As a matter of civil conversation, the very idea of the bump is one that seems sorely out of place. After all, if you have nothing to add to the conversation, then why bother moving it to the top of the conversation stack? It has found itself sliding from the top to the bottom, and should it pass into the oblivion of page 2, then so be it. It had its chance. It was given every oportunity to succeed as a thread.
The fact that it failed to capitalize on that oportunity is not MY fault... so why should I take the time out of my busy day; why should I be burdoned with having to maintain the status of some stupid, forgotten, ignored and useless thread that nobody wants to respond to anyway?
Honestly... it is my fault? Am I to blame for hte ineptitude of threads such as this one? Is it my responcibility to keep it atop page 1? NO!
And I resent the implication that it is! Who the hell are you to tell me what threads I have to view? What if I WANT the damn thing to die and go away? Who are you to force it back into my life and force me to have to see it again, and again, and again. Many other, farm more deserving threads are being shoved off the page while these pathetic looser threads think they can dominate only because there are more of them.
Well, EXCUSE ME!