# Jesus, What Exit, do your own damn research... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 13, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610 "2012-03-13T01:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/21 "2012-03-13T17:31:08Z")
I was tempted to start 11 separate threads, to complain about the poll choices that **WE** picked. Or maybe a separate poll thread about each choice on his polls? “Should Nolan Ryan be on a poll list of the best Starting Pitchers of all time? Yes, No, Never Heard of him.” Times eleventy-one. Yeah, I voted in the polls too. Consistency is overrated. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/22 "2012-03-13T18:31:56Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > But it wasn’t 50, it was eleven and it isn’t blocking out the entire front page of the forum, and if it is, its because\* other\* posters are actively participating in those threads. Yeah, its a little excessive and could have been condensed into a single thread but its also the internet. In the grand scheme of things to get outraged about this is pretty far down the list. So 11 baseball polls in one shot is a little excessive, but 1 thread noting it’s excessiveness is over the top? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/23 "2012-03-13T18:55:10Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > So 11 baseball polls in one shot is a little excessive, but 1 thread noting it’s excessiveness is over the top? No I don’t think its over the top to post a Pit thread to complain about it. I just don’t think its worth much energy to complain about, especially given that those threads have active participation in them. The quickest and most effective way to convey annoyance with someone’s thread is to let it die. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/24 "2012-03-13T20:22:23Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > No I don’t think its over the top to post a Pit thread to complain about it. I just don’t think its worth much energy to complain about, especially given that those threads have active participation in them. So you’re here promoting conservation of energy? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/25 "2012-03-13T20:33:53Z")
Yeah, this was really annoying. I wrote my own Pit thread then saw this thread was already in progress. **What Exit?,** what gives? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/26 "2012-03-13T20:35:10Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > So you’re here promoting conservation of energy? Yes! “Save The Outrage For When It Really Counts!”…my new motto. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/27 "2012-03-13T21:04:01Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I count eleven such threads, actually. I’d want to have the ability to applaud/deprecate the Pitting of each of those threads with ease and independently. OP - wouldn’t it have been better to start 11 threads here so we could Pit the Game Room threads separately? > [@Enderw24](#): > > Suppose I make 50 threads blocking out the entire front page of a forum. Acceptable? This reminds me of a brainstorm I had a few minutes ago. Would it be a good practical joke to change the background image on a cell phone to all white? With white-on-white, they’d never be able to navigate back to the Change Background menu. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/28 "2012-03-13T21:14:24Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > The quickest and most effective way to convey annoyance with someone’s thread is to let it die. That doesn’t convey _annoyance_ with a thread; it just conveys lack of interest. Plus, no one person can let a thread die. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/29 "2012-03-13T21:23:09Z")
Now I’m having second thoughts about posting my “who was the greatest batboy” poll… ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/30 "2012-03-13T21:26:50Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Now I’m having second thoughts about posting my “who was the greatest batboy” poll… Third base coaches. We haven’t done third base coaches. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/31 "2012-03-13T21:34:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Jesus, What Exit, do your own damn research… I didn’t know there was a poster name **What Exit** , so I was thinking the OP was pitting Jesus for not doing his own research. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/32 "2012-03-13T21:41:42Z")
See? This why we need to separate sports and games into their own forums. So the gamers won’t get upset by all the sports talk blocking their [del]silly[/del] game threads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/33 "2012-03-14T01:28:00Z")
Yeah, he’s posting like somebody who takes more than one piece of bread from the bread basket. Who does that? Yes, I am aware they give you more. But now I have to wait, and I have no bread. I am breadless. Where my bread is I do not know, but on my plate, it is not. The nerve of some people. And, why do they call it ‘baseball?’ Last time I checked, there was more than one. It should be ‘basesball.’ Amiright? C’mon. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/34 "2012-03-14T01:43:04Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Now I’m having second thoughts about posting my “who was the greatest batboy” poll… Easy, [this one.](http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/batchild.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/35 "2012-03-14T02:22:34Z")
Who is the current **FGIE** favorite to win the World Series? The Cincinnatus Rvds, that’s who! I’m going to make my own thread about it and then Pit myself! Yee-hah! 😃 OK, that was pretty lame, I’ll slink away now. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/36 "2012-03-14T02:50:41Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Now I’m having second thoughts about posting my “who was the greatest batboy” poll… Actually, I would go with Joe Relford. [YOUNGEST MINOR LEAGUER?](http://research.sabr.org/journals/youngest-minor-leaguer) ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/37 "2012-03-14T03:46:24Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > 😃 I see the smiley, but really? I don’t think I’ve _ever_ posted in a game thread. My objection is not to the content of the posts, it’s just the flood of them all at once. Per the registration agreement: Do not post the same or similar messages or threads to multiple forums; multiple threads on the same topic; **or an excessive number of threads on any topic within a limited period of time**. Emphasis added. 11 in 1 day seems excessive to me. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/38 "2012-03-14T03:53:38Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Suppose I make 50 threads blocking out the entire front page of a forum. Acceptable? Do it. If you can post 50 threads quickly enough to block out the frontpage that are interesting enough to hang there for any length of time, more power to you. I pretty much dope via new posts and my user cp so I don’t really care what you do to any individual forum. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/39 "2012-03-14T04:01:10Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Do it. If you can post 50 threads quickly enough to block out the frontpage that are interesting enough to hang there for any length of time, more power to you. I pretty much dope via new posts and my user cp so I don’t really care what you do to any individual forum. I am super motivated to do this but I can’t decide what topic to go for. Cat care? “My iPhone pwns your Android?” “Circumcision = foreskin murder”? Man, I probably can’t get 50 threads out of that. Need inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610/40 "2012-03-14T04:02:07Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > 11 in 1 day seems excessive to me. Agreed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610.md?page=3)