# 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:** 136
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2702 "2026-01-08T13:49:54Z")
**Poll Only: No discussion** **Discussion of the Polls Only thread** ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2703 "2026-01-08T14:36:23Z")
**Aquarium filters** **My favorite color** If it’s a really big/deep aquarium then use the red filter but for most small home aquariums I like the green one; makes the fish look funny. ---
**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 8, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2704 "2026-01-08T22:45:42Z")
Married Men of the ‘Dope: Did you ask your future wife’s dad for permission to marry her? Sometimes Technology Just Complicates Things He never answered my text, so I just stuffed her into a sack and carried her off. ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2705 "2026-01-14T15:13:38Z")
Is there any knife sharpener for home that is as a good as a pro? How to handle my layoff? 🤔😱 ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2706 "2026-01-18T01:35:36Z")
Are there any real places named [Someone’s] [Some Intangible Thing] like Ryan’s Hope or Evelyn’s Despair? Yiddish The closest I got was Katz’s Deli. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2707 "2026-01-18T02:52:43Z")
Portnoy’s Complaint? ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2708 "2026-01-23T20:35:09Z")
Greenland, the world’s largest island? Help, How do I purchase Win 10 Extended updates? Trump’s ambitions have _really_ shrunken. ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2709 "2026-01-25T15:44:44Z")
Tails and half tails on human (ancestors) JD Vance, Usha Vance, and Erika Kirk Interesting speculation. JD’s suits do fit oddly… ---
**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:** [January 26, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2710 "2026-01-26T23:30:11Z")
**How to respond when someone invites themselves along for a vacation** **Gun range ear muffs question** Answer: “Yes, they will provide a plausible excuse as to why you don’t respond.” ---
**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 27, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2711 "2026-01-27T17:18:58Z")
**How to respond when someone invites themselves along for a vacation** **What’s with the double trigger set up on semi-auto pistols** 😲 That’s one way to ensure they never invite themselves to another one of your vacations; of course you may only get one more trip in your lifetime, too…up the river! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2712 "2026-01-29T08:19:45Z")
How to respond when someone invites themselves along for a vacation Electric Snow Blowers * * * It’s like using a squirt bottle on a misbehaving cat. “Get away!” _“VOOM! VOOM!”_ ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2713 "2026-01-30T02:16:31Z")
Are animals that supposedly only eat one plant, really that restricted? Minimum Number of Elements We Could Get By With As a carbon-based life form, I’ll get by just fine on barbecue and sides. ---
**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 31, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2714 "2026-01-31T23:29:35Z")
What is Your Favorite Thing About Living in America (USA)? Pet pictures! ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2715 "2026-02-03T01:40:24Z")
Why don’t you lift weights? Packing light The airlines got wise to the 100-pound dumbbells I was stuffing into checked luggage. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2716 "2026-02-04T19:48:20Z")
Can’t find Kumquats anywhere. Tariffs? Greenland, the world’s largest island? Greenland has cornered the market on kumquats, but their harvests are consistently shitty. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2717 "2026-02-08T07:40:32Z")
_That’s likely the last \_\_\_ I’ll ever buy_ _Things in Your Car That Go “Boom!”_ Yeah, I imagine there’s an overlap between those. * * * _Has there ever been an economic crash that didn’t involve speculation?_ _Korean reunification_ Probably true but it hasn’t happened yet. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2718 "2026-02-08T17:09:24Z")
What’s missing/awry/disturbing about people’s lives that MAGA/hard-right populism is so attractive? Religion gets itself into trouble when it tries to be logical ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2719 "2026-02-15T05:00:15Z")
What does fantasy do? How do people “disappear?” In fantasy, usually a spell or magical ability. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2720 "2026-02-18T14:31:46Z")
What was your colonoscopy recovery like? Sore throat treatment Wow, those G.I. docs don’t miss a thing, do they? ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2721 "2026-02-20T19:22:20Z")
Sequential headlines in the Boston Globe: Winter’s not done with us yet: Here’s the timing of Friday’s wintry mess, and the latest on Monday’s storm threat Fresh powder, nice weather. What more could you want for skiing New England? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=137)