# What's the deal with all the old threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 17, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777 "2013-07-17T19:49:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/21 "2013-07-19T15:12:53Z")
Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/22 "2013-07-20T15:26:56Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Cite? Your post is your cite. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/23 "2013-07-20T16:02:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Your post is your cite. You do realize that you are responding to a thread that died out two days ago? Your cite is your braaaainsss . . . ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/24 "2013-07-21T03:36:48Z")
In my dotage I don’t remember many of those zombies. When something looks interesting I’ll click on it. It’s intestring to realize at some point you’re reliving history. Heck, it was intestring then. It’s still intestring now. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/25 "2013-07-21T03:38:50Z")
In my dotage I don’t remember many of those zombies. When something looks interesting I’ll click on it. It’s interesting to realize at some point you’re reliving history. Heck, it was interesting then. It’s still interesting now. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/26 "2013-07-21T03:50:51Z")
Wait. Interesting is spelled differently in the “duplicate” posts above. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/27 "2013-07-22T20:43:50Z")
I blame Obama! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/28 "2013-07-23T00:32:36Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > I blame Obama! But Obama blames Bush. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/29 "2013-07-24T05:17:50Z")
Could we mark these Zombie threads in a different color or with a big “Z” in front of them? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/30 "2013-07-27T13:36:15Z")
Yeah, just clicked on 2 in GQ in the span of 3 minutes. (Which is why I avoid GQ) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/31 "2013-07-27T14:27:58Z")
I usually spot a zombie thread if a thread crops up in a sub-forum which is several pages long, but it’s a thread that I haven’t seen before. So, either a new thread cropped up overnight and it’s somehow wildly popular (with a lot of posts and several pages), or it’s a zombie. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777/32 "2013-07-27T14:47:13Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > But Obama blames Bush. And Bush, being Bush, looks around for someone to blame with a dumbfounded look on his face. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-old-threads/663777.md?page=1)