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**Author:** [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-images-of-drowned-little-boy/729826 "2015-09-05T17:26:20Z")
There is absolutely no reason this should be plastered all over the internet. Is there no shame left? No sense of decorum or decency? It’s appalling. All for clicks. --- ## [What Are Some Everyday Foods That Consumers Generally Don't Make For Themselves (and instead buy professionally-made product)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-everyday-foods-that-consumers-generally-dont-make-for-themselves-and-instead-buy-professionally-made-product/968158)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-everyday-foods-that-consumers-generally-dont-make-for-themselves-and-instead-buy-professionally-made-product/968158 "2022-08-04T06:34:23Z")
I was watching a video about ramen and the host said that most Japanese don’t make ramen themselves – the process is apparently time-consuming and labor-intensive – and just prefer to buy it from ramen shops where it’s c… --- ## [How about charging a toll at the border to pay for a fence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-charging-a-toll-at-the-border-to-pay-for-a-fence/827262)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-charging-a-toll-at-the-border-to-pay-for-a-fence/827262 "2019-01-15T07:17:02Z")
Proposal: US charges $7 a car toll and $12 commercial trucks to cross the border. Paid electronically by Ez Pass To build, staff, and maintain a border fence. Wouldn’t that solve the current problem? Texas already h… --- ## [Are you going to play Diablo III: Reaper of Souls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-play-diablo-iii-reaper-of-souls/680615)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-going-to-play-diablo-iii-reaper-of-souls/680615 "2014-03-04T22:27:56Z")
I guess the expansion comes out March 25th. They are going to nix the auction house and make the item drops better. Those were my main complaints about Diablo III, that and how hard it got in Inferno. I guess they are r… --- ## [A Tourist in Western US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tourist-in-western-us/621335)
**Author:** [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tourist-in-western-us/621335 "2012-05-22T08:22:57Z")
My partner and I are planning to take a trip from New Zealand to the western US next year. At the moment we are thinking of being there 4 weeks or so. He wants to visit Disneyland. I’d like to visit the Grand Canyon and … --- ## [What are the 5 best novels you've ever read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-best-novels-youve-ever-read/191068)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-best-novels-youve-ever-read/191068 "2003-08-18T12:43:31Z")
My list of this keeps changing, but at the moment, off the top of my head, my list is (in no particular order): A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving The Corrections by Jonathan Frantzen A Suitable Boy by Vikram Set… --- ## [Why is there so much gridlock in US politics today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-so-much-gridlock-in-us-politics-today/599101)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-so-much-gridlock-in-us-politics-today/599101 "2011-10-13T22:13:54Z")
I’ve been observing the way in which US politics is done for the past few years and it seems clear that the political system seems to have two parties completely uninterested in cooperating on things even which aren’t a … --- ## [How Long Can Low Oil Prices Last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-low-oil-prices-last/724393)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-low-oil-prices-last/724393 "2015-07-16T03:57:09Z")
South Dakota is capping wells…and a lot of off-shore oil wells are being closed as well. It seems that at prices below about $70/barrel, a lot of new oil fields are not profitable. My understanding is that Saudia Arabia… --- ## [Best Lines You Have Shouted (or heard shouted) At A Movie Screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-lines-you-have-shouted-or-heard-shouted-at-a-movie-screen/284799)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-lines-you-have-shouted-or-heard-shouted-at-a-movie-screen/284799 "2005-01-19T20:33:59Z")
We’ve all been in a bad movie and heard zingers delivered at the ludicrous action on screen, ala MST3K. What are some memorable ones you’ve delivered or heard? During Batman and Robin, Alicia Silverstone as Barbara das… --- ## [Are there any stereotypes which you resemble/match?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-stereotypes-which-you-resemble-match/714612)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-stereotypes-which-you-resemble-match/714612 "2015-03-15T02:09:03Z")
I’m an Asian man in my 20s who wears glasses and very much resembles the “Asian nerd/geek” stereotype. I don’t know much about math or science and didn’t study engineering in college, but somehow happen to know enough tr… --- ## [Why do wide-screen viewers insist on using fat-face mode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-wide-screen-viewers-insist-on-using-fat-face-mode/523561)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-wide-screen-viewers-insist-on-using-fat-face-mode/523561 "2010-01-10T06:56:55Z")
I don’t have a wide-screen TV, but other friends and family do, andeven though most TV content is 4:3, they all watch it in 16:9 format, which stretches the image horizontally. This is blatantly unnatural to me, but nob… --- ## [How well would a human survive in prehistoric times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-would-a-human-survive-in-prehistoric-times/117824)
**Author:** [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-would-a-human-survive-in-prehistoric-times/117824 "2003-01-01T22:47:06Z")
Okay. I design a time machine. I mean to set it back to say, the first Velvet Underground concert, but since I goofed and forgot to set the flux capacitor, it malfunctions. I’m shot back into say, the late Cretaceous and… --- ## [How do kill someone with an antiaircraft gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kill-someone-with-an-antiaircraft-gun/719925)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kill-someone-with-an-antiaircraft-gun/719925 "2015-05-15T17:27:23Z")
North Korea Said to Execute a Top Official with an antiaircraft gun? Seems like overkill to me… --- ## [What is the purose of hermetically sealing a coffin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purose-of-hermetically-sealing-a-coffin/419292)
**Author:** [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purose-of-hermetically-sealing-a-coffin/419292 "2007-09-15T20:05:19Z")
Reading this thread about casket warrantees there were a few statements made along the lines of hermetically sealing a coffin so that the body will not be affected by the elements. I realise the body will still decay alt… --- ## [WTF Did I get carded buying guaifenesin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-did-i-get-carded-buying-guaifenesin/615077)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-did-i-get-carded-buying-guaifenesin/615077 "2012-03-11T02:53:07Z")
I just bought some medicines for my cold/flu needs at the local CVS Pharmacy. I got the generic for Robitussin DM and the generic for Mucinex. Now, I totally understand that Robitussin DM has dextromethorphan in it, an… --- ## [What celebrity would make a good Doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-would-make-a-good-doper/522957)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-would-make-a-good-doper/522957 "2010-01-02T07:29:42Z")
Inspired by this post where I mention how (former) porn star Asia Carrera would make a good doper: she’s smart (says she is/was a Mensan), a self-described geek, lives in St. George Utah (something about that strikes me… --- ## [Did you all change all of your clocks in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-all-change-all-of-your-clocks-in-the-mmp/974493)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-all-change-all-of-your-clocks-in-the-mmp/974493 "2022-11-14T07:40:29Z")
We don’t mess around with clock changing out this way so I always get tricked when my stoopid alarm clock auto changes. Despite me telling my tablet to NOT change the clock, the updates tell it to change the time and ou… --- ## [Tell me about your colonoscopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-colonoscopy/825914)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-colonoscopy/825914 "2019-05-01T16:15:01Z")
So I’ve turned 50 & need to schedule this, but I’m dreading it and procrastinating. A friend told me that the colonoscopy itself is no big deal, but the PREP is horrid. He said that the day prior to my procedure, I shoul… --- ## [What is the oldest programming language still being used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-programming-language-still-being-used/531758)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-programming-language-still-being-used/531758 "2010-03-09T21:08:01Z")
I.T. Feel free to differentiate between “still being used in a rather widespread manner” vs. “only being used by a few diehard hobbyists (or such).” --- ## [Poor Houston, so misunderstood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-houston-so-misunderstood/607819)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-houston-so-misunderstood/607819 "2012-01-07T18:04:07Z")
Is there a single US city with a image in the popular imagination as at odds with reality as Houston? People who have never been to Texas imagine its some kind of redneck mecca where people wearing cowboy hats ride horse… --- ## [Should we hold judges personally accountable for their rulings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-hold-judges-personally-accountable-for-their-rulings/840127)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-hold-judges-personally-accountable-for-their-rulings/840127 "2019-09-26T18:34:20Z")
An interesting development has happened in the saga of Brock Turner the rapist. Aaorn Persky, the judge from that case who was eventually recalled by the electorate in the first recall election in a century, went on to g… --- ## [Survivor: South Pacific December 7 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-december-7-2011/605440)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-december-7-2011/605440 "2011-12-11T07:30:09Z")
I have to admit, Edna is quite right. Brandon is advertising his insanity and she’s the odd one out. I kind of like her. --- ## [City mandated vs. free market trash collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-mandated-vs-free-market-trash-collection/591181)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-mandated-vs-free-market-trash-collection/591181 "2011-08-03T21:21:42Z")
Ever since I moved into my home 9 years ago we have had a type of free market trash collection system. Four to five various trash companies you can pick from and they all compete with eachother to give you the best “dea… --- ## [Jeopardy Online Qualifying Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335 "2006-06-15T17:45:55Z")
Anyone else just take it? I don’t remember any non-disclosure clauses when signing up (I assume they have different questions for the exams over the next two days for the midwest and West coasts), so I think we can disc… --- ## [Drawing salve/black salve for acne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-salve-black-salve-for-acne/482344)
**Author:** [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-salve-black-salve-for-acne/482344 "2013-06-07T22:29:18Z")
Has anyone used drawing salve/black salve for acne? I’m in my late 30s and I still get acne. My mom swears that black salve was what my grandfather always used and that it was the best thing for it. However, I’m alway… --- ## [Every reason etv78 is a moron, from his own OPs only, since 12/1/12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-reason-etv78-is-a-moron-from-his-own-ops-only-since-12-1-12/646381)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-reason-etv78-is-a-moron-from-his-own-ops-only-since-12-1-12/646381 "2013-01-20T23:48:58Z")
An exchange from earlier in the day : Well, fuck that. You are a fucking moron, etv78. Has any thought been given to “Degoogling” the board? (IOW-not make it searchable on Google) IMO, that would zombie resurrectio… --- ## [Screw your culture, take responsibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-your-culture-take-responsibility/420262)
**Author:** [@Obligate\_Carnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obligate_Carnivore)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-your-culture-take-responsibility/420262 "2007-09-27T15:50:41Z")
I really need to vent about this, so please excuse any ranting. Before I start, I have nothing against different cultures, I find them fascinating. But in my mind there’s a point where certain things override a person’s … --- ## [What does 1 million hours MTBF mean and a practical metric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-1-million-hours-mtbf-mean-and-a-practical-metric/728697)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-1-million-hours-mtbf-mean-and-a-practical-metric/728697 "2015-08-27T15:31:43Z")
I’m looking at purchasing internal hard drives for a server. I’m comparing drives and some of them claim, for example: “1 million hours MTBF…”. MTBF is Mean time between failures. Regardless of how the manufacturer arri… --- ## [Why is Colibri a Moderator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489)
**Author:** [@jimmycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmycat)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489 "2007-09-13T16:58:15Z")
\[QUOTE=Colibri\] Balthisar, you’ve been around long enough to know better than this. Regardless of how provocative or insulting jimmycat was being.. \[/QUOTE\] Colbri, if you would have read and understood what I was say… --- ## ["Family Circus" diminished my view of humanity today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-circus-diminished-my-view-of-humanity-today/671002)
**Author:** [@Homo\_litoralis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homo_litoralis)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-circus-diminished-my-view-of-humanity-today/671002 "2013-10-17T06:23:02Z")
I mean, I stopped being amused by that comic around the age of nine, and I have all but ignored it for many years. Why today of all days did I decide to glance at what Billy had to say to his ailing sister? Here’s the c… --- ## [Help me figure out what song I heard yesterday. Sounded like Elvis, but wasn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-song-i-heard-yesterday-sounded-like-elvis-but-wasnt/313522)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-song-i-heard-yesterday-sounded-like-elvis-but-wasnt/313522 "2021-12-07T00:11:56Z")
I was listening to the classic country station yesterday and I heard a song that I was sure was an Elvis song. Same kind of intro, beat, lyrics, and vocals as a typical Elvis song, but at the end of the play the DJ gave… --- ## [When does "I'll claw your eyes out" mean "No"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-ill-claw-your-eyes-out-mean-no/45126)
**Author:** [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-ill-claw-your-eyes-out-mean-no/45126 "2001-03-03T04:07:53Z")
seriously, doesn’t anyone know of a single date rape story where the attacked fought back? --- ## [Horrible Recurring Adult Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-recurring-adult-nightmares/620332)
**Author:** [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-recurring-adult-nightmares/620332 "2012-11-17T18:03:45Z")
Anyone who’s going to tell me to talk to a physician, I already have. Anyone who’s going to tell me to talk to a psychologist, I already am. Now with that out of the way, I am having my ass kicked by these nightmares. I … --- ## [I hope you got taken to jail . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-you-got-taken-to-jail/133095)
**Author:** [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-you-got-taken-to-jail/133095 "2002-11-03T03:16:52Z")
First, the background: Hubby and I are driving to a friend’s house last night when we are passed on the interstate by a gray Mercedes. I notice that there’s blond hair blowing out of the sunroof. Wow, I think, that dr… --- ## [Pizza: Round or Square?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-round-or-square/599164)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-round-or-square/599164 "2011-10-15T23:01:08Z")
The ultimate question… Which way do you swing? --- ## [Video: What Mormon theology is really all about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-what-mormon-theology-is-really-all-about/376812)
**Author:** [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-what-mormon-theology-is-really-all-about/376812 "2006-10-31T07:39:13Z")
I found this video while watching that video of the Guiness record for most t-shirts worn. Does anyone know if there are other videos similar to this on the internet? Perhaps dealing with other religions? It’s kind of… --- ## [Getting milk out of a mattress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-milk-out-of-a-mattress/376188)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-milk-out-of-a-mattress/376188 "2006-10-16T13:03:00Z")
Our six-week-old daughter is sleeping in our bed, and she has the unfortunate tendency to fountain in the middle of the night. She did it again this morning and while I’ve washed the sheets, the milk soaked through to th… --- ## ["Anonymous" Work Surveys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-work-surveys/418838)
**Author:** [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-work-surveys/418838 "2007-09-17T15:02:51Z")
I am pretty pissed right now. My company, prior to my coming there, was bought out by another company. Basically, this new company screwed over the employees. They were very vague about benefit cuts, etc. So needless to … --- ## [What movie(s) have you walked out on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803 "2004-03-24T21:51:46Z")
When Mr. 'addi and I plunk down $18 at the ticket window we usually stay till the credits finish rolling. I’m amazed at some of the crap we’ve sat all the way through: Godzilla, Armageddon and Sphere, for example (there … --- ## [So, what's the best way to go back and relearn algebra?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-best-way-to-go-back-and-relearn-algebra/568725)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-best-way-to-go-back-and-relearn-algebra/568725 "2011-01-28T18:11:09Z")
The kind people in the thread about my parents taking in my niece and nephews know that we have a bit of a math problem. Some of it is that good old turning-it-in thing, and I think more than they’re willing to tell me … --- ## [The Straight Dope on the 2nd Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-the-2nd-amendment/170412)
**Author:** [@Razorsharp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razorsharp)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-the-2nd-amendment/170412 "2003-05-14T14:20:20Z")
Whenever some mental-defective or jilted lover gets his hands on a gun and perpetrates criminal revenge against his perceived enemies or a crime of passion against a “loved-one”, the gun-control lobby comes out of the wo… --- ## [I HATE plastic grocery bags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-plastic-grocery-bags/664239)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-plastic-grocery-bags/664239 "2013-07-28T07:21:10Z")
OK, I know some will be quick to come in and tell me how they use their own cart or re-usable bags… I’ve got about a dozen of these bags but never have them with me when I decide to stop by the grocery while out. This is… --- ## [Is there a compelling interest for race-based diversity in sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-compelling-interest-for-race-based-diversity-in-sports/736791)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-compelling-interest-for-race-based-diversity-in-sports/736791 "2015-11-14T08:48:17Z")
I am an aggressive supporter of race-based AA university admissions on the grounds that race-based diversity is a worthy goal for academia. I hold that no criterion other than a consideration of self-identified race is … --- ## [How Do You Pronounce "Podkayne"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-podkayne/680161)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-podkayne/680161 "2014-02-02T00:04:10Z")
I’ve been fondly regarding Heinlein’s works over the last few days, but I must ask: How Do You Pronounce “Podkayne”? Is there a way I could hear it pronounced? --- ## [This is the thought that keeps me up at night.... Am I wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thought-that-keeps-me-up-at-night-am-i-wrong/845089)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thought-that-keeps-me-up-at-night-am-i-wrong/845089 "2020-01-13T22:16:44Z")
So Trump has been impeached. We think we know what will happen in the Senate, but perhaps the political calculus will change at some point. Pelosi is holding the impeachment for at least a little while. Meanwhile, Tru… --- ## [Different Colored Wedding Dresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364 "2011-07-26T22:08:56Z")
I was watching the Golden Girls and Blanche is wearing her wedding dress and it is, of all colors, bright red. Rose is astonished and says “Your wedding dress was red.” And Blanche replies, that even she couldn’t pull o… --- ## [Resolved: Bicycles are un-American](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bicycles-are-un-american/549434)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bicycles-are-un-american/549434 "2010-08-14T05:58:14Z")
Bicyclists are infantile. They are not fit participants in a free society. They are nuts, hippies and wimps. They are far more selfish than their carbon footprint or their effects on traffic patterns would suggest. Yes… --- ## [I'll Break Their Bloody Necks: In which I Pit the pigeons cooing outside my window.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-break-their-bloody-necks-in-which-i-pit-the-pigeons-cooing-outside-my-window/287473)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-break-their-bloody-necks-in-which-i-pit-the-pigeons-cooing-outside-my-window/287473 "2021-08-17T01:44:14Z")
“Coo-coo-coo \ coo-coo-coo \ coo-coo-coo.” Understand, I don’t hate animals. I rather like them, actually, or at least the ones with fur that make pleasent yipping and meowing and braying sounds. Bears are v… --- ## [Why must little girls scream when they are playing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-little-girls-scream-when-they-are-playing/125353)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-little-girls-scream-when-they-are-playing/125353 "2002-08-28T01:00:49Z")
This probably belongs in the Pit too, 'cos my ears are currently being assailed by the piercing screams of about 10 little girls playing outside my house. God, it’s a 'orrid noise. However, it got me thinking about jus… --- ## [Getting the Star Trek Franchise relit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-star-trek-franchise-relit/485995)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-star-trek-franchise-relit/485995 "2009-02-22T17:30:45Z")
What would you do, if you were TV Jeebus? Here’s what I would do. I would shift away from a military craft and have the series set on the interstellar equivalent of a merchant ship, one that’s heavily armed due to pirat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1055&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1057&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)