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There are currently six FIFTY SHADES OF GREY threads on the front page of GD (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2014 OP
Clearly not enough Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #1
! Heidi Jul 2014 #5
Well great minds and all that Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #8
First time I've been accused of having a great mind Heidi Jul 2014 #18
Four of them are in a row at my count... Ultra_Blue Jul 2014 #2
I guess seven now. nt HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #3
The target should be FIFTY Fifty Shades of Grey threads on the front page of GD. (nt) Heidi Jul 2014 #4
That is in line with the FSOGIGD Production Team five year plan. AngryAmish Jul 2014 #15
Okay, I seriously thought you posted FSOGIDG, as in Heidi Jul 2014 #17
It WILL come to order. AngryAmish Jul 2014 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Heidi Jul 2014 #22
And you just added one more. Lots of distraction needed, from this: woo me with science Jul 2014 #6
Are you suggesting this is NSA plot? Really? nt msanthrope Jul 2014 #9
... MADem Jul 2014 #52
Or maybe it's a trap!!! msanthrope Jul 2014 #58
.... MADem Jul 2014 #60
If I have this correctly, this means HoF is a budding hotbed of cryptofasciststasi, msanthrope Jul 2014 #61
You have certainly come up with a novel way to try and bump threads. n/t Godhumor Jul 2014 #16
The church ladies have taken over DU. L0oniX Jul 2014 #25
I reserve the right to post my own thread on any topic because my opinions are so fucking glorious.. JVS Jul 2014 #7
You know..this should be the tagline for some of our most prolific posters. nt msanthrope Jul 2014 #11
+1 jberryhill Jul 2014 #29
+2 Bobbie Jo Jul 2014 #37
+3 zappaman Jul 2014 #42
lol RandiFan1290 Jul 2014 #27
Best comment I've read so far today mokawanis Jul 2014 #30
LOL, F'ing perfect! FSogol Jul 2014 #43
I agree. Some DU can't be expected to merely post a reply to an existing thread. aikoaiko Jul 2014 #56
The nail has rarely been hit more squarely on the head. Chiyo-chichi Jul 2014 #57
K&R! Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2014 #10
It's so hot BeyondGeography Jul 2014 #12
Clearly, the FSOGIGD production team is slacking. AngryAmish Jul 2014 #13
"Trash this thread" is your friend JHB Jul 2014 #14
We need to spread out more and have threads whistler162 Jul 2014 #20
More if you count topics about the GOP. nt conservaphobe Jul 2014 #21
I wish there was a way to make money from DU outrage Doctor_J Jul 2014 #23
I'm waiting for the "Fifty Shades of Gaza" thread titles LadyHawkAZ Jul 2014 #24
OMFG somebody is having a discussion! Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #26
Actually the same people are having six discussions Doctor_J Jul 2014 #35
Ok. So that should make ignoring them or ignoring all threads with 50 even easier. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #36
Which I will, but the OP's premise - that having 11 threads on one topic is stupid Doctor_J Jul 2014 #38
I have fifty shades of grey Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #28
Controversy is the biggest PR a movie or book can get. Lint Head Jul 2014 #31
So you had to add a seventh? moriah Jul 2014 #32
My cat's breath smells like cat food. flvegan Jul 2014 #33
Up to 11! AngryAmish Jul 2014 #34
what does IGD stand for? Doctor_J Jul 2014 #39
In General Discussion AngryAmish Jul 2014 #41
You've angered me with this OP; now you must accept your punishment in silence and submission. Zorra Jul 2014 #40
brooklynite might like that awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #44
I'm counting on it. Zorra Jul 2014 #45
Sign me up... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #47
I hope that's, like, the Chilean high desert and not, say, Death Valley Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #50
I added another one Blue_Adept Jul 2014 #46
Does that include this one? Avalux Jul 2014 #48
"Take one down, pass it around Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #49
Tis a piffling score. sibelian Jul 2014 #51
Maybe they should aim for 50? nt tblue37 Jul 2014 #53
Fiddy Shades... Blue Owl Jul 2014 #54
Mebbe there'll be fiddy tree before long. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #55
seems like more than six Liberal_in_LA Jul 2014 #59

Heidi

(58,237 posts)
18. First time I've been accused of having a great mind
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:45 AM
Jul 2014

by anyone besides The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger and only when I come home with deli roast beef.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
15. That is in line with the FSOGIGD Production Team five year plan.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:25 AM
Jul 2014

We just need more resources.

Heidi

(58,237 posts)
17. Okay, I seriously thought you posted FSOGIDG, as in
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:41 AM
Jul 2014

Fifty Shades of Grey Interdisciplinary Group.

ETA: "The DU FSOGIDG will now come to order."

Response to AngryAmish (Reply #19)

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
6. And you just added one more. Lots of distraction needed, from this:
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:15 AM
Jul 2014



and this:

FBI Entrapment Created 'Illusion' of Terrorist Plots: Report
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025277060


and this:

The CIA obtained a confidential email to Congress
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025293372#post45


 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
61. If I have this correctly, this means HoF is a budding hotbed of cryptofasciststasi,
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 12:56 AM
Jul 2014

NSA apologists!!!!

TO THE JURY......this is sarcasm!!!

JVS

(61,935 posts)
7. I reserve the right to post my own thread on any topic because my opinions are so fucking glorious..
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:16 AM
Jul 2014

that they deserve their own thread and their own recs.

I don't give a fuck if there are already plenty of threads in which I could say my piece. It's all about me me me ME ME!

mokawanis

(4,440 posts)
30. Best comment I've read so far today
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 11:42 AM
Jul 2014

If I couldn't trash some of the threads I see here I'd probably just stop visiting DU.

Chiyo-chichi

(3,580 posts)
57. The nail has rarely been hit more squarely on the head.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 08:34 PM
Jul 2014

This may be my favorite post of all time.

Except for all of mine, of course.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
13. Clearly, the FSOGIGD production team is slacking.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:22 AM
Jul 2014

I demand an additional 7 members of the pro-rape subcommittee AND an addition 7 members of the pris squad.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
24. I'm waiting for the "Fifty Shades of Gaza" thread titles
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:56 AM
Jul 2014

after people get fed up with the FSOG obsession.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
35. Actually the same people are having six discussions
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 02:58 PM
Jul 2014

though they're pretty much indistinguishable. But some people need their rec's.

Edit: Oops. I guess it's 11 now.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
28. I have fifty shades of grey
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 11:33 AM
Jul 2014

in my wardrobe...I've liked wearing grey clothes ever since I first read the Amber books by Zelazney.

Based on what I've heard about the book, though, it's Republican wealth porn schlock.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
32. So you had to add a seventh?
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 12:28 PM
Jul 2014

I never got making threads about people making threads. It just ... makes threads.

Even the one time I was tempted to post a Appreciation Thread for Appreciation Threads.... I didn't, and waited for someone else to. It didn't take long.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
41. In General Discussion
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 03:52 PM
Jul 2014

It is the designated name in the newly enactled Full Outrage Act of 2014, the only bipartisan piece of legislation in five years.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
50. I hope that's, like, the Chilean high desert and not, say, Death Valley
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 06:17 PM
Jul 2014

Otherwise she's gonna get mighty hot in that getup.

Ah who am I kidding, she's already mighty hot in that getup! Amirite?

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
51. Tis a piffling score.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 06:35 PM
Jul 2014

Nowhere NEAR the dizzy heights of the door threads. Even the exploding moon threads were at least more interesting.

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