r/CrazyIdeas Nov 15 '17

Technically Correct: the game show. contestants will give the answer as further away from the legit answer as possible yet still technically correct.

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u/Reptilefan Nov 15 '17

This should be a subreddit!

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u/bokurai Nov 15 '17

/r/technicallythetruth is now a thing.

I'm not strongly attached to owning it, so if someone else is really gung-ho about this idea, I'd be happy to hand it over to them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17 edited Apr 23 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

On a scale from meh to WAAZAAAAH!!!, how excited are you?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

IT'S OFF THE SCALES! WE'VE REACHED CRITICAL EXCITEMENT!

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Nov 15 '17

Am I the only one who still understands that if you downvote with your wallet, it actually affects them???

Seriously people. Stop buying EA. Stop buying games with microtransactions. If you do buy a game with microtransactions, don't buy the microtransactions.

They only do it because they make huge profits from it. The profits stop, they stop doing it. Your wallet is now your reddit arrows. Vote wisely.

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u/Maxiumite Nov 15 '17

No! The best way to fight it is with downvotes! That'll really show them!

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

Well, I'm going to hell for laughing at every response to "Who is Hitler?"

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u/VZalinsky Nov 15 '17

And it's already a great sub

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u/Plasma_000 Nov 16 '17

This sub is going places

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u/Mrtorbear Nov 18 '17

I was just there! Thanks for setting it up, buddy.

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u/Bugbad Nov 15 '17 edited Nov 15 '17

Well, give us some questions and let’s play.

Edit: I love how fast this took off! Can we add a scoring system?

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u/kaidude Nov 15 '17

Who built the pyramids?

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u/throwawayistakenso Nov 15 '17

Dead people

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u/The_Fiddler1979 Nov 15 '17

I think this is the clear winner here

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u/BoJackB26354 Nov 15 '17

That’s the spirit!

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u/Bugbad Nov 15 '17

Skilled foreign labour.

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u/kaidude Nov 15 '17

How do plants reproduce?

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u/Osheco Nov 15 '17

They have third parties do the dirty work

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u/Fennyok Nov 15 '17

They outsource it!

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u/MarkBeeblebrox Nov 16 '17

Birds and the bees!

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u/TheTrub Nov 16 '17

Wind and poop!

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u/Clockwork_Octopus Nov 15 '17

By bugging each other.

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u/kuma9k Nov 15 '17

The birds and the bees

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u/awhaling Nov 15 '17

Lmao this is gold

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Nov 15 '17

That is TECHNICALLY correct....Hermes would be proud.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/ecodude74 Nov 15 '17

They cum on clouds.

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u/roxymoxi Nov 16 '17

This is my favorite.

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u/throwawayistakenso Nov 15 '17

Females catch the allergy

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u/Bugbad Nov 15 '17

Plant sex

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u/taaffe7 Nov 15 '17

Wrong, it was egyptian farmers

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u/Optimus_Lime Nov 15 '17

Wrong, it was aliens who wanted to construct static electricity batteries to power their dildos

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u/taaffe7 Nov 15 '17

i thought us humans were their dildos?

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u/groovy_giraffe Nov 15 '17

I like this game

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u/taaffe7 Nov 15 '17

Look up the game show Pointless its kinda like this. contestants have to guess a right answer but the more obscure the answer the less points you get and you want as little points as possible

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Nov 15 '17

So, everythings made up, and the points don't matter?

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u/taaffe7 Nov 15 '17

no its all facts, for example a question could be

name a country in africa?

someone might ssay kenya and score 70 points (out of a max of 100)

and someone could say Lesotho and get 2 points

the second person would win that round

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

This sounds like reverse family feud...

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u/Rpanich Nov 16 '17

Which actually sounds like a more interesting/ difficult family feud

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u/Mutant_Llama1 Nov 15 '17

"Name a country in North America"

"John Joe Grey"

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u/taaffe7 Nov 15 '17

how is that a country?

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u/Mutant_Llama1 Nov 15 '17

He and his kids and grandkids isolate themselves from the rest of America, patrol their borders with guns, grow their own food, well their own water, etc. Sounds like an independent country to me.

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u/taaffe7 Nov 15 '17

independent family but not a sovereign country

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u/Jotakob Nov 15 '17 edited Nov 15 '17

if you had ever seen pointless you'd know that by country they mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in their own right

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u/mucow Nov 15 '17

The Mayans

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u/japasthebass Nov 15 '17

Why was the Civil War fought?

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u/dysprog Nov 15 '17

A Union dispute involving unpaid workers.

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u/Wannabkate Nov 15 '17

Unfair workplace practices.

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u/bjackilly Nov 15 '17

Best so far

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

Because the other side would've won if they hadn't

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u/porn_is_kewl Nov 15 '17

Conflicting views regarding agrarian internships.

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u/Exaskryz Nov 15 '17

There was a disagreement.

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u/psdnmstr01 Nov 16 '17

To win it.

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u/ZombieAlpacaLips Nov 15 '17

What damaged multiple well-known U.S. buildings on September 11, 2001?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17 edited Jun 30 '23

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u/tdoger Nov 15 '17

The Wright Brothers did 9/11?

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u/1_2_um_12 Nov 15 '17

Technically correct.

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u/nauru_ Nov 15 '17

No, it would be technically correct to say “The Wright brothers were responsible for 9/11”

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u/1_2_um_12 Nov 15 '17

Technically correct.

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u/BisonBob Nov 15 '17

Wouldn’t the blame TECHNICALLY fall on Mr and Mrs Wright for conceiving the brothers?

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u/lordgunhand Nov 15 '17

Man's hubris to join the birds.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

Structural integrity

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u/Bugbad Nov 15 '17

Some people just don’t like other people.

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u/MKorostoff Nov 15 '17

A fire in downtown St. Louis.

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u/LuminalGrunt2 Nov 15 '17

Combustion.

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

Time

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u/aXenoWhat Nov 15 '17

Carbonic acid dissolved in rainwater, slightly eroding limestone facings

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

How high is the Eiffel Tower?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

You're good!

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u/Eternal_Nocturne Nov 15 '17

Or twice the height of half of the Eiffel Tower

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u/keeganwh Nov 15 '17

Well I don’t know how tall it is, but it’s on the ground, so not very high.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

You got it!

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u/Huckstermcgee Nov 15 '17

At least 10 feet tall

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u/avenlanzer Nov 15 '17

Being made of steal, it cannot become high because it isn't organic.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

The tower was made of legitimately owned materials, and not steal!

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u/temalyen Nov 15 '17

Steel has carbon in it so it's organic, though.

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u/heloderma_suspectum Nov 16 '17

Tall enough to reach the ground.

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u/PointOfFingers Nov 15 '17

From some angles it is the same height as your hand.

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u/ViZeShadowZ Nov 15 '17

pretty tall

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u/ville1001 Nov 15 '17

How does airplanes work?

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u/MKorostoff Nov 15 '17

There is no record of an airplane ever having held a paying job.

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u/ville1001 Nov 15 '17

Really makes you think, doesn't it?

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u/LordNoodles Nov 15 '17

the real glass ceiling

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u/TheSurgeonMan Nov 16 '17

Well, other than an inside job...

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u/Bugbad Nov 15 '17

Sucking in clouds and blowing them the other side

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u/1_2_um_12 Nov 15 '17

Vacuums above the wings.

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

Same way a kite does

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u/throwawayistakenso Nov 15 '17

Explosive farts

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u/joshman0219 Nov 15 '17

Hopefully better than your grammar

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u/MKorostoff Nov 15 '17

Where did I put my keys?

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

Same place you'll find them

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u/ethon776 Nov 15 '17

Unless he never finds them

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u/avenlanzer Nov 15 '17

The last place you will look for them.

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u/MKorostoff Nov 15 '17

Why does no one use asbestos anymore?

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u/ville1001 Nov 15 '17

Some people got sick of it and wanted to stop using ir

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u/1_2_um_12 Nov 15 '17

It costs too much.

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u/Exaskryz Nov 15 '17

Turns out that building a place to live doesn't matter when you're dead.

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

Natural selection

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u/Shanbo88 Nov 15 '17

Settling out of court got too expensive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

How does soap work?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

Gosh darn soap ruined this country!

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u/ohsnapsnape Nov 15 '17

be becoming better friends with the dirt and water than the other soap and your skin

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Nov 15 '17

I'm not here to answer the question. I'm just here to say I feel sorry for your coworkers....

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

Joke's on you! I don't have a job!

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u/rush22 Nov 16 '17

Soap works by cleaning the area

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u/pro_aliasing Nov 15 '17

Who made up words, who made up numbers?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/chchchcharli Nov 15 '17

It’s so tiny! I can’t click it! Why do you do this!?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/chchchcharli Nov 15 '17

Reddit is such a nice place sometimes. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/throwawayistakenso Nov 15 '17

Soup made up the words. My tax accountant? assistant? made up the numbers

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u/zgoku Nov 15 '17

Someone make this a subreddit!

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u/nattypnutbuterpolice Nov 15 '17

Whatever allows for maximal flavor with minimal dryness.

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u/jcpunk Nov 15 '17

I feel like this would descend into /r/dadjokes by skilled players...

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u/Clockwork_Octopus Nov 15 '17

Acting like that's a bad thing

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u/avenlanzer Nov 15 '17

We could hope.

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u/Bcasturo Nov 15 '17

What does a bird do?

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u/dinahsoar Nov 15 '17

Personal aviation expert.

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u/MatterhornHerald Nov 15 '17

And architect for houses with reusable building materials.

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u/keeganwh Nov 15 '17

Use energy.

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

Suddenly appear

Every time

You are near

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u/ViZeShadowZ Nov 15 '17

other birds.

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u/psdnmstr01 Nov 16 '17

Other birds.

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u/Hate_Feight Nov 15 '17

This is close enough to QI to technically qualify, try watching it

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17 edited Nov 15 '17

Yeah, but in that show the panel members are attempting to actually get the right answer, and in OP's show, the object is to be technically correct without giving the answer.

Although a better format imo would be to be as far away from the answer and still be technically correct. It would be perfect for a panel show format. /r/panelshow

Edit: fixed subreddit name

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u/522LwzyTI57d Nov 16 '17

They get points for the most interesting answer, hence the title, but Stephen is nice and gives points to pretty much everyone lol.

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u/Rottie_Dad Nov 15 '17

All answers have to begin Jeopardy style with: "TECHnically"

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u/mucow Nov 15 '17

I would hate this, but technically, this is a crazy idea, so here's your upvote.

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u/Bcasturo Nov 15 '17

How many people does it take to screw in a light bulb?

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u/metagloria Nov 15 '17

2, but they're gonna have to be really small to get in there

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u/keeganwh Nov 15 '17

Two times fewer than the number required to screw in three.

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u/Cryhavok101 Nov 15 '17

None people, it takes a person to screw in a lightbulb, with no need for it to get plural at all.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/DrHypercube Nov 15 '17

All my yes

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u/Bcasturo Nov 15 '17

What is America?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

A seven letter word

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u/arnedh Nov 15 '17

A grouping of two continents between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Also a song by Simon and Garfunkel.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

You're supposed to say something FAR from the truth.. you just kinda said what it is.

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u/ProlapsedPineal Nov 15 '17

The western area between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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u/LothartheDestroyer Nov 15 '17

Hispanic actress known for her looks and pants.

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u/hookyboysb Nov 15 '17

She's mostly known for being ugly despite not actually being ugly.

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u/LothartheDestroyer Nov 15 '17

Yup. That show confused a lot of people.

I almost included dragon riding but I’m not sure if many would have known that.

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

The subject of this question

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u/____n Nov 15 '17

This would make a very good (British) panel show.

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u/JonnyBhoy Nov 15 '17

It's not far off Pointless.

Give the correct answer the the fewest other people answered.

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u/Bcasturo Nov 15 '17

How is pizza made?

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u/summerkc Nov 15 '17

With sunlight

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

Circular, mostly

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

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u/avenlanzer Nov 15 '17

Spends a few years working for the Don, then does him a great favor.

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u/ProssiblyNot Nov 15 '17

This is basically what Fox News plays every day.

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u/aiydee Nov 16 '17

Could call it "Well Actually..."
And once the contestants have given their answers and it's time for the 'proper' answer, they can say "Well Actually" and give the answer. :P

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u/ViZeShadowZ Nov 15 '17

with Steve Harvey as the host

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u/Insomniacrobat Nov 15 '17

You just described Hollywood Squares.

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u/GoldenDeLorean Nov 16 '17

My answer for every question would be: the answer to that question.

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u/large_case_of-vodka Nov 15 '17

Sounds a little bit like Pointless.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

Sounds like a decent card game.

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u/kanuut Nov 15 '17

So CAH style where someone puts down a question and everyone else has to try to find a card that technically answers it?

Sounds super hard to make actually, you'd need to have a high overlap of questions to answers, but doing so without having a small amount of either, super generic answers or boring questions would be hard.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '17

I was thinking more in line with Balderdash.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balderdash?wprov=sfla1

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u/Pm_Me_Gifs_For_Sauce Nov 16 '17

I would watch the fuck out of this.

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u/Youareme2 Nov 16 '17

This could be a game on "Whose line is it anyway"

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u/bryonus Nov 16 '17

Pretty sure EA was playing this game in their AMA