… is The Straight Dope so-called? Is it to do with stupidity or smokin’? 
Dope is also a slang term for information.
Haj
also - welcome to the boards. Perhaps, if you don’t mind, I may make a suggestion? check out the thread in About This Message Board for hints about posting etiquette here. For example, having a one word thread title w/o a hint of what’s inside often is something that annoys.
and you really do wish to check out :
a. the descriptions of forums (what kind of threads go where)
and
b. the other forums themselves.
(hint, this forum was possibly not the best one for this question)
oops… sidles out
You mean this isn’t the message board for stupid heterosexuals?
No, that would be Fox News.