# Pitting TMWTGG for stealing thread ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897 "2003-12-24T20:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agiantdwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@agiantdwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agiantdwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/1 "2003-12-24T20:25:29Z")
I’m glad **The Man With the Golden Gun** is a Straight Doper and a goon too, but he really needs to stop taking threads on the SA forums and posting them here. It’s just silly. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/2 "2003-12-24T20:47:22Z")
Links? ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/3 "2003-12-24T20:48:33Z")
SA forums? Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/4 "2003-12-24T20:52:56Z")
My guess… SA = Something Awful ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/5 "2003-12-24T20:53:10Z")
Curse words? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/6 "2003-12-24T20:55:10Z")
You know, there are those of us who don’t _ever_ read other message boards. If a thread is interesting, I’m glad to have it here. If not, it’ll die soon enough on its own. (With the exception of those interminable, pointless game/flirt threads, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/7 "2003-12-24T20:56:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*You know, there are those of us who don’t _ever_ read other message boards. If a thread is interesting, I’m glad to have it here. If not, it’ll die soon enough on its own. (With the exception of those interminable, pointless game/flirt threads, of course.) \*\* Well said (both parts). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/8 "2003-12-24T20:56:56Z")
If he cross-posts, **agiantdwarf** – so what? If you’re laying accusations of plagarism – be more specific, why don’t ya? ---
**Author:** ![agiantdwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@agiantdwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agiantdwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/9 "2003-12-24T21:08:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*If he cross-posts, **agiantdwarf** – so what? If you’re laying accusations of plagarism – be more specific, why don’t ya? \*\* What do you mean by cross-posting? He doesn’t come up with the threads, but he does post them on SD. Is that cross-posting? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/10 "2003-12-24T21:12:55Z")
I assume you are referring to the “Worst books you ever read” thread on SA. I started that one there too. My sn on SA is ArcticBanana, and I often post the same threads both here and there. That explains it. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/11 "2003-12-24T21:28:26Z")
Again, please. What are the SA forums? Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/12 "2003-12-24T21:29:09Z")
The forums for the site Something Awful. ---
**Author:** ![agiantdwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@agiantdwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agiantdwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/13 "2003-12-24T21:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Man With The Golden Gun \* > \*\*I assume you are referring to the “Worst books you ever read” thread on SA. I started that one there too. My sn on SA is ArcticBanana, and I often post the same threads both here and there. That explains it. \*\* No, there was a thread on SA on naming books by a line in them. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/14 "2003-12-24T21:30:55Z")
Ah, thanks. I thought **Gangster Octopus** was kidding… Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/15 "2003-12-24T21:31:59Z")
Actually, the “name the book by the line” is an old idea which I’ve posted here several times. The first one was way back in April or May. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/16 "2003-12-24T21:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by agiantdwarf \* > \*\*No, there was a thread on SA on naming books by a line in them. \*\* Er, even if he did take inspiration from that thread, what’s the point of pitting him? It’s not as if the threads are anything but a simple variation of a game. Not some profound or mind shattering thing that could only come from one person. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/17 "2003-12-24T21:51:00Z")
So, we have one person, posting threads on two boards, with the same idea. That’s cross-posting. Again, I say: “So what??” ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/18 "2003-12-24T22:04:50Z")
If he isn’t plagarising, who cares? Especially when it’s a game thread. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/19 "2003-12-24T22:12:21Z")
“Something Awful”, huh? Hmmmm. Yeah, today I saw that my folks got a George S. Patton Xmas carld. Celebrating the birth of the Lord and the Battle of Bastogne. I shit thee not. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897/20 "2003-12-24T22:16:01Z")
What’s the big deal, anyone? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-tmwtgg-for-stealing-thread-ideas/220897.md?page=2)