# Why do zombie threads get brought back up from the depths?

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**Created:** [December 8, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-zombie-threads-get-brought-back-up-from-the-depths/563417 "2010-12-08T15:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-zombie-threads-get-brought-back-up-from-the-depths/563417/21 "2010-12-09T05:33:44Z")

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How much is a “shitload”?

Anyway, your experience just might fall on the tail of the bell.

The anti-zombie rules were much, much stricter before.

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**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-zombie-threads-get-brought-back-up-from-the-depths/563417/22 "2010-12-09T09:52:24Z")

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> [@acsenray](#):
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> How much is a “shitload”?
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> Anyway, your experience just might fall on the tail of the bell.
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> The anti-zombie rules were much, much stricter before.

I believe you have just been whooshed. (Note his user name…)

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**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-zombie-threads-get-brought-back-up-from-the-depths/563417/23 "2010-12-09T11:27:06Z")

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> [@Pitchmeister](#):
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> I believe you have just been whooshed. (Note his user name…)

I don’t get it.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-zombie-threads-get-brought-back-up-from-the-depths/563417/24 "2010-12-09T15:48:12Z")

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> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#):
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> I protest, been there for two months and I already got a shitload of warnings and moderators’ notes. There is no love for the Zombies here.

While this is evidently intended as a joke, for the record **Capitaine Zombie** only has a single warning, and I only located one moderator note to him by name in a cursory search.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-zombie-threads-get-brought-back-up-from-the-depths/563417/25 "2010-12-09T16:01:34Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> **Capitaine Zombie** only has a single warning, and I only located one moderator note to him by name in a cursory search.

What was the warning? Something about getting up in the morning? 🙂

> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#):
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> I don’t get it.

Maybe you need more brains?

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