# What threads do you REFUSE to click on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027 "2003-11-24T16:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/1 "2003-11-24T16:22:48Z")
There are certain threads that I know without getting past the title that I don’t want to read them. 99% of the time, anything with “TMI” in the title – I’ll take your word on it, it probably really is TMI. The current thread that inspires me to start this one is “Have you ever had sex with a sibling?” No – and I don’t want to know what **anyone** else’s answer is, thankyouverymuch. How about you? Is TMI your rule of thumb? Sex threads yes, poop threads no? Or vice versa? Or just certain topics that you’ve read the first 500 times, and see no reason to rehash _again_? Do you ever check out post-read ratios? Is a high ratio a good thing or a bad thing? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/2 "2003-11-24T20:30:52Z")
TMI threads definitely. Funny you should mention the sex with siblings thread, as that one was the first that popped into my head. Those obsessed with bodily excretions and penis size (more TMI, in my opinion). Baby threads. Most cat/dog threads. The (name) vs. (name) threads. There are certainly others, but I don’t want to offend specific posters. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/3 "2003-11-24T20:31:57Z")
Anything having to do with TMI, homosexuality, Christian bashing or abortion. Sick of hearing about it. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/4 "2003-11-24T21:10:09Z")
I… ca…n’t… re…sis…t muuust nooot click… Actually it’s the boring thread titles I don’t click on. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/5 "2003-11-24T21:19:39Z")
Popularity contest type threads, such as (names changed to avoid offending the OPs) “What Poster has the Best Smile?” or “What Poster is the Snazziest Dresser?” Sure, some posters enjoy these kinds of threads, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but they are also generally the posters who are mentioned in them frequently. The threads turn into love fests or flirt threads more often than not, and that just gets old fast. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/6 "2003-11-24T21:20:45Z")
Threads about cats. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/7 "2003-11-24T21:29:17Z")
Any of the game threads that is over 10 pages of posts. Any x vs. y thread. Anything that sounds like a high school problem. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/8 "2003-11-24T21:43:01Z")
I clicked on the “Have you slept with your sibling” thread. My TMI tolerance is pretty high, but I refuse to enter religious/abortion threads. Oh, and threads about Pie, Badgers/Mushrooms, ‘All your Base’ and Opal (as in “Hi Opal”, not **Opal** herself). ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/9 "2003-11-24T21:56:51Z")
Abortion Child custody battles. JFK conspiracies. “Could X beat Y”? Help with computer games aside from Civ III. My Lousy Ex and What They’ve Done Now. Help Me With my Car Problem. Gun Control, past the first page. Any TV show I don’t watch, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/10 "2003-11-24T22:02:13Z")
Big long game threads Anything about sports/cars/star trek/farscape Big long threads of most kind actually. I’m too lazy to read all through it Personalized threads i.e. : “Hey **Mr Jim** I love you and I think you rock and I want to send you money if only you would be my friend!” Ok I _might_ open that one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/11 "2003-11-24T22:05:46Z")
Anything that’s a bitch about traffic. Why do you think you’re unique? _Everybody who has ever driven_ bitches about traffic. Something that looks like a junior high thing. Threads that look like parodies of other threads. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/12 "2003-11-24T22:43:18Z")
Titles that have the word “or” in it. Example: I went to the denist today, or my cat has aids! ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/13 "2003-11-24T22:44:13Z")
As well as some already mentioned, I don’t the type of threads where IMHO people just post and don’t read, eg. “What’s your favourite colour?” or “What sort of mobile do you have?” ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/14 "2003-11-24T22:45:21Z")
Any thread for or against homosexuality (and all of that goes along with them). No one is going to win. It’s just going to be a big emotional fit by both sides. Threads by posters that have proven to be skirting trolldom. Threads that bitch about other threads. No, not this one :). The ones where people actually come into a thread, aren’t interested in the subject matter, but they read it anyway, and then what do they do? (not clicking on a thread, and ignoring it if you don’t like it, as this thread suggests, is IMHO, the thing to do). They post an ENTIRE thread bitching about how boring/stupid/bad etc, the other thread, the one they didn’t like, IS, including excerpts from it, and comments on the different parts of it!!! Sheesh. Along the same lines, threads that bitch about types of threads, like the “There are too many LOTR threads, stop posting them, you’re boring us”. (not that I’m an LOTR fan, it was just one example that popped into my head). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/15 "2003-11-24T22:49:03Z")
I avoid TMI, most sex threads, anything political, anything religious, and certain individuals because experience has shown that there are some posters who just rub me the wrong way. My level of boredom determines how many really inane-looking threads I’ll open. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/16 "2003-11-24T22:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*Anything that’s a bitch about traffic. Why do you think you’re unique? _Everybody who has ever driven_ bitches about traffic. > \*\* FTR, I seriously doubt people post rants about traffic to be “unique”. Based on the threads posted on this subject, it’s quite the opposite. People KNOW that traffic is annoying, and the purpose of the threads on the subject are to vent, and allow others to do the same. Plus, who knows, maybe some idiot may read these and see himself, and MAYBE, just maybe (one can hope), one idiot will STOP tailgating, ripping in and out of rush-hour traffic etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/17 "2003-11-24T23:16:23Z")
Celebrity-oriented threads, usually. “Look what crazy thing Michael Jackson did today!” “Oh my God, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston had a fight in public and their marriage is on the rocks!” “Hey, are there any celebrities on the SDMB?” “I got to stay in a hotel room J-Lo once looked at a picture of!” “Which celebrity would you like to see ground up and fed to hogs?” I just don’t see the point, really. For all the bitching people do about how they’re tired of celebrities and wish they would all go away, it’s really remarkable how at the same time we can’t get enough of 'em. So I ignore the threads. My brain cells can be put to better use. It’s bad enough I can’t shut that stuff out completely, and that I know who’s married to whom purely by media osmosis. Price to pay for living in the global media stew, I guess. I just don’t actively participate. …The TMI threads, though: can’t get enough of those. Read 'em while eating lunch, usually. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/18 "2003-11-25T00:57:26Z")
Sports threads. Total apathy on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/19 "2003-11-25T01:43:44Z")
Any mention of guns and/or homosexuality. Girlie problems. Games more than 2 pages long. Juvenile angst. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/20 "2003-11-25T02:36:49Z")
The _Trading Spaces_ threads. Look, I know the show’s popular and Page Davis has 18 kazillion books out now. I don’t have cable, I haven’t seen the show, and frankly, I love to leave crap lying around the house. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027.md?page=2)