Have we had a thread yet about how obnoxious threads titles that remark on the lack of a thread on [x] are?

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I fucking hate this (I've done it!) but I feel this meta thread is exempted by virtue of calling attention to how turdly your threads are!

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

yeah it is an odd way of phrasing the thread title. good spot!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

how obnoxious threads titles that remark on the lack of a thread on [x] are what?

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)

i'm so confused

― stockholm cindy is a guy with a belly button piercing (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:36 (twenty years ago)

I hate them too, make a duplicate thread, come up with an original title or original angle, or use the search function.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:44 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's annoying all right.

― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

let's get 'em!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:50 (twenty years ago)

I say we RAGGENATE THEM.

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:05 (twenty years ago)

roffle at ken (but I had to read it twice to get it)!

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

One approach to the problem.

― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:08 (twenty years ago)

i'm pretty pissed/surprised/aware of the fact that there hasn't been a thread on this yet

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

I dis/approve

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:34 (twenty years ago)

You should start a thread about it.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:38 (twenty years ago)

It's been done.

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:41 (twenty years ago)

plz use search function

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 01:38 (twenty years ago)

It's a clever way to avoid having Ned scoff and throw your thread to the sharks. Many a night I have cried out of sheer embarrassment for creating a duplicate thread after searching for word [x] when there actually was a thread about [x], just under the synonymous name [y].

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:33 (twenty years ago)

Similar/related: when there's a "Quick, List Everything That Conforms To The Following Arbitrary Criteria!" thread, and somebody says "I can't believe nobody's said X yet", when X was in fact mentioned in the first post, and about eighty-one times after that.

― Michael A Neuman (Ferg), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:44 (twenty years ago)

ned is a complete bastard for that

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

Poor spelling, I'll grant, does impede th effective use of the search function, occasionally.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 06:45 (twenty years ago)

curtis otm.

BUT the issue can be addressed in the text of the first post (like "i searched, but if there's already a thread on this, someone just gimme a link please") without putting it in the actual thread title.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 07:26 (twenty years ago)

# Have we had a thread yet about how obnoxious threads titles that remark on the lack of a thread on [x] are? (19 new answers)
# I don't think we have any discussion about the Danish Muhammad cartoons.... (1 new answer, 1099 total)

(i didn't revive the cartoon thread just so i could do that jon, i swear)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 07:34 (twenty years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 07:36 (twenty years ago)

Surprised nobody bitched about the search being out-of-date all month!

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

how do you know there wasn't a thread about it?

― au hasard (sleep), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

'Rolling...' still bugs me more.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

how much will it cost to install a google search thing properly on ilx?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

have we had a thread about those rolling threads yet?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

yes, many

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

ha i knew search was out of date

plz use search function
-- cutty (holle...) (webmail), March 20th, 2006 8:38 PM. (mcutt) (later) (link)

http://www.usu.edu/rhsa/nrhh/PastOTMWinners.gif
http://www.wintonireland.com/images1/ribbon.gif

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

"how much will it cost to install a google search thing properly on ilx?"

huh?

i wouldn't say no to one of those buffy box sets

ONLY KIDDING

buffy's rubbish

now Peep Show Series 1...

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

oo, is the slave server back up to date!

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

ALERT: No thread for Virginia McKinney, congresswoman who allegedly hit a security guard who failed to recognize her after she walked past security checkpoint?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

the whole of ilx is obnoxious, so what does it matter?

― teh_kit!!1 has 5 friends (g-kit), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:33 (twenty years ago)

UR WRONG

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

FUK U

― teh_kit!!1 has 5 friends (g-kit), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

END OF DISCUSSION

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

k bai

― teh_kit says 'dont fight u nubs just run in teh instance!' (g-kit), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

Rolling Apparently We Don't Have A HAUNTOLOGY Thread Yet Thread

though you'd appreciate this stevem.

― Real Goths Don't Wear Black (Enrique), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 13:08 (twenty years ago)

So no thread on the Italian elections??

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 10 April 2006 22:30 (twenty years ago)

is there a thread about the recent immigration debate in the us? someone link me to it, please.

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:01 (twenty years ago)

so apparently political discourse on ILE comes down to bitching about israel and making meanspirited cracks at the right wing

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:09 (twenty years ago)

thanks!

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:10 (twenty years ago)

Have we had a thread about dogs licking peanut butter off of your balls yet?

― Dan (Oh, Okay) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

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