# Thread ban

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**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:** [November 5, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-ban/1009666/37 "2024-11-05T19:22:02Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> and it was quite early in the thread.

As I understand it, the rule against early jokes only applies in FQ.

[quote] Your joke wasn’t clearly a joke  
…  
That couldn’t have been you, because you were joking. [/quote]

Bit of a contradiction there. I take it you were joking.

And I believe that _some_ people thought you were talking about me.

> [@Do you correct people a lot? What's your motivation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-correct-people-a-lot-whats-your-motivation/1009660/64):
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> > [@Do you correct people a lot? What's your motivation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-correct-people-a-lot-whats-your-motivation/1009660/61):
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> > “You must not start a sentence with a conjunction!”  
> > And why not, exactly? Or is there actually a rule?
> 
> I see what you did there.

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