# Why.......

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 11, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979 "2013-08-11T23:29:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979/1 "2013-08-11T23:29:43Z")

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Why do traditionalists and conservatives feel the need to suck the fun out of everything? Why?

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**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979/2 "2013-08-11T23:33:46Z")

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because

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979/3 "2013-08-11T23:50:21Z")

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You are hanging out with the wrong “traditionalists and conservatives.”

However, without knowing your circumstances, I would guess it would be like someone asking why the liberals ruined his enjoyment of that barbecue with their “Meat is Murder” talk.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979/4 "2013-08-11T23:52:02Z")

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Why do modernists and liberals feel the need to write nondescriptive titles?

Sucking the fun out of things is a equal-politics offense, in my experience.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979/5 "2013-08-12T00:16:15Z")

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Slm2955, You need to be a bit more focused when you start a thread. I’d like to put more clarity in your thread title but I don’t have enough idea of what you want to talk about to do that.

Please think about what you want to talk about and come back and start a new thread. You’re not going to get anyone interested with such a vague title as this.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979/6 "2013-08-12T00:19:03Z")

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I’m going to close this thread for two reasons.  
The lesser reason is because all threads should have a descriptive thread title, so please make sure any future thread you make have a better description.

Secondly, this is a thread doesn’t have much content to it and appears to mostly just be a one liner to get reactions. If you’re serious in your question, you could try adding examples or more info so it doesn’t just look like a drive-by jab at a specific party (which can be trollish in nature).