# Some of you can be really fucking irritating (thread shitters) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615 "2011-05-20T20:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/21 "2011-05-20T21:48:12Z")
I’d say the posts fall more under the heading of “hurr durr i’m a doper i don’t know what pop culture is hurr durr” coupled with “let’s all make the same joke 7 times in a row so that everyone knows how funny we are.” Makes me wish I still knew where my doper bingo card was. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/22 "2011-05-20T21:52:19Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > This Pitting sucks, and everyone who reads it sucks more. Damn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/23 "2011-05-20T21:56:00Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I made [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13821165&postcount=2) today - I was being honest, and I don’t think it’s a threadshit. I consider it more like a normal conversation where, sometimes, things take a turn in an unexpected direction. If you hadn’t beat me to it, I would’ve done something similar. That thread title was just begging for it. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/24 "2011-05-20T21:59:30Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’d say the posts fall more under the heading of “hurr durr i’m a doper i don’t know what pop culture is hurr durr” coupled with “let’s all make the same joke 7 times in a row so that everyone knows how funny we are.” Makes me wish I still knew where my doper bingo card was. Well, thank you, Inner Stickler! You know what I mean, and your description hits the nail right on the head. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/25 "2011-05-20T22:02:35Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I hear what you’re saying about splitting hairs, but there are legit differences, too. I think the examples from the 3rd paragraph of your post -this is why I don’t use Facebook- are threadhsitting. But the linked to was what I’d call an organic hijack. Threadshits suck, but organic hijacks can be great - like the Lanmower. I can concede that sometimes hijacks are inevitable and may even possibly bring some liveliness into a dying discussion. My main beef with the thread I linked to in the OP was partly because people were hijacking right off the bat, but also partly because the dolts were going “Huh? Wha? I don’t understand!” even when it was already explained. That’s really fucking annoying. ETA: ESPECIALLY the poster who said the same “Li’l Sebastian is a rapper’s name” comment AFTER twickster fixed the title. UGH. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/26 "2011-05-20T22:16:54Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > Oh okay. While we’re at it, here’s another peeve of mine (albeit, not high on the list of really fucking irritating things): people who get pedantic about word definitions. Usually it degenerates into “You can’t be annoyed because your use of thread shit is WRONG!” And that just sidetracks the actual point and ends up being a discussion of what the meaning of “is” is. > > And just to head off the people who are then going to reply to this post with “No one said you can’t be annoyed!” No, no one said that, but what I’m getting at is that the various (personal) definitions of thread shit is isn’t important. This thread is about how fucking irritating it is when people do what I said they did in my OP. You are correct: the various personal definitions of “threadshit” aren’t important. What is important, is the definition used and applied by the moderators of the board. And under that definition, your Facebook example is not threadshitting, unless it happens in a thread that is specifically about Facebook, and even then, only if it’s a thread that’s generally positive about Facebook, or some feature of Facebook. “Threadshit” amounts to a term of art in the context of the Straight Dope. You’re posting on the Straight Dope, complaining about the behavior of other posters, and your OP touches on (although is not directly concerned with) the moderation of the board - it’s therefore not unreasonable to think that you’re attempting to use the term as its officially defined in the board rules. So, with that understanding, it’s worth pointing out that you don’t know what the fuck your talking about. Which brings us to a pet peeve of my own: people who start pit rants about something they can neither identify or define, and are thus left waiting for some other, more coherent poster to come along and recast their rant in terms that are understandable to people with normally functioning intellects. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/27 "2011-05-20T22:55:42Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’d say the posts fall more under the heading of “hurr durr i’m a doper i don’t know what pop culture is hurr durr” coupled with “let’s all make the same joke 7 times in a row so that everyone knows how funny we are.” Makes me wish I still knew where my doper bingo card was. I can go with the second part, but for the first part - really? Everyone on the planet watches fucking Parks and Recreation except the “omg you plebes actually watch that crap” posters? I can see bitching if someone snobs it up about who the hell Lady Gaga is or something. Yes, the thread title made me think it was a rapper, too, but I didn’t post that because **someone beat me to it**. And for the love of all that’s good, if you don’t want people making posts like that, write a decent thread title and occasionally throw readers a bone with some extra links/descriptions. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/28 "2011-05-20T23:03:59Z")
I watched an episode and a half of “Parks and Recreation” last night because everyone raves about it; I laughed twice, I think. The show still sucks. Now THAT’S a threadshit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/29 "2011-05-20T23:06:37Z")
This is why I don’t have Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/30 "2011-05-20T23:20:55Z")
I personally don’t consider it threadshitting unless somebody maligns the subject of the thread. For example, every time I see a “Two And Half Men” thread, I have a desire to shit in it like I’ve been eating at Taco Bell exclusively for a month and just passed a bowel obstruction. I really hate that show and it saddens me that it’s so popular. But I also hate threadshitting so I don’t even open it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/31 "2011-05-20T23:22:00Z")
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/32 "2011-05-20T23:22:52Z")
The posts in that thread are not threadshit. The OP of that thread is a shitter for putting (what I assume to be) a spoiler in the thread title. (I haven’t seen the episode yet.) ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/33 "2011-05-20T23:46:03Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > I can concede that sometimes hijacks are inevitable and may even possibly bring some liveliness into a dying discussion. My main beef with the thread I linked to in the OP was partly because people were hijacking right off the bat, but also partly because the dolts were going “Huh? Wha? I don’t understand!” even when it was already explained. That’s really fucking annoying. > . You may have thought it was explained but for those of us who have never heard of the show, it wasn’t until posts started referring to what sounded like characters in a TV show that I caught on that Parks and Recreation must be a sitcom. Li’l Sebastian does sound like a rappers name, and I didn’t realize people got this, er, emotional about the death of a character, so I thought Li’l was a real live person at first. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/34 "2011-05-21T00:02:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Which brings us to a pet peeve of my own: people who start pit rants about something they can neither identify or define, and are thus left waiting for some other, more coherent poster to come along and recast their rant in terms that are understandable to people with normally functioning intellects. Oh ha ha. I used the term in its _unofficial_ capacity, so that must mean my rant was incoherent. What exactly is so hard to understand about “If you don’t know what it is, google it or shut the fuck up”? > [@](#): > > You are correct: the various personal definitions of “threadshit” aren’t important. What is important, is the definition used and applied by the moderators of the board. And under that definition, your Facebook example is not threadshitting, unless it happens in a thread that is specifically about Facebook, and even then, only if it’s a thread that’s generally positive about Facebook, or some feature of Facebook. > > “Threadshit” amounts to a term of art in the context of the Straight Dope. You’re posting on the Straight Dope, complaining about the behavior of other posters, and your OP touches on (although is not directly concerned with) the moderation of the board - it’s therefore not unreasonable to think that you’re attempting to use the term as its officially defined in the board rules. So, with that understanding, it’s worth pointing out that you don’t know what the fuck your talking about. Look out behind you, a strawman!!! I haven’t been here for eons like some other posters, but I know that any comments about moderation and board rules go in About This Message Board. Is this thread in there? No! Therefore, this rant is actually about the behaviour (which you may or may not define as “thread shitting”) of posters who derail threads with unfunny jokes. Also, you should confirm with twickster that my post report text only said “Vague thread title. People seem confused by it”. I did not complain that it was thread shitting, so it’s pretty moronic to be bringing things like official definitions for “thread shit” and board rules into discussion. I know it says Moderator under your name, but not every thread that mentions moderators is ACTUALLY about board moderation. > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I can see bitching if someone snobs it up about who the hell Lady Gaga is or something. I’ve actually seen people ask who Lady Gaga was before. No joke. > [@curlcoat](#): > > You may have thought it was explained but for those of us who have never heard of the show, it wasn’t until posts started referring to what sounded like characters in a TV show that I caught on that Parks and Recreation must be a sitcom. Li’l Sebastian does sound like a rappers name, and I didn’t realize people got this, er, emotional about the death of a character, so I thought Li’l was a real live person at first. It’s pretty obvious by now that Li’l Sebatian isn’t a rapper. If L’il Sebatian doesn’t even exist as a rapper, what the hell are these people who don’t know who “Li’l Sebatian” is even doing clicking on the fucking thread, let alone posting in it? Are these people’s back button broken? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/35 "2011-05-21T00:06:10Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > It’s pretty obvious by now that Li’l Sebatian isn’t a rapper. If L’il Sebatian doesn’t even exist as a rapper, what the hell are these people who don’t know who “Li’l Sebatian” is even doing clicking on the fucking thread, let alone posting in it? Are these people’s back button broken? I thought maybe I **should** know who it was. Or at least, I might learn about someone interesting, unique, or entertaining. The first post certainly sounded like this might be the case. We’re here to fight ignorance, after all, so not clicking on things that I don’t know about is just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/36 "2011-05-21T00:08:49Z")
I never realized someone could be driven so far over edge over a sit-com thread. Chee-rist … how about a Xanax or something. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/37 "2011-05-21T00:10:26Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I thought maybe I **should** know who it was. Or at least, I might learn about someone interesting, unique, or entertaining. The first post certainly sounded like this might be the case. We’re here to fight ignorance, after all, so not clicking on things that I don’t know about is just stupid. How about googling it? And then when you have your answer from google, report the post to a moderator? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/38 "2011-05-21T00:12:58Z")
It was in Cafe Society and the very first response clarified that it was about a tv show. Every post after that bitching about the vague title falls under “hurr durr doper” or "can’t be bothered to read anything except the OP because my viewpoint is special and unique dammit! (And the same as the 3 people who posted above you.) I give a 5 minute window for simulposts because hey, life but after that… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/39 "2011-05-21T00:43:59Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > Oh ha ha. I used the term in its _unofficial_ capacity, so that must mean my rant was incoherent. What exactly is so hard to understand about “If you don’t know what it is, google it or shut the fuck up”? Nothing at all, except what it has to do with the concept of thread shitting, which you appear to define as, “any post I don’t like.” > [@](#): > > Look out behind you, a strawman!!! I haven’t been here for eons like some other posters, but I know that any comments about moderation and board rules go in About This Message Board. Given the tenor of this thread, I wasn’t prepared to give you that much credit. At any rate, ATMB is for questioning acts of moderation. Plenty of people open pit threads about other posters for violating board rules. If someone wanted to pit forum spammers, for example, that would be perfectly appropriate in this forum - and not at all appropriate in ATMB, despite the fact that forum spamming is very much against the rules. > [@](#): > > Is this thread in there? No! Therefore, this rant is actually about the behaviour (which you may or may not define as “thread shitting”) of posters who derail threads with unfunny jokes. Which brings us to a second pet peeve of mine: people who can’t handle the concept that not every post needs to be directly on topic. Does someone posting, “I thought he was a rapper!” prevent you from discussing the content of the episode? No? Then stop fucking whining about the thread being “derailed.” > [@](#): > > Also, you should confirm with twickster that my post report text only said “Vague thread title. People seem confused by it”. I did not complain that it was thread shitting, so it’s pretty moronic to be bringing things like official definitions for “thread shit” and board rules into discussion. I know it says Moderator under your name, but not every thread that mentions moderators is ACTUALLY about board moderation. No, but I don’t think that it’s an unreasonable expectation that a thread that specifically uses a term that is defined as a violation of the board rules might - just _might_ - have something to do with a violation of the board rules. More to the point: learn what words mean before you use them. Otherwise, you sound like an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/40 "2011-05-21T00:47:48Z")
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