# Pit Thread Trends **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577 "2008-08-28T17:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/81 "2008-09-03T00:21:11Z")
I thought this board was for talking about science fiction and sex. Huh? Regards, Rodan ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/82 "2008-09-03T07:10:31Z")
It’s all about striking a perfect yet thoughtful pose. Regards Rodin. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/83 "2008-09-03T07:37:50Z")
I need to post more. Nobody ever makes predictions for what I’m going to say. Or maybe I just need to develop an outrageous posting style. Speaking of which, what happened to **2.5 inches of fun** anyway? Did I miss the thread in which he got the boot? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/84 "2008-09-03T13:06:01Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Speaking of which, what happened to **2.5 inches of fun** anyway? Did I miss the thread in which he got the boot? He was suspended in July, came back with some weak efforts at trolling and was banned. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/85 "2008-09-03T13:52:41Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Are we still allowed to do that? > > Regards, > Shodan I haven’t seen anyone get warned for it. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/86 "2008-09-03T14:14:25Z")
> [@jali](#): > > Regards, > Shodan No offense, but - I would prefer if this not be allowed. I think **jali** is posting in the spirit of the thread, and pointing out that I tend to chime in on Pit threads on the second or third page and then sign my posts as usual. She doesn’t mention that it is always with a devastatingly witty one-liner, but that is understood. 🙂 However, it veers (in my mind) unfortunately close to misquoting by signing a name to posts for which the named user is not responsible. As mentioned, I am quite sure she (and **Q.E.D.** ) are not trolling or being jerks or anything like that. The riffing on “Regards, Rodan” and so forth seems entirely unobjectionable to me (and rather clever). I bow to the wisdom of the mods in this case. Regards, Well - you know ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/87 "2008-09-05T05:18:20Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I’ve noticed a trend for people to forget that the Pit is the _place_ for petty whining about small issues that seriously annoy you, and so doing so here is _appropriate_. Well, OK if you interpret this: > [@](#): > > The BBQ Pit is the forum for flaming other members, complaining about the board, its moderators or their moderating actions, or for unleashing reasoned vitriol too heated for the other forums. to mean that the Pit is the place for petty whining. Since there’s lots of petty whining in MPSIMS, I don’t see how “unleashing reasoned vitriol too heated for other forums” would mean that the Pit is the place for petty whining. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577/88 "2008-09-05T05:25:20Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > Those are two of my three favorite posters. I better be the third, bitch. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-trends/461577.md?page=4)