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**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-separation-of-church-and-state/469011 "2008-10-24T14:06:52Z")
Guess what? You guys SUCK at the separation of church and state: probably worse than any other democracy. You bring religion into everything and then pretend that you’re a free society with respect to religious beliefs… --- ## [Can brown hair turn black?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-hair-turn-black/325481)
**Author:** [@cementum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cementum)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-hair-turn-black/325481 "2005-10-10T20:42:58Z")
When I was a kid I had very light brown hair, almost sandy blond. Over the years it’s become darker and darker brown. Now I’m 33 and to me and many other people it’s dark brown. When the light is on it, it looks a lit… --- ## [Council of Islamic Ideology on when to beat your wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/council-of-islamic-ideology-on-when-to-beat-your-wife/755963)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/council-of-islamic-ideology-on-when-to-beat-your-wife/755963 "2016-06-07T01:20:51Z")
Thishighly misogynistic billproposed by the Council of Islamic Ideology (which has a constitutional duty to advise the government and Parliament on Islamic issues) is push-back against the Protection of Women Against Vio… --- ## [How to clean a REALLY dirty gun that hasn't been cleaned in a LONG time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-a-really-dirty-gun-that-hasnt-been-cleaned-in-a-long-time/478609)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-a-really-dirty-gun-that-hasnt-been-cleaned-in-a-long-time/478609 "2008-12-26T01:12:57Z")
I inherited a rifle, a Springfield model 15. It’s in good shape except it is really DIRTY! It looks like it was fired a bunch of times and then not cleaned for 30 years. There is a hard patch of gummed residue inside the… --- ## [Most Protected Building on Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-protected-building-on-earth/666604)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-protected-building-on-earth/666604 "2013-08-21T14:36:18Z")
In a recent movie trailer they talked about the White House as “the most protected building on earth”. Is that true? Is there a division of Marines stationed nearby equipped with ground to air missiles? I would have t… --- ## [You are granted three magically bottomless liquor bottles. What are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-three-magically-bottomless-liquor-bottles-what-are-they/665044)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-three-magically-bottomless-liquor-bottles-what-are-they/665044 "2013-08-04T23:59:12Z")
Ground rules: \[ul\] \[li\]It has to be liquor. 35% alcohol or greater. No wine or champagne.\[/li\]\[li\]The bottles will look like actual bottles with labels, etc.\[/li\]\[li\]They magically never drop below half empty. Even … --- ## [Fucking 'dogooders' are going to ruin the world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dogooders-are-going-to-ruin-the-world/417961)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dogooders-are-going-to-ruin-the-world/417961 "2007-09-10T09:07:22Z")
Can this have even a glimmer of reality? Any truth hiding in this? A sliver of what is to come? Is it that important? Are we, the people so fucking stupid that we won’t even seriously consider what this says? With p… --- ## [Hypothetical: Get laid and save the world!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-get-laid-and-save-the-world/693467)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-get-laid-and-save-the-world/693467 "2014-07-19T08:01:01Z")
A sadistic mad alien has left you with an ultimatum. You must choose from three people of your preferred gender to have sex with. One is really hot, one is kind of meh, and the third is a total uggo. If you don’t choose,… --- ## [Revised man, bear, woods discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-man-bear-woods-discussion/1001499)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-man-bear-woods-discussion/1001499 "2024-06-04T09:46:23Z")
This thread (Man, bear, woman,what's the meme I'm missing?) was closed a few days ago and I had questioned this in the “About this message board” category. It was suggested that someone reopen it in GD, however, I’m not… --- ## [Examples of family casting good enough that you noticed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-family-casting-good-enough-that-you-noticed/534262)
**Author:** [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-family-casting-good-enough-that-you-noticed/534262 "2010-04-02T13:14:38Z")
I’ve just borrowed season 1 of Army Wives from the library. It’s decent TV, certainly worth what I’m paying to watch it. One thing I keep noticing is that the families really look like families. The girls playing Kim … --- ## [How can we eliminate eliminiationism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-eliminate-eliminiationism/511553)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-eliminate-eliminiationism/511553 "2010-03-24T12:59:58Z")
Eliminationism: This is a vice that crops up among extremists of all stripes at various times and places. Within living memory, the American countercultural-radical left of the 1960s and '70s was prone to it. (“If yo… --- ## [Reported](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported/596994)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported/596994 "2011-09-25T08:22:12Z")
In this thread, runner pat, doubtless with good intentions, posted to say that he reported the thread as spam. Intentions aside, it struck me as smacking of the sort of officious rudeness you might find in an elementary … --- ## [Is there a Yin Yang type symbol that used three characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-yin-yang-type-symbol-that-used-three-characters/497599)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-yin-yang-type-symbol-that-used-three-characters/497599 "2009-05-26T14:43:28Z")
We all know the traditional Yin Yang symbol. Something like this. I am lookng for a similar symbol that uses 3 characters instead of 2. Also, if this does exist, is there any meaning attached to it? --- ## [Are more nuclear power plants a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-more-nuclear-power-plants-a-good-idea/430959)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-more-nuclear-power-plants-a-good-idea/430959 "2007-12-30T20:57:21Z")
One the one hand, they produce no greenhouse gases. OTOH - They are expensive. I have read that electricity generated from a nuclear plant costs roughly twice as much that generated by wind power (okay the source is th… --- ## [How oppressive was Nazi Germany... to Germans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-oppressive-was-nazi-germany-to-germans/643372)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-oppressive-was-nazi-germany-to-germans/643372 "2012-12-12T00:55:05Z")
Hitler is commonly referred to as one of the worst dictators ever. I do not disagree. However, mostly I read this in context to his Holocaust and World War II actions toward other nations. I’m curious about how he was to… --- ## [does the moon move faster or the sun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-moon-move-faster-or-the-sun/469664)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-moon-move-faster-or-the-sun/469664 "2008-10-27T14:06:26Z")
I mean across the sky. I think I could figure this out if I had some time to reason through it; but I never seem to be able to find the time when I’m thinking of the problem So when watching the moon and the sun move a… --- ## [How to kill/disable an attacking dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-disable-an-attacking-dog/439368)
**Author:** [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-disable-an-attacking-dog/439368 "2015-10-12T22:49:15Z")
In Britain there has been a significant rise in the number of people bitten by dogs and reasonably regularly someone is seriously injured or killed. Generally the worst of the attacks seem to be where the dog bites and “… --- ## [Survivor II - What did they have against Debb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-ii-what-did-they-have-against-debb/52221)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-ii-what-did-they-have-against-debb/52221 "2001-02-26T02:51:20Z")
I mean, I can see one or 2 votes, but the footage shown sure didn’t show us why they voted her off. I thought for sure that obnoxious Kimmi was going to be the first to go. --- ## [How much has the earth's rotation been slowed by skyscrapers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-the-earths-rotation-been-slowed-by-skyscrapers/531042)
**Author:** [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-the-earths-rotation-been-slowed-by-skyscrapers/531042 "2010-03-04T18:04:57Z")
So assuming the earth’s weight is more or less constant, surely the building of skyscrapers have directed more mass away from the center and slowed the earth’s rotation somewhat (due to the increase in mass moment of ine… --- ## [Could Auburn beat the Carolina Panthers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-auburn-beat-the-carolina-panthers/567910)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-auburn-beat-the-carolina-panthers/567910 "2011-01-24T19:24:38Z")
An annual argument in football and, to a lesser extent basketball, is: can the NCAA champ beat the worst pro team? So, could Auburn beat Carolina? For that matter, could Duke beat the Washington Wizards? (or whoever had … --- ## ["Deep Throat" - was oral sex really such a hetero-revelation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-throat-was-oral-sex-really-such-a-hetero-revelation/441122)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-throat-was-oral-sex-really-such-a-hetero-revelation/441122 "2008-03-15T01:15:06Z")
Deep Throat. 1972 film credited with kicking off the porno chic moment-in-the-sun for hardcore films (although I have to put in a plug - heh - for 1971’s \[Boys in the Sand\](Boy - Wikipedia in the Sand) which pre-dated De… --- ## [Ladies: Do you like to be spanked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-like-to-be-spanked/472388)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-like-to-be-spanked/472388 "2008-11-18T17:43:04Z")
As prelude to or during sex? Is this common? Kinky? Is it a ‘daddy thing’? What does it do for you? --- ## [Judd Apatow's Lazily Written Black Characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judd-apatows-lazily-written-black-characters/407857)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judd-apatows-lazily-written-black-characters/407857 "2007-06-16T18:12:00Z")
“This is great so far - and best of all there are no black characters!” Those were my thoughts about halfway into Knocked Up. Right before the bouncer scene. I loved Knocked Up. I loved “Freaks & Geeks”. I don’t rem… --- ## [Non-consensual sex due to alcohol consumption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-consensual-sex-due-to-alcohol-consumption/552497)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-consensual-sex-due-to-alcohol-consumption/552497 "2010-09-07T04:14:41Z")
First off, I understand that two lines need to be drawn. One line is when someone goes from just buzzed to “Too drunk to legally consent.” The other line is when someone is so beyond drunk that they’re essentially unco… --- ## [Why are prescription glasses so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-prescription-glasses-so-expensive/444463)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-prescription-glasses-so-expensive/444463 "2008-04-10T02:42:09Z")
Unhappily my age is showing and I recently went to get prescription eyeglasses. I do not have insurance for this so it was all out of pocket. Not being used to eyeglass shopping I was shocked at their cost. By the tim… --- ## [Americans - how common is this outlook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-how-common-is-this-outlook/666599)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-how-common-is-this-outlook/666599 "2013-08-24T14:23:00Z")
I’ve been watching the series Doomsday Preppers; which shows Americans preparing to ‘bug out’, or abandon civilisation after some imagined catastrophe brings down society as we know it. People on it must have spent milli… --- ## [List cool movies that apparently nobody else has seen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282)
**Author:** [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282 "2001-02-11T10:43:52Z")
Personally, I’d go with: Hard Core Logo: A documentary of Canadian Punks reuniting for one last tour. Great film. Permanent Midnight: A captivating tale of briliant writer ruining himself with drug abuse. Dark City: J… --- ## [Why do we have male and female first names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-male-and-female-first-names/578122)
**Author:** [@Borzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borzo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-male-and-female-first-names/578122 "2011-04-15T11:43:57Z")
I find it somewhat odd that last names are unisex, but first names are not. Your first name is either male or female, and if you break that tradition, you get quite a bit of abuse for it. I can only think of a handful of… --- ## [GW Bush Wins In A LANDSLIDE!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gw-bush-wins-in-a-landslide/36494)
**Author:** [@Freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freedom)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2000, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gw-bush-wins-in-a-landslide/36494 "2000-11-09T12:07:44Z")
I would like to preface my post by stating up front that I am voting for Harry Brown. Yes, Bush is a little closer to my ideal than Gore, but not by all that much. I see Gore as taking this country into the crapper at 9… --- ## [What are "Things that should never be inserted into a vagina?" for 200 Alex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-should-never-be-inserted-into-a-vagina-for-200-alex/448328)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-should-never-be-inserted-into-a-vagina-for-200-alex/448328 "2008-05-12T02:50:55Z")
Inspired by the Tampons Suck thread, I believe it would behoove us Dopers to compile a master list of things that should never find their way into a vagina. So far we have the following entries: -Tampons -Brillo Pads … --- ## [Stock market plunge of May 6 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-plunge-of-may-6-2010/538600)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-plunge-of-may-6-2010/538600 "2010-05-11T07:30:55Z")
In case you weren’t aware of it \[ul\] \[li\]Dow drops 1,000 points in a couple of minutes, biggest single intraday drop in its history\[/li\]\[li\]Six stocks, including Accenture and Sam Adams, briefly were worth zero dollars\[… --- ## [Why hasnt china expanded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-china-expanded/584996)
**Author:** [@FarmerChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChuck)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-china-expanded/584996 "2011-06-14T17:02:58Z")
We keep hearing how big and powerful they are… why dont they just make a huge red army and start taking over africa? i mean whos gonna stop them? America wont… nato is a joke… why do they wait? Or do they really have a … --- ## [XP laptop won't save WPA2-PSK settings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-laptop-wont-save-wpa2-psk-settings/547754)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-laptop-wont-save-wpa2-psk-settings/547754 "2011-01-25T18:49:08Z")
I recently decided to switch to using WPA from WEP with my new router, a D-Link one. I configured the router to be WPA2-PSK with a 19-digit key and TKIP. I know for a fact that the router is working because I can get onl… --- ## [Has the Magic 8 Ball toy been under fire for being "satanic"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740)
**Author:** [@namowal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/namowal)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740 "2002-08-02T14:26:54Z")
The Henry Potter books/movies were criticized by some screwballs as being satanic, or at the very least somehow encouraging kids to get involved with the occult. Has the Magic 8 Ball toy even been under such accusations… --- ## [Why someone's appearance is simply none of your blasted business...a rant by Jadis.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-someones-appearance-is-simply-none-of-your-blasted-business-a-rant-by-jadis/100469)
**Author:** [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-someones-appearance-is-simply-none-of-your-blasted-business-a-rant-by-jadis/100469 "2002-04-03T21:59:38Z")
I composed this earlier today and put it in my LJ because the subject that inspired the rant knows about SDMB and knows my ID here (although I have had no indication that he reads here regularly). I’ve decided that sinc… --- ## [12 items or less...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-items-or-less/606588)
**Author:** [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-items-or-less/606588 "2011-12-22T04:38:58Z")
In my humble opinion, people who have more than 12 items should not be in this queue. I’ve seen it twice in the last week. WT women with way more than 12 items in the line. I understand you are 45 and have dentures and l… --- ## [Where's the outrage from fiscal conservatives over Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-outrage-from-fiscal-conservatives-over-iraq/504180)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-outrage-from-fiscal-conservatives-over-iraq/504180 "2009-07-30T02:45:51Z")
This is a serious question. I’ve heard a lot of noise from conservatives over the issue of Universal Healthcare, and how it’s “theft” to take their money and spend it on other peoples medical expenses. But I haven’t hear… --- ## [My videogame wish is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-videogame-wish-is/481015)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-videogame-wish-is/481015 "2009-03-17T19:22:10Z")
that there could be a version of Civilisation II with a huge playing map of Earth that also included some of the function of Colonisation (IE piracy, commodities mattering etc.) I love playing Civ II still but I hate ho… --- ## [Why do supermarkets use 10 for $10 advertising?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-supermarkets-use-10-for-10-advertising/568703)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-supermarkets-use-10-for-10-advertising/568703 "2011-01-28T02:47:03Z")
The two big supermarket chains in my area regularly lead their weekly ads with 10 for $10 specials. Say, 10 oranges for $10 or 10 Gourmet to Go items for $10. They could just as easily advertise at $1 each, so use of t… --- ## [Why was it WWII Japanese policy to murder POWs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-it-wwii-japanese-policy-to-murder-pows/197160)
**Author:** [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-it-wwii-japanese-policy-to-murder-pows/197160 "2003-09-05T18:17:29Z")
I’ve no doubt that all participants in WWII mistreated POWs at some point or another, but why was it Japanese policy to murder all POWs they captured up until Wake Island? Were the officers who ordered these murders all… --- ## [Space Shuttle Challenger - 25th Anniversary of the Tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-challenger-25th-anniversary-of-the-tragedy/569283)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-challenger-25th-anniversary-of-the-tragedy/569283 "2022-11-10T17:48:48Z")
Wow, time flies. I remember this like it happened a few weeks ago. I was still in college and working as a lab assistant in the computer lab. Some students started coming into the lab and they were crying. I didn’t hav… --- ## [Have you ever made a major positive change in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-a-major-positive-change-in-your-life/575328)
**Author:** [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-a-major-positive-change-in-your-life/575328 "2011-03-24T00:36:28Z")
Inspired by some recent threads on diets and a class I’m taking on behavioral change, I’m interested in hearing about major changes people have made in their life. These are purposeful, intentional transformations you’v… --- ## [Is there any place where wild lions, tigers & bears co-exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-place-where-wild-lions-tigers-bears-co-exist/306218)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-place-where-wild-lions-tigers-bears-co-exist/306218 "2005-06-02T01:08:23Z")
A natural (to me, at least) question popped into my head the other day when I had the Wizard of Oz meme “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” stuck in my head. Is there any place in the world today where a person could p… --- ## [Trump wanted USS John McCain hidden in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wanted-uss-john-mccain-hidden-in-japan/834749)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wanted-uss-john-mccain-hidden-in-japan/834749 "2019-06-05T15:34:38Z")
Every time you think he can’t go any lower, he does. Navy reportedly tried hiding name of USS John McCain warship with a Tarp during Trump’s visit. BTW, the ship is named for the senator and his father and grandfather … --- ## [The fantastic plastic, or Adventures of a retroverted uterus--female TMI, but amusing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantastic-plastic-or-adventures-of-a-retroverted-uterus-female-tmi-but-amusing/189003)
**Author:** [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantastic-plastic-or-adventures-of-a-retroverted-uterus-female-tmi-but-amusing/189003 "2005-04-14T00:47:03Z")
Well, I finally did it yesterday. I got a Mirena put in yesterday. It’s been something of an uphill battle, between a FP who won’t even consider IUD’s for women without kids, problems with the insurance company, and a … --- ## [monty python](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323)
**Author:** [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323 "2003-05-28T19:42:09Z")
is monty python an acquired taste? (for lack of a better term) I don’t find it funny. --- ## [Heroes 10/30 - "Better Halves" (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-30-better-halves-spoilers/378533)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-10-30-better-halves-spoilers/378533 "2006-11-02T22:40:50Z")
About 15 minutes in… Interesting word choices from Claire’s videographer friend. Not flirting with her, “believe me I’m not”? Asking if she’s going to be “coming out” to her parents? Are the producers trying to tell us … --- ## [Can super-hot people be trusted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-super-hot-people-be-trusted/380491)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-super-hot-people-be-trusted/380491 "2006-11-20T20:23:45Z")
I enjoy talking to and even, if she is receptive, flirting with the occasional very “model-hot” female I come across. But I don’t think I could ever be able to trust and pursue a serious relationship with one, even if su… --- ## [What's the vegetarian equivalent of a steak dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-vegetarian-equivalent-of-a-steak-dinner/565036)
**Author:** [@Stentor\_2.5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor_2.5)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-vegetarian-equivalent-of-a-steak-dinner/565036 "2010-12-23T03:47:41Z")
I’m a vegetarian and the rest of my family isn’t. My birthday is coming up and my mother wants to know what she should make me for dinner. I honestly have no idea what my favorite vegetarian food is. When I cook for myse… --- ## [I need a recommendation about Indian food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-about-indian-food/634152)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-about-indian-food/634152 "2012-10-06T14:35:46Z")
Today I attended an annual cultural event, IndiaFest, here in Topeka. http://www.indiafesttopeka.com/ Very well organized and very well attended I must say. There was dancing, craft booths, and of course food. I’ve n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1151&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1153&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)