# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1081&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:** 1082 --- ## [Canadian Woman hit with huge medical bill.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-woman-hit-with-huge-medical-bill/704995)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-woman-hit-with-huge-medical-bill/704995 "2014-11-20T11:13:36Z")
It sounds like she was six months pregnant and went to Hawaii with her husband. She purchased travel insurance. Her water broke, she was placed on bed rest in the hospital, gave birth, and the baby stayed in the hospital… --- ## [thou, thee, thine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-thee-thine/627240)
**Author:** [@vowlshift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vowlshift)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-thee-thine/627240 "2012-08-17T20:38:29Z")
I have read somewhere that the big reason for the loss of the familiar form of pronouns was due to the need to differentiate the state-sanctioned relionists from the rebel faction known as the Religious Society of Friend… --- ## [Poll Please. Topic not given in title to better sample people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-please-topic-not-given-in-title-to-better-sample-people/501521 "2009-07-06T13:22:53Z")
I ask if you open this thread to answer a yes or no to the poll answers. Please no opinions or comments. Definition of people you know to be someone you have met face to face at some point and interacted with on a regul… --- ## [Obama releases long form birth certificate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-releases-long-form-birth-certificate/579886)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-releases-long-form-birth-certificate/579886 "2011-04-28T19:54:39Z")
Not that this will stop the tin-foil conspiracy theorists… Obama’s long-form birth certificate --- ## [JohnClay, you are acting like an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-you-are-acting-like-an-idiot/762214)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-you-are-acting-like-an-idiot/762214 "2016-08-10T16:45:17Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=800493 Not merely an idiot, but one who glories in his ignorance such that you are unwilling to learn a single thing contrary to the preconception you brought to the … --- ## [The U.S.A and the British Commonwealth of Nations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-a-and-the-british-commonwealth-of-nations/375040)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-a-and-the-british-commonwealth-of-nations/375040 "2013-06-25T15:22:29Z")
Why isn’t the U.S.A. a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations? Commonwealth members used to be part of the British empire. The U.S. used to be part of the British empire. Commonwealth nations live in cooperation w… --- ## [Vent your spleen thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-your-spleen-thread/672818)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-your-spleen-thread/672818 "2013-11-08T01:18:17Z")
No politics or religion please. Today I was in a shopping center parking lot and was cut off twice by the same clown. First it was at a 4 way stop sign. He cut in front of me swinging into the far left lane and then s… --- ## [Exercises in futility, home repair edition.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercises-in-futility-home-repair-edition/704477)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercises-in-futility-home-repair-edition/704477 "2014-12-02T21:30:55Z")
The other day, the big fluorescent light in our garage stopped working. So, being the problem solver that I am, I started looking for the cause. First things first: had a breaker popped? No. Since it’s a fixture with t… --- ## [How do I stop clenching my teeth in my sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-clenching-my-teeth-in-my-sleep/428922)
**Author:** [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-clenching-my-teeth-in-my-sleep/428922 "2007-12-07T02:16:57Z")
About once a week, I wake up to find that I’ve been clenching my teeth all night and now I’ve got a headache. It doesn’t seem to have any correlation with stress. Does anyone know of ways to stop doing this? --- ## [Do Mosquitoes Bite Fat People More Than Thin People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-bite-fat-people-more-than-thin-people/83483)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-bite-fat-people-more-than-thin-people/83483 "2001-09-25T02:39:57Z")
Or a better way of saying it, Do mosquitoes bite people that eat alot of sugar more than people that don’t eat sweets(inothers eat “clean”)? Because when I use to be overweight and ate a bunch crap like pies, ice cream … --- ## [My high school class ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-high-school-class-ring/559412)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-high-school-class-ring/559412 "2011-08-05T16:36:19Z")
So I graduated high school over 25 years ago. I bought a class ring. This was a rather extravagant gesture. It wasn’t gold or silver, and it had a “yellow stone” that was supposed to look like a real gem but wasn’t. It … --- ## [Am I killing my husbands dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-killing-my-husbands-dreams/510693)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-killing-my-husbands-dreams/510693 "2009-09-23T21:25:18Z")
My husband has more dreams and ideas that he could humanly hope to realize in one lifetime. Literally dozens. In every day life, he has a job in IT and is a good dad for our son. Now, whenever he actually does something… --- ## [Bush, worst president in history according the Rolling Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-worst-president-in-history-according-the-rolling-stone/354511)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-worst-president-in-history-according-the-rolling-stone/354511 "2006-05-22T03:37:45Z")
Ok, so Rolling Stone isn’t exactly a credible source for who is or is not the worst president in history. Nor are they exactly unbiased. According to this story though: Now, this doesn’t exactly say that they conside… --- ## [Are we spelling it "barbeque" now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-spelling-it-barbeque-now/681931)
**Author:** [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-spelling-it-barbeque-now/681931 "2014-02-26T13:55:23Z")
I know I know, language evolves and if enough illiterate cretins do something, then it becomes “correct”. I was doing a crossword puzzle the other day and the answer to one of the clues was clearly “barbecue”, which th… --- ## [New CPAC Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cpac-machine/626573)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cpac-machine/626573 "2012-07-14T01:35:34Z")
So I went through the sleep study at Sa’ad Hospital (red sheets, Saudi nurse with full head covering getting me hooked up for bed). Now I have spent two nights on my new CPAC machine. The first night I slept for eight h… --- ## [Turbines are so EASY!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbines-are-so-easy/580653)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbines-are-so-easy/580653 "2011-05-19T19:13:21Z")
In the early 1960’s, Chrysler began experimenting on the possibility of a turbine powered car. This engine had only 60 moving parts compared to a piston engine, it needed no oil change, tune-ups were almost not needed, n… --- ## [Band names easily confused for one another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-easily-confused-for-one-another/511977)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-easily-confused-for-one-another/511977 "2009-10-09T13:47:41Z")
I’m sure we’ve had threads about soundalike bands; I’m looking for bands that are hard to keep straight because their names are similar. My example is tough to beat, because they are the same genre (modern punk, I guess… --- ## [Let Stand for 5 Minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-stand-for-5-minutes/148892)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-stand-for-5-minutes/148892 "2003-01-20T13:40:20Z")
What does that mean? That’s not really the question. The question is more, what does letting things stand for 5 minutes do? I don’t subsist entirely on hamburgers and various things I can cook on a grill. I occasionally… --- ## [Correlation is not causation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-is-not-causation/684741)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-is-not-causation/684741 "2015-08-22T14:59:06Z")
I need to make it my life’s work to get people in the media to just ask a few simple questions of every social science research finding: is the causation arrow correctly applied? Do you have proof of that? Do you unders… --- ## [Does everyone know what “quaaludes” are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-know-what-quaaludes-are/724580)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-know-what-quaaludes-are/724580 "2015-07-11T23:09:32Z")
I was listening to news reports about the latest twists in the ongoing Bill Cosby saga. Allegedly, he gave quaaludes to women in order to have sexual intercourse with them (something like that). Some of the reports didn’… --- ## ["Here are seven things 'everybody knows' about my illness that just aren't true.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-seven-things-everybody-knows-about-my-illness-that-just-arent-true/355914)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-seven-things-everybody-knows-about-my-illness-that-just-arent-true/355914 "2006-05-18T18:02:42Z")
Not long ago I started this thread about asthma and got a fair number of enlightenng responses. In light of Broomstick’s post, I’d like to open up the floor for Dopers to vent about whatever condition they may suffer fro… --- ## [Amusing Incidents at School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-incidents-at-school/641702)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-incidents-at-school/641702 "2012-12-23T05:45:22Z")
In second-year French, at Redondo High, a cat sauntered into the room, jumped onto a table at the front of the room, and started preening himself, to our chuckles and giggles. The teacher commented, “C’est un chat classi… --- ## [Oh, NO!! A school???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-a-school/262560)
**Author:** [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-a-school/262560 "2004-09-06T10:20:10Z")
Fuckwad terrorists attack a school in Russia Fuck fuck fuck!!! :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: --- ## [Bill Murray stickers on cars? What's up with that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-stickers-on-cars-whats-up-with-that/783942)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-stickers-on-cars-whats-up-with-that/783942 "2024-05-02T16:48:48Z")
In the last year or so I started noticing small square white stickers on cards with a line sketch in black of what looks to me like Bill Murray with a thin moustache. What’s up with that? Is that image a promotion of s… --- ## [Pedal pedal baby...it's the Tour de France](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-pedal-baby-its-the-tour-de-france/253443)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-pedal-baby-its-the-tour-de-france/253443 "2004-07-28T20:18:39Z")
Or, as Bob Roll says: Tour day France. So, is anyone watching the Tour yet? I’m still in Euro 2004 mode myself, but I’m looking forward to switching over. I only watched about 10 minutes on Saturday, but I’ve already … --- ## [Do you bring gifts to a dinner party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-bring-gifts-to-a-dinner-party/623425)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-bring-gifts-to-a-dinner-party/623425 "2012-06-05T15:01:40Z")
This based on a conversation inspired on the how you use your fork poll. In my family, it was considered rude to bring gifts if you were invited over for dinner at our house. To bring food or drink was considered rude an… --- ## [Second place once meant VP... why did this change? Why not today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-place-once-meant-vp-why-did-this-change-why-not-today/161727)
**Author:** [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-place-once-meant-vp-why-did-this-change-why-not-today/161727 "2003-03-17T20:03:29Z")
In reading the biography John Adams, I’m being reminded of some of the things that have faded into my distant memory about early American politics. One such thing was how the first few Presidential elections were handled… --- ## [my ever caring girlfriend III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ever-caring-girlfriend-iii/214292)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Friendly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Friendly)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ever-caring-girlfriend-iii/214292 "2003-11-28T14:16:42Z")
So…a little update to set the scene. I’ve stayed with her despite all the cheating, she quit uni and came home and has started to sort herself out in some ways. I’ve still been quite unhappy though because she simply is… --- ## [Ignorance of the Veil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-of-the-veil/376957)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-of-the-veil/376957 "2006-10-23T19:16:12Z")
There is some sort of kerfuffle going on over in the UK about muslim women wearing their veils when they visit their elected representatives and at their jobs. I would put this in GD but it is political enough that some… --- ## [Should police be only allowed to shoot if they can actually see a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-be-only-allowed-to-shoot-if-they-can-actually-see-a-gun/725928)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-be-only-allowed-to-shoot-if-they-can-actually-see-a-gun/725928 "2015-07-27T18:42:54Z")
Ok, let me be a little more clear what I meant. Currently, while it depends on jurisdiction, the police can shoot anyone they want dead and all they have to say is they thought you were reaching for a gun, or they could… --- ## [Words you didn't know you knew from sword&sorcery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-didnt-know-you-knew-from-sword-sorcery/566458)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-didnt-know-you-knew-from-sword-sorcery/566458 "2011-01-18T01:27:50Z")
It took a game of hangman to make me realize just how much vocabulary fantasy fans take for granted. We were at a restaurant, my family and my roommate. Like we often do when waiting at a restaurant with paper table clo… --- ## [Why so much sodium in Chinese food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-sodium-in-chinese-food/443727)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-sodium-in-chinese-food/443727 "2008-04-06T16:02:48Z")
I love Chinese food; hubby likes it but not as much as I. I could live on the stuff. But neither hubby nor I want a lot of sodium in our diets, and (American) Chinese food has lots of it, especially soy sauce, but I don… --- ## [The iiandyiiii guide to white supremacists and their enablers/tolerators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iiandyiiii-guide-to-white-supremacists-and-their-enablers-tolerators/828017)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iiandyiiii-guide-to-white-supremacists-and-their-enablers-tolerators/828017 "2019-01-25T14:25:29Z")
Quoting from this thread which is up to 7 pages now. The emphasized portions are courtesy of yours truly and impetus for this thread. These words carry a lot of weight with some and could use their own thread. Well, i… --- ## [conservative Christians are going to Hell (with the rest of us)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-christians-are-going-to-hell-with-the-rest-of-us/488375)
**Author:** [@MichaelJohnBertrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelJohnBertrand)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-christians-are-going-to-hell-with-the-rest-of-us/488375 "2009-03-26T06:52:52Z")
I wrote this article a long time back and, well, I haven’t been part of a rip-roaring religious debate in a while, so I thought I’d post this and stir the embers a bit. Think you’ll make it to the Pearly Gates? Better r… --- ## [Why are bars dimly lit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bars-dimly-lit/272697)
**Author:** [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bars-dimly-lit/272697 "2004-11-03T22:12:23Z")
A friend who doesn’t get out much asked this question awhile ago and I couldn’t come up with a satisfactory answer. At first, I simply said, “tradition.” Some prodding got me thinking. I went on about how it was a dema… --- ## [Poor children don't know how to work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-children-dont-know-how-to-work/604850)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-children-dont-know-how-to-work/604850 "2011-12-05T23:29:44Z")
Unless it’s illegal. Here is Newt saying exactly this. My experience, growing up really poor in The Bronx, was that all of our parents worked. They just worked shitty jobs for little pay. I, myself, got working papers t… --- ## [MLB: June](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862 "2013-07-01T11:53:32Z")
Old thread here. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the Dodgers are in the cellar. Welcome to Summer. --- ## [Derogatory names for types of bad drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derogatory-names-for-types-of-bad-drivers/965877)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derogatory-names-for-types-of-bad-drivers/965877 "2022-06-16T21:11:27Z")
I amuse myself by making up derisive names for categories of bad drivers. When I come home at night I can gripe to my husband about them, and he knows from the name I give them just what kind of driver I mean. I was i… --- ## [Hair Salon horror stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-salon-horror-stories/423987)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-salon-horror-stories/423987 "2007-10-30T21:47:10Z")
Yesterday, I went to my salon and got a much needed haircut. There was a guy sitting next to me getting his haircut as well and the two stylists were chatting away, not really paying attention to what they were doing (a… --- ## ['ETA:' versus 'Edit:'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta-versus-edit/443988)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta-versus-edit/443988 "2011-08-21T22:51:41Z")
Every time I see someone type ‘ETA:’ in an edit I think… “Estimated Time of Arrival” I know exactly what they mean, but still my brain looks and says “Estimated Time of Arrival”. I use ‘edit:’ Just saying. --- ## [Allison Mack: actress, sex cult leader, felon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allison-mack-actress-sex-cult-leader-felon/812820)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allison-mack-actress-sex-cult-leader-felon/812820 "2021-06-28T04:10:31Z")
I’ve been reading this story of months, but haven’t noticed it discussed here on the Dope. Allison Mack (probably best known as Chloe on Smallville, but I also liked her on the short-lived Opposite Sex) joined a sex cult… --- ## [Typing is becoming as useless as Morse code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-is-becoming-as-useless-as-morse-code/621964)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-is-becoming-as-useless-as-morse-code/621964 "2012-05-27T07:49:19Z")
Between Google search auto-completing things and my SwiftkeyX reliably predicting my every word in a text… how long until typing is an arcane thing of the past? Even speech to text is getting pretty damn good these days… --- ## [Which singer's voice makes you weak in the knees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-singers-voice-makes-you-weak-in-the-knees/262281)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-singers-voice-makes-you-weak-in-the-knees/262281 "2004-10-05T23:10:18Z")
Traditionally, Barry White is supposed to have this effect on women. Don’t think it would work for me – if someone lowered the lights and put on some Barry White, I’d start giggling uncontrollably. OTOH, the very sound … --- ## [There are No Gays in Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-gays-in-iran/420375)
**Author:** [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-gays-in-iran/420375 "2007-09-29T23:14:56Z")
Well, I’ll be damned. I had no idea. Maybe it’s because, I don’t know, you fucking have them killled? What a tremendous asshole. Bravo to Dean Bollinger, though. I have no problem with Ahmadinejad speaking, although… --- ## [Can you really get off the utility Grid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-get-off-the-utility-grid/541100)
**Author:** [@Swarog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swarog)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-get-off-the-utility-grid/541100 "2010-05-31T00:37:16Z")
Is it plausible to live off the Utility Grid and maintain a home life with all that utilities offer? I’ve heard of people building energy efficient homes that use their environment to trap warm or cool air to maintain a… --- ## [What's the most unusual career change you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-career-change-youve-ever-seen/981091)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-career-change-youve-ever-seen/981091 "2023-04-22T21:22:45Z")
Last night, I took a dive down an Internet rabbit hole, and one of the side tunnels took me to a story about a physician who, in middle age, gave up the practice of medicine, and joined (and expanded) her husband’s inter… --- ## [Has there every been such an unstoppable champion as Serena Williams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-every-been-such-an-unstoppable-champion-as-serena-williams/724909)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-every-been-such-an-unstoppable-champion-as-serena-williams/724909 "2015-07-28T06:24:32Z")
Serena just kicked the living shit out of Garbine Muguruza in straight sets. Like she was a toy to play with. gee whiz. Has any athlete ever dominated a single sport for so long? It seems like Serena has been winning t… --- ## [Do free-market capitalists really disregard the importance of well-informed, -educated consumers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-free-market-capitalists-really-disregard-the-importance-of-well-informed-educated-consumers/526784)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-free-market-capitalists-really-disregard-the-importance-of-well-informed-educated-consumers/526784 "2010-01-29T21:40:31Z")
In a previous question I asked about the role of education in capitalism, I was trying to get at the fact that if markets are to be efficient in providing the best products, then shouldn’t education be a central part of … --- ## [What is the significance of 808 ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-significance-of-808/306350)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-significance-of-808/306350 "2005-06-01T20:18:35Z")
I had thought I asked this before. Always wanted to ask it, and my post count now reminds me of it. What exactly does 808 mean? Why does it appear on Bicycle Ace of spades, and Jokers? 2.What do the beastie boys mean… --- ## [When did ethnic food items become racial slurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-ethnic-food-items-become-racial-slurs/631701)
**Author:** [@Rhaegar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhaegar)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-ethnic-food-items-become-racial-slurs/631701 "2012-08-21T19:39:07Z")
I read an article where some high school kids got into a brawl after one of them, presumably Mexican, had been called a “Taco.” Perhaps I am just too old, but back in my school days, I just don’t recall people using eth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1080&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1082&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)