# These sequential threads see in 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671 "2019-12-31T15:51:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/121 "2020-02-06T17:39:53Z")

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**Patrick Stewart ‘Gay’?  
Spotting Star Trek actors in other programs**

He has played “teh gay,” but I think he’s straight

**RIP Kirk Douglas  
Actors Who Looked “Old” for a LOOOONG Time**]

Douglas didn’t look old. At 103, he was old for a LOOOONG Time

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/122 "2020-02-06T22:12:57Z")

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\*\* The Arkansas Executions, or More Evidence that Prison for Murderers Doesn’t Work  
Toxic positivity\*\*

Now _that’ll_ work.

“You’re a good little serial killer. Yes you are! (chucks psychopath under chin).”

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/123 "2020-02-07T15:38:52Z")

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**Babysitting mishaps  
Paltrow introduces vagina scented candle**

Just give the kiddie a bath, all will be well.

**Which common OTC analgesic is better in the long run?  
Why is methadone schedule II**

It _is_? My local Kroger has it on the shelf right next to the CBD oil.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/124 "2020-02-07T15:48:06Z")

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**Electric Vehicle critics  
What happens if there’s a cash shortfall on a sale at a car dealership?**

No problem! You can just _ **charge** _ it to your credit card!  
Don’t forget to tip the veal.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/125 "2020-02-07T20:28:30Z")

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\*\* With sauerkraut, why was scurvy on ships a thing?  
EV runs out juice in mid drive…\*\*

We got scurvy on our cross-country trip because our Volt wasn’t big enough to hold a lot of kraut juice.

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/126 "2020-02-08T03:05:03Z")

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\*\*Rush Limbaugh Has Lung Cancer

My daughter has breast cancer\*\*

I’m very sorry to hear about your daughter.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/127 "2020-02-08T14:02:39Z")

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**What happens if there’s a cash shortfall on a sale at a car dealership?  
I guess you really can’t go home again, can you?**

Nope, they’ll make you stay as a hostage until you can call someone to bring cash.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/128 "2020-02-08T15:25:46Z")

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**Restaurant screws up your order. How hard do you expect them to work to make it right?  
Tabletop advertising**

The least they can do is give your business free placemat ads.

“Hal’s Mortuary SPECIALS this week include 35% off on cremation services. Like us on Facebook!!”

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/129 "2020-02-08T20:49:07Z")

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\*\* 65 years old, blind, suffering from dementia, and now crippled…[update: passed away]  
5G! huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.\*\*

Huh!

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/130 "2020-02-08T21:37:42Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> \*\* 65 years old, blind, suffering from dementia, and now crippled…[update: passed away]
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> 5G! huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.\*\*
> 
> Huh!

This is the 2nd time you’ve pointed out the “humor” of Kaylasdad’s thread about his ailing, now-deceased wife. Maybe you could at least wait until she’s in the ground for the next one?

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/131 "2020-02-08T22:08:39Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> This is the 2nd time you’ve pointed out the “humor” of Kaylasdad’s thread about his ailing, now-deceased wife. Maybe you could at least wait until she’s in the ground for the next one?

I regret that you were offended.

However I did not point out any “humor” in that thread.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/132 "2020-02-08T23:13:17Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> I regret that you were offended.
> 
> However I did not point out any “humor” in that thread.

Right, just the title.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/133 "2020-02-10T02:38:20Z")

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\*\*5G! huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.

What is a yachts good for?  
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/134 "2020-02-10T14:20:54Z")

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**Who could use the Ring to successfully overthrow Sauron?  
Jordan Peterson**

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/135 "2020-02-11T01:22:17Z")

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**Have you ever found money that you had previously stashed and had forgotten about?  
Sightseeing advice in New Mexico / Sante Fe / on the way to Carlsbad Caverns**

_Psst!_ On Highway 7 just west of White’s City. Underneath a fencepost on the right shoulder.

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/136 "2020-02-11T13:57:18Z")

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**A mundane victory, please add yours**

**Rush Limbaugh has Lung Cancer**

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/137 "2020-02-11T15:34:50Z")

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**Have you ever found money that you had previously stashed and had forgotten about?  
Smithsonian was founded with money from an English guy who never visited the US**

Just think how the arts and sciences would flourish, if everyone checked under their couch cushions on a regular basis.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/138 "2020-02-11T18:18:31Z")

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\*\* Tell me about life with kittens  
the best food i never ate MMP  
I think my cats are probably going to die. ;(\*\*

That’s just sick.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/139 "2020-02-11T18:30:40Z")

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\*\* Is it time for a voluntary Soylent Green?

Restaurant screws up your order. How hard do you expect them to work to make it right? \*\*

Hey! I ordered Soylent Yellow! I’ll have your head for this!

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/140 "2020-02-11T20:29:38Z")

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\*\* I think my cats are probably going to die. ;(

Tell me about life with kittens\*\*  
Looking to the future, I see.

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