# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1125&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:** 1126 --- ## [Free Market: How would it work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-market-how-would-it-work/270976)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-market-how-would-it-work/270976 "2004-11-03T15:44:34Z")
This is the second part in my series of threads to address ‘what if’s’ of economics and perhaps define everyone’s understanding of the economic/political system under review. I started off with a thread on Communism, wh… --- ## [How do you usually carry your cell phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-usually-carry-your-cell-phone/597903 "2011-10-02T04:13:05Z")
Operative word here being usually. --- ## [Placating Deaniacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placating-deaniacs/334739)
**Author:** [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placating-deaniacs/334739 "2005-12-14T02:21:23Z")
I called Howard Dean a potential ‘little Lenin’ in this Pit thread, arousing anger of some resident Dean supporters, it seems. My comment was based on my perception of Mr. Dean as an angry, divisive and extremely inflam… --- ## [Religious fads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-fads/663076)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-fads/663076 "2013-07-16T17:38:20Z")
Are religions fads just like certain hairstyles and clothes but instead of lasting a couple of years they usually last centuries or even millenniums. I mean they always change and maybe that’s why some people are finally… --- ## [Big Bang 9/30 "The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597 "2010-10-04T05:37:01Z")
Penny: You’re turning yourself into a robot? Sheldon: Yes Penny: Didn’t you already do that? --- ## [Why are social security recipients getting stimulus checks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-social-security-recipients-getting-stimulus-checks/852073)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-social-security-recipients-getting-stimulus-checks/852073 "2020-05-13T12:13:35Z")
Nothing to do with COVID 19 shutdowns has created an income loss for those living on the government dole. They haven’t missed a check, despite not working. So why are we borrowing $2 trillion from future generations to… --- ## [Jimmy Carr - The King of Comebacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carr-the-king-of-comebacks/675868)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carr-the-king-of-comebacks/675868 "2013-12-13T11:14:05Z")
Just watched the new Jimmy Carr comedy show - - YouTube It’s one of his best shows ever. At 39:08 mark there’s his trade mark comeback at a heckler but this one is probably his nastiest ever. Great show overall! Who … --- ## [How large was the explosion at Tianjin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-large-was-the-explosion-at-tianjin/727772)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-large-was-the-explosion-at-tianjin/727772 "2015-08-18T21:46:59Z")
I’ve heard many guestimates of the size of the recent explosion in the Chinese city of Tianjin. One commentator measured the size of the fireball and claimed it was 21 kilotons - which would make it bigger than the 16kt … --- ## [Christmas tree lights: white or colored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-lights-white-or-colored/561725)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-lights-white-or-colored/561725 "2010-11-24T22:02:28Z")
I have to buy a new tree (I’m the lazy artificial pre-lit type) this year and am trying to decide between white lights and colored lights. I grew up with colored lights but I’m thinking of switching to white lights. I’m … --- ## [Willow weeps for Sarah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-weeps-for-sarah/534495)
**Author:** [@Mapache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mapache)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-weeps-for-sarah/534495 "2010-04-09T16:43:00Z")
So far a lot of information hasn’t come out, and the MSM hasn’t mentioned it anywhere, so maybe it’s all just Madeup Librul Lies, but there are several mentions on Google (Willow Palin Arrested) that weren’t there ye… --- ## [Do You Support The War In Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-the-war-in-iraq/410617)
**Author:** [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-the-war-in-iraq/410617 "2007-07-09T17:36:44Z")
Simple question. Do you or don’t you? And tell us why or why not. I’ve been seeing alot of prevaricating lately, people afraid to come right out and say why or why not. So, let’s hear it. Out in the clear. Myself, I t… --- ## [Blue Jasmine: What happened to Jasmine? \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-jasmine-what-happened-to-jasmine-open-spoilers/668937)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-jasmine-what-happened-to-jasmine-open-spoilers/668937 "2014-04-11T22:28:49Z")
If you haven’t seen the movie and don’t want to read spoilers, please skip this thread. At the end of the movie, the director leaves it open-ended as to what happens to Jasmine. It’s clear that she is in bad shape, but… --- ## [What to do in industry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-industry/696247)
**Author:** [@Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itself)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-industry/696247 "2014-08-26T00:11:20Z")
I’m a mathematician looking at the long-term academic career path, and it’s terrible. It’s certainly a perfect career if everything works out, but there are very few jobs available and so many factors completely out of y… --- ## [International symbols on washing machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-symbols-on-washing-machine/450655)
**Author:** [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-symbols-on-washing-machine/450655 "2008-05-29T11:33:35Z")
Hi all I’ve recently moved to Budapest from the U.S. and my husband acquired a used washing machine locally. It has symbols on the controls that I have never seen before and just cannot figure out. There are symbols o… --- ## [What is the 'proper' outcome of an election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-proper-outcome-of-an-election/623409)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-proper-outcome-of-an-election/623409 "2012-06-09T22:25:16Z")
This is a kind of a weird topic, so please read what I’m actually asking before you start responding. In particular, I’m NOT talking about any actual real world election, past or present. And while some examples in this … --- ## [What does bebop sound like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bebop-sound-like/614986)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bebop-sound-like/614986 "2012-03-10T15:07:35Z")
Googling brings up many video clips, but I don’t know which to trust as representative of bebop. --- ## [What's the bicycle helmet culture where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-bicycle-helmet-culture-where-you-live/686099)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-bicycle-helmet-culture-where-you-live/686099 "2014-04-16T17:55:00Z")
When I was growing up in Indiana from the mid 80s to 2003, nobody–but nobody–wore a bicycle helmet. I never saw them on the streets. Some motorcyclists wore them, but they were pretty rare. I live in upstate New York no… --- ## [Defeating a digital safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defeating-a-digital-safe/599236)
**Author:** [@geehell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geehell)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defeating-a-digital-safe/599236 "2011-10-12T15:43:36Z")
I’m writing a screenplay in which a character has to break into a safe with a digital lock. To do so, he picks the brains of some locksmiths via the internet and figures out how to do it (or at least that’s the idea righ… --- ## [Which land border has the biggest difference in living standards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-land-border-has-the-biggest-difference-in-living-standards/612631)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-land-border-has-the-biggest-difference-in-living-standards/612631 "2012-02-26T23:54:05Z")
A friend is off to Finland next week. He tells me that Russia and Finland have the biggest difference in living standards in the world between any two countries that share a land border. Is he right? --- ## ["So-called judge" - can Trump be held in contempt of court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-judge-can-trump-be-held-in-contempt-of-court/779063)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-judge-can-trump-be-held-in-contempt-of-court/779063 "2017-02-07T12:33:59Z")
We all know about Trumps tweet about the “ridiculous” decision of a " so- called judge" that overturned his executive order. Question: does such a public remark, from an official in function, amount to contempt of the co… --- ## [Stuff you do when you're absolutely cerain you're all alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-do-when-youre-absolutely-cerain-youre-all-alone/620701)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-do-when-youre-absolutely-cerain-youre-all-alone/620701 "2012-07-15T05:12:04Z")
Back in April, 2007 we had some fun with Secrets you might as well share now and I was tempted to risk a bump to that thread, but the zombie fear made me choose this route. Besides, I want to focus on those things you sa… --- ## [Want a grandchild, your daughter won't provide one? Hire a rapist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-grandchild-your-daughter-wont-provide-one-hire-a-rapist/570512)
**Author:** [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-grandchild-your-daughter-wont-provide-one-hire-a-rapist/570512 "2011-02-09T22:47:27Z")
(Yeah, I know, another rape thread.) You know parents who keep bugging their children about producing grandchildren? Well, one mother has taken it to a new extreme: Mom ‘hires’ man to rape her daughter I pit you, you… --- ## [askeptic is a psycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848)
**Author:** [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848 "2004-04-03T01:27:43Z")
anyone but me nodice that askeptic seems to very commonly post absolutely harsh bitter nonsense rabidly attacking people at random that only (s)/he actually seems bothered by? --- ## [Will Obama choose unity over justice regarding Bush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-obama-choose-unity-over-justice-regarding-bush/480637)
**Author:** [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-obama-choose-unity-over-justice-regarding-bush/480637 "2009-01-13T23:22:43Z")
Obama pledged to be bipartisan and he talked a lot about no blue America or red America, just America. An example of his bipartisanship is keeping Gates as SecDefense. I heard a WTF idea that he may make concessions to… --- ## [How fast can the US military attack...a US city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-the-us-military-attack-a-us-city/434641)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-the-us-military-attack-a-us-city/434641 "2008-01-28T03:41:37Z")
As you can probably guess, I just got back from seeing “Cloverfield.” I don’t think it constitutes a spoiler to say that the US military takes a role in the story, which takes place in New York City. My question is just… --- ## [Goodbye to another place I used to like - Boston Market sucks now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-place-i-used-to-like-boston-market-sucks-now/718758)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-place-i-used-to-like-boston-market-sucks-now/718758 "2015-05-04T01:09:11Z")
First it was the counter person wanting to deliver my food to a table. Ok, I guess I can appreciate them wanting to make the place slightly more highbrow. But… I’m fully capable of carrying a plate of chicken 15 feet. Fe… --- ## [So...how many Clementines can you eat in one day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-clementines-can-you-eat-in-one-day/431468 "2007-12-28T21:23:18Z")
This time of year I seem to have an over abundance of clementines in the house. You know those small wooden boxes filled with 30-40 Clementines. I usually eat 2 or 3 a day. Lately I have been eating like 4 or 5 a day. H… --- ## [Little Person Actors: Is it demeaning to play leprechauns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-person-actors-is-it-demeaning-to-play-leprechauns/677836)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-person-actors-is-it-demeaning-to-play-leprechauns/677836 "2014-01-11T20:58:10Z")
The New Hampshire Lottery has a couple of ads for scratcher tickets featuring a little person playing the part of a leprechaun, with the buckled hat, green waistcoat and red neckbeard, Now, as lottery ads go, its not ba… --- ## [MLB Spring Training 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-spring-training-2018/809569)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-spring-training-2018/809569 "2018-03-29T14:17:36Z")
So the first weekend of Spring Training games are finishing up. How do you like your team so far? --- ## [Things that make me irrationally mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-irrationally-mad/427968)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-irrationally-mad/427968 "2007-12-06T01:18:11Z")
I am talking about things that other people do that are really not their fault in any way, and therefore you cannot rationally blame them for it or get angry at them, but you still have this nebulous, undirected anger th… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 1.03 "The Dog" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-03-the-dog-open-spoilers/731149)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-03-the-dog-open-spoilers/731149 "2015-09-16T15:39:42Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] After they escape a riot, Travis, Liza and Chris seek refuge with the Salazars; Madison defends her home. \[/QUOTE\] FTWD is back tonight after skipping Labor Day weekend. --- ## [What makes a house smell clean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-house-smell-clean/551840)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-house-smell-clean/551840 "2010-11-16T10:32:34Z")
I have a condo for sale. It’s empty, so it will be smelling stale. The realtor suggested a room plug in air freshener. I’m not a fan of fake floral scent, or apples, or cinnamon vanilla, or whatever. I don’t want the con… --- ## [For one year, no one on Earth can tell a lie. Results?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-one-year-no-one-on-earth-can-tell-a-lie-results/595285)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-one-year-no-one-on-earth-can-tell-a-lie-results/595285 "2011-09-16T21:58:54Z")
Over the weekend I came into possession of the Veritas Velocity Vortex. Despite its name, this device is a bomb; the guy who builds these things just likes alliteration. Anyhoo – once detonated, the VVV will flood the Ea… --- ## [Biographies of all US Presidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biographies-of-all-us-presidents/665564)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biographies-of-all-us-presidents/665564 "2013-08-16T01:34:52Z")
Hi, I’ve set myself the task of reading about all the US Presidents. I would appreciate your feedback on authors you would recommend starting with George Washington. One commenter suggested Ron Chernow’s “Washington: A … --- ## [Beer; Twist-off vs. Pop-off. Why GOD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-twist-off-vs-pop-off-why-god/293580)
**Author:** [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-twist-off-vs-pop-off-why-god/293580 "2005-03-10T15:51:50Z")
Dearies, Without ragging on my budding alcoholism, can someone tell me why some beer bottles are twist-offs while others necessitate a bottle opener or a fancy snap of a bic lighter? It seems that the lower quality beer… --- ## [Will the Segway ("Ginger") change the world as we know it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-segway-ginger-change-the-world-as-we-know-it/96719)
**Author:** [@David\_Weman\_cdw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Weman_cdw)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-segway-ginger-change-the-world-as-we-know-it/96719 "2020-07-16T18:05:45Z")
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,186660-1,00.html http://www.segway.com/ --- ## [TN senate RNC Ford add - rascist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tn-senate-rnc-ford-add-rascist/377829)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tn-senate-rnc-ford-add-rascist/377829 "2006-10-31T16:15:21Z")
The ad referenced here is getting alot of grief for being rascist. Isn’t the sterotypical Playboy bunny white and dumb? Makes perfect sense to me. --- ## [TV mystery series starring a pair of detectives in which the genius detective is not the white male.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-mystery-series-starring-a-pair-of-detectives-in-which-the-genius-detective-is-not-the-white-male/684106)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-mystery-series-starring-a-pair-of-detectives-in-which-the-genius-detective-is-not-the-white-male/684106 "2014-03-22T01:46:58Z")
It’s quite common for a mystery show to feature a brilliant detective and his sidekick; obviously Conan Doyle’s Holmes stories are the archetype. In tv-land in particular these tend to be either a pair of white males or… --- ## [NFL Week 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/565460)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/565460 "2010-12-29T19:07:10Z")
No one started a general thread. Whee. --- ## [I am a Mythbuster!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-mythbuster/357291)
**Author:** [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-mythbuster/357291 "2006-06-01T15:45:39Z")
…Well, sorta. For the past few months I have been in discussions with Peter Rees, the Executive Producer of the Discovery Channel show, Mythbusters. As of yesterday, he gave me the word that the production company, Bey… --- ## [WoW: Wrath of the Lich King!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-wrath-of-the-lich-king/472513)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-wrath-of-the-lich-king/472513 "2008-11-22T16:19:26Z")
It’s live! I haven’t seen any 71s yet, but by the time I get home with my CE in 6 hours or so, I expect to have a few in my guild. How y’all doin’ with the xpac? --- ## [Talk me out of a tattoo, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-a-tattoo-please/393114)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-a-tattoo-please/393114 "2007-02-26T21:09:46Z")
Well, the title says it all. I’m going to get a tattoo. On my ankle. It’s going to look a bit like this. Talk me out of it please. --- ## [The Bush Doctrine: if they could hurt us someday, we can pre-emptively attack now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-doctrine-if-they-could-hurt-us-someday-we-can-pre-emptively-attack-now/162179)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-doctrine-if-they-could-hurt-us-someday-we-can-pre-emptively-attack-now/162179 "2003-03-21T20:53:29Z")
The transcript of Bush’s speech isn’t online yet, but that’s what I sure thought I heard. For instance, France has nukes (and pretzels ;)), and might someday use them against us. If we sit around and wait for them to a… --- ## [The ULTIMATE Aldebaran Pitting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-aldebaran-pitting/201102)
**Author:** [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-aldebaran-pitting/201102 "2003-10-23T13:02:06Z")
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Well, this is to be an everlasting monument monument to our pathetic, sniveling troll-friend Aldebaran. His vile and horrible lies and random inflammatory invective have gone on long enough. In \*every \* thread h… --- ## [Rant here about Sadistic Design. (In general)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-here-about-sadistic-design-in-general/438637)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-here-about-sadistic-design-in-general/438637 "2008-02-27T01:17:19Z")
For example - Those security keypads for room-entry that are fairly common. They have been designed for the fingers of a toddler, with the strength of an adult, and a knob rather than a lever. Like they want authorised… --- ## [Fast Food "Nastyness"—featuring Shiva418](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-nastyness-featuring-shiva418/195753)
**Author:** [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-nastyness-featuring-shiva418/195753 "2003-08-22T18:51:34Z")
Within this post, I address Shiva418’s responses in this thread. I can understand that anguish may occur upon a customer holding up the queue instead of pulling off a few feet to check their order. I sympathize with … --- ## [Stock Bubbles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-bubbles/524430)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-bubbles/524430 "2010-02-01T18:12:44Z")
I am fairly sold on the idea that the stock market is nothing more than a bubble machine. Say that I loan $1000 to someone at 5% interest for 5 years. For this, each month, I receive $18.87, until the 5 years are up. (A… --- ## [(Old) The Standard(Time) MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-standard-time-mmp/992682)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-standard-time-mmp/992682 "2023-11-13T07:59:51Z")
It’s Standard Time(unless you have a pet, in which case you are an hour late feeding them and they are loudly starving to death \< looks at Spot \>). I’m up. caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. Hijack away! --- ## [Does John McCain meet the requirements to be President??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-john-mccain-meet-the-requirements-to-be-president/435802)
**Author:** [@Nostradamus411](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nostradamus411)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-john-mccain-meet-the-requirements-to-be-president/435802 "2008-07-12T12:49:13Z")
Article Two, Section 1, Clause 5 of the US Constitution states: No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Offi… --- ## [Americans: Are you Conservative, Moderate or Liberal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-are-you-conservative-moderate-or-liberal/791824)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-are-you-conservative-moderate-or-liberal/791824 "2017-08-02T00:15:47Z")
Screw nuance-I’m not going to make a 47 choice poll. Just pick the one that you identify most with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1124&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1126&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)