# 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:** 257
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5122 "2023-02-03T19:36:47Z")
Hmm, it _was_ a dumb question, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5123 "2023-02-03T19:44:15Z")
I mean, isn’t this thread a veritable black hole of gravitas? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5124 "2023-02-03T19:50:04Z")
As a non-astronomer, would I be qualified to say? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5125 "2023-02-03T20:15:09Z")
In this specific instance, why not? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5126 "2023-02-03T21:00:56Z")
I mean just because someone uses the phrase ‘black hole’ doesn’t necessarily mean it’s related to astronomy, right? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5127 "2023-02-03T21:43:24Z")
It doesn’t?!? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5128 "2023-02-03T21:55:54Z")
You sound almost…disappointed, why is that? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5129 "2023-02-04T00:01:35Z")
He has the right to be, no? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5130 "2023-02-04T02:22:57Z")
Isn’t this thread a black hole from which no enlightenment can escape? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5131 "2023-02-04T02:35:02Z")
Why would we want it to escape? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5132 "2023-02-04T02:49:16Z")
Who, or what, would ever want to leave? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5133 "2023-02-04T14:30:14Z")
Isn’t this place supposed to be our ‘forever’ home? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5134 "2023-02-04T15:07:00Z")
Hey, who took my last beer? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5135 "2023-02-04T21:34:35Z")
How could anyone possibly do that here? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5136 "2023-02-04T21:48:05Z")
If this is supposed to be our forever home, what am I supposed to think? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5137 "2023-02-05T03:41:01Z")
You wouldn’t want to live forever with a beer thief, would you? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5138 "2023-02-05T03:42:47Z")
Who here just stole my _mental beer_? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5139 "2023-02-05T03:46:11Z")
How many mental beers before you can’t safely operate heavy machinery? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5140 "2023-02-05T03:48:58Z")
Would there be a limit if you’re operating the heavy machinery mentally as well? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5141 "2023-02-05T03:54:18Z")
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