# In MPSIMS, is it threadshitting to disagree with the OP? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 11, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-mpsims-is-it-threadshitting-to-disagree-with-the-op/621608 "2012-05-11T13:21:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-mpsims-is-it-threadshitting-to-disagree-with-the-op/621608/12 "2012-05-11T19:21:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I think you’re putting words in the guy’s mouth. All I think he’s asking for is for people to stop turning MPSIMS threads into a fight. That’s not all he was complaining about. He also complained about people offering well-meaning advice and not letting like-minded people commiserate with each other. > [@Damnit, she's only 18 months old, she's gonna touch that hot plate no matter what you say!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-shes-only-18-months-old-shes-gonna-touch-that-hot-plate-no-matter-what-you-say/621306/170): > > Sorry, **cochrane** , I’ll admit you touched a bit of a raw nerve for me, especially after all the actual threadshitting so far (not by you, but by others) - so **I’ll redirect those comments toward everyone else - especially those who were honestly trying to back the position that many waiters simply have no clue how to safely cater to children’s needs, nor any responsibility to do so. Those folks get a double dose of “feck off”.** > > I get that you were offering a bit of constructive criticism, and apologize if I painted with too broad a brush. \*\*But at the end of the day, if someone posts a minor gripe in MPSIMS, and doesn’t ask for advice, the implicit call to action is either to chime in with similar experiences, or, um, don’t post at all. \*\*This isn’t IMHO, and I don’t think anyone here is grasping for solutions to a problem that barely exists in the first place, at least if you’re a decent enough parent to move dangerous stuff away from your kid. > > \*\*I realize I’m not the OP, and I can’t speak for him, but having started/participated in several similar derailed MPSIMS threads where folks just couldn’t butt out and let the like-minded folks commiserate, I’m a bit fed up with shit like this. > \*\* > > I wonder though - next time someone cuts in line at the grocery store, and I come here to bitch about it, am I going to see - interspersed with all the “I know, right?” posts - a dozen posts saying “serves you right for leaving a space in front of you - you’re a poor excuse for a shopper” and “here’s some advice - maybe you shouldn’t leave a space in front of you”? Bolded parts mine. Here he’s clearly saying if you can’t +1 the OP, then keep your irrelevant advice and opinions out of the thread. Despite his wishes, offering unsolicited advice or a different perspective is not threadshitting. Any “threadshitting” was a figment of his imagination. I’m in line with **twickster’s** sentiment: > [@](#): > > As long as you’re responding to the topic, and do so civilly, it’s not threadshitting. And of course, there’s no excuse for directing so many “fuck you’s” to everybody. That’s not even allowed in the Pit. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-mpsims-is-it-threadshitting-to-disagree-with-the-op/621608)._