# So in the Great Debates forum, where are the winners posted? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 23, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770 "2010-09-23T14:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/1 "2010-09-23T14:55:57Z")
Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/2 "2010-09-23T14:59:58Z")
Why are there winners and losers? > [@](#): > > Seagoon: Now, now what’s all this about? > > Moriarty: It is the revolution señor - everywhere there is an armed rising. > > Seagoon: Are you in it? > > Moriarty: Right in it - you see, you see señor, the united anti-socialist neo-democratic pro-fascist communist party is fighting to overthrow the unilateral democratic united partisan bellicose pacifist cobelligerant tory labour liberal party! > > Seagoon: Whose side are you on? > > Moriarty: There are no sides - we are all in this together. (Goon Show: The Affair of the Lone Banana) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/3 "2010-09-23T15:19:52Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > So in the Great Debates forum, where are the winners posted? 4chan ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/4 "2010-09-23T16:28:54Z")
My post _is_ my win. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/5 "2010-09-23T16:33:00Z")
The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/6 "2010-09-23T16:37:58Z")
It’s the last poster. Didn’t you get the meme? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/7 "2010-09-23T16:39:19Z")
Threadkillers are winners? I never knew. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/8 "2010-09-23T22:06:59Z")
I keep the master list on a spreadsheet. Let me know if you’d like me to send it to you. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/9 "2010-09-24T13:30:56Z")
We’re all winners. Of course, when everyone wins, noone wins. So none of us are winners. And if none of us are winners, then we all must be losers. Wait, it’s a tie! QtM, master debater. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/10 "2010-09-24T19:22:52Z")
You know who else cared about winning? Hitler! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/11 "2010-09-24T19:32:05Z")
The winners are "posted"at noon in the castle courtyard, then set aflame at sundown as an example to all those that think they are smarter than TPTB. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/12 "2010-09-24T19:44:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The winners are "posted"at noon in the castle courtyard, then set aflame at sundown as an example to all those that think they are smarter than TPTB. Yeah, but they have a hell of an afternoon party! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/13 "2010-09-24T22:13:02Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Of course, when everyone wins, **noone** wins. Apparently, the only way to win is [not to post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/14 "2010-09-24T22:17:19Z")
I always get an email and check when I win. All the winners do. The only way you would’t be notified is if… wait nm. Gotta go. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/15 "2010-09-24T22:24:12Z")
Don’t worry. I’ve been keeping track of them. I’ll let every one know the scores when we’re done. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/16 "2010-09-24T23:06:18Z")
The winners are posted in the VIP forum. Everybody who is anybody around here has the password. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/17 "2010-09-24T23:40:59Z")
The winners always know who we are. There’s no need to advertise it. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/18 "2010-09-24T23:53:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The winners are "posted"at noon in the castle courtyard, [As in…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Impaled.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/19 "2010-09-25T00:02:12Z")
He who kills the thread wins. Note that grammatically, this disqualifies females. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770/20 "2010-09-25T00:10:09Z")
If you have to ask, you’ll never know. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770.md?page=2)