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Yes, but so is everything houston-nat says.
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Offline houston-nat

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The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Topic Start: April 07, 2014, 04:15:23 PM »
The "Stephen Strasburg is not an Ace" Thread
...could be...
Stephen Strasburg is not an Ace

The Aaron Barrett for Closer thread
...could be...
Aaron Barrett for Closer

"This medical staff still stinks" thread (2014)
...could be...
This medical staff still stinks (2014)

The Show Your Face Thread.
...could be...
Show Your Face.

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Before you accuse me of being The Old Codger User, I don't have a problem with all of these. There's no reason to oppose having "thread" in a title (like "Random crap thread" or the sacred BWT). But this whole thing is ballooning into a trend where everyone takes what they actually want the thread to be called, and then puts it between "The" and "thread".

I'm trying to figure out why this got popular. Maybe this is an attempt for people to feel like their opinions are shared? For example:
"The Stephen Strasburg is Not an Ace Thread" - sounds like a place for the Strasburg detractor club to meet.
"Stephen Strasburg is Not an Ace" - sounds more like one grumbling crank.
So I guess "The...thread" implies that way more people agree with the person who starts the thread? Or maybe it's viewed as being humorous?
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Offline spidernat

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #1: April 07, 2014, 04:28:54 PM »
:idiot:
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Offline Tokeydog

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #2: April 07, 2014, 04:31:54 PM »
I'm with you dude!  I'm thinking this trend is for the cool kids to feel popular with the fact they have an official thread titled with the word thread.

Also, get off my lawn you damn kids!!!!
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Offline JMW IV

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #3: April 07, 2014, 04:32:02 PM »
No.
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Offline UMDNats

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #4: April 07, 2014, 04:40:14 PM »
"Houston-Nat is not an elite poster."

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Offline spidernat

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #5: April 07, 2014, 04:40:47 PM »
Quote from: UMDNats on April 07, 2014, 04:40:14 PM
"Houston-Nat is not an elite poster." thread


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Offline Nathan

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #6: April 07, 2014, 04:50:27 PM »
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Offline houston-nat

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #7: April 07, 2014, 05:15:23 PM »
Quote from: UMDNats on April 07, 2014, 04:40:14 PM
"Houston-Nat is not an elite poster."
I'm a man of the people! Down with the bourgeois!
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Offline Nathan

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #8: April 07, 2014, 05:31:32 PM »
The original idea around calling things like "The medical staff still stinks thread" was when the mods would merge multiple threads on the same topic to create one place for that discussion. 
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Offline ZIM4MVP

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #9: April 07, 2014, 05:34:32 PM »
How about a little FRIENDS theme.

The thread where Stephen Strasburg is not an ace
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Offline blue911

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #10: April 07, 2014, 05:40:10 PM »
Quote from: Nathan on April 07, 2014, 05:31:32 PM
The original idea around calling things like "The medical staff still stinks thread" was when the mods would merge multiple threads on the same topic to create one place for that discussion.

How about a "The Let's Junk-Punch a Mod Thread"?
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Offline 2k6nats

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #11: April 07, 2014, 05:40:39 PM »
We should put all these together, and call it The Thread Thread Thread :shock:
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Offline Nathan

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #12: April 07, 2014, 06:07:50 PM »
Quote from: blue911 on April 07, 2014, 05:40:10 PM
How about a "The Let's Junk-Punch a Mod Thread"?

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Offline Kevrock

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #13: April 07, 2014, 06:47:28 PM »
Well I know all my threads are going to going to have those bookends now.
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Offline Vega

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #14: April 07, 2014, 06:52:38 PM »
freaking English major...
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Offline blue911

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #15: April 07, 2014, 06:55:30 PM »
Quote from: Kevrock on April 07, 2014, 06:47:28 PM
Well I know all my threads are going to going to have those bookends now.

The Kevrock Started a Thread Thread  :woop:
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Offline UMDNats

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #16: April 07, 2014, 08:39:27 PM »
i wasn't trying to continue the meme i was just pointing out that houston-nat is not an elite poster
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Offline tomterp

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #17: April 07, 2014, 08:56:05 PM »
Quote from: UMDNats on April 07, 2014, 08:39:27 PM
i wasn't trying to continue the meme i was just pointing out that houston-nat is not an elite poster

I started to say that being an elite poster required at least 20,000 posts, but when i saw the all-star list of those who exceeded this, I was underwhelmed.

SF #1, an arachnid  :spaz: #2, a blOws fan #3, and worse from there. 
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Offline Nathan

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #18: April 07, 2014, 09:51:45 PM »
Did you even see #8? :spaz:
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Offline houston-nat

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #19: April 07, 2014, 10:53:06 PM »
Quote from: Vega on April 07, 2014, 06:52:38 PM
freaking English major...
Hey, save that kind of gossip for the The Vega Goes to College Thread thread.
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Offline imref

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #20: April 07, 2014, 11:15:56 PM »
So where are we supposed string theory?
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Offline Ali the Baseball Cat

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #21: April 07, 2014, 11:18:36 PM »
Ahahaha
Quote from: imref on April 07, 2014, 11:15:56 PM
So where are we supposed string theory?
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Offline spidernat

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #22: April 07, 2014, 11:21:54 PM »
Quote from: houston-nat on April 07, 2014, 10:53:06 PM
Hey, save that kind of gossip for the The Vega Goes to College Thread thread.

:clap:
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Offline mmzznnxx

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #23: April 08, 2014, 01:26:44 AM »
"The crap comment that houston-nat and mods will have to delete because mmzznnxx is a dick and makes comments as threads thread".
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Offline tomterp

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Re: The "Can we stop the 'The "Thread title" thread' trend" thread
« Reply #24: April 08, 2014, 08:11:24 AM »
Quote from: Nathan on April 07, 2014, 09:51:45 PM
Did you even see #8? :spaz:

I would never join any club that would have me as a member.
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