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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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  • #61
If some of us wish to continue posting, and some of us do not, then those who do not are obviously the ones who have lost the battle to continue posting.

So the question for those who said franzbear should RIP is: are you a wimp... or a wuss? Only you can decide.
 
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  • #62
Ah, what shall I haunt next?
 
  • #63
BicycleTree said:
So the question for those who said franzbear should RIP is: are you a wimp... or a wuss? Only you can decide.
hmmm... I've heard of w.i.m.p.s (weakly interacting massive particles) but what's a w.u.s.s.? :confused:
 
  • #64
w.u.s.s. is an acronym meaning "Whiny Underling Such and Such
 
  • #65
If some people want a thread to be open, and the thread isn't breaking any rules, it doesn't make any difference how many want it to be closed. If they don't like the thread, nobody's forcing them to read it.

I think this is a good compromise: re-open the thread, but ban those who voted "no" in the poll from posting in it by deleting their posts. Then everyone gets what they want.
 
  • #66
BT, that is the smartest comment I've ever heard you make
 
  • #67
That's an idea. Make it so that only anyone who has already posted in it can post in it again. Anyone who has not posted in a 24 hour period will be banned from posting anylonger. Eventually you will have a winner.
 
  • #68
No, that's stupid. It's an endurance contest, not a test of frequency. The best solution is to ban those who voted "no." They don't want the thread, so don't give it to them. Simple.

I notice that most of those who voted "no" were not frequent posters in the thread.
 
  • #69
TheStatutoryApe said:
That's an idea. Make it so that only anyone who has already posted in it can post in it again. Anyone who has not posted in a 24 hour period will be banned from posting anylonger. Eventually you will have a winner.
after post #10,000

and could we have some deal like if you're going on vacation you won'tb have to leave?
 
  • #70
Although it would be nice to reach the 10k milestone, let's just let it go.
 
  • #71
TheStatutoryApe said:
That's an idea. Make it so that only anyone who has already posted in it can post in it again. Anyone who has not posted in a 24 hour period will be banned from posting anylonger. Eventually you will have a winner.
Oooh, that's good. I could make that happen.
 
  • #72
Evo said:
Oooh, that's good. I could make that happen.
no, let the people who want to post in it, post in it. as for the peeople who don't, they don't get to post in it. this way, we'll get rid of moonbear, yet another benefit...

is she here?[/size]
 
  • #73
yomamma said:
no, let the people who want to post in it, post in it. as for the peeople who don't, they don't get to post in it. this way, we'll get rid of moonbear, yet another benefit...

is she here?[/size]
:rolleyes: rut roh...

cues in music from "Dragnet"

Of course no one here is old enough to remember Dragnet and the humor is lost on them. :frown:
 
  • #74
I've seen about 10 seconds of dragnet.

I still got your joke
 
  • #75
TheStatutoryApe said:
That's an idea. Make it so that only anyone who has already posted in it can post in it again. Anyone who has not posted in a 24 hour period will be banned from posting anylonger. Eventually you will have a winner.

Evo said:
Oooh, that's good. I could make that happen.

i think that sounds excellent. i'd revive the thread for that. it'd be interesting to see how long devotion to the thread lasted...
 
  • #76
yomamma said:
I've seen about 10 seconds of dragnet.

I still got your joke
Thank you yomamma. :approve:
 
  • #77
Gale17 said:
i think that sounds excellent. i'd revive the thread for that. it'd be interesting to see how long devotion to the thread lasted...
can we wait tilll 10,00 posts?

and can we have vacation time for this?
 
  • #78
TheStatutoryApe said:
That's an idea. Make it so that only anyone who has already posted in it can post in it again. Anyone who has not posted in a 24 hour period will be banned from posting anylonger. Eventually you will have a winner.
I like that idea. :biggrin: Of course, it's going to be tough convincing me to give up my current victory as thread-killer. But, perhaps for enough chocolate, I could be convinced to give you all one more chance, just in the name of sportsmanship...not that it's going to help. :devil: After all of yomamma's mouthing off about me around here, he can be sure he's never going to kill franzbear as long as I'm alive. :devil:
 
  • #79
It's too difficult to vote about closing the Thread Killer thread. I was able to get to know so many PF members there... But g'dangit, my hips hurt from walking around in that thread, and thinking of ways to kill franzbear all the time, well it was frickin'-frackin' morbid (though often fun, heh heh). We could start a new thread...maybe we should call it Garbage Disposal, or something like that? Nah, without tribdog starting the thread, I don't think it would work, and like they say, you can never go back... :cry:
 
  • #80
SOS2008 said:
It's too difficult to vote about closing the Thread Killer thread. I was able to get to know so many PF members there... But g'dangit, my hips hurt from walking around in that thread, and thinking of ways to kill franzbear all the time, well it was frickin'-frackin' morbid (though often fun, heh heh). We could start a new thread...maybe we should call it Garbage Disposal, or something like that? Nah, without tribdog starting the thread, I don't think it would work, and like they say, you can never go back... :cry:
Y'know, we need to get tribdog to stop lurking. I keep seeing he's online lately, but he's not posting...it's unnerving. With him gone this long, surely he has some wild escapades to share that would make matthyaoiuoiuuoiuoiuew's bump into a door seem like child's play. :biggrin:
 
  • #81
First,show me a photo of franzbear,then I'll vote for him.provided that he/she won't be ugly.I hope he lookes after his mother. :wink:
I think we should have a "Gossip Column" here.(I guess we could kill whole the site by it!)
 
  • #82
you haven't seen him?
 
  • #83
No smarty!I'm a n00b!
 
  • #84
be quiet you n00b!
 
  • #85
In the wake of franzbear's death, his most ardent followers have begun not only to claim he is not only dead, but they have also engaged themselves in acts of PM terrorism.

I vote for public cremation and deletion of franzbear's remains.

(That'll teach them..:devil:)
 
  • #86
i am glad it is ead, but i don't know why ?

Care to elaborate ?

marlon
 
  • #87
yomamma said:
be quiet you n00b!
nothing else the fossile of PF?
 
  • #88
anyway, you n00b, franzbear is the one in the middle:
 
  • #89
OMFG! Franzbear's dead!?!? Will there be a funeral? Or did I miss it? Sh!t! That'll teach me for not visiting in a week.
 
  • #90
you wankah, watch yo bloody mouth! :smile:
 

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