# why do some threads get closed without any obvious reason? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123 "2000-06-21T18:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/1 "2000-06-21T18:43:28Z")
this is the main reason [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28051](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28051) I don’t know why it got closed, I thought that it was a silly/entertaining thread. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/2 "2000-06-21T19:11:01Z")
ditto. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/3 "2000-06-21T19:17:52Z")
The reason is simple. I grew weary of it. The thread now displeases me. One call to the moderators and they do my bidding. (Just kidding UncleBeer and Eutychus55! Please don’t ban me!) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/4 "2000-06-21T19:25:29Z")
According to the laws of the City of Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois, the contents of that thread constituted Child Abuse. The Chicago Police came to the offices of the _Reader_ on Monday and pounded **Ed** on the kidneys with billy clubs until he agreed to have it closed. That, and **BratMan** got sick of it. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/5 "2000-06-21T20:15:31Z")
I closed that thread at the request of the OP. I didn’t post my reason for closing it since I found it near the bottom of the second page of topics. Had I posted my reasoning, it would merely have brought a closed thread to the top of the list. Either that, or it was before my first cup of coffee at 5:00am. Maybe I wasn’t thinking clearly. Choose whichever excuse you like. But the OP did e-mail me asking it be closed. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/6 "2000-06-21T20:30:57Z")
By “OP” UncleBeer obviously means me (as in Omnipotent Poster), right Unc? (please don’t ban me, I’m just playin. love ya buddy!) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/7 "2000-06-21T20:32:47Z")
More like omnipresent poster. Good Lord you’re everywhere Brat Man. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/8 "2000-06-21T20:35:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > More like omnipresent poster. Good Lord you’re everywhere Brat Man. > \*\* You better believe it. Nothing escapes my notice. And _you_ were especially naughty last night! You’ll find the lost pair of panties in the glove box, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/9 "2000-06-21T20:36:05Z")
Um. what is an OP? And now I am -really- dying to know why it was closed! Pleeeaaaze! If you cannot say the reason for that thread being closed, could you give the generic reasons that threads get closed? ---
**Author:** ![V8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@V8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/V8)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/10 "2000-06-21T20:39:31Z")
What about this thread: Seemed verry mild for the pit, but was closed in 11 minutes. \*\* [Straight Dope Message Board \> The BBQ Pit Is there really a rule that you ban anyone who dares to put his first post here?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28104)\*\* ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/11 "2000-06-21T20:40:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Um. what is an OP? > \*\* In most cases, I beleive it means ‘Original POST’, but in this case I think we are referring to the ‘Original PostER’. -dook ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/12 "2000-06-21T20:48:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Um. what is an OP? > \*\* I thought I had explained that. I guess I’m not being taken seriously. That seems to happen a lot. ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/13 "2000-06-21T20:50:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I guess I’m not being taken seriously. That seems to happen a lot. > \*\* happens to me too. Must be a zoomie thing. -dook ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/14 "2000-06-21T20:52:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > … I guess I’m not being taken seriously. That seems to happen a lot. > \*\* BratMan007- Can you really blame them. I mean look how you dress. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/15 "2000-06-21T20:55:57Z")
**dook** - What’s a zoomie? **little\*bit** - You may have something there. I have something over here, but the doctor says it should clear up after a few penicillin shots. The truth is, I’m so god-awful ugly, I have to wear the jacket to take the focus off my face. I have a better chance of getting laid that way. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/16 "2000-06-21T20:56:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I wanna dip my BALLS in it! > \*\* Got a good laugh off of this. BTW- Thanks for the info on the OP thingy. Now it makes reasonable sense. Get a big fryingpan. ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/17 "2000-06-21T21:00:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > **dook** - What’s a zoomie? > \*\* Same thing as a wing-wiper. Zoomie is to air force as squid is to navy… You intel guys don’t get out much, do you? 😛 -dook the zoomie… for 157 more days ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/18 "2000-06-21T21:03:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Same thing as a wing-wiper. Zoomie is to air force as squid is to navy… You intel guys don’t get out much, do you? 😛 > \*\* We were always called flyboys, and no we didn’t get out much. I was too busy holed up in a basement with headsets on tapped phone converstions, which were usually nimrods having phone sex on the government dime. Ah, the good old days . . . ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/19 "2000-06-21T21:07:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I was too busy holed up in a basement with headsets on tapped phone converstions, which were usually nimrods having phone sex on the government dime. > \*\* Yeah I know. I can’t spend 3 minutes on the office phone without hearing that all-too-familiar set of clicks. I usually try to fuck with them though… “So… you get the stuff?” [Yeah I got it] “Good. I got the money. meet me on perimeter road at 6:30”. -dook ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123/20 "2000-06-21T21:30:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > The truth is, I’m so god-awful ugly, I have to wear the jacket to take the focus off my face. I have a better chance of getting laid that way. > \*\* I’ve seen the pictures. Now you’re just fishing for compliments. Normally I’d be perfectly willing, but the fact that I’m forced to look at your GF every time I go to your website makes me feel guilty. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-threads-get-closed-without-any-obvious-reason/23123.md?page=2)