# I'm pitting this thread and I didn't even read it **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102 "2007-06-07T08:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/21 "2007-06-07T14:42:24Z")
So, it all comes down to poo? ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/22 "2007-06-07T14:43:10Z")
**I’m pitting this thread and I didn’t even read it** [QUOTE=lowbrass] Currently in IMHO - “The grossest thing that can happen while pooping” I mean, really. [/QUOTE] Sorry, **lowbrass** , but you have to cancel your subscription to the SDMB. If you look at the top of the page it says > [@](#): > > Fighting ignorance since 1973 > (It’s taking longer than we thought) By pitting a thread without even reading it you are exacerbating the ignorance in the world. If you at least opened the thread and gave it a fair chance, then you would be helping in the fight. Instead you have meekly surrendered to the ignorant masses. Turn in your secret decoder ring, 1920’s style death ray and the autographed picture of Uncle Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/23 "2007-06-07T14:43:24Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] I think we need a gross of poop threads. [/QUOTE] But we must avoid having as many as 288 poop threads. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/24 "2007-06-07T14:45:41Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] But we must avoid having as many as 288 poop threads. [/QUOTE] Yes. That would be just too gross. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/25 "2007-06-07T14:46:34Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] But we must avoid having as many as 288 poop threads. [/QUOTE] Yes, that would just be _too_ gross. Dammit, **Mal**. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/26 "2007-06-07T14:54:24Z")
Yes, that would be just two gross. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/27 "2007-06-07T15:00:12Z")
As starter of the above named thread, I would like to say POOP TURD DOODY FART Suck on that, OP! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/28 "2007-06-07T15:01:18Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] Yes, that would just be _too_ gross. Dammit, **Mal**. [/QUOTE] pwned! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/29 "2007-06-07T15:17:24Z")
Ewww, someone made a gross thread! Not only has that never happened before, but the column the board is based on has never, ever been about feces, urine, semen, or any other gross subject! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/30 "2007-06-07T15:32:40Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Yeah, I didn’t read it, either. So? I don’t see a point to pitting it. It was well-marked; anyone going in there knows what they’re going into. I’m not interested, others are. [/QUOTE] I didn’t read it either, but dammit, it got my imagination working. Before seeing the thread title, I had never thought that gross things could happen beyond, you know, poop coming out of me. So now I’m stuck with the dilemma: Don’t read it, and have my overactive imagination chewing on the question all day, wondering what could be worse than what I’m thinking of? Or read it, and find out. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/31 "2007-06-07T15:36:10Z")
I promise, reality is much worse than anything you can imagine. Stay away if you don’t want to have nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/32 "2007-06-07T16:22:53Z")
I did read it, and I read this one, too. This thread is a bigger waste of bandwidth than the thread you’re pitting, **lowbrass**. Are you a troll? Are you not finding the level of entertainment here up to your fine standards? Do you think the world should change to accommodate you? Are you 12? Do we need to post the phrase, “IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, DON’T READ IT.” as a stickie in every forum? Does someone need to come visit you and **zuma** and tattoo that phrase on your foreheads? Do we need to add to that phrase - “IF YOU DON’T EVEN BOTHER READING IT, DON’T BOTHER COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.”? I don’t know why I’m even bothering to post in this thread. I must be dead bored. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/33 "2007-06-07T16:25:51Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] I did read it, and I read this one, too. This thread is a bigger waste of bandwidth than the thread you’re pitting, **lowbrass**. Are you a troll? Are you not finding the level of entertainment here up to your fine standards? Do you think the world should change to accommodate you? Are you 12? Do we need to post the phrase, “IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, DON’T READ IT.” as a stickie in every forum? Does someone need to come visit you and **zuma** and tattoo that phrase on your foreheads? Do we need to add to that phrase - “IF YOU DON’T EVEN BOTHER READING IT, DON’T BOTHER COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.”? I don’t know why I’m even bothering to post in this thread. I must be dead bored. [/QUOTE] I think you should start another thread pitting this one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/34 "2007-06-07T16:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] IDoes someone need to come visit you and **zuma** and tattoo that phrase on your foreheads? [/QUOTE] Oooh!! Can I do it? I’ve been wanting to do a tattoo since I got mine. I’m sure it’ll be extra painful, since I’ve never done it before. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/35 "2007-06-07T16:32:56Z")
“Tastes like duck rectum” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/36 "2007-06-07T16:33:05Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] I don’t know why I’m even bothering to post in this thread. I must be dead bored. [/QUOTE] Your post sucked. I didn’t read it, but I’m pretty sure it did. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/37 "2007-06-07T16:38:49Z")
The funny thing is that one or two posts into that thread someone wondered how long it would be before the thread was pitted. Yeah, I read the thread, after missing out on the ladle meme I decided to read even the grossest sounding threads lest I miss out on something funny. I think it’s silly to pit these types of threads, c’mon everybody poops, it’s an experience we all share. I’d rather people felt comfortable talking about it on a message board where I have the option of ignoring it than talking about it in person where I can only get away by running screaming from the room. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/38 "2007-06-07T16:44:48Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Your post sucked. I didn’t read it, but I’m pretty sure it did. [/QUOTE] So did yours, which I didn’t read either. In fact, I never read anything here. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/39 "2007-06-07T16:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] \*\*By pitting a thread without even reading it you are exacerbating the ignorance in the world. [/QUOTE] That’s assuming something worthwhile is in the thread. I can similarly offer you a piece of vapid angsty fan-fiction, and when you refuse to read it, accuse you of fostering ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-this-thread-and-i-didnt-even-read-it/407102/40 "2007-06-07T16:54:23Z")
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