# Why was a thread deleted? {Cornfielded as Sock Op}

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**Created:** [October 25, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207 "2024-10-25T16:31:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/1 "2024-10-25T16:31:32Z")

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See subject line. The subject matter was a little offbeat, but I didn’t see anything that clearly deserved cornfielding.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/2 "2024-10-25T16:48:24Z")

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When a thread is vanished, it is almost always because the OP was a trock, and has had all their posts cornfielded.

PM a mod from the appropriate forum.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/4 "2024-10-25T16:58:44Z")

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OP was a returning troll, or Trock if you will. So cornfielded.

I’m changing the title, to not encourage the Serial socker.

This was about the Tarantino/Woody Allen thread.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/6 "2024-10-25T17:13:34Z")

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Thanks all!

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/7 "2024-10-25T23:59:08Z")

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Now I have “Sock Op Saturday Night” as an earworm…

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/8 "2024-10-26T09:27:25Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> The subject matter was a little offbeat

Now I’m curious. What _was_ the subject matter?

Moderators, is there any rule against someone starting a new thread with a similar subject?

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/9 "2024-10-26T16:28:12Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> Moderators, is there any rule against someone starting a new thread with a similar subject?

Nope. No rule against it. Feel free to start a similar thread.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207/10 "2024-10-26T21:22:03Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> Now I’m curious. What _was_ the subject matter?

Whether Woody Allen was familiar with any of Quentin Tarantino’s films, and what a WA-directed version of a QT film might look like.