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I think I'm a Thread killer

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LynnThese4reSEXPEOPLE · 23/01/2021 08:36

I've just been through my "Watched" list of threads. So many have died after I commented! In my mind, it's like that awkward pause after you say the wrong thing at a party and everyone drifts away to talk to someone else... Blush

OP posts:
userxx · 23/01/2021 08:43

Yep........

userxx · 23/01/2021 08:43

I'm joking, don't take it personally, people move onto other threads quickly, it's just one of those things.

LynnThese4reSEXPEOPLE · 23/01/2021 08:46

@userxx Oh definitely meant to be light hearted! I am a little starved for adult (not related/married to me) conversation!

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Lunariagal · 23/01/2021 08:52

Its usually me that does this.

JE17 · 23/01/2021 09:04

I've got this skill too so this is probably the kids of death for your thread.

LynnThese4reSEXPEOPLE · 23/01/2021 09:40

But how can we use our powers for good?!

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Ghostlyglow · 23/01/2021 09:43

It's definitely one of my talents Smile

Sparklfairy · 23/01/2021 09:46

Oh, I feel like this is me all the time! Like other posters go "oh god, Sparklfairy's here AGAIN" and leave quickly out the back door Grin

Deathraystare · 23/01/2021 09:47

I have that super power too!

JohnMcCainsDeathStare · 23/01/2021 09:48

Greetings from one thread killer to another. I wonder if it is because in so brilliant no one could possibly say anything better. That could be the case for you.

LaMarschallin · 23/01/2021 09:50

I'm amazed that this is the first time I've seen a thread on this here.
On a different forum I used to frequent, it was always coming up.
Perhaps - secretly - we all fear we're thread killers...?

Itis6oclocksomewhere · 23/01/2021 09:50

I've found my people. I'm a thread killer too Grin

Palavah · 23/01/2021 09:52

Me too!

Although my gift is capricious - I don't seem to be able to silence those who most need silencing or tell those who need telling so I'll just keep trying.

Jellycatspyjamas · 23/01/2021 09:52

But how can we use our powers for good?!

You could try posting on all the “should kids be in school” threads - I’d consider that a service to the community 😂

ParisJeTAime · 23/01/2021 09:54

You can DEFINITELY use your superpower for good op and others! Don't see it as killing the thread so much as dropping the mic / getting the last word Grin.

Fairydustrust · 23/01/2021 10:01

I tend to leave/hide a thread once the sensible option/answer has been given Smile. After that they all just descend in to madness. Same answer repeated over and over, petty arguments etc. You need to get into some of them and sort them out, op! It's madness on mn at the moment...

Sparklfairy · 23/01/2021 10:19

@LaMarschallin

I'm amazed that this is the first time I've seen a thread on this here. On a different forum I used to frequent, it was always coming up. Perhaps - secretly - we all fear we're thread killers...?
I did a couple of years ago... And NO ONE replied.

I killed my own thread Sad

LaMarschallin · 23/01/2021 10:24

I killed my own thread sad

No! Don't be sad.

Think of yourself as the best thread-killer of them all: the Great Auto-Thread Killer!

LaMarschallin · 23/01/2021 10:25

(And you've not killed this one - yet Wink)

LynnThese4reSEXPEOPLE · 23/01/2021 10:57

Just back from the park - oh the relief - I am not alone!

@Fairydustrust the hysteria is mounting isn't it!

@Sparklfairy it's alive! Tou can always join me in the Thread kitchen - all the best snacks are there.

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CounsellorTroi · 23/01/2021 10:58

This happens to me. Sometimes it’s just that the thread had run it’s course and my comment was not sufficiently interesting to get it going again!

LynnThese4reSEXPEOPLE · 23/01/2021 11:15

@CounsellorTroi great username!

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rowlandsden · 23/01/2021 11:19

This is me too 😂 a fellow thread killer. Right now I have 4 threads where my comment is sitting at the bottom with no further engagement. I think I may of killed your thread too, let's wait and see...

hilariousnamehere · 23/01/2021 11:21

Hahaha also me and I'm almost scared to post on this thread in case I kill it too Blush

MagpiePi · 23/01/2021 11:22

And this will definitely be the last post in this thread!

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