# The only thing I fear is Fear Itself dissappearing post

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**Created:** [August 16, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-i-fear-is-fear-itself-dissappearing-post/317212 "2005-08-16T03:58:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-i-fear-is-fear-itself-dissappearing-post/317212/1 "2005-08-16T03:58:14Z")

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> **[Let's cheer the right-wing smear machine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329915)**
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> For the last few days, I’ve been getting more and more pissed off at the right’s efforts to smear Cindy Sheehan, the mom who’s camped out at Crawford against Bush. But this morning, I realize that I’ve been taking the wrong approach to the whole...

For an hour **Fear Itself** ’s last post on this thread is missing, now it seems that it should appear on page 6, but page six returns to page 5!

😕

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-i-fear-is-fear-itself-dissappearing-post/317212/2 "2005-08-16T03:59:50Z")

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Yeh, I noticed that too. I finally got to read it (it’s basically a one-liner comment) by hitting Reply and scrolling down.

Bizarre.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-i-fear-is-fear-itself-dissappearing-post/317212/3 "2005-08-16T11:47:19Z")

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During times of severe stress on the server, it will serve up stuff occasionally out of order . . . dunno exactly what causes it, but it’s one of the signs that there’s more demand than usual, which is what’s happening these days.

your humble TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-i-fear-is-fear-itself-dissappearing-post/317212/4 "2005-08-16T23:06:46Z")

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I gotta old Tandy 286 with a 10mb Hd if you need it. Would that help? 😛😛

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-i-fear-is-fear-itself-dissappearing-post/317212/5 "2005-08-17T02:35:56Z")

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Hey, we used to say in tones of hushed awe . . . “10 MB!”

your humble TubaDiva  
“And a \<gasp\> 2000 baud modem!”

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-i-fear-is-fear-itself-dissappearing-post/317212/6 "2005-08-17T04:09:40Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> there’s more demand than usual

Really? What’s up with that?