# Tuckerfan - How bored are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603 "2005-06-30T23:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/1 "2005-06-30T23:08:10Z")
I get pretty excited when I read the news sometimes. Often a story will jump out at me as being pretty cool or interesting, and I’ll come to the Dope to see if someone has started a thread. More often than not, someone has, and a lively discussion (occasionally) ensues. However, I really can’t see a reason for this: 2:42pm: “Oh, nifty. Somebody found a way to determine the age of the universe. I know, I’ll post a thread with a one-line [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323553)and a quote from the article.” 2:51pm: “Oh, look! Another article about space! I know, I’ll post a thread with a one-line [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323555)and a quote from the article.” 2:57pm: “Holy Cow!! I read another news article! I know, I’ll post a thread with a one-line [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323556) and a quote from the article.” 3:00pm: “Great Googly Moogly!! Something else has been discovered and I read about it!! I know, I’ll post a thread with a one-line [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323557) and a quote from the article.” 3:06pm: “Great Galloping Monkey Turds!!! I read **another** story! And this one’s about space!!! I know, I’ll post a thread with a one-line [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323559)and a quote from the article.” Give it a break, Reuters boy. You’re not a news service, and I don’t think the board needs constant news updates every time you read something. Why don’t you try reading the news, then decide what you thought was really cool, then post a thread about it that actually gives an opinion about the subject? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/2 "2005-06-30T23:12:05Z")
Hey, look: [NASA sets July 13 launch date for space shuttle](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20050630/sc_nm/space_shuttle_dc) Just thought I’d share. 😃 They’re not exactly knocking down the doors to reply to those threads, are they? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/3 "2005-06-30T23:12:32Z")
I got nothin’ to add here. Hell, I don’t care how many threads get started by any one doper in any one day. However, _Great Galloping Monkey Turds_ shall become part of my vernacular from hence forward. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/4 "2005-06-30T23:15:38Z")
I like **Tuckerfan’s** posts. It keeps me from having to read my [Space.com](http://Space.com) e-mails. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/5 "2005-06-30T23:17:57Z")
I also like Tuckers posts. He’s got a good eye for the really cool stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/6 "2005-06-30T23:20:24Z")
Yeah, another anti-pitter here. I too enjoy his posts. ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/7 "2005-06-30T23:24:19Z")
What the f do you care what he posts? He paid his money, the mods aren’t angry at him, so he can do what he wants. No one makes you look. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/8 "2005-06-30T23:25:07Z")
Why do so many twats feel the need to complain about there being something they are not interested in? Just don’t read what you aren’t interested in, **'tool**. Oh, there’s a huge amount of TV shows I don’t care about! I’m going to complain to the TV station! Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/9 "2005-06-30T23:27:59Z")
OMG someone is spending time to start potentially interesting and informative threads on the Straight Dope, the horror the horror. Quick lads get the pitch forks and tortches we got a monster to slay. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/10 "2005-06-30T23:28:54Z")
Maybe he could start a single daily or weekly “Tuckerfan’s Spiffy News” thread and post his articles in that: Everybody could be happy. **Tuckerfan** gets to post all the news stories he wants, and people who don’t like 5 similiar threads cluttering up the front page of MPSIM’s won’t see 5 similiar threads cluttering up the front page of MPSIM’s. Not that I care; I’m not really a MPSIM’er. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/11 "2005-06-30T23:29:57Z")
**Tuck** ’s space posts are fine by me. I wouldn’t hear about half that stuff without 'em. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/12 "2005-06-30T23:30:57Z")
Look, I’ve got nothing against **Tuckerfan**. I also enjoy his posts, I just thought 5 new threads over 20 minutes was a bit excessive, and I wished he had something to say other than a one line toss off and a quote. I would rather see one thread with an opinion than five news blurbs. Perhaps this pitting is uncalled for, but it annoyed me, and here we are. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/13 "2005-06-30T23:31:09Z")
I don’t spend much (any) time in MPSIMS, but is there an etiquette there to add some commentary and not just post links? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/14 "2005-06-30T23:31:44Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Maybe he could start a single daily or weekly “Tuckerfan’s Spiffy News” thread and post his articles in that: Everybody could be happy. **Tuckerfan** gets to post all the news stories he wants, and people who don’t like 5 similiar threads cluttering up the front page of MPSIM’s won’t see 5 similiar threads cluttering up the front page of MPSIM’s. > > Not that I care; I’m not really a MPSIM’er. Then why the fuck are you telling other people what to do there? Asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/15 "2005-06-30T23:32:38Z")
Who’s more bored: the guy who starts five threads in 20 minutes or the guy who pits the guy who starts five threads in 20 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/16 "2005-06-30T23:33:46Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Then why the fuck are you telling other people what to do there? Where did I tell other people what to do there? I made a suggestion, which is an entirely different thing then telling people what to do. Vapid, shit-eating cunt. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/17 "2005-06-30T23:33:53Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Then why the fuck are you telling other people what to do there? > > Asshole. For one thing, because this has become a MPSIMS thread, and rightly so. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/18 "2005-06-30T23:35:04Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > **Tuck** ’s space posts are fine by me. I wouldn’t hear about half that stuff without 'em. QFT. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/19 "2005-06-30T23:35:08Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Who’s more bored: the guy who starts five threads in 20 minutes or the guy who pits the guy who starts five threads in 20 minutes? The guy who responds to the guy who Pits the guy who starts 5 threads in 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/20 "2005-06-30T23:36:03Z")
Another vote for Tfan. Me likum his threads. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603.md?page=2)