You surely have read some of them, or maybe, God forbid, written them. Some might have been intentionally designed to be stupid. Others, well, it maybe just wasn’t the writer’s day…
You can base your selections on whatever criteria you employ to define stupidity. If the post is small you can quote it on this thread, if not just provide the link to it. If you don’t feel like looking up for the post, a commentary or explanation will suffice.
As soon as enough proposals are received I will be posting–and periodically updating–a leaderboard containing the exclusive club of the stupidest posts to ever grace the SDMB forums.
This is sort of a poll thread but it is also pointless enough to adequately fit in here. Hence the selection of this forum.
::sucking up to mods::
Candidacy for stupidest post excludes any of the well researched, brilliantly written posts with which our incredibly eloquent and obscenely intelligent mods have so frequently enlightened us.
Since I am getting no responses, I will clarify on the OP, as its intention might have been misunderstood. When I say stupid posts I refer to silly, goofy posts that lay no claim against the intelligence of the poster. Au contraire, such posts are often witty, funny-as-hell gems that, if bundled together on a singular thread, can provide for a good dose of entertainment for whoever reads them. As an example of what I mean, take a look at this postby Enderw23, which really struck my funny bone.
There is also a great post by Satan (no words to explain how incredibly funny it was) on the subject of Hank’s Ass. I am too lazy to go check for the link but, IIRC, it appears in one of those long Wildest Bill threads, likely one having to do with Christianity.
If you want to refer to posts that clearly manifest a lack of intelligence or carelessness by the writer when posting, you can quote them without alluding the individual, as the objectives of this thread don’t include insulting or embarrassing anyone. if you prefer, you can summarize the offending post and state your opinions regarding it while maintaining the identity of the writer anonymous.
Finally, I give you carte blanche to severely criticize / trash / ridicule any of my posts. I don’t mind constructive criticism.
Oh great… Pick a post by me which was nothing but reprinting someone else’s genius! I cited the source and even got an e-mail from the author who told me it was okay for me to post it even…
I mean, something I personally came up might qualify! I mean, almost all of my posts are “stupid” yet “witty.”
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>> the objectives of this thread don’t include insulting or embarrassing anyone
So what’s the point then? Where’s the fun if we can’t insult or embarrass anyone? I’m disappointed.
In any case, I remember there was a thread about a (German?) woman who thought she was married to a wall. I did a search but could not find it. Maybe someone can locate it.
The best way to see if an OP is stupid or not is to see how many people post as opposed to just view it. Since you have chosen to ridicule a post of mine I’ll let you in on a little secret, oh newbie.
I hereby nominate your Farting Dinos thread for most stupid OP. This one serves as a good indicator of how many brain cells you’re rubbing together.
Zenster, I have the utmost respect for you. If you check your facts you will soon realize that this is a HUGE misunderstanding. First of all, I was not ridiculing your post. Instead I was making fun of a post by yours truly which really defies stupidity. The joke was on myself; check the link, it leads SPECIFICALLY to my post.
Remember that we are talking about stupid posts, not threads. The fact that a stupid post appears on a particular thread doesn’t make that thread stupid just like the fact that Tino Martínez sucks doesn’t make the Yanks a lousy team. Besides, I thought your thread was interesting and that is why I initially contributed a serious post regarding the OP.
It just occurred to me that it might have bothered you that I degraded your thread with my ridiculous post. That wasn’t by any means my intention, I just felt at the time like releasing some stress by letting my neurological patterns go whacko. Your thread just provided the perfect thematic forum for such an explosion.
Let me stress it once more, for clarity’s sake, I was making fun of my electromagnetic waves-pouring ass, not you.
By the way, if you read closely my Farting Dinos thread you will notice that it was intended as a joke. The follow-up post to the OP clearly points that out and my latest contribution should positively eradicate any doubts that may have remained.
Satan
I admire and respect your wit. The Hank’s ass reference was just the first to come to mind. I do remember you kicking some moron’s ass in truly masterful fashion. I will check out the link and post it later.
Just to prevent any further confusions. The theory behind that OP is true. As posted on that thread I heard that information on TVE Internacional (Spanish Television International).
However, the REASON to post it was directed at making fart related jokes.
Clear? All right then. Now I can go back to eating my greasy and delicious McDonald’s junk food. Imagine the magnificent farts that it will induce. I can’t wait.
Since I haven’t found the previously alluded post by Satan, I will provide a link to this post of mine (inspired by the very witty post by Scylla that precedes it on that thread) which presents a hypothetical conversation between God and Yoda regarding the eternal argument: Can God create a rock he can not lift?
I will keep trying to find Satan’s post as I believe it deserves to be enjoyed by anyone who hasn’t had the chance to laugh hysterically at its highly comedic content.
