When do you bail out of a thread?

[Five_Inch_Heels]

And another one jumped over the moon.

 

[Britva415]

And another one jumped over the moon.

If we're talking about the same thing, that particular recent example made me realize that when I typically bail out of a thread is when the reasons to do so start to proliferate rapidly.

 

[jsmiam]

236.

 

[lovecraft68]

Saw this pop back up and looking at a couple of recent threads I don't know whether to credit the people who continue to go round and round to keep defending their viewpoint or wonder what's wrong with them.

As the OP is asking here-but in another way-when do you just let something go? It's the internet, no one wins-or loses-an argument, but you do lose time and energy trying.

 

[HordHolm]

Saw this pop back up and looking at a couple of recent threads I don't know whether to credit the people who continue to go round and round to keep defending their viewpoint or wonder what's wrong with them.

As the OP is asking here-but in another way-when do you just let something go? It's the internet, no one wins-or loses-an argument, but you do lose time and energy trying.

It's 'last word' syndrome. And fear of letting someone else have the last word.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

As Dionne once (never) sang, when you see the thread, coming up in the feed, each time you read, just walk on by.

 

[lovecraft68]

As Dionne once (never) sang, when you see the thread, coming up in the feed, each time you read, just walk on by.

He did this in honor of many of the 'discussions' here

 

[crookedletter]

Saw this pop back up and looking at a couple of recent threads I don't know whether to credit the people who continue to go round and round to keep defending their viewpoint or wonder what's wrong with them.

As the OP is asking here-but in another way-when do you just let something go? It's the internet, no one wins-or loses-an argument, but you do lose time and energy trying.

I think these debates inevitably reach a point where people start restating the same arguments they’ve already made, however engaging and interesting the debate may have begun. At that point, as I see you have three options:

1. Restate your own arguments and round and round it goes in perpetuity, both sides getting increasingly snippy because you’re still not getting it.

2. Make some snide comment about how you said that already, dude, change the record, and round and round etc. etc.

3. Or, my preference, you conclude that both sides have said what they came to say and the conversation has run its course and… you just walk away and live your life.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Well, I was thinking Warwick, but ....


https://genius.com/Dionne-warwick-walk-on-by-lyrics

 

[jsmiam]

117

 

[Britva415]

117

That's what it took for that thread.

A cogent answer would be like:

"When the topic no longer has anything to do with the original post AND utterly ceases to be interesting, tasteful or squick-free."

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Once you pass on all the contest and how to write and why are or aren't my scores or comments doing whatever ... it becomes downright threadbare in here.

 

[WittyUserName]

Most question based threads are essentially finished by the end of the second page, sometimes the first. Discussion topic threads might go 4 or 5 pages.

I find that beyond there, not much is worthwhile. Sometimes I'll read a bit farther to see if anything changes. Usually by 6 or 7 pages, I've unsubscribed. Yes, there are exceptions like the contest threads, but even they get repetitive after a few pages.

I don't put too much effort into following threads. If someone replies to one of my posts, I look at it. Otherwise, I just select threads to read that aren't more than a few pages long.

 

[jsmiam]

117. (Edit: sheet councide ce that 117 was the number of posts at a bail point a little while ago, and was the number today. Unless…. Hmm!)

And when an OP appears to have been drinking.

(Two separate answers both based on current events.)

I love this thread because it’s also a way to say “something” without otherwise reviving or contributing to the livelihood of the bailable thread.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

41 seems like a good number.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Not much to get involved in here any more.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Fitty Nine!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Sixty-nine is the best number!

41 seems like a good number.

 

[Off_base]

I usually stick around until all the insults and personal attacks are over. It loses its appeal after that.