# What are your most-viewed threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624 "2012-01-15T19:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/1 "2012-01-15T19:16:19Z")
These are my top 12: Threads Started By: Zeldar Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Replies Views Forum > **["Deadwood" Actors: Where are they now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561265)** > > I’m starting this in Cafe Society, simply because that’s where I hope its focus will remain, but if it turns into a game or something else, that’s just how and where y’all will take it. If it dies on the vine, well, it won’t be my first thread to do... “Deadwood” Actors: Where are they now? ( 1 2) Zeldar 10-26-2011 06:51 AM by sdrinkwater 86 14,865 Cafe Society > **[College football fans: how's your team look? -- 2011 Version](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622777)** > > Based on this post: …and seeing nothing new on the subject, I looked at College football fans: how’s your team look? which ran from 08-21-2010, 09:47 AM –jsc1953 – to #372 12-04-2010, 10:09 AM – Zeldar – and thought a new thread would be a way to... College football fans: how’s your team look? – 2011 Version ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Zeldar 12-10-2011 11:15 PM by RaftPeople 453 13,528 The Game Room > **[The truly great threads in SDMB history](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508687)** > > Sort of a poll, but more of a survey of the really great threads of the past. May be “past” only in the sense of no longer visible on the front pages of the various fora. I’m most fascinated by the ones that suddenly spring to life with off-the-wall... The truly great threads in SDMB history ( 1 2 3) Zeldar 12-17-2011 10:38 AM by Annie-Xmas 121 11,811 In My Humble Opinion > **[Musical Abominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563295)** > > See if you can locate YouTube (or other) links to musical monstrosities at least as terrible as these: Downtown by Mrs. Miller Florence Jenkins massacres Mozart Stayin’ Alive - Jo Stafford (As Darlene Edwards with Johnathan Edwards) Musical Abominations ( 1 2) Zeldar 07-03-2010 10:27 PM by rowrrbazzle 96 11,293 Cafe Society > **[Anne Hathaway's Eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510779)** > > The other day some email trivia pointed out that if our eyes had the same size ratio to our heads as a cat’s do, then our eyes would be the size of baseballs. I’m not here to dispute that claim. I’m here to ask if you can locate a picture of... Anne Hathaway’s Eyes ( 1 2 3) Zeldar 03-22-2009 10:40 PM by Oslo Ostragoth 113 10,680 Cafe Society > **[The Best All-Time TV Show \[vote for up to 10\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562451)** > > After seven weeks Your Favorite All-Time TV Shows has provided the “favorite” Top 51 TV Shows of All Time. This poll is to try to determine the BEST of those shows. Since there’s no way to control the number of votes in a multiple choice poll, you... Poll: The Best All-Time TV Show [vote for up to 10] ( 1 2) Zeldar 05-23-2011 02:21 PM by Elendil’s Heir 69 9,927 Cafe Society > **[Best Western (movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556655)** > > What’s your vote for the All-Time best Western movie? Any era as long as the setting is pre-1930 and somewhere in either the Western USA or counterparts in Australia. If you just can’t quite pull it down to one, try for a top 5. The Outlaw Josey... Best Western (movie) ( 1 2 3) Zeldar 04-03-2010 07:21 AM by Zeldar 112 9,261 Cafe Society > **[Favorite "Far Side" Memories (MAD, too)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=192208)** > > If there have been new releases of Larson’s “Far Side” stuff lately, I’ve missed them. Last I heard (several years ago) he had thrown in his pen. So this thread is for the purpose of letting you relive the splendor of your fave(s). Same for old... Favorite “Far Side” Memories (MAD, too) ( 1 2 3) Zeldar 07-06-2003 12:01 PM by danceswithcats 111 9,007 Cafe Society > **[Your Favorite All-Time TV Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556753)** > > With the apparent enjoyment of two threads with similar purposes: The greatest actors of your lifetime with 48 Replies and 650 Views and Best Western (movie) with 81 Replies and 734 Views …where the intention is to get preliminary data for polls... Your Favorite All-Time TV Shows ( 1 2) Zeldar 05-09-2010 11:07 AM by Zeldar 83 8,950 Cafe Society > **[Omar](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569472)** > > Without looking any further, before seeing what others may have said, what’s the first thing to pop into your mind when you think of “Omar”? Omar ( 1 2 3) Zeldar 09-22-2010 10:46 AM by TruCelt 143 7,896 Cafe Society > **["Lest We Forget"](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576283)** > > No need to remind anybody what date is approaching. Please refer to Nostalgia for old threads?which I started 08-26-2010, 06:58 AM and which led this morning to this post there: It’s difficult to imagine that this issue hasn’t been addressed... “Lest We Forget” Zeldar 09-11-2010 08:43 AM by Zeldar 48 7,226 About This Message Board > **[What's the funniest YouTube clip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=614861)** > > Please link to it. What’s the funniest YouTube clip? ( 1 2 3) Zeldar 07-18-2011 11:11 PM by Little Nemo 144 7,073 Cafe Society ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/2 "2012-01-15T20:07:28Z")
My top three: [Trypophobia, i.e., Fear of Clustered Holes - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497831) Trypophobia, i.e., Fear of Clustered Holes Ephemera 01-06-2011 05:04 AM by Miller 94 22,238 In My Humble Opinion > **[SDMB Picture Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=431912)** > > I recently got a haircut and uploaded some before and after pictures to share with online friends and family and have been pasting them hither and thither, so I thought I’d post them to start a picture thread since it’s been quite a while since our... SDMB Picture Thread ( 1 2 3 4 5) Ephemera 08-22-2007 05:52 AM by buns3000 487 22,196 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) > **[Uniquely Distinct Americanisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236177)** > > Pardon the title… I wasn’t sure how to label this, so I made up a word. Anyway, I was talking with some friends online, some of which were internationally based, and we briefly discussed American football, baseball, and our insistance on adhering to... Uniquely Distinct Americanisms ( 1 2 3 4 5 6) Ephemera 02-14-2004 09:09 AM by bibliophage 509 19,692 General Questions ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/3 "2012-01-15T22:39:28Z")
Biden unelectable? Mr. Accident 09-03-2010 09:17 AM by GiantRat Go to last post 21 4,810 General Questions laptop hfelpp Mr. Accident 09-24-2010 05:47 PM by Mr. Accident Go to last post 2 3,982 General Questions Ask the reformed criminal. Mr. Accident 09-22-2010 06:36 AM by Mr. Accident Go to last post 55 2,663 In My Humble Opinion ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/4 "2012-01-15T23:04:18Z")
My top three are: Poll: [How often do you vote in polls?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576405) – 4,740 views – About This Message Board Poll: [How old are you?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352) – 4,398 views – In My Humble Opinion [No Mornington Crescent yet?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456827) – 3,101 views – The Game Room The last one is the one with the largest number of replies (194). ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/5 "2012-01-15T23:14:31Z")
I’ve had seven threads go over 2000 views: [Tax Prep in SF - or, critique my website](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=596688) 02-11-2011 2,137 Marketplace [Diogenes, go take a nap](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578828) 09-25-2010 17,781 The BBQ Pit [Trend Rootkit Buster - What do results mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574535) 08-14-2010 4,838 General Questions [Did the Supreme Court just screw Arizona?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566408) 06-12-2010 3,031 Great Debates [Oily Taint jumps party lines!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562152) 05-06-2010 2,520 Great Debates [Bush is a detail wonk?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298449) 02-08-2005 2,042 Great Debates [Superman, Time Travel, and BZ00000](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=143015) 11-12-2002 2,647 The BBQ Pit Most of these did not attract that many posts. The Diogenes thread was the biggest hit, but the earliest one was my first thread in the Pit, and remains one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/6 "2012-01-15T23:38:40Z")
I am not known for creating threads that get large scale responses. Indeed, quite a few have had no responses at all, and some have turned into petty arguments that are my own fault. Still, here are the ones that seem to pique interest. [Talking with your eyes closed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=516058) _57 Replies_ **9,947 Views** [Albus Dumbledore was… (shocking news inside!!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440895) _268 Replies_ **9,459 Views** [Why is ballpoint ink primarily blue?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568944) _18 Replies_ **6,592 Views** [Back to the Future Part II’s 1985A](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548099) _54 Replies_ **5,811 Views** [Is it correct to call the mouse pointer a cursor?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563609) _9 Replies_ **5,717 Views** ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/7 "2012-01-15T23:58:40Z")
I started this Doctor Who thread: > **[Doctor Who Series Five: UK pace thread \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558359)** > > \[Well, the new series has started. A new Doctor, a new companion, a new Tardis and a whole new production team. A lot was riding on this 65 minutes of television.\] It was a triumph, basically. The plot is wafer-thin, but it’s important to bear in... It got over 147,000 views ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/8 "2012-01-16T00:05:43Z")
Outstanding work, all of you! I’m impressed. I wonder if Number of Views isn’t at least as impressive as Number of Replies in gauging the “success” of a thread. Maybe the ones who read are at least as important as the ones who post. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/9 "2012-01-16T00:18:27Z")
I’ll never beat my own record of 450,996 (currently) for [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573445). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/10 "2012-01-16T00:42:13Z")
Just for the record, and without links, these are the biggies in these fora: Cafe Society If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!? ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Fingolfin 02-03-2004 04:32 PM by Ukulele Ike 2,041 562,333 The Great Ongoing Guitar Thread ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) E-Sabbath Today 01:17 PM by Quasimodem 2,243 279,946 Not Coming To A Theater Near You ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Malleus, Incus, Stapes! 08-20-2010 01:25 PM by furryman 895 233,397 Oglaf appreciation thread - very NSFW - hilarious pornographic webcomic ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Randy Seltzer Today 06:21 PM by HazelNutCoffee 1,083 205,173 Obvious things about a creative work you realize after the millionth time (OPEN SPOILERS POSSIBLE) ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Annie-Xmas 11-30-2011 09:43 PM by Little Nemo 1,211 197,324 MPSIMS The customer is always insane ( 1 2 3 4) Amazon Floozy Goddess 11-28-2007 07:44 PM by koeeoaddi 176 194,332 Funny things said during love making/intimate moments… ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Whammo 08-04-2005 02:57 PM by Sensibility 306 101,100 Favorite pimple stories (maybe TMI) ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) renigademaster 10-06-2006 08:33 AM by SkipMagic 388 91,616 IMHO The Ongoing Online Dating Advice Thread ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) melodyharmonius 01-12-2012 03:38 PM by Invisible Chimp 2,409 153,920 Why do people shake their legs while sitting down? ( 1 2) Reply 05-10-2011 09:34 AM by wrg20 60 50,541 Very vaguely creepy. ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Homer 10-13-2000 01:16 AM by Czarcasm 504 48,514 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/11 "2012-01-16T02:53:46Z")
[358,031](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553188) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/12 "2012-01-16T05:54:25Z")
My “Top Three”: [If Doper “A” married Doper “B”, you’d get…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=616888) 08-14-2011 11:57 AM Last post by: Really Not All That Bright Replies; 64 Views: 3,805 Forum: The Game Room [Which living reptile is most closely related to homo sapiens s.?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627362) 10-12-2011 05:28 PM Last post by: TriPolar Replies: 108 Views: 2,741 Forum: General Questions [My husband thinks an acquaintance is contemplating suicide–tonight](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=620105) 08-14-2011 01:01 AM Last post by: Czarcasm Replies: 22 Views: 1,615 Forum: In My Humble Opinion ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624/13 "2012-01-16T14:08:21Z")
We’re collecting some view-worthy threads, for sure! Here’s the top batch (without links) of threads where I posted, but didn’t necessarily start the thread. A diffeent group entirely from those in the OP. ====================== Showing results 1 to 25 of 750 Search took 0.50 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Zeldar Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Replies Views Forum Not Coming To A Theater Near You ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Malleus, Incus, Stapes! 08-20-2010 01:25 PM by furryman 895 233,398 Cafe Society The Celebrity Death Pool 2010 ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) amarone 06-16-2011 05:28 PM by RickJay 2,283 228,503 The Game Room Has Any Famous Person Who “Came Out” Ever Truly Surprised You? ( 1 2 3 4 5 6) Markxxx 11-27-2011 11:04 PM by installLSC 293 50,243 Cafe Society 14 k of g in a f p d ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) mittu 01-31-2007 08:51 PM by SkipMagic 443 49,514 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) “Justified” - new FX series - anyone watch? ( 1 2 3 4 5 6) AuntiePam 10-13-2010 08:29 AM by Elendil’s Heir 274 43,791 Cafe Society Who is the oldest celebrity that you are attracted to? ( 1 2 3 4 5) Dung Beetle 11-15-2010 02:52 AM by GovernmentMan 247 41,098 Cafe Society Important News for Friends of norinew [RIP] ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) thebadman 08-08-2011 04:58 AM by Maastricht 424 35,143 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) Write your own Onion headline ( 1 2 3 4) Malleus, Incus, Stapes! 12-26-2011 01:25 PM by YogSosoth 160 27,781 Cafe Society Single line from a movie or TV show you still giggle over ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) Knowed Out 07-12-2011 01:40 PM by kaylasdad99 400 27,367 Cafe Society Once again - Describe a funny “Far Side” comic. ( 1 2 3 4) Leaffan 04-01-2010 07:12 PM by HelloKitty 158 26,614 Cafe Society Dopers on Jeopardy! THE List ( 1 2 3 4 5) commasense 01-11-2012 01:22 PM by AppallingGael 221 26,581 Cafe Society TV show lines that have stuck with you for a very long time. ( 1 2 3 4 5 6) Johnny L.A. 03-18-2010 01:11 PM by Cat Whisperer 274 24,428 Cafe Society Odd television facts ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) tdn 07-18-2011 07:22 AM by BigT 338 24,071 Cafe Society Predict The Next Poster! ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) NoClueBoy 11-13-2003 04:42 PM by UncleBeer 3,379 23,113 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)