# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/21 "2003-11-25T02:45:12Z")
Threads that **twickster** starts. Oops! :smack: Abortion and religion threads. TMI threads. Thread titles that say “(Long)” - because they’re long. Thanks for the head’s up! ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/22 "2003-11-25T05:12:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _ParentalAdvisory_ > Titles that have the word “or” in it. > Example: > > I went to the denist today, or my cat has aids! You wouldn’t click on that? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/23 "2003-11-25T06:05:45Z")
I don’t click on threads where I have a fairly good guess what the content of the posts are. Like most hot topic debate threads. I wont open a thread once it goes past 2 pages unless I’ve already posted. There’s almost always way too much reading and everything that has been said has typically already been said. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/24 "2003-11-25T06:18:17Z")
Politics, lame rants, sports (BORING!), cat/dog threads… there are more but I’m tired… TIRED, I say! ---
**Author:** ![eeclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@eeclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eeclem)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/25 "2003-11-25T13:04:11Z")
as **Fairy Chat Mom** said, it depends on my boredom level. but usually I will not touch those threads that really put the “M” in MPSIM. like “What are you having for lunch today?” or “Ouch! I just tripped on my shoelace!” i also leave alone politics, especially regional ones. and i think the “I hate Bush so much” threads are getting old. (and i do hate Bush so much) ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/26 "2003-11-25T13:11:56Z")
Any thread with the words “TMI” plus “period”. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/27 "2003-11-25T13:25:57Z")
Well, this is the only one I’ve found so far. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/28 "2003-11-25T13:52:31Z")
[ul] [li]Sports-related threads. I have no interest in sports.[/li][li]\_\_\_\_\_ vs. \_\_\_\_ threads.[/li][li]“Game” threads once they have reached 3 or more pages.[/li][li]Any thread which names a celebrity whom I don’t know nor care much about.[/li][li]Threads about movies or TV shows I am not interested in.[/li][li]Threads beginning with “In which [_dopername_] performs action x…”[/li][li]Announcements for one’s own birthday. I know it’s your special day and I respect that, but it’s not worth my time to read about it.[/li][li]Threads announcing someone reaching a post count milestone.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/29 "2003-11-25T19:01:43Z")
I hate to say “Refuse” but: Posts with a low read/response ratio (not counting virgin posts–who can resist a virgin post!?) Pits against Handy (it’s been done) Celebrity gossips More than 2 pages (unless I’ve been participating) cuz I can’t pay attention long enough to read the entire thread, and ya oughtta do that before you post to it ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/30 "2003-11-25T19:14:32Z")
The game threads, after a certain point. They’re okay on page one or page two, but not page ten. Threads with the “heavy” debate topics. I’ll exclude homosexuality because I have a personal interest in the topic, but everything else that is GD material. Nothing against the threads themselves, but I come here to relax and not overtax my brain. Pitting an individual poster. It’s so often just a pile-on. But I don’t mind TMI threads. Once you’ve been here a while, I think you probably lose the ability to be squicked by anything. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/31 "2003-11-25T19:40:39Z")
This one. . . . . . . . Well, crap. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/32 "2003-11-25T20:04:30Z")
dwc1970’s list is almost exactly like mine. I would add that the more innane posts I read depends on my boredom level. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/33 "2003-11-25T21:13:44Z")
\_\_\_\_ post parties. Threads about reality/home shows. sports threads. GD threads that involve counties I’ve never heard of doing things to other countries I’ve never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![InquisitiveIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@InquisitiveIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InquisitiveIdiot)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/34 "2003-11-26T00:28:57Z")
“I DARE you to prove that god DOESN’T exist!” (or similar variant) I don’t _refuse_ to… they just don’t offer me anything anymore. ---
**Author:** ![A\_EVIL\_MONKEY\_LIVES\_IN\_MY\_HEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@A\_EVIL\_MONKEY\_LIVES\_IN\_MY\_HEAD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_EVIL_MONKEY_LIVES_IN_MY_HEAD)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/35 "2003-11-26T00:31:13Z")
I refuse to click on threads with the letter Q in the title. Because My GOD demands it. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/36 "2003-11-26T01:52:19Z")
Inane threads like “Predict the next poster” Anything to do with doo, abortion, and game threads. Almost anything concerning pop culture…such as music and movies and pop artists. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/37 "2003-11-26T02:09:29Z")
I never click on threads started by that asshole SPOOFE. Christ, he gets on my nerves!!! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/38 "2003-11-26T02:37:34Z")
Any thread opened by A\_EVIL\_MONKEY\_LIVES\_IN\_MY\_HEAD 😃 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/39 "2003-11-26T03:24:08Z")
Mostly the serious ones, like most of GD. And I don’t read much in Cafe Society. I read an awful lot of the rest, though. I’m fairly shameless. I’ve posted TMI in threads where I know my MOTHER will see it! I read a lot more than I post in, though. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027/40 "2003-11-26T03:31:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > \*\*[ul] > [li]Sports-related threads. I have no interest in sports.[/li][li]\_\_\_\_\_ vs. \_\_\_\_ threads.[/li][li]“Game” threads once they have reached 3 or more pages.[/li][li]Any thread which names a celebrity whom I don’t know nor care much about.[/li][li]Threads about movies or TV shows I am not interested in.[/li][/ul] \*\* These, plus: [ul][li]Ask the (profession/identifying label)![/li][li]Question threads with more than ~30 replies. If I know the answer, I can’t post it, as it’s probably been said. If I don’t know the answer, I don’t want to fish through all that. I’ll find it myself.[/li][li]My cat yawned/stretched/breathed in my general direction![/li][li]TMI threads regarding anything but zits, really.[/li][li]Anything regarding feminist issues. I like to be called “chick,” “girl,” “babe,” “hot stuff,” etc. I like to bake. I like to clean the house. I want to be married and to have my husband’s last name. I’m not gonna fit in this thread, and I’m only going to enrage/become enraged.[/li]Sex/bodily function threads (excluding things like “I need advice regarding this gassy feeling” sort of things. I might be able to help.)[/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-refuse-to-click-on/215027.md?page=3)