# 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:** 135
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2682 "2025-11-29T16:52:34Z")
What occupations could you learn at a professional level through Youtube? Off with their heads! I’ve gotten pretty handy with a guillotine just from watching YouTube videos. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2683 "2025-12-02T17:38:56Z")
Suggestion for a new tablet? Sometimes Technology Just Complicates Things Yeah, go with this one. No worries about battery recharging. [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/9206547/r/il/e47af9/2302966431/il_1080xN.2302966431_jrpr.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/9206547/r/il/e47af9/2302966431/il_1080xN.2302966431_jrpr.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2684 "2025-12-02T18:30:34Z")
**Must-do things in London or within an afternoon’s drive? vacation-travel Who adopts chickens - need answer fast** Personally, I’d adopt a domestic chicken, the necessary paperwork, & time in quarantine until you can cuddle it back in the US is more than I want to deal with. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2685 "2025-12-03T01:22:45Z")
**Goon, you’re free! You can’t watch Pornhub in Texas (for the time being)** I guess you’re free except in Texas. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2686 "2025-12-03T15:21:11Z")
In YOUR opinion, when’s the best time to get cataract surgery? I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain 3 I think you’re overdue for cataract surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2687 "2025-12-05T02:25:02Z")
**Laser Range Finder** **Blowing up boats off So. America - war crime or not?** The crime is shooting them, not the targeting mechanism ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2688 "2025-12-07T03:41:09Z")
Screw you, Burl Ives! Trump is dying Many have succumbed after being subjected to “A Holly Jolly Christmas”. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2689 "2025-12-09T19:51:14Z")
Does this congressional ban on hemp-derived THC products affect state-level marijuana legalization When you are about 30,000 feet in a plane No, that’s a legal high. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2690 "2025-12-09T20:58:10Z")
**Who would make a better President?** **Walk me through the process of ordering a round at a British pub** I thought the bars legally can’t open on Election Day until after the polls close ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2691 "2025-12-10T15:25:13Z")
Mass murder on the high seas (Venezuelan “drug boat”) Transgender for everyone Royal Caribbean’s promotions are gettiing stranger and stranger. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2692 "2025-12-10T16:36:54Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > **Who would make a better President?** > **Walk me through the process of ordering a round at a British pub** > > I thought the bars legally can’t open on Election Day until after the polls close Not sure if that’s a joke, but no. No requirement in UK that bars close on election day. And pubs and polls both close at 11PM. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2693 "2025-12-13T03:46:53Z")
**Spelling question involving the letter “d”** **Why blue eyes?** Because “blude eydes” would just be silly. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2694 "2025-12-13T16:08:45Z")
Visiting sites of past bad events What are these metal things on concrete benches No idea, but it’s wise to check carefully before plopping your butt down on them. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2695 "2025-12-14T23:12:20Z")
What is “ok” to put through a sink disposal? Most people get Ayn Rand’s philosophy wrong Understood, but if you don’t feed in _The Fountainhead_ sloowly, you’re gonna have a monster plumber’s bill. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2696 "2025-12-27T02:48:47Z")
NM Nm Nm ---
**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:** [January 3, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2697 "2026-01-03T23:58:49Z")
Korean Reunification An alternative to Israel that probably would have worked 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2698 "2026-01-04T00:37:02Z")
**Have you ever been caught masturbating?** **Gifts from the company catalogue-The Good, The Bad and The Ugly** If it was in the company catalogue, why _can’t_ I use it at work? 🫣😲 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2699 "2026-01-05T00:04:01Z")
What is the point of supervised release with an ankle monitor? Could the British have defeated the American Revolution if they’d done this? Nah, there would have been a ton of ankle monitors thrown into Boston harbor. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2700 "2026-01-05T14:26:39Z")
**Did Pavlov Think About Feeding His Dog Every Time He Heard a Bell Ring?** **Friendly Dog Becomes Aggressive** Because he didn’t get fed when the bell rang. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2701 "2026-01-06T21:59:36Z")
Craig the elephant has died Being the last poster of a thread and then it dies Poor Craig never could resist posting in obscure threads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=136)