# Moving threads to The Pit **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 17, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357 "2018-05-17T18:14:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/141 "2018-05-19T01:28:52Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 😕 > > Sounds like you’re characterizing that as an instance of **Clothahump** participating in a thread in IMHO, when it suddenly got moved to the Pit around him and led to a free-for-all that ended with his bannination. > > But his first post to the thread was AFTER the move. So? It’s not Clothahump so much, it’s the terrible horrible nasty mess that thread ended up as. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/142 "2018-05-19T01:33:35Z")
I think they should move this thread to the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/143 "2018-05-19T03:01:32Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > If by ‘not a jerk’ you mean echoes the dominant sentiment of the board you might have a point. No, that’s not what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/144 "2018-05-19T03:14:47Z")
That overall accusation is bogus. I don’t argue anything based on any ‘overall sentiment of the board’. No one gets together to put together a belief or position for the rest of us to defend. If someone is getting pounded on by a score or more of people on this board, they should really step back and ask if they’re the baddies here. Because there are good people here. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/145 "2018-05-19T06:13:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > That overall accusation is bogus. I don’t argue anything based on any ‘overall sentiment of the board’. No one gets together to put together a belief or position for the rest of us to defend. If someone is getting pounded on by a score or more of people on this board, they should really step back and ask if they’re the baddies here. Because there are good people here. _Mostly_ good people. And a few jerks. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/146 "2018-05-19T11:23:37Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > So? It’s not Clothahump so much, it’s the terrible horrible nasty mess that thread ended up as. That thread started with a pretty contentious OP. There are ways to discuss racism calmly but that wasn’t one of them. I don’t participate in many Pit threads myself, but I can’t see any reason to lose sleep if some random Doper mistakenly believes I dwell there. What damage is there? There are a few posters that it would surprise if they participated by slinging mud, but I can’t imagine I’d look down on them for simply posting in a Pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/147 "2018-05-19T11:40:23Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > It’s called “lurking.” “Pornography _must be banned_ from our community… because I can’t stop looking at it!” ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/148 "2018-05-19T15:17:28Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > …I don’t participate in many Pit threads myself, but I can’t see any reason to lose sleep if some random Doper mistakenly believes I dwell there. > > What damage is there?.. _What damage???_ Someone you don’t know may have insulted you without your knowledge in a location you will never be! . ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/149 "2018-05-19T18:57:10Z")
> [@andros](#): > > _What damage???_ Someone you don’t know may have insulted you without your knowledge in a location you will never be! > . I thought we weren’t suppose to mention that place? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/150 "2018-05-19T20:12:13Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > […]Look! Up in the sky! Etc. Hey, leave me (and my mode of transportation) out of this, you philistine. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/151 "2018-05-20T00:12:59Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Ok, you sign your name to a petition to stop Nazis. > > Afterwards, the guy changes it to a petition to support nazis. > > I mean, since you are no longer actively participating in that petition, why does it matter? Is the petition going to have real live, real world consequences? If so, the fact that the text at the top of the page says oppose and not support means that you can prove that the person making the change is lying. If the petition has no real consequences, but you are still harmed, in some way, by its distribution and your association with it, you are free to sue. There is nothing magic about The BBQ Pit that can change the meaning of your words and I have not yet seen a real life consequence for the presence of a post in The Pit, so your analogy has no point. Perhaps, if your request was that we post move announcements on boldface, it might have a point. Otherwise, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/152 "2018-05-20T18:14:03Z")
As long as we’re going to do bold then, I think \*\*Mod Note \*\*would look good in blue, comic sans. That’ll be my vote in the inevitable poll. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/153 "2018-05-20T21:40:36Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > … That’ll be my vote in the inevitable poll. You really don’t like polls following up on discussions. We get it. Seriously dude, just like some can just resist following a thread to the Pit (even if some may be saying something nasty about them there, triggered by a post from before it was in the Pit), you can just _not click_ on poll threads following up on discussions. Not sure why the fact they exist offends you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357.md?page=7)