Why are these threads so popular?

They're silly fun. At least that's why I participate.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Oxo @ Feb 23 2007, 04:07 PM) [snapback]395397[/snapback]</div>

I would guess that they're not a waste of time and space with that many replies! I don't participate in those threads but do relish Galaxee's "next poster" thread.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Oxo @ Feb 23 2007, 12:07 PM) [snapback]395397[/snapback]</div>

Like Proco said... they're fun. Everything doesn't have to be so serious and stuffy. And how can they be wasting anyone's time or space if you find them uninteresting and choose not to participate?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eclectcmoi @ Feb 23 2007, 03:23 PM) [snapback]395416[/snapback]</div>

Besides, where else would I go to get my daily muffin fix?

 

aw, lighten up oxo. folks are just having some harmless fun.

 

It's a lot more fun than working.

 

I think they're totally stupid and I know I would never get caught posting in any of those threads.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Oxo @ Feb 23 2007, 10:07 AM) [snapback]395397[/snapback]</div>

I started "Word" after seeing "Three Words" and then "Two Words" as a harmless parody of those threads. My next one was going to be " ". Everyone would post with no words. Most posts seem to go political so quickly that they make as much sense as the Word, etc. posts. BTW you did take the time to look up the total posts and post about posts you find totally uninteresting.

 

Excommunicate me if you must for the blasphemy I'm about to utter, but a whole site dedicated to one car is...boring. I mean, how much fun can it be to explain for the zillionth time that yes, the light stays on in the glovebox. Nothing against Toyota, or Danny, or all those kind and helpful people who tell us what to do when something goes wrong. (Never mind the people who tell us where to go.)

In a word, Oxo: fun.
In other words, nobody gets hurt or blows a fuse, and most of us can expand our vocabulary and develop our laugh lines at the same time. How and why we have 2,500 posts about muffins is out of my hands.

Now, anybody ready for another word game? :blink:

 

I've always envisioned them as those really big beach balls that tend to come out when a sporting event gets a little boring or folks want to have a little fun.

Each time someone posts on one of these threads it's like they hit the ball back up in the air, you lose if you let it hit the ground.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(koa @ Feb 23 2007, 01:42 PM) [snapback]395469[/snapback]</div>

OK, you can lay all blame on me.

I started Free Word Association [although a moderator showed lack of netiquette and stole it from me when the original string crashed *].

I started it because I thought it would be fun, easy to participate in (no need for novel-ish, deep-thought :huh: responses), and Danny can now rake in the big bucks with the additional per-click online advertisement revenue. Besides, I placed it in FHOP . . . so what's the complaint? :huh:

[ * here's to hoping that someday a moderator or Danny will right that wrong. ]

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Oxo @ Feb 23 2007, 12:07 PM) [snapback]395397[/snapback]</div>

Life is huge joke, with only two serious milestones: birth & death; anything in-between is a %$#@ing joke. :lol:

 

They are a good way to bump up your posts if that's important to someone. I clicked on one of those threads once to see what it was about, but after that I have just ignored them so they don't bother me in the least.

 

They're not a waste of time or space if people enjoy them. I posted a few times, then got bored and I don't open them any more. But they will last as long as people enjoy them, and that's as it should be.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Oxo @ Feb 24 2007, 12:00 PM) [snapback]395799[/snapback]</div>

I respect that you have higher standards of what's funny than...um...some of the rest of us. (me?)

Somewhere between the flame wars and the word play, I would think most people are able to find a comfortable middle ground. It's increasingly difficult to discuss anything of import in our polarised societies, without people picking sides and choosing their weapons. For a chatroom, PriusChat does pretty well, comparatively. Yes, we could and probably should be choosing the cerebral over the silly, tackling deeper philosophical issues and making positive changes in the world. Lead on, Oxo.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Feb 24 2007, 10:17 AM) [snapback]395876[/snapback]</div>

What's this hyo? Are you really saying it's time for us all to choose cerebral muffins over silly muffins, tackle philosophical muffin issues and to make positive muffin changes in the world? Yeah... I thought so too! B)

 

cerebral exercise for the internet age. or something like that.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Feb 24 2007, 01:17 PM) [snapback]395876[/snapback]</div>

My cat's breath smells like cat food!