# What's your TKP (thread-kill percentage)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939 "2002-11-15T22:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/21 "2002-11-17T01:19:06Z")
Divide 3 by 39 and multiply the result by 100 = 7.69%, _and_ you didn’t kill this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/22 "2002-11-17T02:11:02Z")
100 posts out of the last 781. That’s around 12% or so. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/23 "2002-11-17T04:23:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Second Guest \* > [BOh, and **Flamsterette\_X** … It looks like you’re going to have to adjust your numbers or go kill another thread. 😛 \*\* Eh… don’t worry about it, **Second Guest**. I was just making another glum prediction. Although I did save this one from the second page. 😃 F\_X ---
**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 17, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/24 "2002-11-17T04:42:59Z")
41 confirmed kills out of 613 posts. Thats a 6.8% kill rate. ---
**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 17, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/25 "2002-11-17T04:44:35Z")
I should rephrase that, it is 41 kills in 613 threads. The percentage is still the same though. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/26 "2002-11-17T05:51:56Z")
I feel better now, seeing other, higher TKP’s than mine… I’ve managed to strangle 32 threads to death out of 319 posted to. TKP = 10.03% ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/27 "2002-11-17T07:27:45Z")
I think I’ll add this one to my body count… ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/28 "2002-11-17T07:29:20Z")
Really? So what’s your TKP, **Happy**? We want _numbers_, man! ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/29 "2002-11-17T08:11:13Z")
8.72 % (35 of 401, last 3 months) - all of which constistuted _the ULTIMATE answer_ to the question posed, thereby rendering further responses irrelevant. Hence: YOU “kill” threads, I “solve” them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/30 "2002-11-17T08:16:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rico \* > \*\*Really? So what’s your TKP, **Happy**? We want _numbers_, man! \*\* I _knew_ I should’ve rounded to six decimal points. _Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!_ Happy ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/31 "2002-11-17T08:35:27Z")
And here we learn why I go by “heathen”, not “happy” (although I do have the stronger claim to “happy”) Is this thread dead yet? ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/32 "2002-11-17T13:52:13Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/33 "2002-11-17T14:27:33Z")
I hate math. I’m an idiot. Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/34 "2002-11-17T18:48:48Z")
19.277% (16 of 83, last 3 months)- I should get points for strangling the followthing threads: Thread Which Forums do you visit most often? The Official R.I.P. Thread The ‘Official’ Post Flog Thread! Most fascinating/weird thing about America What’s the most Obscure Thing you Know? Yes, I really did it. I actually killed those threads. Especially the ones in red, I killed 'em good. ---
**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 17, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/35 "2002-11-17T20:42:06Z")
2 of 47 = 4.26% ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/36 "2002-11-17T21:04:50Z")
Seems that in the past year I’ve contributed to 408 thread, with 53 being killed. A whopping 12.9% And with my most recent [WHOOSH](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=144447), I’m sure my stupidity will never end. . . Tripler Man, I’m up there. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/37 "2002-11-17T22:50:34Z")
Let’s see … 409 threads … 24 kills. That comes out to … 5.87 percent. 6.09 percent if I kill this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/38 "2002-11-17T23:08:14Z")
I’m not counting my two posts in the past half-hour. I’ve killed 60 of 546 threads. That’s 10.98%. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/39 "2002-11-17T23:44:46Z")
189 posts searched. 26 of them killed stone dead. 13.7 % (7 out of 62 on my other username that’s 11.2% Seems I am getting the hang of this ) (old one, now removed by mods etc) ---
**Author:** ![Mushono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@Mushono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mushono)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/40 "2002-11-17T23:50:07Z")
4 out of 13 threads killed. 30.76% including this one 35.71% I win [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939.md?page=3)