# I Hate SDMB List Threads! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 24, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637 "2003-01-24T16:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/21 "2003-01-24T22:58:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WordMan \* > **porcupine, I am glad you found the thread in Cafe Society interesting. In the spirit of interesting discussion, I’m interesting in what you found entertaining about it - no sarcasm intended; I am genuinely curious.** Well, since I found the celebrities thread interesting, I’ll tell you why. I didn’t know half those people didn’t like each other, so I enjoyed reading about the back-story. I agree that posts in that thread that just listed the celebs with no explanation were kinda useless, but the other posts that explain how the friction started, etc, were interesting to me. And anything that **Eve** posts represents information I never knew and is therefore worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/22 "2003-01-24T23:25:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WordMan \* > \*\*This is the first Pit thread I have started - sorry in advance if I violate some basic rule of etiquette… > > I _hate_ list threads. There is one going in Cafe Society about celebrities who loath each other. The damn thread is at least 2 pages long and consists pretty much exclusively of people contributing a handful of pairs of celebrities who loath each other. > > \*\* Since I am the dillweed who OPed the thread, let me make some comments. 1. The fact that it got more than a few posts means that some people here thought something of the thread - maybe not my OP - but some subsequent things in the thread by other people which are of interest. When I wrote it, I really didn’t think more than 10 people would give a shit. 2. No one forces one to read a thread. For instance, I won’t open any threads about smegma. 3. I didn’t think it was a list thread. To me the “list threads” are the ones like “Week 6, Van Halen Songs…etc.” Sure some people just put up a couple of names, but a lot of fairly interesting things were posted there…maybe nothing of real importance in the greater scheme of the universe, but I think this board would be a little stale if we only had threads of deep intellectual significance. 4. Since you used no personal attacks, and showed restraint in your flame (I only felt a gentle heat pad-like sensation around my thighs), I’ll be gracious and promise not to start any more threads for a month. Happy? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/23 "2003-01-24T23:35:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*I hate lots of things: > 4. Predictable responses \*\* I told other dopers that you’d post that. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/24 "2003-01-24T23:51:37Z")
1. **Hamlet** ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/25 "2003-01-25T03:42:26Z")
1. **Lemon curry?** ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/26 "2003-01-25T17:14:59Z")
I don’t know what’s worse about Hi Opal–that it’s beaten to death, or that 99% of the time it’s used incorrectly (the last item of a 3-item list: correct. item 3 in a long list: incorrect). ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/27 "2003-01-25T17:25:47Z")
1. Please, will no-one think of the children??? 2. Lists make the baby Jesus cry. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637/28 "2003-01-25T18:48:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bubba Ray \* > \*\*List of predicted lame jokes that will appear in this thread: > > 1. Bandname > 2. Bring Pie > 3. Hi Opal > 4. If… the terrorists already have won > 5. worst. list. ever. \*\* All your predictions are belong to us! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-sdmb-list-threads/150637.md?page=1)