# If you don't understand a question, you probably don't have a valuable answer

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Another danger of acronym use:

> [@Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482/213):
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> > [@Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482/61):
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> > […] CPs I’ve seen for 9/11 don’t make a lot of sense […]
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> CPs?
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> I tried Googling it but didn’t see anything related to this thread subject (it was mostly Cerebral Palsy).
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> What does CP mean? Maybe conspiracy something or other?

> [@Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482/214):
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> Conspiracy Theories. I didn’t feel like typing it out.

> [@Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482/215):
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> Ok, but isn’t that abbreviated ‘CT’?

> [@Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482/216):
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> The P in Ptheory is silent, I assume?

> [@Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482/218):
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> Conspiracy Theories. I didn’t feel like typing it out. Should have been CT.

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