# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=112&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:** 113 --- ## [How to stop someone from jaywalking: punch them in the face.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-someone-from-jaywalking-punch-them-in-the-face/543557)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-someone-from-jaywalking-punch-them-in-the-face/543557 "2010-06-23T18:29:32Z")
My friend posted this link to Facebook this morning. Watch the video embedded in the story, the face punching comes in pretty early. From the article: What? WHAT? This is over jaywalking? Now, I’m not advocating b… --- ## [Is talking in a foreign language rude at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-talking-in-a-foreign-language-rude-at-work/660141)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-talking-in-a-foreign-language-rude-at-work/660141 "2016-06-07T18:58:05Z")
Two anecdotes addressing either side of this issue: My mom complained that her filipina co workers are always talking in tagalog. They speak/understand english fine, but talk amongst each other in tagolog. She thinks th… --- ## [Can you safely use 380 ammo in a 38 sp revolver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-safely-use-380-ammo-in-a-38-sp-revolver/644530)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-safely-use-380-ammo-in-a-38-sp-revolver/644530 "2015-09-12T23:06:58Z")
I’ve wondered about this. My S&W revolver uses 38 sp. My Ruger LCP uses 380 ammo. Here’s the difference. You can’t fit a 38 sp into a 380 clip. :stuck\_out\_tongue: But is it ok to use 380 in a 38 sp revolver? It should… --- ## [No, no, please no: Tebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-please-no-tebow/600570)
**Author:** [@spazurek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spazurek)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-please-no-tebow/600570 "2011-11-07T01:45:14Z")
I’m a longtime Denver Broncos fan and I’ve been really hoping for the team to get its mojo back after Elway retired. But Tim Tebow is a despicable human being and a force of evil. He’s a religious fanatic with an equall… --- ## [Attention: Any EARNEST use in political discussion of the following terms brands the user an idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381 "2012-07-04T12:32:23Z")
To start with, from the RW side: Obamacare Obamanomics death panel warmist glow-ball warming Islamofascist Democrat Party Demonrats Dhimmis Dummiez Essentially, any disparaging variation on “Democrats” From t… --- ## [2012 NFC North Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfc-north-discussion-thread/633774)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfc-north-discussion-thread/633774 "2013-05-15T00:13:20Z")
Weel gang, the past couple of years I have done a fairly comprehensive position-by-position, game-by-game analysis that has been so on point that I have been accused of sorcerery. Or perhaps I dreamed that last part. A… --- ## [DC Lunch Bunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283)
**Author:** [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Replies:** 774\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283 "2004-01-16T17:17:28Z")
Hey you DC Dopers out there, any one up for lunch this Friday at noon? PLdennison, Sqrlcub, Montfort, Olenzero, anyone else? It seems like many of us work around McPherson Square, so that would probably be the best place… --- ## [How are gas prices in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 854\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568 "2026-10-30T02:50:56Z")
There were a few posts about gas prices in the ‘Russia invades Ukraine’ thread. I thought I’d start a thread to see how gas prices are across the country and world. Prices at the Lummi gas station were probably the sec… --- ## [How to be hideous: the right wing tries to discredit the Parkland school shooting survivors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-hideous-the-right-wing-tries-to-discredit-the-parkland-school-shooting-survivors/809209)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-hideous-the-right-wing-tries-to-discredit-the-parkland-school-shooting-survivors/809209 "2018-04-16T18:42:22Z")
The National Review’s Ben Shapiro: Apparently Shapiro’s forgotten his own teenage years, per Wikipedia: Jim Hoft, aka Gateway Pundit, who flunks grammar in the process: The basic thrust of these two pieces is, thes… --- ## [Why can't I cut nicoderm patches in half?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-cut-nicoderm-patches-in-half/235099)
**Author:** [@wolfsbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfsbane)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-cut-nicoderm-patches-in-half/235099 "2013-11-15T16:19:55Z")
Trying to qit smoking here. A friend gave me a dozen 21 mg (the strongest) nicotine patches. I am thinking I will only need the strongest ones for the first few days. After that, you’re supposed to drop down to 14 mg, t… --- ## [Share your lamest, most disappointing holiday memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-lamest-most-disappointing-holiday-memories/555763)
**Author:** [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-lamest-most-disappointing-holiday-memories/555763 "2011-01-02T07:09:08Z")
This thread was inspired by the Happy Childhood Memories thread as well as some recent correspondence with my brother, in which we exchanged memories of our most desolate, unhappy, disappointing holiday experiences. Our… --- ## [Atheist zealots annoy me to no end.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-zealots-annoy-me-to-no-end/438670)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 573\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-zealots-annoy-me-to-no-end/438670 "2008-03-05T10:29:36Z")
Before you flame, please make sure you’re part of those who annoy me. Odds are you are not \[ul\] \[li\]If you don’t know or don’t think there is such a thing as a higher power, that’s cool.\[/li\] \[li\]If you think all reli… --- ## [Can I burn coal in my woodstove?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-burn-coal-in-my-woodstove/30908)
**Author:** [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-burn-coal-in-my-woodstove/30908 "2015-01-11T18:55:25Z")
Can anyone tell me if it’s safe to burn coal in a wood stove? Mine is a freestanding one, in my living room, not absolutely air tight. But pretty close. Also, is there a cost savings over wood? I live in California, wher… --- ## [America and egg cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904 "2017-07-17T14:11:48Z")
Americans: British twitter is this morning reeling about claims that egg cups are not in common use in the United States. Can you confirm/deny? If confirm: how do you eat soft-boiled eggs? --- ## [Are these very insulting Atheist billboards attacking Christianity & Mormonism really the way to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-very-insulting-atheist-billboards-attacking-christianity-mormonism-really-the-way-to-go/632357)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-very-insulting-atheist-billboards-attacking-christianity-mormonism-really-the-way-to-go/632357 "2012-09-02T02:18:57Z")
I’m not much of a believer in supernatural beings, but these Atheist billboardshave such a juvenile and mocking tone I really don’t think they are accomplishing much to make people respect Atheists or Atheism. --- ## [Movies that disturbed/sickened you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-disturbed-sickened-you/535706)
**Author:** [@Camus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Camus)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-disturbed-sickened-you/535706 "2011-05-03T12:00:44Z")
Two questions - Have you ever been disturbed or sickened by a movie, not including one or two passing gory scenes in a war or horror movie? Was there any redeeming quality to it or purpose that gave it meaning beyo… --- ## [MLB post season: 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 545\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2009/512592 "2009-11-12T22:56:46Z")
And so it begins. AL matchups: TBD @ New York Yankees The Twins have caught the Tigers on the last day and will have a one game playoff at the Metrodome on tuesday to decide who’s going to play the Yankees. I’m a Twin… --- ## [Why did the FBI lie about Carter Page on the FISA warrent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-fbi-lie-about-carter-page-on-the-fisa-warrent/819524)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-fbi-lie-about-carter-page-on-the-fisa-warrent/819524 "2020-01-13T18:33:16Z")
The FBI in their FISA warrent asserts that Carter Page is “a U.S. person, and an agent of a foreign power…”. This is a lie because in 2013 Carter Page assisted the FBI in their case against a Russian spy ring resulting … --- ## [Commercials You Hate, circa March 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079 "2010-05-14T16:47:41Z")
Time for us to go off on commercials that make you want to kick in your telly! Apparently McDonald’s sells anti-asshole coffee. Because they have this commercial with this hipster jackass who behaves boorishly to anyo… --- ## [Makeup thread! Post your tips/recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-thread-post-your-tips-recommendations/533303)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-thread-post-your-tips-recommendations/533303 "2010-04-18T23:02:27Z")
Lately, I have been haranged into wearing more makeup. This is probably good, since I have, on more than one occasion, been asked if I ever wear makeup when I was wearing it at the time. :slight\_smile: So, I have found … --- ## [Polycarp will be offline indefinitely :-(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-will-be-offline-indefinitely/143931)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 393\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-will-be-offline-indefinitely/143931 "2003-01-19T16:37:27Z")
Many of you know that it’s been a rough year for Polycarp, since he’s been unemployed almost the whole time. He and his wife had been juggling bills, he told me, and finally one of the balls dropped: today their car was… --- ## [I am an alcoholic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 345\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859 "2016-02-09T08:38:02Z")
The thing that I do, once every 2-3 days, is to drink to gross excess and reach out to anybody who will talk to me late at night. Any takers? --- ## [My laptop can't find my network printer - how do I open its eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-cant-find-my-network-printer-how-do-i-open-its-eyes/637133)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-cant-find-my-network-printer-how-do-i-open-its-eyes/637133 "2012-10-09T22:55:57Z")
When I go through “Add a Printer,” I get to a spot that says “browse for a printer” and when I click that, it doesn’t find the printer that’s attached to my desktop. I have checked to enable sharing on that computer, b… --- ## [How big a ripoff is Snap-On, Mac, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-ripoff-is-snap-on-mac-etc/604917)
**Author:** [@mattm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-ripoff-is-snap-on-mac-etc/604917 "2011-12-08T03:41:11Z")
Saw this in Marketplace. I didn’t think there were any other dopers who buy from a truck, and maybe there aren’t, but it raised a question in my mind. Can the Franchise owners give cash discounts. My Snap-On guy won’… --- ## [Best way to clean a \*really\* grimy bathtub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-clean-a-really-grimy-bathtub/153189)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-clean-a-really-grimy-bathtub/153189 "2003-02-08T00:24:03Z")
OK, I’m a slob. I’m not proud of it, but I admit it. I haven’t cleaned a tub in long time, and there is some really tough grime on it. A first pass with a supermarket-knockoff cleaner that contains bleach and a mild a… --- ## [Most Liberals are Hateful and Nasty Individuals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-liberals-are-hateful-and-nasty-individuals/659635)
**Author:** [@bigdfrombigd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdfrombigd)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-liberals-are-hateful-and-nasty-individuals/659635 "2013-06-03T22:15:48Z")
Why is it that most liberals are so vicious? Just reading about Michelle Bachmann’s retirement announcement and am so sad to see so much vitriol directed her way. Why is it that anyone with conservative values is trashe… --- ## [Has this Board Changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-board-changed/697035)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-board-changed/697035 "2014-09-20T18:01:43Z")
I have been a member of this board since 2001. Initially I posted regualrly and comprehensively engaging in deep discussion and pleasant banter over many contentious and non-contentious subjects. real life caught up and … --- ## [What are “reds” (illicit drug / pills)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-reds-illicit-drug-pills/97311)
**Author:** [@Jimbrowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbrowski)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-reds-illicit-drug-pills/97311 "2019-04-18T21:44:43Z")
In the Dead tune Truckin’, Jane is described as “…livin’ on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine…” What exactly are these “reds”? I assume they’re pills of some sort, but what exactly? In context (song lyrics, above), it soun… --- ## [Any famous urban legends of WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-famous-urban-legends-of-wwii/634640)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-famous-urban-legends-of-wwii/634640 "2012-10-03T01:52:21Z")
I know plenty of the WWI ones, the Angel Of Mons, the Russian soldiers in Scotland, the crucified Canadian etc. but I don’t recall ever hearing any from the second world war. Anyone got any? --- ## [A question for logical Mormons in the know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-logical-mormons-in-the-know/50497)
**Author:** [@AndyKeats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyKeats)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-logical-mormons-in-the-know/50497 "2001-02-05T15:02:07Z")
I have been in the LDS church for about 2 years, and am ready to leave. There is so much hypocrisy, obvious false, contradictory doctrine, and the covering up of detrimental church history. If you’ve done any research at… --- ## [Der Trihs Suspension Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-suspension-discussion-thread/711246)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-suspension-discussion-thread/711246 "2015-02-27T15:41:59Z")
Having been instructed to move a thread here, here it is. My opinion is that Der Trihs rightly earned the suspension. It does appear that there wasn’t a lot of warnings issued to him very recently, but his steady accrua… --- ## [Is there anything wrong with this girls dance performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-wrong-with-this-girls-dance-performance/539450)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-wrong-with-this-girls-dance-performance/539450 "2010-05-21T18:47:24Z")
This young girls’ dance routine has been all over the intertubes lately, with a lot of people opining that these girls are much too young to be doing these moves, wearing these costumes, etc. Take a couple of minutes an… --- ## [The voter ID Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voter-id-thread/787346)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voter-id-thread/787346 "2017-09-29T06:29:21Z")
ID is required for the following: Buying alcohol, and cigarettes Opening a bank account Applying for food stamps, welfare, medicare, or social security Applying for a job Applying for unemployment Renting or buyin… --- ## [Fuck you, Judge Littlejohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326 "2010-10-15T13:33:49Z")
This asshat had a guy jailed for almost 5 hours because he did not say the Pledge of Allegiance out loud. story here I have no idea why Mr. Lampley didn’t want to say the pledge, but AFAIK it’s his right to keep his fu… --- ## [Nintendo Switch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch/769135 "2018-06-09T17:30:13Z")
Here it is. --- ## [Absolutely badass old poems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-badass-old-poems/691382)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-badass-old-poems/691382 "2017-06-24T07:28:53Z")
Hey guys! I’m doing a little personal project and I’m looking for some badass old poems to use. I was started on this by a Lord Byron poem and was looking for things similar to it. Lord Bryron in The Destruction of Senn… --- ## [President Obama warns of progressive "purity" and "circular firing squads"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-warns-of-progressive-purity-and-circular-firing-squads/832662)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-warns-of-progressive-purity-and-circular-firing-squads/832662 "2019-07-31T03:19:32Z")
I have warned about this many times, but it is always pooh-poohed as “a few people on Twitter” who are said to be irrelevant to the party overall, or even its image. I wonder if people will take it a little more serious… --- ## [Fall of the House of Sequential Threads, Part MXLVII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 468\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631 "2018-01-01T18:29:09Z")
Do you say “su-PREM-a-cist” or “su-PREM-ist”? What were your high school’s colors? Confederate gray. Booor-ing. --- ## [Why Do Nearsighted People Have Higher IQs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nearsighted-people-have-higher-iqs/379246)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-nearsighted-people-have-higher-iqs/379246 "2009-11-17T17:01:02Z")
As I understand it, there is some link between scores on IQ tests and nearsightedness, with more myopic individuals receiving, on average, higher test scores. Is this accurate? What is the reason behind this association… --- ## [Sexual assault was your funniest moment???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-assault-was-your-funniest-moment/387436)
**Author:** [@Phoebestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoebestar)\ **Replies:** 389\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-assault-was-your-funniest-moment/387436 "2007-01-16T17:28:51Z")
Long time lurker, had an account before the board went paid, etc. It’s been quite awhile since I’ve felt the need to post, but this… pissed me off. This thread is about when you’ve laughed the hardest. A funny thread, o… --- ## [Are the after effects of colonialism to blame for most African countries current problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-after-effects-of-colonialism-to-blame-for-most-african-countries-current-problems/532456)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-after-effects-of-colonialism-to-blame-for-most-african-countries-current-problems/532456 "2010-03-29T10:45:30Z")
This claim seems to be a point of contention in this thread. The after effects of colonial expolitation, and more specifically the somewhat arbitrary geographical and political division of the African continent which cro… --- ## [You stupid fucking assholes \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-stupid-fucking-assholes-brexit/758206)
**Author:** [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-stupid-fucking-assholes-brexit/758206 "2016-10-07T00:06:39Z")
I can’t believe it, but it looks like the UK is leaving. You short-sighted, reactionary dickheads (pro-Brexit voters). Fuck. Too drunk and depressed at present to be more cogent. My apologies. --- ## [The without a single thought MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-without-a-single-thought-mmp/705476)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-without-a-single-thought-mmp/705476 "2014-12-01T05:02:43Z")
Since nobody volunteered and there is no other MMP, here it is. I have nothing for y’all to hijack, so have at in Mumpers. --- ## [When surrogacy goes bad....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-surrogacy-goes-bad/694626)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-surrogacy-goes-bad/694626 "2019-06-25T17:07:23Z")
An Australian couple are media pariahs after engaging a Thai woman to carry their child…except it was twins and one had Down syndrome. So for those who don’t want to read the link…an Australian couple engaged the gestat… --- ## [Mormons and their \[reputed\] Lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormons-and-their-reputed-lies/604525)
**Author:** [@corlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corlet)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormons-and-their-reputed-lies/604525 "2011-12-25T21:29:51Z")
A seemingly intelligent friend insists that a. those young Mormons proselytizers who come knocking on your door are told to lie about their faith and anything else in order to convert you, and b., that Mormons are not Ch… --- ## [Is Black Face necessarily racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-black-face-necessarily-racist/686660)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-black-face-necessarily-racist/686660 "2014-05-01T10:25:20Z")
There has been a tradition among some social groups (Morris Men, Mummers, Clog Dancers) to have some or all of its members ‘blacked up’- not as minstrels but with black faces as if dirty. It is unknown whether this tr… --- ## [Most overrated foodstuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-foodstuff/727192)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-foodstuff/727192 "2015-08-18T02:58:38Z")
This isn’t something you hate or can’t eat. It’s just a food item you personally think gets way too much love. Like bacon, or ranch dressing, or lobster. What brought this on was dinner last night at a quite nice upscal… --- ## [How could I make a gag exploding birthday cake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-make-a-gag-exploding-birthday-cake/557515)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-make-a-gag-exploding-birthday-cake/557515 "2024-04-01T03:53:06Z")
My 12-year-old niece is having a birthday in a few months and I’d like to pull a gag that has it explode in her face (gently explode–I don’t want any eyeballs bouncing on the floor) when she blows out the candles. The p… --- ## [I pit the legal community of Steubenville Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016 "2014-01-13T15:05:32Z")
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/03/anonymous-takes-on-rape-culture-leaks-video-of-steubenville-jocks-mocking-rape-victim-video-nsfw/ Now Anonymous has become involved. They’ve posted a video of the perps bragging … --- ## [Signs of female interest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-female-interest/529148)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-female-interest/529148 "2010-03-04T15:44:11Z")
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