# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/61 "2010-09-18T05:12:44Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Your post adds NOTHING to the conversation! THIS post? ---
**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, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/62 "2010-09-18T05:16:12Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Your post adds NOTHING to the conversation! But I hadn’t even posted this yet. OP dude’s psychic-like… ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/63 "2010-09-18T05:19:07Z")
I certainly thought that 1Cor 12:24 was so clear it didn’t need explaining ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/64 "2010-09-18T05:53:14Z")
Because it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/65 "2010-09-18T06:43:28Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Because it’s funny. Nobody’s snorted coffee down their nose yet or thrown up in their mouth a little though. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/66 "2010-09-20T00:20:06Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > > [@GuanoLad](#): > > > > Because it’s funny. > > Nobody’s snorted coffee down their nose yet or thrown up in their mouth a little though. $1 says that’ll never be a flavor at Starbucks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/67 "2010-09-20T04:20:20Z")
Because I find the ideas of what a thread sounds like it’s about to be interesting, and so do other people, apparently. If you want, we could remedy this by having a thread specifically about that concept. If I had an example of the top of my head, I’d start it: **What I thought the thread was about** This is a thread for explaining what you thought a post was about. Just like “sarcastic replies to posts” threads. Have at it. ---
**Author:** ![Redpill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Redpill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redpill)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/68 "2010-09-20T06:30:05Z")
I only post if I have something to say. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-a-thread-learn-its-not-what-they-thought-and-still-post/554010/69 "2010-09-20T09:25:53Z")
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