# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1022&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:** 1023 --- ## [Why is our universe so good at organizing itself.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-our-universe-so-good-at-organizing-itself/683450)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-our-universe-so-good-at-organizing-itself/683450 "2014-03-15T19:47:15Z")
Let me back up here first… From what we can tell, life on earth exploded not much longer after earth itself formed, relatively speaking (within the first billion years). Life can be seen as some localized “reversal of … --- ## [Heroin Should Be Illegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-should-be-illegal/740896)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-should-be-illegal/740896 "2015-12-24T06:30:43Z")
I am absolutely appalled to read that over 47,000 people died last year in the US from the use of heroin and other opioids. What are our leaders thinking, leaving people to consume drugs as if they should be able to dic… --- ## [Is The "Rock Era" Over? If so, when did it end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rock-era-over-if-so-when-did-it-end/799324)
**Author:** [@golffan1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/golffan1963)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rock-era-over-if-so-when-did-it-end/799324 "2017-11-16T01:28:01Z")
Alas…I recall many weekend mornings listening to Casey Kasem and the old “American Top 40” radio show. Whenever he would describe an amazing fact pertaining to an artist or song, he would refer to the “Rock Era”—the time… --- ## [New tred of Mega hospitals pros and cons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tred-of-mega-hospitals-pros-and-cons/702966)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tred-of-mega-hospitals-pros-and-cons/702966 "2014-11-06T20:21:54Z")
It seems the tred now is mega hospitals in contrast to the pre 90’s. I have been to many older cities of a population of 600,000 people having 7 hospitals . Well newer cities population of 600,000 people having only two … --- ## [DC's Legends of Tomorrow - Anyone Watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-anyone-watching/744887)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-anyone-watching/744887 "2016-05-22T14:17:58Z")
I didn’t see another topic here. It’s the latest spinoff of Arrow/Flash (and anyone who has watched those shows this season couldn’t avoid the tie-in). It’s not a great show, but it’s a lot of fun, even moreso than the … --- ## [Any thoughts on the best Gun Cleaners and Oils?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-the-best-gun-cleaners-and-oils/613565)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-the-best-gun-cleaners-and-oils/613565 "2012-02-22T17:33:37Z")
hoppe’s #9 solvent was practically the only choice when I was a kid. Friends have been recommending Remington Bore cleaner and Rem Oil. Another friend likes M-Pro 7 products. Remington also has a cleaner called Brite B… --- ## [More attempts to shut down speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-attempts-to-shut-down-speech/702520)
**Author:** [@cornopean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornopean)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-attempts-to-shut-down-speech/702520 "2014-10-27T22:33:22Z")
I posted on this awhile back…and then I read this story. It seems to me that even 5-10 years ago, people would have been appalled at any attempt by the govt to regulate speech and yet today…noone seems alarmed. Where’s… --- ## [Ahh, the aroma of ashtrays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-the-aroma-of-ashtrays/305655)
**Author:** [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-the-aroma-of-ashtrays/305655 "2005-05-30T21:18:06Z")
After months of quietly seething, I must pit or explode into a shower of unfortunate bits and pieces (so hard on the carpeting, you know). I pit you, smokers in my office! One and all. You may take your stinky cancer s… --- ## [Mel Gibson making film about Judah Maccabee - this will end well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-making-film-about-judah-maccabee-this-will-end-well/595723)
**Author:** [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-making-film-about-judah-maccabee-this-will-end-well/595723 "2011-09-15T09:14:26Z")
From The Guardian’s article on it: The screenwriter is Joe Eszterhas. Of Showgirls fame. Yes, I said “of Showgirls fame”. What could possibly go wrong? --- ## [Adding another router to my FiOS network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-another-router-to-my-fios-network/669437)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-another-router-to-my-fios-network/669437 "2013-09-24T01:18:50Z")
I am considering ordering a second FiOS router (connects to network from coax). I am not a networking expert but know enough to get in trouble. My current router shows up as 198.162.1.1, which I think is typical. If I ad… --- ## [The Army Sells The Big Red One to Sears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-army-sells-the-big-red-one-to-sears/463474)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-army-sells-the-big-red-one-to-sears/463474 "2008-09-17T07:24:28Z")
Sears will start selling clothes with the famed insignia this fall. As Firesign Theatre said nearly forty years ago, in Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers: As the article says, “the full scope of the royalties… --- ## [Second hand.. ..vapor and electronic cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-hand-vapor-and-electronic-cigarettes/666931)
**Author:** [@beo.thuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beo.thuck)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-hand-vapor-and-electronic-cigarettes/666931 "2015-08-19T04:55:52Z")
Hi dopers. I started a new job last month and I’m taking inbound sales calls all day from 8 to 4. There are about 200 people on the floor taking calls, and a number of them “smoke” electronic cigarettes. A guy sitting a… --- ## [Anyone met the love of their life in a bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-met-the-love-of-their-life-in-a-bar/473598)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-met-the-love-of-their-life-in-a-bar/473598 "2008-11-21T17:00:25Z")
I guess the title says it all. I always hear that the type of people you meet in bars aren’t the type of people you end up seriously dating, just the type of people you have a good time with. Looking back at my own histo… --- ## [Dating a girl who's child's out of control. Please help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-girl-whos-childs-out-of-control-please-help/538584)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-girl-whos-childs-out-of-control-please-help/538584 "2010-06-17T15:58:07Z")
I don’t know the fist thing about parenting, so I was hoping some of you may have some suggestions in disciplinarian measurers for my girlfriend’s ‘wild child’. She’s almost 3 years old. She throws tantrums constantly … --- ## [Clarence Thomas: Facts Do Not Overrule Suspicions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-facts-do-not-overrule-suspicions/500979)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-facts-do-not-overrule-suspicions/500979 "2009-06-28T14:26:38Z")
Today’s Supreme Court news: All well and good. So, who was the lone dissenter, and on what grounds…? Er… what? A suspicion does not dissipate merely because investigation turns up no supporting evidence for it? The l… --- ## [For those of you still harboring the illusion that Fox News is "fair and balanced"....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-still-harboring-the-illusion-that-fox-news-is-fair-and-balanced/583089)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-still-harboring-the-illusion-that-fox-news-is-fair-and-balanced/583089 "2011-05-26T22:43:09Z")
New York Magazine ran a pretty interesting profile on Fox New chief Roger Ailes this week. It’s been getting a lot of attention because of a quote from an unnamed source about how Roger Ailes apparently believes Sarah Pa… --- ## [In love with my manager.... he knows it... and i need tips to move on ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-love-with-my-manager-he-knows-it-and-i-need-tips-to-move-on/700173)
**Author:** [@Inf3rno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inf3rno)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-love-with-my-manager-he-knows-it-and-i-need-tips-to-move-on/700173 "2014-10-04T07:23:05Z")
Hi So lately i have been getting butterflys in my tummy when i see my manager or he touches ne in any way… I jever had a thing for him in past 2 years and bow suddenly i am head over heels for him… it started out coz f… --- ## [Price is Right - model's mistake results in free car to contestant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681 "2015-04-11T00:21:25Z")
Quite a nice turn of events for the lucky contestant. Sort of like Vanna turning the wrong letter but even better because the lady immediately knew the price of the car. I’m a bit puzzled why the show is so generous. I… --- ## [Natalie Imbruglia 'Torn' - rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natalie-imbruglia-torn-rape/528868)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natalie-imbruglia-torn-rape/528868 "2026-04-27T03:15:01Z")
Is this song about rape? Was just listening to it in Dunnes (I think) the other day and noticed the lines about being a gentleman then being bound and broken on the floor. Also naked. Always thought it was about heart… --- ## [The world revolves around smokers..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-revolves-around-smokers/220927)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-revolves-around-smokers/220927 "2004-01-03T07:54:42Z")
Why does my co-worker, who smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per day, think that the world revolves around her and her cigarette breaks? First, she normallyl goes on her breaks and sucks down 2, 120mm cigarettes in a 15 minu… --- ## [Snl 12.15.12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162 "2012-12-19T00:35:20Z")
I was curious how the events of the last few days would impact this week’s show. That opening was appropriate and honestly choked me up. Now for Martin Short’s monologue… --- ## [Best fighter in Game of Thrones/ASOIAF (SPOILERS!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fighter-in-game-of-thrones-asoiaf-spoilers/687350)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fighter-in-game-of-thrones-asoiaf-spoilers/687350 "2014-05-03T00:15:32Z")
Ready to spend some time and brainpower on something with absolutely no relevance to the real world? Me too! Spinning off from this post in the GOT episode thread, who is the best one-on-one fighter in close combat? Y… --- ## [If We Could Make Dogs As Smart As Humans, Should We?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-could-make-dogs-as-smart-as-humans-should-we/540857)
**Author:** [@A.Selene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Selene)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-could-make-dogs-as-smart-as-humans-should-we/540857 "2010-06-01T21:30:46Z")
First: I am accepting the position (which I feel is correct) that the only difference between animals and humans is a complexity of the brain. So that sentience, self-awareness, consciousness, and all that other cool st… --- ## [...and the best TV show in the history of the universe is:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-best-tv-show-in-the-history-of-the-universe-is/587583)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-best-tv-show-in-the-history-of-the-universe-is/587583 "2011-07-04T04:47:07Z")
I was watching an episode of a show the other day and this notion hit me: this is the best show in the history of television. I didn’t pose it to myself as a question, a possibility, or even a probability. I knew it in m… --- ## [Hey pizzabrat: eat shit you antagonizing horsefucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pizzabrat-eat-shit-you-antagonizing-horsefucker/247470)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pizzabrat-eat-shit-you-antagonizing-horsefucker/247470 "2004-06-01T13:53:11Z")
From here: “And what a surprise you’re the one to defend it.” What the fuck is THAT supposed to mean? --- ## [Fantasy liberal countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-liberal-countries/710841)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-liberal-countries/710841 "2015-01-30T00:58:17Z")
Is there a such thing, ever in the course of real human history of a real country, anywhere that was without weapons truly safe and free for long? If so, why don’t you move there? --- ## [Hard Times in Good Relationships (Long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-times-in-good-relationships-long/704911)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-times-in-good-relationships-long/704911 "2014-11-21T18:33:44Z")
I admit it, in our twelve years together as a couple, Sr. Weasel and I have been spoiled. Being with him has mostly been easy, and natural, and deeply satisfying. With very few exceptions, not anything we had to work too… --- ## [So my cat is trapped under the sink.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cat-is-trapped-under-the-sink/565697)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cat-is-trapped-under-the-sink/565697 "2011-01-01T07:41:20Z")
Mu, one of my cats (which I got only a few days ago) is trapped under the kitchen sink. There’s a big hole in the wall under there that some apartment workmen made a few months ago to fix plumbing problems and somehow th… --- ## [News items that pissed you off \*because\* they were news items.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575 "2015-02-24T00:12:21Z")
I’m sure we all got a few… :slight\_smile: My biggest one was Baby Jessica. So a two year-old falls down a well! Does that mean we need to have wall-to-wall coverage on this, CNN??? Also, the never ending stream of “Mis… --- ## [How much should I tip the mattress delivery guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-tip-the-mattress-delivery-guys/353705)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-tip-the-mattress-delivery-guys/353705 "2006-04-22T20:19:37Z")
I’m having a new Queen size mattress delivered tomorrow sometime. I paid a delivery charge $60 + $10 for delivery on Saturday. They are also supposed to take out my olf full size mattress away. I live on the first floor … --- ## [Crap series you wish you hadn't started reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-series-you-wish-you-hadnt-started-reading/632041)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-series-you-wish-you-hadnt-started-reading/632041 "2013-07-21T15:41:25Z")
Because hey, once you’re started on a story, you’re pretty much stuck with it eh? Top of my list these days is the utterly execrable, entirely pointless, boring as paint webcomic called Questionable Content. It’s like a… --- ## [What’s the most extraordinary thing you’ve posted about yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-most-extraordinary-thing-you-ve-posted-about-yourself/626344)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-most-extraordinary-thing-you-ve-posted-about-yourself/626344 "2012-07-01T02:05:13Z")
In light of recent events here, many of us may be looking at other posters’ unusual claims with more skepticism than previously. What have you posted that others might find a bit incredible? I posted about the destruct… --- ## [Going to a bar alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-bar-alone/566077)
**Author:** [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-bar-alone/566077 "2011-01-07T05:46:07Z")
I am incredibly lonely and bored out of my mind. There’s not a whole lot to do around here. So, I’m thinking about going to a bar tonight. Alone. I’ve never done that before and I’m looking for any tips or thoughts on t… --- ## [What the hell were our ancestors thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-were-our-ancestors-thinking/569802)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-were-our-ancestors-thinking/569802 "2011-02-14T09:20:38Z")
In this other thread Shagnasty brought up something I’ve been wondering about for a while. So I said: My thinking is, you can freeze to death, pretty easily actually, on a cold day. You can’t easily catch fire on a … --- ## [Best story in Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-story-in-stephen-kings-nightmares-and-dreamscapes/553801)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-story-in-stephen-kings-nightmares-and-dreamscapes/553801 "2012-09-25T14:46:02Z")
The sort of follow up to the Night Shift poll. (Of course, someone had to steal my thunder and start a Skeleton Crew poll wherein you could vote for as many (or as few) stories as you please. Philistines. But in this … --- ## [US Government Planning to Confiscate 401K/IRA Accounts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-government-planning-to-confiscate-401k-ira-accounts/528702)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-government-planning-to-confiscate-401k-ira-accounts/528702 "2010-02-14T15:52:39Z")
Several financial writers have speculated that the US Government might try to rescue the dollar, by confiscating individual retirement accounts. The most common theory is that you would be forced to buy a government-back… --- ## [Your boyfriend/husband, girlfriend/wife demands to see your uniocked cellphone - Do you comply?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-boyfriend-husband-girlfriend-wife-demands-to-see-your-uniocked-cellphone-do-you-comply/740865)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-boyfriend-husband-girlfriend-wife-demands-to-see-your-uniocked-cellphone-do-you-comply/740865 "2015-12-25T22:42:29Z")
Assume the person you are dating, living with, or married to gets suspicious that you are not being true and demands to see your phone so they can read your emails and related instant messages. Would you give up your (un… --- ## [What's your current desktop wallpaper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363 "2008-07-16T19:02:53Z")
I have lots of wallpapers from cartoons to photos to fine art. But here’s one I just scanned. It’s a vintage ad. I think it’s really stunning as full-screen wallpaper. --- ## [Being gay- Learned behavior or born with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-gay-learned-behavior-or-born-with-it/182157)
**Author:** [@Adman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adman)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-gay-learned-behavior-or-born-with-it/182157 "2003-06-18T00:35:55Z")
Definitely learned. When you’re a kid you have no sexual urges until atleast 10 or 11 years old. Up to that point, everyone and everything is having an influence on you… Then you end up making the decision which team t… --- ## [Meth Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meth-neighbor/774671)
**Author:** [@UpHoldsTheLaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UpHoldsTheLaw)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meth-neighbor/774671 "2017-01-13T02:17:55Z")
I moved into an amazing apartment a month ago. I was the very first person here. I have this beautiful view, everything is brand new. The day after Thanksgiving, I was relaxing at home and getting ready for bed. I starte… --- ## [SDMB NFL Pick 'em and Survival leagues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860 "2008-01-03T01:16:55Z")
We did this last year. In NFL Pick 'em leagues, each player predicts the outcome of every NFL game. There are three different types, and we run all three. You can join any or all of them. Straight up: You simply pick t… --- ## [Doesn't Most Wondrous Biblical Wisdom Seem Like Common Sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-most-wondrous-biblical-wisdom-seem-like-common-sense/796633)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-most-wondrous-biblical-wisdom-seem-like-common-sense/796633 "2017-09-21T15:51:59Z")
Growing up, I had it pounded into my head that the Bible contained deep wisdom that no mere human could have written or contemplated. Only the True Son of God could have had such miraculous insight in how to live a good… --- ## ["Spiritual but not religious" CNN belief blog post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiritual-but-not-religious-cnn-belief-blog-post/636586)
**Author:** [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiritual-but-not-religious-cnn-belief-blog-post/636586 "2012-10-12T12:19:55Z")
I read this blog post by Alan Miller in the CNN belief blog… http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/29/my-take-im-spiritual-not-religious-is-a-cop-out/ and his follow up post… http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/02/y… --- ## [Iraq Vet thoughts on Afganistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-vet-thoughts-on-afganistan/589644)
**Author:** [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-vet-thoughts-on-afganistan/589644 "2012-08-11T05:26:20Z")
Would you give your life for Afganistan​? I’m just wondering why we have decided to give the lives of 1600 American boys. what would you do if your son was “collatera​l damage”? I know I would spend the rest of my life m… --- ## [What ever happened to Tricia Toyota](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-tricia-toyota/244892)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-tricia-toyota/244892 "2017-09-29T17:58:08Z")
I remember watching Tricia Toyota on the local news when I was in high school. I don’t remember if she was on KABC, or KCBS, but I do remember she was really pretty. Yesterday I played my old Dawn of the Dickies CD (“I… --- ## [Mellow Johnny Cash songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mellow-johnny-cash-songs/348745)
**Author:** [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mellow-johnny-cash-songs/348745 "2006-03-19T16:01:49Z")
Are there any nice, slow-dancable Johnny Cash songs? I am looking for a father-daughter dance for my upcoming wedding. We used to always listen to Johnny and Kenny Rogers while we were in the cellar making stuff out of… --- ## [Was The Protestant Reformation Worth It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-protestant-reformation-worth-it/725320)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-protestant-reformation-worth-it/725320 "2015-07-20T11:26:19Z")
The end of Christian unity in the West is usually take as the time in which Martin Luther broke with the church of Rome. later, there came the Church of England, then tons of new sects. The Reformation resulted in hundre… --- ## [Why does Ozzy shuffle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ozzy-shuffle/98708)
**Author:** [@samsmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samsmomma)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ozzy-shuffle/98708 "2020-11-18T20:37:46Z")
I’ve been watching Ozzy Osbourne’s show on MTV, the Osbournes. My question for you all is, why does Ozzy shuffle when he walks,like an old man, he is only in his early fifties? I’ve heard the shuffling is due to a Grand … --- ## ["If it's yellow, let it mellow" in other languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-yellow-let-it-mellow-in-other-languages/657942)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-yellow-let-it-mellow-in-other-languages/657942 "2013-05-14T21:36:25Z")
In America we have a saying: “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.” This is talking about urine and poop in the toilet, meaning you don’t have to flush every time somebody pees. Is there an equiv… --- ## [O'Toole is out as opposition leader (Canadian politics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otoole-is-out-as-opposition-leader-canadian-politics/958720)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otoole-is-out-as-opposition-leader-canadian-politics/958720 "2022-02-19T19:46:22Z")
O’Toole, leader of the federal Conservative Party of Canada is facing a caucus revolt. He might be facing a leadership review vote as early as Wednesday. MPs would then have to elect an interim caucus leader while th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1021&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1023&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)