Just something that I think about from time to time - how do you react to TMI threads?
Guess I’ll just answer my own question. Label them in the title and I just avoid them. Although a little discretion in the title would be nice, too.
I don’t care about your sex life, your bowel habits, what you pulled out of your nose or how much pus you squeezed out of your zit. I remember a time when people kept their private business private. What a concept.
I appreciate descriptive titles, because while I enjoy some TMI (sex, poop, etc), I don’t bother with other types (menstrual issues, pus-filled boils, your cat’s leaking anus, etc).
As far as I’m concerned, anything on an anonymous message board is still sort of private. It only becomes personal and therefore uncomfortable for me when I actually know the person.
I appreciate some TMI issues. I like the menstruation ones, sometimes, because it lets me know I am not alone and also sometimes gives me ideas on how to combat issues I also have, or maybe new products out there. I don’t agree with always keeping private things private - if everyone kept everything private then you’d never learn anything new.
Basically I like TMI threads that go to a goal. I don’t really want to read about what you pulled out of your nose just for the sake of it. However, the tonsil stone thread was incredibly helpful because it told me other people got them, too, and they’re not embarrassing, just normal.
I avoid poop threads as much as possible, though. I hate them. If I never saw a poop thread again I’d be happy.
I just wish people actually put the TMI label on them all. I expect something weird while not gross and wham the label was missing.
Meh. “TM” is relative. It takes more to phase me than a lil blood and guts.
Discussions of medical issues can be a bit ickier than I prefer to read, but I don’t put them in the same category as “What’s the biggest dump you’ve ever taken?” or “How many times a night do you do it?”
Honestly, I don’t get the apparent fascination with certain bodily functions. I certainly don’t care to know what foods make you fart the loudest. But whatever floats your boat…
I love them. They provide great (and not so great) insight into The Human Condition.
Plus, they make me feel less alone.
Some of them really are TM for me, but like others here, sometimes stuff that is TMI is very informative, helps me feel less alone in certain conditions, etc.
Plus, some of them are funny as hell.
Woo-hoo, I’m masturbating like a mother-fuck!
I find them frequently amusing, as long as I’m not eating, so I appreciate the labels and vague contents hints.
I am not squeamish in the least so that is not an issue. I also like to learn about the inner-workings of other people and you can’t usually do that in real life so it is a good thing about message boards. Some of them are gross or ridiculous but I still learn something usually. I am glad they are there.
I’ll agree that as long as they’re clearly labeled that I don’t mind. That way I don’t stumble upon something that I’d rather not have known.
I love them because they usually end up being so informative.
Plus they’re usually good for some laughs.
I like the warning, but it’s not up to me to decide what can and can’t be asked here.
Within the current rules, I say let 'er rip.
I think they’re awesome! I started an all-purpose TMI thread once, though it didn’t get past the first page IIRC. I have an insatiable curiosity.
I don’t mind them as long as they are labeled. Some sort of indication of what I you are sharing TM of is good too. I don’t mind reading serious posts about sexual or medical issues, but stuff about poop, pus and putrescence posted simply for the gross-out factor, I can do without.
What can I say, if it’s labeled TMI, I’ll click on it.
Boy, you must REALLY like them a lot!
The trouble for me with them being labeled “TMI” is that then I have to check it out to see how much TMI it really is. And then it’s too late and I’m sucked in. It’s like the sign that says “Do not look in here.”
It doesn’t bother me too much, but I understand it bothers a lot of others. So I went with keeping them clearly labeled. That way nobody feels the need to come in and say stuff like “You guys are gross. I can’t believe you talk about this crap.”