# This thread goes backwards **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769 "2019-09-06T02:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/141 "2019-09-10T02:20:21Z")
I have a question about the theme of this thread. I just know math will be involved. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/142 "2019-09-10T02:34:35Z")
Seriously, people, if you can’t stick to the theme of this thread, then go somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/143 "2019-09-10T02:47:46Z")
All I’m saying is, the equation that shows the plane will take off from the treadmill works _if_, and only _if_, 0.999… = 1. And all the cats onboard have been declawed. It’s obvious. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/144 "2019-09-10T02:51:42Z")
Hi, Joe Möbius here, have you seen my strip laying around anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/145 "2019-09-10T04:20:02Z")
Are the mods erasing posts? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/146 "2019-09-10T04:46:42Z")
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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/147 "2019-09-10T13:52:28Z")
You wouldn’t say that to my face, pal. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/148 "2019-09-10T14:50:34Z")
Well, that got cornfielded really quick. Mods saved us from another troll. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/149 "2019-09-10T14:52:14Z")
Oh god, do we really have to go through this rigmarole again? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/150 "2019-09-10T15:33:00Z")
I tell you, this is the craziest thread I’ve ever seen. We’re talking about .99999 being 1, volcanos, 1920s-style death rays, and the ripple effect of sound generated by marching bands. What next? The feeding habits of lizards? And, I might add. .9999 is not 1. It’s close, but as they used to say, only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/151 "2019-09-10T15:34:22Z")
Someone please explain this concept to me. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/152 "2019-09-10T15:35:30Z")
Does anyone have a basic question, I mean a \*really \*basic question, they need to have answered in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/153 "2019-09-10T15:43:23Z")
> [@RutgersUGrad20191](#): > > Honestly fuck the scots, stupid kilt-wearing bastards Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/154 "2019-09-10T15:48:55Z")
I don’t know what to tell you Cardigan. My cat is also acting a bit clumsy, but that’s because he’s so fat. Maybe you should try giving your iguana less food? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/155 "2019-09-10T17:55:23Z")
I wouldn’t know about that. I’ve never owned an iguana, much less one with a balance problem. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/156 "2019-09-10T18:18:45Z")
I don’t know about iguanas; but I once had a cat with a bad ear infection that affected his balance. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/157 "2019-09-10T19:42:05Z")
Has this thread really devolved to discussions on math and iguanas? Remember when we were talking about music and movies just a few posts ago? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/158 "2019-09-10T21:08:49Z")
Maybe I’ll let you all have a look at the first draft of my novel,\* Iggy, The Iguana Who Disproved Differential Calculus.\* ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/159 "2019-09-10T21:11:57Z")
You’ve never seen it? It’s a movie (a musical) about an iguana who’s a mathematical genius who found a one page proof of Fermat’s last theorem. The proof utilizes the fact that 0.999… = 1. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/160 "2019-09-11T01:47:31Z")
I’ve never seen it. What’s it about? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769.md?page=9)