Dark - topics with new messages get pulled to the front page of the forums so people know there's a new message. If you notice there's 52 pages of topics already; who in their right mind would want to trawl through every one of those 52 pages just to see if there's anything new in topics that have already died? One forum I used to be regular on didn't have this function, and it was hell trying to see if there were any new messages in anything - also older topics got pushed off the end of the board so you couldn't see if there were any new messages on them without going trawling through post numbers...
Hm. From "Dear Alf":
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Q: Are there Mudokon and Glukkon™ drones who sit around doing nothing in the hope of some day "getting lucky" with the queen?
Alf: In this case, use of the term "getting lucky" may not exactly be appropriate as the queens are essentially enormous sacks of fat rolls, covered in sweaty lumps, hair and weeping glands. I doubt any drone would consider himself lucky in the face of such a revolting task.
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Read into that what you will.