# Question about a thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 26, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638 "2009-09-26T11:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/1 "2009-09-26T11:12:27Z")
I’m assuming [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533608) was phrased in a way that was offensive to whoever closed it. What I would like to know is: 1. If whoever closed it knew the answer to the question, and 2. Their comment “TSTL” was a reflection of what they did know or what they didn’t know. To phrase my question in a less offensive way: Does the same yeast that causes yeast infections also cause bread to rise? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/2 "2009-09-26T11:20:27Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I’m assuming [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533608) was phrased in a way that was offensive to whoever closed it. > > What I would like to know is: > > 1. If whoever closed it knew the answer to the question, and > > 2. Their comment “TSTL” was a reflection of what they did know or what they didn’t know. > > To phrase my question in a less offensive way: > Does the same yeast that causes yeast infections also cause bread to rise? I closed the thread. I don’t know the answer to the (poorly worded) question. I was commenting on how poorly written(and sensational) the question was. If you wish to start it out again in GQ, that’ll be fine. Just try to phrase it a bit better. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/3 "2009-09-26T11:23:22Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Does the same yeast that causes yeast infections also cause bread to rise? [no](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1630/is-yeast-infection-yeast-the-same-as-cooking-yeast) ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/4 "2009-09-26T14:05:37Z")
What is TSTL ? and why do I have to search for it and find these choices: Thus Saith The Lord TSTL Too Stupid To Live TSTL To Say the Least TSTL Thread Safe Template Library TSTL Thus Saith the Lord TSTL The Sky’s the Limit (christian youth camp) TSTL Transmission Systems Test Lab TSTL Turbine Surface Technologies Limited (UK) Is it too much to ask, when you are locking after a parting shot, that at least the shot be in English and not Twitter? For those adults in the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/5 "2009-09-26T14:17:39Z")
It’s “Too Stupid To Live”. And yes, I agree. A mod’s closing should cite rules or guidelines, and not be a personal last word. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/6 "2009-09-26T15:01:25Z")
> [@TheMadHun](#): > > …in English and not Twitter? For those adults in the audience. Hasn’t it been determined that only old people Twitter… people, like, over thirty. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/7 "2009-09-26T15:49:32Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > It’s “Too Stupid To Live”. > > And yes, I agree. A mod’s closing should cite rules or guidelines, and not be a personal last word. I think TSTL was a pretty good, rules/guidelines based message for a thread closure. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/8 "2009-09-26T21:08:05Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I think TSTL was a pretty good, rules/guidelines based message for a thread closure. Never said it wasn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/9 "2009-09-26T22:54:23Z")
Yes–Too Stupid to Live. I believe Lynn used it first on this Board(that I remember). It appears on Google Groups around 2002, well before twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread/511638/10 "2009-09-27T06:50:21Z")
I used it as a reason to ban someone. He was a troll, and trolled by making extremely stupid statements, as I recall. He claimed to be 2 Sexy 4 My Computer, or some such thing. I banned him, and gave him a custom title that said either “2Stupid2Live” or “Too Stupid To Live”, I don’t remember which. I also don’t remember when, exactly, I did this banning. I was never active in Google Groups, and I’ve never Twittered at all. I still have the technical ability to change a member’s title to a custom title. However, I no longer have permission to do so. So please don’t ask me to do such a thing.