# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1151&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:** 1152 --- ## [Kanye West is going to get someone killed (or do the killing himself)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-is-going-to-get-someone-killed-or-do-the-killing-himself/959644)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-is-going-to-get-someone-killed-or-do-the-killing-himself/959644 "2022-03-22T01:47:45Z")
I wondered why Kanye West was trending lately; I already knew about his thing with Billie Eilish and being threatened by younger, successful white women. But his behavior recently concerning his estranged wife Kim Karda… --- ## [Is there a way to email using BCC without letting others know that you did?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-email-using-bcc-without-letting-others-know-that-you-did/571270)
**Author:** [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-email-using-bcc-without-letting-others-know-that-you-did/571270 "2011-02-14T22:24:36Z")
Usually when one sends more than one person an email using BCC, he leaves the “To” part blank or fills in his own email address. When the recipients receive the email, they can tell they aren’t the only one that received… --- ## [Does the design of a very large building have to account for the curvature of the Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-design-of-a-very-large-building-have-to-account-for-the-curvature-of-the-earth/949455)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-design-of-a-very-large-building-have-to-account-for-the-curvature-of-the-earth/949455 "2021-09-06T23:18:51Z")
This question is inspired by a facility being built by Tesla in southeast Austin. I drive by it from time to time and I am struck by how large it is. The building is not very tall, but it is going to cover a very large… --- ## [Twitter Stupidity! or I want to be a felon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-stupidity-or-i-want-to-be-a-felon/640446)
**Author:** [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-stupidity-or-i-want-to-be-a-felon/640446 "2012-11-12T01:44:55Z")
Are these people stupid? Do they want the secret service knocking on their door?? (if this is in the wrong forum, please move it) --- ## [Did Monetarism work in the early 1980's? Is it a Quack Philosophy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-monetarism-work-in-the-early-1980s-is-it-a-quack-philosophy/669744)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-monetarism-work-in-the-early-1980s-is-it-a-quack-philosophy/669744 "2013-10-02T00:59:08Z")
For those who don’t have time to watch this link, I’ll provide a summary, it makes the premise that the market can only be regulated and not manipulated to suit a governments strategy unless they accept the… --- ## [Large Hadron Collider nearing completion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-hadron-collider-nearing-completion/448215)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-hadron-collider-nearing-completion/448215 "2008-05-08T17:07:17Z")
The Large Hadron Collider which some say will destroy the world and possibly the entire universe via the creation of black holes or “strangelets” is almost complete. The first collisions begin in August. Excited? Scared… --- ## [Help Me Buy A Decent Guitar and Amp for $700 or less!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-decent-guitar-and-amp-for-700-or-less/680861)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-decent-guitar-and-amp-for-700-or-less/680861 "2014-02-16T02:59:50Z")
Title says it all. Tax money cometh, and I’ve decided to rededicate myself to practicing again. Problem is right now I have really shitty gear. I new a new guitar and a new amp. I’m looking at a couple “best cheap elec… --- ## [Woman and sexual abuse.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-and-sexual-abuse/577927)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-and-sexual-abuse/577927 "2011-04-15T22:41:46Z")
In the Great Debates forum, there’s a thread ‘Dear Woman video - pretty amazing’, and I’m not at all a fan of the OP’s video post. After criticizing it I was told: Which is true I guess; but I wanted to talk about som… --- ## [Finally. One that dares. Uruguay to legalize Pot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-one-that-dares-uruguay-to-legalize-pot/676093)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-one-that-dares-uruguay-to-legalize-pot/676093 "2013-12-20T22:52:53Z")
Uruguay to legalize marijuana, Senate says Those in favor say: Those against claim: I have been for years – decades really – in favor of legalizing the use of marijuana for adults, so I obviously agree with this gro… --- ## [Dilbert (Jan 10, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984)
**Author:** [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984 "2023-02-28T23:07:25Z")
Dilbert - Jan 10, 20203 OK, who is that supposed to be? --- ## [Anybody NOT feed their dog wet dog food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201 "2011-07-22T19:09:01Z")
I’m fostering a dog for my mother who runs a rescue shelter. (She’s reached her limit for the amount of dogs she can legally hold.) I finally got her house broken. The thing is tho’, empirical evidence seems to suggest … --- ## [Nerdgasm: Star Trek: Captian Worf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdgasm-star-trek-captian-worf/672653)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdgasm-star-trek-captian-worf/672653 "2013-11-04T17:06:42Z")
For the love of Kahn, please let this come to fruition. Possible new Star Trek Series Dare one hope? --- ## [McD's lunch in the morning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcds-lunch-in-the-morning/549244)
**Author:** [@yokan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yokan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcds-lunch-in-the-morning/549244 "2010-08-12T03:02:32Z")
Sometimes I go to burger king and i can get a lunch meal in the morning. Is it possible to do that at McD’s? --- ## [Do these (physics and other) mathematics writings make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-physics-and-other-mathematics-writings-make-sense/641783)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-physics-and-other-mathematics-writings-make-sense/641783 "2017-05-12T19:48:41Z")
I’ve seen this photo floating around the net for a few years. It’s a photo from the back of four college girls in a library, with their shirts down (NSFW in only the most repressive environments; not even butt crack is … --- ## [Who is the second greatest rock star of all-time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-second-greatest-rock-star-of-all-time/541399)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-second-greatest-rock-star-of-all-time/541399 "2010-06-01T17:06:39Z")
Ok, follow me on this one. My son was Elvis for Halloween last year. I told him Elvis was the greatest rock star of all time. Sure, this is a subjective comment, but not a far out there call. Elvis is historical and … --- ## [What's the most underated Sci-Fi movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-underated-sci-fi-movie/747782)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-underated-sci-fi-movie/747782 "2016-03-12T05:25:30Z")
I know this must have been discussed before, but maybe an update. Not an update for a film in my case, but I’m watching the original The Planets of the Apes (1968-9?), which I haven’t seen in decades. There was a lot b… --- ## [Nominations for your favorite TV/Movie attorney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-your-favorite-tv-movie-attorney/625356)
**Author:** [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-your-favorite-tv-movie-attorney/625356 "2012-06-21T14:39:39Z")
I’ve been mulling over starting a poll about who is everyone’s favorite TV/Movie attorney, so I’m throwing the floor open to nominations. We could have different categories for prosecutor/D.A., defense attorney, etc. Who… --- ## [Afterlife Belief Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-belief-poll/593290)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-belief-poll/593290 "2011-08-29T12:00:13Z")
Afterlife Belief Poll (I repeated the poll questions below because some don’t fit in the poll question box.) \*\*1. I don’t believe in after life and I accept nothingness, ie, returning as elemental parts of Universe. I… --- ## [Are Stop Signs at parking lots legal? (2nd question: Stop Signs that don't say "Stop All The Way.")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-stop-signs-at-parking-lots-legal-2nd-question-stop-signs-that-dont-say-stop-all-the-way/603507)
**Author:** [@RogerDalien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogerDalien)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-stop-signs-at-parking-lots-legal-2nd-question-stop-signs-that-dont-say-stop-all-the-way/603507 "2011-11-25T12:28:25Z")
If you observe carefully, you’ll notice that these Stop Signs don’t have the “Dept. of Transportation” inscriptions on it = they were not issued by any government entity. I’m guessing these Stop Signs are there to guide… --- ## [Whom would you consider comedic geniuses from this era? Of All Time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-would-you-consider-comedic-geniuses-from-this-era-of-all-time/526594)
**Author:** [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-would-you-consider-comedic-geniuses-from-this-era-of-all-time/526594 "2010-01-29T03:31:01Z")
This era can be loosely defined as from now to five years ago. I’ll start the proverbial ball rolling: From this era: Sasha Baron Cohen Larry David (a holdover from Seinfeld days) Jack Black (for his work with Tenaci… --- ## [Is non-monogamy "immature"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-non-monogamy-immature/805757)
**Author:** [@Maurie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maurie)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-non-monogamy-immature/805757 "2018-03-15T17:56:25Z")
I know the topic of monogamy comes up semi-regularly here, and I also know that nobody’s gonna change their minds on how they feel about it in general. That’s not my intent here - I’m just wondering about this one quest… --- ## [Bush on evolution: "the verdict is still out"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-on-evolution-the-verdict-is-still-out/39111)
**Author:** [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2000, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-on-evolution-the-verdict-is-still-out/39111 "2000-11-08T18:15:06Z")
You have GOT to be kidding me! Here is what he said: “I think that, for example, on the issue of evolution, the verdict is still out on how God created the earth,” How could anyone other than the religious right vote f… --- ## [787 first flight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/787-first-flight/521387)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/787-first-flight/521387 "2009-12-22T03:19:25Z")
Just watched the new Boeing 787 take flight for the first time. It’s on all the computers here at work Pretty amazing, just 2 years late. --- ## [More racist TV from Australia lol!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-racist-tv-from-australia-lol/554529)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-racist-tv-from-australia-lol/554529 "2010-09-29T01:51:08Z")
First this nonsense. Then this garbage. And now, more racist TV from Australia! View the latest “racist” commercial. View a news story on all the commotion. :smack: :rolleyes: (Basically, a TV commercial promoting… --- ## [Can someone explain E.T. to me please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-e-t-to-me-please/708173)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-e-t-to-me-please/708173 "2014-12-28T21:22:25Z")
Does E.T. have an intellectual disability or is he representative of his species? Is his intelligence just so different to us, that he seems to have an intellectual disability? Second question- why are those guys at t… --- ## [Pick the only Beatles song you can ever listen to again, ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-only-beatles-song-you-can-ever-listen-to-again-ever/599239)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-only-beatles-song-you-can-ever-listen-to-again-ever/599239 "2011-10-19T00:40:43Z")
Mine is Penny Lane. What is the single Beatles song you’d pick if you had to, the only one you could ever listen to again? --- ## [Define "left".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-left/393226)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-left/393226 "2011-07-06T18:19:37Z")
I saw something on TV a while back - someone suggested that you can’t define “left” or “right” only using words. The other people on the show couldn’t think of a way. I couldn’t think of a way (Other than “That way” poin… --- ## [Is fervent anti-Islamicism a fad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fervent-anti-islamicism-a-fad/554281)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fervent-anti-islamicism-a-fad/554281 "2010-09-20T20:18:10Z")
Recently an old and respected friend sent me a video link to one Dr Robert Jeffress, a Baptist preacher expounding on Islam from an apparently learned position and in a very reasonable tone of voice, concluding that anyo… --- ## [What could the U.S. do to make the PRC government lose face so hard it is in danger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-the-u-s-do-to-make-the-prc-government-lose-face-so-hard-it-is-in-danger/609604)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-the-u-s-do-to-make-the-prc-government-lose-face-so-hard-it-is-in-danger/609604 "2012-01-20T06:05:19Z")
Spinoff from this thread. It occurs to me that in China, a government really could die of embarrassment, indirectly, if it causes them to lose public confidence thoroughly enough. The Chinese have always believed that … --- ## [How many generations does it take before one's considered American?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-generations-does-it-take-before-ones-considered-american/400585)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-generations-does-it-take-before-ones-considered-american/400585 "2017-03-18T15:09:41Z")
Discussing the recent tragedy in Virginia with some of my relatives (who happen to be from Virginia), a few of their comments brought up, IMHO, an interesting question: How many generations does it take before one’s con… --- ## [How to build wealth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-build-wealth/781563)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-build-wealth/781563 "2017-03-14T18:55:58Z")
For reference, my wife and I are in our mid-30s, with no kids. We plan to have kids soon. We both work full time. Things have been going well for us and I recognize that we’re very, very fortunate. We’re beginning to… --- ## [What, no pitting of the Democratic party today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-pitting-of-the-democratic-party-today/520670)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-pitting-of-the-democratic-party-today/520670 "2009-12-21T02:48:49Z")
After the details of the almost totally eviscerated Senate health care bill have become known? Liberal bloggerspace is currently full of threads decrying the Democrats as wimps, expressing plummeting morale, and fearful… --- ## [best Fencing Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fencing-movie/576278)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fencing-movie/576278 "2011-06-13T12:04:28Z")
I just signed up for Fencing lessons. In honor of that, I have been re-watching lots of movies with fencing. While a great many movies have swordfights, many of them are fairly mediocre Hollywood fencing moves taught t… --- ## [Why Don't More Cars Look Like Lamboghini's Or Ferrari's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-cars-look-like-lamboghinis-or-ferraris/597731)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-cars-look-like-lamboghinis-or-ferraris/597731 "2011-09-29T13:12:53Z")
I doubt that many reading this can go out and buy a new Lamborghini or Ferrari - but my guess is many would certainly like to own one. Now, I know they are known for their quality and powerful engines, but I think the b… --- ## [The stars disappear. How does this affect earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-disappear-how-does-this-affect-earth/603124)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-disappear-how-does-this-affect-earth/603124 "2011-11-22T05:36:30Z")
Say there suddenly were no stars in the universe except for our sun. Maybe the Hypothetical Fairy got very bored and waved her magic wand. Does this have any effect on us and our solar system (besides putting asntronemer… --- ## [New Orleans Shelters' "Atrocities" - why did we so readily believe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-shelters-atrocities-why-did-we-so-readily-believe/323516)
**Author:** [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-shelters-atrocities-why-did-we-so-readily-believe/323516 "2005-10-06T02:30:01Z")
Well, I for one, didn’t. Not entirely. The more Grand Guignol stories of rampant rape and murder out of the Superdome and Convention Center set my BS meter off a few times, especially with no visual or name confirmation.… --- ## [Oblivious GOP official on last night's Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-gop-official-on-last-nights-daily-show/672161)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-gop-official-on-last-nights-daily-show/672161 "2013-10-28T18:05:06Z")
Even Aasif Mandvi couldn’t hide how shocked he was. Anyway for those who missed it, Don Yelton, a GOP precinct chair in North Carolina, made some pretty inflammatory remarks during a Daily Show interview last night. In… --- ## [Medical emergenceys in remote places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-emergenceys-in-remote-places/574745)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-emergenceys-in-remote-places/574745 "2011-04-03T23:53:29Z")
If I’m in Anderson Island, WA and I need an ambulance, what happens? There are probably no ambulances on the island because there’s no hospital and the ferry takes 40 mins. --- ## [Modern Whigs-A Party of Sanity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-whigs-a-party-of-sanity/578884)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-whigs-a-party-of-sanity/578884 "2011-04-24T03:43:53Z")
With political rhetoric and situation becomely increasingly inane (ie Trump running for President, vicious attacks by Democrats against Republicans on Planned-Parenthood funding etc.) might the Modern Whig Party be an at… --- ## [What do you think, should I get a pixie cut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-should-i-get-a-pixie-cut/631498)
**Author:** [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-should-i-get-a-pixie-cut/631498 "2012-08-15T19:56:13Z")
The recent thread about short hair on women got me thinking about mine. I had pixie cuts intermittently between the ages of about 15 and 22 and loved them. I’m 33 - nearly 34 now - and my hair’s not changed much in the l… --- ## [The Holidays Are Over and Life Can Get Back to Normal MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holidays-are-over-and-life-can-get-back-to-normal-mmp/846348)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-holidays-are-over-and-life-can-get-back-to-normal-mmp/846348 "2020-01-25T06:34:41Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s a chilly 34 degrees outside, supposed to get up to 54. The pups are wiped out from yesterday, not bugging me to go to the park this morning. Ripple didn’t even want to get out of bed. Anyway, for … --- ## [Did anyone really believe in Spontaneous Generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-really-believe-in-spontaneous-generation/540645)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-really-believe-in-spontaneous-generation/540645 "2010-06-21T17:40:21Z")
Spontaneous Generation sounds like the Myth of the Flat Earth. Something cute to believe in for people who need to feel superior to the “primitives” of earlier times. Did anyone really believe in it? I am having a hard … --- ## [Wookinpanub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wookinpanub/719445)
**Author:** [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wookinpanub/719445 "2015-05-15T22:46:44Z")
WOOKINPANUB, I’ve been reading your posts here for years, and every single time, my brain at first reads your username as WOOKIEE IN A PUB. Every. Time. And I’m not even a drug user (yet). Anyway, I just want to say … --- ## [I'm generally not a total idiot. But this one time...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-generally-not-a-total-idiot-but-this-one-time/523660)
**Author:** [@Is\_it\_safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Is_it_safe)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-generally-not-a-total-idiot-but-this-one-time/523660 "2010-01-20T19:18:02Z")
I got hair dye on my skin and needed to get it off in a hurry. Specifically it was around my neck. I used magic Eraser. It did remove the dye. Some months later I still have the marks of the chemical burns. So, can I ex… --- ## [Homosexuality, a crime ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-a-crime/17687)
**Author:** [@ORION\_ORION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ORION_ORION)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-a-crime/17687 "2000-03-11T06:39:00Z")
Homosexuality have been illegal in most countries in North-America and Europe, but have, in the last 25-35 years, become a legal sexual practice. Should it be a crime again ? Should they be sentenced to prison ? It’s … --- ## [The dumbest marital argument ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-marital-argument-ever/765317)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-marital-argument-ever/765317 "2016-09-16T01:55:57Z")
When a man reaches a certain age and level of disposable income, he acquires some itches that need to be scratched. I came up with what I felt was a fairly reasonable solution to this very common problem, but my wife d… --- ## [Is this a Canadian thing? (Putting butter on both sides of sandwich bread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-canadian-thing-putting-butter-on-both-sides-of-sandwich-bread/708271)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-canadian-thing-putting-butter-on-both-sides-of-sandwich-bread/708271 "2014-12-28T11:10:01Z")
I lived in Canada (visiting friends) for almost a year. While I was there, I witnessed everyone doing something that I had never ever seen before. Namely, whenever they were making up a sandwich (of any kind), they’d bu… --- ## [Best movie title sequences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-title-sequences/808381)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-title-sequences/808381 "2018-02-14T18:10:32Z")
Watched Blake Edwards classic film “The Pink Panther” the other day and was reminded how great the opening credits were. The 1960’s spawned a number of other films with memorable title sequences e.g. all of the James Bon… --- ## ["Dream Defenders" month-long sit-in in Florida State Capitol continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-defenders-month-long-sit-in-in-florida-state-capitol-continues/666195)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-defenders-month-long-sit-in-in-florida-state-capitol-continues/666195 "2014-08-21T16:39:53Z")
Shortly after the Zimmerman verdict, a group of mostly young Floridians, mostly college students, calling themselves the Dream Defenders camped out in Governor Rick Scott’s office to protest Florida’s stand-your-ground l… --- ## [How did other countries pass their (high) gas taxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-other-countries-pass-their-high-gas-taxes/580969)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-other-countries-pass-their-high-gas-taxes/580969 "2012-09-06T12:53:11Z")
I’m in the camp that thinks the gas taxes in the US are way too low. CAFE is a joke, and the current crop of cars that are popular here are way too big. I decided years ago that the best way to “reduce our dependence o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1150&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1152&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)