How do you tell w hen a thread is good?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:26 am

I stuck to that NuVinci thread too long, not that I resent its very existence, as I do with some others, but I didn't understand all the technical stuff, and sort of felt that continuing to press the link was a waste of time. But everyonce in a while, an unpromising looking thread suddenly becomes very funny or silly or heartfelt or in some other way superior. I wonder what I've missed over the years.

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:32 pm

Hmmm, I read every thread, (mostly, most days) some more carefully than others, and there are days I remind myself I'm doing it because I feel I have to. For every thread which is great, there are a dozen dreary, unoriginal, insipid, poor written and conceived threads. For a talented community, we produce a lot of chaff.

And for some reason, twice now I have read the topic title as "threat" rather than "thread." How do you tell when a threat is good? When they're breaking in your windows and savaging your flowerbeds?

Post by **mdmf007** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:27 pm

But thats the beauty of it - if its stupid it dies quickly, simply stop posting and it goes away and drops down the list.

Some great threads start out with a pretty benign topic, then through Thread creep I guess you would call it - it morphs into something pretty cool.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:27 pm

When Regyna visits it. Anything ole Nipples was in was excellent too. Rob hit a few highs. I'll go for poetry and wit....we need more.

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:24 pm

I miss Nipples posts.

GREENPENIS · Post by **GREENPENIS** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:16 pm

When a thread has gone too far into the realm
of lame, I usually attempt to turn it into a dick joke.
Feel free to use this as your guide.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:09 pm

But there doesn't appear an addendum after the title that says "Contains Greenpenis dick joke in last five posts" so there's a good chance I won't actually click and find out.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:15 pm

Come on Fishy, you would read it regardless.
Probably twice.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:22 pm

I'm not reading that NuVinci thread again. Not unless I know there's been thread drift, and that it's gotten silly.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:30 pm

I hear ya there, I have a really hard time looking at the
next pic on the
"my mind begins to hum"

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:31 pm

Gave up on the humming mind ages ago.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:25 pm

OH SHIT !!
I think we may have inadvertantly killed this thread by talking about it.

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:27 am

One persons bad thread is anothers daily vitamin. A perfect example is fire elfs thread. I rather like the NuVinci thread since its about bikes and innovation. I try not to judge threads, even ones I don't quite understand. For instance, at first I didn't know what the fuck the whole Zsu Zsu thing was about. After reading up on it some I got it, albeit after the rest of eplaya. I now have warmed up to the lil tramp and look forward to watching the trailer burn. I guess in the end its whatever floats your cabin cruiser on the playa. I tend to go for the technical stuff since I'm not always the best with words. You can never spend too much time talkin about makin domes, fire art, contraptions, and mutant vehicles.

Post by **mdmf007** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:31 am

I know pretty quickly if a thread is going to be boring or not - some are obviously more interesting than others. this one is marginal so far.

later

help · Post by **help** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:07 pm

You can never spend too much time talkin about makin domes, fire art, contraptions, and mutant vehicles.

Thought you might like this fire-art contraption,TM.

http://wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fi ... index.html

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:54 pm

I think the NuVinci thread is fine, it's just not for me. I'm amazed teh why I hate tevas thread is still going, has it gotten any good?

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:59 pm

You are just mad at it because it's about feet.

skeetsh00ter · Post by **skeetsh00ter** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:34 pm

You can usually tell by the spelling/grammar of the subject...

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:30 pm

skeetsh00ter wrote:You can usually tell by the spelling/grammar of the subject...

Not always....some of the best threads have started out with flaws...
Also Fishy, Toolmaker, Cowboyangel....when they post I'll usually click on the link just to see what's been said and I'm rarely disappointed.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:54 pm

stalker

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:18 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:stalker

Who? Where? Who's being stalked? Who warrants that kind of intense attention? Please, do tell! I thought this board was kinda dying off, I had no idea there was drama going on. Damn...I always miss out on the good stuff anymore.

GREENPENIS · Post by **GREENPENIS** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:32 pm

I think that the easiest way to tell if a thread is good is if it
leaves a light, buttery aftertaste in your mouth, but not too nutty.

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:34 pm

GREENPENIS wrote:I think that the easiest way to tell if a thread is good is if it
leaves a light, buttery aftertaste in your mouth, but not too nutty.

Or if it mentions bacon....bacon is always a good topic.

GREENPENIS · Post by **GREENPENIS** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:17 pm

Hey Kinetic, why does your Roman Numeral keep changing ?
(just wondering)

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:27 pm

K1 got deleted and the others got changed when I added or cleared out sock puppets, lost passwords, or had other technical issues. With K5 it marks when I cleaned out all but 2 sock accounts. I kept one (Taqiyyah) for any Apokiliptika stuff that might come up, and the other is a backup account since the moderators can be slow on responding to technical glitches..especially with my accounts since a few mods still seem to have some resentment towards me.

Anyway back on topic....

Post by **mdmf007** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:14 pm

I just thought you were getting promoted.

GREENPENIS · Post by **GREENPENIS** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:18 pm

I thought it might be a "new and improved" thing.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:55 am

He reached his peak at K2

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:57 am

<Howling>

Back when some of us dated his posts 'BC' vs 'AD' (after diagnosis.)

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:28 pm

Kinetic V wrote:K1 got deleted and the others got changed when I added or cleared out sock puppets, lost passwords, or had other technical issues. With K5 it marks when I cleaned out all but 2 sock accounts. I kept one (Taqiyyah) for any Apokiliptika stuff that might come up, and the other is a backup account since the moderators can be slow on responding to technical glitches..especially with my accounts since a few mods still seem to have some resentment towards me.

Anyway back on topic....

other technical issues? lol

http://wildwoodsurvival.com/index.html

This site is really great, I haven't been there in awhile and it looks like they still have great articles getting submitted.

About that TEVA thread.. I skip that one since I don't know wtf a TEVA is. Now that I know its about feet I should post some foot fetish stuff.. like the hanky code which is a silk stocking or shoe insole in the back pocket.