# What kind of "Ask the" threads are you hoping for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813 "2007-09-11T18:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/41 "2007-09-12T00:39:09Z")
With credit given to **Idle Thoughts** , some of these have been done before. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=394701&highlight=anthology) to many “Ask the” threads. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/42 "2007-09-12T00:48:02Z")
“Ask the prisoner/person who’s spent a significant amount of time in jail.” ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/43 "2007-09-12T00:50:16Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Well, can you speak on life there at all? If so, start one! Questions will be forthcoming! [/QUOTE] I don’t really want to do an Ask The thread, because i suspect that’ll be boring. but if you want to ask me some questions by private message, i’d be more than happy to answer them. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/44 "2007-09-12T00:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I think I am a pacifist, but I’d be afraid to try that one on these boards! And I am not anti-violence in every circumstance, so I probably don’t truly fit…however I feel being anti-violence or war in every situation bar none is being woefully naive. [/QUOTE] [hijack] I was raised a Quaker and had my dear old Auntie Koee in mind for this thread. She was in charge of a United Nations run displaced persons center in Germany after the war – she was no Pollyanna. I’d love to bring her back from the great beyond and ask her all kinds of uncomfortable questions about that war and standing up to tyranny and, shoot, just plain old self defense. [/hj] [QUOTE=Anaamika] Pacifist pacifist pacifist. Smashifist. [/QUOTE] I think you should turn the other cheek, **Anaamika**. At lesat till the whole thing winds up in the Pit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/45 "2007-09-12T01:23:16Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I want an "\*\* Ask the percussionist/drummer\*\* " thread. I tried to start one with questions, but it failed because I don’t know the right questions to ask. [/QUOTE] There have been a few that I’ve taken part in, or even started. Looks like **Captain Socks** started a new one for you. If there’s a question he can’t answer, I’m sure **percussion** , one of the other drummers, or I can help. ---
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/46 "2007-09-12T01:38:20Z")
I’d like to see something like **Ask the person who grew up in an orphanage**. I adopted two children from an orphanage in Russia, and I was wondering how it was like for the kids who never got adopted, and lived their entire childhood in an orphanage. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/47 "2007-09-12T01:51:57Z")
I would love to see: **Ask the person who works in a burn unit.** To me, debridement of the wounds of a severely burned child would damn near kill me. I would like to know how they do it. **Ask the person who works in a brewery** would be a fun thread. As would, **Ask the guy who stole your lunch out of the break-room.** SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/48 "2007-09-12T01:55:42Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] And, yet, there’s my sig, just sitting around waiting for an opportunity like this. [/QUOTE] Not to mention the Nancy Pearl librarian action figure, with the automatic shushing motion. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/49 "2007-09-12T01:58:22Z")
To satisfy my curiosity & either confirm (-or- disprove) those hunches, “Ask the moderator of TPTSNBN”. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/50 "2007-09-12T02:11:04Z")
I’ve sometimes considered starting an “Ask the (soon-to-be) Sociologist” thread, but I can’t imagine that I’m the only person here with such a generic degree track. I’ve always wanted to see an “Ask the Military Recruiter” thread, as well as an “Ask the Intersex Person” thread. I imagine serious problems with both, though. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/51 "2007-09-12T02:16:01Z")
[QUOTE=Soul] I’ve sometimes considered starting an “Ask the (soon-to-be) Sociologist” thread, but I can’t imagine that I’m the only person here with such a generic degree track. I’ve always wanted to see an “Ask the Military Recruiter” thread, as well as an “Ask the Intersex Person” thread. I imagine serious problems with both, though. [/QUOTE] Your wish will be answered soon enough. I am about to become an intersex person. Er, I meant a recruiter for the Army. I will start a thread as soon as I do. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/52 "2007-09-12T02:21:23Z")
**Ask the easy girl for her phone number** What? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/53 "2007-09-12T02:27:53Z")
[QUOTE=Tapiotar] Not to mention the Nancy Pearl librarian action figure, with the automatic shushing motion. [/QUOTE] Is that what that is? I thought she was a picker. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/54 "2007-09-12T02:35:46Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] Your wish will be answered soon enough. I am about to become an intersex person. Er, I meant a recruiter for the Army. I will start a thread as soon as I do. SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] The breath with which I am waiting can only be described as baited. I look forward to it! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/55 "2007-09-12T02:46:36Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Oh, and since we’re talking Upstate NY: “Ask the guy who wants to ask other people where they think ‘Upstate NY’ really is” [/QUOTE] It’s grand fun seeing where different people put that boundary, isn’t it? When I was with ConEd one of my coworkers talked about how long and difficult it was to get to a jobsite in Upstate. In Westchester. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/56 "2007-09-12T02:54:10Z")
[QUOTE=Plan B] **Ask the cop** [/QUOTE] There was [one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=147494) **Badge** seems to have let his subscription lapse. I don’t feel like making one. I answer questions as they come up. There is at least one other military recruiter on the Dope. There was also at least one submariner here. Can’t remember the names. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/57 "2007-09-12T02:55:07Z")
I have thought about starting an "ask the architect’ thread, but I was worried I would get busy and not return to it, or that nobody have any questions! 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/58 "2007-09-12T04:49:19Z")
Hmm… I could do ‘‘Ask the Nietzsche Fanatic’’ or ‘‘Ask the Atheist Who Once Performed an Excorcism as a Pentecostal Christian,’’ but beyond that, I’m not sure I have much unique experience. I’d love an ‘‘Ask the Kid Who Grew Up in an Orphanage’’ thread. My grandmother grew up in an orphanage, and never expressed any anger or angst over it whatsoever. Also, ‘‘Ask the former Scientologist’’ would be great. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/59 "2007-09-12T04:59:42Z")
[QUOTE=Soul] I’ve sometimes considered starting an “Ask the (soon-to-be) Sociologist” thread, but I can’t imagine that I’m the only person here with such a generic degree track. [/QUOTE] You’re not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/60 "2007-09-12T05:32:15Z")
“Ask the moderator” And to make it really fun, start it in the pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813.md?page=4)