# Repetition sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 15, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361 "2013-08-15T22:20:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/21 "2013-08-16T08:14:13Z")
You know what’s annoying? Stating something and having it repeated. For example if you say you are not walking to the mailbox and you keep getting request to walk to the mailbox…after you stated YOU ARE NOT walking to the mailbox. Super annoying :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/22 "2013-08-16T08:28:55Z")
Mailboxes, schmailboxes. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/23 "2013-08-16T12:00:34Z")
Oh, were you going to the mailbox? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/24 "2013-08-16T12:16:09Z")
You’ve got mail. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/25 "2013-08-16T12:22:18Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > Hey listen, Ugh, talk about repetition. “Hey listen!” “Hey listen!” “Hey listen!” Freakin’ Navi wouldn’t shut up and let me play the game. She never had any good advice or hints either…just nagging poor Link about getting to the next dungeon. And while there was a mail runner in Ocarina of Time, I don’t think mailboxes were introduced to the series until Windwaker. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/26 "2013-08-16T12:23:01Z")
YOU KNOW WHAT’S ANNOYING? STATING SOMETHING AND HAVING IT REPEATED. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU SAY YOU ARE NOT WALKING TO THE MAILBOX AND YOU KEEP GETTING REQUEST TO WALK TO THE MAILBOX…AFTER YOU STATED you are not WALKING TO THE MAILBOX. SUPER ANNOYING :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/27 "2013-08-16T12:36:57Z")
[Lumbergh] Yeeeee.aaaaaah… We’re gonna need you to walk to the mailbox. [/Lumbergh] ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/28 "2013-08-16T15:15:01Z")
Repetition sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/29 "2013-08-16T15:26:06Z")
Totally. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/30 "2013-08-16T15:48:55Z")
That reminds me, I need stamps. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/31 "2013-08-16T16:38:13Z")
So \*are \*you going the fucking mailbox or _aren’t_ you? We don’t have all day, ya know. ---
**Author:** ![XRaeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f14d63/32.png) [@XRaeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XRaeth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/32 "2013-08-16T17:55:38Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > And while there was a mail runner in Ocarina of Time, I don’t think mailboxes were introduced to the series until Windwaker. Nope, Majora’s Mask had them. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/33 "2013-08-16T18:16:09Z")
Reminds me I have a package to mail. For another Doper, actually. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/34 "2013-08-16T20:32:16Z")
Might walk to the mailbox… ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/35 "2013-08-16T21:47:33Z")
While you’re up… ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/36 "2013-08-16T21:53:51Z")
Monty Python: Deja Vu [Monty Python: Deja Vu](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/deja-vu.php) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/37 "2013-08-17T06:28:46Z")
> [@XRaeth](#): > > Nope, Majora’s Mask had them. Ah, good to know. I never played that game beyond the first dungeon…I couldn’t stand the thought of having to repeat my actions over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/38 "2013-08-17T07:18:30Z")
Man has visited the deepest part of the worlds oceans, Challenger Deep in the Mariana’s Trench, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/39 "2013-08-17T15:03:38Z")
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361/40 "2013-08-17T15:47:19Z")
Seriously the repetition is not the problem; the problem is that no one pays attention to what the OP says. Unfortunately there are very few good listeners in the world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361.md?page=3)