# Parody pit threads should not be allowed.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-pit-threads-should-not-be-allowed/482568>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-pit-threads-should-not-be-allowed/482568 "2009-01-23T02:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-pit-threads-should-not-be-allowed/482568/1 "2009-01-23T02:53:58Z")

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> **[Obama Staff Flummoxed By White House Tech!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503081)**
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> How can he be expected to run the country effectively when he can’t even figure out how to work the phone system! :rolleyes: Clinton fixed all that! Doesn’t anyone remember the whole scandal which ensued when Clinton had a new phone system...

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> Lest anyone think I’m being serious here, I’ll point out that this is a parody of the threads about Biden and Cheney currently in the Pit.

> **[Obama not really the President because he didn't really take the Oath](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502692)**
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> I counted at least two failures in Obama’s recitation of the oath, each of which independently would render Obama’s words not an “oath of office” as defined in the Constitution. Obama is therefore not the president unless and until he takes an actual...

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> Just kidding (of course)–and I hope the just kidding and the of course were unecessary. But you just know some numbskull is typing this exact thing on some message board somewhere but he means it and will get tons of support from the other members. In this thread I pit that guy (for all the wankers about to ask “who are we pitting here”).

I don’t want to pit the authors of the OP’s, just that they’re the most recent, obvious examples. Creating a thread on what the “other side” might say, or what they usually say… kinda sets a bad precedent IMO.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-pit-threads-should-not-be-allowed/482568/2 "2009-01-23T04:54:49Z")

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> Creating a thread on what the “other side” might say, or what they usually say… kinda sets a bad precedent IMO.

Precedent to what?

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-pit-threads-should-not-be-allowed/482568/3 "2009-01-23T04:56:33Z")

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> [Obama Staff Flummoxed By White House Tech! - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503081)
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> [Obama not really the President because he didn't really take the Oath - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502692)
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> I don’t want to pit the authors of the OP’s, just that they’re the most recent, obvious examples. Creating a thread on what the “other side” might say, or what they usually say… kinda sets a bad precedent IMO.

I thought the term “parody thread” meant only a thread parodying another thread. Also, precedent for what, exactly? Slippery slope arguments are usually pretty stupid (i.e., if X causes bad thing Y, why can’t we just stop Y instead of having to stop X?). Also, you are a jerkface.