# Pitting my inability to read long posts. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057 "2004-01-18T04:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/1 "2004-01-18T04:22:54Z")
If I had the whatsits to be able to read long posts I wouldn’t get so damn bored. I blame TV and Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/2 "2004-01-18T04:24:16Z")
That’s too ba ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/3 "2004-01-18T04:33:21Z")
I blame your lack of focus on an inability to concentrate. Or is the other way around? And stop with the Hollywoodland bashing! It’s not their fault that we have the attention span of a… Oh, look! A dog with a puffy tail! ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/4 "2004-01-18T05:09:52Z")
How many kids with ADHD does it take to change a light bulb? LET’S GO RIDE BIKES!!! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/5 "2004-01-18T05:16:12Z")
Anyone got the Cliffs Notes for the OP? ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/6 "2004-01-18T05:17:49Z")
This reminds me of the time that **\>SNIP\<** and when I woke up, it was over. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/7 "2004-01-18T05:25:46Z")
From the main page - “Pitting my inability to read” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/8 "2004-01-18T06:52:21Z")
**WOW, A BLUE CAR!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/9 "2004-01-18T07:02:58Z")
Your attention span is no bigger than a moth’s… Oh, look! A World of Otherworldly Shiny Distractions! Woohoo! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/10 "2004-01-18T07:15:00Z")
“…and then, they made me their chief.” ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/11 "2004-01-18T12:47:12Z")
Must be hard on the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/12 "2004-01-18T13:08:49Z")
This post is extra short, just for you. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/13 "2004-01-18T13:42:09Z")
Personally, I hate posts more than nine words long. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/14 "2004-01-18T14:01:12Z")
This post’s just six words long. ---
**Author:** ![eli\_the\_fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@eli\_the\_fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eli_the_fanatic)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/15 "2004-01-18T14:03:05Z")
Can someone give me the gist of the OP? I didn’t feel like reading the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Morgs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Morgs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgs)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/16 "2004-01-18T14:03:11Z")
Huh? Is anybody willing to summarise the OP for me. I lost interest about halfway through. Hurr hurr hurr 😛 Oh, and to completely and utterly hijack the thread (see, if you admit what you’re doing, nobody can fault you, haha!) — we have an orthodox jewish man and a smiley that features what, as far as I can tell, seems to be a Yiddish word meaning ‘tossle’ or somesuch (and when it comes to these things I haven’t a clue what I’m talking about, so trust me here). While I don’t claim to be a mouthpiece for other cultures, in my opinion it’d be nice to see a cute little hijab-wearing smiley or something, or a smiley of a Shintoist, Ema in hand. Even a little Pope smiley, for people to use when they’re claiming the AIDS virus can permeate a condom… that is something that certainly wouldn’t go astray. Anyway, where were we… long posts… look, when I lose interest I just make up my own discussion. Bear witness to this post, folks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/17 "2004-01-18T15:53:13Z")
. … ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/18 "2004-01-18T17:32:01Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > . … Dude! That’s the most interesting thing you’ve posted all week! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/19 "2004-01-18T17:47:54Z")
… ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057/20 "2004-01-18T18:37:32Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Dude! That’s the most interesting thing you’ve posted all week! > > 😛 The week only started about 13 hours ago. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-inability-to-read-long-posts/225057.md?page=2)