# Thin Lizzy--thin thinking **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360 "2005-07-27T04:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/21 "2005-07-27T08:11:37Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Everything/Nothing (I think). > > -XT Yes, what he said. E/N sites are everything/nothing, which basically means they have no topic and are fodder for everything and nothing. Blogs are often considered the epitome of E/N. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/22 "2005-07-27T08:58:08Z")
Bleaaaachhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/23 "2005-07-27T13:03:19Z")
Wow, I’ve been online for over a decade and this thread is the first time I’ve ever seen E/N used. Learn something new every dozen years… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/24 "2005-07-27T13:14:06Z")
Lizzy Rock!! sorry, totally different thread than what I expected. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/25 "2005-07-27T13:23:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Here’s a good analogy for you. A Republican who needs to feed his family will learn to fish. He is self sufficent, and has control over how much fish (food) he brings in. > > A Democrat does not want to learn to fish. He believes it is someone else’s responsibilty not only to catch the fish, but to cook and clean it as well. What a stupid thing to say. Democrats fish. Republicans play golf. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/26 "2005-07-27T13:26:02Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > With generalizations like this, you are right there with all the gasbag pundits who slam “Democrats” all day. Limbaugh, Coulter… I dunno, his generalizations don’t seem all that much worse then **Liberals** ’s “socialists think money grows on trees” bullshit. He does have a much lower post count, and probably isn’t bright enough to defend himself in the pit, though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/27 "2005-07-27T13:28:22Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > What a stupid thing to say. > Democrats fish. Republicans play golf. Clinton is a Republican? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/28 "2005-07-27T13:32:13Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > I dunno, his generalizations don’t seem all that much worse then **Liberals** ’s “socialists think money grows on trees” bullshit. You’re right. I shouldn’t have generalized. Many socialists believe money falls from the sky. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/29 "2005-07-27T13:36:25Z")
If s/he is a youngster, why choose a 70s rock band as a username? Have they made a comeback? Maybe s/he listens to Classic Rock FM radio… ---
**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:** [July 27, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/30 "2005-07-27T13:39:52Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > You’re right. I shouldn’t have generalized. Many socialists believe money falls from the sky. While trust-fund kids believe it grows on the trees Daddy planted. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/31 "2005-07-27T14:15:34Z")
I love to fish, hate golf. I guess I must be a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/32 "2005-07-27T14:50:07Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > What a stupid thing to say. > Democrats fish. Republicans play golf. Not true. Some democrats fish for food. Some republicans fish for fun. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/33 "2005-07-27T14:51:48Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > If s/he is a youngster, why choose a 70s rock band as a username? Have they made a comeback? Maybe s/he listens to Classic Rock FM radio… :dubious: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/34 "2005-07-27T14:53:40Z")
Note to self: When GD visits the Pit, don’t post funnies. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/35 "2005-07-27T15:03:37Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > You’re right. I shouldn’t have generalized. Many socialists believe money falls from the sky. I shouldn’t read your posts with my mouth full of coffee. You almost made me spew with this one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/36 "2005-07-27T15:10:34Z")
Sorry 'bout that. e/n does indeed stand for “everything/nothing,” and in the early days of web logging was used to describe those blogs which consisted of 37 entries a day of the form: > [@](#): > > anothr thing i thot of wuz why shed even bother doin that. GODDAMMIT I dONT UNDERSATND WOMEN!! > > Mood: ennui > Song: “Break” It means everything to the blogger and nothing to the reader. It later became used in the message board context to describe those posters who use an MB as an outlet for verbal diarrhea, nattering on about stuff that probably makes perfect sense to them at the time, but none at all to anyone else. Actually, the term hit its peak around 2000 and is less used now that blogs are more the norm than the exception. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/37 "2005-07-27T15:44:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Democrats fish. Republicans play golf. Hah! Proof positive that I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Imagine trying to outwit a fish. So you outwit the fish: so what? You’re smarter than a fish. But what if you fail to outwit the fish? OTOH, golfers are a form of proto-virus. Somewhat below the lowest life forms. In fact, if Democrats and Republicans _are_ all fishermen or golfers, it would explain much of what is wrong with the country. THAT should alienate just about everyone. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/38 "2005-07-27T15:46:51Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > THAT should alienate just about everyone. You forgot the left handed Anabaptists… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/39 "2005-07-27T16:03:07Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Imagine trying to outwit a fish. So you outwit the fish: so what? You’re smarter than a fish. But what if you fail to outwit the fish? > > THAT should alienate just about everyone. If you fail to outwit the fish, you drink beer. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/40 "2005-07-27T16:17:52Z")
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