# Just testing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 11, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363 "2003-08-11T13:08:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![SoylentGreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SoylentGreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoylentGreen)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/1 "2003-08-11T13:08:41Z")

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Taking the board for a test drive…🆒  
Just ignore it.

SG

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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/2 "2003-08-11T13:13:49Z")

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Like the name, Green. Shows that you’re just people. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/3 "2003-08-11T17:31:33Z")

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Duly ignored.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/4 "2003-08-12T00:18:54Z")

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testing

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/5 "2003-08-12T00:24:45Z")

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It appears I am back. My thanks to Ukulele Ike, TubaDiva, and anyone else who helped in my resurrection.

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/6 "2003-08-13T05:00:02Z")

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What the heck is Soylent Green, anyhow?

F\_X

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/7 "2003-08-13T05:17:31Z")

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And if you say “it’s PEOPLE!” … just give me a straight answer. Like, are there resources on it? Is it a cleaning solution? What the heck is it?

F\_X

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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 13, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/8 "2003-08-13T07:01:53Z")

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Read _Make Room Make Room_ by Harry Harrison for all your soylent green questions.

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/194363/9 "2003-08-13T07:19:18Z")

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Furthermore this recent[thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202937) (warning: with spoilers) may interest you. It discusses the _major]_ divergence between the book Lynn mentioned and the movie based on it, in particular on this exact point.