# Questions Only thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667 "2020-06-22T15:07:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1 "2020-06-22T15:07:01Z")

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Doesn’t it really piss you off that the earlier iteration of this thread was shut down for having over 10k posts?

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2 "2020-06-22T15:08:37Z")

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How does this game work?

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**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/3 "2020-06-22T15:11:32Z")

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How long do I have to scroll on the new board if there are 10,000 posts in a topic.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4 "2020-06-22T15:13:36Z")

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A really long time, I’m guessing?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5 "2020-06-22T16:15:14Z")

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Wanna take one for the team and find out?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/6 "2020-06-22T18:50:33Z")

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Why do I have the feeling we all will be before too long?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/7 "2020-06-22T21:03:30Z")

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Anybody else glad that somebody started a new Questions Only thread?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/8 "2020-06-22T21:08:33Z")

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Anybody else wish someone would start an Answers Only thread?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/9 "2020-06-22T21:28:45Z")

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Wouldn’t that get old and boring pretty quickly?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/10 "2020-06-22T22:46:58Z")

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Maybe. Wanna see if that happens?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/11 "2020-06-22T22:53:46Z")

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Can I express my thanks to **Panache** for starting the Answers Only thread?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/12 "2020-06-23T00:59:29Z")

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Can I, too? And can you believe I already posted there?

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/13 "2020-06-23T02:02:15Z")

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Can this thread get any more meta?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/14 "2020-06-23T03:03:02Z")

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Could people bear with yet another metamorphosis?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/15 "2020-06-23T04:44:06Z")

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If people became bears, would that be an example of metamorphosis?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/16 "2020-06-23T04:54:15Z")

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Aren’t Finn and Jake the best people to answer this question?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/17 "2020-06-23T09:58:20Z")

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Finn Hudson from “Glee”? Jake Blues from “The Blues Brothers”? You mean those guys, right?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/18 "2020-06-23T12:07:40Z")

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Does everybody need somebody to love?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/19 "2020-06-23T13:27:08Z")

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Didn’t Queen sing something about that?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/20 "2020-06-23T18:45:11Z")

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Who said art is the reproduction of reality?

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