# So, what's your thread-killing percentage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799 "2005-03-16T12:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/1 "2005-03-16T12:59:51Z")
Greetings! I was pondering the fact that many threads that I post to seem to die a lonely death. So I did a little research and found that in the last two weeks, I posted in 28 threads, and in 5 of those, I was the last one to post, giving me a 17.857% thread kill rate. While I imagine that’s pretty impressive, I’d like to know how that stacks up against my fellow dopers. So, whattya got? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/2 "2005-03-16T13:33:10Z")
…and the ultimate irony, of course, would be for this thread to die unposted-to. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/3 "2005-03-16T14:01:17Z")
**I am not going to let you die!** **Breathe! Breathe!** … She’s ok folks, at least until I can get her to the hospital. ``` ~Scott_plaid: 16.2 ``` ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/4 "2005-03-16T14:31:11Z")
Maybe it’s the time of day, but I often get to a thread right after everything has already been said. Then, apparently, I say something more, and nobody goes back. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/5 "2005-03-16T14:45:18Z")
AskNott, I now you said to ask not, but please tell use your thread killing presentage. Inquring minds what to know. I have alread said, mine is 16.2. I calculated it by: 1.Seeing how many threads I have posted in. 2.Dividing that number by 100. 3.Seeing how many thread I was the last poster in, not counting the ones I particpated in, and had people quote me for support of their issues. I then multiplied the number I got by the number from step 2. ---
**Author:** ![Emony\_Dax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Emony\_Dax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emony_Dax)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/6 "2005-03-16T14:47:37Z")
I’m not really a thread-killer. It’s more like I post and people ignore me most of the time. And then another (better-known perhaps) poster will come along and say the same thing, and get a response. 😕 Go ahead, continue your discussion, feel free to talk around me. I’m used to it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/7 "2005-03-16T15:17:13Z")
I’m not really a thread-killer. It’s more like I post and people ignore me most of the time. And then another (better-known perhaps) poster will come along and say the same thing, and get a response. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/8 "2005-03-16T15:18:46Z")
I’m not actually a thread-killer. Usually, I post and people just ignore me. Soon after, another poster will come along and say almost the exact same thing, and get a response. I know this is not exactly on topic, but since you’ll be ignoring this post anyway, feel free to continue this discussion without me. I’m used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/9 "2005-03-16T15:19:03Z")
If I tell you, this thread will die. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/10 "2005-03-16T15:20:17Z")
Come on! Am I and the OP the only one to post presentages? ---
**Author:** ![Emony\_Dax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Emony\_Dax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emony_Dax)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/11 "2005-03-16T16:04:51Z")
Okay, you got me. I shall now commence to blow virtual raspberries at you both. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/12 "2005-03-16T16:31:45Z")
For the past two weeks, I’m in 54 threads with seven confirmed kills. That’s a 12.96% death rate. After I kill this one, that number will jump up to 14.54%. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/13 "2005-03-16T16:34:12Z")
No way in HELL will I let you kill this thread! That’s my job! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/14 "2005-03-16T16:50:10Z")
5.5% for the last 200 but I’m sure it used to be worse. Try a search for other threads. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/15 "2005-03-16T16:54:45Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > No way in HELL will I let you kill this thread! Oh no…why do I see another _IHKATAM_ in the making? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/16 "2005-03-16T17:03:21Z")
I don’t have time to calculate my percentages, but I do have the time to come in here and say that there is no way that I will be killing this thread, so don’t even try to ask me! ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/17 "2005-03-16T17:09:33Z")
It’s not MY fault, not this time! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/18 "2005-03-16T17:20:54Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > No way in HELL will I let you kill this thread! > > That’s my job! 😃 > [@Hal Briston](#): > > Oh no…why do I see another _IHKATAM_ in the making? For those of you not in “the Know”, IHKATAM = a fourteen page monstrosity named [I haven’t killed a thread all month](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=250465&highlight=ihkatam). Only thanks to the heroics of Cajun Man was it finally laid low. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/19 "2005-03-16T17:34:08Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Cajun Man I know I’ve posted this before, but it’s still relevant: If you say his name three times, he appears and closes your thread. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/20 "2005-03-16T18:00:29Z")
Yikes! 50 percent. :eek: 2 threads, 1 thread killed. Perhaps posting more will help. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799.md?page=2)