# How do you delete the crazy posts from old people?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-delete-the-crazy-posts-from-old-people/125209>\
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**Created:** [August 23, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-delete-the-crazy-posts-from-old-people/125209 "2002-08-23T10:12:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cobra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cobra)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-delete-the-crazy-posts-from-old-people/125209/1 "2002-08-23T10:12:27Z")

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So, when some senile crazy old person posts, how do you deal with it? Do you humor them, or do you say that this message board doesn’t handle such claptrap?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-delete-the-crazy-posts-from-old-people/125209/2 "2002-08-23T10:13:06Z")

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Haven’t we met you before?

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-delete-the-crazy-posts-from-old-people/125209/3 "2002-08-23T10:35:50Z")

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Yes we HAVE seen him before.