# Necromancers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836 "2011-06-25T18:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/1 "2011-06-25T18:42:24Z")
This isn’t True Blood. Stop reviving dead threads. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/2 "2011-06-25T18:45:25Z")
If this thread has any effect at all, it will be to cause more of them just to spite you. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/3 "2011-06-25T18:49:27Z")
I’m not aware of anything he’s done, but you have to admit, if all he’s doing is reviving old threads, the username fits. Also, reviving zombie threads is officially allowed now, so what’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/4 "2011-06-25T18:53:13Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Also, reviving zombie threads is officially allowed now, so what’s the problem? Some people can’t read dates on posts. They notice “custom” titles and number of posts, but can’t see the date. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/5 "2011-06-25T18:57:03Z")
Heh, I was reading the title the wrong way. > [@](#): > > _ **Dr. Orpheu** _s: Now I don’t want to worry you with particulars but I am by trade a necromancer. You know what that means? > > _ **Brock Samson** _: Uh, that you have sex with dead people? > > * * * > > Oprheus\*\*\*: Phile. Necrophile. A necromancer can bring the dead to life! -The Venture Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/6 "2011-06-25T18:58:55Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > If this thread has any effect at all, it will be to cause more of them just to spite you. :eek: I hope not. I wish the dope would just make threads archived and read only afer YEARS have passed. Seriously. I know some oldies are good, but show some restraint or start a redux and explain so in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/7 "2011-06-25T18:59:57Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Heh, I was reading the title the wrong way. > -The Venture Brothers. I never saw that one, but I love that show. I always thought it was weird that necromancers revive dead people. It sounds like someone who fucks corpses. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/8 "2011-06-25T19:01:18Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m not aware of anything he’s done, but you have to admit, if all he’s doing is reviving old threads, the username fits. > > Also, reviving zombie threads is officially allowed now, so what’s the problem? It’s not A poster. It’s a bunch. It’s just annoying. When was this allowed? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/9 "2011-06-25T19:05:36Z")
Well, of course you revive them! Can’t have sex with somebody who’s dead, that would be weird! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/10 "2011-06-25T19:08:59Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > It’s not A poster. It’s a bunch. It’s just annoying. When was this allowed? My mistake, there’s a poster around here named Necromancer, I just assumed that’s what you were talking about. As for zombie threads. It used to be a big deal to post to one, but about a year ago the mods relaxed the rules about it. Now it’s, in theory, okay to bring one back to life. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/11 "2011-06-25T19:10:55Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > I never saw that one, but I love that show. I always thought it was weird that necromancers revive dead people. It sounds like someone who fucks corpses. And animal husbandry is marrying your horse, is it? ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/12 "2011-06-25T19:22:18Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > :eek: I hope not. I wish the dope would just make threads archived and read only afer YEARS have passed. Seriously. I know some oldies are good, but show some restraint or start a redux and explain so in the OP. Although I agree with your suggestion(s) in theory (even though such threads don’t bother me), it ain’t gonna happen. TPTB have said so. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/13 "2011-06-25T19:23:59Z")
> [@](#): > > And animal husbandry is marrying your horse, is it? You sure as hell don’t want to be the “wife” in that scenario. Being the “husband” would be totally gross, but still… ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/14 "2011-06-25T19:26:55Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You sure as hell don’t want to be the “wife” in that scenario. Being the “husband” would be totally gross, but still… I saw something similar to that in the Philippines once. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/15 "2011-06-25T19:29:49Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, of course you revive them! Can’t have sex with somebody who’s dead, that would be weird! yeah you have to nec **romance** them first - they aint easy. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/16 "2011-06-25T19:34:11Z")
> [@simster](#): > > yeah you have to nec **romance** them first - they aint easy. Next you know there will be nec **romantic** comedies and we’ll get to hear all about “necromcom” featuring the _Necronomicon_ perhaps. I’m practically dying for that! ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/17 "2011-06-25T20:02:49Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > My mistake, there’s a poster around here named Necromancer, I just assumed that’s what you were talking about. As for zombie threads. It used to be a big deal to post to one, but about a year ago the mods relaxed the rules about it. Now it’s, in theory, okay to bring one back to life. The majority of them are just inane. I feel weird replying knowing the OP could probably careless. It’s even weirder when half of the users who replied aren’t even members anymore. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/18 "2011-06-25T20:04:15Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > And animal husbandry is marrying your horse, is it? I know it’s not, but it does sound like that. A lot of words don’t make sense when you think about them. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/19 "2011-06-25T20:05:52Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > The majority of them are just inane. I feel weird replying knowing the OP could probably careless. It’s even weirder when half of the users who replied aren’t even members anymore. There’s a really simple solution to that ya know… ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/20 "2011-06-25T20:09:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > There’s a really simple solution to that ya know… I know I should just ignore them, but the past few days they’ve really been popping up. Not by the same users. So, it’s just a weird trend. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836.md?page=2)