# Why bother posting? You are not the least bit helpful! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 18, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725 "2002-05-18T19:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/1 "2002-05-18T19:17:28Z")
I enjoy spending time on these boards, learning new stuff in GQ, eradicating my ignorance, and sometimes posting meaningless drivel just because I can in MPSIMS. Recently I have seen a lot of useless posting, specifically in GQ. If someone needs help with an AOL setting or something similar (Microsoft, Apple, etc.), telling them they must switch to a different program, OS, or to buy a new computer are not valid answers. Why waste everyone’s time? Great, you have an opinion. Go post in IMHO or here in the Pit! People looking for FACTS couldn’t give a rat’s ass about your stupid issues with certain hardware or software. All you are doing is wasting space on the page and creating longer load times. Then there are people who actually take the time to debate your shortcomings with you, and waste even more time! Why can’t you people just take it somewhere else? You are just annoying, and not even moderately helpful. Please shut the hell up. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/2 "2002-05-18T19:26:38Z")
Amen! ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/3 "2002-05-18T20:15:08Z")
Bah! Computers? True experts don’t bother with such trivial things, they just run Linux on their brain and have a direct connection to the internet plugged into their spine! If you don’t meet this standard you are clearly inferior and are not worthy of our help. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/4 "2002-05-18T20:27:34Z")
Preach it, brother. You’d probably like to see Fenris’s [Platform Hijacks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73951&highlight=Platform+hijacks) thread… it says everything one could possibly want to say on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/5 "2002-05-18T21:47:37Z")
Me too. 😉 -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/6 "2002-05-18T21:52:40Z")
I agree with **Dirty Earthworm.** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/7 "2002-05-18T21:54:07Z")
I agree with **Dirty Earthworm** but am in complete disagreement with **Bearflag 70** in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/8 "2002-05-19T01:37:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\*I agree with **Dirty Earthworm** but am in complete disagreement with **Bearflag 70** in this thread. \*\* Harumph! [Umpteen](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mumpteen.html) years of higher education, and suddenly you’re an expert on everything, is that it?!? I say you’re all wrong. This thread is about ME. ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/9 "2002-05-19T17:52:05Z")
I like cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/10 "2002-05-19T19:10:22Z")
I, lord of the seven pairs of khaki pants, demand all the cheese in thy hands. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/11 "2002-05-19T19:12:58Z")
me too ---
**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/12 "2002-05-19T21:32:14Z")
You’re having cheese problems **Nutwrench** , **Journeyman** , and **Monstro**? Well, if you’d eat Tofu ™ instead of regular old cheese, maybe you wouldn’t have these problems. Personally, I switched to Tofu ™ 5 years ago, because it has better consistency and it’s open source, meaning if you leave the Tofu ™ in an open container somewhere, it won’t mold as quickly as cheese. Anyone who doesn’t switch to Tofu ™ is a blithering idiot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/13 "2002-05-20T03:16:24Z")
**abel** , if you dare to put tofu on a _you-know-what_, it’ll be over my dead body. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/14 "2002-05-20T04:53:19Z")
Shameless Self Promotion ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/15 "2002-05-20T04:54:53Z")
I think you’re lying, Jin. I detected massive amounts of shame in that self promotion. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/16 "2002-05-20T06:35:42Z")
I, however, have absolutely no shame whatsoever in [**my** self-promotion.](http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/shirts/Store.phtml)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stiletto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Stiletto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stiletto)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/17 "2002-05-20T06:39:12Z")
**Spoofe** , I’m getting really tired of seeing those 3-hour infomercials on your patented _**SELF-RIGHTEOUS SHAME DETECTOR [sub]and coffee maker[/sub]**_[sup]TM[/sup]. I don’t really believe it works anyway. It’s just undetected shameless self-promotion on your part, anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/18 "2002-05-20T08:17:36Z")
Don’t forget… it can also turn a potato into french fries in under five seconds! But wait, there’s MORE… ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/19 "2002-05-20T12:04:38Z")
For some people it’s a religious requirement to witness. If I don’t spend at least 2 hours/2000 words explaining to each and every poster that they must [**Think Different!**](http://www.apple.com) then I have failed, and will be banished to the fiery _Gates_ of Hell… ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725/20 "2002-05-20T12:34:58Z")
All references to vibrating toothbrushes, late night infommercials, and **SPOOFE** have been deleted from your TV guide for your comfort. We will now bring you Benny Hinn for your early morning entertainment. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-posting-you-are-not-the-least-bit-helpful/109725.md?page=2)