# Quibble over Mod Note

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**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quibble-over-mod-note/952695 "2021-10-18T15:28:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quibble-over-mod-note/952695/29 "2021-10-28T16:10:25Z")

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I don’t want to keep hammering on it because I’ve expressed my opinion on it already, but I think omnibus threads on “discussions” are a bad trend. A lot of people shy away from them once they hit a certain size because the sense is…this thousand+ post thread is just too much for me to wade into. They also can operate somewhat like fly paper, trapping discussions that might have themselves made interesting threads into the muck of the big omnibus thread.

My opinion is the GOOD examples of topics that make a lot of sense as omnibus threads are things like this:

> [@Pet pictures!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105):
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> Because our pets are awesome, here is a thread dedicated to honoring their awesomeness with pictures. (To display pictures, upload to a photo sharing site and share the link.) Dopers, meet Luna: [[Google Photos] ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/eMb6Pf84yEu1iFBV9)[[Google Photos] ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/np65KUnpVGL6CbuB8)

> [@Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across/851674/2739):
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> Well, they’d probably screw it up, but you’ve got all the elements for a great story.

> [@Weirdest names you've ever heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747):
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> Sometimes, parents can give their kids the most ridiculous names. My mom was on jury duty, and the defendant’s name was Next.

> [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread/931945):
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> Starting off with this guy. [# Washington barber defies coronavirus restrictions, tells customers to have ‘a shot of whiskey’ instead of wearing mask](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/washington-barber-defies-coronavirus-restrictions-tells-customers-to-have-a-shot-of-whiskey-instead-of-wearing-mask/ar-BB1dgnnb?li=BBnb7Kz) “I haven’t done anything wrong, nobody has gotten sick, and I’m not going to let anybody push me around, tell me I can’t work,” he told the Everett Herald . “I don’t need a license to work and they can’t stop me.” What an idiot.

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