# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/241 "2020-10-04T20:52:55Z")
**Things That Have Become Less Scary With Time** **Baby falling through window** “Ah, it’s 2020. The poor little tyke is probably better off this way.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/242 "2020-10-05T13:36:17Z")
What is this switch for? Password chaos ---
**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 5, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/243 "2020-10-05T18:27:46Z")
**Kuhneutson Valves and Flux Capacitors** **Weirdest names you’ve ever heard** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/244 "2020-10-05T21:26:12Z")
Stupid injuries Trump has COVID! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/245 "2020-10-05T23:14:38Z")
In defence of wokeness Does anybody still use BC Headache Powder? I use it when I want to be woke since it has caffeine. ---
**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 6, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/246 "2020-10-06T00:06:42Z")
Why are Canadians the most defensive people in the world when accused of potential racism? What is racial equity? What is racial equality? And while you try to think of a snappy comeback, they scarf up the last six-pack of Molson and race out the door. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/247 "2020-10-06T19:49:35Z")
Things That Have Become Less Scary With Time Botticelli - Oct. 2020 But it was _incredibly_ scary in Feb. 2019, not to mention Apr. 1998! ---
**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 6, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/248 "2020-10-06T21:23:57Z")
**Jokes that, nowadays, need explaining** **I’m done with ketchup** You’re gonna have to explain that one to me. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/249 "2020-10-07T01:47:12Z")
**Situations in which apologizing increases people anger rather than decreasing it** **White people voicing non-white characters** ---
**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 7, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/250 "2020-10-07T17:09:58Z")
Free Masonry Can you get drunk on Listerine? Yes, those Freemasons are real party animals. ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/251 "2020-10-07T23:17:21Z")
Atheists: If there had to be a god, what would you want it to be like? Your childhood TV crushes Jeez, when you said you worshipped Gidget, I didn’t think you were _serious_. ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/252 "2020-10-08T03:29:36Z")
What are poll watchers going to be watching for? Forms of Valid ID ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/253 "2020-10-08T13:24:53Z")
**Today in nature I saw** **Last 747 passenger flight in the US** (peers through binoculars) Look at that! You never see a Widebody Quadjet any more! Beautiful plumage! ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/254 "2020-10-09T02:36:55Z")
R.I.P. Johnny Nash I have a new upright freezer. How shall I fill it? Actually, I think he specified cremation… ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/255 "2020-10-09T06:11:35Z")
**How do I clean a hummingbird skull without destroying it?** **Better to be a Jack of All Trades or A Master of One?** If cleaning hummingbird skulls is the one trade you’ve mastered, I _really_ hope you have another source of income. ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/256 "2020-10-09T18:13:11Z")
**Why I hate this new fangled streaming** **The bullying of Frank Burns in M_A_S\*H** Just so you know, he gets bullied on DVD as well. ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/257 "2020-10-09T21:39:45Z")
**What is Trump’s current health?** **Pelosi is setting up a bipartisan institution regarding the 25th amendment** So, not good, I take 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:** [October 11, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/258 "2020-10-11T20:42:51Z")
Have you ever had a kitten climb up under your car engine? Pet pictures! Wasn’t her expression cute when I cranked the starter? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/259 "2020-10-12T14:53:52Z")
**You hear a smoke/gas-detector alarm in apt** **Do you own (and use) a bathrobe?** Well, I’m not running out into the hallway in my underwear, that’s for sure. ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/260 "2020-10-15T15:18:42Z")
What does bat milk taste like? Comparing nutritional value of cat food I dunno, but if you’re still hungry I can recommend a really tasty goat chow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=14)