# New to the forum: how do you jump into a thread with several hundred comments?

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**Created:** [January 23, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-forum-how-do-you-jump-into-a-thread-with-several-hundred-comments/679568 "2014-01-23T23:26:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-forum-how-do-you-jump-into-a-thread-with-several-hundred-comments/679568/21 "2014-01-25T02:00:01Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> As a shortcut I use some of the time (not always because I tend to avoid threads that are that far along) is to “Edit –\> Find on the Page” and put in a keyword I was planning to use and look through that way. A hit would need to be read for whether my keyword was in a post I would be duplicating or at least doing little more than paraphrasing.
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> That may be more work than you wanted to do, but it might save some time in the long run if you really like the thread title and OP.

That a good idea.

But I generally don’t partake in a thread once it’s gone that far. I figure that most points have already been covered.

There is no way I’ll read through the whole thing just to see if that’s the case.

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