# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/41 "2010-09-17T14:25:57Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > This one time, at band camp… …you commited some anatomically unlikely act of attempted solitary reproduction, with a broom handle? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/42 "2010-09-17T14:52:01Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Note to self: coffee tastes just as good with one equal packet as with two. Next time, open the packets before putting the contents in the coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/43 "2010-09-17T14:58:34Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > > [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > > > This one time, at band camp… > > …you commited some anatomically unlikely act of attempted solitary reproduction, with a broom handle? Well, it wasn’t a broom handle… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/44 "2010-09-17T15:04:14Z")
Well, you certainly couldn’t do that with anything resembling a saxophone, I’m sure! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/45 "2010-09-17T15:21:29Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Well, you certainly couldn’t do that with anything resembling a saxophone, I’m sure! Sir, I can recognize a challenge when I see one! Consider your gauntlet picked up! I shall see you at dawn with your choice of alto or tenor sax and a large bucket of WD-40! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/46 "2010-09-17T15:40:08Z")
I’m on board with this Pitting. I never post in a thread unless the thread is exactly what I was expecting. Notice that I’m posting in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/47 "2010-09-17T16:44:28Z")
Is this about Betty White and the Komodo Dragons? With god as my witness I thought Komodo dragons could wrestle old women. Or visa versa. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/48 "2010-09-17T16:48:15Z")
This thread isn’t what I expected, but I’m the most effective thread-killer around. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/49 "2010-09-17T16:52:02Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > My posts rarely add anything to the conversation, but that doesn’t stop me from giving my two cents anyway. See, there is your problem. This is a liberal leaning board, two cents is no where near enough. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/50 "2010-09-17T16:57:28Z")
My cat’s breath smells like cat food. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/51 "2010-09-17T17:09:54Z")
This thread is more or less what I expected it to be, but allowed to be informed of the release of Civ V, an info I didn’t expect to find here. I’d like to add that unfortunately Civ V won’t run on my system, but I don’t want to hijack the important topic being discussed in the thread. ---
**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 17, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/52 "2010-09-17T18:08:54Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > “Game Room? No way! Games…those things are supposed to be fun! Who the hell likes _fun_?! And while we’re on it, what’s all this nonsense I’ve been hearing about joy?” [No time for games.](http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/i/9990/original/internet-24591.jpg?1250726969) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/53 "2010-09-17T18:53:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Why do people start a thread, get nothing but sarcastic replies to their pathetic whinging, then never come back to apologize for being useless gits? Because it adds nothing to the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/54 "2010-09-17T18:55:29Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > > [@descamisado](#): > > > > Well, you certainly couldn’t do that with anything resembling a saxophone, I’m sure! > > Sir, I can recognize a challenge when I see one! Consider your gauntlet picked up! I shall see you at dawn with your choice of alto or tenor sax and a large bucket of WD-40! I’ll be there with my second chair. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/55 "2010-09-17T18:59:48Z")
Is a “STILL POST” something like a still birth? Because if it is, I probably do that sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/56 "2010-09-17T19:35:37Z")
Well, all I can say is that my life is pretty plain, you know? I just like to watch the puddles gather rain. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/57 "2010-09-17T19:53:58Z")
Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/58 "2010-09-17T21:24:11Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > Why do birds suddenly appear > Every time you are near? Because she’s a shit magnet. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/59 "2010-09-17T22:47:44Z")
Or smells like suet. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/60 "2010-09-18T05:01:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Your post adds NOTHING to the conversation! Which post? [Previous 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) [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=4)