# How many threads have you killed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205 "2002-06-21T04:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/21 "2002-06-21T23:08:08Z")
For myself, I’d have to guess that about…1 out of 5 or 6 are thread killers. Not counting threads _I_ started that never got a responce. (I’m _still_ waiting to find out what that song from the end of _Raid on Entebbe_ was) Thankfully, at least couple of the threads I’ve snuffed out died because I answered the question. The rest died just because…I’m a terrible poster and no board will have me, I guess. ☹ Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/22 "2002-06-22T00:03:32Z")
I am so good I can tell when I am going to kill a thread. The past couple of weeks I have stated that my post will kill threads and sure enough, they died painful deaths. Why, I would bet that if no one else replys to this thread, I killed another. 🙂 I think I still have some kind of record. My first thread starter generated 149 responses, number 2 crawled to a slow death with 0 responses. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/23 "2002-06-22T00:25:47Z")
I’ve slaughtered quite a few. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/24 "2002-06-22T02:06:16Z")
I killed 29 of 232 threads - that’s 12.5%. However, one of my posts was just a few minutes ago, so I’m still hopeful. I’m sure the reason is that my responses are so brilliant that no one would want to follow me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NoUseForAName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NoUseForAName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoUseForAName)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/25 "2002-06-22T02:14:10Z")
Maybe I can kill one on my first post… ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/26 "2002-06-22T07:49:12Z")
We “there’s gotta be more to say about this” type posters will have to step forward and confess our sins. I counted over the last three months. I’m averaging about 25% kills. But it’s only because I care about the threads. Except this one. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/27 "2002-06-22T15:58:44Z")
I think I killed the Fenris Shave thread. But thats about it. So 1 for 40 ain’t bad. Wait, am I at 40 yet? Beh, probably. Dammit, I’m gonna be a newbie forever! Wearia ---
**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/28 "2002-06-22T16:17:55Z")
MAybe a couple that I can think of but not on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/29 "2002-06-22T20:16:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wearia \* > \*\*…1 for 40 ain’t bad… \*\* 😃 I count three in the last month or so, but who’s counting? 😉 One can figure out how many black marks are on your permanent record of SDMB opprobrium by using search, on your name, anywhere in the document, for, say, the last three months. ---
**Author:** ![DeathLlama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DeathLlama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathLlama)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/30 "2002-06-23T01:16:27Z")
I’m happy to say that I’ve never killed a thread (that I haven’t posted to). ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/31 "2002-06-23T06:27:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by partly\_warmer \* > \*\*😃 I count three in the last month or so, but who’s counting? 😉 > \*\* Uh, well I guess its nice to know I have a fan, but its still slightly creepy. Of course I could send you some Wearia ™ t-shirts, membership cards, assorted keychains etc. Join now and you’ll recieve this souvenier spoon as our free gift to you. Oh god, I hope my crappy humor doesn’t kill the thread killing thread. Wearia ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/32 "2002-06-23T11:10:14Z")
Exactly 1156. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/33 "2002-06-24T00:00:30Z")
I think I have one that deserves some kind of noteriety. I started a thread a while back about Mcdonalds and global domintation, went quite nicely and I was not the one to kill it. By some strange coincidence, it made it up to **Threadspotting** long after it was dead so I put in one last comment on how cool it was that I made it into threadspotting. Then, instant deadness, not a single reply. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/34 "2002-06-24T00:32:46Z")
I don’t know, and besides it wasn’t my fault! Two possible reasons for no response: 1) Nobody gives a damn; 2) The post was so complete and well stated that there is nothing more to say. I don’t like 1) for some reason so I’ll go for 2). The thing that puzzles me, though, is why nobody responds with a Well Done!, Bravo!, Wish I’d said that! or the like. I have one smashingly erudite post hanging right now. I wish someone would either add a post or it would hurry up and get three pages down. Well, I’m waiting … ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/35 "2002-06-24T04:21:53Z")
Golly, thanks for responding! I suppose 500 posts or so really is the upper limit before it becomes too much of a chore to actually count all the threads you’ve killed. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/36 "2002-06-24T04:54:31Z")
Who’s going to kill the “killed threads” thread? This is my first attempt. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/37 "2002-06-24T05:34:24Z")
Nope, the honor is mine! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/38 "2002-06-24T05:37:11Z")
7.2% 35 of 486 threads. 36 of 487 if people leave this alone. On one page of threads I had killed 6 of the 25 threads displayed. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/39 "2002-06-24T23:40:02Z")
2 in this forum alone. And that is just today… _sheesh_:rolleyes: Night, night 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205/40 "2002-06-25T07:55:52Z")
I think you won, MarkF. Oh wait…not anymore, now that I posted. Crap. Ranchoth [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-have-you-killed/115205.md?page=1)