# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1133&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:** 1134 --- ## [Any fans of the film "That Thing You Do"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-film-that-thing-you-do/474143)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-film-that-thing-you-do/474143 "2021-03-02T12:10:30Z")
I was able to catch the movie “That Thing You Do” with Tom Hanks the other day. The film follows a small band from Erie, PA as they hit the big time with a one hit wonder and just as quickly dissolve. This is one of tho… --- ## [Stuff \_Inside\_ the Mandelbrot Set (not the fringe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-_inside_-the-mandelbrot-set-not-the-fringe/604596)
**Author:** [@mwbrooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mwbrooks)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-_inside_-the-mandelbrot-set-not-the-fringe/604596 "2012-02-09T03:24:32Z")
I’ve already asked folks in some nearby math departments. So far all I get is shrugs, so I’m trying here: By plotting attractors (and near attractors), I found structures inside the Mandelbrot set, by which I mean, insi… --- ## [Apparently, I was never born.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-was-never-born/696115)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-was-never-born/696115 "2014-08-23T17:09:54Z")
So I’m at the hospital yesterday visiting my aunt after her surgery, and I think, “This is the hospital where I was born, and I’d like to see my birth records.” I was born premature, and was ijn the hospital in an incuba… --- ## [Roger Waters performing "The Wall"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-performing-the-wall/539021)
**Author:** [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-performing-the-wall/539021 "2010-12-16T01:45:58Z")
This is a brag post because I just bought 4 tickets in the 19th row to see Roger Waters and co. perform “The Wall”. 201 dollars a ticket plus the Ticketmaster “Convenience Charge” seemed a little high ( a little high? I… --- ## [They grinned and bared it...(funny nude scenes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-grinned-and-bared-it-funny-nude-scenes/85479)
**Author:** [@saudade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saudade)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-grinned-and-bared-it-funny-nude-scenes/85479 "2003-05-19T03:48:07Z")
For some reason, the only ones I can think of involve British men. Various actors The Full Monty Graham ChapmanThe Life of Bryan, addressing his “flock”…defrocked. Alan Bates \* King of Hearts \*…where he pretends to go… --- ## [Nice grocery-store moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496 "2011-11-22T18:10:18Z")
I was at the Shop-Rite fish counter this morning and noticed the fishmonger had put the porgy and bass right next to each other. All day I’ve been humming “Bass, you is my dinner now.” --- ## [New Tom Clancy novel in December!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tom-clancy-novel-in-december/542632)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tom-clancy-novel-in-december/542632 "2010-12-18T05:12:42Z")
Unless some mean, mean SOB is playing tricks on me. Apparently, TC’s next novel will be entitled “Dead or Alive” and will follow up on plot threads established in “The Teeth of the Tiger”. See article here: http://www.i… --- ## [Most undeserving celebrity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-undeserving-celebrity/271129 "2004-10-28T19:54:15Z")
Who do you LEAST get? Who is the least talented hack ever propped up on the world stage and rewarded for their schtick? A couple of ground rules. Let’s omit “celebrity” criminals and/or politicians, or the list will b… --- ## ["Smoking opens my airways and makes my asthma better..."??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-opens-my-airways-and-makes-my-asthma-better/341382)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-opens-my-airways-and-makes-my-asthma-better/341382 "2006-01-25T05:13:43Z")
I thought I’d heard it all, but this took the cake. I’m overhearing (not eavesdropping because it’s just outside my door) a conversation between a couple of my drivers this morning. One asks the other why she still smo… --- ## [NFL Week 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-10/640207)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-10/640207 "2012-11-13T23:03:16Z")
TNF IND @ JAX Sunday early SD @ TB TEN @ MIA BUF @ NE OAK @ BAL DEN @ CAR NYG @ CIN DET @ MIN ATL @ NO Sunday late NYJ @ SEA DAL @ PHI STL @ SF SNF HOU @ CHI MNF KC @ PIT Byes: ARI, CLE, GB, WAS So I… --- ## [Catcher in the Rye: Is Antolini Gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcher-in-the-rye-is-antolini-gay/154707)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcher-in-the-rye-is-antolini-gay/154707 "2003-02-14T22:26:39Z")
I’m teaching Catcher in the Rye for the umpteenth time, and every year the kids are fixated on this one point: Is Mr. Antolini gay? My first instinct is to say no, b/c they think EVERYONE is gay. However, there is some… --- ## [(Sigh) Does feta cheese taste like come?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-does-feta-cheese-taste-like-come/695839)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-does-feta-cheese-taste-like-come/695839 "2014-08-19T05:20:12Z")
A goofball friend mine just texted me: “I tried a salad with feta cheese on it today. Bleh! It tasted like come! How do y’all eat that stuff?” I’m assuming this is the first time she’s ever tried feta cheese. And I’m a… --- ## [Rick Reilly, Collin Kaepernick, Adoptees and Birth Mothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reilly-collin-kaepernick-adoptees-and-birth-mothers/649780)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reilly-collin-kaepernick-adoptees-and-birth-mothers/649780 "2013-02-13T18:36:34Z")
Inspired by this column that came out during Super Bowl week: Summary: as football fans already know, Colin Kaepernick, star quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, is adopted. His birth mother is white, his biologica… --- ## [I'm Pretty Sure I Just Saw Penn & Teller Royally Screw Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-penn-teller-royally-screw-up/694435)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-i-just-saw-penn-teller-royally-screw-up/694435 "2014-08-07T22:29:47Z")
Penn & Teller were on Late Night With Seth Meyers Monday night, just watched the episode on DVR. They did a card trick. Penn pulls a deck of cards from his pocket, Teller “shuffles” the cards, then asks Se… --- ## [Waiting for bar results fucking sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bar-results-fucking-sucks/426451)
**Author:** [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bar-results-fucking-sucks/426451 "2007-11-20T21:56:29Z")
California Bar results come out Friday. I’m freaking the hell out. The sedatives I’m taking are having miminal effect. Being in a courtroom everyday isn’t particularly helpful either, considering I’m constantly thinki… --- ## ["I call shotgun!": Do you know what this phrase means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shotgun-do-you-know-what-this-phrase-means/584951)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shotgun-do-you-know-what-this-phrase-means/584951 "2011-06-11T14:29:53Z")
I was shocked last night, more than I have ever been in my entire life, that my own mom had never ever heard of this phrase. Um…am I missing something? :confused: How, in 55 years of living, could she have never heard t… --- ## [High-end vs low-end cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-vs-low-end-cameras/752983)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-vs-low-end-cameras/752983 "2016-05-13T23:19:08Z")
AKA–overkill for basic circumstances. AKA #2–when is it enough? In this thread: Drum God is in a position of overkill–he uses a DSLR for simple, basic family photos. And yet he worries that he needs even more: filt… --- ## [Waking up before dawn with a feeling of doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-up-before-dawn-with-a-feeling-of-doom/171603)
**Author:** [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-up-before-dawn-with-a-feeling-of-doom/171603 "2003-05-01T03:10:13Z")
For the last couple of years I’ve had a problem with waking up before my alarm goes off with a horrible feeling of doom. Normally I fall back asleep in about five minutes and once I start my day I feel fine. I ususally c… --- ## [Political Compass #15: Protectionism is sometimes necessary in trade.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-15-protectionism-is-sometimes-necessary-in-trade/242072)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-15-protectionism-is-sometimes-necessary-in-trade/242072 "2004-04-28T02:25:57Z")
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 economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Story-songs (other than Alice's Restaurant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-songs-other-than-alices-restaurant/952802)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-songs-other-than-alices-restaurant/952802 "2021-10-27T16:40:58Z")
If the “similar topics” bot is to be believed, the last time someone did a thread like this was 20 years ago. There have been so many songs since then… I’m looking for recommendations of story-songs you like. What do I… --- ## [Student finds teacher hanging in classroom.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-finds-teacher-hanging-in-classroom/714045 "2015-03-08T00:39:11Z")
Placenta CA where life begins and ends. :rolleyes: WTH did this person off herself in school? I feel bad for the kids that found her. I’ve heard Hanging corpses can be particularly hideous. --- ## [How to get a cat to hold still](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-cat-to-hold-still/559450)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-cat-to-hold-still/559450 "2010-11-06T03:23:58Z")
I have this cat. I got her about 6 months ago and she’s very sweet and super-friendly, but she’s got a problem: stinky poo butt. She’s got fluffy medium-long black fur and she doesn’t clean her bits too well and often … --- ## [Cutting postal service by a day or two: So what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-postal-service-by-a-day-or-two-so-what/483504)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-postal-service-by-a-day-or-two-so-what/483504 "2009-02-01T19:08:47Z")
A big story on CNN is that the United States Postal Service is talking about cutting mail deliveries by one day a week due to plunging demand. This is spoken of in the sort of tone one might discuss the suggestion that … --- ## [Does "sin" really exist? I maintain there is no such thing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sin-really-exist-i-maintain-there-is-no-such-thing/601982)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sin-really-exist-i-maintain-there-is-no-such-thing/601982 "2011-11-14T01:24:21Z")
“Sin” is defined as a violation of a religious rule. But there are thousands of religions so there is no standard for this violation. Blasphemy is considered a “sin” by most religions but I consider it a duty. “Sin” i… --- ## [DNA test on "discarded" breathilyzer mouthpiece needs no warrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-test-on-discarded-breathilyzer-mouthpiece-needs-no-warrant/601500)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-test-on-discarded-breathilyzer-mouthpiece-needs-no-warrant/601500 "2011-11-04T19:42:25Z")
So says the California Court of Appeals, as reported by FourthAmendment.com. The actual opinion immediately analogizes the mouthpiece to other discarded items which have been taken and tested by police, such as soda ca… --- ## [Bestiality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestiality/65670)
**Author:** [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2001, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestiality/65670 "2001-05-29T08:05:49Z")
What is wrong with bestiality? Even in this board where I can say that I’m a two-headed half-martian half-black trisexual nymphomaniac ( not that there is anything wrong with it ) without anybody raising an eyebrow ( th… --- ## [Why is God even worthy of our worship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-even-worthy-of-our-worship/365455)
**Author:** [@LeftFootRightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeftFootRightFoot)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-even-worthy-of-our-worship/365455 "2006-07-25T16:19:58Z")
What kind of god would do this to their people (unless god doesn’t count Egyptians as people). Murdering all first-borns? Most of the Egyptians were probably living in poor conditions and hating the Pharoah for their… --- ## [What would happen if all the poor people left America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-all-the-poor-people-left-america/591934)
**Author:** [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-all-the-poor-people-left-america/591934 "2011-08-17T03:29:04Z")
What would happen if all the people at or under the poverty line somehow left or disappeared (let’s not worry about the logistics)? Let’s call it the poorest 20% of the population. This is obviously a significant numbe… --- ## [Jonathon Chance, you struck out on this one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathon-chance-you-struck-out-on-this-one/774551)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathon-chance-you-struck-out-on-this-one/774551 "2016-12-20T23:57:11Z")
Wow. Telling someone that they wrote an incoherent post is now grounds for a warning. This was uncalled for, Jonathon Chance. Please rescind it. --- ## [Ending death for most people in the United States is feasible. What's your excuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-death-for-most-people-in-the-united-states-is-feasible-whats-your-excuse/799268)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-death-for-most-people-in-the-united-states-is-feasible-whats-your-excuse/799268 "2017-10-29T14:41:17Z")
Here’s an article from MIT technology review, showing in clear detail an extraordinary effort to copy a tiny piece of rat cortex. Here’s what I conclude from this : a. The rat brain was completely preserved for this s… --- ## [I Pit a Woman over a Quarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-woman-over-a-quarter/479253)
**Author:** [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-woman-over-a-quarter/479253 "2009-01-03T09:51:25Z")
Yes, that’s right, over a quarter. 25 cents. Why? It’s the principle of the thing. Yesterday morning, I was running my errands, which included a stop at an ALDI grocery store. ALDI is a German company that brought over … --- ## [Gays and Lesbians, more affluent than average?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-and-lesbians-more-affluent-than-average/665221)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-and-lesbians-more-affluent-than-average/665221 "2013-08-06T14:18:35Z")
Has there been studies that show as a group, gay men and lesbian women are more affluent than the population as a whole in the Western World? The few Gays and Lesbians that I know seem to be the kind of people that work… --- ## [The Great American Bubble Machine - Matt Taibbi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-bubble-machine-matt-taibbi/501785)
**Author:** [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-bubble-machine-matt-taibbi/501785 "2009-07-08T11:09:14Z")
I’m a little surprised that this article in Rolling Stone has not received a mention, much less debate. While my knee jerk reaction to articles in Rolling Stone is to automatically pooh pooh them, this one could change … --- ## [Are secret government backdoors built into all chips today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-secret-government-backdoors-built-into-all-chips-today/500737)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-secret-government-backdoors-built-into-all-chips-today/500737 "2016-06-01T02:25:03Z")
Obviously if it were so no one would be talking, so maybe the question is how plausible is this possibility? Would independent reverse-engineerers have found anything like that, or does the scale and sheer complexity of … --- ## [So i decided to play Minecraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-decided-to-play-minecraft/962617)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-decided-to-play-minecraft/962617 "2024-01-25T01:39:20Z")
My pandemic project was to learn to play video games. I feel like there’s this whole new art form, and I’m illiterate, and wanted to learn to “read”. I tried a bunch of things, but ended up intrigued by Minecraft. It ha… --- ## [Can Trumpists ever be forgiven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trumpists-ever-be-forgiven/824965)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trumpists-ever-be-forgiven/824965 "2018-11-24T20:51:44Z")
One day, Mr. Trump will be long gone but most of his supporters, facilitators, various ‘fellow travelers’, and uncategorizable sycophants will remain. What Trump and the Greedy Old Plutocrats\* have done is unforgivable.… --- ## [Was the Democratic Party always such a spineless shitshow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-democratic-party-always-such-a-spineless-shitshow/836207)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-democratic-party-always-such-a-spineless-shitshow/836207 "2019-07-13T21:29:41Z")
Biden, particularly, is just another Hillary with a dick (one presumes) and no backbone, no vision whatsoever, just a thirst for power and an eagerness to sacrifice all of his values to the highest bidder. Nasty shit, th… --- ## [In-N-Out is OFFICIALLY the best fast-food chain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-n-out-is-officially-the-best-fast-food-chain/527712)
**Author:** [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-n-out-is-officially-the-best-fast-food-chain/527712 "2010-02-09T14:35:08Z")
Sandelman & Associates released its 2009 Quick-Track Awards of Excellence report, based on feedback from 90,000 customers ranking 140 U.S. fast-food chains on overall satisfaction, taste, speed, and value. In-N-Out Cap… --- ## [Central Park jogger case-- Two questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-park-jogger-case-two-questions/133230)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-park-jogger-case-two-questions/133230 "2002-12-12T00:48:59Z")
In 1989 there was a notorious rape case in which 5 teenagers were convicted of raping and beating a jogger in Central Park. There was no physical evidence linking them to the crime\[sup\]1\[/sup\], but they all confessed. N… --- ## [Guess Trump's weight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-trumps-weight/989013)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-trumps-weight/989013 "2024-01-13T07:31:08Z")
Trump will be weighed during his GA arrest, and in my understanding his weight will be on the public arrest report. What do you think his weight will be in lbs? My guess - 287 lbs. --- ## [Why were disposable items of the past so heavy-duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-disposable-items-of-the-past-so-heavy-duty/565338)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-disposable-items-of-the-past-so-heavy-duty/565338 "2010-12-30T15:21:35Z")
Yesterday, for the first time in a couple of years, I bought a box of Tic-Tacs. One of the first things I noticed was that the Tic-Tac container was made of much thinner clear plastic than in the past. The old man in m… --- ## [Men, ever fake an orgasm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-ever-fake-an-orgasm/616788)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-ever-fake-an-orgasm/616788 "2012-04-03T16:29:47Z")
I have. --- ## [Are anti-hunters especially outraged by female hunters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-anti-hunters-especially-outraged-by-female-hunters/717991)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-anti-hunters-especially-outraged-by-female-hunters/717991 "2015-04-23T22:15:04Z")
At least so it seems to me, given several such publicized controversies. Is it that men are dismissed as troglodytes anyway, but women don’t get that pass? --- ## [One for the Guys: Ever Get a Straight Edge Razor Shave from the Barber?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-guys-ever-get-a-straight-edge-razor-shave-from-the-barber/630915)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-guys-ever-get-a-straight-edge-razor-shave-from-the-barber/630915 "2012-08-13T04:20:56Z")
Got to thinking of the scene from \*\*Rounders \*\*where Matt Damon’s character just completed a marathon poker session and Ed Norton says, “I know what you need…” and then cut to a scene in a barber shop and Damon getting a… --- ## [TV commercials you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-commercials-you-hate/101780)
**Author:** [@Du\_Hast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Du_Hast)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-commercials-you-hate/101780 "2002-04-27T06:01:11Z")
I’ll go first. While, quite frankly, all TV commercials piss me off except for the Aflac duck ones, there are a few which anger me to no end: Those Dell commercials with that stoner kid. Why the fuck does everyone like… --- ## [Is this an anti-semetic cartoon or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-anti-semetic-cartoon-or-not/61744)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-anti-semetic-cartoon-or-not/61744 "2001-04-25T01:48:52Z")
For those of you who don’t know, Johnny Hart is a cartoonist who creates the comic strip B.C., which is, for the most part, about cavemen. Mr. Hart, however, is also an evangelical Christian, and sometimes (ironically in… --- ## [Your dumbest workplace rules/policies here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dumbest-workplace-rules-policies-here/416717)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dumbest-workplace-rules-policies-here/416717 "2007-08-27T16:02:50Z")
Management decided we had to improve a “customer satisfaction” statistic from surveys we collected from patients and other customers of our hospital. So they wanted us to show that we were willing to “go an extra mile” … --- ## [Cake, cake, cake! Need recipe help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-cake-cake-need-recipe-help/510828)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-cake-cake-need-recipe-help/510828 "2009-09-26T03:31:23Z")
Hey, I’m a pretty good cook, generally. Some things I can make quite well, where other things, I haven’t really done too much of. Cakes fall into this category. I’ve made some cake-like breads, which were yummy and good… --- ## [Waiting for it to Get Light in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429 "2020-03-03T00:47:45Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s a below freezing 28 degrees outside, the sun is just starting to come up. I woke up too early, damn bladder. The park is open from sunup to sundown, and so we are waiting to leave. The dogs are wh… --- ## [Taxes: a scale of moral views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-a-scale-of-moral-views/588078)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-a-scale-of-moral-views/588078 "2011-08-21T20:27:59Z")
ALL TAXES ARE ROBBERY. They are collected at the point of a sword. To a certain frame of mind, this is unconscionable coercion. Paying taxes to a progressive government is a necessary evil. Levying them oneself is a betr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1132&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1134&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)