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@Scott: in the post you quote where I mention Nhatt and Tricity the 'drivel' I referred to was specifically and exclusively sexist comments which I thought would have been obvious from the context. That I mentioned Nhatt and Tricity is again because the post was solely about sexist attitudes and they have been the most outspoken on that subject recently.
It had nothing to do with crap threads in general. Equally this thread is not about the forum in general but about sexism and misogyny which is why I asked why you were mentioning 'irrelevant' threads. You're conflating two arguments; one about sexism where I think we agree and one about the forum in general where we don't. We have had this discussion before, it has been going on forever and as BMMF points out it is one which will keep reappearing.
The threads of mine that you selected were, in fact, all started as a response to other threads. The car appreciation thread was started to stop another thread being derailed with talk about cars; that it's turned out to be one of the most viewed and contributed to threads on the forum was a surprise to me but you can hardly blame me for the demand it's success shows was there already. Had I not started it someone else would, just as someone soon after started a football thread. I noticed a trend at the end of last year for more and more specific threads and that's what my "thread thread" was about. The chip pan thread was a response to one about kitchen knives which had largely elicited a mixture of anger and disdain. There is more than one way of making your point about something you don't like: the naked sailor thread was a response to the glossy girls thread and, specifically, to some homophobic comments sent my way. Oddly you missed out "Are all scousers criminals?" which is a shame because surely you'd think that drivel whereas in fact it was a response to Pistanator's "Are all essex girls sluts?". As I say there is more than one way to react; that your intention may be missed on some members, that it might fly right over their head, is no reason not to do it. I would be more than happy if new members took them as examples of one way to express your views. If they miss the point and just start worthless threads I'm not going to be held responsible for their witlessness.
The only time starting a thread annoys me is when it's a repost or an old question where the poster has not even bothered to use the search. In M&M anything goes; that Ga2G started the Beth Ditto thread is not the problem, it could have been the starting point for an interesting discussion. The problem is that it turned in to a mostly schoolboyish waste of time.
You might not like the threads you cite but plenty of other people repped me for them and we could spend a lot of time swapping testimonials from our respective friends to back up our points. That would get us through the winter at least.
I find a lot of the bike related posts to be drivel so I ignore them. That other people enjoy it is fine by me; we can all enjoy bikes and cycling in our own ways; talking at length about bikes and critiquing other people's "builds" is not my idea of fun. The forum is big enough that you can create your own bespoke version and I think that is what a lot of people are doing now.