# 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:** 62

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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:** [December 23, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1221 "2020-12-23T23:13:24Z")

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And Trump White House staff?

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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:** [December 24, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1222 "2020-12-24T06:45:22Z")

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And all his supporters as well?

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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:** [December 24, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1223 "2020-12-24T21:27:02Z")

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Do we have to include them?

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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:** [December 24, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1224 "2020-12-24T22:04:27Z")

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There’s no particular reason we _have_ to, is there?

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**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 26, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1225 "2020-12-26T00:59:38Z")

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Won’t they just muscle their way in anyway?

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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:** [December 26, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1226 "2020-12-26T17:46:12Z")

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Wouldn’t that make them even more unwelcome?

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**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 26, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1227 "2020-12-26T21:45:26Z")

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Pfft, you think they’d care?

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**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 27, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1228 "2020-12-27T06:28:53Z")

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Do you care if they think?

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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:** [December 27, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1229 "2020-12-27T07:17:38Z")

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If they think, does that mean that they are? Or am I misunderstanding Descartes?

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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:** [December 27, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1230 "2020-12-27T08:40:27Z")

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What if they just _think_ they think?

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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:** [December 27, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1231 "2020-12-27T19:13:58Z")

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If they think they think, then aren’t they obviously thinking?

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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:** [December 27, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1232 "2020-12-27T19:42:26Z")

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What if we think they think that we don’t think they think? If you follow me?

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**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 27, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1233 "2020-12-27T22:25:18Z")

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What if I don’t follow you?

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**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 27, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1234 "2020-12-27T22:26:32Z")

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When did you give up stalking?

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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:** [December 27, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1235 "2020-12-27T23:41:36Z")

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Who says he’s stalking?

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**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 28, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1236 "2020-12-28T00:29:02Z")

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Isn’t stalking in the eye of the beholder?

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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:** [December 28, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1237 "2020-12-28T03:47:37Z")

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Didn’t Kirstie Alley and John Travolta co-star in a movie some years ago? Wasn’t it called “Look Who’s Stalking”?

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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:** [December 29, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1238 "2020-12-29T14:57:47Z")

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That’s not exactly the title, is it?

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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:** [December 29, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1239 "2020-12-29T18:08:29Z")

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Didn’t he imply that wasn’t exactly the title?

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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:** [December 29, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1240 "2020-12-29T22:19:56Z")

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Is it possible I was mistaken as to the title?

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