# I can't think of a thread!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 24, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534 "2012-08-24T21:16:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/1 "2012-08-24T21:16:11Z")

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Does anyone have days like this?

Some days I have dozens of ideas, and other days - zilch. It’s like some kind of block.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/2 "2012-08-24T21:18:51Z")

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All great writers get blocks sometimes. It is perfectly normal. The only known cure is to stay away from the typewriter or the computer for a month or two until you get your writing mojo back.

Oddly, starting a thread about not having any ideas is not the preferred approach.

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**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/3 "2012-08-24T21:26:47Z")

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You know, that DID happen to me before. You know what I did? I didn’t start any threads.

Strange, I know.

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**Author:** ![Cement](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@Cement](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cement)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/4 "2012-08-24T21:35:42Z")

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beer helps

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/5 "2012-08-24T21:51:12Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/6 "2012-08-24T21:57:30Z")

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No worries, Diamonds: We Are Here To Help!  
Possible thread ideas to get you through the last couple hours of a working Friday:

-How many freckles do YOU have? Do you KNOW?  
-How many pets have you had in your lifetime, and what kinds?  
-Anybody actually MET Cecil&Co?  
-Where the hell are my socks?

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/7 "2012-08-24T21:58:08Z")

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As far as I know there is no requirement to create threads to post on this board. So, you know, you could just not make any.

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/8 "2012-08-24T22:00:48Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> No worries, Diamonds: We Are Here To Help!  
> Possible thread ideas to get you through the last couple hours of a working Friday:
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> -How many freckles do YOU have? Do you KNOW?  
> -How many pets have you had in your lifetime, and what kinds?  
> -Anybody actually MET Cecil&Co?  
> -Where the hell are my socks?

No, no. Diamonds prefers threads like:

Wouldn’t it be funny to slash all the tires on my boss’s car?  
My “friend” egged an old lady, is this wrong?  
Haha, I saw a guy get hit by a bus - LOL!

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/9 "2012-08-24T22:08:07Z")

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Ah, one of THOSE. Gotcha.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/10 "2012-08-24T22:13:19Z")

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Don’t worry. You’ll be surprised to learn that there are 137,245 other members of this board and they can start threads without your assistance. Granted, they may not be as Diamonds-centric as your usual thread, but they’ll tide the board over until you’re back on your feet.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/11 "2012-08-24T22:18:17Z")

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I’m thinking of a thread between 0 and 1,000,000.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/12 "2012-08-24T22:20:17Z")

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So, this one gets to stay open even though it admits it has no legitemacy, while the mods lock mine down in \<5 just because they don’t understand my genius? Bloody favoritism, the way they protect me from myself! Well I’ll have none of it! I demand the mods stop giving me special treatment and save poor Diamonds02 from himself as well! It makes my heads hurt! AHHHHHHHHHHHH …

\*\* SPLAT \*\*

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/13 "2012-08-24T22:21:34Z")

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> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> So, this one gets to stay open even though it admits it has no legitemacy, while the mods lock mine down in \<5 just because they don’t understand my genius? Bloody favoritism, the way they protect me from myself! Well I’ll have none of it! I demand the mods stop giving me special treatment and save poor Diamonds02 from himself as well! It makes my heads hurt! AHHHHHHHHHHHH …
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> \*\* SPLAT \*\*

I saw this guy jump from a building - LOL!

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-think-of-a-thread/632534/14 "2012-08-24T22:53:04Z")

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If you don’t have anything to say, go don’t say it somewhere else.

Closed for lack of content or interest.

No warning issued.

**twickster** , MPSIMS modertor