# zombie threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/434291>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 20, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/434291 "2008-01-20T20:40:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/434291/1 "2008-01-20T20:40:31Z")

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Its happened several times now. I click on a SDMB forum and a zombie thread pops up. Anyone else getting this.

When I check back, there’s nothing to indicate that I may have misclicked

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/434291/2 "2008-01-21T20:13:57Z")

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Never seen this before . . . not sure how to advise you.

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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:** [January 21, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/434291/3 "2008-01-21T21:24:50Z")

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Perhaps you have run afoul of a houngan and he has cursed you with this affliction. Maybe you should look into making atonement to Dambala.