# So you disdain the thread subject? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688 "2004-10-28T16:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/41 "2004-10-30T05:35:04Z")
That was unprovoked, \*_Excalibre_, and hence, uncalled-for. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/42 "2004-10-30T06:27:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That was unprovoked, \*_Excalibre_, and hence, uncalled-for. Did you miss this? > [@Liberal](#): > > Oh, how cute. It thinks it has made a discovery. That was neither a hijacking nor an accusation of hijacking — it was a threat to hijack. Now it may put the lotion in the basket. This is the closest Liberal comes to fair or relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/43 "2004-10-30T10:07:09Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I do try not to crap in people’s threads, but am not always sure where the line is drawn. Someone asked tonight if the trilogy XXXX could be made into a movie. That person loved the trilogy. I really disliked it, and thought about saying so - but you know, most of the posters popped in to say they also loved the books. I wasn’t sure if people were interested in all opinions, or if this thread was just for those who enjoyed the book. I opted out. Why bring down the thread, eh? But you know, on a different night I might have thought it was OK, I might have thought that I was just voicing my opinion. I mean, it IS a general forum. I guess I’m saying that sometimes a person may just be trying to be part of the discussion, and there is no mal-intent. Yes, but I think what bothers the OP, and what bothers me, which is why I said, “Amen, brother!” on seeing the thread title, is posts that essentially say, “This topic is not worth discussing.” Saying, “I don’t care for this book/movie/whatever because…” is another matter entirely. The latter example is dissent; the former is an insult. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/44 "2004-10-30T10:25:14Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > This is the closest Liberal comes to fair or relevant. No, you’re right. Of all the choices I could have made, the one I did make was weak. I regret it, and I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![BytopianDream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@BytopianDream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BytopianDream)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/45 "2004-10-30T14:53:20Z")
And then the sun wobbled and the thread was hijacked… WHEEEE Gonads and strife, gonads and strife. And then an asteroids dropped by and said, “Well fuck that.” Bye, I’m going to drink some… coff-AY and eat some cook-AYs. _This message brought to you by the Internet! The Internet- Where reading is pointless!_ ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/46 "2004-10-30T17:10:47Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I was given to understand that the sun wobbles because the center of mass of the solar system is not the same coordinate as the center of the sun. Where’d you here that, some rap song? Perhaps if you weren’t so concerned with what’s “cool”, you wouldn’t be prone to swallowing every half-baked theory proposed by some guy with his hat on sideways. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/47 "2004-10-30T22:27:40Z")
I was given to understand that all objects in the solar system — including the sun — orbit the solar system’s center of mass. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/48 "2004-10-30T22:47:15Z")
After all, wobble is how we find extra solar planets. Planets the mass of Jupiter have a noticable (if sometimes very small) effect on the star they orbit. Come the weekday, and our Dopastronomers may post more details. But, yes, stars with Jupiter mass planets wobble. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/49 "2004-10-30T22:50:09Z")
[Cite](http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/otherss.shtml) and [cite.](http://astron.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/sciam.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/50 "2004-10-30T23:46:06Z")
All righty then. A thread on hijacking becomes hijacked. Why am I not surprised. **Greeny** , it appears you are fighting a losing battle. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688/51 "2004-10-30T23:55:29Z")
Read the OP again. It was about shitting in fanboy threads. Everyone here is a big fan of the Solar System. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-disdain-the-thread-subject/271688.md?page=2)