favourite thread derailments on dissensus!

[simon silverdollar]

It's mad at the moment isn't it?!
i swear it never used to be like this (back when i was a lad, it was all fields round this corner of t'internet etc...) but now where threads end up is so spectacularly different to how they started. its like some hi tech version of chinese whispers.

i quite like it. veering wildly off topic makes for entertaining reading.

so, what's yr favourite derailment?

for me, it's the bernard manning thread turning into a discussion about IVF.

(obviosuly, feel free to de-rail this thread...)

 

[IdleRich]

Not really a personsal favourite but most popular seems to be the war in Iraq which draws all politics and thought threads like a tractor beam.

 

[simon silverdollar]

it was quite fun when the Trim thread went all 'Trisha' (as Logan put it) too.

 

[Slothrop]

Not really a personsal favourite but most popular seems to be the war in Iraq which draws all politics and thought threads like a tractor beam.

Except the 'moral high ground' thread, which started on Guardian hypocracy, and then did some sort of gravitational slingshot through the iraq war and is currently a surprisingly calm and polite discussion of the thinking behind free market economics.

 

[crackerjack]

Except the 'moral high ground' thread, which started on Guardian hypocracy, and then did some sort of gravitational slingshot through the iraq war and is currently a surprisingly calm and polite discussion of the thinking behind free market economics.

The many faces of Vimothy!

 

[vimothy]

The many faces of Vimothy!

Just need to tie in Kenneth Grant and Darkthrone somehow!

 

[IdleRich]

Anyway, let's get back to those Americans who Vimothy insists attacked Iraq purely due to fear and stupidity.

 

[vimothy]

No, that's not true...

Oh right, I get it.

 

[mistersloane]

I like the thread called 'Why Dissensus' which is now talking about powerpoint presentations, it seems curiously apt.

 

[Mr. Tea]

I think the Bernard Manning thread could be brought full cirle quite nicely with a discussion of the use of cloning techniques and IVF to create an army of Mannings...

 

[zhao]

in another couple of pages i'll start another about "isn't it strange that threads about derailment tend to stay focused?"

 

[hucks]

I would like to nominate the thread that started off being about Lily Allen performing with The Specials, and is now about whether highlights make men look gay.

 

[nomadologist]

Americans didn't attack Iraq, fucking Bush did. For the record.

 

[Eric]

Americans didn't attack Iraq, fucking Bush did. For the record.

... thread heads toward genuine derailment ...

 

[bruno]

yes, nomadologist, yes.

 

[ripley]

Omg Bunnies!!1!

 

[bassbeyondreason]

There's something hypnotic, almost zen-like about that picture...

 

[adruu]

the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line and dead armadillos

 

[mistersloane]

the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line and dead armadillos

yup, thread effectively derailed there alright

 

[zhao]

yup, thread effectively derailed there alright

well this time of year beavers have not really started building dams and collecting nuts for the winter just yet... another few months and they'll be all over it.