# Stop this **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360 "2009-12-15T15:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/21 "2009-12-15T16:21:57Z")
Only if you promise to stop starting the vast majority of your posts with “Um…”. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/22 "2009-12-15T16:24:18Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Only if you promise to stop starting the vast majority of your posts with “Um…”. You’re asking him to abandon his most devastating rhetorical device. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/23 "2009-12-15T16:25:10Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We just did “this” a few months ago in this forum. [This.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525145) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/24 "2009-12-15T16:27:57Z")
Heartbreak! Overload! I ain’t missing you at all… ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/25 "2009-12-15T16:42:09Z")
Huh? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/26 "2009-12-15T16:44:24Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > This. Lissener is, obviously, a shill for one of the older UHF broadcast networks, trying to stop the spread of [This](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_TV). ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/27 "2009-12-15T16:51:32Z")
TLDR ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/28 "2009-12-15T17:03:47Z")
There are over **8 billion** Google hits for this\*. Obviously this has gotten out of hand and must be stopped. \*the best of which is [this](http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/). Icingcano is my new Overlord. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/29 "2009-12-15T17:24:49Z")
This… …is Sequential Thread fodder. Mark my words, STOP THIS will keep appearing in SQ until the thread itself sinks out of sight. ---
**Author:** ![Textual\_Intercourse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Textual\_Intercourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Intercourse)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/30 "2009-12-15T17:26:05Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Th… Er. I mean, I know, right? I even thought to myself, while in the act of contributing to it, “This is kind of obvious,” but the urge is irresistible. You cannot expect people to have enough willpower not to do this. I mean seriously. I refuse to contribute to this! ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/31 "2009-12-15T17:31:01Z")
Moved from The BBQ Pit to Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. **Gfactor** Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/32 "2009-12-15T17:37:55Z")
ceci dieses esto ciò これ ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/33 "2009-12-15T17:47:09Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > This. > [@Eutychus](#): > > That. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > +1 > [@lieu](#): > > Oh mi godd i’ve gon e blindd, > [@Polycarp](#): > > QFT!! 😛 > [@Chimera](#): > > The other thing! > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Lissener had to be so _certain_ this thread would turn into this, that he should have just put it in The Game Room > [@Ludovic](#): > > That’s what SHE said! > [@Sidney Evgeni Jordan](#): > > Word. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Th… Er. I mean, I know, right? I even thought to myself, while in the act of contributing to it, “This is kind of obvious,” but the urge is irresistible. You cannot expect people to have enough willpower not to do this. I mean seriously. > [@Equipoise](#): > > You betcha! > [@Lumpy](#): > > !this > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I heartily endorse these remarks or comments. > [@Smeghead](#): > > No. > [@Enderw24](#): > > This > Shit > Hits > It’s H > His T > Sith > Hist > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I propose a new acronym to include when quoting posts: **THIS**. > > **T** ry > **H** arder, > **I** t > **S** ucks. > [@Translucent\_Daydream](#): > > **Lumpy** for the content win. > [@John\_Mace](#): > > We just did “this” a few months ago in this forum. > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Damn you. > [@lieu](#): > > Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer does [this](http://www.thistv.com/movies). > [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Only if you promise to stop starting the vast majority of your posts with “Um…”. > [@Crotalus](#): > > You’re asking him to abandon his most devastating rhetorical device. > [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > [This.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525145) > [@Duke](#): > > Heartbreak! Overload! I ain’t missing you at all… > [@Blake](#): > > Huh? > [@tomndebb](#): > > Lissener is, obviously, a shill for one of the older UHF broadcast networks, trying to stop the spread of [This](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_TV). > [@Projammer](#): > > TLDR > [@Jackmannii](#): > > There are over **8 billion** Google hits for this\*. Obviously this has gotten out of hand and must be stopped. > > \*the best of which is [this](http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/). Icingcano is my new Overlord. > [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > This… > …is Sequential Thread fodder. Mark my words, STOP THIS will keep appearing in SQ until the thread itself sinks out of sight. > [@Textual\_Intercourse](#): > > I refuse to contribute to this! > [@Gfactor](#): > > Moved from The BBQ Pit to Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. > > **Gfactor** > Pit Moderator > [@Slypork](#): > > ceci > dieses > esto > ciò > これ What they said. ---
**Author:** ![Textual\_Intercourse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Textual\_Intercourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Intercourse)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/34 "2009-12-15T17:49:52Z")
> [@kal](#): > > what they said. +1 booyah! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/35 "2009-12-15T17:53:08Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > !this LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/36 "2009-12-15T17:55:25Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > This. What? You mean this? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/37 "2009-12-15T17:55:34Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > This. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Lissener had to be so _certain_ this thread would turn into this, that he should have just put it in The Game Room > [@Gfactor](#): > > Moved from The BBQ Pit to Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. > > **Gfactor** > Pit Moderator Haha. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/38 "2009-12-15T18:01:04Z")
I remember one time when we were at band camp playing Scrabble and this went to shit. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/39 "2009-12-15T18:17:51Z")
Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360/40 "2009-12-15T18:17:58Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I remember one time when we were at band camp playing Scrabble and this went to shit. … for about 20 minutes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-this/521360.md?page=3)