# You don't like tattoos, Clothahump. We get it.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 8, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-tattoos-clothahump-we-get-it/602270 "2011-11-08T14:12:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-tattoos-clothahump-we-get-it/602270/155 "2011-11-18T20:51:24Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> As has been pointed out, there is no threadshitting going on. Expressing an opinion three times in eleven years is hardly threadshitting. Rachellogram, the moron that pitted me in the first place, apparently has no friggin’ clue whatsoever as to what threadshitting really is.

I’m pretty sure it’s you that doesn’t understand what threadshitting is. Do you really think it has to do with how many times you’ve expressed your opinion about a topic over a given amount of time?  
When someone asks for help desinging a tattoo that they’ve already decided they’re going to get and you jump in and say:

> [@Design my Mid-life Crisis Tattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-my-mid-life-crisis-tattoo/601983/13):
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> FWIW - don’t get a tattoo. They are not cool and they look like suppurating skin rashes.
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> Find some other way to handle your midlife crisis that doesn’t involve body disfigurement.

That, is the very definition of threadshitting.

From the FAQ

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> Threadshitting – basically, shitting on a discussion, by\*\* belittling the topic\*\* or the people discussing it. It typically takes the form of a **dismissive comment** , like “Who cares?” or **“This is stupid!” or similar**. The implication of the threadshitter is that discussion of such a topic is beneath them, and should be beneath everybody else. If you really do think that a discussion is inane or pointless, the appropriate thing to do is to not participate in it. And, of course, if you see someone threadshitting, please do not respond with personal insults or accusations: instead, REPORT the post to a Moderator.

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