Rice Noodles

[Saregama]

If all you wanted was recipes for rice noodles, writing about diabetes in the OP was unnecessary.

If other people reply to parts of the OP you wrote but didn’t want a response to, the post didn’t go off the rails.

You just decided you didn’t like the responses, which you are free to ignore.

This wasn’t even thread drift, but there’s a whole thread about when threads drift.

Tangents or thread drift

Side discussions are inevitable — and make this place more interesting and fun — most of the time. I don’t know how much this is about linear thinking vs. expectations of a thread / board and also respect and allowing space for others to participate. There are threads that seek specific help or information — in those cases, it would be nice if that query was actually answered, both for the OP and for future searches. In some cases, a community forms around a theme, and a specific thread topic…