# No cheerleading? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 16, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635 "2008-07-16T02:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/1 "2008-07-16T02:41:20Z")
[Giraffe’s post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10006712&postcount=545) in the pit: > [@](#): > > "_No cheerleading, please. Pulling-up-a-lawn-chair-to-watch-the-fireworks posts have been forbidden for as long as I’ve been posting here, pretty much, since they just add a bunch of annoying filler to a thread"_. Really? I honestly didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/2 "2008-07-16T02:54:56Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] [Giraffe’s post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10006712&postcount=545) in the pit: Really? I honestly didn’t know. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it was a Pit sticky for a few years, after every Pit thread had a bunch of jokey lawn chair posts. Since it hasn’t come up for a long time, we didn’t bother putting it in the forum rules. If it starts happening more often, we can always put it back in there. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/3 "2008-07-16T03:02:28Z")
Thanks. I don’t do it (or like it), just didn’t know it was a rule. Ignorance fought! I’m done here. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/4 "2008-07-16T11:29:05Z")
You know, there was a time when we didn’t have a lot of rules or worried about post counts in threads, etc. \ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/5 "2008-07-16T13:01:33Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] You know, there was a time when we didn’t have a lot of rules or worried about post counts in threads, etc. \ [/QUOTE] The cheerleading rule has nothing to do with post counts. It’s discouraged because it’s childish and because it’s filler, as **Giraffe** said. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/6 "2008-07-16T14:07:31Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] You know, there was a time when we didn’t have a lot of rules or worried about post counts in threads, etc. \ [/QUOTE] There was a time people didn’t split hairs or argue endlessly over nitpicks either. (It was around the time that dinosaurs roamed the earth and god was in the third grade. Dirt was brand new.) ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/7 "2008-07-16T14:08:13Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] The cheerleading rule has nothing to do with post counts. It’s discouraged because it’s childish and because it’s filler, as **Giraffe** said. [/QUOTE] I’ll accept it is rather tired, and a bit lazy, but childish seems a bit strong! After Guinastasia accusing me of being a 14 yr old, I could develop a complex if this continues! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/8 "2008-07-16T14:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] I’ll accept it is rather tired, and a bit lazy, but childish seems a bit strong! After Guinastasia accusing me of being a 14 yr old, I could develop a complex if this continues! 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’m standing by that one. It evokes the image of kids standing in a circle in the schoolyard during recess, chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/9 "2008-07-16T15:27:55Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] There was a time people didn’t split hairs or argue endlessly over nitpicks either.\ [/QUOTE] I’m sorry but I’m having trouble believing this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/10 "2008-07-16T18:14:39Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’m standing by that one. It evokes the image of kids standing in a circle in the schoolyard during recess, chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” [/QUOTE] I didn’t shout “Fight! Fight! Fight!”… I used to shove them in the back if they were showing hesitancy! 😃 I see what you mean though. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/11 "2008-07-16T18:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] It’s discouraged because it’s childish and because it’s filler, as **Giraffe** said. [/QUOTE] And that’s different from the rest of the Pit because…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/12 "2008-07-17T04:23:41Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] The cheerleading rule has nothing to do with post counts. It’s discouraged because it’s childish and **because it’s filler** , as **Giraffe** said. [/QUOTE] [emphasis added] Filler, as in posts that are unnecessary, as in too many posts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/13 "2008-07-17T05:22:55Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] You know, there was a time when we didn’t have a lot of rules or worried about post counts in threads, etc. \ [/QUOTE] That particular rule has been around a pretty long time: [since 2002,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127729) to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-cheerleading/456635/14 "2008-07-17T11:27:39Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] You know, there was a time when we didn’t have a lot of rules or worried about post counts in threads, etc. \ [/QUOTE] Yeah, it’s too bad. We started with the simple “don’t be a jerk” rule, and we thought that was sufficient. But people tend to push the limits, to put one toe over a fuzzy line, and to annoy others. Almost all of our later rules arose because there was sufficient abuse that most other posters were annoyed. (Yeah, a few later rules arose for other reasons, such as the READER’s anxieties about potential legal issues.) I’m with you in sighing about this. If all our posters behaved politely and in a reasonable mature way, we wouldn’t need all these rules. Moderator life would certainly be easier, too.