# Have you NOT started any threads at SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984 "2003-11-13T06:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/21 "2003-11-15T14:16:07Z")
I think of GQ thread topics all the time, usually at my boring factory job where there’s nothing to occupy my thoughts. I’ll be thinking of how best to phrase the question, how to make it concise yet descriptive, wondering if it’s been asked before and what the best search terms would be…but then if I’ll be so curious that I’ll start walking about asking everyone in sight whatever my question is, and eventually I find out that way or with a quick googling. So, does _thinking_ about starting threads count for anything? ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/22 "2003-11-15T16:15:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Queen Tonya \* > \*\*So, does _thinking_ about starting threads count for anything? \*\* I do the checking Google thing, too, and it stops me from posting quite often. I just like the variety of posts, and would rather more than less. Also, because most people do not personally know each other in “real life” here, it seems that we should not be shy about starting a topic. But I try to do a search first. I like to see if someone in Cafe covered a movie I saw before making any comments about it. Thanks for responding, everyone! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/23 "2003-11-16T01:37:41Z")
I think I’m up to about twelve threads that I have initiated. I suppose that makes me a non-contributor. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/24 "2003-11-16T13:41:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eternal \* > \*\*Every time I do they flop. People keep ignoring me. \*\* Hey Everybody!!! Look at **Eternal’s** post!!! I even quoted the whole thing so you’d get another chance. I just LOVE reading **Eternal’s** posts! WE ALL LOVE **ETERNAL!!!**** Eternal **is so smart and attractive. I want to go on a date with** Eternal!!!** _Close your eyes give me your hands, Darling_ _Do you hear my heart beating? Do you unterstand?_ _Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming???_ ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/25 "2003-11-16T13:48:43Z")
I’ve never started a thread. Eh, I’ve thought about it from time to time, but most of the ones flitting around in my head at that point had been done–sometimes to death. Many times I’ll get in a snit, and want to start a rant in the Pit, but then I go see who or what topic is the _roast du jour_ and I think better of it. I may be crazy, but I’m not _insane_. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/26 "2003-11-16T13:54:20Z")
I have never started a thread about pirates. Nor: Beautiful airplanes. Bread slicers. Oklahoma football. Yummy brains. Photography. Astronomy. Star Trek. Unusual toys. Any of my ex-GFs. The Bible. Poetry. And I never started a thread that went longer than 3 pages. * * * I’m lying. ;j ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/27 "2003-11-16T18:46:16Z")
I’ve never started a thread. I guess I am mainly a lurker. Besides, I don’t have time to check up on it if I post at peak activity times. ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/28 "2003-11-16T20:04:25Z")
I have just submitted a thread. Gosh that was scary. But I thought that I should share here since you guys gave me courage. I will let you know how it goes (maybe even start a thread abouot it–Oh, no, now I have become obsessed! Someone help me :)). ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/29 "2003-11-16T20:22:22Z")
I’ve started a mere 2 threads. One at 100 posts exactly the other near 200. I wonder if it’s going to be a habit of mine to do a thread every 100 posts. ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/30 "2003-11-16T21:19:57Z")
Never started a thread-finished a few though:) V ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/31 "2003-11-17T06:59:35Z")
I’ve probably started 7 or 8 threads. Of these, one of them was one of those annoying GD threads where the OP never returns to defend his position (it wasn’t my fault! I suffered from a total brain crash the day after posting and wasn’t capable of coherently debating for days to follow.), one of them resulted in me getting utterly roasted by everyone who entered the thread (which was a bit bizarre…), and the rest flopped. All in all, not the best of tracked records. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dutch\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dutch\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dutch_George)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/32 "2003-11-17T08:30:32Z")
On most of the other MBs I’ve ever visited, my contribution usually tends to kill the conversation stone dead. So starting a thread would be dangerous for my image. People may think I’m talking to myself. Then again, … ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/33 "2003-11-17T08:34:53Z")
I’m posting just so **Dutch George** didn’t kill another thread. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984/34 "2003-11-17T08:39:34Z")
I might have started 7 or 8 threads. Most of them were flops. Shortly after I joined, in someone else’s thread, I asked why some threads were started by newbies on their first post. **Chronos** replied that it wasn’t a matter of how many posts your have, it just seems to be something some members are good at and some are not. I would point out that despite the fact that **Tomndebb** doesn’t seem to be good at starting threads, he is one of the best at making them informative and interesting. I guess we should all stick to what we’re good at. [ul]😉 [sup] **Perhaps I should concentrate on lurking.** [/sup][/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-not-started-any-threads-at-sdmb/212984.md?page=1)