What if someone kept bumping their own thread?
4 years ago
Canada

What Does Bump Mean? In the traditional sense of the word, bumping means to knock or run into someone or something. When you bump a post, though, you push it to the top of the page, where it hopefully will be seen by more people. According to Urban Dictionary, "bump" may also be an acronym for "bring up my post." So what does it mean to bump a thread? Today, you'll most commonly see bumping on Facebook. But it actually got its start in message boards in the 90s. Posts and their comments in those days were known as "threads," and the thread with the most recent comments added to it would appear at the top. By commenting on an important post, community members could make sure it remained toward the top, rather than buried among past posts.

Canada

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, I honestly don't mean get a bit braggadocious, but I must say that I bump this thread really routinely, and no one else seems to be here that helps me bump (keenly).

United States

If you ask Rick Astley for a DVD of the movie Up, he won’t give it to you because he’s never gonna give you Up. However, by not giving you Up like you asked for it, he’s letting you down. This is known as the Astley paradox.

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United States

Question: Rick Astley's promise was made in 1987, almost 22 years before the release of Up. Though Astley never specified a date limit to his promise, isn't it reasonable to assume that Astley was not considering the creation of a film that had implications on his promise, thus meaning his promise does not cover Up and suggesting an update to reflect Up's implication on his promise?

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Valhalla

I have been gone for the better part of a month, tf are yall doin lol

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Iowa, USA

they're bumping the thread because you didnt do it

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United States

Yeah, that was pretty negligible of you @Sizzyl . You can't just leave this thread un-bumped.

I'm sorry to say it, but you cheated not only the game, but yourself. You didn't grow. You didn't improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow victory. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It's sad that you don't know the difference.

Israel

O.D.W. He did a speedrun. Taking shortcuts is allowed and encouraged.

United States

LInkthink

You got me there, hoss

Romania

It's a nice thread to come back to if you ask me.

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Valhalla

Anyone who likes this post has a speedrun.com account

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United States

I don’t like the thread

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Canada

I like this thread

Valhalla

I said post not thread

Phoenix, AZ, USA

After reading the first post I really want to read the thread that broke speedrun.com community's composure. Where it at?

United States

TRLittletoaster fan

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