# The popular nonsense threads at SDMB with more than 100 posts per thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426 "2011-08-28T22:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/1 "2011-08-28T22:50:48Z")
It would be fun to have a thread that serves as a ready reference to the more popular nonsense threads at SDMB. The idea of “nonsense” will probably vary by individual, but the lack of a specific point or topic would be a good clue as to the sort of thing to be included here. In the spirit of two that I started in 2009… > **[The truly great threads in SDMB history](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508687)** > > Sort of a poll, but more of a survey of the really great threads of the past. May be “past” only in the sense of no longer visible on the front pages of the various fora. I’m most fascinated by the ones that suddenly spring to life with off-the-wall... The truly great threads in SDMB history 03-01-2009, 09:31 AM > **[The BIG Threads at SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510321)** > > In order to assist anybody who has had an interest in The truly great threads in SDMB history, I already started Fun Threads from your first month at SDMBwhich has some samples of mine and some hints on how to retrieve your own first month’s goodies.... The BIG Threads at SDMB 03-14-2009, 06:25 PM …this thread could be that same sort of directory. ========================================= The multiple revivals at > **[The thread title](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553826)** > > The original post. The thread title 02-26-2010, 01:28 PM started by **PlainJain** provided the notion that: > [@](#): > > We also need a survey thread that has links to similar threads of the past that went over some large number of posts. 100? 200? And without making any serious point(s). (See [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14192681&postcount=291) ) ========================================= Both of the “survey” threads mentioned above include links to (or at least descriptions of) some of the noteworthy nonsense efforts, so if any of those rise to the level of significance in your mind to be included here, please link to them. In any case, please use links to the threads you want to include here. Please let the “at least 100 posts” criterion apply to your choice(s). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/2 "2011-08-28T23:00:07Z")
That’s silly! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/3 "2011-08-28T23:02:43Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > That’s silly! No! You are! Seriously, I was tempted to search your username for “threads started by” and link to all that had over 100 posts! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/4 "2011-08-28T23:20:33Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Seriously, I was tempted to search your username for “threads started by” and link to all that had over 100 posts! However, on that very search I see that some of your threads actually had a point. Regardless, here are three worth a look by those who have yet to see them: > **[Predict The Next Poster!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=208378)** > > To this thread. Yeah, I’m bored. It’s raining. My camping trip got canceled. So, I’m gonna go work tomorrow. On an inside job I’ve ben putting off. So, anyways… You can talk about whatever you want. But, at the end of your post, PREDICT WHO WILL... Predict The Next Poster! 08-31-2003, 01:05 PM > **[Mmmm... Brains!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=214023)** > > Yummy, yummy brains! ;j Mmmm… Brains! 09-28-2003, 02:51 AM > **[Hi-Jack this thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177997)** > > I hijacked yours… Hi-Jack this thread! 04-17-2003, 04:31 PM ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/5 "2011-08-28T23:27:07Z")
Yeah, a silly point, but still ::runs thru thread naked:: ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/6 "2011-08-28T23:49:07Z")
I don’t know what you are talking about. Last I checked, silly and overly pointless threads were against the rules. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/7 "2011-08-29T01:17:52Z")
I still harbor a secret desire for a “God Forum” for all the people who want to talk endlessly about something that cant be answered, has no answers and no possibility of ever having any answers. But a link to all those threads might be amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/8 "2011-08-29T01:33:21Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554862) one about a movie slated to take home best picture at the Oscars is well over a hundred posts, filled with nonsense and even survived being zombified, shut down and re-opened. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/9 "2011-08-29T13:35:35Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I don’t know what you are talking about. Last I checked, silly and overly pointless threads were against the rules. No doubt! Most of the really silly ones get locked before the first 20 posts are in. I can attest to that with a list of at least 10 of mine that were zapped almost before a reply came in. However, the classics from before the _Hammer of Doom_ became the norm are available to be read (and revered) for entertainment value. It’s those that many people never even investigate. If we were to point to the better ones (use “better” in your own way) perhaps the value they had at the time might be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/10 "2011-08-29T13:38:39Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I still harbor a secret desire for a “God Forum” for all the people who want to talk endlessly about something that cant be answered, has no answers and no possibility of ever having any answers. But a link to all those threads might be amusing. I vote Yes to such a set of links. Can you start such a list? And I do tend to agree that the whole subject boils down to varying degrees of Nonsense! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/11 "2011-08-29T14:09:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554862) one about a movie slated to take home best picture at the Oscars is well over a hundred posts, filled with nonsense and even survived being zombified, shut down and re-opened. That reminds me of [Not Coming To A Theater Near You](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539074) which was started 11-07-2009, 05:23 PM by **Malleus, Incus, Stapes!** and had run to #896 by 08-20-2010, 01:25 PM with a post by **furryman** – just over a year ago. It has a theme and almost a point, but there is some magnificent nonsense there. Two other posts worth looking at (I feel) are [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10920605&postcount=84) and [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12973388&postcount=88) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-nonsense-threads-at-sdmb-with-more-than-100-posts-per-thread/594426/12 "2011-08-29T15:02:08Z")
There’s a concurrent thread in progress at [SDMB threads that had you cracking up](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622131) that may be of interest!