# Reply requested **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 12, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201 "2001-07-12T12:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/1 "2001-07-12T12:12:47Z")
Quickly, why isn’t there a REPLY button at the end of every post, as there is a QUOTE button? If you’re in the middle of a long thread, it’s a hassle to go all the way to the end of a page to reply. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/2 "2001-07-12T12:26:10Z")
For the record, you can also go to the top of the page (there’s a “Post Reply” link there) and at a maximum of 50 posts per page you are never really _all that far_ from one link or the other. And if you’re really so torpid that you can’t be bothererd to scroll up or down half a page, why not just hit the blessed “Quote” button and delete the text placed there. That is, after all, the only difference between hitting “Post Reply” and “Quote.” Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/3 "2001-07-12T12:26:42Z")
Yeah, and while we’re at it, why isn’t there a “BJ” button at the end of every post too? I like to have _my_ every whim fulfilled instantly, too… ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/4 "2001-07-12T12:44:23Z")
I prefer to think of myself as merely “sluggish”. And a BJ from a machine? That sounds like it might hurt, although…OK, let’s go on strike until that button is installed! This is kinda fun, but I still wonder why, in the first place, no REPLY per post button. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/5 "2001-07-12T13:06:07Z")
Because then you’d have both a Reply button and a Reply With Quote button at every post, and lesser beings might find it a tad confusing. I liked “torpid” myself. Heh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/6 "2001-07-12T13:14:53Z")
You took that gibing really well, **ageless6**. You’re good people. > [@](#): > > I still wonder why, in the first place, no REPLY per post button It’s a question of redundancy. There are only as many links as there need to be. You need individual “quote” links for every post because that’s the only way something like that could work efficiently. There aren’t “reply” links for every post because you don’t _need_ “reply” links for every post. Either you are replying to the thread as a whole, in which case you should have read the thread as a whole and now be at the bottom of it, or you are replying to an individual post, in which case you should quote the relevant portion of that post (as I have done here). Hope this helps. Seriously this time. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/7 "2001-07-12T13:18:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I liked “torpid” myself. Thanks, \*\*Duck Duck Goose \*\*. It’s from my “Trollope” collection: words people with medium-sized vocabularies think are dirty but aren’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/8 "2001-07-12T13:44:08Z")
That about does it. Thanks everyone, and especially KneadsToKnow.(You mean “torpid” isn’t dirty? What about "gibes? I thought “taking gibes really well” meant you were coming on to me). Kind of a sluggish gibe, there. Torpidly thine: Rick ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/9 "2001-07-12T21:57:02Z")
There’s another extremely simple solution, too. Simply press and hold either the “page up” or “page down” key until you come to either the top or bottom. I can think of few things that require less effort than that. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/10 "2001-07-12T22:12:25Z")
Or press the Home or End buttons. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/11 "2001-07-12T22:17:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*Or press the Home or End buttons. \*\* What are you – some kind of commie Mac user? It’s \+\ or \+\ for the ruling class Windows users. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/12 "2001-07-12T22:19:29Z")
Not in IE5. Peasant. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/13 "2001-07-13T09:52:47Z")
Generally, I consider it good etiquette to read to the end of the thread before replying anyway. I frequently wish others would do the same, especially when you see someone make a point that had already been made twice previously, or ask a question that had already been answered. Is there any particular reason that you are desperate to reply there and then rather than reading the whole thread first? pan ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/14 "2001-07-13T10:48:35Z")
kabbes: Nope. I just wondered. And I understand the etiquette and agree. \< tears freely falling, now\> I know I should never have asked a question of this sluggish torpidity! Christ, I’m stupid. Even UncleBeer bordered on being sarcastic. And I’m sure that’s the first time for him. Please ban me! If I’m released, I just know I’ll do it again. In fact I’d put money on it. ::Caution-incoming sarcasm:: What, too late? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/15 "2001-07-13T13:46:15Z")
Aw. There there. S’okay. Go pick on someone in the pit. That’ll make you feel better. It’s never too hard to find a spelling mistake or something. pan ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/16 "2001-07-13T15:09:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JeffB \* > \*\*What are you – some kind of commie Mac user? It’s \+\ or \+\ for the ruling class Windows users. \*\* I am a commie, and I use an iMac USB keyboard, but my OS is Win2000, and my browser is IE5.5, and home/end works for me. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/17 "2001-07-13T21:29:43Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by manhattan_ > **Not in IE5. Peasant. 😉** > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by JeffB \* > > \*\*What are you – some kind of commie Mac user? It’s \+\ or \+\ for the ruling class Windows users. \*\* > > I am a commie, and I use an iMac USB keyboard, but my OS is Win2000, and my browser is IE5.5, and home/end works for me. \*\* Okay, so it’s **M** ontfort and **m** anhattan using **M** icrosoft IE that’s the difference. Do I see some connection here? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/18 "2001-07-13T21:36:27Z")
**M** aybe. **M** aybe not. - **m** anhattan General Questions **M** oderator. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/19 "2001-07-15T02:29:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ageless6 \* > I prefer to think of myself as merely “sluggish”. > And a BJ from a machine? That sounds like it might hurt, although…OK, let’s go on strike until that button is installed! You’ll need the proper [hardware](http://www.fu-fme.com/) first. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-requested/72201/20 "2001-07-15T13:20:15Z")
My god, from the underwear section of the Sear’s catalogue to this- words have finally failed me…friedo, will you buy me one, PLEASE? You see, I have this incurable disease, and my doctor says I only have five or six hundred orgasms left…