Any sort of threads you just stay out of or should?

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As a general rule, I stay away from threads where I don't have anything meaningful to contribute, unless I want to ask around. I must also be in the right mood, and with free time in my hands, to post on PPR, as I need to be in my sharpest and leave no reply unattended. Parenting threads, suicide threads, art threads, US politics threads, job threads, I'm unexperienced in those topics and thus avoid going there. I only join support threads when I know the OP, unless I'm really well versed in whatever the subject matter is. I'll join anything that piques my interest, and I even lurk sometimes, where I have lots to learn and little to share. What Fnord said, yeah, I avoid those too. They appear a bit too frequently these days.

I steer clear of the women's forum, children's forum, bipolar and other conditions forum and whatever else does not apply to me. I tend to avoid threads about relationships (I have absolutely nothing of value to contribute in these threads), suicidal ideations (I've never had them, so why reply on such a topic?), sexual acts and anything else that would not apply to myself.

Most of the music related threads, the amount of crap music going through this forum is staggering.

But yeah, different strokes for different folks I guess.

I usually stay out of the relationship threads they don't interest me, and the suicidal ones.

I try to stay out of politics/religion board, as they'll easily make me mad. One time I was on hormones (and thus easily irritable) and made the mistake of trying to debate on one of these threads. I got so mad I started to troll (my first and only time ever) and after that I just decided to stay away.

I also stay far away from the Women's/Mature/Dating boards. I don't really care for that stuff, especially as a lot of it's so TMI and plus some of it is triggering.

Lastly I also stay out of baby/I'm pregnant/I'm a mommy threads because I don't care that someone has a baby or them being pregnant. I skip these and let the other posters have their jollies about babies and pregnancy, I will stay far away.

I stay out of the ones about pets dying/being sick/being injured; they really get to me.

I stay out of the XXX threads and 90% of the political threads... hmmm what does that say about politics !

I stay out of threads if I can see that nobody or very few posting in there are taking personal responsiblity for their own situation, or that they are more interested in denying, justifying, arguing, defending or being right rather than contributing to a meaningful discussion, finding solutions or improving.*

* Obviously this does not apply to the fun threads.

I sometimes feel like I would have been better off not posting in certain threads, or sometimes I decide its better to just not click on it. But sometimes that devious side of me comes out and makes it tempting...Its like 'hey you know you want to click on it.' and then I am like 'no I don't want to get triggered or upset and go totally off the deep end on someone and/or make an ass of myself' and then its like 'well aren't you curious?' and sometimes I just cannot come up with a very good rebuttal other then 'yeah kind of.' At least that seems to be more or less how the process works.......then I feel like an idiot when I end up doing so knowing the likely outcome.

Hopefully that makes some amount of sense otherwise I think I will have to add this to the list of threads I probably should not have posted in.

I usually only read threads that catch my attention since I'm inclined to make a comment in something I've read. I figure that keeps me in line.
I used to like to read certain posters' replies, but I haven't kept up on that much these days.

There is recently a new thread I decided I should say out of. It makes me feel angry because it reminds me about my ex and I so much loathe that flaw and hate that it's an aspie thing they made it out to be. Get an idea in your head, you have to do it now. Ugh that effected our relationship and he would start doing harassment because of it and then I would scream at him and bam he was off my back, he just couldn't wait.

Probably anything that attempts to trivialise/dismiss either gender's problems and the things they go through. This goes straight into the Room 101 bin along with gossip.

Probably wont post much in the PPR an L&D sections of the forum, either.

I went on a pretty long Hiatus due to putting up with what was then, way too much in the way of whining on the L&D forums. It had a huge influx of trolls and people who refused to even read a lot of advice, which people who know me still/Remember me on here, I was a big part of the "advice Scene" on there.

So 2 years later (I think), and I rear my ugly head once more XD

No not really. I do stay out of the adult forum however despite being 32 years old, I'll just go to a adult website if I wanna cybersex.

I'm on thin ice here already, so my sexual vocabulary would probably get me bann3nd.