# Questions Only thread **URL:** \ **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:** 132
**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:** [November 18, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2622 "2021-11-18T03:38:25Z")
Wait, I’m confused, what’s all the confusion about? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2623 "2021-11-18T13:42:12Z")
Who here can clear up all this confusion? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2624 "2021-11-18T18:17:50Z")
… no volunteers? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2625 "2021-11-18T18:57:46Z")
Boy do we all lack self-confidence that badly? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2626 "2021-11-18T19:06:50Z")
That can’t usually be said of Dopers, can it? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2627 "2021-11-18T20:47:17Z")
What can usually be said of Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2628 "2021-11-18T20:49:17Z")
Weren’t you paying attention? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2629 "2021-11-18T20:55:30Z")
attention to what ? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2630 "2021-11-18T21:17:19Z")
How much attention does that question deserve? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2631 "2021-11-18T21:20:57Z")
Wouldn’t that depend? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2632 "2021-11-18T21:26:52Z")
On what, exactly? Aren’t there some universal constants when it comes to Dopers? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2633 "2021-11-19T03:16:21Z")
And what exactly are those constants? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2634 "2021-11-19T15:19:59Z")
Yeah, what he said! Oh, wait, that’s not a question, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2635 "2021-11-19T16:52:37Z")
One of your sentences was a question. Is that not how this thread works? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2636 "2021-11-19T18:34:02Z")
No, _every_ sentence here is supposed to be a question, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2637 "2021-11-19T20:05:57Z")
When was this policy established? And why was I not consulted first? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2638 "2021-11-19T20:27:53Z")
It’s in the freakin’ thread title, innit, as to your first question? And as to your second, do you have some legal entitlement that we’re not aware of, such that you must be consulted on SDMB thread title policy? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2639 "2021-11-19T20:41:14Z")
Are you really going to pettifog with all those technicalities? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2640 "2021-11-20T17:26:40Z")
Didn’t he just do so? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2641 "2021-11-22T18:38:17Z")
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