# Generic Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374 "2004-11-23T22:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/81 "2004-11-24T13:59:18Z")
Expression of mild distress at not posting to thread earlier. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/82 "2004-11-24T14:39:29Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > Post saying that it’s all Bush’s fault. Bullwinkle crashes the thread cuz he can’t resist the opportunity to refer to a politician as Fearless Leader. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/83 "2004-11-24T14:59:26Z")
bored, lonely lurker posting just to keep thread going ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/84 "2004-11-24T15:09:18Z")
Massivley overdue post blaming it all on poster’s whipping boy politician of choice. ---
**Author:** ![general\_hubbub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@general\_hubbub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/general_hubbub)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/85 "2004-11-24T15:29:45Z")
Post by ‘newbie’ who has been ‘lurking for a long time’ but finally found a thread that was worth posting to. Newbie asks obligatory questions such as “who is Og?", and "why did he visit the board just once, in 1960, for 20 minutes?” ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/86 "2004-11-24T15:41:14Z")
Geeky Doper [is there any other type?] points out that **Lobsang** ’s “off-color” post (number 44) can be made legible (i.e., readable) (or discernable) by highlighting it with one’s mouse. Or trackball. Or whatever. This technical observation prompts **Coldfire** to move the thread to ATMB, where it is never seen again. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/87 "2004-11-24T15:53:22Z")
Post stating poster had completely misread the thread title and expressing disappointment that it’s not actually about what they thought it had been about; usually sex. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/88 "2004-11-24T15:57:55Z")
Post complaining that this is not worth subscription price. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/89 "2004-11-24T16:06:48Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > repeat post commenting on the thread in one sentence. Commenting on the thread in one sentence, you say? Obvious board hiccup and subsequent reply forming the basis of the next board cliche, along the lines of 1920’s style death rays which only worked once, in 1960, for 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/90 "2004-11-24T16:33:15Z")
Og smash. Flirting? OG SMASH! Flirting! Etc, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/91 "2004-11-24T16:34:46Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Post correcting link in previous post. Post pointing out that link still doesn’t work and [the link that should have been made in the first place](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=26280). 😉 Reminder not to raise zombie threads. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/92 "2004-11-24T16:41:16Z")
Muffled gunshot as poster realizes he used his 500th post in a thread about nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/93 "2004-11-24T16:47:01Z")
Coding Error. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/94 "2004-11-24T16:49:56Z")
Very short post, with a note at the end explaining how my brilliant post got eaten by hampsters. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/95 "2004-11-24T16:51:19Z")
Correction of the spelling of “hamster” Superfluous :smack: smiley ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/96 "2004-11-24T17:06:29Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > This technical observation prompts **Coldfire** to move the thread to ATMB, where it is never seen again. Post regarding **Coldfire** ’s absence. Brown-nosed query wondering if he’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374/97 "2004-11-24T17:40:19Z")
[Post-Count Padding](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231482) > [@](#): > > Also, in this effort, we will be locking any post-count parties we run across, **as we already do with other “post padding” threads**. Bolding mine. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-thread/276374.md?page=4)