# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1219&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:** 1220 --- ## [Trump voters: how SPECIFICALLY will Hillary damage the country in 4 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-how-specifically-will-hillary-damage-the-country-in-4-years/766858)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-how-specifically-will-hillary-damage-the-country-in-4-years/766858 "2016-09-27T20:51:27Z")
A question for Trump voters: Specifically what damage do you expect Hillary to do to the country in four years? Not what do you think she WANTS to do, or would do if she could, but what do you fear she WILL do, i.e., w… --- ## [Should doctors be more blunt with patients?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-doctors-be-more-blunt-with-patients/698998)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-doctors-be-more-blunt-with-patients/698998 "2014-09-23T03:08:32Z")
I’m just curious what everyone thinks, and I’d be interested to hear the opinion of any medical pros too. I know of two people where lack of bluntness by doctors lead to shitty outcomes. My niece died at age 18 from a s… --- ## [Ask the cancer patient(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cancer-patient-s/456753)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cancer-patient-s/456753 "2010-06-24T13:38:02Z")
Inspired by Ivylass’s suggestion in her chemo thread. We have quite a variety of people on the boards who have had cancer, ranging from Ivylass, who’s going through chemo right now to folks that have been cancer-free fo… --- ## [How Do Life Insurance Companies make money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-life-insurance-companies-make-money/481336)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-life-insurance-companies-make-money/481336 "2009-01-16T23:57:45Z")
I was thinking about this the other day. If i have a $500,000 life insurance policy and i pay $100/month, even if I pay into it for 50 years, that only adds up to $60,000. Then i die and my family gets $500G So how are … --- ## [Speech experts, question about the way James Spader speaks...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-experts-question-about-the-way-james-spader-speaks/587189)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-experts-question-about-the-way-james-spader-speaks/587189 "2013-11-11T02:45:24Z")
in this clip, James Spader is speaking in a way I find very intriguing. He’s perfectly understandable and clear, but the best way to describe what I’m talking about is that it seems like his consonants are all buffered … --- ## [24: Season 4: Episode 22 (4:00am - 5:00am)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-22-4-00am-5-00am/304132)
**Author:** [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-22-4-00am-5-00am/304132 "2005-05-21T04:28:03Z")
This week’s 24 thread is approved by the Monstre for President 2008 campaign. 24, Season 4, Episode 22 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM SPOILERS AHEAD! Season 4 threads 1-2 3-4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Seas… --- ## [Trap The Burglar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trap-the-burglar/733931)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trap-the-burglar/733931 "2015-10-16T01:05:56Z")
I remember seeing a news story when I was a wee lad. In it, a shopkeeper got sick of being more or less regularly burgled, so he built a trap with a shotgun and a tripwire. Sure enough, he iced a burglar with it, and pro… --- ## [Rule for Mods/Admins suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-for-mods-admins-suggestion/354455)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-for-mods-admins-suggestion/354455 "2006-04-30T13:07:06Z")
I was catching up on the Tubadiva/\*\*catsix \*\* Pit thread, and read this post from \*\*Zoe \*\*; \[QUOTE=Zoe\] New rule suggestion: Moderators and Administrators may not use a thinly disguised threat of banning as a personal … --- ## [Is "reverse white flight" happening to our cities, and is it A Bad Thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reverse-white-flight-happening-to-our-cities-and-is-it-a-bad-thing/429564)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reverse-white-flight-happening-to-our-cities-and-is-it-a-bad-thing/429564 "2007-12-19T11:14:14Z")
We all know white flight - after WWII, increasingly wealthy whites fled urban areas (and the minorities and immigrants that they had to live with) in favor of suburbs and exurbs. Now, the reverse seems to be happening - … --- ## [Bad Stuff you did as a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-stuff-you-did-as-a-child/721284)
**Author:** [@SarahR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahR)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-stuff-you-did-as-a-child/721284 "2015-06-05T17:14:34Z")
Post the bad stuff you did as a kid that still makes you cringe when you think about it. Nothing too depressing please. For me, I grew up on a farm and like a lot of kids I was given a BB gun at a fairly young age. I us… --- ## [How Liz Cheney can hold her seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-liz-cheney-can-hold-her-seat/941554)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-liz-cheney-can-hold-her-seat/941554 "2021-05-15T01:31:02Z")
She runs in the WY GOP primary 2) Maybe she wins there (problem solved) but probably not. 3) she then runs as an Independent–since she’s got some support among the GOP (not much) and the Independent voters of the state,… --- ## [Why are Suburban Cops So Hungry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-suburban-cops-so-hungry/813808)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-suburban-cops-so-hungry/813808 "2018-05-29T00:07:26Z")
Hungry as in seemingly pulling everyone over for the slightest or imagined infraction. Example: Each time (once a week) I drive into Downer’s Grove, IL I see at least two people pulled over within a 3 mile stretch on Og… --- ## [Magellan01 is a fucking moron.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017 "2008-10-19T10:16:24Z")
Cite: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10315753&postcount=1 I think he might be the stupidest poster we’ve got here. Shodan, he’s gunning for you! :smiley: --- ## [How were Adam & Eve supposed to know it was wrong to eat the fruit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-adam-eve-supposed-to-know-it-was-wrong-to-eat-the-fruit/380795)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-adam-eve-supposed-to-know-it-was-wrong-to-eat-the-fruit/380795 "2006-12-04T16:35:25Z")
I’ve been an atheist since 5th grade. One plot hole has always bothered me about Christianity. According to the Bible when God created Adam (& later Eve) he made them completely innocent with no knowledge of good or … --- ## [Bands similar to The Offspring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747 "2010-08-02T22:30:46Z")
Lately I have really been getting into the Offspring. The fast paced punk rock music and the lyrics about alienation, rejection, confusion, etc. have been really good. The albums ‘rise and fall, rage and grace’ and ‘amer… --- ## [Can you get in trouble for taking money from a fountain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-in-trouble-for-taking-money-from-a-fountain/342237)
**Author:** [@Ty\_Cobb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ty_Cobb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-in-trouble-for-taking-money-from-a-fountain/342237 "2006-01-31T16:08:12Z")
So here we have a “realistic” (although silly) detective show Monk where he gets arrested in a San Francisco (outdoor) shopping mall for taking pennies from the fountain. Any logic to that? I sort of see a scale here, … --- ## [Where's the love for liverwurst?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-love-for-liverwurst/608725)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-love-for-liverwurst/608725 "2015-04-04T00:27:57Z")
I’ve recently rediscovered liverwurst and have been taking liverwurst sandwiches for lunch. I bought some at a nice little butcher - it’s much better than the grocery stuff in a tube. I put it on whole-grain bread with s… --- ## [From Georgia=Georgian. What are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-georgia-georgian-what-are-you/386820)
**Author:** [@Erie\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erie_Canary)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-georgia-georgian-what-are-you/386820 "2010-07-22T21:29:26Z")
I hail from Georgia, therefore I am a Georgian. Someone from California would be a Californian. So what do you call someone from Utah, or Massachusetts, or Maine? Utahian? Massachusettser? Is there a rule of thumb t… --- ## [Australian floods bring a sci-fi landscape of spiderwebs..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-floods-bring-a-sci-fi-landscape-of-spiderwebs/615307)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-floods-bring-a-sci-fi-landscape-of-spiderwebs/615307 "2012-03-25T00:46:42Z")
For all those who need one more reason to associate Australia with all things creepy, i thought you might like these stories about how wolf spiders and other ground-dwelling arachnids are fleeing the floodwaters in the A… --- ## [Next shithole: South Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-shithole-south-africa/809911)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-shithole-south-africa/809911 "2018-03-06T15:43:18Z")
We’ve all seen how well land seizures worked in Zimbabwe. It seems South Africa is next. I hope white South Africans have exit routes. --- ## [Does anti-Americanism really exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anti-americanism-really-exist/334195)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anti-americanism-really-exist/334195 "2005-12-19T15:47:24Z")
Okay, this is going to take a lot of clarification, and I hope I don’t sound too naive or idiotic, but I don’t truly believe in the widespread, all-encompassing anti-Americanism that so many people talk about these days. … --- ## [18 Kids and Counting becomes 19 Kids and Counting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-kids-and-counting-becomes-19-kids-and-counting/508576)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-kids-and-counting-becomes-19-kids-and-counting/508576 "2009-09-04T17:18:41Z")
Michelle Duggar is expecting her 19th child. She’s also going to be a grandmother next month when Josh and Anna’s first child is due next month. Am I a bad person for thinking “Gee, wouldn’t it be funny if this tim… --- ## [Did you know Oct 1 is the deadline to switch to chipped credit cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-oct-1-is-the-deadline-to-switch-to-chipped-credit-cards/733093)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-oct-1-is-the-deadline-to-switch-to-chipped-credit-cards/733093 "2015-10-08T20:57:36Z")
Don’t worry, theres no chance we’ll meet that deadline in the next few hours. :wink: They estimate we’re a couple years away. I wonder how many things this will break? I posted a thread a few weeks ago about encounteri… --- ## [Pregnant Women: Smoking And Drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-women-smoking-and-drinking/414426)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-women-smoking-and-drinking/414426 "2007-08-06T07:54:57Z")
In a scene from a recent film depicting the 60’s, a very pregnant woman was sitting at a bar smoking a cigarette and drinking a martini; in the new television series set in the 60’s (Mad Men) there was another scene of a… --- ## [Who's the most famous person you've seen in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-famous-person-youve-seen-in-real-life/822340)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-famous-person-youve-seen-in-real-life/822340 "2018-10-12T00:50:12Z")
Well I’ve seen a few like Derren Brown and I would say Britney Spears would be the most famous. I saw her at her Femme Fatale tour in 2011 and I was actually standing about 10 rows from the front waving the programme! It… --- ## [Is steering a motorcycle different from steering a bicycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steering-a-motorcycle-different-from-steering-a-bicycle/769021)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steering-a-motorcycle-different-from-steering-a-bicycle/769021 "2016-11-08T21:23:35Z")
I’ve never ridden a motorcycle. I’ve ridden a bicycle a lot. Steering a bike wasn’t hard to learn: you just turn the wheel in the direction you want to go. Intuitive and easy. I’ve translated a bunch about motorcycles i… --- ## [What Discontinued Casual Dining Item Would You Bring Back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-casual-dining-item-would-you-bring-back/779910)
**Author:** [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-casual-dining-item-would-you-bring-back/779910 "2017-03-20T01:58:57Z")
In a blatant ripoff of John\_Stamos’\_Left\_Ear thread asking about discontinued fast food items, I ask: You have the power to persuade a casual dining chain to bring back a discontinued item and have it on their menu agai… --- ## [Stephen King Endings (Spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-endings-spoilers/258456)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-endings-spoilers/258456 "2016-04-30T18:44:03Z")
Well I don’t know if I’m going to get a smackdown from the mods for two different book threads on the front page, but it’s a different author! I love Stephen King. In one of his intros, he talks about bad trash and good… --- ## [A different kind of life insurance (sci-fi hypothetical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-life-insurance-sci-fi-hypothetical/693482)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-life-insurance-sci-fi-hypothetical/693482 "2022-07-01T02:21:05Z")
I’m currently reading Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan, which inspired this thread.\* Basic scenario is that due to the necessities of plot a couple of breakthrough technologies have become available in the near futur… --- ## [How to marry a credit card machine to a cash register?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-marry-a-credit-card-machine-to-a-cash-register/604916)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-marry-a-credit-card-machine-to-a-cash-register/604916 "2011-12-06T01:04:47Z")
Why can’t I find a cheap solution on the internet? Our merchant service provider offers us a $4000 POS system, far beyond what we need. We just want one cash register with a way to integrate a credit card machine that d… --- ## [death by smashing nose into brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-smashing-nose-into-brain/61801)
**Author:** [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2001, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-smashing-nose-into-brain/61801 "2001-04-16T12:17:03Z")
Has this ever actually happened? I can’t find any reference to it. My martial arts friends say that while it may be possible for a master to kill someone by an upwards palm strike to the nose, there are certainly easier … --- ## [UHC and pre-existing conditions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhc-and-pre-existing-conditions/531347)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhc-and-pre-existing-conditions/531347 "2010-03-12T18:14:36Z")
I know there are a ton of threads on UHC but I have a very specific question. Obama wants to do away with insurance companies denying coverage because of preexisting conditions. I find out tomorrow I have pancreatic ca… --- ## [Not Quite A Nerd...Not Quite A Hunk (Beauty)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-quite-a-nerd-not-quite-a-hunk-beauty/533397)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-quite-a-nerd-not-quite-a-hunk-beauty/533397 "2010-03-26T13:29:59Z")
I was watching a rerun of the Simpsons and Homer mentions Shia Labeouf and classifies hiim as: “not quite a nerd, not quite a hunk” So using this criteria what other actors or actresses or just other famous people (spo… --- ## [Why Io in "Io Pan"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-io-in-io-pan/375701)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-io-in-io-pan/375701 "2006-10-09T19:27:54Z")
I’ve read quite a lot of greek mythology, and know who Io is – a maiden hunted by Hera – and I know who Pan is – main satyr, in short – and I also know who Aleister Crowley is – weird occultist. Crowley wrote A hymn to… --- ## [Italian pronunciation: Giovanni is "jee-oh-vah-nee" or "joe-vah-nee"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-giovanni-is-jee-oh-vah-nee-or-joe-vah-nee/387342)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-giovanni-is-jee-oh-vah-nee-or-joe-vah-nee/387342 "2007-01-11T05:17:27Z")
I took one semester of introductory Italian during college, and was told that an “i” between “g” and “a” or between “g” and “u” was not pronounced as a syllable, but only served to indicate that the “g” should be pronoun… --- ## [Why don't squirt guns have 2nd amendment protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-squirt-guns-have-2nd-amendment-protection/618028)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-squirt-guns-have-2nd-amendment-protection/618028 "2012-04-12T03:58:51Z")
Squirt guns are banned from outside the GOP convention in Tampa, but not handguns. Stupid is strong with the folks of the Florida GOP. NYT editorial: Opinion | The Law of the Gun in Florida - The New York Times --- ## [is there any place in the Bible that defines marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-place-in-the-bible-that-defines-marriage/633492)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-place-in-the-bible-that-defines-marriage/633492 "2012-09-06T03:12:55Z")
as one man and one woman? I’m sorry if this has been asked before and I missed it. If this is the wrong place to ask I guess it will get moved. I don’t really want a discussion, although it could turn into one. I rea… --- ## [Situations where doing the "instinctive" thing will kill/maim/get you in trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/situations-where-doing-the-instinctive-thing-will-kill-maim-get-you-in-trouble/758954)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/situations-where-doing-the-instinctive-thing-will-kill-maim-get-you-in-trouble/758954 "2016-07-14T20:18:48Z")
I am looking for a list of scenarios where doing the “instinctive” thing will actually backfire and make the situation much worse. The ones that come to mind are: If you have a grease fire in the kitchen, do NOT throw … --- ## [Coca Cola in Britain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-in-britain/633660)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-in-britain/633660 "2012-09-10T14:36:07Z")
Not sure if this should be in Cafe Society or GQ but I am really puzzled by something, and I haven’t really been able to find in in Google searches. I am reading the Outlander series of books and the protagonist refers t… --- ## [Outgrowing music... is it bound to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outgrowing-music-is-it-bound-to-happen/305149)
**Author:** [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outgrowing-music-is-it-bound-to-happen/305149 "2015-06-26T16:00:47Z")
Hello all, I speak as a serious music listener, a musician, and the youngest employee in a traditionally-conservative workplace. I’m not even sure what I want to articulate, but I keep thinking of that car commercial w… --- ## [WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Wants To Spill Your Corporate Secrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-julian-assange-wants-to-spill-your-corporate-secrets/562356)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-julian-assange-wants-to-spill-your-corporate-secrets/562356 "2010-12-05T01:20:32Z")
Does this guy have some kind of overall plan? Is there a reason behind his antics? Does he have some kind of defined goal or endgame? Does he just enjoy being a Gadfly? This is different than spilling defense or dipl… --- ## [Is Seinfeld less offensive than Friends seen with today's eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seinfeld-less-offensive-than-friends-seen-with-todays-eyes/963626)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seinfeld-less-offensive-than-friends-seen-with-todays-eyes/963626 "2022-05-20T23:08:02Z")
Friends had jokes about Monica being fat and Chandler’s dad being transgendered. While Seinfeld had an episode that actually was pretty good satire of the attitudes toward homosexuality at the time. --- ## [An average person asks you out on a date.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034 "2015-12-11T21:11:06Z")
A complete average person asks you out on a date. On a 1 to 10, they’re a 5. Average looks, education, personality. IQ is 100. Nothing particularly remarkable, unusual or different. Men, how would you respond? Women,… --- ## [Secular eulogies? Atheist funeral on Thursday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-eulogies-atheist-funeral-on-thursday/403141)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-eulogies-atheist-funeral-on-thursday/403141 "2007-05-12T12:14:28Z")
My grandfather died recently and I’ve been asked to do a reading at his funeral. He wasn’t a religious man, and requested a secular ceremony. My father is giving a personal eulogy, and I have been asked to give something… --- ## [Accidental Beastiality (Certainly TMI, Probably Offensive, and Possibly Illegal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-beastiality-certainly-tmi-probably-offensive-and-possibly-illegal/135583)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-beastiality-certainly-tmi-probably-offensive-and-possibly-illegal/135583 "2002-11-07T21:44:40Z")
A few years ago, in Another Life, I was dating a wild, reckless red-haired chick named Dahlia. One night, while waiting for Dahlia to finish getting ready for our date, I was kicking back in her Living Room, drinking a … --- ## [Getting rid of mealybugs once and for all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-mealybugs-once-and-for-all/677327)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-mealybugs-once-and-for-all/677327 "2014-01-06T18:24:49Z")
I have an enclosed patio off my living room, and I use it as a greenhouse. It’s heated, and has a ceiling fan/light that keeps it comfortable year-round. But the place is infested with mealybugs. I have gone after them w… --- ## [Siphons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siphons/48605)
**Author:** [@hussman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hussman)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siphons/48605 "2001-01-22T22:04:10Z")
From http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010105.html I pondered this bleakly for a while. Then a thought occurred to me. Al, I said, the highest you can raise water in a siphon is around 34 feet. By curious coincidence,… --- ## ["What difference does it make?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-difference-does-it-make/672185)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-difference-does-it-make/672185 "2013-11-01T20:42:09Z")
That’s Hillary’s sentiment on the Benghazi-gate. How is a majority of the electors supposed to vote for Hillary in good conscience? I’d sooner die than vote for that … --- ## [What's the biggest difference between character and actual age of actor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-difference-between-character-and-actual-age-of-actor/685791)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-difference-between-character-and-actual-age-of-actor/685791 "2014-04-14T15:48:56Z")
There’s a bit of a kerfuffle in the GOT thread (when isn’t there one?) about the age of Sansa. There seems to be some disbelief that she is a young girl when it is obvious the actor is not. Turns out, Sophie Turner real… --- ## [Bitewing X-rays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitewing-x-rays/622123)
**Author:** [@DiamondNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiamondNinja)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitewing-x-rays/622123 "2012-05-22T03:58:13Z")
OK, who is the sadist that invented these damn things? As if they weren’t bad enough before, my dental office got some new “handles” for them that don’t bend at all. I spend the first 5 minutes of my exam pushing the h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1218&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1220&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)