# Mild Pitting of Beck

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691 "2024-10-12T05:25:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/168 "2024-10-13T23:39:48Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> As expected, I couldn’t find the thread, although I think I found a reference to it (but not a link). It was a couple of years ago or maybe more, possibly before the most recent rule revisions; and I am operating purely from memory, so I can’t insist I know what it said.

You are probably thinking of a few posts in one of these glurgy lovefest threads:

> [@Moderators changing thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-changing-thread-titles/965980):
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> I recently started a thread call “Attempted murder” and it was changed to “Attempted murder of Justice Brett Kavanaugh”. The thing is that I had deliberately called it “Attempted murder” and not “Attempted murder of Justice Brett Kavanaugh” because while it was obviously based on the recent Kavanaugh incident, my hope was to have discussion the broader issue of what counts as “attempted murder” without limiting it to the Kavanaugh incident specifically. This is not the first time something like…

> [@Descriptive Thread Title: I don't wanna cause any trouble.But I wanna explain, if I can about my thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-thread-title-i-dont-wanna-cause-any-trouble-but-i-wanna-explain-if-i-can-about-my-thread-titles/966056):
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> I’ve read the rules again. I’m not anything if not open to suggestions. I agree sometimes my titles are problematic. I’ll try to do better. I’m a silly and careless poster. Most of my threads are about me, me, me. I swear I don’t think I’m the center of the universe.(well, that’s debatable) I can still learn. And I will. I make a promise. To you all: I won’t clickbait my thread titles. You will be able to see what my topic is before you click on it. And to those who just hate me in whatev…

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