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**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawn-star-experts/612785 "2012-02-16T19:36:33Z")
Do they get paid or do they just get a plug? --- ## ["Food stamp diet challenge"... possible to fashion healthy and sufficient diet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamp-diet-challenge-possible-to-fashion-healthy-and-sufficient-diet/717667)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamp-diet-challenge-possible-to-fashion-healthy-and-sufficient-diet/717667 "2015-05-06T01:18:54Z")
As a spin off from the Gwyneth Paltrow-does-foot-stamp-diet thread, an interesting question occurred to me – is it possible to fashion a nutritionally complete and relatively healthy diet on the food stamp budget (~$29 p… --- ## [Who Else Likes To Self-Torture With Spicy Food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-to-self-torture-with-spicy-food/599842)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-to-self-torture-with-spicy-food/599842 "2011-10-18T13:09:43Z")
I love spicy food. It hasn’t always been this way, but after 15 years in the southwest, I’ve adapted. When I go to Subway, I will get the bread with jalapenos in it, jalapenos on the sandwich, and also chipotle (smoked… --- ## [What does "25% less than X" mean ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-25-less-than-x-mean/750151)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-25-less-than-x-mean/750151 "2016-04-04T18:25:12Z")
The media constantly says that X is 30 times less than last last year, or 11 times less than Monday. What does that mean ? How does it translate into reality? How is one to calculate such a figure? Why don’t they say … --- ## [Sexiest famous people in their 50s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-famous-people-in-their-50s/719879)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-famous-people-in-their-50s/719879 "2015-05-14T03:06:58Z")
Not their 60s, not their 40s, not their 80s, not their 20s: Their 50s. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, age 54 Susanna Hoffs, age 56 Sheryl Crow, age 53 I’m partial to the ladies, but feel free to add a fella or two. --- ## [Short story based on Lady and the Tramp in Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-based-on-lady-and-the-tramp-in-cosmopolitan/747829)
**Author:** [@Wizard101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wizard101)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-based-on-lady-and-the-tramp-in-cosmopolitan/747829 "2024-02-15T03:17:57Z")
Can someone help me figure out what issue of Cosmopolitan the short story that Lady and the Tramp is based on was published in? The story is titled “happy Dan, the whistling dog” or “Happy Dan, the cynical dog” and it wa… --- ## [Ask the American monarchist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-american-monarchist/636323)
**Author:** [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-american-monarchist/636323 "2012-11-10T13:06:57Z")
I was born and raised in the US of A, but am for a combination of practical, aesthetic, and religious reasons a firm believer in the principle of hereditary monarchy with more than figurehead power. Although I tend to st… --- ## [Atheist Dopers who've attended AA/NA/OA/&c.: What's your higher power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dopers-whove-attended-aa-na-oa-c-whats-your-higher-power/623318)
**Author:** [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-dopers-whove-attended-aa-na-oa-c-whats-your-higher-power/623318 "2012-06-08T04:04:08Z")
I think the question is fairly self-explanatory, but I suppose a little background is in order… I recently had a shitload of stress pile up on me, at which point I started formulating a suicide plan. My wife knew somethi… --- ## [Practical uses for the number i](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-uses-for-the-number-i/675920)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-uses-for-the-number-i/675920 "2013-12-16T21:12:44Z")
I need to explain to a pretty intelligent but somewhat cynical 9th grader what the use of the number i is. Does it come up in any real world applications? I seem to recall engineers use it for waves? I tried to show him … --- ## [Things You Ignored While Looking For An Apartment You Shouldn't Have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-ignored-while-looking-for-an-apartment-you-shouldnt-have/535632)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-ignored-while-looking-for-an-apartment-you-shouldnt-have/535632 "2010-04-19T15:52:49Z")
I was reading something online and the woman said in her current flat she thought she was getting a break as the way the building was set up on her floor there was the office, the laundry room and the other three sides o… --- ## [New partners still being friends with their ex(es)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-partners-still-being-friends-with-their-ex-es/725506)
**Author:** [@Hugosvoice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugosvoice)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-partners-still-being-friends-with-their-ex-es/725506 "2015-07-23T06:05:50Z")
One of my girlfriends has just started dating a guy who she says things are wonderful with except for one thing - he’s friends with a lot of his ex girlfriends and ex ‘hook ups’. At least 4 that she knows of. While she … --- ## [Question about face's being blurred on TV for legal reasons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-faces-being-blurred-on-tv-for-legal-reasons/121909)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-faces-being-blurred-on-tv-for-legal-reasons/121909 "2013-11-18T22:10:34Z")
Under what circumstances can you use someone’s image without permission and not face civil action later (of any merit)? Faces are often blurred out on the TV show “Cops” but many times they aren’t. I can tell that some… --- ## [Does anybody believe in Evolution ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-believe-in-evolution/280367)
**Author:** [@JustWrightin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustWrightin)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-believe-in-evolution/280367 "2004-12-21T15:10:15Z")
I was taught Evolution at school completely brain washed with the stuff from i think 3rd grade all the way to 10th grade off and on, If you actually think about it there is no possible way that. There could be such a thi… --- ## [Disappointed Liberals Moving to Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-liberals-moving-to-canada/579901)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-liberals-moving-to-canada/579901 "2020-05-18T19:52:20Z")
NOTE: I am NOT looking for any form of debate, political sniping, etc. Are there any hard-and-fast statistics on how many Americans, disappointed with the re-election of George W Bush, actually followed through on plans… --- ## [Dark roof/light roof... heating/cooling...Best of both worlds!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-roof-light-roof-heating-cooling-best-of-both-worlds/535503)
**Author:** [@Alexov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexov)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-roof-light-roof-heating-cooling-best-of-both-worlds/535503 "2010-04-22T18:12:19Z")
Just saw one of Cecil’s columns about the benefits of a lighter colored roof. Over here in Australia, someone is on their way to a few million bucks, and helping to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels at the same time… --- ## [Fuck you Cameron and all you stand for!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cameron-and-all-you-stand-for/664202)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cameron-and-all-you-stand-for/664202 "2013-07-28T17:46:24Z")
Won’t somebody please think of the children! 95% of households in Airstrip One are to have porn blocked by default by their ISPs. Just what exactly ‘pornography’ is who knows. Maybe next time I’m looking up Michaelangel… --- ## [Would you rather be really rich or really smart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-really-rich-or-really-smart/110824)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-really-rich-or-really-smart/110824 "2002-05-30T13:01:13Z")
When I’m staring at nematodes and copepods all day, I start daydreaming about stuff. If someone–a magical genie or angel or something–said he’d grant you one of two things–unlimited wealth or unlimited brains–which one … --- ## [Are we the perfect size for technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-the-perfect-size-for-technology/711469)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-the-perfect-size-for-technology/711469 "2015-02-05T13:12:41Z")
If humans were only one foot tall, could we of still made all the technological advances we have today? like space shuttles, skyscrapers, airplanes, etc…? --- ## [Republicans have secret gay sex clubs for GOP congressmen and senators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-have-secret-gay-sex-clubs-for-gop-congressmen-and-senators/553543)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-have-secret-gay-sex-clubs-for-gop-congressmen-and-senators/553543 "2010-09-15T02:39:23Z")
Is it true that The Family and the C Street Frathouse are secret gay sex clubs for the likes of Diaper Dave Vitter, Craig Livingston, Mark Foley and other members of the GOP congressional delegation where they can go to … --- ## [Short Skirts in 1970's/80's junior high and high school. What hosiery did they wear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-skirts-in-1970s-80s-junior-high-and-high-school-what-hosiery-did-they-wear/840630)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-skirts-in-1970s-80s-junior-high-and-high-school-what-hosiery-did-they-wear/840630 "2020-04-05T17:41:30Z")
A thread in Cafe got me to thinking about my Junior High and High School years. I lived in a pretty conservative small town. A lot of the girls in my junior high wore \*\*short skirts with opaque hose. It wasn’t revealing… --- ## [I Voted - Nov 2024 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280 "2024-11-05T22:44:54Z")
Happy Sep 30th to you all. Today I voted. My ballot arrived on Sat and today = Mon USPS is carrying it back to the elections board. In a few days I an check online to see that they have it. Who’s next? Or who’s even … --- ## [Changing Gear to reverse while car is moving forward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-gear-to-reverse-while-car-is-moving-forward/132417)
**Author:** [@tnguyen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnguyen)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-gear-to-reverse-while-car-is-moving-forward/132417 "2003-01-11T02:40:08Z")
:smack: myself. Hello, I’m a bit worried and could not sleep last night knowing that I accidentally change the gear on my car to Reverse while the car was moving forward at about 30 mph. It was done by accident when I … --- ## [How is it possible to be an athiest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-to-be-an-athiest/116799)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-to-be-an-athiest/116799 "2002-07-16T00:43:13Z")
In all honesty, how is it possible to be an athiest? I can understand the difficulty of finding which religion is the one true religion or what not, but denying that there is a God at all seems, well, foolish (no offens… --- ## [How did people wake up before alarm clocks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-people-wake-up-before-alarm-clocks/618254)
**Author:** [@spunkymuzicnote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spunkymuzicnote)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-people-wake-up-before-alarm-clocks/618254 "2012-04-11T06:13:52Z")
As is usual, I set my alarm this morning for seven, but didn’t actually wake up until 8, despite the alarm blasting the whole time. Usually I have to set two alarms to even have a chance of getting up at the time I need … --- ## [Share your kidney stone stories with me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-kidney-stone-stories-with-me/330797)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-kidney-stone-stories-with-me/330797 "2005-11-15T17:38:42Z")
So. On top of the other health issues I have had this year, I am treated to the gloriousness that are kidney stones. I have been told that it is the worst pain you will feel, but for me it doesn’t even come close. I s… --- ## [Diplomacy: SDMB's entry in the WorldMasters 2002 Tourney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-sdmbs-entry-in-the-worldmasters-2002-tourney/135323)
**Author:** [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-sdmbs-entry-in-the-worldmasters-2002-tourney/135323 "2003-04-18T15:55:26Z")
I agree strongly with everything RT’s just said. As I said in my email to Dave about my particular country preferences, I’ll pretty much take anything (except England and Turkey :wink: ), but it’s certainly true that t… --- ## [Which is preferred, rigmarole or rigamarole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-preferred-rigmarole-or-rigamarole/504522)
**Author:** [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-preferred-rigmarole-or-rigamarole/504522 "2017-01-12T00:57:11Z")
I’ve always heard people say “rig-a-ma-role”. However, when checking on onelook.com, “rigmarole” (a spelling I’d never seen) has 25+ entries, while “rigamarole” only has 15. Is one more proper than the other? --- ## [Formerly-fictional totalitarian regime, here we come!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-fictional-totalitarian-regime-here-we-come/771322)
**Author:** [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-fictional-totalitarian-regime-here-we-come/771322 "2016-11-25T00:58:33Z")
My posts three years ago in this thread are looking positively prescient now. I’ve heard people saying, “It’s just four years,” but an awful lot of bad can happen in that amount of time, and there are no guarantees that… --- ## [Is It Legal to Film Police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-film-police/620999)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-film-police/620999 "2012-05-11T16:10:08Z")
I’ve seen several videos on Youtube of people using cameras to film police doing routine, police-y things. The police seem to be rather annoyed by it (at best), and sometimes react a little more… aggressively. However, t… --- ## [How to Kill a cockroach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-a-cockroach/516536)
**Author:** [@debdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/debdavis)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-a-cockroach/516536 "2011-03-20T01:47:06Z")
This post is in refernce to 1983 posting: Is this still the best answer, considering it’s over 20 years old now? I live in Colorado & have NEVER had cockroaches, but yesterday I found a cockroach in my house. It crawle… --- ## [The too tough to die MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-too-tough-to-die-mmp/960604)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-too-tough-to-die-mmp/960604 "2022-03-14T23:18:09Z")
I’m up and decided to name it in honor of the aforementioned cat of mine … who trying her damnedest to ignore what is wrong with her as much as she can … So here we go! --- ## [Celebrity Deaths that Upset You the Most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-that-upset-you-the-most/137362)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-that-upset-you-the-most/137362 "2002-11-23T03:37:30Z")
Let’s not let this turn into a “why do people get upset over people they don’t even know?” argument. Which celebs brought a tear to the eye and a skip to the heart when they cashed in? Oh, and celebs who were friends or … --- ## [Tornado sirens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-sirens/582916)
**Author:** [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-sirens/582916 "2011-05-26T16:51:36Z")
It is that time of year. I am sickened by the devastation and deaths. I am still rational enough to ask how much good warning sirens do. Are we able to tell accurately enough when one is coming to warn people and does… --- ## [Why do women become sluts after they turn 21?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-become-sluts-after-they-turn-21/152029)
**Author:** [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-become-sluts-after-they-turn-21/152029 "2003-02-03T02:04:37Z")
Now this isnt an attempt at trolling its an actually question. I have known many women and after they hit 21 they all just become the worst voracious horn dog I have ever seen. Personally as a 21 year old male I find thi… --- ## [How do cats know to use the litterbox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cats-know-to-use-the-litterbox/22244)
**Author:** [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cats-know-to-use-the-litterbox/22244 "2000-06-14T05:40:15Z")
Most of my experience with cats have been with adult cats moving in, or strays we’ve adopted (presumably former house pets), so perhaps I’ve missed some of the experience, but … It seems that there is no training we hum… --- ## [Water curtailment in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-curtailment-in-california/722851)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-curtailment-in-california/722851 "2015-06-24T12:40:06Z")
I saw this article the other day. Due to its ongoing drought, California is “curtailing” the water rights of 114 communities, mostly in northern California. Is this really as severe a move as it sounds like? The artic… --- ## [How do you define a person's looks on the 1-10 scale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-a-persons-looks-on-the-1-10-scale/668515)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-a-persons-looks-on-the-1-10-scale/668515 "2013-09-10T21:57:04Z")
There was a ‘rate your looks’ thread recently where people rated themselves on 1-10. how do you define 1-10? my definition would likely be 1-2 multiple deformities and ugliness augmented by terrible hygiene. without bad… --- ## [What legal rights do I have to my own name? (re: Rick Ross)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-legal-rights-do-i-have-to-my-own-name-re-rick-ross/544141)
**Author:** [@Starbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starbury)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-legal-rights-do-i-have-to-my-own-name-re-rick-ross/544141 "2010-06-23T19:26:43Z")
For the past few years, a rapper going by the name “Rick Ross” has built a reasonably successful music career by putting out songs that detail his fictional life as a sort of high class drug dealer. His stage name is a r… --- ## [Poll: Ladies, \: What's your middle name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ladies-and-other-women-whats-your-middle-name/560286)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ladies-and-other-women-whats-your-middle-name/560286 "2010-11-17T15:44:26Z")
Over the last few decades I’ve been amazed at the homogen-aity \ of the middle names of most of the women that I have known. They seem to primarily be either Lynn, Ann, Marie or a variation on those… --- ## [Have you flirted with somebody you probably shouldn't have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-flirted-with-somebody-you-probably-shouldnt-have/527601)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-flirted-with-somebody-you-probably-shouldnt-have/527601 "2010-02-06T18:18:11Z")
Post stories if you feel like sharing. --- ## [Fantasy and SF novels since 2000 that Might Be Essentials One Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-and-sf-novels-since-2000-that-might-be-essentials-one-day/687569)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-and-sf-novels-since-2000-that-might-be-essentials-one-day/687569 "2014-05-30T02:04:48Z")
Inspired by the thread about the 50 Essential SF Novels that every library should have on its shelves, I thought it would be fun to introduce a new twist: what are the SF novels and fantasy novels written since 2000 that… --- ## [What's the most obvious lie you've ever believed past childhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obvious-lie-youve-ever-believed-past-childhood/847616)
**Author:** [@VinylEsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylEsto)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obvious-lie-youve-ever-believed-past-childhood/847616 "2020-02-15T00:54:11Z")
I believed in the “you can taste sweet things on your balls” myth for the better part of a year. --- ## [Does it bother you when someone eats something the wrong way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you-when-someone-eats-something-the-wrong-way/333799)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bother-you-when-someone-eats-something-the-wrong-way/333799 "2005-12-09T21:02:57Z")
“Wrong” being a way you don’t think it should be eaten. Shortly after my sister married her incredibly pretencious, ex-farmboy husband. They took me out to eat. I picked up a roll and started preparing it for consumptio… --- ## ["Girls Gone Wild" -- product of or failure of feminism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-gone-wild-product-of-or-failure-of-feminism/198064)
**Author:** [@Sad\_Waters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sad_Waters)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-gone-wild-product-of-or-failure-of-feminism/198064 "2003-09-16T13:47:29Z")
You’ve seen them time and time again… Those “Girls Gone Wild” videos that are way cheap. The girls don’t seem to mind showing their tits for no rhyme or reason…not even for money. My question to you is this the end pr… --- ## [Stories You Don't Remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-you-dont-remember/692351)
**Author:** [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-you-dont-remember/692351 "2015-10-02T15:09:19Z")
Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories are my favorite reading material. It takes a gifted writer to tell an engaging story in just a few pages. I have read many over the years. Some I would like to read again as an a… --- ## [dvd screenshots and copyright violations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-screenshots-and-copyright-violations/548629)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-screenshots-and-copyright-violations/548629 "2010-08-06T09:12:35Z")
If I play a DVD of a movie (let’s say, for the sake of discussion, Hollywood blockbuster) on my computer, take a screenshot, and post the screenshot on a webpage, is that a copyright violation? There are probably two an… --- ## [Did Dr. Hook ever make the cover of the Rolling Stone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380)
**Author:** [@Carptracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carptracker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380 "2010-12-17T04:10:26Z")
Not certain if this is a cafe question or not - but I am looking for a serious answer. --- ## ["Failed to connect to proxy server" (effin' AOL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-to-connect-to-proxy-server-effin-aol/539125)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-to-connect-to-proxy-server-effin-aol/539125 "2011-08-13T18:08:01Z")
My current temp gig lets me work at home one day a week – as long as I’ve got AIM. Yeah, it’s gotta be AIM. Just spent a ridiculous amount of time getting this loaded, tried to fire it up, and can’t get past a “Failed t… --- ## [Cloverfield - dear god that sucked (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloverfield-dear-god-that-sucked-spoilers/450774)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloverfield-dear-god-that-sucked-spoilers/450774 "2008-06-07T19:16:18Z")
Ok, I say spoilers even though I’m probably the last person on the dope to actually see the movie. Anyway, as the thread title says…that movie sucked. Really really hard. (note, I didn’t really follow the threads whe… --- ## [In America, could you get in trouble for being 'too nice' to black folk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-america-could-you-get-in-trouble-for-being-too-nice-to-black-folk/677526)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-america-could-you-get-in-trouble-for-being-too-nice-to-black-folk/677526 "2014-01-06T05:17:47Z")
A social history question, prompted by the book The Guns of the South (minor spoilers) - in it, a Union man comes to the Confederacy and gets a job in the railroad, but is fired for treating his Negroes ‘like men’. Got … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1175&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1177&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)