Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

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The discussion revolves around the humorous concept of "thread killers" on a forum, where participants analyze who tends to end conversations with their posts. The top offenders identified include franznietzsche, Moonbear, and tribdog, with a playful tone suggesting a competition for the title of "thread killer." Participants debate the validity of counting last posts as a measure of thread-killing ability, arguing that it should be adjusted based on the total number of posts each user has made. The conversation shifts into a light-hearted narrative, likening thread-killing to a horror movie scenario, with participants playfully accusing each other of sabotaging discussions and attempting to "steal" the thread. The banter includes references to fictional scenarios involving dramatic rescues and humorous characterizations, maintaining a light and comedic atmosphere throughout.
  • #1,591
Moonbear said:
You could retire to Arizona instead and hang around with SOS if you wanted.
Well now... how about my semiretirement? For my real retirement, I would want some rest. :biggrin:
 
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  • #1,592
Danger said:
Well now... how about my semiretirement? For my real retirement, I would want some rest. :biggrin:

What good is retirement if you can't use it to have fun all day?
 
  • #1,593
Moonbear said:
What good is retirement if you can't use it to have fun all day?
No doubt - like my grandma says - "hey, you can sleep when you're dead!" :biggrin:
 
  • #1,594
Math Is Hard said:
No doubt - like my grandma says - "hey, you can sleep when you're dead!" :biggrin:

And I'll be really annoyed if any of my relatives decide to hold a seance and wake me back up!
 
  • #1,595
Moonbear said:
And I'll be really annoyed if any of my relatives decide to hold a seance and wake me back up!
You really think any of them would try that? I mean... once it's back in the bottle, you don't tweak the cork...
 
  • #1,596
I dunno.. can she do stuff like Jeannie after she's dead?
 
  • #1,597
Math Is Hard said:
I dunno.. can she do stuff like Jeannie after she's dead?
I believe we've already established in a couple of other threads that she has some unreasoning aversion to necrophilia.
 
  • #1,598
I just thought Moonbear would look cute in a Jeannie outfit. You can't disagree with me there.
But I can't see her saying "Yes, Master!" too readily.
 
  • #1,599
Math Is Hard said:
I just thought Moonbear would look cute in a Jeannie outfit. You can't disagree with me there.
No, I certainly can't. In fact... wait a second... my keyboard's moving around...
...where was I? Oh yeah, I think that I'd Superglue her eyelids open just to be on the safe side. Given half a chance, she'd probably turn me into a chocolate bunny.
 
  • #1,600
Math Is Hard said:
I just thought Moonbear would look cute in a Jeannie outfit. You can't disagree with me there.
But I can't see her saying "Yes, Master!" too readily.

Not too readily, but for the right motivation. :rolleyes: o:) :rolleyes:

A Jeannie outfit sounds fun, and I already know how to flounce my ponytail around when I nod my head.
 
  • #1,601
Danger said:
No, I certainly can't. In fact... wait a second... my keyboard's moving around...
...where was I? Oh yeah, I think that I'd Superglue her eyelids open just to be on the safe side. Given half a chance, she'd probably turn me into a chocolate bunny.

:devil: Muwhahahahahaha! I like that idea, a chocolate bunny. Gives brand new meaning to the phrase, "Bite me!" :smile:
 
  • #1,602
Moonbear said:
:devil: Muwhahahahahaha! I like that idea, a chocolate bunny. Gives brand new meaning to the phrase, "Bite me!" :smile:
Melts in your mouth, not in... Hang on a sec... :rolleyes: where are those censors...?
 
  • #1,603
Danger said:
Melts in your mouth, not in... Hang on a sec... :rolleyes: where are those censors...?


 
  • #1,604
Danger said:
Melts in your mouth, not in... Hang on a sec... :rolleyes: where are those censors...?

I'm a serious M&M addict. Recovering addict. I haven't touched M&Ms since...um...I can't remember, I seem to have blocked out all memory of that traumatic day I gave them up. :-p Well, I'm pretty sure it counts as an addiction. If you put a 1 lb bag in front of me, I just keep eating them until I'm sick, and even then, I'll keep eating, no matter how bad I know it is for me.
 
  • #1,605
Danger said:
Melts in your mouth, not in... Hang on a sec... :rolleyes: where are those censors...?
Hey Moonbear; if that got 3 's from the poor kid, let's hope he never checks out 'What weird foods do you eat?' #3. :wink:
 
  • #1,606
Danger said:
Hey Moonbear; if that got 3 's from the poor kid, let's hope he never checks out 'What weird foods do you eat?' #3. :wink:

It was the thinking about Moonbear that did it.
 
  • #1,607
franznietzsche said:
It was the thinking about Moonbear that did it.
Hey Moonbear; Do you want me to hold him down for you, or would you rather chase him around for a while first?


Better decide quickly. I'm going to bed in less than 5 minutes.
 
  • #1,608
Danger said:
Hey Moonbear; Do you want me to hold him down for you, or would you rather chase him around for a while first?


Better decide quickly. I'm going to bed in less than 5 minutes.

Its not my fault she's old enough to be my mother :frown:

Or almost at least.
 
  • #1,609
Danger said:
Getting creepy? Your bio doesn't mention a birth date, but since you're still married and still working, I was probably creepy before you were born. :biggrin:
I'm 47. I think we've been creepy pretty much the same amount of time. :biggrin:


Ooops, my mistake. I checked your profile, you've been creepy longer. tongue: :biggrin:
 
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Danger said:
Hey Moonbear; Do you want me to hold him down for you, or would you rather chase him around for a while first?

You better hold him down, I'm obviously getting too old to chase him around too long. :smile: Though, it's much more fun to just wait, and let him worry what I'll do to get even a while longer. :devil:
 
  • #1,611
franznietzsche said:
Its not my fault she's old enough to be my mother
I she were my mother, she couldn't have weaned me with a crowbar :-p; if she were yours, you probably wouldn't have survived your first bath. :-p

Moonbear said:
it's much more fun to just wait, and let him worry what I'll do to get even a while longer.
Ahh, yes... anticipation...
 
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  • #1,612
Danger said:
I she were my mother, she couldn't have weaned me with a crowbar :-p; if she were yours, you probably wouldn't have survived your first bath. :-p

Lovely. Really. Just lovely.

*go to your happy place**go to your happy place*

ah...
 
  • #1,613
The thing about Andy Kaufman is that he discovered ways to influence people, to alter their behavior, and couldn't get over the fact that they could be toyed with so arbitrarily. He performed for his own amusement. Imagine you discovered that by saying "bethvezbip" you could make anyone, anywhere, say "why thank you." And then you went around saying "bethvezbip" to everyone you could find, just to wonder at the response--the predictable, controllable, yet incomprehensible response--of the people saying "why thank you." That's the way Andy Kaufman treated humor. He found out what was funny, but he didn't know why, and there didn't seem to be any deeper meaning to it. So he played with humor just to watch and wonder at the reaction.
 
  • #1,614
Humor itself is a pretty arbitrary cultural trait. It takes a while for kids to develop a sense of what what separates the "funny" from the "not funny." It's not a natural instinct; it's just something you do to indicate, "I'm part of your crowd." Like shaking hands.
 
  • #1,615
BicycleTree said:
It takes a while for kids to develop a sense of what what separates the "funny" from the "not funny."
I'm still working on that. :redface:
 
  • #1,616
Danger said:
I she were my mother, she couldn't have weaned me with a crowbar :-p; if she were yours, you probably wouldn't have survived your first bath. :-p

:smile: You mean babies can't swim naturally? You actually have to hold their head out of the bathwater? :-p
 
  • #1,617
Math Is Hard said:
I'm still working on that. :redface:
Well, that's what I mean. You have to find out what is funny and what isn't funny from talking to other people. It's not something you just know; it's a mostly arbitrary set of customs. It does have some basis in instinct, but what we find instinctually funny--which is generally other people making fools out of themselves or injuring themselves--is a far cry from the cultural meme of humor. We do not find anything particularly funny unless it falls into the instinctual category or comes from our own culture. There's a reason all of Shakespeare's jokes fall flat to us in the 21st century.
 
  • #1,618
BicycleTree said:
There's a reason all of Shakespeare's jokes fall flat to us in the 21st century.

That's because people are idiots. Not because they're not funny.
 
  • #1,619
No, it's because they're not funny. Even Douglas Adams recognized this. No doubt Shakespeare's comic relief had some humor when it was first performed--but arbitrary and culture-tied as humor is, that humor is now gone.
 
  • #1,620
I never found Andy Kaufman the least bit funny. He was too emotionally removed from his audience for me to find him funny. I don't think he liked people and it showed in his work. His wrestling act was just sad. Just my opinion.

I guess you can rank him up there with Shakespere.