# I'm sorry, don't start "stupid" threads?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-dont-start-stupid-threads/250629>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 16, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-dont-start-stupid-threads/250629 "2004-06-16T09:38:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-dont-start-stupid-threads/250629/41 "2004-06-18T14:54:03Z")

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> [@Aeschines](#):
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> I can’t figure out if pizzabrat is a stupid, annoying guy or a whiny, self-centered woman.
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> A hermaphrodite, perhaps?

I’m _NOT_ a woman! Nor am I stupid. Annoying is a matter of personal opinion…

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-dont-start-stupid-threads/250629/42 "2004-06-18T15:19:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> What, exactly, is a “stupid” thread anyway?

One that makes people write to me, asking me just what you’re playing at. Alternately, one that makes the Baby Cecil cry.

I have polled my colleagues, and they agree that if you open one more stupid thread, you’re gone.

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-dont-start-stupid-threads/250629/43 "2004-06-18T15:37:50Z")

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> [@Lynn Bodoni](#):
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> I have polled my colleagues, and they agree that if you open one more stupid thread, you’re gone.

Careful, Lynn. pizzabrat is petty enough to call you on your use of “open” there instead of “start”. And then he’ll ask for a clarification of the term “gone”.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-dont-start-stupid-threads/250629/44 "2004-06-18T15:42:36Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Careful, Lynn. pizzabrat is petty enough to call you on your use of “open” there instead of “start”. And then he’ll ask for a clarification of the term “gone”.

She has to say “gone”; “Ban” is a trademarked brand name. The other thread has taught us all about that.

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**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-dont-start-stupid-threads/250629/45 "2004-06-18T16:32:05Z")

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One more stupid thread and he’s gone? Really?

Really _really_?

Don’t toy with our emotions **Lynn** …

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