# I just thought it was interesting how many posts could not follow the simple instructions of the OP at all
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 20, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843 "2021-10-20T16:48:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/41 "2021-10-21T14:41:39Z")
Threads are like children: You create them and point them in a direction but then they’re gonna do what they do even with your attempted guidance.
Anyone who can’t handle that and is gonna get mad about it should just start a blog and mod out all the pesky comment discussions they don’t approve of.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/42 "2021-10-21T16:57:22Z")
But speaking of Blockbuster, they were even in Bangkok back in the day. I never used them, and they deserved to go out of business, because they took it upon themselves to censor movies.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/43 "2021-10-21T17:45:15Z")
Y’know, we could turn this thread into “Random stories about Blockbuster” just to annoy the OP…
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/44 "2021-10-21T19:34:12Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#):
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> I just thought it was interesting how many posts could not follow the simple instructions of the OP at all:
You missed one:
> [@Are there still any video rental stores in business in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/1):
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> There’s also Maple Avenue Videos in Victor, NY. But I’m not sure it’s still in business. It was “temporarily closed” last year due to the pandemic and it’s never re-opened.
Yes, that’s right: the OP arguably broke his own rule, and talked about a video store that has closed.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/45 "2021-10-21T22:09:11Z")
Well, I’ve got some great stories of the minuscule SuperbVideo on Monroe Street, where, no matter how I tried to broaden their cinematic world, my (very young) kids would clamor to borrow _The Rocketeer_ for the thirtieth time…
… but, of course, I would never break the rules and tell those stories.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/46 "2021-10-22T02:26:27Z")
> [@Are there still any video rental stores in business in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/1):
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> You missed one:
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> > [@Are there still any video rental stores in business in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-any-video-rental-stores-in-business-in-your-area/952789/1):
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> > There’s also Maple Avenue Videos in Victor, NY. But I’m not sure it’s still in business. It was “temporarily closed” last year due to the pandemic and it’s never re-opened.
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> Yes, that’s right: the OP arguably broke his own rule, and talked about a video store that has closed.
I disagree. The store describes itself as temporarily closed (due to the pandemic). The fact that this temporary closure might end up becoming permanent does not mean the store has currently gone out of business.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/47 "2021-10-22T02:29:16Z")
Okay, fair enough. It’s Schroedinger’s Video Store.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/48 "2021-10-22T02:49:01Z")
That would be the video store that simultaneously has, and doesn’t have, a copy of the movie that you went there to rent.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/49 "2021-10-22T13:49:19Z")
I’ve been noticing how many threads would be painfully boring if people didn’t expnd on their answers.
The first one I saw:
_“Are there Bible verses that Jews and Christians disagree on the meaning of?”_
… **YES**.
(That was post #1. The thread ended there.)
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843/50 "2021-10-22T14:40:49Z")
Just do it as a poll. You only need one option :-
Are there still any video rental stores in business in your area?
- Yes
…then just look at the poll count thingy.
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