# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/142 "2021-08-25T14:39:12Z")
Any thread where someone posits some batshit crazy point of view where a pile on follows can expect to see a defense with some variant of “Yes, and everyone at the time said Copernicus was wrong too, but he was ultimately proven to be correct and now everyone agrees with him.” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/143 "2021-08-25T14:48:13Z")
Which is always followed by the saying “They laughed at Copernicus, but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown”. Similarly, every time someone posts something like “you gotta keep an open mind”, someone responds with “watch out that your brain doesn’t fall out”. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/144 "2021-08-26T21:39:40Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > Example: “flaunt” and “flout” Anecdote doesn’t equal data and all that, but I ran across an example of this in Sue Grafton’s “J is for Judgement.” She described a character as flaunting a law. The book was written in 1993. I think it’s time to give up fighting that battle. Reading it did take me out of the book briefly, but that’s mostly because I though about the SDMB when I saw the description rather than being bothered by bad grammar 😜. ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/145 "2021-08-27T09:39:38Z")
You’ll pry my cold dead hands off of the difference between your and you’re…between their and there… On the other hand, I’ve given up on “begs the question”. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/146 "2021-08-27T16:18:04Z")
Sue Grafton is definitely an example of how not to write - both in her use of flout/flaunt, but also general storytelling. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/147 "2021-08-27T19:21:15Z")
Literally anytime there’s anything revolving “Say something illegal you have done” multiple people will bring up “Well I shoplifted candies when I was a kid” like that’s literally the only illegal thing they ever done in their entire lives. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/148 "2021-08-27T19:26:42Z")
The two most closely linked separate events in history have got to be Korean Air Lines Flight 007 and Iran Air Flight 655. Literally if someone posts something about one immediately afterwards somebody will post the other super defensively. I have literally never seen a thread that talked about one without the other immediately being brought up. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/149 "2021-08-27T19:58:26Z")
In anything written about Tom Cruise the following will ALWAYS be brought up in this order. 1. Scientology 2. His Height 3. Always doing his own stunts 4. Jumping on Oprahs couch 5. Him being Gay ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/150 "2021-08-28T22:05:07Z")
In every thread where Centrifugal Force is mentioned, someone will always try to correct it to Centripetal, even if the person did really mean Centrifugal Force, and understands, or even acknowledged that it’s a virtual entity. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/151 "2021-08-28T22:13:14Z")
In every post about Facebook, someone has to post, ‘If you don’t know what the product is, YOU’RE the product!’ It’s 50/50 if that beats the multitude of people crowing that they don’t have a Facebook account. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/152 "2021-08-29T23:55:27Z")
When I saw the thread “[If you had $1,000,000.00 to invest…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-1-000-000-00-to-invest/949737/20)” I knew someone was going to make a reference to the Barenaked Ladies song. I was right. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/153 "2021-08-30T00:34:20Z")
I have nothing against vegans and in fact, admire them. None the less, I found this cartoon funny and sort of relating to the topic at hand… You could substitute many different groups for vegans in the caption. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/189571352@N07/51412261444/in/dateposted/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/189571352@N07/51412261444/in/dateposted/) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/154 "2021-08-30T18:32:18Z")
It doesn’t happen all that often–though more often than you’d think–but if anyone ever mentions Hedy Lamarr, you can be sure that some wit will come along and respond, “That’s Hedley!” Pro tip: Just because it was funny when Harvey Korman said it, doesn’t mean it’s funny when you say it. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/155 "2021-08-30T19:43:48Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Pro tip: Just because it was funny when Harvey Korman said it, doesn’t mean it’s funny when you say it. Nah. These people are on to something. Not only is comedy improved when it’s thoroughly explained, it also improves when habitually repeated. Just ask my teenaged self and his rote memorization of most Monty Python films. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/156 "2021-08-31T15:40:06Z")
In every thread about bidets, or bidet attachments, there is always someone who can’t be convinced of their efficacy, and will defend smearing with paper. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/157 "2021-09-01T06:52:24Z")
Anytime anyone talks about Taco Bell someone else will immediately bring up both 1. Taco Bell isn’t REAL authentic Mexican food And 1. Why eat at Taco Bell when you can go eat at a local hole in the wall authentic Mexican restaurant instead? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/158 "2021-09-01T14:35:17Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > xxxx != yyyy != = ≠ ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/159 "2021-09-01T16:22:41Z")
^like ---
**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:** [September 11, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/160 "2021-09-11T21:07:16Z")
Every thread where the OP asks that it not become a political discussion, becomes a political discussion. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/162 "2021-09-19T22:07:07Z")
OH yeah, and although that isn’t necessarily _wrong_ is it annoying and not helpful. > [@caligulathegod](#): > > Every thread about Saturday Night Live, or even the Simpsons, has someone chime in about how they haven’t watched either for years or even decades. Classic threadshit, IMHO. > [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Anecdote doesn’t equal data and all that, We always get that quote wrong. [Don't forget: The plural of anecdote is data](http://blog.danwin.com/don-t-forget-the-plural-of-anecdote-is-data/#:~:text=You%20may%20have%20heard%20the,not%20have%20a%20virgin%20birth). _You may have heard the phrase the plural of anecdote is not data. It turns out that this is a misquote. The original aphorism, by the political scientist Ray Wolfinger, was just the opposite: The plural of anecdote is data._ _Wolfinger’s formulation makes sense: Data does not have a virgin birth. It comes to us from somewhere. Someone set up a procedure to collect and record it. Sometimes this person is a scientist, but she also could be a journalist._ Of course some anecdotes are worthless data, but you give a good example. That may not be the best hill for grammaticists to die upon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462.md?page=9)