# 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:** 124
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2462 "2025-04-08T13:27:43Z")
**Is There Any Practical Way to Increase the Birthrate?** **Getting our kicks on Route 66** ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2463 "2025-04-08T13:46:00Z")
What role is Larry Hagman best known for? Strange Titanic question He was the rich guy who bribed the lookouts not to report an iceberg dead ahead, because he had a big bet down on the ship sinking before it could get to port. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2464 "2025-04-08T16:20:01Z")
Strange Titanic question Why do lasers go “pew pew”, anyway? So, Jewish Space Lasers sank the Titanic? I knew it all along!!! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2465 "2025-04-09T00:34:21Z")
**Lactose intolerance in non-human animals** **Is there any real ice cream in stores anymore?** ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2466 "2025-04-09T02:18:12Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > So, Jewish Space Lasers sank the Titanic? I knew it all along!!! 😜 Iceberg, Goldberg, what’s the difference… ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2467 "2025-04-09T16:23:35Z")
**Why build a motel HERE?** **Getting our kicks on Route 66** ---
**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:** [April 10, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2468 "2025-04-10T15:45:51Z")
What happened to being a tramp? Getting our kicks on Route 66 ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2469 "2025-04-11T01:20:02Z")
Do the signs of puberty (facial hair, pubic hair, voice changing, etc.) happen in a specific sequence? True Randomness Yeah, I woke up one morning at the age of 12 and was amazed to find out that I sounded just like Barry White. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2470 "2025-04-11T11:37:15Z")
**Is there any practical way to increase the birth rate? We can clone extinct species. Should we?** Might not be my first option. There might be better ways. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2471 "2025-04-13T23:38:42Z")
**You FUCKING bastard!** **What were you THINKING?** Deep breaths, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2472 "2025-04-14T01:01:30Z")
**Information on a speeding ticket** **True Randomness** Mine had the height of Mt. Rushmore in furlongs, and the age of Bertrand Russell’s cat. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2473 "2025-04-14T06:30:02Z")
Not Schrödinger’s? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2474 "2025-04-14T13:14:42Z")
It changed when they tried to measure it. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2475 "2025-04-14T23:04:19Z")
Free Association v2.0 What counts as clothing? Um…software! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2476 "2025-04-15T21:42:29Z")
OK, planning to get a puppy (black lab)-do’s and don’ts? Superautomatic espresso machines? Definitely a don’t. Lab pups can be plenty hyper even without a jolt of caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2477 "2025-04-15T23:34:53Z")
[How nervous little dogs prepare for the day](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/229965124701965077/) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2478 "2025-04-16T15:14:57Z")
**What’s with these three painted dots on my windshield (they were there when I bought the car from the dealer)** **Does having passwords show up as dots provide protection against anything other than over the shoulder looking?** _That’s_ the answer – Someone entered a password on your windshield! (Actually, I cheated a little. I left out a short-titled thread between these two.) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2479 "2025-04-16T17:27:29Z")
Strange Titanic question So is Mike Myers not a dick any more? We still haven’t forgiven him for sneaking into the lifeboat dressed as “Michelle” Myers. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2480 "2025-04-17T14:21:02Z")
Free digital Archie comics Let’s tell a story four words at a time Veronica’s mean to Archie. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2481 "2025-04-19T00:17:53Z")
**Should the New Pornographers change their name ASAP?** **Musical groups for whom a name change was a good idea…or a bad one** Let’s ask the Original Pornographers how it worked out for them [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=125)