# I refuse to particpate in this thread any further **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146 "2002-07-16T00:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/1 "2002-07-16T00:23:57Z")
Sorry, but I’ve had it. The concept is silly, everyone who’s particpated in it 'till now is either an attention-whore or someone desperately trying (and failing) to be funny or…let’s be honest…just a :wally Every single argument made so far is faulty, it’s self-evident that there are logical errors galore and frankly, the speling sucks. So, there’s no way that I can be induced to particpate further. I gone. I’m outta here. I’m history. I’m Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/2 "2002-07-16T00:25:01Z")
Plus, there are too many double posts ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/3 "2002-07-16T00:27:14Z")
Plus, there are too many double posts. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/4 "2002-07-16T00:27:31Z")
I’m not even participating in it in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/5 "2002-07-16T00:28:46Z")
I wouldn’t be caught dead in this thread. I have my standards, and they’re not this low… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/6 "2002-07-16T00:36:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*I wouldn’t be caught dead in this thread. I have my standards, and they’re not this low… \*\* Mine are! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/7 "2002-07-16T00:54:38Z")
Like beating a dead horse. This thread is so lame I’m not even going to finish typing my mes ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/8 "2002-07-16T01:01:25Z")
Well, of course, you’re a newbie, and wouldn’t understand, you’ve only been posting for 16 hours. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/9 "2002-07-16T01:08:30Z")
You love us, then you leave us. Then you come back for more. It’s a sick cycle, I tell you. When will it ever stop? :rolleyes: 😉 ---
**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:** [July 16, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/10 "2002-07-16T01:09:08Z")
I’m not sure I have standards… ---
**Author:** ![Opus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/858c86/32.png) [@Opus1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opus1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/11 "2002-07-16T01:11:26Z")
I refuse to participate in any thread that would have me as a member. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/12 "2002-07-16T01:16:53Z")
[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125740). I have to admit I read the OP, but no more. And of course never considered posting. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/13 "2002-07-16T01:40:00Z")
We can only hope. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/14 "2002-07-16T02:17:50Z")
Sorry, like I said: I refuse to participate. And you can’t make me. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/15 "2002-07-16T02:22:11Z")
Yeah, that’ll show us ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/16 "2002-07-16T02:24:40Z")
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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/17 "2002-07-16T02:42:23Z")
Sheer, utter nonsense. Shouldn’t you be in school? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/18 "2002-07-16T02:42:35Z")
> [@](#): > ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/19 "2002-07-16T02:54:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > * * * > > \*\* DNFTT 🙂 Happy ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146/20 "2002-07-16T03:11:39Z")
Is he mad that he didn’t put his name in the title? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-particpate-in-this-thread-any-further/119146.md?page=2)