# Is this the first GQ thread in public possession?

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**Created:** [August 24, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-first-gq-thread-in-public-possession/728675 "2015-08-24T01:56:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-first-gq-thread-in-public-possession/728675/4 "2015-08-25T12:40:52Z")

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> [@Semi-What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-what/3634/14):
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> That is one of the dumbest things I have read on this board.  
> I’m not trying to start a flame war here, but that really irks me.

Heh, you just don’t see the phrase “flame war” thrown around on message boards anymore. If you guys are going to start a flame war take it to the BBQ Pit!

There is a sticky in GD written in 2003 warning against “flaming” in that forum. It’s slang from a different era and sounds wrong now.

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