What's the most tired subject line at DU?

[AP]

Poll question: What's the most tired subject line at DU?

Although I appreciate that it's important to keep a post kicked up to the front page, there are the occassional messages which grate on me like finger nails on chalkboard just because they come up so often.

I know people have good inentions when they do this, however, in the interest of getting DU'ers to drop a few cliches and maybe try to get a little more creative, I ask people:


Which of these subject lines would you like to see less of:

(I'll add any good suggestions)

[Wonk]

1. Oh my god! You gotta see this!

So my freeper friend said...
(any one word title)

These have been addressed by the new GD rules, though. (This one's not a subject line ;-))

[ParanoidPat]

2. Having just posted a drip, Drip, DRIP of my own.....

.....I'll go with the xxxxxx should stay out of small planes! :evilgrin:
(Sorry about the chalkboard effect!)

Could you add posts about what they just said at FreeRepublic, Faux and Drudge? :)

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. Ask me anything

except that.

[charlie]

4. Another annoying one

is the Sarcastic Pique thread, from the guy who's frazzled by his candidate's day in the box, so he trumps all the critical threads:

Clark Deep-fries Kittens!

Dean Has Toddlers Buried Under His Driveway!

[AP]

5. I'd love to add that one, but there's a glitch with the software here...

...every time I try to update the poll, a couple of the choices drop out so I have to cut and past them back in from a second window.

I'm getting too sleepy to do that over and over.

[charlie]

6. I think the new rules

would probably get those axed anyway. At least, I hope so.

[Wonk]

7. That's because of the quotes. " " nt

[MrPrax]

8. You forgot the most annoying...

"*insert name* will be on Nighline"
"Buchanan and Company will be featuring *insert* name"
"*insert* name handed Russert his Ass"
"C-SPAN is replaying *insert* name's speech"
"Right NOW...*insert* name is on Hannity"

I think everyone has fond memories of being a teenager and getting a phone call from your best friend, saying, 'Hey flip it to channel 6'

I wish these 'plugs' for the media would disappear and ONLY links to transcipts in their place...
It might actually profit a media company to play someone to troll boards and 'advert' their programs ... I would if I were running a media PR/sniffer service

[RummyTheDummy]

9. People who gripe about thread titles

Talk about played out. Let's not be STUPID, people.

[JackRiddler]

10. Without a doubt...

The following thread subjects are indicators of felt powerlessness. Sorry. If you want to make a difference, turn off your damn TV (it's okay to watch the ostensible news, but don't bother with the "commentators"), stop reading the Freepers, and use your computer to print political literature for distribution to your friends and neighbors. Start a discussion or reading group on political issues with people in your area, with the goal of doing real political actions:

OMG, I can't believe what (insert RW commentator) just said on TV...

Hurry, hurry, turn on your TV! I can't believe what (insert) just said!!!

Freepers are writing something stupid/violent/barbaric on Oh-So-MajorTrafficFreepSiteCom! We must act now by deploring it pointlessly on this thread!!!

Hurry, hurry, unfreep this meaningless online poll!!!

How shameless can (insert RW commentator) get?

How dare (Drudge/Lucianne/Freep/Rush/Tweety/whoever) SAY such a thing?!

Ha! Turn on your TV and watch (LW Hero) DESTROY (Ann Coulter/Wolf Blitzer/Whoever)

Stop the presses! Fox is lying!!!

I'm SOOOO depressed because (insert) said... and nobody objected!!!


--------------------------------
This one also annoys me:

"Stay off small planes..."

Especially when directed at particular members of DU for some insightful post (or otherwise). I believe there have been more assassinations than we are privy to, but I doubt there's any big effort (yet) to eliminate Internet users who do open-source research.

[not systems]

11. I just read at ...

newsmax, drudge, freeprepug, ect.

[Lexingtonian]

12. 'Am I the only one who

(sensible response to ridiculous stupidity)?'

[Padraig18]

13. The ones that piss me off most:

"Candidate X (Saves the Democratic party/Is the only *real* Democrat/Has met 'his/her' fundraising goal/)", and

"How can anyone NOT support candidate X?"

On edit: This latter is inevitably met with flames/near-flames should one have the unmitigated GALL to answer the question (or implied question). :eyes:

[CoffeePlease1947]

14. Outrageous accusations with a "?" on the end like

Does Dean eat babies?

Is Kerry evil because he belongs to Skull and Bones?

Did Clark slaughter children?

It is an attempt to flame a candidate with no facts and plant doubt in peoples minds to turn away from a candidate. Kark Rove tactics.

Mike

[Padraig18]

17. Yeah!

The whole 'electability' thing is being beaten to death, too; we ALL have an opinion about Candidate X or Y's electability and are unlikely to change that opinion, so GIVE IT A FREAKIN' REST, FFS! :eyes:

[VOX]

15. "Unfreep this poll"

Tough to do, as it's already been freeped...

[even]

16. Chris Mathews said!

Why anyone wastes time on this shrieking jabberturd leaves me shocked and awed. With a .3 share rating,who cares!

[Padraig18]

18. "Shrieking jabberturd"

I like that! :thumbsup:

[Aristus]

28. That IS good. I'll have to remember that!

Turd Blossom is a jabberturd.

Okay, if it has the word 'turd' in it, it's funny!

[HFishbine]

19. Navel-gazing posts about DU content

would be my pick.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

20. I'm leaving DU!

It just pisses me off because when I tried to do it, not one person begged me to stay.

So I'm never leaving -- you got that -- NEVER LEAVING!!!

[HFishbine]

26. Is it too late

to beg you to go? ;)

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

27. Har de Har Har...

TOO LATE!!!

[WoodrowFan]

21. I Like the Freeper said threads.

But hate the "turn on CSPAN now" threads. They at OBE (overtaken by events) almost immediately.

[JNelson6563]

22. To be contrarian and avoid starting irritating thread

:-)

I would like to mention one of my favorite thread titles and inital post. I wish I could remember the author and maybe someone here will recall.

Remember when Rummy said something along the lines of us not being able to find Saddam's weapons was proof that he had them? Anyone remember the post entitled: Rummy is a child molester/pedophile (not sure which) and their inital post said: I have no proof of this therefore it must be true. Discuss. Hahahaha! I thought that was pretty damn witty which leads me to my next point. I love some of the very witty thread titles around here. Some days I can just scroll the thread titles and get a pretty good laugh.

Thanks to all who make DU a fun and informative place.

Julie

[phillybri]

23. I just had sex with Ann Coulter, ask me anything!!!

:wtf:

[TruthIsAll]

24. TruthIsAll streaming now!

...

[NormanConquest]

25. "Bush is Toast"

I think he's more of a tart, actually. But seriously, this subject line pops up way too much.