# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/41 "2011-05-21T01:12:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > More to the point: learn what words mean before you use them. Otherwise, you sound like an idiot. Can we make that a board rule? ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/42 "2011-05-21T01:12:13Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Did he hit a nerve or something? Yes, sorry, I always twitch like this when I read the rantings of an imbecile. ---
**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, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/43 "2011-05-21T01:14:59Z")
Oh ho ho, see it’s funny because you’ve insinuated that the OP is an imbecile because you disagree with his viewpoint. Classy and persuasive. ---
**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, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/44 "2011-05-21T01:15:07Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > How about googling it? And then when you have your answer from google, report the post to a moderator? Well, considering I didn’t post anything in the thread because OMG it was already answered by the time I reloaded, that’s kind of moot. The way you phrased it, it sounded like no one has any reason to click on a thread they don’t understand, and if they do, they should hit the back button if they’re still ignorant about it. ---
**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, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/45 "2011-05-21T01:17:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 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.” Except I define my use of “thread shitting” in my second sentence where I actually say “It’s more about the dolts who pop into a thread they don’t understand and make some dumbass comments about the subject they know nothing about”. In your moderator expertise, then, should I actually say “MY DEFINITION OF THREAD SHITTING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS:” > [@](#): > > 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. You should also confirm with the moderators of Cafe Society that I didn’t actually report the posters as thread shitters… which is what I would do for people who violate board rules. And at any rate, I would expect a moderator of the Straight Dope Message Board not to actually assume the motivations of posters unless, the posters, actually say they want moderator action taken. Things like “Why didn’t they get warned?” or “These thread shitters are violating a board rule.” Maybe it’s just my bad that I have such high expectations of someone who has been given a _very important job_ of figuring out the tone of a thread. > [@](#): > > 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.” Yeah, because instead of complaining in the thread itself where it’d derail the thread even more, I ignored the stupid jokes and replied to the topic of discussion, and then I… why… I even helped out future thread readers by reporting it and having the title fixed. And THEN I had the audacity to complain in the BBQ Pit!!! If this is not the place to whine about it, where the fuck should I whine about it then? > [@](#): > > More to the point: learn what words mean before you use them. Otherwise, you sound like an idiot. Funny, I thought idiot was the one who can’t (or won’t) read for context. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/46 "2011-05-21T01:19:27Z")
Let’s all make sandcastles! ---
**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, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/47 "2011-05-21T01:19:35Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Oh ho ho, see it’s funny because you’ve insinuated that the OP is an imbecile because you disagree with his viewpoint. Classy and persuasive. I don’t think he insinuated that the OP is an imbecile. I think he stated it outright. Which I guess brings us back to my pet peeve number 2… ---
**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, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/48 "2011-05-21T01:21:45Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > The way you phrased it, it sounded like no one has any reason to click on a thread they don’t understand, and if they do, they should hit the back button if they’re still ignorant about it. No, by all means, click on it. Hell, if even one person had actually asked “I’m not familiar with Li’l Sebastian. What has he done?” rather than the ha-ha-look-at-me-I’m-so-funny responses, it wouldn’t have drawn such ire. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/49 "2011-05-21T01:22:22Z")
The ire in this thread is warm, like the glow of a car’s cigarette lighter. ---
**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, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/50 "2011-05-21T01:22:30Z")
He didn’t actually specify which posts he was reading that make him twitch so there. He outright stated that someone’s posts were imbecilic but not whose they were, hence my use of insinuation. Neener neener. _stomps on Sierra’s sandcastle just cuz._ ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/51 "2011-05-21T01:29:04Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > The ire in this thread is warm, like the glow of a car’s cigarette lighter. Don’t you just want to touch it? ---
**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, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/52 "2011-05-21T01:30:41Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > Except I define my use of “thread shitting” in my second sentence where I actually say “It’s more about the dolts who pop into a thread they don’t understand and make some dumbass comments about the subject they know nothing about”. In your moderator expertise, then, should I actually say “MY DEFINITION OF THREAD SHITTING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS:” How about you just use the actual definition of the word, instead of inventing your own? > [@](#): > > You should also confirm with the moderators of Cafe Society that I didn’t actually report the posters as thread shitters… which is what I would do for people who violate board rules. Good job. Have a cookie. > [@](#): > > And at any rate, I would expect a moderator of the Straight Dope Message Board not to actually assume the motivations of posters unless, the posters, actually say they want moderator action taken. Things like “Why didn’t they get warned?” or “These thread shitters are violating a board rule.” Maybe it’s just my bad that I have such high expectations of someone who has been given a _very important job_ of figuring out the tone of a thread. And this relates to what, exactly? Do you need **Inner Stickler** to step in and translate Moron to English again? > [@](#): > > Yeah, because instead of complaining in the thread itself where it’d derail the thread even more, I ignored the stupid jokes and replied to the topic of discussion, and then I… why… I even helped out future thread readers by reporting it and having the title fixed. And THEN I had the audacity to complain in the BBQ Pit!!! If this is not the place to whine about it, where the fuck should I whine about it then? You must be even thicker than I thought, if you think my problem is that you’re not whining about this in the correct place. The problem is that you’re whining about this _at all_. There really isn’t a place you could go where your whining wouldn’t be annoying, and that includes if you locked yourself in your closet and sat there muttering about it to yourself in the dark. ---
**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, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/53 "2011-05-21T01:31:10Z")
Cars still have cigarette lighters? Or is that what gramps is still calling the iPod car charger?! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/54 "2011-05-21T01:32:11Z")
Stomp the sandcastles all you like, the OP seems to have plenty wadded up them so there’s still more to play with. ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/55 "2011-05-21T01:39:05Z")
I’d say more than just the OP have sandy cunts. What’s that? My translation skills are needed again? Ok. Grapefruit: I’m ticked off and wish to express my angst in the appropriate forum. Miller: I dislike that you used what I feel is the wrong word so I will attempt to beat you down with lots of words because it makes me feel important. Various other dopers: Check out my swinging dick. Sierra and Inner get a game of beach volleyball going. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/56 "2011-05-21T01:40:11Z")
Um ummumm aaaah you said the NAUGHTY WORD _lobs a sandball at Stickler_ ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/57 "2011-05-21T01:43:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > How about you just use the actual definition of the word, instead of inventing your own? Nah, you should just learn to read for context. > [@](#): > > You must be even thicker than I thought, if you think my problem is that you’re not whining about this in the correct place. The problem is that you’re whining about this _at all_. There really isn’t a place you could go where your whining wouldn’t be annoying, and that includes if you locked yourself in your closet and sat there muttering about it to yourself in the dark. Oh, I get that you don’t think my rant is justified. I disagree though. It’s a rant of irritation that I wanted to get off my chest. Besides, it’s not like I’m whining about coworkers or dog at dog parks or Google front page pictures. Although silly peeves (IMO), the posters also have every right and justification to rant about what irritates them. As far as I know, there is no actual board rule that says “Your rants are silly, therefore it’s not appropriate for the SDMB”. Also, your assertion and responses has moved pretty far away from the indication that I didn’t use “thread shit” properly to what is now a whine about how my rant is annoying and baseless. How about you figure it out whether you have a problem with my use of the word “thread shit” or whether you think my rant is annoying. I’ll happily accept both, but you’re grasping at straws by now. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/58 "2011-05-21T01:52:40Z")
I heard Lil’ Sebastian was murdered on the Vegas Strip after a Holyfield fight. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/59 "2011-05-21T02:05:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Oh ho ho, see it’s funny because you’ve insinuated that the OP is an imbecile because you disagree with his viewpoint. Classy and persuasive. For me to disagree, there would have to be some actual content there in the first place, rather than an unfocused rant about behaviour he doesn’t understand, delivered using words that are clearly beyond his understanding. Rather, I feel a combination of amusement and pity. > [@Miller](#): > > I don’t think he insinuated that the OP is an imbecile. I think he stated it outright. I see I wasn’t that hard to understand after all. ---
**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, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615/60 "2011-05-21T02:13:45Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > Oh, I get that you don’t think my rant is justified. I disagree though. It’s a rant of irritation that I wanted to get off my chest. Besides, it’s not like I’m whining about coworkers or dog at dog parks or Google front page pictures. Although silly peeves (IMO), the posters also have every right and justification to rant about what irritates them. As far as I know, there is no actual board rule that says “Your rants are silly, therefore it’s not appropriate for the SDMB”. Pet peeve number three: “But I’m allowed to post this sort of thing!” Yes, you are. No one has said differently. Note that, instead of moderating you, I’m insulting you. Your rant is petty, vacuous, and ill-defined. You couldn’t even properly frame your complaint, and had to wait for someone else to show up and describe it for you. Hence, the mocking. > [@](#): > > Also, your assertion and responses has moved pretty far away from the indication that I didn’t use “thread shit” properly to what is now a whine about how my rant is annoying and baseless. How about you figure it out whether you have a problem with my use of the word “thread shit” or whether you think my rant is annoying. I’ll happily accept both, but you’re grasping at straws by now. I’m just trying to keep up with your goalposts. I’m perfectly happy to make fun of you for whatever it is you’ve decided this pit thread is about, because I’m reasonably certain that all your attempts to reframe it will fail equally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615.md?page=4)