# 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:** 92
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1822 "2023-09-09T21:40:29Z")
**Tesla Cybertruck is here** **Oh, Cecil! You’ve done it again** So that’s what he’s been up to since he gave up the column! ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1823 "2023-09-11T15:17:44Z")
**Size of Aliens and Space Travel** **Are Aliens Visiting Earth?** And how big are they, anyway? Is it like that episode of _Twilight Zone_ with Agnes Moorehead in the farmhouse? Or is it like Voltaire’s _Micromegas_? Inquiring minds want to know! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1824 "2023-09-12T17:11:07Z")
Police and their weapons You know those 100-calorie bags of microwave popcorn? Along with stale donuts, those are _lethal_ at close range. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1825 "2023-09-12T17:17:47Z")
Problem Rental House Bubonic Plague? Again? Betcha those crack dealers you evicted last year are looking pretty good right now. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1826 "2023-09-12T19:05:53Z")
**What is this smell coming from my drains?** **Police and their weapons** I _thought_ I smelled gunpowder and bacon… ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1827 "2023-09-12T19:21:42Z")
Alternatives to… twitter Why don’t you lift weights? A great idea! Of course, you could also become a vegetarian or dye your hair chartreuse. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1828 "2023-09-13T13:16:54Z")
**The Most Canadian Thing Ever…** **Where do these stains on my pants come from?** It’s just maple syrup, I swear! ---
**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:** [September 16, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1829 "2023-09-16T19:36:41Z")
Who’s missing that you really want to see on the Board? Saw Mark Zuckerberg today He could’ve made it really big on the Dope, but had to go messing around with Facetime or whatever that failed project was. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1830 "2023-09-17T07:05:49Z")
**Now that Musk bought Twitter – Breaking News only** **The ocean’s salt could blanket the Earth’s land surface in a whopping 500-foot layer** Don’t give him ideas, for heaven’s sake ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1831 "2023-09-17T21:58:33Z")
**Air Force Honor Guard and Biden** **Extreme polygamy** Jill was hesitant at first, but those airmen turned out to be surprisingly good cooks. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1832 "2023-09-18T02:08:55Z")
**Time-Shares and Next-of-Kin (don’t need answer fast)** **How long can a spiderweb stay inhabited and maintained?** “I found this place on the web.” ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1833 "2023-09-19T12:49:44Z")
Spousal Social Security question If George Washington ran for President of the United States today would he be eligible? No Martha, not unless he’s been paying in to the system all these years. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1834 "2023-09-19T16:50:57Z")
Will beneficiary question: What if the beneficiary has offed the decedent? What is this smell coming from my drains? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1835 "2023-09-21T05:04:35Z")
**3 months late on estimated tax payments, how screwed am I?** **Would you have sex with a total stranger for money?** I doubt if the Revenue accept payment in kind ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1836 "2023-09-23T00:56:44Z")
**What Humbles You?** **Scooters in Bermuda** So true, so true… ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1837 "2023-09-23T02:19:39Z")
**Why _would_ an actual meritocracy be bad?** **Is there still good and bad?** Welcome to Philosophy 101 ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1838 "2023-09-23T15:19:07Z")
**You’re invited to lunch…** **Just call it pee-pee ‘cause it’s all your’n MMP** Uh, just remembered a previous engagement… ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1839 "2023-09-23T17:11:15Z")
**I’m a psychic. Ask me anything** **Another mystery object to identify** ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1840 "2023-09-23T18:22:14Z")
**I’m a psychic. Ask me anything** **What might your epitaph be?** “She saw it coming” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1841 "2023-09-24T01:26:23Z")
**What might your epitaph be? Some ground fault interrupters act to break the whole circuit. Who knew?** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=93)