I agree with this word for word, except I’d substitute the phrase “perhaps a bit much” for the word “annoying” because I don’t quite feel that strongly about it.
Or the guy who thinks 3 Weezie memorials are two too many.
You know, lightingtool, I’m one of the few Dopers on this board who can spell your screen name correctly. Better apologize to Tuckerfan for this, or I’ll starting adding in that extraneous “n” like everyone else.
Think I’m bluffing? Try me, punk.
Jesus. Tuckerfan’s posts are great. I read them every time.
What kind of dipshit pits someone for posting informative threads about subjects he likes? Threads like Tuckerfan’s are in the best tradition of the Straight Dope.
Threads like these are why I hardly ever post. I can’t believe what pisses people off around here, and even more so, pisses them off enough that they feel absolutely compelled to share it!
I don’t mind all the Tuckerthreads, but the Science stuff is a little over my head. I like the car threads tho’.
If so many of you like the science threads, why do you let them sink to the bottom of the page with no replies? I’m just sayin’…
How many replys of “Neat!” does one thread need? I just read 'em for the info, mostly.
I always open Tuckerfan’s posts. It’s nice to see posts about cool science stuff, and really, there’s not much you can say about the news except “Wow!” I’ve learned from Tuckerfan and Johnny L.A. not to judge a thread by the number of replies it gets; this has given me the courage to occasionally start threads about something I think is really cool, even when I know the thread won’t get many replies. Sometimes it’s really a case of “Stuff I Must Share”. Excitement about science is a good thing.
A “thanks for the info” would suffice. Y’all are smart, I’m sure you can come up with many different ways of saying it. I don’t mean 20 pages of the same thing, just a few replies so lots of people can have a chance to read them.
Do you felch your mother with that mouth?
For shame.
Thank you for the apology; I appreciate it and accept it. Peace.
I’d say the threads listed in the OP qualify.
Hmmmm… porcupine, you have a point (HA, I slay myself sometimes), but I think Tuckerfan’s five posts that provoked this Pitting don’t quite fit that rule, although I can see the argument for its application.
Part 1 doesn’t apply since they were all in MPSIMS.
Part 2 is borderline. They’re all neato science link threads, but on different science topics. I guess it would depend on how narrowly you define “the same topic.”
Part 3 on reflection seems to me to be on point: five threads in 20 minutes.
Okay, you got me on clause 3. 
Anyway, Tuckerfan, if you’re reading this, please do go on posting cool links, but space 'em out, okay? Or do a today’s cool stories multi-link OP.
Hey! I really like TFs science posts. I even started a thread about it which sank out of sight in a distressingly short time (but got a lot of views). If he wanted to post 5 threads in 5 minutes, I’d still read every one of 'em and respond to only one or less. He posts nifty crap that I don’t see much of anywhere else.
Time to check MPSIMS.
I’m a sucker for Tucker, Fucker.
I may not reply to most of those threads, but I do nearly always read them. As others have said, these are often things that I would not otherwise have seen.
Good point, porcupine (ha! that never gets old), but while it says a limited period of time, it doesn’t specify the time limit. A day? An hour?
I’m not particularly interested in Tuck’s science-related threads, but I take them with a grain of salt because last I heard the guy is unemployed and has way too much time on his hands. This keeps him off the streets and out of trouble. I say, no big deal.
Have to say that I am with the OP on this one. There is sharing interesting news stories, and then there is posting that starts to look a little obsessive. Frankly, if I want a big old list on weird news I can go to Fark.
Hi everybody. For those of you not following along, I’m the dumbass who started this thread. I’m not going to try and rehash why I started this thread, or bore you with reasons why I’m rather pissy today. I think it’s enough for me to say I completely flew off the handle here for no real reason, and lots of Dopers are being kind enough to point that out to me. Now that I’m home, with a gin and tonic, and I’ve unwound from the day, I do feel like a ‘dipshit’ (as Sam Stone pointed out). As I said earlier in the thread, I have absolutely no problem with Tuckerfan. While I haven’t commented in many of his threads (if any), I do read most of them and often come away knowing a little more about the world around me. I do think that 5 threads in such a short amount of time is excessive, but he paid just like me to post whatever he wants to while abiding by the rules of this message board. I was wrong to ‘Pit’ Tuckerfan for these threads.
Tuckerfan, I sincerely do apologize for this thread. I over-reacted to something that really wasn’t a problem in the first place. Again, I’m sorry.
Miller, thanks for spelling my name correctly, and for the folks that didn’t, it’s lightingtool, not lightningtool. Although, at this point, I feel the ‘tool’ portion of my name is overshadowing the rest.
Thanks for reading.
Mark me down as a Tuckerfan.
Thanks Tuck, carry on.
Nic