# Going back where I came from

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-where-i-came-from/3276>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 6, 1999, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-where-i-came-from/3276 "1999-12-06T02:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-where-i-came-from/3276/1 "1999-12-06T02:47:00Z")

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Because it makes me by doing this:

“Thanks for posting your message, Rysdad! We are now sending you back automatically to this topic. Please wait two seconds.”

Why do I have to go back to what I just read? Why not just send me back to the Message Board header and let me continue browsing?

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**Author:** ![The\_LION](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_LION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_LION)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-where-i-came-from/3276/2 "1999-12-06T03:40:00Z")

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The reason for it is so that you can see just how badly you screwed up the post/html etc.

This is Progress?

Peace  
t lion

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-where-i-came-from/3276/3 "1999-12-06T06:27:00Z")

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> The reason for it is so that you can see just how badly you screwed up the post/html etc.

And also so that you can see the brilliant post being written at the same time you were writing yours but posted 2 seconds earlier, saying the same thing, but much more clearly and much more well said and with more detail…

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Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99.

“I get along well with everybody.” --I.M.F.

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**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-where-i-came-from/3276/4 "1999-12-06T19:20:00Z")

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Shound’t this be under “About This Message Board?” It’s lonely there as it is… Throw it a bone, will ya?

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Yer pal,  
Satan