How ThreadMode pages descend into hell:
Stage one
Cats are nice. I don't like dogs. Oxygen is good. -- Joe**Bloggs
Stage two
Cats are nice. I don't like dogs. Oxygen is good. -- Joe**Bloggs
I don't agree with you about cats. They're an abomination from hell. Also, dogs are the nicest animals on the planet. And oxygen is overrated. -- Fred**Blaggs
Stage three
Cats are nice. I don't like dogs. Oxygen is good. -- Joe**Bloggs
I don't agree with you about cats. How dare you! Cats are lovely, lovely, lovely. -- JB
They're an abomination from hell. Blasphemy! -- JB
Also, dogs are the nicest animals on the planet. Apart from dogs. And weasels. And everything else. -- JB
And oxygen is overrated. -- FredBlaggs Provided you don't care about breathing, anyway. -- JB
Stage four
Cats are nice. I don't like dogs. Oxygen is good. -- Joe**Bloggs
I don't agree with you about cats. How dare you! Cats are lovely, lovely, lovely. -- JB
What's so great about cats, then? I think they're boring. -- Ethel**Fnord
They're an abomination from hell. Blasphemy! -- JB
There's nothing blasphemous about that. -- Ethel**Fnord
Also, dogs are the nicest animals on the planet. Apart from dogs. And weasels. And everything else. -- JB
I don't understand. Joe, do you like weasels or not? Jane**Doe
And oxygen is overrated. -- FredBlaggs Provided you don't care about breathing, anyway. -- JB
Perhaps Fred breathes something other than oxygen? -- Ethel**Fnord
At this point, there is absolutely no possibility of coherence unless someone comes along and refactors mercilessly (RefactorMercilessly).