# Free Association v2.0 (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581 "2020-06-23T23:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 183
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3641 "2022-08-12T02:47:48Z")
_A Night At The Opera_ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3642 "2022-08-12T13:52:38Z")
You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Sanity Claus! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3643 "2022-08-12T15:34:22Z")
“All right," said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need… _fantasies_ to make life bearable.” REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. “Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—” YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE _LITTLE_ LIES. “So we can believe the big ones?” YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. “They’re not the same at all!” YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN _SHOW_ ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME…SOME _RIGHTNESS_ IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. “Yes, but people have _got_ to believe that, or what’s the _point_—” MY POINT EXACTLY.” ― Terry Pratchett, [Hogfather](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/583655) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3644 "2022-08-12T17:09:35Z")
Noble lie ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3645 "2022-08-12T17:13:08Z")
Inconvenient truth ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3646 "2022-08-12T20:16:38Z")
Non-Conforming Materials Tag ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3647 "2022-08-13T01:41:01Z")
As is! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3648 "2022-08-13T19:38:15Z")
Buy-here pay-here ---
**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:** [August 13, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3649 "2022-08-13T19:53:14Z")
buy one, get one ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3650 "2022-08-13T20:27:16Z")
Big Clearance Sale! ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3651 "2022-08-13T20:32:25Z")
“I want to give them away, but my wife won’t let me!” ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3652 "2022-08-14T13:35:26Z")
Both teenagers? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3653 "2022-08-14T14:25:04Z")
All six ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3654 "2022-08-14T18:17:22Z")
. 7 Up. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3655 "2022-08-14T19:06:37Z")
Make 7-Up Yours! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3656 "2022-08-14T23:38:20Z")
Come Seven, Come Eleven ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3657 "2022-08-15T00:39:08Z")
Hard Eight ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3658 "2022-08-15T01:29:24Z")
Boogie Nights ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3659 "2022-08-15T09:54:16Z")
disco ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/3660 "2022-08-15T13:45:23Z")
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