# Once again I am constrained.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-i-am-constrained/17293>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 22, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-i-am-constrained/17293 "2000-01-22T06:52:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-i-am-constrained/17293/1 "2000-01-22T06:52:00Z")

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This will soon end up in the MPSIMS with the other thread I started, but I just have to. You may recall a popularity contest in MPSIMS, the most popular poster of the century. Satan won. Someone started one specifically for the Great Debates. Satan said he’d give a dollar to those who voted for him. I voted for him and gave him my address. Today I returned to school and found a letter in the mail. THe letter had a one dollar bil in it with a post it note attached to it. The post-it note read “Thanks for the support! Yer Pal, SATAN”

What a guy is our Brian. If it weren’t for the fact that I could praise him unutterably for it, I’d feel unbearably guilty for even posting my address.

All praise Brian! He is the MAN.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-i-am-constrained/17293/2 "2000-01-22T07:08:00Z")

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Surgoshan:

If I were you, I’d frame the dollar, attaching a label indicating who gave it to you. Hung conspicuously in your office during your later career, it might serve as a psychological advantage against any who might think to compete with you.

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**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-i-am-constrained/17293/3 "2000-01-22T07:43:00Z")

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\< Kevin Spacey in _American Beauty_ \>

I RULE!

\< /Kevin Spacey in _American Beauty_ \>

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Yer pal,  
Satan

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**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-i-am-constrained/17293/4 "2000-01-22T14:17:00Z")

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Oh, sure, he sends _you_ the dollar, but not those to whom he made his first dollar promise! Hmph!

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**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-i-am-constrained/17293/5 "2000-01-22T14:20:00Z")

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[Moderator Hat: ON]

And, yes, as Surg noted, it’s off to MPSIMS for this.

Guys, I’ve noted a recent surge in people posting and saying, essentially, that they know it will be kicked to MPSIMS but they’re posting it here anyway. Well, can you please do me a favor and just post it to MPSIMS instead to begin with?! It would save me some time and effort, and I know you guys all want to make my job as easy as possible. 🙂 Thanks.

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David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator

[Moderator Hat: Handed Off To Eut.]