What threads do you see popping up quite a bit in any of the sections that you can’t bear seeing?
I can’t stand the tiresome and tedious PC vs. Mac threads nor the idiotic “Ask the Marginalized Minority Anything” threads.
ask the___ threads
I am guilty of starting one myself a good while ago. It was “ask the Alaskan guy” But now seems everyone has one.I started mine because I am tired of the misconceptions about Alaska. I’m half-expecting “ask the licensed driver” or “ask the home owner” or “ask the human person dude/chick” alright already…
The most egregious one would end up being
“Ask The Doper!”
For me, the ones I’m the most tired of are the “advice on <personal bodily function of choice> problem please - perhaps TMI”
TMI - yeah, DUH!
Lord Of The Rings threads.
I want to to paraphrase William Shatner and say:
“It’s just a movie people. OK? They are fictional characters. They do not exist. So take off the funny costumes, accept the fact that it was an enjoyable tale AND GO HAVE A LIFE!”
But hey, that’s just what bugs me.
Whistlepig
(Who expects a geek defense of LOTR in seven posts or fewer.)
Could say the same thing about Star Wars threads:D
Thanks. I was going to do so and forgot.
Fewer, definitely. I think most of the people posting to LOTR threads realize it’s fiction, have lives and don’t wear silly costumes, at least not all the time. No, I don’t have a cite for that; it’s just an educated guess. LOTR happens to be a very popular work of fiction that provides a ripe field for interpretation and speculation.
As for the Mac vs. PC threads, they’ve actually helped me decide what my next computer will be. Searching through opinions posted a couple of years ago would not have served the same purpose, since computers have evolved.
I admit I haven’t been involved with SMDB as long as some, but it seems to me if you’re tired of a subject, you don’t have to open the thread.
I’m tired of threads asking me what I’m tired of. 
[sub]C’mon, somebody had to.[/sub]
Porcupine, you’re kinda right… There was just another of these maybe last week.
On the first two pages of Cafe Society, there are THIRTEEN LOTR-related threads. That’s just excessive.
I dunno, we’ve had some of the dumbest theological debates I’ve ever seen recently (“If you don’t believe God exists, then why do you ask Him to damn something?! Oh, and GOD FUCK YOU, Mr. President.”). Maybe we should hop back to “Could God make a burrito so big that even He could not eat it?” to get the gears moving again and stop being so particular about word choice.
typhoon, was the issue of a giant burrito ever resolved in GD?
Somebody should add one more. Fourteen is a much better number. But I don’t see what effect the number of LOTR threads has on the quality of life of anyone who’s not interested in them. There are other active topics, and you’re free to start your own.
I see too many Simpsons threads (e.g. “What’s your favorite Simpsons quote?”) I know it’s a popular show and it has its fans. I got burned out on it long ago and I’m surprised that the show is still going.
Ditto on the LOTR threads.
I’m also burned out on the “Ask the _____” threads. I liked them at first, but then people started overdoing it. I recently started a sort of “backlash” thread on these, asking people which “Ask the _____” threads they hope to never see. Unfortunately this thread just may give people ideas. :eek:
“Here is The Religious Truth of the World”
“The solution to the Middle East”
“Is this Op-Ed piece as unbiased as I think it is?”
"Hey, I just got this from a friend, and neither of us knows how to use a search engine, is it true?
::lots of shit with carrots and carriage returns C&Ped verbatim from email, including half a year’s worth of headers and footers::"
"I’m leaving.
No, really, I’m leaving. You all suck!
Look at me leaving!
I’m really gonna go this time!
Back again. I’m leaving now! For real! Really leaving.
Okay, guys, that’s it … I’m … leaving!!
:: pant pant pant :: See you all in Hell … I’m leaving!
I’m outta here! You all suck!
I’m LEAVING! HELL-O!
Damnit, guys, I’m leaving! CARE about me!
…"
“~~~~~~~~dO mY hOmEwOrK fOr Me!!!~~~~~~~~”
“[ethnic/“racial” group] … what’s wrong with them?”
“Ask the person you wouldn’t give two shits about if you had two shits in your hand.”
“Why don’t girls go for nice guys?”
“[lyrics to song] … name that tune!”
“This thread title is completely undescriptive. You’ll have to open it to figure out what the hell I’m going to post.”
“Spelling? Grammar? Punctuation? Proper Capitalization? Pshaw! This is the In-Ter-Net!”
“I have discovered the suckiest life on earth. Now I will ramble on about it for an hour, then remove myself completely from the thread and maybe a few people will start arguing and I can watch.”
“Look at me I got 100 posts! … Look at me I got 250! … Look at me I got 500! … Look at me 95% of my posts are in post count party threads I started! GO ME! WOOOO! BRING OUT THE NAKED [members of same/opposite sex or both]!”
“What’s the deal with this thing that’s been done ad nauseam and has a thread directly discussing it on page one of the relevant forum?”
“I have a festering wound, or something, somewhere on my body. SDMB doctors, come and tell me what it is and kiss it and make it better!”
“Everyone else is wrong, I’m right, and that’s that.”
I have a headache now…
I really have no need to read anything more about shit, piss, cum, snot, phlegm, pus, or vomit. If you have a question about these topics use the search function. Everything that can be said about them already has.
Oh yeah, farting too.