# Pointless threads: I know we're never going to agree... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-threads-i-know-were-never-going-to-agree/556873 "2010-10-12T08:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-threads-i-know-were-never-going-to-agree/556873/21 "2010-10-12T19:05:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Thanks. You’ve made your point, and I’m making a genuine effort to understand it. I’ll think about what you’ve said in the future when I run into this situation. In this particular case, though, I’m going to leave the thread closed. Thank you for the considered response. I appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-threads-i-know-were-never-going-to-agree/556873/22 "2010-10-12T19:24:59Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Did either of you mods actually read the OP to the closed thread? Yes. I did and I bet **twickster** , too. I wouldn’t have weighed in on this if I hadn’t read it. It didn’t change my opinion. And the thread did stay open to your original target date of Monday, so it wasn’t a total loss, was it? The last time we did this topic when I was modding MPSIMS, we agreed to leave open some more threads that might have fallen under the too pointless/silly barrier in the past. I don’t mean to be overly obstinate, but I think that this was still totally ponitless and that it was handled the same way lots of similar threads have been in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-threads-i-know-were-never-going-to-agree/556873/23 "2010-10-14T01:34:31Z")
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