# What's the surest way to kill a thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888 "2002-11-15T17:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/41 "2002-11-20T17:59:13Z")
gry ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/42 "2002-11-20T18:05:15Z")
fnord ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/43 "2002-11-20T18:12:39Z")
You are all a bunch of Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/44 "2002-11-20T18:27:41Z")
Yeah! Yeah! Kiss his ass!!! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/45 "2002-11-20T19:04:21Z")
Congratulations Xavier, you just killed this… wait… d’oh! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/46 "2002-11-20T20:39:52Z")
Who needs to be witnessed to? ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/47 "2002-11-20T21:24:49Z")
“Whadayamean by “jackass meself out for the sake of amusement of the cool Dopers”?” I mean and I’m young, stupid, and pursuadeable enough to be a total idiot and lose my dignity if it means the cool Dopers would get a good laugh out of it. ---
**Author:** ![LucChiq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LucChiq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucChiq)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/48 "2002-11-20T21:34:15Z")
I have never killed a thread. Can you all give me the honor this time. Pretty please ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/49 "2002-11-20T21:47:58Z")
Never?! You should post your TKP [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144366) and make everyone jealous. Oh… Sorry. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888/50 "2002-11-20T22:19:22Z")
Because of one poster, I’m going to have to close this thread. Who, you ask? I ain’t telling. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-surest-way-to-kill-a-thread/136888.md?page=2)