# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1065&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:** 1066 --- ## [If we develop military spaceships will they use Naval or Air Force rank designations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-develop-military-spaceships-will-they-use-naval-or-air-force-rank-designations/392300)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-develop-military-spaceships-will-they-use-naval-or-air-force-rank-designations/392300 "2007-02-22T05:56:44Z")
Just curious. --- ## [It's 4:00pm and nobody's said "Happy Birthday" yet. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-4-00pm-and-nobodys-said-happy-birthday-yet/620442)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-4-00pm-and-nobodys-said-happy-birthday-yet/620442 "2012-05-04T22:54:13Z")
. . . not even on Facebook ferchrissakes??? Help me out here, before I sink into a pit of self pity. :wink: --- ## [Mass Resignation of Turkish Generals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-resignation-of-turkish-generals/590785)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-resignation-of-turkish-generals/590785 "2011-08-06T19:20:40Z")
I found this story quite astonishing: The question for debate is - is this a bad sign for the stability of the country, indicating a military revolt is now likely, or a good sign as it indicates that the civilian gov… --- ## [Hey! Anybody want some racist figurines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-anybody-want-some-racist-figurines/547425)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-anybody-want-some-racist-figurines/547425 "2011-12-10T06:05:00Z")
'Cause there are some readily available at a little shop just outside of Cloudcroft, NM. The girlfriend and I were vacationing there about a week ago and I saw these in the store, unfortunately after I’d already bought s… --- ## [How much warning of nuclear attack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-warning-of-nuclear-attack/724360)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-warning-of-nuclear-attack/724360 "2015-07-08T20:43:25Z")
Been reading an alternate timeline on if missiles had been launched during the Cuban missile crisis, and that made be wonder - how much warning time would the US or France or the UK have if Russia or China launched nucle… --- ## [Terrible characters from great shows.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-characters-from-great-shows/852614)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-characters-from-great-shows/852614 "2020-05-05T23:28:36Z")
A follow-up to my “Terrible episodes of great shows” thread. Even great shows can have characters that bring the rest of the show down, whether it’s because of the character’s actions, the character’s actor/actress, or … --- ## [Doing the nasty in your own home when you have guests over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-the-nasty-in-your-own-home-when-you-have-guests-over/478965)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-the-nasty-in-your-own-home-when-you-have-guests-over/478965 "2008-12-30T23:46:20Z")
And by “the nasty” I mean smoking, so get your minds out of the gutter. The Brickers are in the DR for Christmas, and a small disagreement arose amongst my in-laws last night. (Being Latin, that means there was shoutin… --- ## [Bond films - until recently, all based on Fleming novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-films-until-recently-all-based-on-fleming-novels/138580)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-films-until-recently-all-based-on-fleming-novels/138580 "2002-11-26T23:57:42Z")
I’m not much of a Bond fan but I read that up until License To Kill all the films were also Ian Fleming novels. At least the titles were anyway. What I’m wondering is how many of the films actual follow the plot of the … --- ## [Amazing Race 12/2/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-12-2-2012/642814)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-12-2-2012/642814 "2012-12-04T21:40:27Z")
Has there ever been a more pessimistic, self-pitying, unmotivated, defeatist, and just all-around useless team member in the history of Amazing Race than Josh? (he’s the tall one of the Goat Farmers). It’s a shame that … --- ## [Am I paranoid to refuse to tutor girls in any location that is not publicly visible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-paranoid-to-refuse-to-tutor-girls-in-any-location-that-is-not-publicly-visible/542681)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-paranoid-to-refuse-to-tutor-girls-in-any-location-that-is-not-publicly-visible/542681 "2010-06-14T06:12:11Z")
I am male and in my early forties. In an entirely unsystematic way, I tutor middle and high school students. Sometimes it’s for the money; sometimes it’s because I like the kid and think he or she deserves what help I ca… --- ## [Did Clinton have outside help during the debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-clinton-have-outside-help-during-the-debate/767114)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-clinton-have-outside-help-during-the-debate/767114 "2016-10-02T12:07:17Z")
I’ve just seen on Facebook that in a recent speech Clinton was wearing what appeared at first glance to be a pendant ear ring but if you zoom in, is actually an earpiece, presumably with the transmitter / receiver in the… --- ## [Porn Names - How Does the Formula Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-names-how-does-the-formula-work/76352)
**Author:** [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-names-how-does-the-formula-work/76352 "2001-08-17T05:40:39Z")
I’m guessing you guys have heard that stupid joke about how you come up with your “porn name”, right? The name of your pet and the name of your street,things like that. My question is, what formulas have you heard/liked … --- ## [Where does the name "Ku Klux Klan" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-name-ku-klux-klan-come-from/315357)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-name-ku-klux-klan-come-from/315357 "2005-08-03T13:49:57Z")
It certainly doesn’t sound like english. What language do the words originate from, and what (if any) is the literal translation? For that matter, when exactly did this group get together? Sometime after the Civil War… --- ## [Fermi's Paradox and Time Travel.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermis-paradox-and-time-travel/570867)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermis-paradox-and-time-travel/570867 "2011-02-24T01:41:57Z")
I don’t know if Fermi’s Paradox is the right term, but seems to apply here: If time travel is possible (a big “if” I realize), then where are all the tourists from the future? You notice I put this in GD, since I assum… --- ## [Best and/or least offensive methods of execution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-or-least-offensive-methods-of-execution/714966)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-or-least-offensive-methods-of-execution/714966 "2015-04-13T03:16:42Z")
This is a hypothetical based partly on recent events. Your government has decided to that from now on, all people convicted of first-degree and second-degree murder will be executed. You have been required to help sele… --- ## [Why is shortbread so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-shortbread-so-expensive/954401)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-shortbread-so-expensive/954401 "2022-03-15T15:24:29Z")
Basically what the title says. At the local grocery store, shortbread cookies are consistently the most expensive cookies out there. I just checked on-line and saw the same price for 4.5 oz packages of shortbread, as 7… --- ## [North Korea declares China an enemy, will this change anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-declares-china-an-enemy-will-this-change-anything/750790)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-declares-china-an-enemy-will-this-change-anything/750790 "2016-04-07T15:04:21Z")
There are several threads on NK already, but apparently the NK regime has now declared China an enemy and threatened them with nuclear war. Will this cause China to more seriously consider regime change in NK? I woul… --- ## [Coffee Wars: Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-wars-dunkin-donuts-or-starbucks/654736)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-wars-dunkin-donuts-or-starbucks/654736 "2013-04-07T19:47:44Z")
Which do you prefer? --- ## [Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: What's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-aerial-phenomena-whats-going-on/852759)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-aerial-phenomena-whats-going-on/852759 "2021-07-03T14:43:58Z")
So the Pentagon has disclosed that three videos recorded by Navy pilots in 2004 and 2015 respectively are unknown craft performing aerodynamic manouvers that no existing aircraft, foreign or domestic, is capable of doing… --- ## [physics queston: pressure at bottom of sea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-queston-pressure-at-bottom-of-sea/541144)
**Author:** [@bri1600bv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bri1600bv)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-queston-pressure-at-bottom-of-sea/541144 "2010-06-03T12:02:55Z")
Suppose the pressure is 2000 psi at the bottom of the sea. You take a standard bathroom scale down there, to the bottom, say 100 square inches. What would it read for weight? The weight of the water column, ie 2000 x … --- ## [factual question re: judaism and kosher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-re-judaism-and-kosher/633818)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-re-judaism-and-kosher/633818 "2012-09-11T04:07:12Z")
i have a pair of older friends who are moving and i am helping. the wife has been philosophically buying into judaism and is in the process of converting (i make that distinction because she wasn’t born jewish and was r… --- ## [Why did the June bugs get the short end of the evolutionary stick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-june-bugs-get-the-short-end-of-the-evolutionary-stick/251783)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-june-bugs-get-the-short-end-of-the-evolutionary-stick/251783 "2018-06-06T13:59:45Z")
Seriously, I’ve whatched these things. They fly in the most clumbsy fachion; constantly bumping into things. When they land nine times out of ten they land on their backs and it takes them forever to get back up on their… --- ## [Democrats expect to win control of Wisconsin State Senate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-expect-to-win-control-of-wisconsin-state-senate/624256)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-expect-to-win-control-of-wisconsin-state-senate/624256 "2012-06-16T02:13:42Z")
HuffPo reports: However: --- ## [Your biggest, non-entertainment industry related crush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-biggest-non-entertainment-industry-related-crush/451064 "2008-10-04T05:48:45Z")
We’re not counting: singers, dancers, ‘entertainers’, actresses, actor, acrobat, or just to narrow the herd - athletes. Because although they’re not strictly for entertainment, they do entertain. Also, it’s more fun to… --- ## [How to get rid of a psycho ex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-a-psycho-ex/536942)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-a-psycho-ex/536942 "2010-04-22T22:49:11Z")
Here’s the short version of the story: My girlfriend had a long term relationship that ended really badly and left her emotionally vulnerable. So she got desperate and trying to get over her past relationship she hooked… --- ## [The game of Go has been conquered by artificial intelligence.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-of-go-has-been-conquered-by-artificial-intelligence/744424)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-of-go-has-been-conquered-by-artificial-intelligence/744424 "2016-03-18T20:42:39Z")
It beat him 5 games to zip. Computer Go is (or was) a bigger problem than computer chess. --- ## [Do men who call women "females" come off as insulting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-who-call-women-females-come-off-as-insulting/380580)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-who-call-women-females-come-off-as-insulting/380580 "2012-01-21T06:24:40Z")
Recently I was watching, for various stupid reasons, one of the many odious judge shows currently on the air. In the episode in question, a young black gentleman–in his early 20s, I’d estimate – was being sued for child … --- ## [I've decided I'm going to start taking a full grocery cart to the express lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-im-going-to-start-taking-a-full-grocery-cart-to-the-express-lane/683704)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-im-going-to-start-taking-a-full-grocery-cart-to-the-express-lane/683704 "2014-03-18T02:08:54Z")
It’s happened again. As I’m heading to the checkout lane with a cart full of groceries, some clueless old lady with one of those mini shopping carts with maybe a dozen items in it, manages to get in front of me in line. … --- ## [What was the first thing you purchased on Amazon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-thing-you-purchased-on-amazon/751600)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-thing-you-purchased-on-amazon/751600 "2016-04-18T00:55:09Z")
While checking out the order status on a recent Amazon order I realized that on the ‘Your Orders’ screen was a pull-down menu that lists every year you placed an order with the company, enabling you to look back and see … --- ## [I'm a sucker for click-bait - but this is one scary Japanese bridge! more like an artificial hill!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-sucker-for-click-bait-but-this-is-one-scary-japanese-bridge-more-like-an-artificial-hill/746527)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-sucker-for-click-bait-but-this-is-one-scary-japanese-bridge-more-like-an-artificial-hill/746527 "2016-03-09T00:50:10Z")
I wandered through a series of photos of “scariest bridges in the world.” Just had to share this one, of the Eshima Ohashi Bridge, Matsue, Japan. It’s more like an artificial hill than a bridge; and not a rolling, gen… --- ## [Where did the authors of Genesis think the Garden of Eden was located?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-authors-of-genesis-think-the-garden-of-eden-was-located/961401)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-authors-of-genesis-think-the-garden-of-eden-was-located/961401 "2023-01-11T09:17:18Z")
Been a while since I looked closely at Genesis, but as I recall the multiple authors put it somewhere in Mesopotamia, and dropped little hints about four rivers, two of which we can identify today (as the Tigris and the … --- ## [Is this starting salary ridiculous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-starting-salary-ridiculous/720238)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-starting-salary-ridiculous/720238 "2015-05-24T03:17:54Z")
My friend is close friends with someone who went to MIT and has a Phd in physics. He was offered a government job for 50k - which he turned down, and ended up with a job at a magazine making 80K. And this is in one of … --- ## [When did 'Terrific' change meaning from bad to good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-terrific-change-meaning-from-bad-to-good/580557)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-terrific-change-meaning-from-bad-to-good/580557 "2011-05-05T19:52:17Z")
Ever since I was a kid I always found it odd when the reporter describing the Hindenburg disaster said, “Its a terrific crash…” because the word terrific has always meant great, wonderful. It was only as I got older tha… --- ## [Amazing Race (11/20/11) - "It's Speedo Time!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-11-20-11-its-speedo-time/603593)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-11-20-11-its-speedo-time/603593 "2011-11-23T16:04:51Z")
And we’ve got a delay! Four minutes left in the Chargers-Bears game. So probably a 7:20 start time for 60 Minutes, then 8:20 for TAR. --- ## [One bathroom for a family of four. Asking for trouble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-bathroom-for-a-family-of-four-asking-for-trouble/226063)
**Author:** [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-bathroom-for-a-family-of-four-asking-for-trouble/226063 "2004-01-28T17:45:52Z")
Hi all! Mrs. Parthol and I are shopping for our first house, and because we’re pretty old already, we’re planning on this one being the one we raise our not-yet-born kids in. During a day with the realtor yesterday, we… --- ## [Why gold teeth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-gold-teeth/194105)
**Author:** [@Vlad\_M.Paler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_M.Paler)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-gold-teeth/194105 "2003-08-12T18:56:33Z")
Aside from the aesthetic quality, isn’t gold just a bad choice for teeth replacement? For one thing it’s expensive, gold is a soft metal (can you bend gold teeth easily?), and let’s face it, they look really stupid. No… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, May 1 - The Proton Transmogrification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-1-the-proton-transmogrification/687486)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-1-the-proton-transmogrification/687486 "2014-05-05T15:35:05Z")
True Fact: Some props and sets from the Star Wars films were used in this episode. Sheldon showed some emotion! Having done this once, do you think it’ll continue? And now we know why spherical cakes are rare. Who says… --- ## [Facts cannot compete with lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-cannot-compete-with-lies/607377)
**Author:** [@kaltkalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaltkalt)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-cannot-compete-with-lies/607377 "2011-12-29T14:45:01Z")
I’ve concluded that facts, the objective truth, has no chance against lies. “The truth is on my side so I will ultimately be victorious” is an antiquated idea and I’m not sure if it ever had any merit, but in the age of… --- ## [Statutory rape question (LEO input requested)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statutory-rape-question-leo-input-requested/628042)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statutory-rape-question-leo-input-requested/628042 "2012-07-14T22:56:01Z")
Sorry, I know it isn’t Rape Month, but my daughter wants to know: Say you’ve got two high school teachers, both 39-year old women. Sure, they can be from different high schools, if you want. Back last November, each of … --- ## [Reason for flaking on a date - is this typical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-for-flaking-on-a-date-is-this-typical/775258)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-for-flaking-on-a-date-is-this-typical/775258 "2016-12-24T17:09:36Z")
So I asked out a woman (let’s call her Laura) on a date - old-fashioned conversation over dinner at a restaurant, etc. - and she said yes. This is a woman I had known for several months, so we were to a certain acquainte… --- ## [Video Killed the Radio Star. Any real life examples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-killed-the-radio-star-any-real-life-examples/779186)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-killed-the-radio-star-any-real-life-examples/779186 "2018-01-29T02:51:23Z")
Buggles - Video killed the radio star (1979) The title sums it up. Are there any examples of someone not surviving the transition of radio to television or movies? Surely there was someone with an amazing voice and a … --- ## [Ask the Libertarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-libertarian/143918)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-libertarian/143918 "2002-12-21T16:32:29Z")
I’ll try to answer any questions I can. All that I ask is that, if you use a hypothetical, then I get to hypothesize, too. For example, if you say that there is a mean wealthy man who wants to buy up all the property in… --- ## [Is transexuality a mental illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-transexuality-a-mental-illness/761412)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-transexuality-a-mental-illness/761412 "2016-08-27T22:14:11Z")
I’m curious as to what constitutes a mental illness. More specifically, what separates transgenderism from established disorders like Body Integration Identity Disorder? Both are conditions in which the person doesn’t … --- ## [Symbolic Cannibalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbolic-cannibalism/672674)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbolic-cannibalism/672674 "2013-11-09T12:42:02Z")
So, I was talking with my wife about religion, and somewhere along I mentioned the symbolic cannibalism of Jesus offering his body and blood ,“This bread is my body, this wine in my blood” and all. And she just flatly st… --- ## [Tying the drawstrings on sweats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tying-the-drawstrings-on-sweats/292758)
**Author:** [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tying-the-drawstrings-on-sweats/292758 "2005-03-04T18:08:36Z")
Is there an optimal way of tying the drawstrings on sweats? The ones that come in one piece (no ends), or are you supposed to cut them to make ends? --- ## [Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1/705287)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1/705287 "2015-01-03T19:03:59Z")
Opens today. I plan on seeing it tomorrow and really want to be Donald Sutherland when I grow up (not so much the politics and oppressive tyranny as the cool white beard and understated-flamboyant wardrobe) but want to k… --- ## [Is sexual harassment of a minor a criminal offense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sexual-harassment-of-a-minor-a-criminal-offense/737073)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sexual-harassment-of-a-minor-a-criminal-offense/737073 "2015-11-11T03:43:43Z")
I’m dealing with a situation right now in which two teenaged girls I know, both of whom are minors, are being continually sexually harassed by a slightly older (but legally adult) male supervisor. He’s directing comments… --- ## [Things not to say during a break-up conversation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-say-during-a-break-up-conversation/545460)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-say-during-a-break-up-conversation/545460 "2010-07-28T01:34:51Z")
“Okay, so…do you have a sister?” \[/brother\] “No, I think you’re absolutely right that we shouldn’t see each other anymore. That’s why I brought out the paper bag during sex.” “Alright, just calm down. I’ll put on my r… --- ## [changing oil in a BMW 325 Xi (2003)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-oil-in-a-bmw-325-xi-2003/506601)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-oil-in-a-bmw-325-xi-2003/506601 "2009-11-07T15:46:23Z")
The real question here is how to turn the oil filter cover to get it off the oil filter? There is a large hex nut on there, but I can’t get the thing to budge. I don’t have the right size socket to fit the thing (not s… --- ## [Long Hair on men in their 50's. What say ye Ladies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-hair-on-men-in-their-50s-what-say-ye-ladies/500349 "2009-06-22T03:47:28Z")
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