# Unofficial All-SDMB "This Post/Poster makes my day!" Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 18, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570 "2021-06-18T20:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/61 "2021-07-15T17:19:10Z")
Every once in a while, I like to click the ‘Suggested Topics’ at the bottom of a page and find something I hadn’t looked at before. This time, it took me to a slightly older thread about fighting a zombie apocalypse, and this post made my morning, so here it is! > [@Wouldn't an actual zombie apocalypse be super-easy to defeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-an-actual-zombie-apocalypse-be-super-easy-to-defeat/928359/30): > > > [@Wouldn't an actual zombie apocalypse be super-easy to defeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-an-actual-zombie-apocalypse-be-super-easy-to-defeat/928359/29): > > > > Then people would have to deal with skeletons in addition to zombies. > > Now that is an experience we should be terrified of. All skeletons are fast skeletons, so none of that slow, shuffling business. They know how to use tools, at least swords and shields. They can also dance and create music (at least percussive music) so they have creativity and artistic verve. > > So by my thaumatological analysis (and becoming a subject authority by watching lots of movies and a few animations with skeletons in them), once the undead cast off the flesh that holds their true intellect back, they metamorphosise from slow, dull zombies to terrifying, flesh-rending, tool-using reavers > > Since they have that creative streak as well, it’s only a matter of time before they figure out how to use guns. They’ll be much harder to fight then, as their lack of flesh makes them much harder to hit with return fire. > > > [@Wouldn't an actual zombie apocalypse be super-easy to defeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-an-actual-zombie-apocalypse-be-super-easy-to-defeat/928359/26): > > > > Exposed to the elements, they should be in the same condition as any other 10 year old corpse, that is, a bunch of bleached bones. > > _Don’t be giving them ideas!_ There’s a skeleton inside each of us, reading this, _formulating plans_ . @Acierocolotl, I’ll be quoting this all week, especially to my WoW/D&D friends. Thank you! [[except for the fact I’m now terrified of my own skeleton and I’m wondering if the audible pops, crunches, and occasional snaps are in fact trying to communicate with my wife’s skeleton in a nefarious plot!]] ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/62 "2021-07-15T18:11:36Z")
A short story by Ray Bradbury you may not want to read, then… > **[Ray Bradbury: Skeleton](https://talesofmytery.blogspot.com/2013/06/ray-bradbury-skeleton.html)** > > Tales of Mystery and Imagination.The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/63 "2021-07-15T18:47:04Z")
Hadn’t read that one before. I wonder if it inspired _Thinner._ ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/64 "2021-07-16T01:12:50Z")
I agree: kenobi\_65 is the Zen this place needs ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/65 "2021-07-16T03:00:49Z")
Looky here; @kenobi_65 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/66 "2021-07-16T03:03:48Z")
Well. I should say something profound. Be excellent to each other. And, party on! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/67 "2021-07-16T03:11:08Z")
I’m also gonna add…you, @Beckdawrek I admire you as a poster and an individual, for all you’ve overcome. Glad you’re here. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/68 "2021-07-16T03:12:13Z")
I used to watch Ray Bradbury theater like every weekend. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/69 "2021-07-16T03:34:10Z")
The only true wisdom consists of knowing you know nothing! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/70 "2021-07-16T03:36:08Z")
Lawd, there may be hope for me yet. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/71 "2021-07-16T03:58:15Z")
I like me some Zen. Can I get sushi as well? thx @asahi ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/72 "2021-07-16T08:22:38Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > The only true wisdom consists of knowing you know nothing! But then you no longer know nothing. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/73 "2021-07-16T15:25:49Z")
I think, on aggregate, the amount of ignorance out there is staggering, thus, on average, we all _still_ know nothing, and thus apparently there’s a lot of wisdom around! So I get to have my cake and eat it too! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/74 "2021-07-16T15:38:13Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > But then you no longer know nothing. Whoa! [![](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/bill-ted-excellent-adventure-1525802213.jpg) ](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/bill-ted-excellent-adventure-1525802213.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/75 "2021-07-16T16:17:00Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > > [@mikecurtis](#): > > > > The only true wisdom consists of knowing you know nothing! > > But then you no longer know nothing. I don’t know for a fact that I know nothing but I’ve long suspected it and it’s consistent with all available evidence. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/76 "2021-07-16T23:23:37Z")
I know some things. Sometimes I wish I didn’t. Ignorance is bliss. I’m very blissed out, most days. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/77 "2021-07-26T14:04:17Z")
> [@Is there a non-bigoted reason to be anti-same-sex-marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-non-bigoted-reason-to-be-anti-same-sex-marriage/947222/312): > > > [@Is there a non-bigoted reason to be anti-same-sex-marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-non-bigoted-reason-to-be-anti-same-sex-marriage/947222/310): > > > > As for the question of whether a religiously-based argument can be non-bigoted, there’s the Nyarolathotep defense: “My god requires me to oppose same sex marriage. If I don’t, he’s going to torture me for all eternity, and straight up your earthly suffering due to repressive laws doesn’t even count against the hellfire he’ll visit on me otherwise.” Someone who genuinely believes in such a malevolent Lovecraftian deity can be non-bigoted > > Why is sincere belief a get out of jail free card? What if I sincerely believe that unless I rip the beating heart out of a living human atop a mighty pyramid every single day, Quetzlcoatl will not allow the sun to rise tomorrow, leading to 7 billion deaths? Should my sincere belief let me get away with building a giant pyramid in my backyard, despite the relevant zoning laws a In the ongoing Great Debate about non-bigoted reasons to oppose SSM, this conversation between LHoD (who’s had a shoutout before) and @Babale made me spit morning coffee. This is exactly what I want on a Monday morning to get me out of pre-work funk. Or, perhaps, I should call in this morning because a pyramid sounds like too much work, but an alter to Odin . . . ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/78 "2021-07-26T14:32:41Z")
Zoning laws are no joke, make sure you get proper approval for that altar. Oh, and murder is bad, too. And thanks, I appreciate the shoutout! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/79 "2021-08-16T23:52:40Z")
Today, @SmartAleq chimes in with a complaint about a common irritation, BLEEEEEP’ing printer ink. [Feel the glory of the Printer Takedown!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-more-aggravating-things-in-life/948965/11) > No matter, Samsung laser printers are a dozen in a dime bag and this one is not smart enough to reject a toner cartridge from Fat Tony’s Sleazy Toner World Dot Com so I think I might just order a couple more (at about $20 each) to make sure generations yet unborn can still print shit off Granny’s old beater. Oh, and to bypass ALL the wifi bullshit I just ran a six foot USB cord from the media box right up to the back of the printer. Go ahead, motherfucker, figure out how to deny THAT! \*_cackles maniacally with slightly hysterical undertones_ \* ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-all-sdmb-this-post-poster-makes-my-day-thread/944570/80 "2021-08-17T17:41:35Z")
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