# People who start threads when there's already a thread about the same thing.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-start-threads-when-theres-already-a-thread-about-the-same-thing/37478>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 19, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-start-threads-when-theres-already-a-thread-about-the-same-thing/37478 "2000-10-19T00:11:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-start-threads-when-theres-already-a-thread-about-the-same-thing/37478/1 "2000-10-19T00:11:00Z")

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I just don’t get it. Can’t people browse through the list just to see if there’s already an active thread about the same subject? Is it just stupidity?

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**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-start-threads-when-theres-already-a-thread-about-the-same-thing/37478/2 "2000-10-19T00:32:57Z")

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I’d be inclined to agree with you, but I don’t want to piss off a certain moderator… 😃

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**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-start-threads-when-theres-already-a-thread-about-the-same-thing/37478/3 "2000-10-19T00:54:36Z")

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sk8rixtx, you’re a wise man. (You’re a guy, right?)

As there is another thread on this subject already open, namely

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42474](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42474)  
I’m closing this one down. And for those who think it’d be cute to try this joke again, this is the _third_ thread I’ve closed from people who thought it was a cute joke.