Random Nonsense

"Random Nonsense" is the title given to the pinned chat threads in the R&P forums. The threads are created for off-topic discussion.

Background
The original "random nonsense" thread was created by nash equilibrium and was titled "random nonsense" (no capitalization) some time in 2005. The original thread was intended to be a criticism of all of the 'random nonsense' being posted in the various threads of the Religion forum, rather than as an off-topic chat thread, as it has become today. The thread has since been deleted by Grace, but the OP originally said something like, "Everyone else is doing it." The very next post, or First Post, was by squarecircle, promoting Toiletism, which, at the time, he had just recently created. It stated something like, "I am hijacking this thread in order to recruit Toiletists!" Whether he succeeded in hijacking the thread is up for debate, as it quickly devolved into an off-topic chat thread, which was later pinned by then-mod Random Destruction.

After Grace deleted the original thread, other Random Nonsense threads were posted and sometimes pinned, making "Random Nonsense" a staple of the R&P (and specifically the Religion forum), and the capitalization became standard.

Grace's Fury
Grace, a former mod of R&P, got angry with many of the posters and deleted the original "random nonsense." Other Random Nonsense threads were created, which were also deleted by Grace.

Pr0nz
After Grace's departure as moderator, RN (Random Nonsense) posts got out of hand as people were posting inappropriate things all the time. This lead to another delete-on-sight status for RN threads for a while.

Notable Stuff

 * The RN of Philosophy was posted by squarecircle--using his Question Mark alt--and pinned by Random Destruction in 2006. It remains as the current RN of Philosophy to this day, and one of the few pinned RNs not posted by nash or Random.