# Something about Funeral posts. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 30, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172 "2017-06-30T00:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/21 "2017-06-30T02:14:51Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Since they’ve all been resuscitated by the same poster (who doesn’t seem to be returning to the same thread more than once after reopening them—not that there’s any reason why he should, necessarily), I would think that a note to that poster might be more effective than closing the threads. That was done with the suggestion to start a thread about funerary services etc, if he’d like to discuss the topic. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/22 "2017-06-30T03:00:56Z")
There’s one more in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/23 "2017-06-30T03:15:17Z")
I intentionally left his Pit thread open because hey, it’s the Pit. I also left his Ask the Funeral Director thread open. If anyone wishes to discuss funeral related things, feel free to do so here: > **[\[Ask the Funeral Director who's a\] New Member \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610966)** > > I have been lurking around these boards for some time and finally joined today. Honored to be among you fine folks. BTW: I am a funeral director in Los Angeles, California, hence my name (just in case you think I’m some goth dude or vampire freak)... ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/24 "2017-06-30T03:19:28Z")
Don’t worry, once people start dying again, the funeral directors won’t have so much time on their hands and things will go back to normal around here again. Lucky for us, next week is the Fourth. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/25 "2017-06-30T03:33:24Z")
Really. It was almost like a spam attack. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/26 "2017-06-30T03:39:20Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > ETA: I counted 16 locked zombie threads on the topic. Had to take off both socks to keep track! Wow! Just five more & you’d have to…unzip. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Since they’ve all been resuscitated by the same poster (who doesn’t seem to be returning to the same thread more than once after reopening them—not that there’s any reason why he should, necessarily), I would think that a note to that poster might be more effective than closing the threads. I agree, some of them got legitimate comments from other users & some, while not front page were not exactly flesh falling off zombies as they were from earlier this year. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/27 "2017-06-30T04:24:07Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Since they’ve all been resuscitated by the same poster (who doesn’t seem to be returning to the same thread more than once after reopening them—not that there’s any reason why he should, necessarily), I would think that a note to that poster might be more effective than closing the threads. According to **Asimovian** in one of the threads, he was sent a PM. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/28 "2017-06-30T08:52:35Z")
Ok, I get it. You want to lock the threads. Your call. But next time I read “CoffinMan, please do not bump every thread that you can find on a topic as you have done here today”, I’m going home. If you haven’t got anything new to say, don’t say it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/29 "2017-06-30T10:10:06Z")
CoffinMan, please do not bump every thread that you can find on a topic as you have done here today. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/30 "2017-06-30T10:44:55Z")
**Melbourne’s** not here, Man. He’s gone home. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/31 "2017-06-30T12:10:13Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > According to **Asimovian** in one of the threads, he was sent a PM. He was, he responded, and to my knowledge, he did not reanimate any threads after our exchange. As of right now, I don’t think he meant any harm, and was simply looking to contribute to threads where he felt he could speak with some authority. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/32 "2017-06-30T12:28:25Z")
Only minusly macabre due to his professional subject, I can’t imagine he did anything wrong at all nor why the threads should be closed. Ending a thread’s life is not to be done lightly. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/33 "2017-06-30T13:02:15Z")
The part I’m puzzled about is, he’s been here six years. If he were inclined to bump old threads in his area of expertise, why not earlier? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/34 "2017-06-30T13:19:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The part I’m puzzled about is, he’s been here six years. If he were inclined to bump old threads in his area of expertise, why not earlier? He finally got a computer sophisticated enough to work with our search engine. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/35 "2017-06-30T13:40:32Z")
At first I thought it was prankination. Coffinman\>Resurrect old threads\>funerals\>zombies. But his answers and input seem genuine and, often, helpful. I no longer think his motives were prankatory in nature, but just a bit unorthodox. Questions do remain, however. Why the seemingly sudden urge to reanimate? Why no explanation from the man hisself (that I know of)? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/36 "2017-06-30T13:48:41Z")
“Let’s see–question asked 18 years ago…I should still have time to answer before the funeral.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/37 "2017-06-30T14:03:49Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > Only minusly macabre due to his professional subject, I can’t imagine he did anything wrong at all nor why the threads should be closed. > Ending a thread’s life is not to be done lightly. Closing a thread is a maintenance issue, as in two people starting one on the same subject. It’s a correction, not a punishment. Thank goodness this board **is** moderated. I’ve been on some that weren’t, and one isn’t inclined to stick around long. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/38 "2017-06-30T14:12:45Z")
It’s just foolishness by easily panicked moderators. I’ve owned a forum for ten years or more, with minimal moderation and it’s very quiet. Moderation is an art not a science. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/39 "2017-06-30T14:41:27Z")
Ah yes, the “On MY board, I’m a much better moderator!” response. Thanks so much for your time. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172/40 "2017-06-30T14:49:38Z")
Not particularly, just that moderating\* a la\* Sheldon Cooper is scarcely useful. Had those threads continued, with no responses they would have dropped off the new posts list in a few hours; had they been responded to, then that could have added new information and life. Old threads are the lifeblood of this board because it is those that attract new members. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-funeral-posts/790172.md?page=3)