# 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:** 125
**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 19, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2482 "2025-04-19T01:02:41Z")
Laptop computer gurus here? What counts as clothing? For Zoom meetings, an old sweatshirt will do. Pants are optional. ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2483 "2025-04-19T02:02:58Z")
As long as you don’t stand up to get a book off your bookshelf. ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2484 "2025-04-19T12:43:17Z")
Easy Answers for Fictional Dilemmas What would skydiving on Jupiter be like? ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2485 "2025-04-19T19:50:01Z")
Ugh, do I REALLY have to schedule ANOTHER colonoscopy? Meet AROK, a robot housekeeper built in the ’70s “AROK has been completely refurbished and re-programmed to do colonoscopies, and yes, AROK is trained to use the latest in sedation for a completely painless experience! Wait, where are you going?” ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2486 "2025-04-20T23:02:20Z")
Moving money after account owner dies Wiping criminal records after a certain time Planning ahead, eh? ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2487 "2025-04-21T01:00:46Z")
**What happens if you win a prize package for multiple people, but no one wants to go with you?** **Quarks and Black Hole Spaghettification** So if you don’t come with me to Toronto, the universe has a problem… ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2488 "2025-04-21T21:02:40Z")
**So… why do bunnies lay eggs?** **Today in nature I saw** Works better reversed, but you go to war with the sequential threads you’ve got. ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2489 "2025-04-22T22:27:34Z")
Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance Why do poker players constantly fiddle with their chips? The real reason Wild Bill Hickok was shot in Deadwood. 🤬 ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2490 "2025-04-23T02:48:59Z")
**How do you feel about your scars?** **Help me defeat my cat** I take it the cat is winning? ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2491 "2025-04-23T13:31:02Z")
**Help me defeat my cat** **I’m knackered** The little bastard has worn me out. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2492 "2025-04-23T14:29:16Z")
Pretty disturbing. **AI image generation is getting crazy good** followed by **Chid Sexual Abuse Material rather than Kiddie Porn** (Chid would be Child, I don’t know if that was a typo or a choice) ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2493 "2025-04-23T16:46:53Z")
The Universe is spinning I’m knackered You wouldn’t believe the energy you have to expend to overcome inertia. What now for Ukraine Real Time with Bill Maher “You Ukrainians have to stop demonizing Putin. I’ve been over to his place for borscht and a friendly game of _Risk_, and he’s really a swell guy.” ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2494 "2025-04-25T13:03:12Z")
**Is There Any Practical Way to Increase the Birthrate?** **More eBike Questions** Well, an eBike should allow you to get around quite a lot… ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2495 "2025-04-25T13:42:02Z")
**Episodes or movies you want to see redone** **Do you think they should bring back Woodstock in 2029?** Only if it’s in Snoopy’s gritty origin story. ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2496 "2025-04-25T20:17:30Z")
Dealing with stress / anxiety / depression The skyscraper thread Come on over to the Xanax thread instead, they’re giving away Krispy Kreme doughnuts. 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2497 "2025-04-25T22:26:50Z")
**Dealing with stress / anxiety / depression** **Pet pictures!** Once again, the Dope comes through! ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2498 "2025-04-26T13:52:43Z")
Whats your earliest memory? Utterly insane traffic accident I was three, we were on the New York Thruway and Dad asked me to take the wheel for a moment. It didn’t end well. ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2499 "2025-04-27T12:40:31Z")
**Why is your ex your ex?** **Utterly insane traffic accident** ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2500 "2025-04-28T12:21:29Z")
Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance Have you heard of this word? (Second time) I already told you, I never heard of that word, and if you bring it up again I’m gonna whap you with a thesaurus. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2501 "2025-04-28T13:54:38Z")
**What did eye surgery involve in the mid-1800’s?** **Eye Dominance and Handedness** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=126)