# Why do people open a thread, learn it's not what they thought, and STILL POST!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010 "2010-09-16T20:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/1 "2010-09-16T20:23:58Z")
Your post adds NOTHING to the conversation! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/2 "2010-09-16T20:26:50Z")
Why do people create pit threads without ever telling us who exactly is being pitted? Or make us ask for the link, which you know that we will. I haven’t even been on this board as long as the OP and I know damn good and well people will want more detail. I do! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/3 "2010-09-16T20:26:52Z")
I thought this was going to be about not reading the OP and posting off topic. Where’s the kitty pics? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/4 "2010-09-16T20:30:27Z")
This thread begs for sarcastic replies. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/5 "2010-09-16T20:34:24Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > This thread begs for sarcastic replies. I was certainly expecting to read sarcastic replies when I opened it. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/6 "2010-09-16T20:40:39Z")
Anybody else expect a Pitting of sewing materials? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/7 "2010-09-16T20:47:37Z")
For once, I was expecting the Spanish Inquisition. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/8 "2010-09-16T21:03:13Z")
My guess is that the OP is talking about [this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578454) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/9 "2010-09-16T21:07:55Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > My guess is that the OP is talking about [this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578454) \*Why \*do people link to threads that obviously have no relation to the topic at hand, and I STILL READ THEM? ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/10 "2010-09-16T21:08:40Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Your post adds NOTHING to the conversation! You haven’t even read my post yet. E.T.A. Damn, you were right. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/11 "2010-09-16T21:31:11Z")
I thought this was going to be about people like me. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/12 "2010-09-16T21:32:28Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > My guess is that the OP is talking about [this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578454) I was expecting to be rickrolled. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/13 "2010-09-16T21:51:29Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > > > My guess is that the OP is talking about [this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578454) > > I was expecting to be rickrolled. [You mean like this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijgfBwq_vkM) ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/14 "2010-09-16T21:53:31Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > [You mean like this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijgfBwq_vkM) No, that was actually \*exactly \*what I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/15 "2010-09-16T21:57:44Z")
weak ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/16 "2010-09-16T22:07:07Z")
I thought this thread was going to be a specific, entertaining complaint. Instead it sucks. Goddamn it. I can’t believe you people feel entitled to waste my time like this. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/17 "2010-09-16T22:07:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Your post adds NOTHING to the conversation! My posts rarely add anything to the conversation, but that doesn’t stop me from giving my two cents anyway. That’s the whole point of a message board…to chime in, even if you don’t have a clue what you are talking about, have anything even vaguely interesting to say, or just wanted to post saying that the thread wasn’t what you were expecting, and you have no knowledge of the subject or really anything interesting to say. Now that this has been settled, I feel that another 15 pages of 'dopers trying to one up each other with funny one liners and off color wit is in order. THAT’S what I came in here to see… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/18 "2010-09-16T23:05:42Z")
I’m pissed that someone linked to the game room, when I make it my business to stay the hell out of the game room. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/19 "2010-09-16T23:12:22Z")
Because I can. And this being the pit, go commit some anatomically unlikely act of attempted solitary reproduction. With a broom handle. ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/20 "2010-09-16T23:18:38Z")
Hey screw you buddy, I never learn it’s not what I thought!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010.md?page=2)