# A test thread. Who cares if the title has already been used? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 5, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361 "2020-08-05T18:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/1 "2020-08-05T18:53:33Z")
$3.50 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. $42. $3.50 The quick _brown_ fox jumps over the _ **lazy** _ dog. $42. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. $600 million. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/2 "2020-08-05T18:55:02Z")
a 600 million building! only a _129_ million building $_ **600** _ million! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/3 "2020-08-05T18:56:51Z")
a dollar sign here, a dollar sign there, some formatting in between, what the fuck are you doing Discourse? \*Italics\*, \*\*bold\*\*, \*\*\*bold italics\*\*\*, and then a dollar sign ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/4 "2020-08-05T18:58:07Z")
a dollar sign here, a dollar sign there, some formatting in between, what the fuck are you doing Discourse? [i]Italics[/i], [b]bold[/b], [i][b]bold italics[/b][/i], and then a dollar sign ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/5 "2020-08-05T19:01:46Z")
$1 billion is a lot of money. Like, a _ **lot** _ of money. Not as much as $1 trillion, but $1 billion **here** and a $1 billion **there** and pretty soon it adds up! (For a somewhat loose definition of “pretty soon”.) $1,000,000,000 is a lot of money. Like, a _ **lot** _ of money. Not as much as $1,000,000,000,000, but $1,000,000,000 **here** and a $1,000,000,000 **there** and pretty soon it adds up! (For a somewhat loose definition of “pretty soon”.) $1,000,000,000.00 is a lot of money. Like, a _ **lot** _ of money. Not as much as $1,000,000,000,000.00, but $1,000,000,000.00 **here** and a $1,000,000,000.00 **there** and pretty soon it adds up! (For a somewhat loose definition of “pretty soon”.) ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/6 "2020-08-05T19:04:09Z")
$1 billion is a lot of money. Like, a _ **lot** _ of money. Not as much as $1 trillion, but $1 billion **here** and $1 billion **there** and pretty soon it adds up! (For a somewhat loose definition of “pretty soon”.) ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/7 "2020-08-05T19:05:56Z")
$600 million is more than $129 million. $129 million is **less** than $600 million. This post was brought to you by the letter _ **A** _ and the numbers 129 and 600. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/8 "2020-08-05T19:08:01Z")
\*600\* million is \*\*more than\*\* _129_ million. \*129\* million is \*\*less than\*\* _600_ million. Is what you see what you get? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/9 "2020-08-05T19:10:20Z")
No, what you see is NOT what you get. But at least I THINK I understand what is going on now. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/10 "2020-08-05T22:39:44Z")
This is one of my favourite test threads ever ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/11 "2020-08-07T16:48:42Z")
Sheldon? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/12 "2020-08-07T17:32:26Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/12))_ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/13 "2020-08-07T17:38:13Z")
How did you do the green background? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/14 "2020-08-07T17:49:40Z")
Quote the post to see the formatting. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/15 "2020-08-07T17:50:20Z")
This green background? Use the \ and \ tags. (Let’s see if this will work…) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/16 "2020-08-07T19:04:38Z")
green, green, green. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361/17 "2020-08-08T15:41:40Z")
I’ll come in again.