# I'm proud that I never posted.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 22, 1999, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412 "1999-12-22T04:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/1 "1999-12-22T04:08:00Z")
in the “Earth is flat. I read it in the paper.” thread. Of course, if you go by word count, then, statistically, no-one did…except Phaedrus. Oh, I wanted to, badly. It bugs me when someone is provided with incontrovertible evidence and says, in effect, “Nuh-uh!” And I make this solemn vow: I will _not_ post in that thread, regardless of how much I’d love to say “_Damn it! You’ve been proven wrong seventeen different ways! Give it up!_” :::deep, cleansing breath::: Ahh. That’s better. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/2 "1999-12-22T06:24:00Z")
Yeah, but see now you _have_! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/3 "1999-12-22T12:47:00Z")
Nope. I’m just doing my part to help consign that thread to Coventry. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/4 "1999-12-22T13:40:00Z")
But **Rhysdad** , we’ll never hit the Post1K mark with that kind of attitude… (isn’t a ‘K’ 1024? So shouldn’t we be worrying about Y2K in the year 2048?) ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/5 "1999-12-23T06:41:00Z")
It’s gone, locked, dead. And no Great Debates thread will _ever_ get that long again. I vow it to be so. Heck, the Atheist Religion thread was only six hundred and some messages long and it got all screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/6 "1999-12-23T06:52:00Z")
**David B** compares the Flat earth thread with the > [@](#): > > Atheist Religion thread was only six hundred and some messages long and it got all screwed up. Yah, but The Flat Earth thread was pretty much screwed up from about page two. Quality, not quantity, that is the key consideration. ## **\

Tris\** The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying bastards. – **Alexander Jablokov** The Place of No Shadows ---

**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/7 "1999-12-22T22:52:00Z")
Well said, Tris! (That was supposed to be #625 in the Atheist Religion thread, but A. it wouldn’t post… and wouldn’t post… and wouldn’t post… and B. it’s applicable here too.) ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/8 "1999-12-22T22:58:00Z")
Would you believe I read every post in that thread? I learned a lot, but none of it from you-know-who. I admire David, the Doc, Phil, Gaudere and the others for their incredible patience. Too bad it was wasted on one who is either mad or insane. And the KGB fiasco was just pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-proud-that-i-never-posted/3412/9 "1999-12-22T23:06:00Z")
Wally said: > [@](#): > > Would you believe I read every post in that thread? I read most of ‘em. By the end I wasn’t bothering to read Phaedrus’ babbling. > [@](#): > > I admire David, the Doc, Phil, Gaudere and the others for their incredible patience. Dr. Fidelius was the one who achieved sainthood for his patience in that thread. He kept on longer than anybody else, I think. Now, in a new thread started by Phaedrus, there are a couple of people who are actually asking him serious questions – silly people. We’ll see how long they last. > [@](#): > > Too bad it was wasted on one who is either mad or insane. Or both. 🙂 > [@](#): > > And the KGB fiasco was just pathetic. Wasn’t it? KGB shows up, makes Phaedrus-like posts, insists he’s not Phaedrus, flames away and loses his access, and then \< poof \> Phaedrus just happens to come back as soon as KGB is gone. Amazing coincidence…