# What's your Post Count to Threads Started Ratio?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 30, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472 "2005-11-30T23:45:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/1 "2005-11-30T23:45:10Z")

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1,298 posts divided by 253 threads started (including this one) = **5.13**

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### Author: ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/2 "2005-11-30T23:51:25Z")

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145 posts / 8 threads started = 18.125

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### Author: ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/3 "2005-11-30T23:54:54Z")

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689 / 3 = 229.67

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### Author: ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/4 "2005-11-30T23:56:14Z")

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7498/92 =81.5

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### Author: ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/5 "2005-11-30T23:57:09Z")

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2215 posts/109 threads started = 20.32

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### Author: ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/6 "2005-12-01T00:12:33Z")

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4307 / 140=30.76

I’m surprised, I didn’t think I’d started nearly that many threads.

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### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/7 "2005-12-01T00:14:51Z")

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14502/369 = **39.30081**

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### Author: ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/8 "2005-12-01T00:18:28Z")

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2490 / 146 = 17.05

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### Author: ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/9 "2005-12-01T00:24:51Z")

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4808 / 171 = **28.12**

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### Author: ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/10 "2005-12-01T00:27:00Z")

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12677/355 = 35.7

More than I thought I had.  
BTW, is that shrieking and gasping that I hear, way off in the distance, the sound of hamster being ridden hard and put up wet?

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### Author: ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/11 "2005-12-01T01:17:28Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> BTW, is that shrieking and gasping that I hear, way off in the distance, the sound of hamster being ridden hard and put up wet?

This is just the warmup. Next we are going cross-reference common word patterns found in all of our posts.

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### Author: ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/12 "2005-12-01T01:24:16Z")

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2711 / 61 = 44.44

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### Author: ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/13 "2005-12-01T01:26:05Z")

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2,557/122 = 20.96

Holy crap! A whole hell of a lot more than I thought.

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/14 "2005-12-01T01:29:42Z")

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3,198/43 = 74.37209302  
I post like crazy, but at least I limit my Ops.

Jim

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### Author: ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/15 "2005-12-01T01:34:49Z")

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1432 / 19 = 75.37

Of course, if I actually go ahead and organize that weekly Angel DVD club thing in cafe society, then that ratio will shoot right down, starting a new thread every week. 🙂

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### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/16 "2005-12-01T01:37:56Z")

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12,750 / 72 = **177.083**.

What do I win?

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/17 "2005-12-01T01:40:01Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> 12,750 / 72 = **177.083**.
> 
> What do I win?

Nothing, look at \*\*kellner \*\* 689 / 3 = **229**.67

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### Author: ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/18 "2005-12-01T01:40:03Z")

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11,246 / 245, or 45.9 (watch those sig figs, folks).

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### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/19 "2005-12-01T01:41:16Z")

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> [@jrfranchi](#):
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> Nothing, look at \*\*kellner \*\* 689 / 3 = **229**.67

Bastard!

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-post-count-to-threads-started-ratio/333472/20 "2005-12-01T01:42:05Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Bastard!

Snerk! 😃

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