# Ask the guy who uses answers using other "ask the" threads

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**Created:** [January 6, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-uses-answers-using-other-ask-the-threads/608642 "2012-01-06T17:44:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-uses-answers-using-other-ask-the-threads/608642/13 "2012-01-07T14:38:05Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Where are my car keys?

Well now, it would be easy to just requote the answer above. But we’ve already asked the guy in the bushes, so let’s move on. Instead, I think we need to ask the psychic!

> [@Ask the Psychic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/34):
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> Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers?

Now Psychic, that’s not very helpful at all. Try again.

> [@Ask the Psychic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/65):
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> Please remember, that psychic =! omniscient. I’m not much of a reader yet, but my belief is that they aren’t supposed to give you direct answers about the future so much as tell you what you need to hear. Think of it as a guide. I still believe that you make your own destiny.

Yeah, I think you’re going to have to find your keys on your own, Elendil’s Heir.

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