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The discussion centers around the closure of the "Thread Killer Thread," affectionately referred to as "franzbear." Participants express their emotional responses to its demise, with some humorously suggesting methods to revive it, including witchcraft. The thread, which had accumulated over 8,448 posts, was a significant part of the forum culture, and its closure has sparked nostalgia and debate about its legacy. Key figures in the discussion include Evo, Moonbear, and Zooby, with references to whimsical elements like "nocturnally roving purple jellyfish."

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Should the "Thread killers thread" be reopened?

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  • #31
That thread sucked. :biggrin: :rolleyes:

Well, now you guys don't have to lose sleep posting in it.
 
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  • #32
Evo said:
So, is the Thread Killer Thread officially dead? Do we let it slowly sink to the bottom of GD, there to rest for all eternity?
You can't ask me to make these decisions. I'm too attached to franzbear. If there's even a remote chance of resuscitating him, I...I just think I'd be too *sniffle* emotional to make the rational decision. :cry:
 
  • #33
Knavish said:
That thread sucked. :biggrin: :rolleyes:
How dare you speak badly of the dead! :mad:

Well, now you guys don't have to lose sleep posting in it.
Well, now what am I going to lose sleep over? :frown:
 
  • #34
After MIH's touching eulogy, it's hard to go back to the old thread, but what if he's not dead, he's just hibernating!?

We will never know if he will reach 10,000 posts. :cry:
 
  • #35
My most heart felt condolences, for the loss of The Thread-killer Thread.
After watching Pet Cemetery, I believe, that things dead, should remain so.
 
  • #36
Evo said:
After MIH's touching eulogy, it's hard to go back to the old thread, but what if he's not dead, he's just hibernating!?

We will never know if he will reach 10,000 posts. :cry:
olh, god evo...bring him back...PLEASE :cry:
 
  • #37
Obviously the thread died--or hibernated--because I stopped posting in it for a few days. I was the only one feeding the poor thing.
 
  • #38
EVO!? did you open franzbear while I was gone and close him again.. please give me a last post :cry: I miss him... :frown:
 
  • #39
Thanx a million Evo.You're the star of PF.You're so brave and I'm so glad that we may never meet each other in real life coz I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison coz of killing someone. :rolleyes:
please answer my question:has any of my mates called you recently?
(you're a good example of 1 of the theories!)

Regards
 
  • #40
I don't feel sorry for it...I lost interest in that thread when it hit 2000 posts.The last 10 posts i made were simple trolling.

Daniel.

P.S.I was still hoping Greg would say:"I've had it.I'm deleting it".
 
  • #41
rofl, some of the ideas you people have are funny. lol dex, that would have been funny indeed.
 
  • #42
yomamma said:
EVO!? did you open franzbear while I was gone and close him again.. please give me a last post :cry: I miss him... :frown:
Don't worry, a few twitches after death are normal. Once rigor mortis sets in, it'll stop.
 
  • #43
I WANT IT BACK! :cry:
 
  • #44
moonbear, how do you keep posting? please tell me...
 
  • #45
Lisa! said:
Thanx a million Evo.You're the star of PF.You're so brave and I'm so glad that we may never meet each other in real life coz I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison coz of killing someone. :rolleyes:
please answer my question:has any of my mates called you recently?
(you're a good example of 1 of the theories!)

Regards

Evo be so kind and gimme her IP :biggrin: :devil:
 
  • #46
It has been brought to my attention that strange noises have been heard coming from the "Thread Killers Thread" and I have been asked to re-open it.

Yomamma swears he heard a tiny voice say "mommy I'm so cold, where is everyone? Uncle Artman, why is it so dark in here? Is this a dead beaver?"

I have added a poll to determine if we re-open the thread.
 
  • #47
I swear I heard it! I also heard:

mommy, why did Evo close me? I never did anything wrong...[/size]
 
  • #48
I swear!
 
  • #49
yomamma said:
I say we need a new place to post all of our cr@p!

How about here?
 
  • #50
Occasionally, a decomposing corpse omits sounds which can be misinterpreted as "Please revive me"

These signals must not be heeded.
 
  • #51
Don't you remember all the fun we had pposting in franzbear? :rolleyes: ...we...umm...we had fun! and what about making a PF record of 10,000 posts!? huh!? if we wanted to do that without franzbear, we'd have to do it in the "stupid question" thread! and everyone wants that thread dead!
 
  • #52
arildno said:
Occasionally, a decomposing corpse omits sounds which can be misinterpreted as "Please revive me"

These signals must not be heeded.
True. As gasses escape the body past the vocal chords, it can make sounds, but it's nothing more than wishful thinking to believe it's alive and speaking.
 
  • #53
I'm going to vote yes, I already miss the little fellow. :cry:

Of course, someone could smuggle him out of the old thread and into the new one. :approve:

I do have something up my sleeve for that 10,000th post. We'll see if it happens. o:)
 
  • #54
evo...you're the super mentor...just bring it back! you had no reason to close it anyway! it was fun! :cry:
 
  • #55
Since we are talking about it... What on Earth is Franzbear? I'm sure its in the thread somewhere, but I'm not reading through 8000+ replies to find out.
I think i gave up on page two or three when it appeared.
 
  • #56
^ Yeah I was wondering the same thing. I searched inside the thread for the answer, but it seems to come as a kind of bogus thing. I think it it just the name for the thread. If not, it must be something to do with franz?

I think there are two options for the thread:

1) We let it go up to 10k posts, and then lock it.
2) Keep it dead.

With 1, there should probably be some kind of prize :smile:
 
  • #57
Franzbear is the electronic love child of Moonbear and Franznietzche. He is the heart and soul of the thread. It is he that everyone has tried to kill by drowning, freezing, burning, exploding, suffocating...you name it. Early in the thread he became a zombie and therefore impervious to harm.

How can you not have read ALL of the posts? Hmmmpf!
 
  • #58
Evo said:
Franzbear is the electronic love child of Moonbear and Franznietzche. He is the heart and soul of the thread. It is he that everyone has tried to kill by drowning, freezing, burning, exploding, suffocating...you name it. Early in the thread he became a zombie and therefore impervious to harm.

Y'all are nuts, and that's saying a lot coming from someone like me :wink:

How can you not have read ALL of the posts? Hmmmpf!

Er, I'm sorry...
 
  • #59
hypatia said:
After watching Pet Cemetery, I believe, that things dead, should remain so.
Hypatia's right. If you bring it back there's always that chance it could turn evil on us. I keep imagining franzbear with red-glowing eyes. :devil:

I was tempted to start a Weekend at Franzbear's thread where we keep dragging the poor thing around and propping him up to make him look like he's still alive. I think that would just be cruel to Moonbear, though.

BTW, did you get the bereavement wreath I sent, MB? I know these things aren't usually made out of chocolate but I thought it would be more comforting to you.
 
  • #60
Math Is Hard said:
Hypatia's right. If you bring it back there's always that chance it could turn evil on us. I keep imagining franzbear with red-glowing eyes. :devil:
It already was threatening to take over other threads. It was quite a monster that somewhere around post 2000 or so, we just lost control of.

I was tempted to start a Weekend at Franzbear's thread where we keep dragging the poor thing around and propping him up to make him look like he's still alive. I think that would just be cruel to Moonbear, though.
*sniffle* Yes, that would be cruel, just dragging his poor, lifeless body around.

BTW, did you get the bereavement wreath I sent, MB? I know these things aren't usually made out of chocolate but I thought it would be more comforting to you.
Yes, I did. Thanks. :smile: Though, I don't have much of an appetite, what with all this grieving and everything, but well...okay...maybe just one piece to make me feel better. *chomp* Hmm...that seemed to help a bit. Maybe just one more. *snarf* *gobble* Well, a little more couldn't hurt. Mmm...chocolate works better than Prozac. :approve:
 

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