# Help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 17, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698 "2000-08-17T07:19:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698/1 "2000-08-17T07:19:30Z")

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I need

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698/2 "2000-08-17T07:20:37Z")

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to get

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698/3 "2000-08-17T07:21:40Z")

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my post

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698/4 "2000-08-17T07:22:42Z")

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count up.

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**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698/5 "2000-08-17T07:26:59Z")

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Well if you are trying to get your post count up you should have used 1 word per post. Why do you need to pad anyways?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698/6 "2000-08-17T07:29:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by etgaw1 \*  
> \*\*Well if you are trying to get your post count up you should have used 1 word per post. Why do you need to pad anyways? \*\*

I don’t. I’m bored.

God save me.

And one word per post would have taken too long. I ain’t that patient.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/29698/7 "2000-08-17T10:01:36Z")

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Psst… hey, buddy… c’mere… I got some spare posts you can have, but it’ll cost ya…

Let’s see… here’re a couple from the Gun Control debates, several from the Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer thread… oh, want some Bush vs. Gore’s? Those will cost you extra… election year and all.

Oh, and… ah… don’t tell that Tubadiva about what I’m doing. We’ll keep this between us, all righty?