# Stupid Black idea of the day. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 16, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699 "2018-08-16T00:50:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/41 "2018-08-16T03:08:46Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > And it’s a clever point. That only clever people can understand. August 15th, the day I learned I wasn’t clever. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/42 "2018-08-16T03:09:05Z")
CarnalK has a dream. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/43 "2018-08-16T03:20:33Z")
If anyone’s interested in figuring out the point, you can simply click on the link to **tomndeb’s** quote in the OP. Here, I’ll [link you to the thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21145424#post21145424) where this started. I question if this thread was a good way to make the point, but the point itself is valid. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/44 "2018-08-16T03:23:40Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > CarnalK has a dream. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: But I suspect the arc of the **CarnalK** thread is short and it bends toward closure. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/45 "2018-08-16T03:36:05Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > But I suspect the arc of the **CarnalK** thread is short and it bends toward closure. Close this thread? On page one? Oh, hell naw. I’m riding this train wreck until it derails into a fuel refinery. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/46 "2018-08-16T03:53:32Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > …I’ll post my examples forthwith. How long is a forthwith? Said the straightman ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/47 "2018-08-16T03:54:15Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Close this thread? On page one? Oh, hell naw. I’m riding this train wreck until it derails into a fuel refinery. So many train wrecks, so few train junkyards. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/48 "2018-08-16T03:57:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Close this thread? On page one? Oh, hell naw. I’m riding this train wreck until it derails into a fuel refinery. …jumping the tracks, roaring downhill across a highway filled with cattle trucks, tractor-trailers hauling liquid propane and chlorine, and a busload of clowns, through an orphanage filled with screaming children… ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/49 "2018-08-16T04:00:10Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > How long is a forthwith? > > Said the straightman The cleverness of the OP has a shelf life of one post. Actually just a little less than one post. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/50 "2018-08-16T04:30:23Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Close this thread? On page one? Oh, hell naw. I’m riding this train wreck until it derails into a fuel refinery. I’m right with you! And why the heck would the thread need closing anyway? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/51 "2018-08-16T04:47:34Z")
At the risk of being off topic… an oblique pitting of tomndebb is unreasonable when he’s promoting the cautious point of view that a blanket prohibition on a relatively broad brush might either have to have a ton of inconsistency via exceptions for special classes or will have unintended consequences. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/52 "2018-08-16T04:53:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Close this thread? On page one? Oh, hell naw. I’m riding this train wreck until it derails into a fuel refinery. > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > …jumping the tracks, roaring downhill across a highway filled with cattle trucks, tractor-trailers hauling liquid propane and chlorine, and a busload of clowns, through an orphanage filled with screaming children… Now, to be fair, the children will be screaming with delight. I mean, hey, trucks, cows, flaming clowns, and a train! ---
**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:** [August 16, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699/53 "2018-08-16T05:06:11Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I’m right with you! And why the heck would the thread need closing anyway? Actually, as a colleague just pointed out, this is a complaint about moderation - and complaints about moderation aren’t allowed in the Pit. So, reluctantly, this is closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-black-idea-of-the-day/819699.md?page=2)