# 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:** 61
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1201 "2020-12-16T14:35:09Z")
Would he ever post here again if he did? ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1202 "2020-12-16T16:01:23Z")
Do you think there are no lobotomized people on the internet? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1203 "2020-12-16T17:49:51Z")
How common were lobotomies back in the day? ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1204 "2020-12-16T19:09:46Z")
Doesn’t _Ratched_ review some of the old horrible history of that operation? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1205 "2020-12-17T05:04:47Z")
Not exactly the kind of story most people seek out, is it? ---
**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:** [December 20, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1206 "2020-12-20T05:26:50Z")
Is that what you call a no-brainer? ---
**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:** [December 20, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1207 "2020-12-20T05:53:22Z")
Is it common for this thread to lie dormant for so long? Did it become a zombie? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1208 "2020-12-23T04:10:05Z")
D’ya know, I was a little worried that I might’ve killed it off? But it seems to be up and kicking again now, doesn’t 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:** [December 23, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1209 "2020-12-23T05:32:45Z")
Why did you think you’d killed it off? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1210 "2020-12-23T05:42:55Z")
Do you think you did it intentionally? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1211 "2020-12-23T06:36:19Z")
Hasn’t this thread always bounced back before? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1212 "2020-12-23T15:22:53Z")
Wouldn’t it take more than one person to kill off a thread? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1213 "2020-12-23T18:05:30Z")
How many would it take, do you think? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1214 "2020-12-23T18:49:48Z")
All of them? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1215 "2020-12-23T20:03:11Z")
Could you be more specific? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1216 "2020-12-23T20:28:15Z")
A number greater than one? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1217 "2020-12-23T20:43:53Z")
But less than a million, don’t you think? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1218 "2020-12-23T22:24:29Z")
Shouldn’t that be “fewer”? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1219 "2020-12-23T22:43:02Z")
Well, since it only takes one person to keep a thread going, doesn’t it follow that it would take _everyone in the world_ to kill 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:** [December 23, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1220 "2020-12-23T22:45:37Z")
Does that include babies and comatose people? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=62)