# Why, davidmich? Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856 "2014-08-29T13:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/81 "2014-10-08T19:45:41Z")
Just let this thread die. I’ve gotten over my annoyance and so will you. I don’t even post in this thread anymore. Except this once. And the next time. Oh, and why the heck did Whiskey Dickens bring a ball to a mud wrestling match? That just seems silly. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/82 "2014-10-09T06:45:27Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Just let this thread die. I’ve gotten over my annoyance and so will you. I was about to, but I had missed this amazing statement in your OP: Over\*\* 100 threads started in GQ\*\* in this year alone, and none of them\* have any context … 100!! And I was complaining about ten! Maybe part of the frustration is that some of us are old enough to remember when the Internet was a collaborative enterprise, even back to when it was still the Arpanet. Back when people _ **participated** _ in it – when they both _ **contributed** _ to it and gained from it. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/83 "2014-10-09T11:32:47Z")
See, I think in a forum like this, posting an interesting question - one that kicks off a good discussion and makes people think about things they’ve never considered before - does count as contributing. I have no clue how many of davidmich’s threads fit that description, but just posting questions rather than answers doesn’t necessarily make you a non-contributor. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/84 "2014-10-09T12:01:59Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Maybe part of the frustration is that some of us are old enough to remember when the Internet was a collaborative enterprise, even back to when it was still the Arpanet. Back when people _ **participated** _ in it – when they both _ **contributed** _ to it and gained from it. Yeah, I’m quite sure there were no variation in participation and contribution back then. I bet you made your connections out of used barbed wire too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/85 "2014-10-09T13:13:13Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Yeah, I’m quite sure there were no variation in participation and contribution back then. I bet you made your connections out of used barbed wire too. Sheesh. Where did that come from? Hint: If you want the thread to die, don’t start a new fight with another poster. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/86 "2014-10-09T13:41:53Z")
Suck it, **John**! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/87 "2014-10-09T13:58:41Z")
Both of you idiots shut up and give me context! ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/88 "2014-10-09T14:11:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Sheesh. Where did that come from? > > Hint: If you want the thread to die, don’t start a new fight with another poster. I don’t really care if the thread lives or dies, I promised to just post once more, and I wanted that one to count … and now you’ve made me break my promise. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/89 "2014-10-09T20:15:38Z")
> [@naita](#): > > I don’t really care if the thread lives or dies, I promised to just post once more, and I wanted that one to count … and now you’ve made me break my promise. We’re all just a bunch of anonymous posters on a MB, so who really cares anyway? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/90 "2014-10-09T22:34:23Z")
[Luke] I care. [/Luke] ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/91 "2014-10-14T16:14:19Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I am not American either. I knew it! Americans have vowels in their names! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/92 "2015-09-11T19:27:57Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We’re all just a bunch of anonymous posters on a MB, so who really cares anyway? Oh people care man, they care. They care so much, they will start another Pit thread, because this one clearly didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/93 "2015-09-11T21:18:10Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > GQ is kind of like "“take a penny, leave a penny.” No pennies proves he’s Canadian, as do the French pronunciation questions, especially if he lives in Quebec. He’s 16 at the most, hence the Volkswagen question. It’s elementary. Quick, Watson, the needle. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/94 "2015-09-11T21:37:17Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Oh people care man, they care. They care so much, they will start another Pit thread, because this one clearly didn’t work. Guilty as charged. I even linked back to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856/95 "2015-09-12T01:16:07Z")
We don’t need two of these going at the same time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-davidmich-why/696856.md?page=4)