what makes a thread go "poof"?

[Marvelicious]

I imagine some of my post might be considered trolls by some, but I generally just intend them as light humor which I don't really feel is a big problem. Maybe others don't agree? I don't subscribe to the theory that any deviation from the topic at hand is necessarily a bad thing. Granted, things sometimes go a little far afield, but in general I feel like the Mods do fairly well keeping things in line.

As for the thread in question, I was a little puzzled by the TDT nitpicking myself, which led to my moot definition post, which was intended to poke a little fun at those being anal about the TDT thing. I guess I should have posted my question above the joke...