# People who long rants and don't include tl;dr! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531 "2011-02-25T01:32:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Genericuser234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Genericuser234](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genericuser234)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/1 "2011-02-25T01:32:53Z")
I am so fed up wit the amount of people on this board that go on and on and on about random crap that noone cares about. It wastes time. If the poster would just include a tl;dr (Too long; didn’t read) summary at the end of each rant or rave or craze than there will be a lot of peace in the world right now. Tl;Dr long rants that people make that don’t have a summary at the end for people whose time is important, like myself. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/2 "2011-02-25T01:37:28Z")
Uh, then don’t read them? Tl;Dr: Stop. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/3 "2011-02-25T01:49:58Z")
I find it amusing that some people loudly trumpet the fact that they’re intellectually lazy, have the attention span of children and an utter inability to digest anything longer than soundbytes. If you don’t care about something, don’t read it. If you want to advertise your intellectual shortcomings, complain about how reading is hard and there are just so many words! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/4 "2011-02-25T02:01:09Z")
Wow. That’s the shortest post you’ve ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/5 "2011-02-25T02:02:08Z")
> [@marochko](#): > > I am so fed up wit the amount of people on this board that go on and on and on about random crap that noone cares about. It wastes time. If the poster would just include a tl;dr (Too long; didn’t read) summary at the end of each rant or rave or craze than there will be a lot of peace in the world right now. This would make the posts longer. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/6 "2011-02-25T02:19:45Z")
noone is two words. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/7 "2011-02-25T02:28:25Z")
I know it’s uncommon, but my mouse has this nifty scroll wheel thingy that works like a charm when I see a post that is obviously a long rant from a poster who I don’t have any desire to read. I just twirl the wheel and in no time I’m past their post and onto better things! -XT ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/8 "2011-02-25T02:52:09Z")
Bitch bitch whine whine. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/9 "2011-02-25T03:22:39Z")
I’m assuming this is a joke OP, because if not it’s somewhere on the far side of stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/10 "2011-02-25T03:32:18Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > noone is two words. [Peter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Noone)disagrees. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/11 "2011-02-25T04:14:01Z")
I’m sick of people who complain about how they’re sick of other people who complain. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/12 "2011-02-25T04:32:34Z")
I wonder if the moderators ever make complaints like this at the bar after work. It is, after all, their job to read all the posts. Isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/13 "2011-02-25T04:46:12Z")
Assuming that this isn’t a whoosh, no, that’s not their job. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/14 "2011-02-25T06:02:12Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > It is, after all, their job to read all the posts. Isn’t it? My god, no. I would be forced to gouge my eyes out.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/15 "2011-02-25T06:04:29Z")
This has to be a whoosh. No one could possibly be so incredibly dim witted to make a serious post such as this. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/16 "2011-02-25T07:02:10Z")
Woosh is the nice term. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/17 "2011-02-25T07:22:43Z")
I don’t mind if they’re long, as long as they’re well written and interesting. I don’t like kooky rants that have no paragraph breaks and too many ellipses. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/18 "2011-02-25T07:57:41Z")
Next up: people who accidentally a whole word out of thread titles. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/19 "2011-02-25T08:41:25Z")
The whole word? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531/20 "2011-02-25T11:39:31Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’m sick of people who complain about how they’re sick of other people who complain. _I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am_[RIGHT]-- Monty Python’s Flying Circus[/RIGHT] Stranger [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-long-rants-and-dont-include-tl-dr/572531.md?page=2)