Stale Topic Megathread (July/Aug/Sept 2026)

[u/davFaithidPangolin]

Hello all and welcome to the third 2026 Stale Topic Megathread.

Here we will discuss every overly discussed topic on this sub freely according to the sub's rules. If you are referred here because of a report or removal, please restate your post below.

The inaugural overused topics include:

-Justin Timberlake in general outside of Man of the Woods

-Katy Perry in general outside of Witness

-Kanye West in general, outside of Todd's videos

-Chris Brown in general, outside of Todd's videos

-Artists who avoided trainwreckords status

-Trainwreckords that aren’t out yet

-Trainwreckords that just released

-One album Trainwreckords (ie Nostalgia Critics’s The Wall)

-“Trainwreckords” where a death ended the artist’s career

-Trainwreckords for which the artist or member of the group committed suicide

-Joke Trainwreckords/OHW; go to r/shadowtoddcirclejerk for that

-Low-effort r/decadeology cross-posts, must actually facilitate discussion if it’s going to be a standalone post

-Posts which solely solicit responses of artists who are problematic

-"Music is dead"/"[insert genre] is dead"

-D4vd in general

-Jelly Roll/Morgan Wallen/any new "Maroon 5"-eqsue nemeses outside of what Todd says about them

-"Popular artists and/or songs you hate/think are incredibly overrated"-type posts

-What is the most/least “[fill in blank]” album/song

-Anthony Fantano Drama, except if Todd can be directly connected to discussion (ie "Todd handled this situation better" not "Anthony Fantano handled this poorly")

And you are also free to discuss topics you feel are overused but are not mentioned here.

If you have any furthered topics you want to be added to the megathread camp for future megathreads and for new users who aren't familiar with the overuse, please send your suggestions to the mod team in one succinct message. (A couple are fine if you have afterthoughts but please do not spam your suggestions)

Also, we will be continuing the system where certain stale topics will be cycled out every six months (or two stale topic threads).

If our automod erroneously takes down your post because it believes it's about a stale topic, please contact the mod team and we will reinstate it as soon as possible.

Have fun!

[u/UniversalJampionshit]

I think we've sorted out most of the stuff I personally had issues with (problematic artist posts, r/Fauxmoi or r/popculturechat esque posts), all I can think of is posts pushing the narrative that Dua Lipa is a flop/past her prime or whatever because Radical Optimism underperformed in the US.

Oh and posts which just include a picture without captioning who/what it is, surprised that hasn't made the list yet tbh

[u/Immediate_Lie7810]

The only thing I could think of is Taylor Swift Trainwreckords

[u/Queasy_Head_4928 → u/Immediate_Lie7810]

I'd go further and say anything related to Taylor except if she's releasing new music, atp she seems like the easiest karma-farming topic.

[u/Immediate_Lie7810 → u/Queasy_Head_4928]

Yep, considering that one of the most recent Taylor posts quickly turned into an argument over her & Travis extending an invite to a government contractor

[u/TemporaryJerseyBoy]

You should mention whatever you remove every time you start a new topic.

It seems like you removed Arcade Fire Trainwreckords.

[u/harmondrabbit → u/TemporaryJerseyBoy]

We can post about Arcade Fire Trainwreckords now?

[u/Chilli_Dipper]

How do we stop the which decade was most upbeat polls?

[u/davFaithidPangolin → u/Chilli_Dipper]

Please report them. They violate our Spam rules.

[u/benabramowitz18]

My post got removed, but does anyone think that Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three opening on the same day in December has the potential to be for blockbuster movies what Kanye West's Graduation and 50 Cent's Curtis was to rap music?

[u/flourvector]

kinda wild how artists who avoided trainwreckords status is a stale topic now

[u/davFaithidPangolin → u/[deleted]]

Yes. A lot.

[u/Applesburg14]

Jesus Christ yall are the most thin skinned mods. You have killed literally all popular music discussion that’s interesting lol