# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1143&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:** 1144 --- ## [What would Nietzsche say to Ayn Rand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-nietzsche-say-to-ayn-rand/245002)
**Author:** [@dhsapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhsapiens)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-nietzsche-say-to-ayn-rand/245002 "2004-05-21T07:38:53Z")
Supposedly Neitzsche was a big fan of mathematical determinism, whereas Ayn was a big fan of free will. I wonder what they’d say to each other? --- ## [Redshirting Kids for Kindergarten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redshirting-kids-for-kindergarten/670392)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redshirting-kids-for-kindergarten/670392 "2015-12-08T20:43:44Z")
Hi fellow Dopers. So I came across this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/magazine/03kindergarten-t.html?pagewanted=all&\_r=1& That seems to advocate holding kids back a year before they start kindergarten. M… --- ## [Does (did?) Reform School actually exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-did-reform-school-actually-exist/671537)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-did-reform-school-actually-exist/671537 "2013-10-23T20:49:24Z")
Inspired by a recent thread in the Pit regarding “zero tolerance” in public school disciplinary systems, I was thinking back to my own childhood. Back then, there was a vague-ish threat that sufficiently serious misbeha… --- ## [Are Fat Squirrels A Sign Of Something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fat-squirrels-a-sign-of-something/604822)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fat-squirrels-a-sign-of-something/604822 "2011-12-03T01:42:00Z")
I live in Lincoln Park in Chicago and on my way home yesterday afternoon, I saw two of the biggest, fattest squirrels I’ve ever seen. OK I’m willing to admit, they could be fluffy and not fat, but still they looked huge. … --- ## [Okay then, how about Elton John vs. the Beatles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-how-about-elton-john-vs-the-beatles/546641)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-how-about-elton-john-vs-the-beatles/546641 "2010-07-15T04:13:25Z")
According to Wiki, Elton John’s record includes seven number one albums in a row, 56 Top 40 singles, five Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe award and a Tony award. He has has sold over 250 million records i… --- ## [Kerry Shooting Himself in the Foot Already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-shooting-himself-in-the-foot-already/258063)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-shooting-himself-in-the-foot-already/258063 "2004-08-05T17:52:51Z")
So, what do you do when you’re in a bind? You’ve got a far-left base behind you who is convinced that you’ll run from Iraq and suddenly peace will break out around the world. On the other hand, you have the undecideds … --- ## [Clinton v Trump: How did it end up like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-how-did-it-end-up-like-this/763968)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-how-did-it-end-up-like-this/763968 "2016-09-11T21:02:43Z")
Is it really a case of The only person Clinton could beat is Trump and the only person Trump could beat is Clinton? The heir-presumptive Hillary had no one running against her except a left-wing pseudo Democrat that act… --- ## [Latin America: why nobody cares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-america-why-nobody-cares/577613)
**Author:** [@pinguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinguin)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-america-why-nobody-cares/577613 "2011-04-11T15:18:55Z")
I wonder why in the english-speaking people and media is so little curiousity and knowledge about Latin America. It is just that I am wrong in thinking that only when something tragic happens (natural disasters, guerril… --- ## [Do you look both ways when the light turns green before you go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-both-ways-when-the-light-turns-green-before-you-go/738033)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-both-ways-when-the-light-turns-green-before-you-go/738033 "2015-12-11T04:05:16Z")
I just read an article about a local l19-year-old girl who was killed in a car accident last weekend. She was making a left turn onto a 4-lane divided highway. She proceeded to make her left turn when the light turned … --- ## [Partridge Family from hell at Cottonwood Arizona Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partridge-family-from-hell-at-cottonwood-arizona-walmart/715907)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partridge-family-from-hell-at-cottonwood-arizona-walmart/715907 "2015-04-15T13:11:14Z")
Showdown at Cottonwood Arizona. Sounds like a movie John Wayne might have made. :stuck\_out\_tongue: A family band of Buskers - Matthew 24 were behind the throw down. 8 cops injured, one cop shot in the leg. One busk… --- ## [Bad movies from good books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-from-good-books/573612)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movies-from-good-books/573612 "2011-03-11T19:23:28Z")
What is it with making everything old into something new and “edgy”? A case in point:this is not your father’s whaling book. :rolleyes: --- ## [Religions older than Judaism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religions-older-than-judaism/119094)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religions-older-than-judaism/119094 "2002-07-22T00:37:40Z")
What religions are older than Judaism? Were there any middle eastern/mesopotamian flourishing by the time the Hebrews came around? When did the Jews come around, and when was Genesis written? It seems like a lot of que… --- ## [Products that are no longer advertised on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-that-are-no-longer-advertised-on-tv/617176)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-that-are-no-longer-advertised-on-tv/617176 "2012-03-31T11:12:36Z")
When I was a kid growing up in the 1970s, it seems the most famous (or at least distinctive to my brain) TV commercials were the various canned tuna commercials (Starkist, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea), hot dog commerc… --- ## [Calling baby boys "little man"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-baby-boys-little-man/493313)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-baby-boys-little-man/493313 "2015-05-11T00:35:08Z")
On the pregnancy and parenting boards I visit, I have been seeing more and more people refer to their young or unborn sons as their “little man”, and I have to say I find something about it really unappealing. Infant gi… --- ## [Class Warfare is ON, baby!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-warfare-is-on-baby/294015)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-warfare-is-on-baby/294015 "2005-03-18T02:46:53Z")
Are we in a class war? As the old saying goes: Once is an incidence You’ll remember that the first thing the Bush Administration did when they took office is push a law through Congress that gave a huge tax break to t… --- ## [Why do my tires lose pressure in really cold weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-tires-lose-pressure-in-really-cold-weather/480035)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-tires-lose-pressure-in-really-cold-weather/480035 "2009-01-06T19:44:19Z")
\*\* & why don’t the friggin’ air pumps at the gas stations work??!!!\*\* As some of you may know, Saskatchewan has been going through a period of extended low temperatures (-30 C) for the past month or so. Since that star… --- ## [Debunk "Jews came to America in 1000 BC"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-jews-came-to-america-in-1000-bc/548114)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-jews-came-to-america-in-1000-bc/548114 "2010-07-28T16:52:28Z")
I have a friend who is a great guy otherwise, but is a total 6-day creationist and believes some of the biggest twaddle I’ve ever heard. His contention is that everyone is biased and interpreting evidence to suit their p… --- ## [Fred Phelps is dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dead/684169)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dead/684169 "2014-03-23T14:41:59Z")
Link from the CBC. --- ## [First the truthers, then the birthers, now the third termers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-the-truthers-then-the-birthers-now-the-third-termers/642221)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-the-truthers-then-the-birthers-now-the-third-termers/642221 "2012-11-28T14:21:44Z")
I’ve heard it rattling around the nut-o-sphere, and now here. Is this going to take off like the other conspiracy theories? I think it might, but unlike the other two, it should be pretty easy to debunk (we just need, … --- ## [A Question About The Navajo "Code Talkers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-navajo-code-talkers/555715)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-navajo-code-talkers/555715 "2010-10-03T20:03:53Z")
I just finished reading a fascinating book about the “code talkers”. In brief, the US Army decided that a secure way for battlefield troops to communicate (in the fierce battles against the Japanese), would be to used s… --- ## [The Death of Conservatism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-conservatism/509508)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-conservatism/509508 "2009-10-09T13:29:14Z")
Has the conservative movement exhausted itself, and marginalized itself by letting radicals take over? That’s the argument Sam Tanenhaus (famous as the biographer of Whitaker Chambers) makes in his new book, and in this… --- ## [Why is the dog in Family Circus called "Barfy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-dog-in-family-circus-called-barfy/516845)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-dog-in-family-circus-called-barfy/516845 "2009-11-10T05:06:13Z")
Does it have anything to do with vomit? --- ## [Euphemisms for "very drunk"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-very-drunk/606092)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-very-drunk/606092 "2011-12-15T21:44:35Z")
Lately, I’ve been using “twisted” In the past, I’ve used: ripped demolished toasted destroyed f’d up wrecked Yours? --- ## [Pass The Turkey, Eh? A (Canadian)Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pass-the-turkey-eh-a-canadian-thanksgiving-mmp/972997)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pass-the-turkey-eh-a-canadian-thanksgiving-mmp/972997 "2022-10-17T07:10:09Z")
Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian Mumpers, happy Indigenous Peoples Day to our Native American/First Nations Mumpers, and Happy Puck Drop Week to any other NHL fans out there. I do get mistaken for Canadian a lot. Som… --- ## [Eagles or wind power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagles-or-wind-power/610257)
**Author:** [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagles-or-wind-power/610257 "2012-01-23T07:12:16Z")
For the last year or more, some citizens in my area have been fighting a proposed wind farm, with accusations of nefarious tactics on both sides. I’ve pretty much been of the opinion that we can’t get all NIMBY about thi… --- ## [Killer Whales are a type of Dolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-are-a-type-of-dolphin/715564)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-are-a-type-of-dolphin/715564 "2015-04-01T17:15:02Z")
Over in this thread about Heinlein, a weird discussion broke out about dolphins. Granted, it’s a random hodgepodge of a thread wandering around the topic rather wildly. Nevertheless, the dolphin discussion seems just a… --- ## [Time to pit former sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. of Arapahoe County, CO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-former-sheriff-patrick-j-sullivan-jr-of-arapahoe-county-co/604650)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-former-sheriff-patrick-j-sullivan-jr-of-arapahoe-county-co/604650 "2012-04-12T00:43:42Z")
What can you say? Patrick J. Sullivan was sheriff of the year in 2001. He even had a jail in Arapahoe County, CO named after him. Now he is sitting in that jail. Why? http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/former-sherif… --- ## [Y'know, I could really go for 100 Slim Jims about now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yknow-i-could-really-go-for-100-slim-jims-about-now/625584)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yknow-i-could-really-go-for-100-slim-jims-about-now/625584 "2012-06-24T09:10:02Z")
Why the hell did I buy this box of 100 Slim Jims at Costco? I mean, I do like the occasional Slim Jim, but I really didn’t need 100 of them. It’s inevitable that at some point or another I’m going to be on the couch wi… --- ## [A football rules question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-rules-question/559868)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-rules-question/559868 "2010-11-10T13:58:20Z")
Probably an easy question but I realized I don’t know the answer. Is there a rule prohibiting a team from calling two timeouts in a row? --- ## [The final show aside, what was the absolute worst thing any of the Seinfeld crew did?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-show-aside-what-was-the-absolute-worst-thing-any-of-the-seinfeld-crew-did/542757)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-show-aside-what-was-the-absolute-worst-thing-any-of-the-seinfeld-crew-did/542757 "2010-06-13T00:30:45Z")
Besides the final show, between Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer over the course of the entire series what was the most profound ethical and moral lapse any one character had re something they did? --- ## [Tamales? Delicious Holiday treat or kill the evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tamales-delicious-holiday-treat-or-kill-the-evil/606935)
**Author:** [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tamales-delicious-holiday-treat-or-kill-the-evil/606935 "2011-12-27T23:51:03Z")
I’m very So. Cal., but I never thought tamales were totally unknown. Have they become known in your life time? Still don’t know what they are? Think they come wrapped in wax paper in a can? --- ## [Did the Squirrel Try to KILL Me, or Was This Coincidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-squirrel-try-to-kill-me-or-was-this-coincidence/316584)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-squirrel-try-to-kill-me-or-was-this-coincidence/316584 "2018-09-03T11:23:56Z")
I went out onto the porch for a smoke yesterday evening. There was a squirrel perched on top of the squirrel feeder, one I did not recognize. Though I crept to my chair slowly and quietly, he thought I was a threat and d… --- ## [Are the best villains Lawful Evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-best-villains-lawful-evil/699262)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-best-villains-lawful-evil/699262 "2015-01-14T22:33:41Z")
In D&D parlance, a “lawful evil” character is one who believes an orderly society/hierarchy/organization is the best, most efficient means to achieving his or her nefarious goals. Some examples include Darth Vader and M… --- ## [Tonya Harding, 20 years later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonya-harding-20-years-later/678063)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonya-harding-20-years-later/678063 "2014-01-17T19:54:51Z")
Wow. http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/tonya-harding-says-media-spotlight-sank-her-nancy-140212293--abc-news-celebrities.html?vp=1 --- ## [ICD-10. A new endurance test for doctors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icd-10-a-new-endurance-test-for-doctors/726295)
**Author:** [@MmeRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MmeRose)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icd-10-a-new-endurance-test-for-doctors/726295 "2015-08-03T00:55:37Z")
Has everyone had the opportunity to sample the ICD10 (international classification of diseases) which will soon replace the current idiocy (ICD9, oddly enough) mandated for physician billing? Specific codes are the aim,… --- ## [What amuses you about different languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-amuses-you-about-different-languages/496692)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-amuses-you-about-different-languages/496692 "2009-05-25T10:44:10Z")
Today I was waiting for the bus and started thinking about my favorite thing about Bulgarian - its word order is not completely unlike the way Yoda speaks. It really tickles me to say stuff like “tired I am” and “weathe… --- ## [Would you give money to a panhandler who...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-money-to-a-panhandler-who/547806)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-money-to-a-panhandler-who/547806 "2010-08-04T13:52:56Z")
… was doing a crossword puzzle and smoking a cigarette, relying on a small sign that said “homeless and hungry” to do all the work for her? 20something young woman, not unattractive, definitely grimy, and as above. --- ## [Why is the board's clock running two minutes slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-boards-clock-running-two-minutes-slow/737139)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-boards-clock-running-two-minutes-slow/737139 "2016-03-01T23:31:07Z")
For the last several weeks, the timestamps on posts have been 1-2 minutes behind the rest of the world. I’ve tried synchronizing my computer’s clock to match the board clock, but Windows keeps resetting it. Any chance … --- ## [Different races DO have different ways of speaking even with the same accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-races-do-have-different-ways-of-speaking-even-with-the-same-accent/692144)
**Author:** [@ContentWithTomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ContentWithTomorrow)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-races-do-have-different-ways-of-speaking-even-with-the-same-accent/692144 "2014-07-02T23:34:21Z")
here’s been a lot of debate about this. Apparently some people believe that their is no difference in way of speaking between different races of people who grow up in the same enviroment. Others disagree and say that ev… --- ## [Roe vs Wade----Overturned goes back to the states? Are you sure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roe-vs-wade-overturned-goes-back-to-the-states-are-you-sure/333797)
**Author:** [@ombre3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ombre3)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roe-vs-wade-overturned-goes-back-to-the-states-are-you-sure/333797 "2005-12-06T08:23:48Z")
All I ever hear is that if Roe vs Wade is overturned very little will change. Each state will determine abortion and most states will be pro-choice. So no great problemo right? A little annoyance maybe. I am no lawye… --- ## [Who killed Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jesus/117187)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jesus/117187 "2002-07-17T02:33:07Z")
The “Staff Report: Who killed Jesus” has generated considerable discussion in the forum COMMENTS ON STAFF REPORTS, here: “Who killed Jesus?” In this instance, there is a fine line between comments on the staff report, w… --- ## [You Subhuman Savages (Iraq Rant Ahead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-subhuman-savages-iraq-rant-ahead/239055)
**Author:** [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-subhuman-savages-iraq-rant-ahead/239055 "2004-04-15T23:28:38Z")
This evening, we were treated to horrific images on the evening news. Three Japanese nationals, aid workers, kidnapped by Iraqi “insurgents” and terrorized during the filming of a propagandist “ransom” video. These peo… --- ## [The GOP is the party of Authoritarian Bullies and Gaslighting now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943)
**Author:** [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943 "2019-04-27T07:07:48Z")
I originally posted this in the Elections thread on the Mueller Report. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21598778&postcount=651 Oddly no conservatives/Trump defenders replied or tried to dispute any … --- ## [Lost 1.7 "The Moth" (Non-hidden SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-7-the-moth-non-hidden-spoilers/272864)
**Author:** [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-7-the-moth-non-hidden-spoilers/272864 "2004-11-08T05:35:02Z")
Greetings, castaways. Ready for another hour of trickery, obfuscation and legerdemain from Abrams & Co.? It’s Charlie’s flashback week, Dominic Monaghan fans. What might we see? I’m hoping for DriveSHAFT live, a look at… --- ## [Where can I get a 'mad scientist' lab coat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-mad-scientist-lab-coat/578961)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-mad-scientist-lab-coat/578961 "2011-04-20T01:00:04Z")
I’ve always wanted a lab coat like this. Where can I get one? From my link, obviously. But I’m not entirely sure that is an article of apparel, I don’t know what L$ is, and US$1.16 doesn’t sound right. Heck, that’s t… --- ## [What Did Your Parents Teach You About Masturbation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-your-parents-teach-you-about-masturbation/683999)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-your-parents-teach-you-about-masturbation/683999 "2014-03-22T18:18:22Z")
A couple of masturbation threads in IMHO got me to thinking about this topic? As for me, my sex education consisted of Mammahomie handing me a book about boys & puberty and tried her damndest to avoid the subject entire… --- ## [Temp. to burn teeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-to-burn-teeth/9303)
**Author:** [@Steve-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve-o)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-to-burn-teeth/9303 "2017-01-24T15:00:09Z")
Does anyone know at what minimum temperature teeth will burn? Things are random only insofar as we don’t understand them. --- ## [What is going on in California (re: minimum wage)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-california-re-minimum-wage/545292)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-california-re-minimum-wage/545292 "2010-07-08T02:19:07Z")
Apparently Schwarzernegger has ordered that all state employees be payed minimum wage for the next month, apart from those who are exempt from minimum wage laws such as doctors, who will be payed nothing. Apparently, th… --- ## [Student has been in college for 12 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-has-been-in-college-for-12-years/330567)
**Author:** [@PinkShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkShoes)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-has-been-in-college-for-12-years/330567 "2005-11-13T09:16:47Z")
12 year college student I saw this article and was thinking about myself. I have been in college for 4 years with no degree to show for it. I go to community college and I’ve completed 70 units. At community college yo… --- ## [giant rocks falling from the sky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rocks-falling-from-the-sky/567888)
**Author:** [@meldiocre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meldiocre)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-rocks-falling-from-the-sky/567888 "2011-01-18T22:02:59Z")
so i just saw ‘deep impact’ about 13 years late, and i thought it was tremendous. emotional performances, pretty good effects, the works. then i got to thinking hey, instead of blowing up the giant rock of doom, why not … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1142&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1144&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)