# Disappearing thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 17, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362 "2016-02-17T18:47:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362/1 "2016-02-17T18:47:02Z")

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There was a thread in IMHO asking whether the pyramids or general relativity was a greater intellectual achievement that seems to have vanished without a trace.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362/2 "2016-02-17T19:03:43Z")

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I blame pyramid power.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362/3 "2016-02-17T19:07:44Z")

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I blame the new gravitational waves.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362/4 "2016-02-17T19:34:10Z")

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You were probably tired and seeing things.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362/5 "2016-02-17T19:39:01Z")

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The Mods need to have a sticky on this page titled “About Disappeared Threads: Please Read Before Reporting”, explaining about how one should contact the mods through PM when things like this happen.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362/6 "2016-02-17T19:42:26Z")

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**Moderator Action**

> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> The Mods need to have a sticky on this page titled “About Disappeared Threads: Please Read Before Reporting”, explaining about how one should contact the mods through PM when things like this happen.

Yes, we do. Anyway, what he said. Please contact us via PM if you want to know why something was wished away to the cornfield.

Thread closed.