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

[prabe]

I can't install a poll in the middle of a thread (How I wish I could - but only me, no one else ) but wanted to ask people here: How long is your cut-off at which you refuse to even look at a thread?

I was tagged in a thread recently and when I went to check it out saw that in the day or so it has existed it had already reach 60-some-odd pages. Um. .. .

Some of it's length. Some of it's seeing certain posters (or combinations of posters). Some of the posters that warn me off threads, I mostly agree with.

 

[prabe]

There's no consensus what it is, but no one makes any effort to prevent it. That will be a useful conversation, I'm sure.

 

[Mannahnin]

I can't install a poll in the middle of a thread (How I wish I could - but only me, no one else ) but wanted to ask people here: How long is your cut-off at which you refuse to even look at a thread?

I was tagged in a thread recently and when I went to check it out saw that in the day or so it has existed it had already reach 60-some-odd pages. Um. .. .

I don't have one fixed cutoff page number. It's more dependent on how busy I am at work that day, whether I can spare the time and how compelling the discussion is.

 

[Mannahnin]

Wait. Are you saying you saw Prince going door-to-door passing out religious pamphlets?

Down in Chanhassen, yeah. Also, I saw him on the light rail with his entourage. That was pretty sweet.

Found an article about Prince and his door-knocking ways. Interesting read:

Back When Prince Would Knock on Doors to Preach - First Look

“Has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like Prince?” It was what one homeowner said when the Jehovah's Witness superstar knocked on her door.

musicoholics.com

This reminds me of the part of An Evening with Kevin Smith where he talked about hanging out with Prince, and the bullying religious parlor games Prince played with fans just happy to meet him.

One of Smith's most popular stories from the DVD is of when he was unknowingly forced to make a near 5-hour long documentary for Prince about God and the evolution of man, both of which are two topics Smith has little to no involvement in. Smith reveals he was angry with the pop star towards the end of the week he spent with him, especially when he learns of the documentary never seeing the light of day, instead being put into Prince's vault which includes over 100 original music videos and hundreds of hours of music previously unreleased according to Smith.

An Evening with Kevin Smith - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Gradine]

I don't have any direct quantitative cut-off points; I remove myself from a thread when (a) I've said what I've needed to say and (b) I've responded to my own satisfaction every point worth responding to.

 

[eyeheartawk]

I mostly disengage from a thread when I've run out of off topic jokes to make.

 

[CleverNickName]

Yikes. Some of ya'll have some messed-up power dynamics in your gaming group.

But seriously though. I read through some of these threads where everyone is discussing the attitudes of their fellow gamers, or the way that they communicate with each other, or the way they treat each other in general, and I really worry for some of ya'll. I keep wanting to ask "is this how you treat all of your friends, or just the ones you play D&D with?"

 

[Aeson]

I keep wanting to ask "is this how you treat all of your friends, or just the ones you play D&D with?"

They're all the same person.

 

[Mad_Jack]

They're all the same person.

No, really - he has five identical mannequins sitting around his gaming table... He's named them Bob 1, Bob 2, etc...

 

[Aeson]

No, really - he has five identical mannequins sitting around his gaming table... He's named them Bob 1, Bob 2, etc...

Is that better or worse than five identical Real Dolls named Boob 1, Boob 2, etc..?