# Are there things that have been discussed to death that we should not debate anymore?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 6, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649 "2025-01-06T18:26:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649/30 "2025-01-07T02:29:31Z")

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[35 tired and trite dead horses](https://defector.com/discourses-we-can-stop-having-ranked) in the blog post cited by the OP, vs five proscribed by the SDMB’s TOS. Not too much to ask. Or you can go on other forums where the members won’t bother to debate your challenge to their assumed superiority and just downvote you anonymously into oblivion.

Let’s save the bandwidth to get to the bottom of [what causes piss-shivers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-piss-shivers-continued/224760/7)

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