# Want me to kill that thread for ya? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029 "2014-02-23T18:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/1 "2014-02-23T18:16:19Z")
It’ll only cost one dolla. I seem to be good at it; all I have to do is post. 😛 And I do like to go with my strengths. Anybody else share this talent? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/2 "2014-02-23T18:24:30Z")
Pssst: I think you just killed this one. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/3 "2014-02-23T18:37:21Z")
Another Doper and I once killed a thread, but it was a thread I didn’t like and it was going in a direction I didn’t like, so I’m glad it died. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/4 "2014-02-23T18:45:48Z")
I killed a thread in Reno once. Just to watch it die. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/5 "2014-02-23T18:48:20Z")
I do it all the time but I like to think that it’s because I made such a good point that there was no need for any further posts. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/6 "2014-02-23T19:06:18Z")
Hola **Becky2844**! I seem to be good at it, also. I once thought about changing my username to ThreadKiller. I just resolve that I am a newbie here, and ain’t passed the audition, yet. If I survive 10 years on this MB, maybe then I will get some respect. But, who knows, it _is_ a tuff group. Might take longer. In any case, it is entertaining. There are some smart a$$holes. And I have learned a bunch. Mainly, lurk more, post less. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/7 "2014-02-23T19:14:13Z")
The name is Snip. Thread Snip. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/8 "2014-02-23T19:23:42Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Hola **Becky2844**! > I seem to be good at it, also. I once thought about changing my username to ThreadKiller. I just resolve that I am a newbie here, and ain’t passed the audition, yet. If I survive 10 years on this MB, maybe then I will get some respect. But, who knows, it _is_ a tuff group. Might take longer. In any case, it is entertaining. There are some smart a$$holes. And I have learned a bunch. Mainly, lurk more, post less. Longevity doesn’t guarantee respect. It just means you haven’t had a meltdown that led to banning; I’m still here, after all, with only one official warning in 11 years for telling someone in GD that he was full of shit (and it was BULLSHIT, BY GOD!). ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/9 "2014-02-23T19:50:37Z")
I haven’t made a huge number of posts, but I’ve killed a few threads. Please, somebody else post after this! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/10 "2014-02-23T20:09:11Z")
I find it most effective to kill several key thread simultaneously, one of which I first kiss and say "you broke my heart _Where’s a good burger joint in Camden?_, you broke my heart? ---
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/11 "2014-02-23T22:23:05Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Hola **Becky2844**! > I seem to be good at it, also. I once thought about changing my username to ThreadKiller. Was contemplating “Idgie Threadkiller” myself. I sometimes consider starting a thread asking what I am doing wrong, but of course there would be no replies. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/12 "2014-02-23T23:13:42Z")
I saw this thread just after **Becky** posted it. I wanted to reply “Wouldn’t it be funny if this thread got _no_ replies?”…but that would have ruined it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/13 "2014-02-23T23:24:24Z")
I’ve killed more threads than Cecil B. DeMille. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/14 "2014-02-23T23:50:17Z")
phhhhhtttt Let us know when you can stop a 10 page train wreck _in the Pit_ with fewer than 10 words. Then we can discuss your “thread killing” abilities. Amateurs! ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/15 "2014-02-23T23:52:15Z")
I’ve killed a few in my day.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/16 "2014-02-23T23:59:02Z")
I thought it was just me. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/17 "2014-02-24T00:13:24Z")
I think I _might_ kill threads… ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/18 "2014-02-24T00:14:59Z")
You people are amateurs. I’m the coffin nail for threads. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Eclipse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@Lunar\_Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Eclipse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/19 "2014-02-24T01:33:20Z")
last! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029/20 "2014-02-24T02:12:39Z")
Kill a thread? Hah! Talk to me when you start a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=26700)[that’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=62593) [Dead](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=370748) [on](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298653) [Arrival](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=275220)! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-me-to-kill-that-thread-for-ya/682029.md?page=2)