# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1018&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1019 --- ## [Is Trump part Democrat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-part-democrat/783675)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-part-democrat/783675 "2017-04-07T19:35:39Z")
He seems that way to me. Yet the press hardly sees it that way. Trump must be the most pro-USA worker President in years. He won the labor vote as a Republican, which is not easy to do since the Democrats always win t… --- ## [Trump voters: what do you expect and want to happen in the next four years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-what-do-you-expect-and-want-to-happen-in-the-next-four-years/771135)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-what-do-you-expect-and-want-to-happen-in-the-next-four-years/771135 "2016-11-17T14:38:24Z")
Please be as specific as you can. --- ## [Hillary for the Democratic nomination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-for-the-democratic-nomination/827078)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-for-the-democratic-nomination/827078 "2019-01-13T15:53:25Z")
Yes or no --- ## [Giving non-registered users more quality while forcing registered users to see ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-non-registered-users-more-quality-while-forcing-registered-users-to-see-ads/323520)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-non-registered-users-more-quality-while-forcing-registered-users-to-see-ads/323520 "2005-09-29T15:32:28Z")
Until very recently the search engine was a perk for paying users. Since Google was disallowed from crawling the site in robots.txt, the only way to access an old thread was to a) get your shovel or b) use the board sea… --- ## [Post your eday 2010 predictions here! Now! Hop to it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-eday-2010-predictions-here-now-hop-to-it/559152)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-eday-2010-predictions-here-now-hop-to-it/559152 "2010-11-03T17:37:48Z")
Nationally: Electoral-vote.com predicts: Senate: Dem 51 GOP 48 Ind 1 House: Dem 202 GOP 216 Ties 17 I’m going predict the Dems do slightly better than expected, maybe pick up a majority of those ties, because I… --- ## [Why are slope and y-intercept m and b?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-slope-and-y-intercept-m-and-b/561613)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-slope-and-y-intercept-m-and-b/561613 "2010-11-24T06:28:19Z")
In the equation y=mx+b. I’m not asking about what it means, I understand that. But why m and b? Were all the other letters taken? They’re certainly not initials, at least not in English. Maybe in Latin, if this convent… --- ## [Let's compare Operation Barbarossa to the Migrant Caravan.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compare-operation-barbarossa-to-the-migrant-caravan/823770)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compare-operation-barbarossa-to-the-migrant-caravan/823770 "2018-11-15T19:48:39Z")
Trump has characterized the migrant caravan as an ‘invasion’. If Operation Barbarossa wasn’t an invasion, there never was one. Do I have to do much more than define my terms? Is there any way to justify labeling the ca… --- ## [Canned food drives are bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-food-drives-are-bullshit/843783)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-food-drives-are-bullshit/843783 "2019-12-10T18:10:38Z")
They really are. Hear me out. Economically, and cost effectively, and nutritionally, it’s bullshit. Sure, they are well meaning, but I want everybody to look at what is given in every canned food drive you have ever s… --- ## [What is your least favorite month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-least-favorite-month/523293)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-least-favorite-month/523293 "2013-11-25T02:41:02Z")
What the poll says. Feel free to add a reason, if you’d like. For me, it’s January – the longest, coldest, darkest month of the year, no holidays, nothing to look forward to but slogging through it as best I can. ETA:… --- ## [Should Fox be Required to Reveal its Conflict of Interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-fox-be-required-to-reveal-its-conflict-of-interest/550772)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-fox-be-required-to-reveal-its-conflict-of-interest/550772 "2010-08-25T03:31:20Z")
Newscorp, which owns Fox News, gave $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. The Democratic head of the Democratic Governors Association said: But Fox has done no such thing. Just yesterday Bill O’Reilly ha… --- ## [Related to First job Thread - todays teens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/related-to-first-job-thread-todays-teens/685444)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/related-to-first-job-thread-todays-teens/685444 "2014-04-11T15:34:56Z")
Alot of people posted what their first jobs were. But what about today? I just do not see alot of teenagers working. It’s not that they are lazy, I think it’s because of the demands of school and activities. What do yo… --- ## [Looks like South African runner may well be a hermaphrodite - Should she compete as a woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-south-african-runner-may-well-be-a-hermaphrodite-should-she-compete-as-a-woman/509596)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-south-african-runner-may-well-be-a-hermaphrodite-should-she-compete-as-a-woman/509596 "2009-09-16T11:20:14Z")
Re this story Externally she’s a woman, she’s lived a woman, should she get to keep competing as a woman? --- ## [Why didn't humans evolve with the testicles safe inside the body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-humans-evolve-with-the-testicles-safe-inside-the-body/207190)
**Author:** [@Parallax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parallax)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-humans-evolve-with-the-testicles-safe-inside-the-body/207190 "2003-10-13T21:33:54Z")
Having a newborn son raises all sorts of interesting questions. During several examinations the doctor checked to make sure his testicles decended correctly - this makes me wonder why they need to be outside in the firs… --- ## [Why not eat Insects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-eat-insects/580139)
**Author:** [@Serameun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serameun)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-eat-insects/580139 "2011-05-08T14:44:36Z")
Or more Arthropods in general? Ted Video: Why not eat Insects? \*\*General benefits: \*\* ~Entomophagy - Wikipedia Insects could be the key to meeting food needs of growing global population Additional Links. http:… --- ## [I F\*cking HATE my mother!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-f-cking-hate-my-mother/47350)
**Author:** [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-f-cking-hate-my-mother/47350 "2001-01-10T03:22:20Z")
Why on earth does she do this??? She just interrogated me because she went through my private stuff which she had no right to see in the first place and then she bitches at me about what she finds. I have condoms. Big fr… --- ## [Point and laugh (and cringe) at the "cure" for morning sickness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/point-and-laugh-and-cringe-at-the-cure-for-morning-sickness/674178)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/point-and-laugh-and-cringe-at-the-cure-for-morning-sickness/674178 "2013-11-21T13:10:38Z")
I’m embarrassed to say how I even found this blog post, but the whole thing is just a train wreck of stupidity. I’ll provide cliffs. No footnotes? I’m stunned. It’s just that simple, folks. (bolding not mine). S… --- ## [Tom Clancy... Is it me, or does he suck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancy-is-it-me-or-does-he-suck/321138)
**Author:** [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancy-is-it-me-or-does-he-suck/321138 "2005-09-13T22:39:24Z")
I will be upfront and say I have never completed a Tom Clancy novel. In fact, I don’t believe I’ve ever made it past the first chapter of any book I’ve tried to read. I’d say that it was because I’m not big on the whol… --- ## [Surviving by drinking diluted sea water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-by-drinking-diluted-sea-water/405672)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-by-drinking-diluted-sea-water/405672 "2007-05-30T19:23:34Z")
If a person found themselves adrift at sea with a very limited supply of fresh water should they add sea water to the fresh water to increase their overall supply of H2O? For the purposes of this thread, assume the hypo… --- ## [What Do I Do With All These Bibs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-all-these-bibs/618082)
**Author:** [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-all-these-bibs/618082 "2012-04-10T03:58:07Z")
I’m having a baby in 3 weeks (give or take). Yay! I’ve had 2 showers and now I have a lot, like a lot of teeny, cute bibs. What are they for? They seem too small to be used when baby is old enough to sit in a high chair … --- ## [Movies that Scare you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-scare-you/558789)
**Author:** [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-scare-you/558789 "2010-11-04T15:18:40Z")
I am always looking for scary movies to watch. I prefer the kind that make you so scared you don’t want to walk around the house without a baseball bat (and only then for an emergency). The ones that get me: The Shinin… --- ## [Ph.D thesis/dissertation defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-d-thesis-dissertation-defense/506172)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-d-thesis-dissertation-defense/506172 "2009-08-14T20:00:40Z")
Lars Aruns’ threadon passing a thesis defense suggests that the defense was a grueling ordeal. This is not the case with chemistry, as far as I know. In the few departments I’ve experienced, and in talking with postdoc… --- ## [I hate BP.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-bp/603949)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-bp/603949 "2011-12-14T12:13:06Z")
Don’t you? --- ## [Am I an asshole to use the words "infantilize" and "obscurantist"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole-to-use-the-words-infantilize-and-obscurantist/471291)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole-to-use-the-words-infantilize-and-obscurantist/471291 "2008-11-10T21:13:56Z")
Or, for that matter, an intellectual snob. Here’s the context: One of my sisters has accused me twice in a month of intellectual snobbery. Here’s the context: In the first instance, we were discussing ways to keep ou… --- ## [LOTR bumperstickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-bumperstickers/237815)
**Author:** [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-bumperstickers/237815 "2004-05-16T01:25:59Z")
Currently I have “You Shall Not Pass” and “Honk if You’re From Gondor” on my van. I’ve found “Mordor or Bust” on the web and “Bush is Sauron - Save the Shire” on this board. I’m trying to think of others - can you wonder… --- ## [Do houses have lightning rods anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-houses-have-lightning-rods-anymore/522615)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-houses-have-lightning-rods-anymore/522615 "2009-12-30T02:47:23Z")
Looking around my big-city neighborhood, none of the houses have visible lightning rods. Why not? --- ## [True Blood season finale (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-season-finale-open-spoilers/510003)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-season-finale-open-spoilers/510003 "2009-09-22T14:25:02Z")
\[spaces added to prevent spoilers from showing\] ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; That was satisfying. It was easy to figure that Sam would use his shape-shifting to save himself, but I had no clue tha… --- ## [Russian "Father of all Bombs" vs US "Mother of all Bombs" - Why can't we keep up with the Russians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-father-of-all-bombs-vs-us-mother-of-all-bombs-why-cant-we-keep-up-with-the-russians/539852)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-father-of-all-bombs-vs-us-mother-of-all-bombs-why-cant-we-keep-up-with-the-russians/539852 "2010-05-21T21:03:07Z")
The Russian FOAB is purportedly 400% more powerful than our American MOAB of similar size. Why can’t we keep up? --- ## [I pit the South](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-south/848725)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-south/848725 "2020-03-11T19:22:31Z")
I’m from the South. The southwestern corner of Virginia, near the Tennesse, West Virgina, North Carolina borders. Near my hometown that stupid boogaloo movement has some followers. Fucking paranoid idiots who think they … --- ## [Joe Millionaire Twist Speculation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionaire-twist-speculation/154339)
**Author:** [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionaire-twist-speculation/154339 "2003-02-18T19:37:20Z")
Do you suppose the big twist on the final show is that Joe tells the girl that he really isn’t a millionaire and after they get everybody’s reaction to that, the butler then informs Joe that he gets a million dollars for… --- ## [Who greenlighted this cinematic shitshow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-greenlighted-this-cinematic-shitshow/1029703)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-greenlighted-this-cinematic-shitshow/1029703 "2026-06-09T23:59:41Z")
Not movies that are poorly made, but ones where the very concept and/or stars made you think, well…just look at the title. First up is Moment By Moment with Lily Tomlin with all humor and sarcasm removed, and John Travo… --- ## [Highest Ranking Position a Non-American can hold in Government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-ranking-position-a-non-american-can-hold-in-government/319397)
**Author:** [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-ranking-position-a-non-american-can-hold-in-government/319397 "2005-09-01T04:09:50Z")
So, I’m a Canadian citizen. I cannot become President of the United States, and I’m sure I couldn’t run for Veep or any position that could lead to POTUS, like Speaker of the House. But what is the highest-ranking positi… --- ## [What does "microwave safe" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microwave-safe-mean/505485)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-microwave-safe-mean/505485 "2009-08-06T03:33:21Z")
Does the phrase “microwave safe” have a specific meaning? If so, what is it exactly? A little background: my wife and I have a set of four small stoneware plates that, while labeled “dishwasher and microwave safe”, get … --- ## [bizzare fear of clusters...\](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizzare-fear-of-clusters-long-description/116512)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizzare-fear-of-clusters-long-description/116512 "2014-05-30T18:09:59Z")
My girlfriend has a fear of clusters.\ Small dots of things in a bunch…like those pictures in science books of cells magnified…whenever I see certain amounts of dots … --- ## [President Modi of India appears to believe that the 21st century began on 1st Jan 2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-modi-of-india-appears-to-believe-that-the-21st-century-began-on-1st-jan-2000/805197)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-modi-of-india-appears-to-believe-that-the-21st-century-began-on-1st-jan-2000/805197 "2018-01-08T10:24:00Z")
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2018-crucial-for-those-born-in-21st-century-modi/articleshow/60068832.cms At 11.30 pm 31st Dec 1999 I rang the London police information line and asked: Is it the Millennium t… --- ## [Canned mixed vegetables: What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-mixed-vegetables-what-to-do/550820)
**Author:** [@Anduinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduinel)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-mixed-vegetables-what-to-do/550820 "2010-08-21T09:57:20Z")
The supermarket where my aunt shops had a ridiculous sale on canned mixed veggies, so she stocked up. And stocked us up. There are currently twenty cans sitting on my kitchen table. It was nice of her, but I don’t think… --- ## [Fantasy Football Comedy of Errors featuring Covered in Bees!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-comedy-of-errors-featuring-covered-in-bees/631280)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-comedy-of-errors-featuring-covered-in-bees/631280 "2012-09-20T22:20:17Z")
So I’ve been invited to an NFL.com fantasy football league amongst a few of my friends and I have no idea how this works, though I’d still like to participate. From what I gather, I create a team name, then on Tuesday n… --- ## [What was the worst retirement in sports history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-retirement-in-sports-history/577840)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-retirement-in-sports-history/577840 "2011-04-14T23:29:18Z")
Manny Ramirez retired this week–to avoid a 100 game ban for a second steroid positive test. Oh yeah, he only played five games for his new team (batted under .100), said he had to miss games for a “family emergency”, th… --- ## [Where can I get a travel poster tube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-travel-poster-tube/494374)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-travel-poster-tube/494374 "2009-04-28T02:07:23Z")
I need a large plastic tube suitable to carry several rolled posters on a flight. Something like one of these, except that would take too long to ship before a deadline, so I need a local connection. I tried Michael’s an… --- ## [Have you actually known or heard of anyone getting in trouble for a website they visited at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-actually-known-or-heard-of-anyone-getting-in-trouble-for-a-website-they-visited-at-work/647284)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-actually-known-or-heard-of-anyone-getting-in-trouble-for-a-website-they-visited-at-work/647284 "2013-01-17T16:03:26Z")
I always hear people talk about how their company “monitors their email and internet use at work”. This sort of implies that there is some person or persons in some control room in the bowels of the IT department…I don’… --- ## [Can Manhatten Swear When Closing A Thread in GQ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-manhatten-swear-when-closing-a-thread-in-gq/148694)
**Author:** [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-manhatten-swear-when-closing-a-thread-in-gq/148694 "2003-01-21T02:42:27Z")
Can he do that? Check this out I mean, sure, the thread was degenerating into a flame war about bussing tables and such and how the world was divided into two types of people, those that bus and those that didn’t… But… --- ## [First female U.S. Army pilots in combat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-female-u-s-army-pilots-in-combat/550562)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-female-u-s-army-pilots-in-combat/550562 "2013-01-26T20:47:06Z")
Who were the first female Army pilots to officially fly combat missions? When, where, what unit, and names if possible? --- ## [What If Religious Conversion Leads to Substantive Improvements In the Person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-religious-conversion-leads-to-substantive-improvements-in-the-person/552709)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-religious-conversion-leads-to-substantive-improvements-in-the-person/552709 "2010-09-11T12:02:50Z")
Suppose someone had a religious conversion but it had substantive positive effects. Would you say that would be a good thing. For instance suppose someone lived a debaunched life that included irresponsible sexual behavi… --- ## [Law & Order SVU 5/19: So absurd I'm done with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-5-19-so-absurd-im-done-with-you/497225)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-svu-5-19-so-absurd-im-done-with-you/497225 "2009-05-27T18:00:09Z")
I’ve been a faithful watcher for pretty much the entire series. I’ve endured some preposterous plots. I’ve swallowed some ridiculous pills for story arcs, character development, you name it. But that shit you just ask… --- ## [Joss to direct The Avengers - Proof that God exists!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joss-to-direct-the-avengers-proof-that-god-exists/536009)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joss-to-direct-the-avengers-proof-that-god-exists/536009 "2010-04-16T02:15:18Z")
Link. Happy dance. --- ## [Pujols to the Angels - great deal or fiasco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pujols-to-the-angels-great-deal-or-fiasco/605567)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pujols-to-the-angels-great-deal-or-fiasco/605567 "2012-06-01T23:17:31Z")
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom\_verducci/12/08/angels.albert.pujols/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp\_t11\_a2 I am torn. Pujols is one of the best hitters in the game. And it’s clear he he still has a few gr… --- ## [Deadly Indianapolis Blast, any thoughts on what may have caused it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734 "2012-12-21T19:06:01Z")
It looks like an intentional blast from a bomb or an accidental one from a meth house has been ruled out, so can any Dopers speculate what it could have been? How dangerous are our neighborhoods? Anyone in Indianapolis… --- ## [Stars with mental disorders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-with-mental-disorders/746571)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-with-mental-disorders/746571 "2016-02-29T22:10:42Z")
I am reading a book about Syd Barrett of the early Pink Floyd, who suffered a life long mental breakdown. I was wondering how many other artists had the same (or similar) problem. I can think of Brian Wilson (Beach Boy… --- ## [Oh no! It's Isabel! She's coming right for us!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079 "2003-09-19T16:47:27Z")
Yep, looks like Hurricane Isabel is barrelling towards Florida. In fact, her project path is right into northeast Florida. I live in northeast Florida. I’m supposed to be flying to Baltimore on Thursday - but as it st… --- ## [Did monogamy appear before religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-monogamy-appear-before-religion/569873)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-monogamy-appear-before-religion/569873 "2011-02-07T19:11:48Z")
Not sure where this belongs (GQ or here), so if it is in the wrong forum, mods please move. I happened to be watching Mutiny on the Bounty, and if I remember correctly, the book was much more detailed about sex and rela… --- ## [Swimming: legs vs arms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-legs-vs-arms/551150)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-legs-vs-arms/551150 "2010-08-24T02:41:10Z")
In swimming, what proportion of forward movement do the arms and legs each supply? Are the arms the “prime mover” or is it the legs or is it roughly equal? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1017&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1019&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)