# Please do not read this thread until Thursday 17th **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879 "2003-07-16T13:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/21 "2003-07-17T04:56:59Z")
I am not in control of my actions right now. I’ve been taken over by mighty demons… can someone help me here? F\_X ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/22 "2003-07-17T05:54:19Z")
i guess im the only obedient guy around here other than **mangteout** its 11:32 am in india when i am reading this. ---
**Author:** ![enigmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/23 "2003-07-17T06:46:27Z")
I followed the rules too. I think I’ll add “do not open” to all my thread titles in future, it seems to guarantee a good response 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/24 "2003-07-17T08:25:53Z")
Anyway, it was OK because I managed to get back to the forum index before anyone else had opened the thread. Previews do not increment the _views_ count. At least they don’t for the OP. As to whether previews of subsequent posts do, that would be very hard to test. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/25 "2003-07-17T23:38:58Z")
Man, I delayed my gratification for this? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/26 "2003-07-18T00:38:01Z")
Well if you were to go to the staff reports forum and open one of the threads with 28 posts you could construct a post, preview a few times without posting and then check the main page of the forum to see if anything changed. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/27 "2003-07-18T00:39:18Z")
Oops, that one’s locked. There’s one with 42 views that’s open. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/28 "2003-07-18T06:06:53Z")
I waited. I am a good boy. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/29 "2003-07-19T01:05:19Z")
My, such discipline in our presence! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/30 "2003-07-19T01:13:38Z")
Self-restraint and delayed gratification, too. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/31 "2003-07-19T01:27:26Z")
Self-gratification should be neither restrained nor delayed. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/32 "2003-07-19T01:31:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Self-gratification should be neither restrained nor delayed. \*\* Yeah, if I restrain myself during self-gratification, then I can’t reach my… Hey, what forum is this again? ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/33 "2003-07-21T01:28:23Z")
I must admit, I tried on the 16th but couldn’t get in. Can’t imagine why. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/34 "2003-07-21T10:55:54Z")
I win!! It’s the 21st here!! I win!! (What do I win for waiting?) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/35 "2003-07-22T18:29:19Z")
No, no, I win, **kambuckta.** See, I waited a full day and a half LONGER than YOU did – therefore, it is I, **Mikie,** who wins. Was it a contest? ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/36 "2003-07-23T05:16:48Z")
I uh, waited longer. Sure I did. Now amscray, ya punks. _Yeaaahh…_ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/37 "2003-07-23T05:47:15Z")
Hey…check out **Blackeyes’** post count will ya. 1313 I say he wins, because if we don’t let him win, he’ll probably sool the ghouls onto us. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879.md?page=1)