# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1045&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:** 1046 --- ## ["If the Jews did not exist, we would have to invent them"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-jews-did-not-exist-we-would-have-to-invent-them/549291)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-jews-did-not-exist-we-would-have-to-invent-them/549291 "2011-03-29T14:41:26Z")
I’m having problems hunting down a reliable source for this quote (or variants of it). Lots of secondary sources attribute the quote to Hitler himself, or on occasion, other top Nazis. I had heard before that Hitler fam… --- ## [Lanterns (the green kind)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lanterns-the-green-kind/1032374)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 421\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lanterns-the-green-kind/1032374 "2026-10-22T22:27:06Z")
Watched the first episode. Liked it, looking forward to the next episode. Drama with very little humor. Despite that the first episode reminded me quite a bit of --- ## [I pit Chicago for NOT salting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chicago-for-not-salting/476659)
**Author:** [@OhFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OhFace)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chicago-for-not-salting/476659 "2008-12-22T15:26:25Z")
Since there is no pit forum under the Chicago forms I’ll put it here. How could Chicago seriously decide not to salt the side streets this winter? On my way home today I rear-ended someone. I literally slid a half a b… --- ## [Is there a word that describes when a word sounds like what it means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-that-describes-when-a-word-sounds-like-what-it-means/351594)
**Author:** [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-that-describes-when-a-word-sounds-like-what-it-means/351594 "2006-04-09T00:16:11Z")
Millions, I was having a conversation with the birdgirl and her mother, who claimed that the word “flink” was real. Three dictionaries later, I think they’ve finally admitted that it isn’t. Anyway, their made-up verb is… --- ## [Anyone else looking forward to Dallas on TNT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-dallas-on-tnt/624312)
**Author:** [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-dallas-on-tnt/624312 "2013-03-05T18:33:24Z")
Just 1 week until the new Dallas on TNT premieres. I’m looking forward to it, and early reviews say it’s good. I watched the entire original series, all the movies, and can’t wait to see this. --- ## [Could they have dropped a nuclear bomb on the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-have-dropped-a-nuclear-bomb-on-the-moon/505083)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-have-dropped-a-nuclear-bomb-on-the-moon/505083 "2011-03-27T16:17:31Z")
Had the US or Russia wanted to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon, would they have had the means to get one there? Would those bombs have worked on those conditions (vacuum, low grav, etc)? Could it have been a manned m… --- ## [Well, that about wraps it up for Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-about-wraps-it-up-for-amazon/787896)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-about-wraps-it-up-for-amazon/787896 "2017-06-09T00:08:47Z")
Another package delivered today, simply dropped inside the door of my 152 unit apartment building with zero attempt to walk up to my apartment or notify me. Two packages stolen in the last year because of this bullshit. … --- ## [Atheists, do you wish there was a god? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-do-you-wish-there-was-a-god-why-or-why-not/624815)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-do-you-wish-there-was-a-god-why-or-why-not/624815 "2012-10-04T23:51:42Z")
I’m an Atheist. I sometimes wish there was a god. Well, all the people that did me wrong… like kids that use to pick on me in school, would hopefully learn a lesson in some form or another. I wouldn’t want them to spe… --- ## [Jail him or Free him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jail-him-or-free-him/686340)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jail-him-or-free-him/686340 "2014-05-13T12:43:28Z")
This link leads to a very interesting story that really makes me want to check the pulse of the SDMB board. To summarize, a man was convicted in 2000 of armed robbery (no one harmed physically) of a Burger King. After h… --- ## [I'd rather take turns than do 69...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-take-turns-than-do-69/558070)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-take-turns-than-do-69/558070 "2010-10-26T19:46:46Z")
Am I alone? It seems like “69” is really highly prized but I find it to be almost annoying. I can either pay attention to what he’s doing and enjoy it, which causes what I’m doing to slack off greatly, or I can concentra… --- ## [“Go get me belt and bend over” or “Come here Joey, we need to talk”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-get-me-belt-and-bend-over-or-come-here-joey-we-need-to-talk/27647)
**Author:** [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-get-me-belt-and-bend-over-or-come-here-joey-we-need-to-talk/27647 "2000-08-04T21:29:33Z")
“Go get me belt and bend over” or “Come here Joey, we need to talk” My eyes are about to fall out of my head from reading about disciplining children. If you look at most of recorded history, discipline was swift, somew… --- ## [Sneering at people with less formal education is class-based prejudice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-at-people-with-less-formal-education-is-class-based-prejudice/988113)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-at-people-with-less-formal-education-is-class-based-prejudice/988113 "2023-09-04T10:07:08Z")
To establish my lib cred, I’m referencing a story I heard on NPR the other day: The headline is not correct. Kahlenberg explicitly and repeatedly said he wanted to look at race AND class, not class INSTEAD OF race. Ju… --- ## [Businesswoman fires employee for having an affair with friend's husband. Unethical? Wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesswoman-fires-employee-for-having-an-affair-with-friends-husband-unethical-wise/648829)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesswoman-fires-employee-for-having-an-affair-with-friends-husband-unethical-wise/648829 "2013-02-02T00:47:36Z")
Yes, it’s a Skaldthetical, though the premise isn’t fantasy and there probably won’t be a poll. (I reserve the right to change my mind at the last second.) If you don’t like these, I understand the Super Bowl is in a few… --- ## [Game: Deal or No Deal Tourney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-deal-or-no-deal-tourney/528819)
**Author:** [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-deal-or-no-deal-tourney/528819 "2010-04-30T00:30:45Z")
Since I have no mafia game currently to occupy me, I thought I would start this. I will take the first ten people stating they wish to play in this thread. The rules: Eight rounds of Deal or No Deal that generally i… --- ## [After divorce, should a grandparent's contribution to a college fund count for "their side"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-divorce-should-a-grandparents-contribution-to-a-college-fund-count-for-their-side/669784)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-divorce-should-a-grandparents-contribution-to-a-college-fund-count-for-their-side/669784 "2013-09-28T23:34:24Z")
This one was hard to explain in the space allocated for the subject. Here’s the situation: my mother has been contributing to college funds she established for each of her grandchildren every year on their birthdays, si… --- ## [Audio delay on my HDTV using Verizon FiOS HD box. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-delay-on-my-hdtv-using-verizon-fios-hd-box-why/480168)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-delay-on-my-hdtv-using-verizon-fios-hd-box-why/480168 "2009-01-08T20:05:25Z")
So I hooked up my Verizon FiOS HD set top box last night, and as I was trying to figure out on my own how the DVR works—which consisted of me repeatedly (and incorrectly) hitting the DVR button—the lip sync became more a… --- ## [what happens to hotel soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831)
**Author:** [@purple\_cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_cow)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-hotel-soap/573831 "2011-03-11T15:05:28Z")
Do hotels somehow recycle soap or is it just automatically thrown away? Strange question with an obvious answer, but i can hope. It has always bothered me to think of the hundreds of millions of little bars of soap ever… --- ## [Flaw in Gattaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaw-in-gattaca/717635)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaw-in-gattaca/717635 "2016-06-15T07:39:13Z")
Watched “Gattaca” a week or two ago. I like the film but I thought of something that I can’t let go. At the beginning of the film, the parents are told that the kid has a 99% chance of being dead by 30 due to a congeni… --- ## [German phrases shouted in Wolfenstein 3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-phrases-shouted-in-wolfenstein-3d/330505)
**Author:** [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-phrases-shouted-in-wolfenstein-3d/330505 "2005-11-11T16:31:11Z")
I was thinking about the original Wolfenstein 3D game, and I remembered the generic, blue-clad (?) Nazi soldiers that you fight a lot. They had a couple German words or phrases they’d shout out when you a.) were sighted … --- ## [Things I am learning watching Russian dash-cam videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-am-learning-watching-russian-dash-cam-videos/663456)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-am-learning-watching-russian-dash-cam-videos/663456 "2013-07-21T02:04:52Z")
All right, these things are pretty addictive…my daughter and I just watched about 45 minutes of them (all in the spirit of driver’s ed, I assure you ;)). Anyway, things I’ve learned so far: If someone cuts you off in t… --- ## [Idle Speculation on Race and Racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-speculation-on-race-and-racism/714660)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-speculation-on-race-and-racism/714660 "2015-03-11T12:10:04Z")
I’ve noticed that many racists argue that “blacks,” whatever that means, show evidence of systematic tendencies towards delinquency and lack of education. I won’t bother to link to the threads where these people make the… --- ## [Butt hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hair/586134)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hair/586134 "2011-07-02T03:56:47Z")
What is the reason we (or some of us, men mostly it seems) have butt hair? What biological purpose does it serve? It mostly serves as an annoyance, in my humble opinion (stupid dingleberries get caught in it every once … --- ## [Modern Warfare 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-3/603025)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-3/603025 "2012-01-21T18:45:24Z")
Well, the most anticipated game of the year came out a week ago and I still see no thread for it. Who else has picked it up? What are your thoughts so far? Likes/dislikes? Favorite levels, multiplayer loadouts, killstrea… --- ## [David Vitter and John Ensign should step down also.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-vitter-and-john-ensign-should-step-down-also/585497)
**Author:** [@JimH52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimH52)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-vitter-and-john-ensign-should-step-down-also/585497 "2011-07-04T15:45:21Z")
If Weiner is being asked to step down, why haven’t these two been asked? Is it because they are Republicans and above reproach? This is an obvious double standard. --- ## ["One Man has the rifle, the next man has the bullets..." Did this actually happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-man-has-the-rifle-the-next-man-has-the-bullets-did-this-actually-happen/406813)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-man-has-the-rifle-the-next-man-has-the-bullets-did-this-actually-happen/406813 "2007-06-07T13:49:05Z")
The opening scenes of both the movie Enemy At The Gates and the Russian campaign of the computer game Call Of Duty feature a sequence in which the main character arrives at the docks on Stalingrad in late 1942, and is pr… --- ## [Recast a classic movie to make it terrible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266 "2009-11-24T09:45:51Z")
If you could recast a classic movie using any actors past or present in order to ruin it as completely as possible, who would you choose? Example: Star Wars, with… Matthew McConaughey as Han Solo Mel Gibson as Darth V… --- ## [What Colour radiates heat most efficiently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-radiates-heat-most-efficiently/629853)
**Author:** [@Zep\_Tepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zep_Tepi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-radiates-heat-most-efficiently/629853 "2014-09-06T13:39:19Z")
We all know that black absorbs heat better than white or the lighter colours, but which colour, if any, radiates heat the best ? --- ## [Whatcha readin' June (08) edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-june-08-edition/450936)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-june-08-edition/450936 "2008-07-01T12:14:18Z")
OK, I know that I am VERY early, but starting tomorrow I will be out for a while, possibly a week, and so I am getting this started. I am reading The Kingmaker’s Sword. It is book one of the Runeblades trilogy. I have… --- ## [Is the term "Tar Baby" an ethnic slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-tar-baby-an-ethnic-slur/591270)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-tar-baby-an-ethnic-slur/591270 "2011-08-04T14:35:51Z")
What do you think? As you may or may not know, a congressman from my home state of Colorado, Doug Lamborn, used it in regards to being associated with President Obama. Specifically, he said about President Obama: \[QUO… --- ## [What film was most diminished by it's sequels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-was-most-diminished-by-its-sequels/816109)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-was-most-diminished-by-its-sequels/816109 "2018-06-27T23:21:01Z")
Successful films get sequels, it’s a fact of life. Most film series also get worse as time goes on, sometimes drastically so, sometimes even destroying the goodwill created by the original. What film is most diminished… --- ## [I'll start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-start-the-mmp/835949)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-start-the-mmp/835949 "2019-07-01T00:36:44Z")
and my reason is today was a total bust. The expected high volume didn’t arive and I spent nearly 11 hours at Da Jungle to only be on the clock for a little more than 6. :smack: Wanting to reclaim my usual good mood an… --- ## [Today I pit health food producers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-pit-health-food-producers/508024)
**Author:** [@Kearsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-pit-health-food-producers/508024 "2009-09-05T00:32:10Z")
Why is eating healthy so damn expensive? Don’t the producers of this food know that there is a dynamic thriving epidemic of diabetes of the 2nd type ravaging this great country? Obama wants to better America? He needs t… --- ## [Whats the deal with the number 41?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-number-41/26874)
**Author:** [@douglas0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglas0)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-number-41/26874 "2012-06-07T15:23:35Z")
Whats the deal with the number 41? Does it have any special meaning? I have seen it everywhere. Well in most places anyway. I have seen it in movies such as The Matrix and The Frighteners. I have also seen it in a random… --- ## [Just got laid off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518 "2012-12-05T07:25:06Z")
Anyone need a good IT guy? --- ## [Guys: ejaculate without orgasm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-ejaculate-without-orgasm/356702)
**Author:** [@bchbnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bchbnny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-ejaculate-without-orgasm/356702 "2006-05-14T21:41:52Z")
Recently I just learned that it is in fact possible for males to ejaculate without experiencing an orgasm, and there’s a name for this condition, although I am unable to recall it off the top of my head. Anybody have an… --- ## [Which plotlines did Rowling devise years in advance? And which were later additions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-plotlines-did-rowling-devise-years-in-advance-and-which-were-later-additions/538119)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-plotlines-did-rowling-devise-years-in-advance-and-which-were-later-additions/538119 "2010-09-01T21:15:13Z")
JK Rowling loved to use the device of Chekovs Gun. So which plot points were dreamed up years in advance. And which ones she made up later. Years in advance Horcruxes. I believe initially Dumbledore was supposed to te… --- ## [Vaccination and Autism. How wide spread is this belief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-and-autism-how-wide-spread-is-this-belief/493231)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-and-autism-how-wide-spread-is-this-belief/493231 "2009-04-24T12:37:01Z")
From my reading it is clear what the scientific consensus on the issue is, but seeing Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carey on Larry King the other night perpetuating the myth really made me pause. How wide spread is this miscon… --- ## [Unintentionally amusing nude scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-nude-scenes/240169)
**Author:** [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-nude-scenes/240169 "2004-04-21T01:16:35Z")
Sooner or later someone had to start this thread, so I figured it might as well be me! There are some movies in which it is important, for reasons of plot or characterization, that a performer appear nude or semi-nude. … --- ## [DO NOT BUY A DROBO - it does NOT protect your data!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-buy-a-drobo-it-does-not-protect-your-data/486476)
**Author:** [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-buy-a-drobo-it-does-not-protect-your-data/486476 "2011-12-17T15:59:09Z")
Drobo bills itself as a DAS device that automatically protects your data in case of a drive failure. Last year, I purchased a first generation Drobo, and over time filled it with 4 Seagate drives, all purchased from the… --- ## [My definition of woke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-definition-of-woke/1011343)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 467\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-definition-of-woke/1011343 "2025-01-09T18:27:09Z")
People keep bugging me to define what ‘woke’ means, but that’s not an easy task. Probably the best definition is to say that ‘woke’ refers to the ideas believed by and spread by the Social Justice movement, and to the so… --- ## [We Need New Pizza Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-new-pizza-rules/616124)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-new-pizza-rules/616124 "2012-03-20T20:54:37Z")
According to this story on Yahoo!, something called “Tropical Pie” won a prize for “Best Pizza” at a competition in Las Vegas. For those of you too justifiably timid to click on the link, this monstrosity has the top qu… --- ## [Boris steps down - who will be the next British Prime Minister?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boris-steps-down-who-will-be-the-next-british-prime-minister/967538)
**Author:** [@filmstar-en](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmstar-en)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boris-steps-down-who-will-be-the-next-british-prime-minister/967538 "2022-08-03T17:14:32Z")
The Conservative now have to decide on an new Prime Minister. The field is very wide and there is no obvious front runner. On whom would you place your bet? --- ## [Basketball hoops at the end of the driveway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-hoops-at-the-end-of-the-driveway/624075)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-hoops-at-the-end-of-the-driveway/624075 "2014-01-13T22:17:10Z")
Why is this allowed? Why is this not considered dangerous? Now the kids are playing out in the street where the cars drive. The route I take home every day has one such house, as the second house on the corner. The road… --- ## [Is it offensive to call someone a "tard" or a "retard"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-offensive-to-call-someone-a-tard-or-a-retard/743270)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-offensive-to-call-someone-a-tard-or-a-retard/743270 "2016-01-17T21:48:13Z")
Me, I’m seriously put off by the word on this messageboard. Not only is it offensive, it comes off as juvenile and beneath the standard of intelligent invective around here. I’ve been poking around and finding, of course… --- ## [Were There Many "White" Slaves in Antebellum America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-many-white-slaves-in-antebellum-america/329387)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-many-white-slaves-in-antebellum-america/329387 "2020-09-19T02:42:40Z")
I was reading about Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s slave, mistress, and mother to his children (strong DNA evidence). However, I suprised about a few things. First was that she was Thomas Jefferson’s sister-lin-law. T… --- ## [Countdown to the 11/3/2015 Debt Ceiling Breach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-the-11-3-2015-debt-ceiling-breach/735674)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-the-11-3-2015-debt-ceiling-breach/735674 "2015-10-28T20:56:59Z")
Ten days to go, and nothing much is happening. --- ## [Are languages with gender more sexist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-languages-with-gender-more-sexist/612971)
**Author:** [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-languages-with-gender-more-sexist/612971 "2012-02-18T18:36:09Z")
Are speakers of languages like French, which assign a gender to all nouns, more sexist than those without? --- ## [Is Secession Treason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-secession-treason/511405)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-secession-treason/511405 "2009-09-25T19:39:51Z")
On its face, Secession certainly seems to be as treasonous as it gets. In legal circles, however, allegiance to a foreign power is necessary for treason. What say you all? Were Washington and Jeff Davis traitors, or d… --- ## [Poppin' a zit like a boss!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppin-a-zit-like-a-boss/608335)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppin-a-zit-like-a-boss/608335 "2012-01-11T04:41:32Z")
I’m sure most of us have seen the POPTHATZIT site and saw a woman attempt to extract the contents of a blackhead or cyst with dainty, hesitating fingers, attempting how to best approach. THIS ol’ girl attacks a massive … --- ## [How long do NDA's \[Non-Disclosure Agreements\] last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ndas-non-disclosure-agreements-last/438833)
**Author:** [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ndas-non-disclosure-agreements-last/438833 "2008-02-25T17:53:04Z")
In the TV industry, it’s fairly common to have to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement to work on any given show. Some of the ones I’ve seen don’t have expiration dates or lengths of time in them at all. In those cases, how … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1044&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1046&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)