# What's the most popular (most frequently posted) thread topic? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974 "2006-03-26T17:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/1 "2006-03-26T17:33:31Z")
If the search function(s) allowed it one could search the archives to come up with the definitive answer to this question. But since thread titles don’t always state specifically what the basic issue really is, even the search function(s) might fail to be thorough. Those who have been around a while probably have a feel for what the most frequently asked questions are, and what issues appear most frequently under various guises. What can you add to this list? Recommend a good book What did you think of this movie? What’s your best recipe? What song affects you most? Why can’t Religion and Science just get along? What’s the most disgusting TMI topic you can think of? Does your favorite sexual position ever get you in trouble? Do you have any close friends who are a) gay; b) Italian; c) Muslim; d) nearsighted; e) abnormal; f) clairvoyant; g) Republican; h) alien life forms; i) etc.? What musical instrument do you abuse? Do people in your vicinity all have the same poor people skills or abominable speech impediments as you? When will Democracy fail? ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/2 "2006-03-26T17:57:40Z")
I’m a nice guy. Why can’t I get a date? My (boyfriend/girlfriend) broke up with me (long) EuroDopers, what do you think of America? I don’t want to go to a doctor, can you diagnose this rash on my genitals? Why does .99999 equal one? New kitty! (with pics) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/3 "2006-03-26T17:58:05Z")
Is this etymology which has a pre-twentieth century word deriving from an acronym true? What’s your favorite underappreciated film? Why does .99999… equal 1? What language is closest to the original one? What do I.Q. scores mean? Should I move to [such and such] city? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/4 "2006-03-26T18:03:45Z")
I hate this famous person and he or she has done something new to remind me of this A new episode of this TV show was broadcast. What did you think about it? What’s the third word ending in “gry”? Why isn’t making a porno video considered prostitution? Where’s Eve? Hello. I’m here. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/5 "2006-03-26T18:09:31Z")
My friend/significant other has the following [incredibly stupid and apparently original] belief and won’t listen to anything I say to them. Can you come up with some further arguments against this belief, which they won’t listen to either? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/6 "2006-03-26T18:10:39Z")
(Politician) did/said this virulantly stupid thing (Criminal) did this horrible/funny thing ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/7 "2006-03-26T18:15:16Z")
Help me figure a way to dodge conviction for this crime I committed while drunk/stoned/otherwise incapacitated. Does my Carlsbad XII version 7 magnetometer with special VD-assisted flarm meet specifications whn I hold it under water for 20 minutes? Do you the joke that goes…? Wasn’t Shirley Temple an hermaphrodite? Who was the ugliest President? Is the KKK a Members Only organization? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/8 "2006-03-26T20:06:27Z")
Help me identify this song Sequential thread titles threads Customer service pittings by dusgruntled customers Pittings of customers by disgruntled customer service representatives (superhero/supervillian) vs. (superhero/supervillian) threads Ask the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ threads (these seem to have tapered off lately) Name 100 characters from (series) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/9 "2006-03-26T20:28:18Z")
Death Pools So-and-so (notable) has died Latest Catastrophe / International Incident / Hot News Item Random Nonsense Pile-on Pitting of some Drive-by or Guest that gets locked within 10 posts Why was so-and-so banned or suspended? Random bizarre news item that National Enquirer will have front page soon Favorite childhood disease Something annoying the neighbor did or still does Failing of Teacher(s) or School Board that Little Johnny (or Janey) can’t learn because of (contains many typos and grammar errors) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/10 "2006-03-26T22:34:12Z")
I’ve never seen why does .99999=1 or the third word ending in _gry_ though these are oft listed as common threads. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/11 "2006-03-26T23:25:38Z")
What do you look like? Post your pics here! Who can kill this thread? (Although anymore, the answer is “A mod – within the first 20 posts”) ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/12 "2006-03-26T23:38:49Z")
What is a charter member? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/13 "2006-03-27T05:45:49Z")
Sage Rat writes: \> I’ve never seen why does .99999=1 or the third word ending in gry though \> these are oft listed as common threads. You’ve only been here for two years, but these threads were quite common before you got here. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/14 "2006-03-27T05:49:14Z")
The most common topic (by far)is “Bush sucks” or some variation thereof, and has been since 20 January 2001. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/15 "2006-03-27T07:31:59Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > The most common topic (by far)is “Bush sucks” or some variation thereof, and has been since 20 January 2001. lol…was wondering when someone was going to nail this one. Before that it was probably Clinton sucks or some variation on THAT theme. 🙂 -XT ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/16 "2006-03-27T09:18:31Z")
I hate humanity! [inside] _link to horrible news story_ [and NOTHING else] ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/17 "2006-03-27T09:21:48Z")
“I’m hooked on the dope!” And then you open it, and its “…the Straightdope that is!!!@$”. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/18 "2006-03-27T17:38:16Z")
Explain your username! Are there any celebrities here? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/19 "2006-03-27T17:43:52Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > The most common topic (by far)is “Bush sucks” or some variation thereof, and has been since 20 January 2001. Of course, Bush could have avoided this by not sucking. Not to worry, on 01/20/2009, feel free to start your “John Edwards sucks” threads. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-popular-most-frequently-posted-thread-topic/349974/20 "2006-03-27T17:58:04Z")
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