# 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:** 3
**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 18, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/41 "2005-03-18T04:41:56Z")
2.5 hours? 2.5 _hours_??? Did you not read _IHKATAM_?? We were putting the paddles to that sucker after _four days_ without a pulse! Nonono, I can guarantee you, the only one closing the casket on this thread will be **Caj** …oooo…damn, that was close… ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/42 "2005-03-18T06:19:22Z")
Well, after analyzing my entire posting record (number of threads killed / total number of threads posted in \* 100), I’ve got a kill rate of 5.5555…%. The early killage of about 7.1% is now levelling off to a respectable 4%. Of course, once I kill this thread it’ll throw off my calculations. ---
**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 18, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/43 "2005-03-18T12:26:24Z")
Oh, no, _I’m_ going to kill this thread. I have to try to catch up with **jweb**. 😃 ---
**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 18, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/44 "2005-03-18T13:37:58Z")
Kill this thread Kill this thread Take a gun and shoot it dead It’s been years since we’ve had anybody hear A word we’ve said You can type Any tripe Regarding Sipe or Stipe or Skype You can tell us about maple or a clever use of “papal” Tell us all about John Paul Or the Queen’s Imperial Ball It don’t matter 'cause the words have all been said Come on and hit those keys In any way you please Just kill this thread Kill this thread Kill this thread - apologies to Menken and Ashman ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/45 "2005-03-18T13:44:21Z")
> [@Emony Dax](#): > > 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. Because this is a weighty role, we share it, you and I. ---
**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 18, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/46 "2005-03-18T14:59:30Z")
Funny. **Emony Dax** and **vetbridge** both got responses to their posts. Hell, **Emony** got two! Oh, the irony. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/47 "2005-03-18T15:11:34Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Just kill this thread > Kill this thread > Kill this thread > > - apologies to Menken and Ashman Well, **Rufus Xavier** , that was a masterful filk and the BEST. POST. EVAR!!!1!!1 Happy now? 😃 ---
**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 18, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/48 "2005-03-18T15:31:25Z")
> [@EmeraldGrue](#): > > Well, **Rufus Xavier** , that was a masterful filk and the BEST. POST. EVAR!!!1!!1 > Happy now? 😃 Perfect. That $500 wire transfer should be coming through…now. 😉 ---
**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 18, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/49 "2005-03-18T15:33:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Funny. Emony Dax and vetbridge both got responses to their posts. Hell, Emony got two! Oh, the irony. I don’t think you know what the word irony means 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/50 "2005-03-18T16:43:55Z")
And off we go again… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/51 "2005-03-18T16:44:36Z")
Out of 66 threads in the past two weeks, I had killed 10. Until I started to post this and got two emails notifying me of replies to two of those threads. 8! So a 12% threadicide rate. ---
**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 18, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/52 "2005-03-18T16:58:59Z")
> [@Emony Dax](#): > > I don’t think you know what the word irony means 😃 How 'bout those _Eagles_? 😉 ---
**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 18, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/53 "2005-03-18T17:09:36Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > And off we go again… Don’t worry, **Danalan** , your legacy is safe. I don’t think this’ll come anywhere near your snowball. Not enough secret messages, for one thing… ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/54 "2005-03-18T17:14:14Z")
8.9% for me, but I feel like I’m not trying hard enough. ---
**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 18, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/55 "2005-03-18T17:22:45Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Don’t worry, **Danalan** , your legacy is safe. I don’t think this’ll come anywhere near your snowball. Yeah, **Nocturnal\_Tick** hasn’t even posted here, yet. Once he does, all bets are off. ---
**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 18, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/56 "2005-03-18T17:31:50Z")
I’ve got five on Bevets, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/57 "2005-03-18T17:44:16Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Don’t worry, **Danalan** , your legacy is safe. I don’t think this’ll come anywhere near your snowball. > Not enough secret messages, for one thing… My _legacy_? Sob! Holy crap! I had no idea… ---
**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 18, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/58 "2005-03-18T18:41:14Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > My _legacy_? Sob! > > Holy crap! I had no idea… Yep. Imagine: thousands of posts, and all anyone ever remembers is that you started some wacky thread that you had no idea would morph into the monster it ultimately became. If only I had a legacy like that… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/59 "2005-03-18T23:01:11Z")
If we’re going to do this, we’d better do it right. : breaks out into full zombie mode : 😃 Poor Danalan… At least this one will be on someone elses head. 😃 ---
**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 18, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-thread-killing-percentage/294799/60 "2005-03-18T23:04:09Z")
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