# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1024&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:** 1025 --- ## [Are you a Brony? (AKA, are you a male who watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-brony-aka-are-you-a-male-who-watched-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/713180)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-brony-aka-are-you-a-male-who-watched-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/713180 "2015-03-10T13:58:31Z")
Brony (n): A name typically given to the male viewers/fans (whether they are straight, gay, bisexual, etc.) of the My Little Pony show or franchise. I am not, although all this talk about what a great show it apparently… --- ## [So I was changing my babies diaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-changing-my-babies-diaper/50255)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-changing-my-babies-diaper/50255 "2001-03-26T15:53:01Z")
and I want her to be fresh and clean. I thought I’d offer the following advice. It’s not a game. Don’t flip over and try to escape and run all over the house with crap flying everywhere. Don’t show me that it’s tim… --- ## [Get Out: Peele's new horror movie \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-peeles-new-horror-movie-open-spoilers/782605)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-peeles-new-horror-movie-open-spoilers/782605 "2018-03-19T13:07:05Z")
This is a hard movie to search the forums for, so if there’s another thread on the topic, can this one be closed, please? If not, however, I wanna recommend this movie. Setting aside for a moment the razor-sharp social … --- ## [when someone says "go ahead, ask me anything, no matter how personal"....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-go-ahead-ask-me-anything-no-matter-how-personal/319701)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-go-ahead-ask-me-anything-no-matter-how-personal/319701 "2005-09-03T19:42:35Z")
There have been a number of times, most often on AIM but occasionally on the phone or in person, when somebody, be it a new romance interest or an old friend (and once even a co-worker!), in the course of flirting or jus… --- ## [Appropriate age to attend NFL game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-age-to-attend-nfl-game/697878)
**Author:** [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-age-to-attend-nfl-game/697878 "2014-09-23T13:03:56Z")
My 8 year old nephew really wants to go to a NFL game. I’d be taking him. Is 8 too young? His parents (my sis and his dad) didn’t say yay or nay. Do you think 8 is too young? --- ## [What kind of dog should we get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-should-we-get/789786)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-should-we-get/789786 "2017-09-08T13:13:55Z")
My husband and I are talking about buying a dog. The primary reason is for companionship: he and I work offset schedules (his is a rotating schedule), so we’re often home at different times, and since we don’t have any … --- ## [Another Wisconsin Recall Pit: Check out what FoxNation is trying to pin on the Democrats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193 "2012-06-07T01:44:10Z")
http://nation.foxnews.com/wisconsin-recall-election/2012/06/05/eyewitness-alleges-democrat-union-vote-fraud-wisconsin This is followed by a transcript of the on air conversation. The caller claimed to be on one of the… --- ## [Why haven't hovercraft been commercial successful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-hovercraft-been-commercial-successful/525663)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-hovercraft-been-commercial-successful/525663 "2010-01-21T13:57:25Z")
I saw an old British movie on TV recently in which one of the characters took a hovercraft from Dover to Calais, and I thought “What a cool way to travel!” Of course, it turns out that the hover-ferry service between th… --- ## [How would you react to a surprise gift of a new car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-to-a-surprise-gift-of-a-new-car/603482)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-to-a-surprise-gift-of-a-new-car/603482 "2011-11-25T02:07:36Z")
I’m seeing a bunch of commercials where the husband surprises his wife, I guess for Christmas, with a new car (with a big bow around it). The wife is thrilled, and the husband presumably gets lucky for the next few nigh… --- ## [Survivor: South Pacific October 26 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-october-26-2011/600926)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-october-26-2011/600926 "2011-10-29T15:03:30Z")
Gee, Coach, nice of you to fake pray about finding something you already have. I can’t stand it when people pray about game results. It’s so lame. --- ## [Have you already voted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-already-voted/638233)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-already-voted/638233 "2012-11-01T22:31:51Z")
Just curious: how many people out there have already cast your votes. If you have, where do you live? I’m in Oregon, got my ballot yesterday, filled it out, and turned it in today. I’m done. --- ## ['02 Olds Alero V6 - Spark Plugs, how to reach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/02-olds-alero-v6-spark-plugs-how-to-reach/532901)
**Author:** [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/02-olds-alero-v6-spark-plugs-how-to-reach/532901 "2012-05-24T02:20:06Z")
Is there a trick to reaching the ones on the far side of the engine? It’s a transverse V6. I have a really long extension bar for my ratchet that doesn’t fit. I could get a smaller one, but I still think it’s really t… --- ## [Is there any correlation between white liberals and feeling rejected from society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-correlation-between-white-liberals-and-feeling-rejected-from-society/827494)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-correlation-between-white-liberals-and-feeling-rejected-from-society/827494 "2019-01-23T04:46:49Z")
I know not all liberals are white, but around 3/4 of them are. Plus non-whites are already rejected from society if we are being honest so I can understand why non-whites lean leftist in politics. The % of LGBTwho ident… --- ## [Wii and Xbox 360 bitchslap the PS3 again; what's next for Sony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-and-xbox-360-bitchslap-the-ps3-again-whats-next-for-sony/472776)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-and-xbox-360-bitchslap-the-ps3-again-whats-next-for-sony/472776 "2008-12-17T23:19:13Z")
The sales numbers for October were released yesterday and once again Sony and their PS3 (and PS2 and PSP for that matter) got pounded by the Wii, Xbox 360 and DS. Can Sony do anything to turn their fortunes around? 200… --- ## [Bush won fair and square...quit yer bitch'n](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-won-fair-and-square-quit-yer-bitchn/167184)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-won-fair-and-square-quit-yer-bitchn/167184 "2003-04-20T17:45:26Z")
You libs have GOT to get over the 2000 election results. I still hear with startling frequency that he was “selected. not elected” or other witicisms aimed at calling into question his victory. I remember in Government… --- ## [About the Vorkosigan books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-vorkosigan-books/1024913)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 435\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-vorkosigan-books/1024913 "2026-10-15T13:55:25Z")
Recently, in a different thread, several Dopers recommended that I try out the Vorkosigan books, by Lois McMaster Bujold, starting with Shards of Honor: Well, I’ve finished the first book, and yup, that’s definitel… --- ## [Area man swallowed by sinkhole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-man-swallowed-by-sinkhole/651724)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-man-swallowed-by-sinkhole/651724 "2015-08-24T02:28:11Z")
Talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed… --- ## [Who are the least expressive successful actors/actresses in film and TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-expressive-successful-actors-actresses-in-film-and-tv/611833)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-expressive-successful-actors-actresses-in-film-and-tv/611833 "2012-02-13T14:43:18Z")
A lot of actors give “understated” performances, often to excellent effect. Giancarlo Esposito in Breaking Bad comes to mind: his character, Gus, is one of the coolest, calmest, most composed people you’ll ever meet, so… --- ## [Why do people shower/bathe so frequently when deodorant exists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-shower-bathe-so-frequently-when-deodorant-exists/743207)
**Author:** [@Volxen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Volxen)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-shower-bathe-so-frequently-when-deodorant-exists/743207 "2016-01-23T05:59:52Z")
Why do people feel the need to wash/clean/shower/bathe daily (or even every other day) when deodorant already serves the purpose of eliminating body odor? --- ## [Absolute Truth and God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-truth-and-god/716250)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-truth-and-god/716250 "2015-04-07T03:30:55Z")
So in a facebook conversation the other day about truth, science, and the like, I had this exchange: (Yes, it’s that kind of discussion.) But this is actually getting under my skin. I’m curious of two things, mainly: … --- ## [Survivor \*Open Spoilers\* Nov 10, 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-open-spoilers-nov-10-2010/560261)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-open-spoilers-nov-10-2010/560261 "2010-11-12T23:53:44Z")
Great Reward Challenge. Love the “Three Little Pigs” allusion. Too bad there was not “a huff and a puff.” Quote of the Season: “I hate playing stupid so much, but it is the smartest thing to do right now” So that w… --- ## [How long before you knew he/she was the one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-you-knew-he-she-was-the-one/166269)
**Author:** [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-you-knew-he-she-was-the-one/166269 "2003-04-05T00:12:37Z")
I’ve met a woman, and within a week I knew. She felt the same thing. We’re both divorced, mature adults who’ve been on plenty of dates and have had our share of relationships. We both know how strange it is to be feeling… --- ## [Monosyllabic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monosyllabic/59309)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monosyllabic/59309 "2001-03-27T10:14:34Z")
'kay? --- ## [Yankee fans are fucking animals, man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankee-fans-are-fucking-animals-man/270164)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankee-fans-are-fucking-animals-man/270164 "2004-10-21T12:17:51Z")
What the fuck your problem, Yankee fans? A-Hole tried to cheat and the turtles corrected the call. He was fucking OUT! You did not get robbed you fucking whiny little bitches. Aand now they have to clear the field becau… --- ## [The Democratic party has rejected Clintonism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-party-has-rejected-clintonism/752172)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-party-has-rejected-clintonism/752172 "2016-05-06T07:55:19Z")
A new column from Matt Bai making a point I’ve been making for awhile. Hillary Clinton is running in an environment where she is forced to repudiate pretty much all of her husband’s record. Embracing Obama is smart, i… --- ## [Ghost of Christmas Toys Past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-of-christmas-toys-past/674766)
**Author:** [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-of-christmas-toys-past/674766 "2013-11-30T00:49:46Z")
It’s that time of year where people flock to the streets to buy their children all sorts of made-in-China crap and other people screaming about the how the materialistic consumption is the end of us all. Both screaming … --- ## [Airport security - when do we say "enough"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-security-when-do-we-say-enough/787608)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-security-when-do-we-say-enough/787608 "2017-06-01T20:39:34Z")
The director of Homeland Security says they might ban laptops and tablets from all flights entering the U.S. from foreign countries. I used to be an airline pilot, now fly on the corporate side. So I’m going to be caref… --- ## [Grammar question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/675131)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/675131 "2013-12-18T15:56:12Z")
I just got this question wrong on a practice grammar test. I wanted to see if you agree with me. Question: Select the correct word(s) for the blank in the following sentence: “He had to select \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 6 ties for the j… --- ## [Progressive Insurance Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-insurance-lady/537316)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-insurance-lady/537316 "2010-06-06T20:07:17Z")
Sure you have have great ads, but what happens when I file a claim? You ignore what I wrote down and gave me $185 instead of $100 for my luggage box, add in money for an after-market part I forgot, and then give me a fai… --- ## [Session lies again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/session-lies-again/787379)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/session-lies-again/787379 "2017-05-28T19:16:47Z")
CNN reports that Jeff Sessions didn’t report his contacts with the \[del\]Soviet\[/del\] Russian Ambassador in his application for security clearance. There was no wiggle room like his lies in the Senate confirmation hearing… --- ## [Should we abolish the Senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-abolish-the-senate/834903)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-abolish-the-senate/834903 "2019-06-09T22:20:16Z")
I’ve been reading a lot lately about the nature of the Electoral College. It’s come up for debate in Maine, because the state is thinking about joining a compact that would award our electoral votes to the winner of the … --- ## [My wife's ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-ass/295677)
**Author:** [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-ass/295677 "2006-02-08T16:08:01Z")
Would it be wrong to put a cork in it so I can have some fresh air? --- ## ["Ra's al Ghul" - the Arabic, not the fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ras-al-ghul-the-arabic-not-the-fiction/309105)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ras-al-ghul-the-arabic-not-the-fiction/309105 "2012-09-06T08:54:09Z")
(I’m posting in GQ because I want to know about the linguistics, not about the Batman adversary.) Batman has an adversary called “Ra’s al Ghul” (who is featured in the current movie but has been a character in the comic… --- ## [Specific abortion debate: when moms become pregnant at a later, better time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-abortion-debate-when-moms-become-pregnant-at-a-later-better-time/607174)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-abortion-debate-when-moms-become-pregnant-at-a-later-better-time/607174 "2011-12-28T06:49:19Z")
I’d like to discuss a specific topic I have tossed about in one of the myriad earlier abortion threads, but it was never picked up. And that is, that most women will have a limited number of children in their life. If t… --- ## [Boyfriend spending money he shouldn't, what do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-spending-money-he-shouldnt-what-do-i-do/627026)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-spending-money-he-shouldnt-what-do-i-do/627026 "2012-07-04T00:29:49Z")
My boyfriend just surprised me with tickets to the symphony here in Houston this weekend. I don’t even know why I brought it up to him the other night that I wished we could go, but I thought I made it pretty clear when… --- ## [Objects useful for purposes other than what they were made for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-useful-for-purposes-other-than-what-they-were-made-for/753640)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-useful-for-purposes-other-than-what-they-were-made-for/753640 "2016-05-25T03:41:28Z")
The best fly swatter in the world is the badminton racquet. Since '86 the only knife I’ve ever used to cut absolutely every single thing (with multiple, daily use) is a cheapo $1.49 breadknife. Yeah, I realise knives we… --- ## [What would your haka response be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-haka-response-be/725065)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-haka-response-be/725065 "2015-09-16T05:44:59Z")
The Welsh bypass recreating “Men of Harlech” from Zulu, opting instead for stony silence. Me: Curly Howard. Definitely Curly Howard. --- ## [(medical) - sterile water vs. saline solution vs. epsom salts - wound care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-sterile-water-vs-saline-solution-vs-epsom-salts-wound-care/404952)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-sterile-water-vs-saline-solution-vs-epsom-salts-wound-care/404952 "2007-05-22T04:05:35Z")
So I had a bad staphylococcus aureus infection in my leg. The doctor poked a hole (in the leg) to TMI WARNING get the pus out and then put in a wick to keep the hole open. Now, a week later, he says that I don’t need t… --- ## [How come Muslim extremists haven't reacted to Jack Chick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-muslim-extremists-havent-reacted-to-jack-chick/634784)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-muslim-extremists-havent-reacted-to-jack-chick/634784 "2012-10-07T22:56:25Z")
He has beendenigrating Islamfor decades, yet Muslim extremists seem to be unaware or indifferent to his attacks. How come they get outraged by the Danish cartoon and the recent video, but not the anti-Muslim Chick tracts… --- ## [I pit all the phucking phonies who post shit and then "apologize" for it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-the-phucking-phonies-who-post-shit-and-then-apologize-for-it/706095)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-all-the-phucking-phonies-who-post-shit-and-then-apologize-for-it/706095 "2014-12-11T02:31:07Z")
Elizabeth Lauten is the latest one. It just burns my bacon that these people think nothing of posting any abusive thought that pops into their little pea brains, and then think that “apologizing” makes everything OK. Ri… --- ## [How do you pronounce "Ms"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-ms/558264)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-ms/558264 "2010-10-25T21:32:02Z")
Inspired by this thread Never thought about it before, but as a non-native English speaker, I’m wondering how you can hear the difference whether someone is addressed as “Mrs” or “Ms”. Is “Ms” pronounced “Missis”/“Miss… --- ## [civil engineers: how does shit flow in sewage pipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-engineers-how-does-shit-flow-in-sewage-pipes/206863)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-engineers-how-does-shit-flow-in-sewage-pipes/206863 "2003-10-14T02:29:23Z")
(Mods, Sorry! I was going to title this thread “sanitation engineers: flow rates and drop manholes” But you gotta admit it–the title I used is catchier, and might get more responses. So I decided to be rude. Sorry…I wo… --- ## [So apparently, science denialists will never admit they're wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-science-denialists-will-never-admit-theyre-wrong/666669)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-science-denialists-will-never-admit-theyre-wrong/666669 "2013-09-02T16:08:15Z")
Today’s topic: homosexuality. Specifically, everyone’s favorite bullshit parenting study, Mark Regnerus’s incredibly bogus piece. A relative cited it on facebook as “the best study available on gay parenting”. Right, and… --- ## [Racial dynamics in Nu Doctor Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-dynamics-in-nu-doctor-who/710284)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-dynamics-in-nu-doctor-who/710284 "2015-01-23T03:03:09Z")
This is going to be a touchy one, but everybody stay calm. I have no more agenda than an arched eyebrow. First companion was Rose. Pretty white girl dating Mickey, a black guy that I found a little annoying, but he di… --- ## [Christian scientists are liars, IMHO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-scientists-are-liars-imho/618330)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-scientists-are-liars-imho/618330 "2012-04-11T15:14:53Z")
Not members of the church of Christian Science, but scientists who are christians. I have always suspected this, but I bit my tongue for many reasons. One reason is, I don’t have much of a formal education. I can be ba… --- ## [Waist size bullshitters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waist-size-bullshitters/665736)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waist-size-bullshitters/665736 "2013-09-24T16:51:14Z")
I was looking online this morning for references to waist size reduction in relation to weight loss. I could not get over the sizes of the waist sizes being reported in relation to weight. Things like 285# 43" waist. Or … --- ## [So I married a teenage Dubdope thread: or Dubdope2000:the Tart with the Cart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-married-a-teenage-dubdope-thread-or-dubdope2000-the-tart-with-the-cart/33710)
**Author:** [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-married-a-teenage-dubdope-thread-or-dubdope2000-the-tart-with-the-cart/33710 "2000-10-13T09:35:18Z")
\[note\] I swear, this will be the last one I start before the event ;). Meanwhile, back on the ranch, Bo duke and Daisy are going to visit Boss Hogg… sorry, got hijacked into a Dukes of Hazzard type scenario. Dublin, O… --- ## [frozen humans shattering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-humans-shattering/527781)
**Author:** [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-humans-shattering/527781 "2010-03-05T22:36:17Z")
Thanks for an intersting column about freezing flesh with liquid nitrogen. Just thought I’d mentioned that liquid nitrogen isn’t quite as cost-prohibitive as Cecil thinks. I did a science fair project in middle school … --- ## [Would disco not have been so hated had so many rock stars not gone disco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-disco-not-have-been-so-hated-had-so-many-rock-stars-not-gone-disco/957070)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-disco-not-have-been-so-hated-had-so-many-rock-stars-not-gone-disco/957070 "2022-02-09T00:45:50Z")
In an alternative universe, let’s say that disco becomes big in the 1970s, but there’s no Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney or Rolling Stones disco influence. Disco is limited to artists such as the Village People, A Taste Of … --- ## [I there any evidence that punishing dogs "after the fact" does no good ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-there-any-evidence-that-punishing-dogs-after-the-fact-does-no-good/505423)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-there-any-evidence-that-punishing-dogs-after-the-fact-does-no-good/505423 "2009-08-06T19:56:15Z")
I have read and heard in numerous places that when training dogs it does no good at all to punish them some time after they do something wrong. That to actually change their behavior you need to catch them in the act, a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1023&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1025&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)