# (mistake thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579 "2023-12-14T00:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/21 "2023-12-14T04:22:38Z")
Ms. Anthrope. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/22 "2023-12-14T04:23:13Z")
Much better. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/23 "2023-12-14T04:32:36Z")
“It’s all so brief, isn’t it? Typical human lifespan is almost a hundred years, but it’s barely a second compared to what’s out there. It wouldn’t be so bad if life didn’t take so long to figure out. Seems you just start to get it right and then 
 it’s over.” “Doesn’t matter. If we lived two hundred years, we’d still be human. We’d still make the same mistakes.” “You’re a pessimist.” “I am Russian, Doctor. We understand these things.” **Dr. Stephen Franklin** **Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova** , _Soul Hunter_, Babylon 5 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/24 "2023-12-14T05:16:56Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/Bg5kSBx.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/Bg5kSBx.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/25 "2023-12-14T11:12:19Z")
What if

like
.the mistakes are the point, maaaan? Did you ever really, like think about mistakes? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/26 "2023-12-14T11:27:14Z")
No mistakes, only happy accidents! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/27 "2023-12-14T11:52:21Z")
Flaws inherent in the design are not to be considered defects. Also planet mercury goes into retrograde so expect an increase in miscommunication and technical mishaps. đŸȘ ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/28 "2023-12-14T11:59:13Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > I personally have not made any mistakes recently Except
 > [@MagicEyes](#): > > I came in here expecting interesting or shocking mistakes people have made. You were **wrong**! (I once thought I was wrong, but it turns out I was mistaken). ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/29 "2023-12-14T12:01:47Z")
So what did @Velocity originally want to post about? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/30 "2023-12-14T12:51:01Z")
Never mind. We aren’t in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/31 "2023-12-14T12:59:54Z")
I was going to ask some obscure question about health insurance, but just as I hit the submit button, I found the answer online. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/32 "2023-12-14T13:03:51Z")
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary
to do something or other ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/33 "2023-12-14T13:28:31Z")
You’d think this would be @Typo_Knig’s kind of thread
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/34 "2023-12-14T14:03:39Z")
One might say that they made some kind of error in not posting here yet. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/35 "2023-12-14T14:12:09Z")
_steps forward_ No, delete my post. I’m Mistakacus. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/36 "2023-12-14T14:21:12Z")
Almost made a mistake there, eh? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/37 "2023-12-14T14:26:00Z")
I endorse whatever this thread is about. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/38 "2023-12-14T14:26:17Z")
It’s a thread about nothing! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/39 "2023-12-14T14:28:49Z")
“Chin up, some day Dame Fortune may come to your door.” “She’ll have to knock real hard; her daughter, Miss Fortune, wrecked the doorbell.” ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistake-thread/994579/40 "2023-12-14T14:29:12Z")
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