# Mods, can't you tell Snowboarder Bo to shut up?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483 "2012-01-14T05:02:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/361 "2012-01-18T16:15:02Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> I’m sort of enjoying keeping score on this kerfuffle.
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> As best I can tell, this is now the 13th longest thread in ATMB history, all 11,469 of 'em. Moving up to number 11 seems almost a foregone conclusion. Which would make this a one-in-a-thousand thread.
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> Getting from there to #7 is a bit of a jump, but not inconceivable. I don’t see this getting past #4 no matter what.
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> We shall see …  
> LOL with a Dr. Evil cackle.

Well, we got to #11 overnight. Congrats to all on creating a one-in-a-thousand fuss.

Seems now like we’ll hit #7 on the all-time fuss parade by mid-afternoon today Wed. This one shows no signs of slowing down yet. LOL at it all.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/362 "2012-01-18T16:32:36Z")

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It does feel special being part of this historic event! If we could just move an ATMB thread into the all-time biggees, that would be worth a hoot and holler for sure. I’m afreaid The Game Room is going to prevent that, but it _could_ happen in time.

Got any predicitions on when that will happen, **LSLGuy**?

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/363 "2012-01-18T16:35:03Z")

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> [@RaftPeople](#):
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> Actually, I read a recent study that showed showed long term changes to brain due to smoking pot.

That it becomes more awesome?

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**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/364 "2012-01-18T16:39:04Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Well, we got to #11 overnight. Congrats to all on creating a one-in-a-thousand fuss.
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> Seems now like we’ll hit #7 on the all-time fuss parade by mid-afternoon today Wed. This one shows no signs of slowing down yet. LOL at it all.

Are you trying to create a new meme or something?

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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/365 "2012-01-18T16:58:36Z")

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I’m betting the thread gets moved before then…

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**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/366 "2012-01-18T17:09:24Z")

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> [@bob ducca](#):
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> that it becomes more awesome?

Oh man, quarry time!

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**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/367 "2012-01-18T17:20:55Z")

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This is what I’m doing right now:

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/368 "2012-01-18T17:26:24Z")

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Pissing on your enemy’s grave?

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**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/369 "2012-01-18T17:35:17Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> Pissing on your enemy’s grave?

You have angered me - I POYG

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**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/370 "2012-01-18T17:36:10Z")

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Playing Angry Birds?

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/371 "2012-01-18T18:18:07Z")

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Everyone’s gotta make a fuss. – EGMAF.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/372 "2012-01-18T18:21:00Z")

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Let he who is without a quarry throw the first stone.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/373 "2012-01-18T18:28:52Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> It does feel special being part of this historic event! If we could just move an ATMB thread into the all-time biggees, that would be worth a hoot and holler for sure. I’m afreaid The Game Room is going to prevent that, but it _could_ happen in time.
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> Got any predicitions on when that will happen, **LSLGuy**?

I don’t know of a practical (read as “easy enough for me to bother with”) way to find the longest threads across other forums, so I can’t handicap this one board-wide.

As best I can determine with my methods, counting down the longest threads for just ATMB looks like this right now (entries are post count & link with title):  
[ol]  
[li]1,052: [Pit rules have been revised](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508033)[/li][li]668: [The SDMB is switching to paid subscriptions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269127)[/li][li]532: [If you are a member of this board, please, post here. Master List Renewed?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=210087)[/li][li]447: [Make your “pay my subscription fee” request here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245878)[/li][li]447: [Why was Seven banned?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526210)[/li][li]423: [Enter Your “Sponsor My Membership” Requests Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415370)[/li][li]373: [Mods, can’t you tell Snowboarder Bo to shut up?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638454)[/li][/ol]So we’re now at #7. We were at #8 when I started this post, but \*\*Czarcasm \*\*pushed us over that hurdle. You can see how we’ve got aways to go to get into the top three of the ATMB hit parade, much less take the coveted #1 spot.  
I took a quick shot at locating the longest Great Debate threads, figuring that forum would tend to have the longest threads. Even if we got to be #1 in ATMB, topping 1,052 posts here, we’d only be #14 or so in GD by my admittedly rough measurements. This thread as of now would rank about #235 in GD.

The longest one there I found has 2,949 posts. And as you might expect, it was started by **Dio**.  
I then took a look at the Game Room. Boy was I wrong about GD being long. Shows what little I know about forums I rarely visit. GR has a few much longer threads.

By my weak methods the longest GR thread runs to 12,017 posts. I rank the longest GD thread at about #11 on the GR rankings. The longest ATMB thread is a mere #58 on the GR hit parade. This thread as of now would rank about #175 on the GR hit parade.  
Then again, I suppose we ought to interpret thread lengths differently in the different forums. When messageboard politics threads get longer than lots of, but not all of, real world politics threads, we oughta consider that an achievement. Or something. An shit.

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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/374 "2012-01-18T18:32:47Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Let he who is without a quarry throw the first stone.

Hey, I live near a quarry! So… Where should I be throwing my stones again?

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/375 "2012-01-18T18:40:24Z")

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Keeping in mind that these are OLD numbers, you might find them interesting in [The BIG Threads at SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510321) which ran from 03-14-2009 through 04-17-2009 for 29 posts.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/376 "2012-01-18T19:17:18Z")

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> [@brittekland](#):
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> Sometimes sabotage is a good thing.

Except that’s not sabotaging Bo, that’s making his meme get more attention.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/377 "2012-01-18T19:38:04Z")

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So the kids they dance  
and shake their bones  
and the politicians throwin’ stones,  
singing ashes, ashes, all fall down.  
ashes, ashes, all fall down.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-you-tell-snowboarder-bo-to-shut-up/609483/378 "2012-01-18T19:50:09Z")

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Since we’re no longer discussing the actual topic of the thread, I’m closing it.

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