# SDMBKL is an alien life-form sent to Earth to gather data about the natives

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**Created:** [April 25, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958 "2012-04-25T22:07:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958/6 "2012-04-25T22:31:04Z")

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I said it in the bigotry thread, and I’ll say it again:

> [@Why is 'bigotry' bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375/24):
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> Of course he’s from this planet. Just because he’s a robot from the future trying to understand the ways of humans doesn’t mean you have to be _rude._

Of course, since we’re in the pit feel free to ignore the second part of the sentence.

On a more serious note, I was trying to decide what it was that irks me so much about all these threads, and I think I’ve figured it out. The OPs aren’t discussion openers, and the threads almost never generate discussions. They’re survey questions, and they tend to get a couple of posters “filling out the survey”, and that’s it. It’s the same reason I generally avoid “What’s your favorite…?” threads, but at leat those are relatively rare and generally contained to a single topic.

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