# What would it take?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 11, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895 "1999-11-11T19:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895/1 "1999-11-11T19:04:00Z")

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I am wondering if The Guy Thread is the longest thread in MPSIMS yet. If it isn’t, how close is it?

And what would it take for it to be the longest thread ever?

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You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895/2 "1999-11-11T19:07:00Z")

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It would help if you had posted this question in that particular thread. 🙂

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**Dopeler effect:**  
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895/3 "1999-11-11T19:19:00Z")

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Well, for one thing, it would have to beat the [Kansas vote on evolution](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000219.html) thread. Talk about a topic that won’t die!

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La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l’on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l’on dit.  
H. de Livry

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895/4 "1999-11-11T19:23:00Z")

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And the “Flat Earth” thread over there is running a close second.

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**Dopeler effect:**  
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895/5 "1999-11-11T20:43:00Z")

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Woah. Shows you how much I’ve lurked in GD lately. ☹

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You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing.

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**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take/10895/6 "1999-11-11T22:27:00Z")

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I was actually going to post a “Kill the guy stuff” message, but I didn’t want to make it any longer. 😉

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“I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.”

-Æschylus. 525-456 B. C.