# General Questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions/16207>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 21, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions/16207 "2000-04-21T02:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![inertia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@inertia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inertia)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions/16207/1 "2000-04-21T02:47:00Z")

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Our system of befriendedness breaks down if someone cannot ask a simple question and have it answered as thoroughtly as possible in General Questions.

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**Author:** ![abderian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions/16207/2 "2000-04-21T02:57:00Z")

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Inertia, can you explain further?

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions/16207/3 "2000-04-21T03:44:00Z")

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Please do, Inertia. MPSIMS is the home of all sorts of infighting and bitterness as times (sadly), by I take solace in the fact that GQ usually stays the same. What’s the story?

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“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”