# 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:** 280
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5582 "2023-10-26T21:23:09Z")
Sure, but how am I supposed to learn about quality? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5583 "2023-10-29T03:17:32Z")
With your head? ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5584 "2023-11-01T14:19:39Z")
Isn’t there some way to learn about quality that doesn’t require all that, you know, exhausting thinking? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5585 "2023-11-01T14:24:24Z")
Right? I mean, isn’t thinking, in general, preposterously overrated? Why would anyone want to spend time thinking when they could be lying on the beach eating hot dogs? ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5586 "2023-11-01T14:36:58Z")
Yeah, you tell me…what should my thoughts about that be? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5587 "2023-11-01T14:40:47Z")
Hey, are you asking me to _think_??? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5588 "2023-11-01T14:57:43Z")
Where am I? ---
**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 1, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5589 "2023-11-01T15:46:52Z")
If _you_ don’t know where you are, how are we supposed to know? ---
**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 1, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5590 "2023-11-01T17:22:27Z")
Why does it matter where one is? Wouldn’t saying “somewhere” be adequate for our purposes? ---
**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 1, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5591 "2023-11-01T18:06:56Z")
Exactly what _are_ our purposes? ---
**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 1, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5592 "2023-11-01T18:35:36Z")
Hey, who says we need a purpose? The President? The Pope? The Dalai Lama? The night manager of the Blawnox Applebee’s? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5593 "2023-11-02T02:33:05Z")
Pope here, whatya want? ---
**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 2, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5594 "2023-11-02T13:14:50Z")
_You’re_ the Pope? Really? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5595 "2023-11-02T14:11:30Z")
Doesn’t the pope have to be somewhere? Why not here? ---
**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 2, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5596 "2023-11-02T15:05:34Z")
I’ve been meaning to ask this a long time, but are you Catholic? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5597 "2023-11-02T15:21:56Z")
Me? Do I exude some sort of Catolic-osity? ---
**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 2, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5598 "2023-11-02T16:36:41Z")
Is it true that you come from Argentina, speak Latin well and look quite fetching in white? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5599 "2023-11-02T17:00:47Z")
What do you consider “fetching”? ---
**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 2, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5600 "2023-11-02T17:55:30Z")
Should we consult with the College of Cardinals? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5601 "2023-11-02T18:08:08Z")
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