# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1160&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:** 1161 --- ## [Examples of 'Jedi truths'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-jedi-truths/464897)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-jedi-truths/464897 "2008-10-04T01:57:04Z")
That is, lies that are truth ‘from a certain point of view.’ Y’know like ‘Vader killed your father’ in the sense that Anakin became a horrible guy by the name of Vader. From The Dark Knight: One of Joker’s goons - ‘He … --- ## [Swearing & Drinking - American/British Divide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-drinking-american-british-divide/211859)
**Author:** [@BIH\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BIH_Boy)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-drinking-american-british-divide/211859 "2003-11-12T16:20:04Z")
I like to swear, see nothing wrong with it. My friends also swear. We all have post-graduate degrees (not sure what the american equivalent of this is). We are all Scottish (that may make a difference). Anyway, we we… --- ## [I pit facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-facebook/596732)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-facebook/596732 "2011-09-23T17:27:21Z")
I use facebook as a way to keep in touch with my friends only, I have less than 4 friends on facebook who aren’t people I know personally. It has been very useful to organize my friends for events by just posting up on … --- ## [Wedding etiquette. Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-etiquette-need-answer-fast/636925)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-etiquette-need-answer-fast/636925 "2012-11-16T16:35:44Z")
I have to leave for a wedding in an hour and a half. My fiance just asked me if we got them a gift. I reminded him about the $125 gift I gave at the shower. He said, “No, for the wedding, you’re supposed to bring a gift … --- ## [Game of Thrones Season 6 Anticipation Thread (Show discussion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-6-anticipation-thread-show-discussion/752562)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-6-anticipation-thread-show-discussion/752562 "2016-04-25T19:23:20Z")
Season 6 will premier this Sunday. I thought there might be room for a recap/discussion/anticipation thread for the upcoming season. I’ll start a weekly thread for the premier later. This will follow the same rules as t… --- ## [Has science determined an optimum CO2 level?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-science-determined-an-optimum-co2-level/705520)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-science-determined-an-optimum-co2-level/705520 "2015-05-01T04:37:15Z")
Taking onto account that we may have to go through some changes while getting there has an optimized co2 level ever been attempted to establish? Another related question, is the feasability of removing carbon from th… --- ## [How does the Christmas season make you feel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-christmas-season-make-you-feel/740170)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-christmas-season-make-you-feel/740170 "2015-12-30T01:19:11Z")
Generally for most Americans, the Christmas season is a positive time. Even those that don’t see it as a religious holiday. It evokes positive feelings from their past or childhood. But for some it isn’t a positive fee… --- ## [Using kids as spokespersons for a political cause: Does it really achieve the desired effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-kids-as-spokespersons-for-a-political-cause-does-it-really-achieve-the-desired-effect/840801)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-kids-as-spokespersons-for-a-political-cause-does-it-really-achieve-the-desired-effect/840801 "2019-09-30T19:44:00Z")
Ignoring (for this thread) the merits/demerits of Thunberg’s speech at the UN, or Thunberg herself specifically: Does using kids as the spokespeople for a cause really win over an audience? Maybe this is confirmation bi… --- ## [What did I do to make tabs in IE disappear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-make-tabs-in-ie-disappear/622513)
**Author:** [@Molesworth\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molesworth_2)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-do-to-make-tabs-in-ie-disappear/622513 "2012-05-21T14:07:49Z")
For several years whenever I’ve browsed the internet I’ve used “Right Click-Open in new Tab” exclusively. I’m really not sure what I did, but suddenly I’m not seeing the tabs I’ve opened spread out across the taskbar. I… --- ## [I took out my neighbor's trash...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-out-my-neighbors-trash/563894)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-out-my-neighbors-trash/563894 "2010-12-16T19:00:31Z")
We are assigned big, 90 gallon trash cans in our neighborhood. You get one black one for trash which is picked up weekly, and one green one for recycling which is picked up every two weeks. Trash day is Thursday. Last T… --- ## [Is it sexism to charge higher insurance rates for new male drivers with no record?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-sexism-to-charge-higher-insurance-rates-for-new-male-drivers-with-no-record/573314)
**Author:** [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-sexism-to-charge-higher-insurance-rates-for-new-male-drivers-with-no-record/573314 "2011-03-09T00:07:36Z")
It seems Europe’s highest court says it is. I’ve been the lone voice in the dark for years arguing that it’s unfair that a man is tattooed from birth as a higher risk by auto insurance companies and life insurance compa… --- ## [Ghost ship full of cannibal rats about to crash into coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-ship-full-of-cannibal-rats-about-to-crash-into-coast/679554)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-ship-full-of-cannibal-rats-about-to-crash-into-coast/679554 "2014-03-12T18:58:34Z")
Ghost ship full of cannibal rats could be about to crash into Devon coast Well, or maybe the Scottish coast. Or Ireland. Or Cornwall. What do you mean “it was a slow news day”? I personally would buy the DVD of this “b… --- ## [Completed Title Changes Thread {Mar 2024}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completed-title-changes-thread-mar-2024/998987)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completed-title-changes-thread-mar-2024/998987 "2026-02-01T20:29:37Z")
This is the thread to move completed title changes to, from Custom Titles Queue. Request changes in the Custom Titles Queue. --- ## [Sell me on why the US should engage in torture.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-why-the-us-should-engage-in-torture/325655)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-why-the-us-should-engage-in-torture/325655 "2005-10-20T11:50:27Z")
Bob Herbert’s column reminded me how insane the executive branch’s apparent love of torture is. Herbert quoted an (IMO) apt Washington Post editorial: Let’s see the downsides: Torture is bad. We’re America. We should… --- ## ["Liberals make the best capitalists"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-make-the-best-capitalists/601326)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-make-the-best-capitalists/601326 "2011-11-03T15:48:27Z")
I was talking to a conservative friend of mine about Steve Jobs a few days ago when he admitted surprise to learn that Jobs was a liberal. So I told him as a matter of fact that liberals make the best capitalists - citi… --- ## ["The Poseidon Adventure" Was that ending even possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-was-that-ending-even-possible/756213)
**Author:** [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-was-that-ending-even-possible/756213 "2017-05-18T14:24:25Z")
“The Poseidon Adventure” was a 1972 movie about a cruse ship that gets capsized by a giant wave and is left floating upsidedown with the bow underwater and just the rear of the ship with the propellers left floating abov… --- ## [Murder by nitrogen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-by-nitrogen/42673)
**Author:** [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-by-nitrogen/42673 "2000-12-01T14:55:56Z")
If you were to attempt to asphyxiate someone by flooding their room with nitrogen gas: Would they become aware that they were being asphyxiated? i.e. would they feel short of breath, or that they were suffocating? Or … --- ## [Uncommon Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncommon-knowledge/599477)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncommon-knowledge/599477 "2011-10-21T10:36:01Z")
The passive voice is literally impossible to use in the English language; the prohibition we have on it now comes from the Romans, when they used it to erase the Etruscan culture in seventh century France. The Romans mad… --- ## [Ladies: What's up with the "He has no friends" criticism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-whats-up-with-the-he-has-no-friends-criticism/357979)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-whats-up-with-the-he-has-no-friends-criticism/357979 "2006-06-04T18:12:59Z")
I hear ladies talk about this from time to time when they are talking about past dates and or potential mates. They complain: “He has no friends” Why is this such an issue? I can see why it might be an issue if he’s con… --- ## [Whoever Came Up With The Concept Of Using Golf Umbrellas In Urban Settings: F.O.A.D.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoever-came-up-with-the-concept-of-using-golf-umbrellas-in-urban-settings-f-o-a-d/406753)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoever-came-up-with-the-concept-of-using-golf-umbrellas-in-urban-settings-f-o-a-d/406753 "2007-06-08T10:15:20Z")
Supposedly, lightning is the biggest hazard during a rainstorm – not having your eyeballs ripped from their sockets by sidewalk SUVs. Times have changed. For the past half dozen or so years, the ratio of conventional ra… --- ## [The Bloomin' MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742 "2018-05-14T03:57:15Z")
I bought flowers this weekend for various planters, plus my iris are blooming like crazy. I know some of you do flowers, so let’s start off with a little gardening in the MMP. I got coleus, geraniums, and marigolds, pl… --- ## [Fresh air and sunshine in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179 "2020-04-13T11:57:50Z")
On one level, the stay-at-home orders haven’t changed my life a whole lot. I’m retired - where am I going to go??? :smiley: Yeah, I miss going to restaurants and taking Roxy to Wiggle-Giggle, but apart from that, I was… --- ## [Scholarly pronunciation of "processes"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholarly-pronunciation-of-processes/634103)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholarly-pronunciation-of-processes/634103 "2012-09-19T02:46:23Z")
Most of the time, when I hear university professors or other academic people pronounce the word “processes”, they pronounce the last syllable like “eez”. This isn’t the way ordinary people usually pronounce the word. Why… --- ## [Who is your favorite Robin Hood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-robin-hood/540055 "2010-05-28T07:06:08Z")
Following on the thread about the new Robin Hood: Pick your favorite. The classic? The modern? The funny? The duck? Take your pick and tell us why. --- ## [Mid-Life Crises and Infidelity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-life-crises-and-infidelity/646151)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-life-crises-and-infidelity/646151 "2013-01-10T02:09:29Z")
I know two middle aged men who both did classic mid-life crisis things. One of them bought a sports car, the other one a motorcycle. Both of them also pursued extramarital affairs which were later revealed. Based on m… --- ## [Making tamales: What equipment is necessary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-tamales-what-equipment-is-necessary/93380)
**Author:** [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-tamales-what-equipment-is-necessary/93380 "2001-11-21T02:15:18Z")
I’m thinking of taking up the tradition of making tamales for the holidays. I bought all the ingredients and read the recipe. Now I need to know, what do you use to steam these babies for an hour? I have one of those co… --- ## [Trump Compared to Jesus Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-jesus-christ/989502)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-jesus-christ/989502 "2023-09-14T23:05:09Z")
This is a text (grammatical errors included) that a Trumper I know posted in a Trump-friendly group (social, not political) that I’m in: “Its unbelievable the hatred towards a man that sold his wealth for his Country a… --- ## [Why aren't more power lines buried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-more-power-lines-buried/471636)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-more-power-lines-buried/471636 "2008-11-14T05:37:06Z")
Seems to me a big vulnerability in modern life is the power grid. Bad winds, a thunderstorm, or a blizzard knock out power for thousands, sometimes for many days. Which is particularly bad when it’s very hot or very co… --- ## [Strangest thing you've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-thing-youve-seen/490842)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-thing-youve-seen/490842 "2009-03-29T01:56:02Z")
So, what strangeness has appeared in your area recently? --- ## [Witch Boobies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witch-boobies/296574)
**Author:** [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witch-boobies/296574 "2005-03-30T18:24:39Z")
Where did the cliche ‘colder than a witch’s tit’ come from? --- ## [Do you salt your watermelon? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-salt-your-watermelon-why/266618)
**Author:** [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-salt-your-watermelon-why/266618 "2004-10-01T20:35:41Z")
I don’t. Never really understood why people do. So those of you who do, please tell me why. --- ## [To People Who Believe in Evolution and Not ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-believe-in-evolution-and-not-id/552745)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-people-who-believe-in-evolution-and-not-id/552745 "2010-09-09T11:38:33Z")
Here is a question: A smart friend of mine and I were having a google chat and I was a bit dumbstruck by what he said. I’ve changed his name to “Mac.” How would you respond? Mac: Well, statistically, the creation of t… --- ## [Git outta town before PUNDOWN, foos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/git-outta-town-before-pundown-foos/359915)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/git-outta-town-before-pundown-foos/359915 "2006-06-14T16:07:27Z")
I’m your worse nightmare: a black man with a gag. This here’s an open challenge to any wordsmiths, L.A. quippers, NYC punhandlers, bon moteers, phraseologists, punned-its or wascawwy wapscallions wepwete with a way with… --- ## [Rich Little - Good or mediocre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-little-good-or-mediocre/53545)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-little-good-or-mediocre/53545 "2020-12-05T12:28:27Z")
I saw a rerun of Chico and the Man recently in which Rich Little was a guest star. His character stammered a lot, so to get around him he spoke as various celebrities (of course). I remember when I was much younger and … --- ## [Older people and difficulties with new technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-people-and-difficulties-with-new-technology/405953)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-people-and-difficulties-with-new-technology/405953 "2007-06-01T15:54:02Z")
My dad is having the most difficult time with a new cell phone he just got. Although it’s a bare-bones model with few features, he still finds it impossible to do more than just dial a number, despite there being clear … --- ## [Star Trek:TNG "Sub Rosa" - Ripoff of Anne Rice or original as claimed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-sub-rosa-ripoff-of-anne-rice-or-original-as-claimed/528779)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-sub-rosa-ripoff-of-anne-rice-or-original-as-claimed/528779 "2020-02-07T16:59:19Z")
This is probably only going to be one that fans of either Rice or Star Trek are going to bother reading, but it’s something I’ve thought of on and off for years now. The TNG episode “Sub Rosa” has Beverly Crusher inheri… --- ## [Basic problem of for-profit medical care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-problem-of-for-profit-medical-care/619045)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-problem-of-for-profit-medical-care/619045 "2012-04-26T16:42:12Z")
Patterns: Doctor’s Stake in Lab Affects Biopsy Rate Urologists with a financial interest in a laboratory send more prostate biopsies for analysis and have a lower rate of cancer detection than those who use independen… --- ## [Fail Safe (spoilers of course)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fail-safe-spoilers-of-course/684495)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fail-safe-spoilers-of-course/684495 "2014-03-26T18:38:53Z")
I know the Russians were jamming them at first, but there appears to be no recall code. Well that makes no \*\*\*\*ing sense. They surrender? Tough. The US and USSR work it out? Tough. A mistake? Tough. Fantastic movie non… --- ## [Identifiably Jewish movie/TV villains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825 "2003-02-16T16:06:50Z")
In a cultural debate some years ago, a Black activist decrying Jewish control of movie studios pointed out all the scary, evil Black bad guys in popular cinema, but couldn’t recall any who were Jewish. (I wish I could r… --- ## [Survivor 5/9 - Finale and Reunion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171 "2004-05-16T16:05:44Z")
I saw a preview for the show on DVR this morning (while watching Joan of Arcadia). One brief sequence of frames showed two shadowy figures perched atop a rock at some distance away. There were only a couple of frames bef… --- ## [Enough With The Epithets, JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-epithets-jthunder/316231)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-epithets-jthunder/316231 "2005-08-13T04:58:24Z")
You could have seen this thread coming from a mile away, but here goes. JThunder asks the burning question in IMHO: Who would win, rednecks or hillbillies? We’ve hashed this over a million times, and the SDMB powers th… --- ## [The Office - 1/31 - "Junior Salesman" & "Vandalism"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-31-junior-salesman-vandalism/649000)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-31-junior-salesman-vandalism/649000 "2013-02-07T17:57:20Z")
Dwight invites his friends and family to apply for the new sales position; Rolph, Trevor, Mose, Karate sensei Ira, Troy Underbridge, his babysitter/lover (I think her name’s Melvina), Nate, another one of Dwight’s relati… --- ## [Where does the electricity on ones body go when we die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-electricity-on-ones-body-go-when-we-die/101690)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-electricity-on-ones-body-go-when-we-die/101690 "2011-07-05T16:44:01Z")
Einstein postulated that : … energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another … Well he postulated much more than just that of course, but my basic thought comes from this simple theorem.… --- ## [What is/was Marx's legacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-marxs-legacy/669859)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-marxs-legacy/669859 "2013-10-06T08:49:14Z")
I feel like I’m missing something big here. Marx seems to be thought of by many as a God-like-heroic-founding-father-of-20th-century-thought kinda-guy; yet I am too lazy and/or stupid to really understand why. Aside fro… --- ## [If faster than light travel were possible, how badly would it break physics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-faster-than-light-travel-were-possible-how-badly-would-it-break-physics/730475)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-faster-than-light-travel-were-possible-how-badly-would-it-break-physics/730475 "2015-09-28T13:04:39Z")
One for science buffs - if you could dumb down the answer for a …dumb person it’d be appreciated. So let’s say that one day a race of intergalactic supertrolls land in front of the White House and let us know that they … --- ## [First date with a platonic friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-date-with-a-platonic-friend/82320)
**Author:** [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-date-with-a-platonic-friend/82320 "2001-09-18T15:48:09Z")
This post is side-stepping the “should I/shouldn’t I date a platonic friend?” question. My question is this–what should you do on a first date. My case in point–I have a friend I’ve known about a year, and there’s always… --- ## [Did most men carry pistols in the Old West...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-most-men-carry-pistols-in-the-old-west/631707)
**Author:** [@wood95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wood95)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-most-men-carry-pistols-in-the-old-west/631707 "2012-08-19T17:27:36Z")
or is that a Hollywood invention? --- ## [Can Sovereign Citizens be deported or interned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sovereign-citizens-be-deported-or-interned/782616)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sovereign-citizens-be-deported-or-interned/782616 "2017-03-31T07:04:54Z")
If a Sovereign Citizen insists that he or she is not a U.S. citizen, but rather a sovereign entity, and the courts take him or her at his or her word, can he or she be deported or interned? --- ## [How's the 'Bush Economy' doing now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-bush-economy-doing-now/314834)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-bush-economy-doing-now/314834 "2005-09-01T04:28:25Z")
A few years ago, there were plenty of threads criticising the economic performance of the Bush administration. Lots of threads decrying the loss of jobs, the deficits, the tax cuts, benefiting the rich against the poor,… --- ## [I don't like Fallout 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-fallout-2/482336)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-fallout-2/482336 "2009-01-24T22:21:04Z")
I know, minor in the big scheme of things. But I’m disappointed. I really expected to like it. I rented Fallout 3 and absolutely loved it. Not being ready to plunk down $60 at the moment, however, I decided to wait a fe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1159&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1161&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)