# Count To A Million Thread!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653 "2018-09-02T18:47:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 41

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/802 "2019-06-13T04:55:30Z")

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Nope, it’s now 792.

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**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:** [June 14, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/803 "2019-06-14T02:19:17Z")

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Ha! No, it’s not. It’s 793. _Everyone_ knows that.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/804 "2019-06-18T08:13:29Z")

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Oh yeah? Now it’s 794! So there!

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/805 "2019-06-20T05:28:22Z")

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Let’s just skip 795, shall we?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/806 "2019-06-20T06:19:58Z")

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And move on to 796?

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/807 "2019-06-23T04:27:14Z")

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Right, and I’m just not feelin’ 797 either.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/808 "2019-06-23T12:37:37Z")

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Are you feeling 798?

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**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:** [June 25, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/809 "2019-06-25T12:45:08Z")

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7!9!9!

and here it comes! Drum roll please…

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/810 "2019-06-26T04:40:07Z")

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badabadabadabadabadabadabadabada–

800!

[cymbal crash, followed by trumpet fanfare]

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/811 "2019-06-29T10:17:21Z")

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An anticlimax:

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/812 "2019-06-30T04:50:35Z")

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Just carrying on:

1.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/813 "2019-06-30T04:55:19Z")

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803

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/814 "2019-06-30T10:17:25Z")

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And now for the totally expected:

804

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/815 "2019-06-30T20:57:36Z")

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More totally expected:

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/816 "2019-07-04T00:21:44Z")

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Presumably expected:

806

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/817 "2019-07-04T01:24:10Z")

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807

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/818 "2019-07-04T03:16:08Z")

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I guess 808 follows.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/819 "2019-07-04T11:44:33Z")

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And then there’s 809.

Only 999,191 to go!

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/820 "2019-07-05T01:42:32Z")

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Exactly. We’re closer to our goal now, than when the game started!

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/821 "2019-07-05T01:45:13Z")

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811

ETA: I love this thread! It is simultaneously one of the dumbest, simplest and most difficult things that humans will use the internet for. 😃

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