# Ask pointless questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219 "2016-04-26T21:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/1 "2016-04-26T21:25:35Z")
I have asked them on r/AskReddit Can you prove that you are not a camel? Does your boss mistake you for an electric locomotive? Have you been banned from many forums? Do you suffer from insanity or do you enjoy it? Are you the Commander in Chief of a nonexistent branch of US Military? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/2 "2016-04-26T21:30:25Z")
Why? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/3 "2016-04-26T21:33:48Z")
Aren’t we doing this in another thread? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/4 "2016-04-26T21:40:01Z")
If not, why not? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/5 "2016-04-26T21:57:41Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Why? Because I am the Commander in Chief of a nonexistent branch of US Military. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/6 "2016-04-26T22:00:05Z")
Who farted? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/7 "2016-04-26T22:14:36Z")
Sure, but… what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/8 "2016-04-26T22:17:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Sure, but… what’s the point? Is it just to waste time? Is it to explore our deep subconsciousness? Is it to remember missed opportunities in life? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/9 "2016-04-26T22:41:13Z")
Or is The Point a made-for-TV movie by Harry Nilsson, starring Ringo? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/10 "2016-04-28T01:24:48Z")
Wasn’t that Dustin Hoffman, later replaced by Alan Thicke? ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/11 "2016-04-28T15:15:08Z")
Wait, wasn’t Dustin Hoffman in Star Wars? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/12 "2016-04-29T03:48:27Z")
Could Battle of the Network Stars work today with so many cable channels? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/13 "2016-04-29T14:02:51Z")
Do you really want to see Steve Harvey and Honey Boo Boo take on Kim Kardashian and Graham Norton? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/14 "2016-04-29T15:45:08Z")
Wouldn’t you really like to know how far out into the ocean they all could swim? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/15 "2016-05-01T01:53:01Z")
Do they have to return to shore? ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/16 "2016-05-01T02:36:31Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > I have asked them on r/AskReddit > > Can you prove that you are not a camel? > > Does your boss mistake you for an electric locomotive? > > Have you been banned from many forums? > > Do you suffer from insanity or do you enjoy it? > > Are you the Commander in Chief of a nonexistent branch of US Military? 1. I don’t have to. This is America and I have rights. 2. Not since I deliberately sooted him out of the building. 3. More fps game servers than forums. Shoveling teammates from behind is fun but you can’t play it off as an accident more than a few times. 4. No. I’m the only sane one. 5. No. See 4. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/17 "2016-05-01T15:09:32Z")
What time is it? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/18 "2016-05-01T15:32:42Z")
Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody care? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/19 "2016-05-01T21:50:48Z")
If you say you care but you don’t, are you a bear-faced liar? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/20 "2016-05-01T22:01:14Z")
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