# Let's pretend to be dumb

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572 "2020-06-28T19:55:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/42 "2020-06-30T21:47:53Z")

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> 🔮 It is decidedly so

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/43 "2020-06-30T21:48:10Z")

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😊…

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/44 "2020-07-01T04:56:25Z")

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I really like how all you guys are pretending here … and I’m not.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/45 "2020-07-01T05:46:00Z")

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Dahell is all this?

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/46 "2020-07-01T08:48:13Z")

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If I said something really, really dumb like [@AdminModTubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/groups/adminmodtubadiva) is if you unblur this text you should take a good, hard look in a mirror and as a consequence I get banned, do I win the thread?

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/47 "2020-07-01T12:56:50Z")

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Oh! I wanna go to banned camp! I wanna go to banned camp!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/48 "2020-07-01T14:00:40Z")

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This one time, at banned camp…?

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/49 "2020-07-02T03:55:46Z")

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How do those kids at band camp lug all their musical instruments through the woods?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/50 "2020-07-02T05:14:02Z")

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Didn’t **Marley** once send us all to banned camp?

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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:** [July 2, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/51 "2020-07-02T05:21:11Z")

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I remember that. It was intense. Or in tents. I’m not sure which.

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