# This thread was started Feb. 14, 2015! Do Not Zombie!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 15, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706 "2015-02-15T06:06:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/64 "2016-02-12T06:39:16Z")

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The worst part of zombie threads is the poster who has to announce to the other posters who got suckered in that its a zombie thread.

Many posters zip through the topics, and rarely go to the very first post to check when it was started before replying, so its no fun being “zombie-shamed”.

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