# When in discourse of sequential threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906>\
**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\
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**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:** [February 15, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/461 "2021-02-15T21:53:30Z")

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**How do you determine “The Truth”?**  
**No, you don’t need a semiautomatic rifle**

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**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:** [February 16, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/462 "2021-02-16T14:01:27Z")

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**Establishing a particular sect of Christianity**  
**Free Will with a Little Bit of Science! ™©®**

It’s the Church of Bill Nye and Carl sagan!

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**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 16, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/463 "2021-02-16T15:24:42Z")

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Describe the underwear you’re wearing right now  
Help me drill a hole

With Duluth Trading, you get what you pay for. ☹

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**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, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/464 "2021-02-18T16:03:32Z")

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How are some foods able to give me diarrhea so quickly  
How to get hot chocolate out of upholstery?

Nice euphemism ya got there.

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**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:** [February 18, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/465 "2021-02-18T22:57:26Z")

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**Today in nature I saw**  
**High school boys and girls wrestling together**

…mass hysteria!

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**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:** [February 19, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/466 "2021-02-19T02:02:18Z")

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**How are some foods able to give me diarrhea so quickly**  
**I am looking to buy a new toilet. Anything I should know? (gotchas…that sort of thing)**

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**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 19, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/467 "2021-02-19T02:36:42Z")

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Technology items you never thought you’d want/need, until you used them  
The Ham Radio thread

I can talk to Enid, Oklahoma, and it’s free!

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/468 "2021-02-19T16:06:40Z")

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**80 bad, bad, bad things to do  
Reluctantly — Fuck Texas**

You should do that _un_reluctantly amirite?

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**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, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/469 "2021-02-20T03:14:38Z")

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How cold does it have to be before “bundling up” does no good and you still freeze to death?  
Have there been significant advances in warm clothing in modern times?

You can usually tell when a poster is from Winnipeg.

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**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:** [February 20, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/470 "2021-02-20T14:02:06Z")

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**Regional expressions you didn’t always realize were not widespread**  
**Moving my cat 500 miles**

“Hey, Earl, how ya doin’ today?”  
“Well I tell you what, I’m moving my cat 500 miles, that’s for sure.”  
“Um…ah…OK?”

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/471 "2021-02-20T15:52:35Z")

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**Your favourite words for _thingies_?  
Least romantic Valentine’s Gift EVER - I win**

It would have been more romantic if he didn’t call it his “thingie”.

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**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, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/472 "2021-02-20T18:47:51Z")

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Is this gross? Possibly a health code violation?  
Can I stop my monitor from getting all dark?

It’s never a good idea to mount it in front of the toilet.

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**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 21, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/473 "2021-02-21T02:34:21Z")

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Please recommend an adhesive  
Recommend to me a good Nail Gun

Either Elmer’s or a TrueValue nail gun will be effective on hard-to-manage hair. Just stay away from Gorilla Glue.

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**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 21, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/474 "2021-02-21T20:03:29Z")

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Corporate Speak That Pisses You Off  
Hickory The Dog has learned to Leap into the Jeep!

Finally got that big promotion, huh?

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/475 "2021-02-21T23:30:50Z")

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**What Does Tony the Tiger Say in Mexico?  
Rioter, thanks for getting that tattoo**

At least it starts with an “rrrrrrr”.

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**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:** [February 22, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/476 "2021-02-22T01:05:27Z")

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**How do birds identify food?**  
**Apple MacBook Air (with M1 Processor)**

Evolution’s a hell of a drug.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/477 "2021-02-22T13:31:20Z")

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**What are exceptionally weird left wing conspiracy theories you’ve seen?  
Who is and who isn’t a “peasant”?**

Just the other day I read a theory that the Better Business Bureau will convince Biden to revoke the Magna Carta, thus reimposing serfdom on the majority of Americans.

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**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 22, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/478 "2021-02-22T16:36:16Z")

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Mass Killings in the United States (2021)  
I have not had a donut in over a year

We’re all stressed out, but c’mon.

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**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:** [February 22, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/479 "2021-02-22T21:11:21Z")

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**What Does Tony the Tiger Say in Mexico?**  
**Have you had white rice with a little sugar?**

“¡Arroz helado con azúcar! ¡Es genial!”

(“Sugar Frosted Rice! It’s Great!”)

And he can really Rrrrroll the r’s in “Arroz”

Footnote: There really WAS a “Sugar Frosted Rice,” back in the late 1970s. Tony’s kid was the spokescreature for it:

> **[Frosted Rice Cereal | MrBreakfast.com](https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=150)**
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> All about Frosted Rice Cereal from Kellogg's - pictures and information including commercials and cereal boxes if available. You can vote for Frosted Rice or leave a comment.

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/480 "2021-02-22T23:59:08Z")

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**Can we start ground fires with space lasers?**  
**Very stupid overheard conversations**

“Like, if you had a huge space magnifying glass in front of the laser…”

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