# I pit contentless threads!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 13, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958 "2007-02-13T02:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/1 "2007-02-13T02:47:09Z")
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many have been appearing today! I break wind in their general direction! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/2 "2007-02-13T02:48:06Z")
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/3 "2007-02-13T02:48:13Z")
Aha! Cured it, I did! Damn, I’m good. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/4 "2007-02-13T02:48:26Z")
Hey! I can see yours! ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/5 "2007-02-13T02:48:39Z")
Huh. How ironic. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/6 "2007-02-13T02:50:33Z")
What a relief. For a few minutes I was afraid we’d all have to resort to communicating through thread titles. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/7 "2007-02-13T02:51:06Z")
🆒 Hey, this thread has content! WOOOOT! I can even reply to it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/8 "2007-02-13T02:52:29Z")
**Qadgop the Mercotan** , Miracle Doctor, he healed the Dope with a good harsh pitting. Jim ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/9 "2007-02-13T02:53:31Z")
Um. Have we spoke too soon? ETA: That’s weird. I was in the “Safeway Checker” thread and it suddenly became empty… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/10 "2007-02-13T02:54:47Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/11 "2007-02-13T02:57:16Z")
I wonder if the board’s been hacked - did anyone notice that the only thing showing up in these “empty” threads is the Google ad about The Second Coming? Makes me wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/12 "2007-02-13T03:00:04Z")
When I say this glitch today, I almost platzed. I’m not even Jewish so you know I must be pretty upset. Thanks QtM! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/13 "2007-02-13T04:11:08Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] When I say this glitch today, I almost platzed. I’m not even Jewish so you know I must be pretty upset. Thanks QtM! [/QUOTE] I didn’t realize that it _was_ a glitch until I opened this thread; I checked out **Resolved: An Acceptable Solution to the War!** in Great Debates, saw that there was nothing there and thought _that_ was the proposed solution. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/14 "2007-02-13T04:14:29Z")
My empty post is my cite. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/15 "2007-02-13T04:15:57Z")
Typical Mod, always has to have the last word. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/16 "2007-02-13T07:28:03Z")
So why are some threads affected and not others? And why did **SkipMagic** post an empty post? > [@El Kabong](#): > > last word last word? I don’t see any words at all. And by tomorrow, when this is all fixed, people are gonna wonder what in the heck I’m talking about. It happened. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/17 "2007-02-13T09:50:03Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] So why are some threads affected and not others? And why did **SkipMagic** post an empty post? [QUOTE=El Kabong] last word [/quote] last word? I don’t see any words at all. [/QUOTE] Whoosh ! He did post; it’s just white on white. Just drag a box over it to see the words, like you were going to copy-and-paste. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/18 "2007-02-13T17:30:59Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Whoosh ! He did post; it’s just white on white. Just drag a box over it to see the words, like you were going to copy-and-paste. [/QUOTE] 😃 Thanks. Unfortunately, I still don’t get it. But oh well. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/19 "2007-02-13T17:40:59Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] My empty post is my cite. [/QUOTE] Don’t you guys get in trouble for abandoning your posts? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958/20 "2007-02-13T18:02:34Z")
We do. We get hanged. It’s not a lot of pun. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-contentless-threads/391958.md?page=2)