# Things that have been "done to death" on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037 "2007-11-28T15:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/61 "2007-11-29T12:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] Yeah, those people and their really lousy buns. [/QUOTE] Excuse me while I roll OFLMFAO ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/62 "2007-11-29T12:57:08Z")
It’s already time to add complaints about he banner ads to this list. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/63 "2007-11-29T14:50:43Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] Yeah, those people and their really lousy buns. [/QUOTE] 1. People who hijack threads with lame jokes that were relevant 6 pages ago. I mean, do we really knead this behaviour? ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/64 "2007-11-29T15:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=Kayeby] Those threads where people post puns and one-liners. For instance: **Poster 1:** Posts I dunno … a news item about bread or something. **Poster 2:** I think that would be the yeast of his worries. **Poster 3:** What a half-baked idea. I would take that with a grain of salt. **Poster 4:** Everyone, stop loafing around! The annoying thing is that I can’t tell if a thread is going to be like that until I see the first lame pun, scroll down to the bottom, confirm that yes it’s still going on, then hit the back button. I could have been curing cancer in that time. :mad: [/QUOTE] Oh my god I love your example. A lot of the times the attempts at humor here are really cringe worthy and not in the “oh he’s an adorable nerd that knows he’s being silly” way but in the “I’m truly embarrassed for that person and glad I am not him/her” way. It’s like a whole message board full of that guy in the office who thinks he is the office jokester with their “Is that your final answer?” coffee mug but really people are ducking into rooms when they see him coming down the hallway. But every now and then I read something that makes me spit my drink out laughing so I keep coming back. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/65 "2007-11-30T00:33:15Z")
[QUOTE=Spit] 4) People who hijack threads with lame jokes that were relevant 6 pages ago. I mean, do we really knead this behaviour? [/QUOTE] At least they got a rise out of you. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/66 "2007-11-30T00:49:41Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] At least they got a rise out of you. [/QUOTE] Could be worse. At a certain other board, they put these lame jokes and comments in quotation marks amid their user name, as if it were some kind of new nickname. As if that makes sense. E.g., Chef “at least they got a rise out of you” Guy Best regards, Kox “boy that grates on my nerves” inga ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/67 "2007-11-30T02:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Things to do in Lower Grumblefuck, Missouri? [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure we did Upper Grumblefuck, though. My nominee: **What if the Nazis had had _(the bomb, lasers, anthrax, Silly Putty, Heidi Klum, etc.)_ in WWII?** ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/68 "2007-11-30T03:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Off to IMHO. [/QUOTE] Yes, I’ve been seeing a lot of that. Also, one word sentences for emphasis. While it is effective, and I have done it myself, it is done a little too often. Done. To. Death. Even. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/69 "2007-12-02T18:07:21Z")
[QUOTE=Spit] 4) People who hijack threads with lame jokes that were relevant 6 pages ago. I mean, do we really knead this behaviour? [/QUOTE] You talkin’ to me? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037/70 "2007-12-03T10:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] At least they got a rise out of you. [/QUOTE] :smack: Dough! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-have-been-done-to-death-on-the-sdmb/428037.md?page=3)