# Can we get 20 "yes"s in a row?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-20-yes-s-in-a-row/633750>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 5, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-20-yes-s-in-a-row/633750 "2012-09-05T14:53:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-20-yes-s-in-a-row/633750/1 "2012-09-05T14:53:18Z")

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20 consecutive posts, each with only the word “yes”? Posters cannot post twice in a row.

I was wondering how we can get many people to cooperate, and how some men just want to watch the world burn.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-20-yes-s-in-a-row/633750/2 "2012-09-05T14:56:23Z")

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Yes

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-20-yes-s-in-a-row/633750/3 "2012-09-05T15:00:03Z")

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No.