# Threads You're Ashamed to Admit You Enjoy . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830 "2003-06-27T19:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/41 "2003-06-29T02:59:00Z")
Ooooh, where? The “Darwinism” one? ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/42 "2003-06-29T03:21:51Z")
I’m ashamed to admit that I enjoyed the debate between **TVAA** and **Spiritus Mundi** discussing the implications of Goedel’s Incompleteness Theorem ( first in [Great Debates](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176707&highlight=Incompleteness+Theorem+Turing+Machine) and later in the [BBQ Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179913&highlight=Incompleteness+Theorem+Turing+Machine) ). It was clear from the beginning that **TVAA** was in over his head, but he persisted in his beliefs, even invoking his “invisible experts” when he failed to convince the resident mathematicians on the board. These threads provided much amusement for the several weeks they were active. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/43 "2003-06-29T03:58:24Z")
[One of my favorite pile ons](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140878&) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/44 "2003-06-29T04:09:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Ooooh, where? The “Darwinism” one? \*\* I don’t want to name names or anything, until the inevitable Pit thread. That would be inappropriate… ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/45 "2003-06-29T04:20:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Ooooh, where? The “Darwinism” one? \*\* Dammit! I can’t believe I just went over to GD - not funny, you guys! Sort of like the dark side of the moon there… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/46 "2003-06-29T08:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Anyone wanna start a pile-on Pit thread on **Lib**? I’ll bring the popcorn! \*\* Ah. One of those but-it’s-different-when-I-do-it situations, I see. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/47 "2003-06-29T12:17:47Z")
Good call, **Libby**. People shouldn’t be so damn quick to heatedly jump all over an _opinion_ with which they don’t agree. Then again, I find myself doing it sometimes. A debate is one thing. Pitting is quite another. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/48 "2003-06-29T16:12:30Z")
No, one of those “joke” things. Look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/49 "2003-06-29T18:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Ooooh, where? The “Darwinism” one? \*\* Well, he or she has been banned now, so yes, that one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830/50 "2003-06-29T18:46:27Z")
I won’t name names, but there have been several pile-on threads in the Pit that I really enjoyed “for great justice”. I also heartily enjoyed the hijacking of one of my own threads somewhat recently. It was my OP, followed by a couple innocous on-topic posts, one of which somehow led to a huge fight which completely hijacked the thread, despite my attempts to bring it back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-youre-ashamed-to-admit-you-enjoy/184830.md?page=2)