# Ignore this please.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 11, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247 "2007-08-11T11:31:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/1 "2007-08-11T11:31:50Z")

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Oops, wrong forum

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/2 "2007-08-11T19:24:05Z")

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Ok. Initializing ignore sequence. Ignoring… NOW!

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**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/3 "2007-08-11T19:29:23Z")

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I refuse to ignore this travesty.  
I’m going to write my congressman.

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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/4 "2007-08-11T19:43:52Z")

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Is this some kind of sociological experiment?

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/5 "2007-08-11T19:45:19Z")

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Ignore what? Oh, man… you got me!!

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**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/6 "2007-08-11T19:50:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Sarahfeena]  
Is this some kind of sociological experiment?  
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I think you’ve pegged it. I feel like a guinea pig.  
What madness will we be subjected to next?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/7 "2007-08-11T20:22:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]  
Ignore this please.  
[/QUOTE]

Ooooohhh…you’d _like that_…WOULD’NT YOU?!?

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**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/8 "2007-08-11T20:23:50Z")

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Eh.

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**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/9 "2007-08-11T20:25:48Z")

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Don’t you tell me what to do! You’re not my real father!

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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:** [August 11, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/10 "2007-08-11T20:26:29Z")

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I really want to know what this thread was originally about. Did **Boyo Jim** repost it? What thread and what forum? Why not just ask a mod to move it?

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**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/11 "2007-08-11T20:27:02Z")

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Ignore what? I didn’t see anything.

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**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/12 "2007-08-11T20:50:40Z")

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I am _extremely_ ambivalent.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/13 "2007-08-11T20:54:15Z")

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That’s like so not the magic word.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/14 "2007-08-11T21:11:26Z")

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Jeez, half the time when I start a REAL thread I can’t even buy a reply.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/15 "2007-08-11T22:04:37Z")

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OK, I’ll ignore it - I won’t even post a reply to tell you I’m ignoring it.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/16 "2007-08-11T22:17:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]  
OK, I’ll ignore it - I won’t even post a reply to tell you I’m ignoring it.  
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And I won’t post a reply expressing my gratitude to… who was that? I dunno, I’m not reading this.

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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:** [August 11, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/17 "2007-08-11T22:34:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]  
Jeez, half the time when I start a REAL thread I can’t even buy a reply.  
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You’ve been here long enough to know that we always do exactly the opposite of what we’re told to do. We’re like my 5-year-old nephew in that aspect.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/18 "2007-08-11T22:38:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]  
And I won’t post a reply expressing my gratitude to… who was that? I dunno, I’m not reading this.  
[/QUOTE]

You’re welcome, but I’m not posting here a second time.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/19 "2007-08-11T22:39:37Z")

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Right-o.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-please/415247/20 "2007-08-11T22:42:52Z")

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Oh, I dunno…the OP seems kinda mundane and pointless to me.

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