Maybe those who participated are actually doing some push up, why not its healthy, if its reaches a dozen pages means that it has users engaging with the thread and some are interested.
For me, if I had to choose the "stupidest thread", (and let me be very clear, I don't see any 'stupid threads' on this site), it would not be this thread or that one but the Wall Observer thread. Would it not make more sense to yelp about that one? I mean, it even went to the point where administrators disabled signatures on that thread.
This is all just pointless bickering.