The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

I want to suggest starting the next thread with "And we're not talking about pineapple in this one."

But seriously, is there a way to have a semi-plus thread where you just don't want one topic brought up? Can that be done just by putting it in the first post and then reminding the person who brings it up that that one aspect is off limits?

IDK, this sounds like you want to discuss a topic, but put boundaries on it. Without knowing what you are talking about advice on that is hard. I dont think using the + thread option is good for this. Your best bet might be to just ask in the OP folks not talk about a tangent or related topic, and just ignore folks who do anyways. As an OP be a steward of your thread and try and keep it on topic and away from distractions. It's all you can do.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I want to suggest starting the next thread with "And we're not talking about pineapple in this one."

But seriously, is there a way to have a semi-plus thread where you just don't want one topic brought up? Can that be done just by putting it in the first post and then reminding the person who brings it up that that one aspect is off limits?

I mean, yes you probably could do that, but I feel like even straightforward + threads are already sometimes skirting a line of restraining particular veins of dissenting opinion in a way that many would-be commenters are prone to bristle at. Outright naming the specific not-in-this-thread topic(s) seems like a hellish ordeal to try to police and probably not ultimately likely to foster the discussion you want.

But I suppose it all really depends what the mystery pineapple is.

 

[Deset Gled]

I want to suggest starting the next thread with "And we're not talking about pineapple in this one."

But seriously, is there a way to have a semi-plus thread where you just don't want one topic brought up? Can that be done just by putting it in the first post and then reminding the person who brings it up that that one aspect is off limits?

Yes, I would use a (+) thread to do this. Label it accordingly, and state very clearly in the OP "we don't talk about Bruno in this thread". There are limits to what you can keep out, but it's worth a shot.

Of course it should go with saying (but I'll say it anyway) that it is very important to follow your own rule.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I often find myself wanting to make a thread that I developed the idea of when thinking about a broader controversial topic, but also don't want that thread I'm making to fall into the same flame wars as the ones it was inspired by. I don't know how to do that, and don't know if it's possible. I enjoy (+) threads, but also want to have a thread discussing these ideas with disagreements without people going back to the old, divisive topics that inspired it.

I tried this with my more recent threads, and while it's mostly worked, thanks to most of them being (+) threads, there were still a few people threadcrapping and going off on tangents that were distracting and detracting the main premise. I'm guessing that this's just inherent on starting a public conversation on the internet, but really wish that we could be better than that.

 

[Parmandur]

I often find myself wanting to make a thread that I developed the idea of when thinking about a broader controversial topic, but also don't want that thread I'm making to fall into the same flame wars as the ones it was inspired by. I don't know how to do that, and don't know if it's possible. I enjoy (+) threads, but also want to have a thread discussing these ideas with disagreements without people going back to the old, divisive topics that inspired it.

I tried this with my more recent threads, and while it's mostly worked, thanks to most of them being (+) threads, there were still a few people threadcrapping and going off on tangents that were distracting and detracting the main premise. I'm guessing that this's just inherent on starting a public conversation on the internet, but really wish that we could be better than that.

Concupiscence is one helluva drug.

 

[Umbran]

Outright naming the specific not-in-this-thread topic(s) seems like a hellish ordeal to try to police

Yeah.

And, in any case, I'm already finding I have to warn folks away from bringing the pineapple shtick in general discussion. It is an in-joke that you don't have to subject everybody to, and starts running afoul of the "Keep it on topic" rule that we almost never have to mention.

 

[darjr]

What a waste.

 

[Aeson]

This is a pretty common conversation where I come from:

Guy 1: Dejewy jet?
Guy 2: Naw, dejew?
Guy 1: Naw, yontu?
Guy 2: Aiyte, lesco.

Spoiler: English translation

Guy 1: Did you eat yet?
Guy 2: No, did you?
Guy 1: No. Do you want to?
Guy 2: All right, let's go.

That joke died with Jeff Foxworthy's career.

 

[Cadence]

I assume y'all actually run fun games and your players enjoy them. So why do you sound like such miserable SOBs on here so often?

 

[nevin]

take 100 DM's and put em in a room and no more than 10 of them will agree on anything. And we all think our way is the right way, because it obviously works for us.....