# In every thread about xxxx, someone always posts yyyy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462 "2021-07-27T22:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/82 "2021-07-30T23:15:53Z")
This used to happen, but I do not know if it still does- in a thread about “what is your favorite TV show” someone will chine in with how they never watch TV. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/83 "2021-07-30T23:20:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > This used to happen, but I do not know if it still does- in a thread about “what is your favorite TV show” someone will chine in with how they never watch TV Given even the slightest opening, someone will note that Michael Caine has never seen JAWS: THE REVENGE… ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/84 "2021-07-30T23:39:37Z")
In every thread where somebody is trying to solve some problem, and includes several things they have tried, somebody will suggest they do one of the things they have already tried. The hyperbole example I use for this: > > My car won’t go backwards. I’ve tried putting it in reverse, but it still won’t go backwards. Any ideas about what could be wrong? > Have you tried putting it in reverse? > Put it in reverse to go backwards. > You need to be in reverse before it will go backwards. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/85 "2021-07-31T01:52:57Z")
Yeah, that still happens, but less rarely. I think it’s been taken over by the people who come into threads about cellphones to say they still have a “dumb flip phone”, regardless of context. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/86 "2021-07-31T01:54:28Z")
> [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](#): > > Every time someone posts a thread about some phenomenon they have noticed, perhaps in nature, society, IT or wherever, the first few posters will write replies that show they recognise the phenomenon and establish that the OP’s perception was accurate. But then someone else will come along, ignore those replies, and state that they have never noticed the phenomenon as if that is somehow interesting or important. I have never noticed this. 😆 Just kidding! I _have_ noticed it, and I don’t understand why people do it. Maybe they think they’re adding a data point, but it always sounds like they’re implying that the phenomenon being discussed isn’t real. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/87 "2021-07-31T02:06:58Z")
Any thread about allegedly-obsolete products or technology will include these kinds of posts: OP: Let’s talk about pencils. Doper: Pencils?!? LOL! Who the hell still uses pencils? Are those still made? I haven’t seen a pencil in 40 years! What’s next, a thread about buggy whips? Other Doper: I use pencils every day! I just bought a package of 100 precision-made hardwood pencils from Germany. I sharpen them with a Swiss-made electric sharpener that cost $800. Nothing beats the feeling of writing with a perfectly-balanced pencil! ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/88 "2021-07-31T02:58:36Z")
I don’t come here often, but when there is a thread that mentions breastfeeding there always seems to be a “don’t make people feel bad about giving a bottle” and a “the fact remains breast is best” comment. ---
**Author:** ![Somethingwitty1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/somethingwitty1/32/8899_2.png) [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/89 "2021-07-31T03:06:31Z")
My favorite nut is the peanut. Well, actually a peanut is a legume. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/90 "2021-07-31T04:35:35Z")
If the thread is about a food you don’t like, you will get a ton of responses that say “well, if you cooked it this way…” ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/91 "2021-07-31T05:31:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > This used to happen, but I do not know if it still does- in a thread about “what is your favorite TV show” someone will chine in with how they never watch TV. 🙄 On another board about air travel, any time the subject of seat-back video screens comes up, someone _always_ chimes in to tell us about how they don’t watch the in-flight entertainment, and those of us who do are “constantly glued to our screens”. It always makes me think of this old Onion article. > **[Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television](https://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-televisi-1819565469)** > > CHAPEL HILL, NC–Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers–as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/92 "2021-07-31T14:14:02Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > I _have_ noticed it, and I don’t understand why people do it. Maybe they think they’re adding a data point, but it always sounds like they’re implying that the phenomenon being discussed isn’t real. I think it can be a useful data point when someone makes an effort to identify why their experience is different from the OPs. But so often they don’t, and you’re left with the impression that they’re just unobservant. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/93 "2021-07-31T17:27:53Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Given even the slightest opening, someone will note that Michael Caine has never seen JAWS: THE REVENGE… … and then someone will follow with the fake quote about how it paid for his house.…. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/94 "2021-07-31T19:46:20Z")
OP: Lobster, _mmmm_ Witty responder: Lobster is just a vehicle for eating melted butter. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/95 "2021-07-31T20:08:17Z")
In any random trivia thread- not just on the Dope, basically anywhere on the internet- someone will post about Monkee Michael Nesmith’s mother inventing liquid paper. I’m pretty sure this is now the main reason anyone under the age of around 40 has heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/96 "2021-07-31T20:24:10Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > In every Cafe Society thread about music, somebody is sure to mention the band Rush. Personally I can’t stand them, but to each his own. However, if anybody got all their music knowledge from SDMB, they would think that Rush is the most famous band of all time. Dear God, yes! For twenty years I’ve been wondering about this Rush love. It’s like we’re required some Canadian content to run in the Peoples Republic of Canuckistan.\* - - For this thread. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/97 "2021-07-31T21:01:24Z")
Any thread about vitamins will include the phrase “expensive pee.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/98 "2021-08-01T00:07:42Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > I’m pretty sure this is now the main reason anyone under the age of around 40 has heard of him. How many under 40 have heard of liquid paper? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/99 "2021-08-01T00:28:13Z")
In any thread about the lottery, someone will point out that the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/100 "2021-08-01T09:41:17Z")
It might not be well known under that name, but it still does get used in schools, if nowhere near as much as it used to be. Here in the UK, the factoid gets changed to Tip-Ex, the local brand name. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/101 "2021-08-01T13:30:26Z")
In every thread about homes/home improvement/lawns/landscaping, someone always posts about much they hate Home Owner Associations. Case in point: > [@Any advantages of living in an RV next to your actual house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advantages-of-living-in-an-rv-next-to-your-actual-house/919379/31): > > That sounds, to me, what is generally taken care of by the city. If you have common areas, that the city doesn’t maintain, it sounds like either the entire neighborhood is privately owned (which would be a different situation) or the neighborhood has reached out to the city and agreed to take on these things themselves, likely in return for lower property taxes. Again, isn’t that a city issue? If there’s people living in your backyard, they’re going to bump the population of the city, which i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462.md?page=6)