# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1107&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:** 1108 --- ## [What is the purpose of paying bail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-paying-bail/713932)
**Author:** [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-paying-bail/713932 "2015-03-05T12:57:58Z")
The title says it all. I’m tempted to think that bail is merely blatant discrimination against the poor, but I’m hopeful that there’s more to it than that. At first glance, bail seems like a get-out-of-jail card that o… --- ## [Fuck New York, Fuck New Yorkers, and Fuck the Subway Series!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-new-york-fuck-new-yorkers-and-fuck-the-subway-series/37617)
**Author:** [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-new-york-fuck-new-yorkers-and-fuck-the-subway-series/37617 "2000-10-21T17:26:52Z")
I just got back from a business trip to New York and boy, am I glad to be home. I don’t live in the greatest city in America either, but the worst part of the city where I live is 1000 times better than the best part of … --- ## [Claire McCaskill - Statement on Meet the Press](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claire-mccaskill-statement-on-meet-the-press/590950)
**Author:** [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claire-mccaskill-statement-on-meet-the-press/590950 "2011-08-03T09:47:44Z")
\[QUOTE=Claire McCaskill on Meet the Press 7/31/11\] Here’s the bottom line. This fight has not been about nothing.This hasn’t just been political theater. There’s a philosophical difference here on the hill between the D… --- ## [I want to know if im overreacting on being upset about this situation or not with my girlfriend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-know-if-im-overreacting-on-being-upset-about-this-situation-or-not-with-my-girlfriend/687721)
**Author:** [@randomguest101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomguest101)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-know-if-im-overreacting-on-being-upset-about-this-situation-or-not-with-my-girlfriend/687721 "2014-05-08T10:00:15Z")
This is going to be long so be ready to read. lol (Also, this is a long distance relationship. i live in dallas and her in okc.) So last week my gf met this guy at her new church that she just started going to. I alway… --- ## [(Old) Everybody's hiding under a rock in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-everybodys-hiding-under-a-rock-in-the-mmp/999328)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-everybodys-hiding-under-a-rock-in-the-mmp/999328 "2024-04-01T10:11:12Z")
Can’t say I blame y’all. The news is terrifying; for some of us, spring has sprung and it’s finally “goin’ outside” weather; a lot of us are dealing with personal and family health issues. No wonder it’s almost 7 a.m. a… --- ## [Favre Streak Over Per NFL Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-streak-over-per-nfl-network/563912)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-streak-over-per-nfl-network/563912 "2010-12-16T00:56:53Z")
They are reporting that Favre is telling teammates that he can’t go tomorrow night. I’m guessing the Vikings are not heartbroken over this news. --- ## [Anathem, by Neil Stephenson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anathem-by-neil-stephenson/463703)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anathem-by-neil-stephenson/463703 "2010-10-18T10:42:06Z")
Anybody read this yet? I’m about halfway through. It’s set on a world, a lot like Earth, where this monastic order of mathematicians preserve mathematical knowledge in spite of the chaos of the outside world. --- ## [New Christie scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-christie-scandal/689033)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-christie-scandal/689033 "2014-07-04T17:50:07Z")
New Chris Christie Scandal: NJ Gov Gave Pension Fund Billions to Wall Streeters Who Bankrolled His Campaigns Christie’s staff declined to comment. Full disclosure: AlterNet does not lean right. :wink: --- ## [Inappropriate ice-cream truck songs....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-ice-cream-truck-songs/360833)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-ice-cream-truck-songs/360833 "2006-06-21T03:06:42Z")
We had an ice cream truck drive by the office, playing a tinny calliope version of “The Entertainer” over the speakers… after my standard response to my co-workers of “you want to know how to drive an ice-cream truck dr… --- ## [Sensual Seduction, or ridiculous okcupid messages I have received (NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensual-seduction-or-ridiculous-okcupid-messages-i-have-received-nsfw/555655)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensual-seduction-or-ridiculous-okcupid-messages-i-have-received-nsfw/555655 "2010-10-02T18:03:49Z")
WARNING: The following message has been evaluated by the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills as Not Safe for Anyone, Anywhere, at Anytime. Read at your own risk. This is a real message I rec… --- ## [Political Compass #31: Seriously disabled people should not reproduce.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-31-seriously-disabled-people-should-not-reproduce/259030)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-31-seriously-disabled-people-should-not-reproduce/259030 "2004-08-12T21:51:46Z")
Welcome back to the second half of this endeavour! Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of econom… --- ## [My new favorite drink: Bourbon Whiskey + diet cream soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079 "2004-12-17T05:33:30Z")
I’m talking cheap-ass store-brand diet cream soda, 2 bucks for a 12 pack. ‘Chek’ brand from Winn-Dixie, to be specific. --- ## [Will REAL ID (enhanced driver licenses) finally be a thing in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-real-id-enhanced-driver-licenses-finally-be-a-thing-in-the-usa/845314)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-real-id-enhanced-driver-licenses-finally-be-a-thing-in-the-usa/845314 "2021-04-27T12:58:50Z")
So, after doing a bit of travel lately, I see the signs at the TSA about they really mean it this time and everyone will need the enhanced driver license to fly domestically in the USA. For me, I could care less, I use … --- ## [Why do taxes have "Married filing separately"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-taxes-have-married-filing-separately/649894)
**Author:** [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-taxes-have-married-filing-separately/649894 "2013-02-14T16:14:30Z")
As far as I can tell, “Married filing separately” means you have to pay more taxes than either “single” or “married filing jointly”. I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who would be better off using “married filing separa… --- ## [Thump will be re-elected in 2020. Count on it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-will-be-re-elected-in-2020-count-on-it/824141)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thump-will-be-re-elected-in-2020-count-on-it/824141 "2018-11-14T01:12:09Z")
Sad but true. There is no opposition (so far) that can stop him. --- ## [Lifting Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-obama/634270)
**Author:** [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-obama/634270 "2012-09-17T01:30:58Z")
At least one enthusiastic Republican on the Campaign trail. Apparently there’s been criticism of the Secret Service, but seeing this footage I don’t know how they could intervene. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=… --- ## [Understanding hospital bill - "sterile supply"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-hospital-bill-sterile-supply/548659)
**Author:** [@sharding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sharding)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-hospital-bill-sterile-supply/548659 "2010-08-02T16:09:12Z")
My wife had her gallbladder removed last week. They used the laproscopic method, she was out of the hospital a couple of hours after the surgery. The total cost is just over $18,000. I expected it to be expensive, but I … --- ## [Superhot chicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superhot-chicks/638209)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superhot-chicks/638209 "2012-10-23T14:30:24Z")
How is it to be a 10/10 superhot female? Does she know it herself? Can she see it herself, or is she obsessed about the small insignificant faults? Does it define her? Does it open all the wrong doors and close all the w… --- ## [How much does it REALLY cost to book your favorite band for a show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-really-cost-to-book-your-favorite-band-for-a-show/702810)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-really-cost-to-book-your-favorite-band-for-a-show/702810 "2014-11-07T19:12:30Z")
How accurate is this list? If it is somewhat accurate, any surprises about what a particular band asks for? Some of the bands that would appear for $15,000 were a little surprising. How much does it REALLY cost to book… --- ## [What ever Happened to the Segway (transportation vehicle)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-segway-transportation-vehicle/664769)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-segway-transportation-vehicle/664769 "2013-08-02T21:09:55Z")
I never hear about it anymore. Anyone here have one? How do you use it? --- ## [Did Anyone Ever Operate An Old Fashioned Cash Register?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-operate-an-old-fashioned-cash-register/711933)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-operate-an-old-fashioned-cash-register/711933 "2015-02-12T22:36:50Z")
I mean like the one pictured here. Cash Register I was wondering was it hard to work? It seems like it has the numbers going vertically then one to the left increases it by ten? If anyone has working knowledge of this… --- ## [Would you rather have Ben Carson as president right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-ben-carson-as-president-right-now/805867)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-ben-carson-as-president-right-now/805867 "2018-02-02T18:05:52Z")
Not interested in discussing any of the other contenders of the GOP primary. Just Carson. Imagine somehow he won the nomination and beat Hillary. Do you think he would have done a better job so far than Trump has? --- ## [Are there more trees or people in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-more-trees-or-people-in-the-world/595457)
**Author:** [@brennananddrewsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brennananddrewsmom)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-more-trees-or-people-in-the-world/595457 "2011-09-14T04:20:00Z")
Don’t know why this has always bugged me, but once on a road trip my husband and I tried to “duke it out” over this one. Is there any way to know the approximate numbers? --- ## [Sanctuary Cities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanctuary-cities/783398)
**Author:** [@HeweyLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeweyLogan)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanctuary-cities/783398 "2017-04-03T00:24:41Z")
State Rep. Michelle DuBois made a stink the other day saying to constituents that they should avoid an ICE raid. There’s something like 300 sanctuary cities in the US, many of which are now facing federal fund cuts fo… --- ## [Children Choking On Their Own Fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-choking-on-their-own-fat/247311)
**Author:** [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-choking-on-their-own-fat/247311 "2004-06-01T10:49:10Z")
3 year old dies from obesity. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3752597.stm Now I’m all for people taking responsibility for their own food intake. But in cases like this you have to wonder what the hell kind of socie… --- ## [Songs About Masturbation {Male and Female}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-masturbation-male-and-female/286066)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2005, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-masturbation-male-and-female/286066 "2005-01-25T10:10:43Z")
OK, so how many can we come up with? Let’s start with the classics: I got The Who, with Pictures Of Lily and Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand --- ## [Donating Blood Every Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-blood-every-week/628753)
**Author:** [@L.mo5rg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/L.mo5rg)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-blood-every-week/628753 "2012-07-20T13:46:25Z")
What would happen to someone who donates blood every week? My friend goes down to the emergency room (in Egypt) once or twice a fortnight and donates blood, they don’t ask over there if you’ve come before or how many ti… --- ## [Do/did French maids really dress provactively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-did-french-maids-really-dress-provactively/424098)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-did-french-maids-really-dress-provactively/424098 "2007-10-27T01:16:23Z")
The title is the question. Did maids in France really dress like this? (Link safe for work, unless you work at some Bible college in Oklahoma or someplace like that.) --- ## [The Office 5.14 - Season Finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-14-season-finale/496481)
**Author:** [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-14-season-finale/496481 "2009-05-19T04:15:01Z")
I don’t have much to say about the episode, except that I was really excited by the last scene, because --- ## [Mom gives Botox Injections to 8 Year Old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-botox-injections-to-8-year-old/581760)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gives-botox-injections-to-8-year-old/581760 "2011-05-21T01:59:50Z")
8 year old pageant contestant gets botox injections and leg waxing from mom. Apparently it was the daughter’s idea, because she was concerned about her wrinkles. Good? Bad? Indifferent? --- ## [Was Helen Keller a virgin when she died?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-helen-keller-a-virgin-when-she-died/820815)
**Author:** [@Shut\_Up\_Lutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shut_Up_Lutz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-helen-keller-a-virgin-when-she-died/820815 "2018-09-09T21:53:30Z")
The most famous blind deaf mute in the history of the universe, for what that’s worth (wow you get to meet the President and paw his face with your hands) but I digress. I know Annie Sullivan taught her to “communicate”… --- ## [Does common-sense courtesy differ between cultures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-common-sense-courtesy-differ-between-cultures/542417)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-common-sense-courtesy-differ-between-cultures/542417 "2010-06-11T05:51:55Z")
Yes! Roi-Et is hundreds of kilometers from Septimus’ province, but our shoppers handle their carts similarly. The aisles in the big foreign-owned stores are plenty wide enough for two carts to pass, but Thais almost a… --- ## [You're not from around here, are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-from-around-here-are-you/311817)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-from-around-here-are-you/311817 "2005-07-15T15:59:45Z")
Today I was tooling around with the radio on, and up came an advert for GEICO, It started out with something like, “Here in Arizona, the state bird is the cactus wren, the state flower is the saguaro blossom, and the st… --- ## [Why are Hollanders/Netherlands natives called "Dutch"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hollanders-netherlands-natives-called-dutch/465815)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hollanders-netherlands-natives-called-dutch/465815 "2009-01-25T11:26:55Z")
…instead of “Hollanders” or “Netherlanders”? And while we’re at it, why is Flanders so named? It’s the Flemish who live there, so why don’t they call it Flemingland, or Flemishland, or Flemland. Or, conversely, why are … --- ## [House season premiere tonight - 20 Sept. 2010. Warning - open spoilers may be likely.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-tonight-20-sept-2010-warning-open-spoilers-may-be-likely/554480)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-season-premiere-tonight-20-sept-2010-warning-open-spoilers-may-be-likely/554480 "2010-09-29T05:47:36Z")
“Now What?” As the seventh season opens, House and Cuddy examine their new relationship. --- ## [Why do people really, really, really care about the POTUS anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-really-really-really-care-about-the-potus-anyway/774148)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-really-really-really-care-about-the-potus-anyway/774148 "2016-12-12T07:10:50Z")
I have been reading a lot of the threads on here, and I just don’t get it. People are acting like Trump is going to move into their spare bedroom and molest the family dog, or he is going to single handedly save the nat… --- ## [Oh my fucking god. I cannot stand the far left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-god-i-cannot-stand-the-far-left/1005406)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 369\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-god-i-cannot-stand-the-far-left/1005406 "2024-08-27T21:11:37Z")
I miss 20 years ago when people like me and dennis kucinich were the far left. Medicare for all, gay rights, higher minimum wage, integration of minorities into society, progressive taxation. Now the overton window has… --- ## [Friday night, $2,000 at the casino](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555 "2025-07-06T07:49:25Z")
I walked into my hotel room, and sat down. Lights still off, except for the nightlight in the bathroom. I poured a shot of whiskey, fidgeted with my gun, peeped into my empty wallet and weeped. Alright, that didn’t happ… --- ## [Women - do you think about boffing random strangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-think-about-boffing-random-strangers/758267)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-think-about-boffing-random-strangers/758267 "2016-06-28T05:42:57Z")
OK, sorry about the crude title. Based on this thread, it seems that a large number of women think that men are constantly thinking about having sex with them. OK, we probably are. I guess it’s true that when I see an… --- ## [Question for the ladies; regarding clothing on a nude beach.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-ladies-regarding-clothing-on-a-nude-beach/331161)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-ladies-regarding-clothing-on-a-nude-beach/331161 "2005-11-17T16:28:20Z")
…Or semi nude beach. The following hypothetical question; If you had to choose to cover up one part of your body, the top half or the bottom half, which would you choose? IOW, you could wear just ONE piece of clothing… --- ## [Redundant hero scene that never made sense to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-hero-scene-that-never-made-sense-to-me/547244)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-hero-scene-that-never-made-sense-to-me/547244 "2010-07-25T15:04:39Z")
Just watched it in a recent western and hoped they wouldn’t do it in the stupid traditional way. AARRRRRGGGHHHHH! They did The bad guy grabs a kid or a girl and tells the hero to drop his gun, and the stupid hero does i… --- ## [Would it be ethical to create an AI capable of feeling suffering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-ethical-to-create-an-ai-capable-of-feeling-suffering/814023)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-ethical-to-create-an-ai-capable-of-feeling-suffering/814023 "2018-06-06T16:34:44Z")
This is a pure thought experiment, but let’s say that at some point in the future scientists are able to create AIs capable of feeling all the negative states that human beings can: pain, suffering, fear, sadness, depri… --- ## [Parenting help: 5 month old weaning herself from the breast. Good, or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-help-5-month-old-weaning-herself-from-the-breast-good-or-bad/641244)
**Author:** [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-help-5-month-old-weaning-herself-from-the-breast-good-or-bad/641244 "2012-11-19T18:01:37Z")
At five months, baby started showing signs that she was interested in what we were eating. Within a week of her first sample of solids, she is asking for 3 meals per day. She’s going through a jar of Earth’s Best chicken… --- ## [Ebay won't accept my credit card number. I need help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-wont-accept-my-credit-card-number-i-need-help/253901)
**Author:** [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-wont-accept-my-credit-card-number-i-need-help/253901 "2004-07-10T00:53:59Z")
I’m trying to sell some stuff and it won’t accept my credit card number when I try to create a seller account. I’ve put it in a thousand times now. With the spaces in between the group of numbers, without them, with and … --- ## [if women didn't want diamonds, would they be worth anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-didnt-want-diamonds-would-they-be-worth-anything/656902)
**Author:** [@chiefwahoo01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiefwahoo01)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-didnt-want-diamonds-would-they-be-worth-anything/656902 "2013-11-21T15:04:20Z")
meaning, besides industrial use, what would they be used for? and what would their value be? --- ## [Survival instinct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-instinct/705321)
**Author:** [@Thinktank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinktank)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-instinct/705321 "2014-11-26T15:07:56Z")
Ok so this one is hard for me to explain. What can I say? I was in a weird mood the day it popped in my head. So the question isn’t “fresh” and I have no idea if I can word things effectively. Basically though, Humans … --- ## [Baseball Season Is So Close](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-season-is-so-close/653650)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-season-is-so-close/653650 "2013-03-29T21:15:55Z")
Baseball baseball baseball baseball baseball baseball BASEBALL, oh God, soon BASEBALL will start. Opening day is sort of March 31. It’s just one game, the Rangers and Astros. Then on April 1 it really gerts started. … --- ## [Why Cartoon characters wear gloves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cartoon-characters-wear-gloves/336181)
**Author:** [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cartoon-characters-wear-gloves/336181 "2005-12-30T04:19:18Z")
The staff report on three-fingered cartoon characters asks why they often wear gloves. Many early animation characters were crude portrayals of black people, often based on the characters in blackface minstrel shows. Th… --- ## [MST3K quote!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-quote/146715)
**Author:** [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-quote/146715 "2003-01-22T14:12:38Z")
All right, so everyone’s having fun sticking MST3K quotes into any thread that even mentions the show, even if it’s a serious question. Fine. Here’s your big chance. What are the quotes that just kill you? Not just m… --- ## [How do soldiers deal with recoil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-soldiers-deal-with-recoil/514610)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-soldiers-deal-with-recoil/514610 "2009-10-22T21:05:06Z")
I haven’t fired a U.S. service rifle other than my old M1 carbine, but I used to own a Mauser K98 converted to .308 Winchester and that had pretty stout recoil. Hell, my SKS has pretty stout recoil. I understand that t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1106&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1108&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)