# Most reoccurring thread subjects? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793 "2003-11-17T22:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/1 "2003-11-17T22:58:15Z")
Is it: Why do we wear underwear? Or: What does your user name mean? Or is it something else? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/2 "2003-11-17T23:06:56Z")
Evolution vs. Creation Batman vs. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/3 "2003-11-17T23:08:01Z")
Hey! \* Batman vs. Creation\*. Batman wins by evolving preparedness. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/4 "2003-11-17T23:35:48Z")
_Evolutionary Underwear_ gets my vote. Or a _Predict the next/last…_ thread. LOTR seems to come up quite often in CS. I think GQ might get it for most threads about computer problems. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/5 "2003-11-17T23:37:17Z")
The British judge gives you 73% for irony 😃 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/6 "2003-11-17T23:39:35Z")
Thank goodness its not a thread about shaved pubic hair. When I first started lurking there seemed to be a lot of threads about somedoper shaving their pubic region. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/7 "2003-11-17T23:46:02Z")
Been hearing lots of badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom in MPSIMS lately. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/8 "2003-11-17T23:55:35Z")
“Ask the …” “Best (bleh) Lines” And of course, “I hate/love/wanna-hump-the-writers of [insert eagerly anticipated movie title]” ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/9 "2003-11-18T00:10:58Z")
Metathreads (threads about threads, or threads about themselves) ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/10 "2003-11-18T00:18:42Z")
Marmite vs. Vegemite vs. People with no taste. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/11 "2003-11-18T00:22:55Z")
I’d say the “Why is this board so sloooowwwww???” threads have 'em all beat. ---
**Author:** ![InquisitiveIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@InquisitiveIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InquisitiveIdiot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/12 "2003-11-18T00:31:16Z")
Bah. I see a new _Prove to me that God exists!!_ thread every other day in GD. That or _Abortion kills babies! / What’s wrong with killing babies?_ ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/13 "2003-11-18T00:46:44Z")
How about sequential thread titles? There almost always seems to be one going in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/14 "2003-11-18T01:44:01Z")
My vote is for spelling pet peeves. Oh, and there’s no O in recurring. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/15 "2003-11-18T03:14:35Z")
The one I always seems to see in Cafe Society is some variation of “What’s the best cover song?” There’s never any original answers. Every good one has been mentioned. Yet they still usually manage to go for more than a page. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/16 "2003-11-18T03:21:23Z")
Homosexuality. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/17 "2003-11-18T03:22:59Z")
Sex threads… _any_ of them! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/18 "2003-11-18T03:36:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jadis \* > \*\*My vote is for spelling pet peeves. > Oh, and there’s no O in recurring. \*\* I’m going to have to ask for my money back on my text editor. The spell-checker said reoccurring is just fine. Ooops, the editor was free 🙂 Hmm … reoccur and reoccurrence seem to be just fine here: > **[Dictionary by Merriam-Webster: America's most-trusted online dictionary](https://www.merriam-webster.com/)** > > The dictionary by Merriam-Webster is America's most trusted online dictionary for English word definitions, meanings, and pronunciation. #wordsmatter ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/19 "2003-11-18T03:45:35Z")
Two words. Simp sons ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793/20 "2003-11-18T04:14:29Z")
Lately: “My theories on the Matrix trilogy” But I’m going to second the “sequential thread titles” threads. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reoccurring-thread-subjects/213793.md?page=2)