# Zombie thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 25, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111 "2011-05-25T03:36:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/1 "2011-05-25T03:36:03Z")

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What is a zombie thread?"

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/2 "2011-05-25T03:39:49Z")

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Old thread(cut-off point varies) that has been brought back to life, usually for no good reason.

Exception: thread revived to update the topic. Say a crime was committed and years later the suspect is convicted.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/3 "2011-05-25T03:40:09Z")

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srsly?  
A thread that has not been posted to for a significant amount of time and then someone posts to it.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/4 "2011-05-25T07:19:16Z")

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Dammit. You guys were supposed to wait five years and _then_ post the answer.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/5 "2011-05-25T11:25:05Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Dammit. You guys were supposed to wait five years and _then_ post the answer.

You forgot to add “…after the OP is banned or long gone and will not see the answer anyway.”

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/6 "2011-05-25T16:20:16Z")

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Threads about actual (or fictional) zombies are also zombie threads.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/7 "2011-05-25T18:41:17Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Dammit. You guys were supposed to wait five years and _then_ post the answer.

I put a note on my calender for 5 years hence to reply to this thread.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/8 "2011-05-27T03:46:08Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Threads about actual (or fictional) zombies are also zombie threads.

You don’t want to know what happens when you resurrect those…

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/9 "2011-09-13T22:49:16Z")

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wraaaarrr!!!

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread/583111/10 "2011-09-13T23:21:29Z")

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Not. Funny.

Stop.