# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1207&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:** 1208 --- ## [The Feud: Cartoon characters by Rebo \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-cartoon-characters-by-rebo-game-over/604370)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-cartoon-characters-by-rebo-game-over/604370 "2011-12-03T02:59:42Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). Joke answers will not be … --- ## [Pithy song lyrics you wish you'd written?...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-song-lyrics-you-wish-youd-written/92312)
**Author:** [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-song-lyrics-you-wish-youd-written/92312 "2001-11-24T18:18:17Z")
I have a bit of the poet in me, and when I hear a particularly pithy phrase in a song I mentally go “Damn… why can’t I come up a phrase like that?” The obvious answer of course is that I have no talent… Obviously, there… --- ## [Making RWD better in snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-rwd-better-in-snow/48193)
**Author:** [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-rwd-better-in-snow/48193 "2001-01-04T00:58:13Z")
According to Tom and Ray, the reason a rear-wheel drive car doesn’t do so well on snow is that there’s less weight on the drive wheels. Does that mean you can put a bag of concrete or sand in the trunk of you RWD car and… --- ## [Bands where the drummer was seen as the weak link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-the-drummer-was-seen-as-the-weak-link/836404)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-the-drummer-was-seen-as-the-weak-link/836404 "2019-07-09T17:57:58Z")
Some say the White Stripes deserved a much better drummer than Meg White. Roger Daltrey thought Kenney Jones was the wrong drummer for the Who. Can you name any other big-name, critically acclaimed rock bands in which … --- ## [Payback is a bitch. Old European church vandalised. Cardinal thinks it’s swell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/payback-is-a-bitch-old-european-church-vandalised-cardinal-thinks-it-s-swell/355878)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/payback-is-a-bitch-old-european-church-vandalised-cardinal-thinks-it-s-swell/355878 "2006-05-11T19:27:42Z")
Just because I know how much you all love religion and how these kinds of threads earn me a bunch of SD friends. Protesters decide to repay kindness and support with insult, sacrilege and desecration. Plaster old Cathol… --- ## ["Aha! THAT'S what that Dopername means!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779 "2010-08-14T23:15:17Z")
“Sleeps With Butterflies.” Awesome Tori Amos song. Just NOW got it! What are some names that originally stumped you that you’ve since figured out…Red Shirt! --- ## [Pink Eye Transfered by flatulence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-eye-transfered-by-flatulence/466251)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-eye-transfered-by-flatulence/466251 "2008-10-04T06:41:39Z")
My roommate has this crazy idea that you can transfer Pink Eye by a “bare-ass fart on a pillow”. I don’t believe that this is possible and I’ve tried telling him, but he believes the movie he heard it from more then me. … --- ## [Profanity in Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556 "2018-07-19T13:39:45Z")
Profanity laden songs that you think the usage of profanity is integral and works… and/or simply interesting and noteworthy? Lisa Germano - Red Thread (profanity starts after about 2:00 mark) --- ## [Would you buy a VW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-vw/783650)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-vw/783650 "2017-06-15T14:04:12Z")
I’m considering purchasing a new car, and the VW Golf GTI is high on my list. I’m wondering what the millions think. --- ## [Have they stopped making the HMS Pinafore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-they-stopped-making-the-hms-pinafore/540708)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-they-stopped-making-the-hms-pinafore/540708 "2010-05-28T14:35:35Z")
Longtime Simpson watchers know that in one episode, Bart asked Sideshow Bob to sing the entire score of the HMS Pinafore in order to delay Bob murdering him. That episode led me to actually look up some of those songs t… --- ## [Women: hot and lousy in bed or ugly and great in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-hot-and-lousy-in-bed-or-ugly-and-great-in-bed/437622)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-hot-and-lousy-in-bed-or-ugly-and-great-in-bed/437622 "2011-07-27T21:36:11Z")
As a follow up to this thread (and have basically just reversed the genders in Gestalt’s OP) So ladies, If you had the option of having sex with a man with a totally hot body and amazing face who basically just lay the… --- ## [Name this logical fallacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-logical-fallacy/612417)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-logical-fallacy/612417 "2012-02-13T15:49:48Z")
Ok I’m a little confused as to how to ask this. I’m not even sure if it is considered a logical fallacy. But I figure there is a name for it. I have run into this several times recently. It is to dismiss one action as be… --- ## [Scientific "Facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-facts/569653)
**Author:** [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-facts/569653 "2011-02-03T04:43:36Z")
My husband went to a good college and was taught that plate tectonics was a new “theory” that had yet to be proven and was considered “newfangled” by the older professors, of course, who are now dead wrong, literally and… --- ## [Do judges accept LEO's word over the Defendent (traffic ticket)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-judges-accept-leos-word-over-the-defendent-traffic-ticket/699455)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-judges-accept-leos-word-over-the-defendent-traffic-ticket/699455 "2015-04-01T18:35:00Z")
Suppose a person gets a ticket for something unambiguous like not signaling, rolling through a stop sign, etc. LEO writes a ticket and this person decides to fight it. LEO testifies as to what they witnessed. Defendan… --- ## [Are there any land areas with no grass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-land-areas-with-no-grass/649694)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-land-areas-with-no-grass/649694 "2013-02-11T15:03:17Z")
When I was a child, grass was the one plant or type of plant that was simplest and most universal. I know that there are places where there are few trees, but are there places where grass is either not found at all, fou… --- ## [Crossing the line \[Republicans thinking of voting for Obama\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossing-the-line-republicans-thinking-of-voting-for-obama/437240)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossing-the-line-republicans-thinking-of-voting-for-obama/437240 "2008-02-14T16:11:36Z")
I think I’ll vote for Obama. Mccain is so “mehhhh.” He’s ok, I guess. I agree with about 65% of what he talks about. Obama I agree with about 60% That’s pretty good for me and a Democrat. He’s black, a Democrat, ha… --- ## [Dopers: do you sleep better in the nude - or in nightwear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785)
**Author:** [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-do-you-sleep-better-in-the-nude-or-in-nightwear/398785 "2007-04-10T23:28:02Z")
i had an epiphany this afternoon. :stuck\_out\_tongue: as a result, i just got off the phone with the dive master, having officially - and primly - informed him that he has finally and completely corrupted the sweet young… --- ## [Women Kicking Their Leg Back During A Kiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-kicking-their-leg-back-during-a-kiss/435673)
**Author:** [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-kicking-their-leg-back-during-a-kiss/435673 "2008-02-08T14:35:03Z")
What’s up with that? When did it start? Why? Chicken or Egg, did it happen in a movie first, and then women all over started imitating it, or vice versa? --- ## [Is my widower status scaring off dates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-widower-status-scaring-off-dates/681635)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-widower-status-scaring-off-dates/681635 "2014-02-23T03:09:53Z")
Is my widower status scaring off dates? I’ve recently signed up for a dating site. Should I just list single instead of widower? I have the distinct impression being a widower is somehow intimidating future dates. On… --- ## [Thoughts on Bathroom Tissue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609 "2024-03-17T14:03:04Z")
There have been previous threads about the size of toilet paper rolls. Outside of dollar stores, even the cheapest rolls claim to be at least double sized, claiming 6 rolls = 12, or 12 rolls = 24 or 36 or 72. This se… --- ## [Cows sought after BMW vandalized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-sought-after-bmw-vandalized/725136)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-sought-after-bmw-vandalized/725136 "2015-07-19T18:29:11Z")
Cows sought after BMW vandalized I blame it on cut-backs at the agricultural schools. Without good before- and after-school programs, cows will just get into trouble. --- ## [A question for those who believe that conception=personhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-those-who-believe-that-conception-personhood/679285)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-those-who-believe-that-conception-personhood/679285 "2014-01-28T00:17:32Z")
As put forth here: If five embryos isn’t enough to pick them over the young girl, how many would be? --- ## [Amazing Race 5/10 - "This is how you lose a million viewers."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-5-10-this-is-how-you-lose-a-million-viewers/495952)
**Author:** [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-5-10-this-is-how-you-lose-a-million-viewers/495952 "2009-05-15T03:30:46Z")
After eleven legs of tasks containing not enough ways for a competent team to gain or lose position substantially – and so many teams demonstrating a lack of Race competence – at last we reach the final leg. Discuss. S… --- ## [What about the freaking Electoral Vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-the-freaking-electoral-vote/468099)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-the-freaking-electoral-vote/468099 "2008-10-19T09:15:31Z")
Ok so like a lot of people I am eagerly keeping track of all the new polls coming out. It’s really starting to piss me off that every time there’s a new article, usually headlined by “Obama lead widening” or “Newest Pol… --- ## [Pat Robertson and Alzheimer's. Is this a GD or a Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-and-alzheimers-is-this-a-gd-or-a-pit/596466)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-and-alzheimers-is-this-a-gd-or-a-pit/596466 "2011-09-20T12:27:18Z")
Here’s the LA Times take on it. There is also a YouTube video: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/pat-robertson-infuriates-faithful-with-alzheimers-comments.html So, Mr. Christian says that it’s OK for D… --- ## [Eating raw Pork Pancreas and Beef Liver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pork-pancreas-and-beef-liver/494088)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pork-pancreas-and-beef-liver/494088 "2009-04-24T13:50:17Z")
What’s the truth behind using raw Pork Pancreas and Beef Liver as a Cancer treatment? --- ## ["You gotta watch out for those quiet ones."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-watch-out-for-those-quiet-ones/341217)
**Author:** [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-watch-out-for-those-quiet-ones/341217 "2006-01-26T18:57:18Z")
I’m not a talkative person, never really have been. It’s a combination of being shy and just flat not feeling like I have much to talk about. I like listening to other people talk, and I’ll join in when I have something … --- ## [Bitcoins. Are they a net negative to human society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoins-are-they-a-net-negative-to-human-society/940889)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoins-are-they-a-net-negative-to-human-society/940889 "2021-05-27T22:15:39Z")
I may have gotten a little carried away in the GQ thread about bitcoins, so I’m starting this one. The debate is if bitcoins are of net harm or net benefit to humanity as a whole. It seems as if we’re reaching a tippin… --- ## [What do we do in Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-in-australia/486857)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-in-australia/486857 "2009-03-15T21:57:34Z")
My wife just got a new job heading the North American operations for a company based in Australia (woo hoo!). She will be flying out to Sydney in a couple of weeks to meet the rest of the company, and then in another mo… --- ## [Rush Limbaugh "dreams of" riots in Denver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-dreams-of-riots-in-denver/447454)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-dreams-of-riots-in-denver/447454 "2008-06-19T04:26:30Z")
Attention all Pub agents provocateur: You have your orders! Interesting, Mr. Limbaugh. What exactly is the rest of this Operation Chaos? Indeed not. “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?!” --- ## [Why don't I get hangovers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-get-hangovers/110341)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-get-hangovers/110341 "2011-06-01T23:16:48Z")
I have a strong feeling this has been asked before, but I went through eight pages of search results for “hangover” and couldn’t find it. So I’ll risk boring people with this again. Why do you suppose I don’t get hangov… --- ## [Best cheap booze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheap-booze/666678)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheap-booze/666678 "2013-08-25T14:24:48Z")
Here’s the challenge: you have two parameters - quality and cost. Goal - maximize both. Pick your favorite tipple and tell us what you buy when you are broke but still have taste buds. My starter - Evan Williams bourbon.… --- ## [UK Foreign Policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-foreign-policy/667648)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-foreign-policy/667648 "2013-09-05T20:10:17Z")
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive- that was yesterday’s dawn. Now that Parliament has to be consulted on any war matter, we are changed. No more adventurism by Prime Ministers Using (misusing) the Royal Prerogative. … --- ## [Is Reddit (web site with a big corporate parent behind it) spreading child porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reddit-web-site-with-a-big-corporate-parent-behind-it-spreading-child-porn/598122)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reddit-web-site-with-a-big-corporate-parent-behind-it-spreading-child-porn/598122 "2011-10-02T04:16:11Z")
Anderson Cooper explored the question of whether Reddit is engaging in spreading child porn (admittedly borderline child “porn”…air quotes in this case because that is the debate here). Note the above is a link to a You… --- ## [Unusual songs about food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-about-food/772815 "2016-11-29T01:46:45Z")
It’s the biggest eating day of the year tomorrow, so why not. And no Wiki lists, please. I suggest: Salt Peanuts, Dizzy Gillespie Potato Chips, Slim Gaillard --- ## [Law School Classmate appearing semi-nude: Injurious to her classmates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-classmate-appearing-semi-nude-injurious-to-her-classmates/395141)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-classmate-appearing-semi-nude-injurious-to-her-classmates/395141 "2007-03-13T16:03:04Z")
I am proud to be a student at Boston College Law school. I am not, however, so proud of a fellow student of mine and what she’s chosen to do with our logo. “Barstool Sports,” a fratboy social-outing sort of publication… --- ## [If I my play double's advocate:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-my-play-doubles-advocate/620686)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-my-play-doubles-advocate/620686 "2012-05-04T13:15:40Z")
For all intensive purposes, this board is a great place to spend time. Even the pit’s no holes barred, doggy dog culture can be a blessing in the skies. But some of the posters here can be a bunch of pre-Madonna’s with… --- ## [I thought I was a newbie, but Noooo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-was-a-newbie-but-noooo/298065)
**Author:** [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-i-was-a-newbie-but-noooo/298065 "2005-05-06T20:36:50Z")
Last night I decided to leave lurkerdom and finally join the Straight Dope. I entered my e-mail addy, and all the other info, and clicked sumbit. I don’t remember what the message that popped up said, but basically the… --- ## [What does being "gay" even mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-gay-even-mean/662819)
**Author:** [@The\_Sheikh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sheikh)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-gay-even-mean/662819 "2013-07-10T22:09:39Z")
I was listening to Sociology of Sexuality by The Teaching Company when this excerpt struck me as very true. I have never really understood what “being gay” really meant. Now that a professor agrees with my view of sexual… --- ## [Electing members of sexist organizations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electing-members-of-sexist-organizations/611269)
**Author:** [@Jesus\_Christ\_s\_Child\_Bride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesus_Christ_s_Child_Bride)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electing-members-of-sexist-organizations/611269 "2012-02-03T05:49:57Z")
Do good members of society have a duty to denounce members of bigoted, anti-woman organizations–like the Catholic or Mormon Churches–who run for office? Should members of the media ask Newt Gingrich why he joined an orga… --- ## [Best way to fight creationist pseudoscience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-fight-creationist-pseudoscience/65977)
**Author:** [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-fight-creationist-pseudoscience/65977 "2001-06-04T19:43:03Z")
What’s the best way to fight creation “science”? Does it suffice to just try to educate people, or should one take the stand that you can’t reason a person out of a position he didn’t reason himself into? If the latter, … --- ## [Why do people think the Hebrews were "Black"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-the-hebrews-were-black/260600)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-the-hebrews-were-black/260600 "2004-08-22T14:22:45Z")
I’m so sick of hearing people talk about “black Hebrews” and “black Jesus.” The Hebrews might not have looked like the English or the Dutch but they were a Semitic people which means they were caucasian, along with the E… --- ## [Waddaya mean she's a minor? She was a MAJOR 'ho!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waddaya-mean-shes-a-minor-she-was-a-major-ho/112552)
**Author:** [@Abe\_User](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_User)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waddaya-mean-shes-a-minor-she-was-a-major-ho/112552 "2002-06-15T23:51:56Z")
I’ve been reading about the whole R. Kelly indictment: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020605/ap\_en\_mu/r\_\_kelly\_accusations\_14 And it occurs to me that since statutory rape crimes are ‘strict liabil… --- ## [The Hateful Eight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hateful-eight/727713)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hateful-eight/727713 "2016-12-11T22:59:21Z")
I couldn’t find another thread about the new Tarantino movie so here this is. I just watched the trailer and must say that I am looking forward to this movie. It could be epic in 70mm. --- ## [ChiDope Lunch Bunch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103)
**Author:** [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103 "2003-08-18T15:50:26Z")
Now that I’m working just west of the Loop, I’m wondering if there’s any interest from other ChiDopers on a monthly lunch. The DC Dopers have been doing something similar for quite a while. Any Chicago Dopers intereste… --- ## [People who made a big splash, then either quit or died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-made-a-big-splash-then-either-quit-or-died/620108)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-made-a-big-splash-then-either-quit-or-died/620108 "2012-04-30T04:03:41Z")
Let’s list people who, in any field, made a big impact or had big success, and then either quit or died relatively soon after as a (relatively) young man or woman. How young is young is up to you. People who suddenly bec… --- ## [Do you have a Passport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-passport/697584)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-passport/697584 "2014-09-11T00:41:19Z")
Do you have a passport, currently valid? Proper passport, not a border-accepted ID card or similar. --- ## [Do immigrants sound like all other Americans by the 2nd or 3rd generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-immigrants-sound-like-all-other-americans-by-the-2nd-or-3rd-generation/640632)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-immigrants-sound-like-all-other-americans-by-the-2nd-or-3rd-generation/640632 "2012-11-14T14:55:40Z")
Re American immigrants, by the 2nd or 3rd generation are they any discernible differences in the way people sound while talking conversationally based on the way their grandparents or parents spoke, or are all ethnic acc… --- ## [A canoe, a parachute, a waterfall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-canoe-a-parachute-a-waterfall/615304)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-canoe-a-parachute-a-waterfall/615304 "2012-03-13T03:47:24Z")
(But no planes or treadmills, thank Og). So say you’re in a canoe at the lip of a really tall waterfall. You have a parachute attached to the canoe. If you deploy it at just the right moment, will you float away in a fl… --- ## [The affordable-housing crisis -- is more supply really the answer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-affordable-housing-crisis-is-more-supply-really-the-answer/980836)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-affordable-housing-crisis-is-more-supply-really-the-answer/980836 "2023-04-24T08:49:43Z")
The affordable-housing crisis in the Western world’s most expensive cities is routinely framed as a “housing shortage” that can be fixed by increasing supply. I’m skeptical. First, has increasing supply actually worked … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1206&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1208&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)