# tomndebb, why close of donnie darko's ET thread?

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**Created:** [July 29, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-why-close-of-donnie-darkos-et-thread/664789 "2013-07-29T05:52:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-why-close-of-donnie-darkos-et-thread/664789/21 "2013-08-02T01:40:27Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> Notice the **Donnie Darko** hasn’t revisited the thread in three days, although he came back to post on the board 24 hours after tom closed his original thread.

I’m not sure what that means. It was closed within hours of his reviving it, and it’s only been a couple of hours since it was reopened. What three-day period are you talking about?

And that has nothing to do with the fact that he was berated for a perfectly appropriate post. Like I said, **tomndeb** may have been right in his assessment of the thread itself, but there was nothing about the post reviving the thread that merited being called “nonsense.”

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-why-close-of-donnie-darkos-et-thread/664789/22 "2013-08-02T02:42:49Z")

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> [@Alan\_Smithee](#):
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> I’m not sure what that means. It was closed within hours of his reviving it, and it’s only been a couple of hours since it was reopened. What three-day period are you talking about?
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> And that has nothing to do with the fact that he was berated for a perfectly appropriate post. Like I said, **tomndeb** may have been right in his assessment of the thread itself, but there was nothing about the post reviving the thread that merited being called “nonsense.”

You’re right about my comment on his not revisiting it. I didn’t read as closely as I should have.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-why-close-of-donnie-darkos-et-thread/664789/23 "2013-08-06T15:49:21Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> That’s why your fork has a cork on it, Ruprecht.

This made me laugh inappropriately loudly and I can’t find anyone else who gets the reference. Therefore, I hate you.

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