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Should we have a special tag for "The Big Hitters"?

293 posts & 98 voices | Started 6 months ago by binners | Latest reply from MrSmith

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binners - Member

I think its reached the point where we need an official warning as to which threads to avoid. Without going through the soul destroying, head-melting, utterly depressing feeling of having to read them.

You know the ones. Where 'The (usual) Big Hitters' take the concept of a discussion or idea, which might be of interest to anyone, then they metaphorically kick the living ****ing shit out it

Posting endless, dreary, entrenched and repetitive drivel so that anyone/everyone else nips off to open a vein/develop a smack habit etc rather than be dragged into the mire by commenting

So... Heres an idea. If anyone spots a thread generating into this, they could pop a simple recognizable code-word on the top. A bit like masochists with their 'safe' word ie: 'Armageddon'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTrOb8zyrZk

In fact we could use 'Armageddon'

or 'circle of despair'

What do you think? Any other suggestions for the name of the tag?

Posted 6 months ago #
nonk - Member

this thread contains cocks ?

Posted 6 months ago #
CaptainFlashheart - Member

The tag "TJ Argues" appears with alarming regularity......

Posted 6 months ago #
nonk - Member

or just a wee symbol of said bird?

Posted 6 months ago #
camo16 - Member

Silhouette of bombers, perhaps? Surely some IT whizz could knock one up?

Posted 6 months ago #
clubber - Member

The tag "TJ Argues" could basically be applied to any thread he posts on and maybe removed for the odd exception that proves the rule. Shame really.

Mind you, the same could be said for others too...

Posted 6 months ago #
clubber - Member

"pathological arguist" is my suggestion for the tag.

Or a step further, we could add the tag "pathological arguist = <insert name here> and then have competitions to see who's the most incapable of normal human interaction by the size of their tag in the tag cloud

tag cloud: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/tags/

Mind you, my suggestion breaks the rules so I suggest you don't follow it http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tags-the-rules

Posted 6 months ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

Monkey tennis?

Posted 6 months ago #
bruneep - Member

A bit like masochists with their 'safe' word ie: 'Armageddon'

you know this for a fact?

Posted 6 months ago #
thegreatape - Member

I like to try and spot those threads before opening them, then see if I'm right. Eg. today there is a thread called 'petrol prices' that has got to 7 pages. I bet quite most of us could summarise that thread before even reading it.

Posted 6 months ago #
Stoner - Member

A bit like masochists with their 'safe' word ie: 'Armageddon'

Being of a nervous disposition, Id want a safe word that was no longer than one syllable long and could be screamed from the wrong side of a ball-gag.

Its possible this also applies to a forum tag.

Posted 6 months ago #
camo16 - Member

Eg. today there is a thread called 'petrol prices' that has got to 7 pages. I bet quite most of us could summarise that thread before even reading it.

I checked.

You're right.

Posted 6 months ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

No sound (in an open plan office), but i think this is the one with a safe word. I could be wrong. Whatever.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEHFhFfcRKA

Posted 6 months ago #
fourbanger - Member

"TJ Argues"

checks and balances.

Posted 6 months ago #
nonk - Member

this very thread stands a good chance i would say

Posted 6 months ago #
brant - Member

Being of a nervous disposition, Id want a safe word that was no longer than one syllable long and could be screamed from the wrong side of a ball-gag.

I shall keep on driving past your junction on my trips up and down the M5.

Posted 6 months ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

Being of a nervous disposition, Id want a safe word that was no longer than one syllable long and could be screamed from the wrong side of a ball-gag.

Like Geddafugoffme? But shorter.

Posted 6 months ago #
Stoner - Member

plus ca change

Posted 6 months ago #
soobalias - Member

is "big hitter" some sort of rhyming slang?

Posted 6 months ago #
kimbers - Member

big hitlers more like

Posted 6 months ago #
clubber - Member

GODWIN ALERT!

Posted 6 months ago #
GrahamS - Member

*looks at the list of names posting on this thread*

Hmmm.. all names that post frequently enough that I recognise them and have a rough idea of their online personas. No sign of any non-regulars.

Aren't you (we) all "big hitters"?

Posted 6 months ago #
pitduck - Member

i already have one

Posted 6 months ago #
Junkyard - Member

I always assumed binners was a big hitter...well he is in my world.

Posted 6 months ago #
nonk - Member

grahamS ? is he new?

Posted 6 months ago #
MrSparkle - Member

I misread the title as 'Big Hitlers'. But then again...

Posted 6 months ago #
Stoatsbrother - Member

If you haven't convinced someone after making - say - 5 posts in a thread, you should reconsider whether you are wasting your time.

Saying the same thing again and again with increasing emphasis and decreasing receptiveness to others' views is boring and boorish and changes nothing.

Posted 6 months ago #
camo16 - Member

Saying the same thing again and again with increasing emphasis and decreasing receptiveness to others' views is boring and boorish and changes nothing.

Saying the same thing again and again with increasing emphasis and decreasing receptiveness to others' views is boring and boorish and changes nothing.

Saying the same thing again and again with increasing emphasis and decreasing receptiveness to others' views is boring and boorish and changes nothing.

Saying the same thing again and again with increasing emphasis and decreasing receptiveness to others' views is boring and boorish and changes nothing.

Gotcha.

Posted 6 months ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

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Stoatsbrother - Member

If you haven't convinced someone after making - say - 5 posts in a thread, you should reconsider whether you are wasting your time.

Saying the same thing again and again with increasing emphasis and decreasing receptiveness to others' views is boring and boorish and changes nothing.
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that'll be my lesson / blindspot then

Posted 6 months ago #
maxray - Member

*looks at the list of names posting on this thread*

Also the the absence of a few who are probably sitting on their hands trying to resist posting

Posted 6 months ago #
thebunk - Member

Stoatsbrother, you may have fixed STW with that post...

* applause *

Posted 6 months ago #
swavis - Member

Generally I ignore anything with more than 3 pages unless it's a picture thread as it'll have turned into a "I'm more right than you!" affair.

If I do read on and certain names start appearing I just ignore it.
Easy peasy!

Posted 6 months ago #
trailmonkey - Member

If you haven't convinced someone after making - say - 5 posts in a thread,

i don't think the serial egotists have any intention of convincing anyone of anything except to prove their own magnificence to themselves.

Posted 6 months ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

trailmonkey - for me is definitely about trying to convince people or often to answer points that people have made in response to my posts

Posted 6 months ago #
MrSparkle - Member

Could you elaborate?

Posted 6 months ago #