# When in discourse of sequential threads **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906 "2020-06-22T17:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/221 "2020-09-28T11:51:56Z")
They walk among us I’ve Fallen! And I need to MMP! I’m not going to help you walk among us or else you’ll MMP! ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/222 "2020-09-28T12:03:35Z")
Do you actually have to spot the sequential thread in the wild, or can you use any 2 threads that could become sequential, but are not actually? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/223 "2020-09-28T12:08:43Z")
I always _see_ them as sequential but this one was on the right hand side of the home page. I sometimes skip one or two titles but I don’t personally take them from different pages or re order them because I don’t naturally spot them that way. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/224 "2020-09-28T13:22:46Z")
My rule is to always use threads that actually are sequential. In some cases, I see where there’s a hilarious pair with one or more thread titles between them, but in those cases, I acknowledge that this is the case. And I _never_ re-arrange the order. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/225 "2020-09-28T14:18:41Z")
Anybody ever write a reply to a thread just to move it out of the way and _make_ two other threads sequential? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/226 "2020-09-28T14:23:16Z")
I haven’t but I do remember a certain thread about a dog and hollandaise that was in part created so the author could have it be sequential. It was bizarre, uncricket, and gross. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/227 "2020-09-28T15:23:18Z")
Question about The Last Supper What would a fascist/authoritarian US look like, and how it would function? There’s already a version hanging in the National Gallery. It’s a buffet supper, and Trump is doling out tiny portions of gruel to the sorrowing disciples. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/228 "2020-09-30T14:31:01Z")
Any identical twins here? I have questions for you. What’s Russian for “Trick or treat?” Don’t know. But if they show up at my door they get the boiling oil. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/229 "2020-09-30T18:19:10Z")
Things that were done in your childhood that would never be allowed today Another Lethal Injection question “If you don’t clean up your room, you’ll get the big needle, and I don’t mean a polio shot.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/230 "2020-09-30T19:14:26Z")
**Are you embarrassed when you talk to your cat?** **Overcoming Solipsism** “But if Fluffy isn’t real, then I’m only talking to myself. But I feel embarrassed when I do it, so something besides me _must_ exist!” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/231 "2020-10-01T00:47:42Z")
Question about the Stone of Scone When You Grunt, Push, And Strain To Defecate, What’s Actually Happening It’s your body telling you not to eat _that_ kind of scone. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/232 "2020-10-01T03:18:15Z")
**I have retired** **Getting the daily recommended fiber a day is freaking hard!** Maybe, but you’ve plenty of time to do it now, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/233 "2020-10-01T12:28:49Z")
**Overcoming Solipsism** **What is perfect in your opinion?** Of _course_ it’s in “my opinion”. Who else is there? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/234 "2020-10-01T16:15:01Z")
What’s the dumbest/most dangerous thing you’ve ever done for an animal’s sake? Have you ever bribed a cop? My cute widdle Muffy would never maul the neighbor’s child! Don’t you agree officer? Oops, did I just drop that benjamin? Wait, why are you getting out your handcuffs? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/235 "2020-10-01T23:10:17Z")
These words should be inscribed over the entrance to every locker room in the world? Resolved: The United States should significantly reduce the number and severity of laws against recreational drugs We’ll need a _lot_ more pizzas at halftime. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/236 "2020-10-02T12:37:20Z")
Separated by one: **What’s the most interesting car you saw today?** **People crammed into a VW** ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/237 "2020-10-02T14:54:29Z")
I think my dog needs a professional trainer Rethinking about that wedding cake Disguise the slurp with extra frosting. No one will ever know. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/238 "2020-10-03T15:15:43Z")
Youre experience/advice on applying for German citizenship “Do you have McDonald’s money?” Probably not the first question you should ask when filling out your application. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/239 "2020-10-03T23:19:41Z")
**I got hired by the Census** **The “half full” view of 2020** ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/240 "2020-10-04T14:35:20Z")
I got a jury duty summons today Channeling my inner lizard “Mr. Haskins, if you don’t open your eyes and stop basking during testimony, you’re in contempt!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=13)