a nap is entirely too appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/15 "2010-09-29T11:55:56Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Or at the very least, stop starting so many goddamn threads. Since your return on 9/5, you’ve posted 339 times in 170 threads. Of those 170, you’ve started 71 of them. Seventy-one threads in 23 days! Holy fuck, man - take a fucking break! Let’s do a team-building exercise where we each read one of his threads and discuss it with the group… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/16 "2010-09-29T13:12:14Z")
No one ever tells me to take a nap. Except me. Sometimes I tell myself, “Self, go take a nap.” Mmm, naps. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/17 "2010-09-29T13:26:08Z")
Wait, what’s wrong with **melon**? I don’t give a boobie’s bottom about this ET dude. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/18 "2010-09-29T14:31:01Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I don’t know if the typo was intentional, but I also approve this message. It started off that way, but I decided to leave it. > [@Autolycus](#): > > Wait, what’s wrong with **melon**? I’m not sure what’s wrong with him, but a nap couldn’t hurt. I’m sure there’s smoke coming from his fingers, due to the non-stop, furious typing, to the tune of roughly (what seems like) 500 posts/day. Just… take a nap, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/19 "2010-09-29T14:33:04Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Wait, what’s wrong with **melon**? AClockworkMelon Join Date 03-05-2010 Total Posts 5,159 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385/20 "2010-09-29T14:45:23Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > > [@Autolycus](#): > > > > Wait, what’s wrong with **melon**? > > AClockworkMelon > Join Date > 03-05-2010 > Total Posts > 5,159 That is NOT my number of total posts. But yeah, I’m actually a prototype artificial intelligence. There’re some bugs to work out, obviously. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385.md?page=2)