# What thread on the Dope most surprised you with its responses? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533 "2010-01-03T20:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/121 "2010-01-07T19:14:19Z")
Yeah, pretty much. _Printing_ to me implies that you’re trying to maintain standard letter forms - like in the link you posted. In other words, you’re going for max legibility. That’s how I write when I fill out a form that says “please print” (or “print or die” or whatever). If I’m filling out a birthday card, I write in cursive (and rather nicely, if I do say so myself). On the other hand, if I’m writing a reminder to myself or a note to a coworker or something I just _write._ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/122 "2010-01-07T22:36:13Z")
I write everything in ALL CAPITAL print. Except for the I’s and E’s. I have no idea why, I’ll randomly captalize or lowercase my I’s and E’s, so my handwriting LOOKS SOMeTHING LiKE THiS ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/123 "2010-01-07T23:25:48Z")
There was a thread about someone who was upset over how his kid didn’t honor a rug they had and kept messing up the fringe. That one suprised me. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/124 "2010-01-07T23:39:12Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > So you’re saying that human procreation is the worst crime possible? You’re a monster if that’s the case. God forbid you should be the target of a serial killer, for example, but I guess that would be a lesser crime than ensuring the long term survival of the human species. In my opinion, population control is what the human race needs right now to ensure long term survival. Too many people and too little resources = extinction. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/125 "2010-01-07T23:40:14Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > There was a thread about someone who was upset over how his kid didn’t honor a rug they had and kept messing up the fringe. That one suprised me. I remember that one! The wife was in tears and the kids almost didn’t go on a ski trip. Wasn’t that the same poster whose wife got upset and turned the car around because the eldest daughter wouldn’t wear the school colors to a football game? Fun family. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/126 "2010-01-08T04:14:57Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > In my opinion, population control is what the human race needs right now to ensure long term survival. Too many people and too little resources = extinction. [Official Moderator Warning]Consider yourself officially reprimanded for continuing to debate after two Moderator Warnings to stop.[/Official Moderator Warning] ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/127 "2010-01-08T04:58:54Z")
> [@Jelly\_Roll](#): > > I was shocked to see how many Dopers know/knew someone who had been murdered. I think that thread was up to 3 pages long the last time I looked. Could anyone give me a link to this thread? If its not a zombie, I’d like to contribute . ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/128 "2010-01-08T05:09:01Z")
> [@ZPG Zealot](#): > > In my opinion, population control is what the human race needs right now to ensure long term survival. Too many people and too little resources = extinction. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Official Moderator Warning]Consider yourself officially reprimanded for continuing to debate after two Moderator Warnings to stop.[/Official Moderator Warning] I’ve started a thread on the topic of population growth [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546947). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/129 "2010-01-08T05:57:30Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > I’ve started a thread on the topic of population growth [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546947). Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/130 "2010-01-08T06:07:29Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > There was a thread about someone who was upset over how his kid didn’t honor a rug they had and kept messing up the fringe. That one suprised me. > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I remember that one! The wife was in tears and the kids almost didn’t go on a ski trip. Wasn’t that the same poster whose wife got upset and turned the car around because the eldest daughter wouldn’t wear the school colors to a football game? Fun family. That sounds like trainwreck heaven. I call “cite?” ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/131 "2010-01-08T06:34:26Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > That sounds like trainwreck heaven. I call “cite?” [I was all over it, baby.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=162858&highlight=trip+fringe) ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533/132 "2010-01-08T06:50:31Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I remember that one! The wife was in tears and the kids almost didn’t go on a ski trip. Wasn’t that the same poster whose wife got upset and turned the car around because the eldest daughter wouldn’t wear the school colors to a football game? Fun family. **Dinsdale**. I remember the school colours hullaballoo and it was his wife. I believe he actual posted to ask if his wife was batshit crazy for getting that mad. In general I enjoy **Dinsdale** ’s threads because he’s almost impossible to make mad, no matter how many times people try the good old “turn the thread back on the OP and rile him/her up” trick on him. He always posts back in this ultra-slow, semi-contemplative tone that cracks me up. Oddly enough, another person who could pull that trick out of the hat was good old **catsix** whenever anyone tried to pit her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thread-on-the-dope-most-surprised-you-with-its-responses/523533.md?page=6)