# I pit "this". **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610 "2009-07-20T11:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weaver_of_Nightmares)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/21 "2009-07-20T16:05:36Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I agree, but lots of things mildly annoy me, if I started a pit thread on evey one I would get banned. Get an LJ, you whiner. I kid, I kid. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/22 "2009-07-20T16:10:46Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > Dito eminem’s girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/23 "2009-07-20T16:17:04Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I agree, but lots of things mildly annoy me, if I started a pit thread on evey one I would get banned. Yeah, I know. But the “This.” thing is fairly new, and it’s starting to show up here a lot lately. Something about it just irks me, and it just doesn’t seem to fit here. I say this as an SDMB fan, my “guest” status notwithstanding. I figured since it made my hackles rise every time it showed up, it was pitworthy to me. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/24 "2009-07-20T16:22:09Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > What lazy bullshit. If you agree with a post, how goddam hard is to actually key in a few words describing your agreement and expanding on it. You must be joking. Didn’t you see the thread in ATMB where people were complaining that to see a guest’s profile, they actually had to click a link? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/25 "2009-07-20T16:25:55Z")
Would it help if I wrote up an “I agree! In fact…” post? A while back I went through a brief phase (inspired by a now-banned poster who kept describing how angry certain things made him, to the point of ridiculouslness) where I’d describe in lengthy detail how something on this board was infuriating me to the point of performing a suicidal act of self-mutilation. [Example 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9615486&postcount=197), [Example 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9623996&postcount=283) ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/26 "2009-07-20T18:38:30Z")
What they said. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/27 "2009-07-20T19:19:20Z")
I heartily endorse this event or OP. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/28 "2009-07-20T19:59:12Z")
+1 in MPSIMS. \*\*Gfactor \*\* Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/29 "2009-07-20T20:07:34Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > Indeed. That. ---
**Author:** ![Casserole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casserole)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/30 "2009-07-20T22:01:19Z")
I had the urge to post a “+1” in a thread once. I sent it in a private message to the poster in question instead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/31 "2009-07-20T23:33:08Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > If you agree with a post, how goddam hard is to actually key in a few words describing your agreement and expanding on it? But no, somehow, even on this board (which I feel should be above this kind of lethargic and useless posting), some genius has to chime in with “this” and feel as if they’ve made a contribution to the thread. Gotta disagree. Sometimes another person has made a beautiful, brilliant post, and there’s absolutely nothing you can add to it. At the same time, you want to show you agree (or think the argument bears repeating). So you quote the post, and write “This” or “QFT” underneath it. ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/32 "2009-07-20T23:55:16Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Sorry if it was done before - the search thingy didn’t review its secrets to me. Link so I can feel better about myself? > Sorry, guess I’ve been whooshed. What does this mean? I bow before your metaphoric superiority, I guess.:rolleyes: By your OP, you revealed that by posting ‘this’, ‘+1’, etc people would be “pushing your buttons” as the saying goes. So your buttons are showing. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/33 "2009-07-20T23:56:14Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > +1 Postin’ “me too,” like some brain-dead AOLer. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/34 "2009-07-21T00:50:05Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Would it help if I wrote up an “I agree! In fact…” post? A while back I went through a brief phase (inspired by a now-banned poster who kept describing how angry certain things made him, to the point of ridiculouslness) where I’d describe in lengthy detail how something on this board was infuriating me to the point of performing a suicidal act of self-mutilation. > > [Example 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9615486&postcount=197), [Example 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9623996&postcount=283) **VC03** , right? It took me a minute to remember it was him and not someone who’s still with us and fairly prolific. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/35 "2009-07-21T01:35:17Z")
Tru’ dat ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/36 "2009-07-21T02:48:14Z")
I know, right? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/37 "2009-07-21T03:31:01Z")
No doubt. But seriously, I can understand why folks do that. I mean, it is not really my style to do it, but I think I understand what’s up; they are showing support for the poster sometimes, right? Sometimes, it can get awfully heated in some of these threads, and a poster can find themselves all alone on an issue with many posters coming at them. Sometimes, a simple ‘I agree’ can make the poster not feel so…alone. Sometimes, I feel odd posting a simple ‘haaa!’ when a poster cracks me up. I mean, I’m not really adding anything to the thread by doing that, but I can’t help wonder if maybe sometimes a poster appreciates someone acknowledging that they are funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/38 "2009-07-21T03:45:15Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Exactly. I also feel/think/understand this way. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/39 "2009-07-21T12:51:48Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > +1 in MPSIMS. > > \*\*Gfactor \*\* > Pit Moderator Is that a +1 jackboot of moderating? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610/40 "2009-07-21T17:11:11Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > No doubt. > > But seriously, I can understand why folks do that. I mean, it is not really my style to do it, but I think I understand what’s up; they are showing support for the poster sometimes, right? > > Sometimes, it can get awfully heated in some of these threads, and a poster can find themselves all alone on an issue with many posters coming at them. Sometimes, a simple ‘I agree’ can make the poster not feel so…alone. > > Sometimes, I feel odd posting a simple ‘haaa!’ when a poster cracks me up. I mean, I’m not really adding anything to the thread by doing that, but I can’t help wonder if maybe sometimes a poster appreciates someone acknowledging that they are funny. I’ve done the HaHaHa bit myself, and I’ve quoted a post only to point out it was beautiful or insightful or hysterical, and added a few words to explain that - maybe even a just smiley, if it conveyed the right reaction. I don’t mind that - I get it - and it can add some value to a thread. But “This.” is truncated and nonspecific and clumsy and lazy. I had to see it a few times before I even figured out what it meant, and then I started to get annoyed by it specifically, not just any single word response. There’s no eloquence or elegance in it, no imagination, not a single goddam good thing about it. Even the one word responses you wild and crazy guys came up with to post as a contribution to this thread showed some imagination and effort, and I appreciated that you thought about it enough to come up with something to add. In doing so, you illustrated my point. That’s all I’m pointlessly bitching about, really. Just that one stupid _word_ used as a reply or a comment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this/503610.md?page=1)