"Dupe" vs. "Kudzu" vs. "Please remove."

[El Fuego]

Here are some Monster Thread stats:

The infamous "Dupe" had 1111 replies before it was tragically locked.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2936524

The original "Kudzu" thread had 1263 replies before it was mowed down and locked.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4465947

The "Please Remove" thread has 2222 replies, and is still growing!

[Hugin]

1. Don't forget the 'Movie Game' thread... It was like 1800 posts...

IIRC.

:)

[El Fuego]

4. Oh yeah! I forgot that one.

I was kind of thinking along the lines of your totally senseless non sequitur threads. :)

[Hugin]

5. That one was fairly nonsensiquir!

:)

[hfojvt]

2. well, kudzu lived for six months

'please remove' is only a month old
kudzu spawned several spin offs, the longest lasting of which was by Hedges. Yvrgirl's thread, now back at the top of the lounge, has also been around for almost six months, probably close to a record. It has over a million views too.

[El Fuego]

7. Kudzu was even re-made in other languages for foreign markets.

Yvrgirl's thread has 452 replies, and I just noticed that "views" are turned off for some reason. It doesn't have any bragging rights without the "views"!

[hfojvt]

9. check out my signature

That's why views are turned off.

I am trying not to panic :scared:

[El Fuego]

10. OMG, my banana is gone!!!

:cry:

[SarahB]

3. Other

Oscar :loveya:

[underpants]

6. For a time "Dupe" and "kudzu" were mention and linked on DU's wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground

New members can be confused by DU vocabulary which includes references to pop culture ("this thread needs more cowbell"), deficient spelling skills (such as "cazy," "moran," and "noble jesters"), and long-running threads that have worked their way into DU lore ("dupe," "the kudzu thread").

[Lil Missy]

8. Ooo! Ooo! *raises hand* I figured out some of it!

I gather the misspellings of "moran", "hugh!!@)", "asparagus" "series" etc., are making fun of the ignorant masses who cannot spell. (Usually lock-step Repukes) And actually, I have lately pondered my experiences with other websites, political and non-political) over the last many years, and it seems a pretty accurate assessment with those experiences as well.

(Another sign that I have discovered on my own recently is that they (bush supporters/Clinton haters) all think Larry the Cable guy is cool or funny. All I have to say is ... Ewww)

What is the "noble jesters" story? I haven't even seen or heard that mentioned before. And WTF is kudzu??? Does it have some political significance? Or is it an inside joke only known at DU?

[conscious evolution]

11. Screwn.I'm series!11!111!

All came from the fraks over at freeperville.

as for kudzu,it's going places.

[bridgit]

12. Kudzu...