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**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-suspect-product-shills-on-the-board/522892 "2010-01-06T01:39:09Z")
I have to admit, now that the boards are googleable, whenever I read a thread asking about a certain product or service, or complaining about some defect, and a previously unknown name with a recent register date pops up… --- ## [720p vs 1080p projector -- noticeable difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-vs-1080p-projector-noticeable-difference/690965)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-vs-1080p-projector-noticeable-difference/690965 "2014-06-19T07:51:32Z")
I’m considering a digital projector (for movies and gaming) in the near future, but I’m finding it hard to choose between a 720p and a 1080p model. I understand the theoretical relationship between viewing distance and D… --- ## [Where is the highest elevated McDonalds located?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397 "2012-01-16T01:49:48Z")
I’m talking about an open, running McD’s. Not the one located in La Paz, Bolivia (which was 11,800 feet above sea level), because that one is closed. --- ## [I'm sorry, how is this worth a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-how-is-this-worth-a-warning/532386)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-how-is-this-worth-a-warning/532386 "2010-03-17T18:50:06Z")
I started a thread titled WANT and linked to a cuckoo clock designed after a scene in The Shining. I’ve done these threads before, with no moderator intervention. Gary Wombat Robinson changed the title of the thread to … --- ## [Where the protagonist's love interest's boyfriend isn't a complete douche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-protagonists-love-interests-boyfriend-isnt-a-complete-douche/530828)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-protagonists-love-interests-boyfriend-isnt-a-complete-douche/530828 "2010-03-05T05:01:06Z")
It’s a common theme in movies. The hero meets a sweet girl and falls in love with her, but then he finds out that she has a boyfriend. He meets the boyfriend, and the bf turns out to be a jealous asshole who threatens th… --- ## [People don't do Elfie for their kids. They do it to impress friends on Facebook.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-dont-do-elfie-for-their-kids-they-do-it-to-impress-friends-on-facebook/644182)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-dont-do-elfie-for-their-kids-they-do-it-to-impress-friends-on-facebook/644182 "2012-12-21T07:40:37Z")
This Elfie phenomenon has over taken Facebook and it’s annoying as fuck. What started as some sort of cute thing to do for your kid has turned into daily updates from about 100 different people on the latest clever/cute… --- ## [You A Gifted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-a-gifted/593859)
**Author:** [@THE\_REAL\_GIFTED](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THE_REAL_GIFTED)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-a-gifted/593859 "2011-09-10T21:52:07Z")
An Intellectually Gifted Individual? Just to be a bit more formal. Because everyone is Gifted, some people open their packages earlier than others! I’m talking about A Gifted. Intellectually Gifted, Intellectual Giftedn… --- ## [Batting order in baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batting-order-in-baseball/634523)
**Author:** [@Molesworth\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molesworth_2)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batting-order-in-baseball/634523 "2013-02-15T20:57:28Z")
I was reading a thread elsewhere about baseball earlier, and someone was saying that some NY Yankees player had been shafted by continually being given the third or fourth slot. Might have been that “A-Rod” guy. I don’t … --- ## [Hooray for partisan idiocy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-partisan-idiocy/410186)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-for-partisan-idiocy/410186 "2007-07-04T23:05:43Z")
\*\*Quartz \*\* asks if anyone can recommend a right-wing equivalent to the SDMB. How many posts before someone comes in with a moronic “hurr hurr righties are morons” post? That would be one. How many cheap pointless shots… --- ## [The gun violence debate we're not having](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gun-violence-debate-were-not-having/800937)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gun-violence-debate-were-not-having/800937 "2017-11-12T12:46:30Z")
Most arguments around gun control tend to revolve around access to guns. But historically, that’s not the only way we’ve fought gun violence. During the 90s, there was a concerted effort by many cities and states to redu… --- ## [The hardest you've ever laughed in your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-youve-ever-laughed-in-your-life/67241)
**Author:** [@felix\_penfold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/felix_penfold)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-youve-ever-laughed-in-your-life/67241 "2001-09-06T20:50:10Z")
I was looking back at the times in my life when I have loudly, uncontrollably, bladder-releasingly, thought-I might-die laughed. Most have to do with seeing other people unexpectedly fall down. I even start to smile and … --- ## [I broke 12.5 years of sobriety. (Update)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-12-5-years-of-sobriety-update/568908)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-12-5-years-of-sobriety-update/568908 "2011-02-02T07:58:55Z")
Original thread. After much consideration I decided to post an update. I have toughened my skin and I am prepaired for what anyone has to say. I know all to well that this subjct is painfull and deep for many. I was i… --- ## [US Employment Law: can an employer give fewer than 2 work-weeks of vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-employment-law-can-an-employer-give-fewer-than-2-work-weeks-of-vacation/531289)
**Author:** [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-employment-law-can-an-employer-give-fewer-than-2-work-weeks-of-vacation/531289 "2010-03-11T04:46:06Z")
I’m a frequent reader of The Daily WTF, and today they had an entry that absolutely floored me: Is this actually legal in the US? I thought that 2 weeks vacation was mandatory in the US. Can they actually get aroun… --- ## [Make Science a Religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-science-a-religion/514857)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-science-a-religion/514857 "2009-11-03T00:22:49Z")
Okay, I know this flies in the face of everything science stands for. Science is about embracing change when new evidence comes to light (ideally). Religion, resists change to the point of wars waged in its name. This w… --- ## [Is There A Problem With Canadian Human Rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-canadian-human-rights/597540)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-canadian-human-rights/597540 "2012-07-21T13:04:16Z")
This thread brought to mind a problem that I’ve wrestled with for years - is human rights legislation written in such a way that it is too broad and open to abuse? Here’s a tiny bit o’ background on yours truly for cont… --- ## [Favorite non-anthropomorphic cartoon animal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-anthropomorphic-cartoon-animal/814487)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-anthropomorphic-cartoon-animal/814487 "2018-05-26T17:44:05Z")
What’s your favorite non-anthropomorphic cartoon animal? Mine would have to be either Tom or Jerry. --- ## [I hate cover bands!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-cover-bands/75308)
**Author:** [@horhay\_achoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horhay_achoa)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-cover-bands/75308 "2001-08-08T01:38:22Z")
I hate cover bands. I am in a band that plays mostly original music and it is so hard to get a decent fan base because so many people hang out in these bars that are known for cover bands. The bands suck, and the bars su… --- ## ['You're welcome' in Japanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-welcome-in-japanese/708375)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-welcome-in-japanese/708375 "2015-01-03T05:48:44Z")
I spoke Japanese when I was a small child, but it’s been a loooooooong time since I was a child of any sort; let alone a small one! I was taught that ‘You’re welcome’ is Doo itashimashite. As foreigners, we may have be… --- ## [The Big Bang: The t=-1 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-the-t-1-question/460051)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-the-t-1-question/460051 "2008-08-17T18:23:05Z")
There’s a GD thread about God, origins, etc. Stated in that thread is that it’s ludicrous to talk about what existed before the big bang since that’s “before time began”. I think it is reasonable to talk about so some … --- ## [Is it true that we cannot reproduce with certain pygmy tribes in Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-we-cannot-reproduce-with-certain-pygmy-tribes-in-africa/88787)
**Author:** [@bmerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmerton)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-we-cannot-reproduce-with-certain-pygmy-tribes-in-africa/88787 "2001-10-23T22:43:03Z")
I heard recently that certain pymgy tribes have evolved such a different genetic structure that it is no longer possible for other ‘humans’ to reproduce with them. Is it true? If it is, does this not raise serious ethica… --- ## [Alcoholic Drinks/Shots that taste like food items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-drinks-shots-that-taste-like-food-items/327668)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-drinks-shots-that-taste-like-food-items/327668 "2014-01-11T21:13:21Z")
Please add more to this list if you have them… Chocolate Cake shot - 2/3 vodka topped with 1/3 Frangelico - Both Chilled Lemon wedge with sugar sprinkled on it Suck the lemon and then do the shot. It tastes just l… --- ## [Charles Manson taken to Hospital.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-taken-to-hospital/776282)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-taken-to-hospital/776282 "2017-01-08T16:44:11Z")
2016 didn’t get Charlie. Maybe 2017 will. This could be welcome news for his victim’s families. --- ## [Straight Dope Armed Insurrection Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-armed-insurrection-thread/91728)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-armed-insurrection-thread/91728 "2001-11-12T18:43:45Z")
This place has got a lot of rules. It’s got a lot of rules and regulations. Well let me tell you Mr. Rules and regulations, there comes a time when in the course of human affairs it becomes incumbent upon the people to… --- ## [What exactly happened ~10,000 years ago that converted the nomadic existence to the farming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happened-10-000-years-ago-that-converted-the-nomadic-existence-to-the-farming/844177)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happened-10-000-years-ago-that-converted-the-nomadic-existence-to-the-farming/844177 "2019-12-13T04:23:50Z")
Development of city-states etc. Accumulation and strorage of all sorts of things. Then comes the need for military to protect said things. --- ## [A futuristic oxygen storage system for space suits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-futuristic-oxygen-storage-system-for-space-suits/643105)
**Author:** [@s0meguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/s0meguy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-futuristic-oxygen-storage-system-for-space-suits/643105 "2023-10-08T15:30:21Z")
In science fiction, you often see people walking around on atmosphere-less planets and in space in spacesuits that look like armor, without the huge oxygen tanks that astronauts have to carry around today. So I’m wonderi… --- ## [Hobby Lobby's birth control fight goes to the SCOTUS. Your predictions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-lobbys-birth-control-fight-goes-to-the-scotus-your-predictions/684393)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-lobbys-birth-control-fight-goes-to-the-scotus-your-predictions/684393 "2014-07-02T01:11:12Z")
Linky So which way do you think the court will lean? So far, I haven’t seen a very good case being made from their legal team. --- ## [If you had to pick the iconic American landscape, what would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-the-iconic-american-landscape-what-would-it-be/701386)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-the-iconic-american-landscape-what-would-it-be/701386 "2014-10-18T05:19:47Z")
Let’s say you were an art director and you had to chose a single static nature shot that had to represent the idea of America, what would you choose? The shot has to be one of nature with no or minimal signs of human con… --- ## [Threatening Legal Action Gets You Banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatening-legal-action-gets-you-banned/694881)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatening-legal-action-gets-you-banned/694881 "2014-08-09T01:37:32Z")
So it is said in this post. Not that I am in any way sad to see the guy go, but is this a generally known thing? I had not heard of this before. --- ## [Necessary to use turn signal in left turn only lane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necessary-to-use-turn-signal-in-left-turn-only-lane/59871)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necessary-to-use-turn-signal-in-left-turn-only-lane/59871 "2001-03-29T02:57:43Z")
The situation: A four-lane road, two lanes going east and two lanes going west. I’m driving eastbound. As I approach a traffic light, the lefthand lane branches off into a left-turn-only lane. I use my turn signal to ind… --- ## [The Hobbit: A tale in three parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-a-tale-in-three-parts/629861)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-a-tale-in-three-parts/629861 "2012-08-02T02:09:47Z")
Just announced by Peter Jackson, the Hobbit will now be a trilogy, based on all the footage they’ve filmed. I’m sure it’ll be another $300 expense for our family, once the movie tickets, Happy Meals, and Über boxed set … --- ## [The Most You've Drunk In One Night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-youve-drunk-in-one-night/602645)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-youve-drunk-in-one-night/602645 "2011-11-14T15:36:07Z")
Firstly, this is just a poll and not a competition for this weekend. I’m not recommending drinking heavily. Secondly be aware that your liver needs time to heal between sessions, so binge drinking Thursday, Friday and Sa… --- ## [Office(s) - April 9, 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-s-april-9-2009/492600)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-s-april-9-2009/492600 "2009-04-12T19:38:10Z")
Two solid episodes, I think. It almost feels like a new season because so much has changed. --- ## [From space, North Dakota's resource management looks pretty crappy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-space-north-dakotas-resource-management-looks-pretty-crappy/653335)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-space-north-dakotas-resource-management-looks-pretty-crappy/653335 "2013-03-23T06:07:02Z")
This article shows the damning photo right up top: From here: I realize there is an oil boom going on, but is it possible that this resource could be managed in such a way that a massive amount of energy resource is … --- ## [Sarbanes-Oxley can be used to charge a private citizen with a federal crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarbanes-oxley-can-be-used-to-charge-a-private-citizen-with-a-federal-crime/722001)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarbanes-oxley-can-be-used-to-charge-a-private-citizen-with-a-federal-crime/722001 "2015-06-15T16:49:09Z")
The friend of the Tsarnaev brothers is being charged with a federal crime for violating Sarbanes-Oxley because he cleared his browser history on his private computer, even though he was not under investigation at the tim… --- ## [Hi! I'm new.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new/639674)
**Author:** [@Plebianangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plebianangel)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new/639674 "2012-11-07T15:00:17Z")
So my BFF told me about this site so I followed her over. I’m from WI and work in a cubicle farm. I’m 37. I have two cats, Jake and Roland. I’m a Superwholockian. I’m into anime and manga also. So hello, everyone! --- ## [My Sociology of Sports Textbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sociology-of-sports-textbook/712234)
**Author:** [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sociology-of-sports-textbook/712234 "2015-02-13T15:32:02Z")
My textbook frequently states and reiterates that sports are (in some part) a tool that men use to supress and opress women. A lot of what I’m reading seems to be heavilly opinionated and unsubstantiated. What do you guy… --- ## [Who's Your Straight Dope Twin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-straight-dope-twin/306498 "2005-06-04T14:40:06Z")
Along the way I have learned that Shirley Ujest and I are born on the exact same day (November 27, 1966). Anybody else want to find their Straight Dope twin? --- ## [The Actual Theory, the Big Bang, Nonsense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-actual-theory-the-big-bang-nonsense/603960)
**Author:** [@Untoward\_Parable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Untoward_Parable)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-actual-theory-the-big-bang-nonsense/603960 "2011-11-28T05:15:48Z")
So I’ve been mildly interested in the big bang theory for awhile now. (The actual theory not the stupid show) a lot of what the cosmology establishment say these days about other dimensions and dark matter and finite tim… --- ## [Do I always have the right to remain silent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-always-have-the-right-to-remain-silent/597778)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-always-have-the-right-to-remain-silent/597778 "2012-01-07T18:29:16Z")
Whenever someone is arrested on TV, they always get read their Miranda warning. However, do I have similar rights before I’m arrested. Just suppose #1: I’m an architecture student and I’m taking pictures of the Brookly… --- ## [Thanks for the great app, ebay (assholes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-great-app-ebay-assholes/552201)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-great-app-ebay-assholes/552201 "2010-09-01T23:10:56Z")
I got this new app from eBay for my iphone, so I could watch stuff I was trying to buy when I’m not sitting at my computer. I had a bid out for a CD today, an album I’ve been trying to get ahold of for about 10 years no… --- ## [Reincarnation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation/221716)
**Author:** [@Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Question)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation/221716 "2004-01-04T21:22:31Z")
please look at my thread in General Questions titled… “Quantum Matter Influence on Normal Matter” … is there any logical inconsistency to my theory of reincarnation? i experienced what i believe to be a past life under … --- ## [All those Illegitimate Breeding Machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-those-illegitimate-breeding-machines/203199)
**Author:** [@Alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alien)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-those-illegitimate-breeding-machines/203199 "2003-11-14T11:02:32Z")
The topic of this thread is illegitimate breeding machines, and the background for the discussion (pitting) is Daisy Cutter’s post in this thread in GD: I’m not taking on Daisy Cutter, I’m just wondering: aren’t poor… --- ## [What does the word 'literally' mean in metaphors and similes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-literally-mean-in-metaphors-and-similes/381123)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-literally-mean-in-metaphors-and-similes/381123 "2006-11-26T04:03:22Z")
As far as can make up these days it seems standard for most people to say ‘We were literally packed in like sardines.’ This grates my ears and will always be considered wrong to me. But it seems like the majority of pe… --- ## [Is this a "Pit comment"? second try](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-pit-comment-second-try/632058)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-pit-comment-second-try/632058 "2012-08-25T22:24:26Z")
Link " all the Obama-haters here recently, the unreasoning, largely racist but wholly irrational and unhinged people . . . " To me it’s a dead-accurate characterization of a certain type who harbors an irrational, larg… --- ## [Why do women hold folded toilet paper, not leaving it on the roll, when using a public toilet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-hold-folded-toilet-paper-not-leaving-it-on-the-roll-when-using-a-public-toilet/651540)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-hold-folded-toilet-paper-not-leaving-it-on-the-roll-when-using-a-public-toilet/651540 "2013-03-05T20:47:51Z")
See subject. It’s my impression, in general. Also at home? I don’t believe men do at all. Do not ask where and how I’ve come to these conclusions. --- ## [South Africa who does the land belong to? Natives Land Act of 1913](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-who-does-the-land-belong-to-natives-land-act-of-1913/729013)
**Author:** [@ryu238](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryu238)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-who-does-the-land-belong-to-natives-land-act-of-1913/729013 "2015-08-30T07:56:55Z")
According to this guy, whites: http://mikesmithspoliticalcommentary.blogspot.de/2011/06/opening-pandoras-apartheid-box-part-32.html Liar. http://www.nativevillage.org/Editorials/Ancient%20Human%20Metropolis%20Found%2… --- ## [2010 FIFA World Cup Bracket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981)
**Author:** [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981 "2010-07-14T14:09:03Z")
I am starting this thread to see if there is any interest in an SDMB World Cup Bracket challenge. The bracket set up on yahoo is very user friendly and would support everyone who’s interested. I will set up a group for… --- ## [Why the "placemats" next to the beds in European hotel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-placemats-next-to-the-beds-in-european-hotel/732506)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-placemats-next-to-the-beds-in-european-hotel/732506 "2015-09-27T16:00:50Z")
We’re staying in a very nice hotel in Florence. Each day when the maids make up the room, we find a nicely folded, uh, placemat/napkin next to the bed. Later in the day, when they come to do the turndown service, the m… --- ## [Where are you supposed to sit to wait to make a left hand turn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-supposed-to-sit-to-wait-to-make-a-left-hand-turn/711373)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-supposed-to-sit-to-wait-to-make-a-left-hand-turn/711373 "2015-02-02T22:55:43Z")
So somebody tell me either I’m the crazy one or everyone else in my town is crazy. To take a left off a divided highway onto a side street where are you supposed to stop your car? I’ve made this sketch to demonstrate. … --- ## [Can you still call yourself (in good faith) a lesbian even if you lead a heterosexual lifestyle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-call-yourself-in-good-faith-a-lesbian-even-if-you-lead-a-heterosexual-lifestyle/694453)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-call-yourself-in-good-faith-a-lesbian-even-if-you-lead-a-heterosexual-lifestyle/694453 "2014-08-04T19:51:45Z")
Per this article if a women willingly pursues a heterosexual lifestyle do they have to give up identifying as a lesbian? Obviously people can self-label however they wish but should she expect other people to go along wi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1145&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1147&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)