# What's the most asinine statement you've ever seen posted on the SDMB?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 21, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-asinine-statement-youve-ever-seen-posted-on-the-sdmb/276001 "2004-11-21T23:46:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-asinine-statement-youve-ever-seen-posted-on-the-sdmb/276001/41 "2004-11-22T04:10:28Z")

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**Duffer** saying not to sweat the deficit. Not dumbest of all time, but most recent? Yes.

/too lazy to find link.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-asinine-statement-youve-ever-seen-posted-on-the-sdmb/276001/42 "2004-11-22T04:20:44Z")

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> [@moriah](#):
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> Anything that’s spitefully designed create dissension and friction in a community. Like this one:
> 
> “What’s the most asinine statement you’ve ever seen posted on the SDMB?”

I don’t think that we need this thread, for the reason **moriah** stated.

I’m closing it…it should have been put in IMHO to start with, and it’s too rancorous to move now.

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope

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