I don't know that it was pointless if so many people were enjoying it. Isn't "having fun" a very valid point for doing something recreational (such as posting at a message board)? I'd say the main reason is that these type of threads were "outlawed" a while back because they became so numerous and were causing a strain on the database. If we allowed one, then we'd probably have to allow many (consistancy is the key to supressing chaos), which would put us back to where we were before that rule was made.