# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1222&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:** 1223 --- ## [Satanists propose monument to the Dark Lord on Oklahoma State Capitol grounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanists-propose-monument-to-the-dark-lord-on-oklahoma-state-capitol-grounds/678354)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanists-propose-monument-to-the-dark-lord-on-oklahoma-state-capitol-grounds/678354 "2014-01-14T01:52:02Z")
Stories. How could the OK lawmakers who approved the 10 Commandments monument not have seen this coming? --- ## [Okay, whatcha readin' \*now\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-whatcha-readin-now/404779)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-whatcha-readin-now/404779 "2007-08-10T07:15:59Z")
Just finished one of Koeeoaddi’s recommendations: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. (It presented itself quite unexpectedly at the library – the last book on the last shelf of the “new fiction” section – when I’d… --- ## [Every time I "buy 'Merikun," I get fucking burned. I buy Japanese, Korean, or German from now on (whenever possible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-buy-merikun-i-get-fucking-burned-i-buy-japanese-korean-or-german-from-now-on-whenever-possible/932898)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-buy-merikun-i-get-fucking-burned-i-buy-japanese-korean-or-german-from-now-on-whenever-possible/932898 "2021-10-27T10:22:21Z")
Mindless rant coming… So, after owning a Toyota, I remember buying a Saturn because it was supposedly a “newer, different” kind of American manufacturer that actually cared about quality. That piece of shit lasted about… --- ## [Recommend me a scifi tv series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-scifi-tv-series/530444)
**Author:** [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-scifi-tv-series/530444 "2010-03-01T10:37:44Z")
I want scifi, I crave scifi. Lately I’ve been watching: Vampire diaries: Hot chicks, crap show. I don\`t watch it anymore. Lost: Haven’t seen it. Heroes: Loved the two first seasons then meh. Stargate Atlantis: I H A T… --- ## [How do you leave your hotel room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-leave-your-hotel-room/641607)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-leave-your-hotel-room/641607 "2012-11-26T18:54:26Z")
Lucky me - I got to travel for work right before Thanksgiving! woohoo :rolleyes: I’ve got a little time to kill before I meet with the folks I’m in town to see, and I’m just about packed up. And being bored, I got to… --- ## [Movies that changed our language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-changed-our-language/594323)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-changed-our-language/594323 "2011-09-03T00:41:34Z")
A thread on Jurassic Park got me thinking: before 1993, if you said the word “Raptor”, a person who knew the word (and it wasn’t that well known a word) would picture a bird because that was the definition of the word. I… --- ## [History buffs: how much, if any, did the treaty of Versailles contribute to WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-how-much-if-any-did-the-treaty-of-versailles-contribute-to-wwii/726080)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-how-much-if-any-did-the-treaty-of-versailles-contribute-to-wwii/726080 "2015-08-07T17:08:50Z")
I often hear that the treaty of Versailles was one of the main causes of WWII: had it not been so “harsh” against Germany, their economy wouldn’t have done so badly and the Nazis would not have come to power in a wave of… --- ## [Things your friends do that are weird (to you), but you don't say anything to them about it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-friends-do-that-are-weird-to-you-but-you-dont-say-anything-to-them-about-it/834617)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-friends-do-that-are-weird-to-you-but-you-dont-say-anything-to-them-about-it/834617 "2019-06-11T08:24:19Z")
Today while I was organizing my “plastic bag” drawer, my mind flashed on a memory of something that happened awhile ago. A friend invited me to hang out with her. She’s a coworker friend and we’d never hung out before,… --- ## [Are Spiders Merciful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-spiders-merciful/688381)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-spiders-merciful/688381 "2014-05-17T07:11:57Z")
I was an inquisitive little kid, and also bothered by violence, be it in the insect or human world. Anyways, my mother used to assure me that in the insect world, spiders are actually unusually merciful. They wind their… --- ## [Supreme Court to hear Arizona redistricting case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-to-hear-arizona-redistricting-case/714023)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-to-hear-arizona-redistricting-case/714023 "2015-03-17T14:03:13Z")
AZ State Legislature v. AZ Indep. Redistricting (13-1314) As recounted here, the Supreme Court is today hearing the case of Arizona State Legislature vs. the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, which consists … --- ## [A lot of New Yorkers are taking the stairs today . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-new-yorkers-are-taking-the-stairs-today/606337)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-new-yorkers-are-taking-the-stairs-today/606337 "2012-02-28T18:48:58Z")
Yikes. This is the talk of my office today, everyone stepping gingerly in and out of the elevators, wondering how we might be Black Dahlia’d or Isadora Duncan’d. If I didn’t work on the 13th floor . . . The two people … --- ## [Produce the SILMARILLION trilogy (or miniseries)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/produce-the-silmarillion-trilogy-or-miniseries/586040)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/produce-the-silmarillion-trilogy-or-miniseries/586040 "2011-06-24T21:33:45Z")
It’s been a good quarter for the evil sector, and Rhymer Industries is thus flush with cash. In fact we have three-quarters of a billion dollars to \[del\]launder\[/del\] invest. We’ve decided that there’s no point in workin… --- ## [Profiling: Not 100% avoidable, and also subject to different race/gender standard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiling-not-100-avoidable-and-also-subject-to-different-race-gender-standard/750693)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiling-not-100-avoidable-and-also-subject-to-different-race-gender-standard/750693 "2016-04-08T20:29:39Z")
A couple of thoughts about profiling, a topic that’s been discussed many times already: I don’t think that profiling is 100% preventable. Even if an agency or government lays down specific regulations prohibiting profi… --- ## [Noob to WOW; what do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noob-to-wow-what-do-i-need-to-know/544985)
**Author:** [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noob-to-wow-what-do-i-need-to-know/544985 "2010-07-15T09:14:36Z")
So I broke down and bought a copy of WOW the other day, and probably will make a character tonight when I get home… what do I need to know? (I tried reading through the WOW general discussion thread, but I have no idea … --- ## [Post your WTF? talk show moments here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-wtf-talk-show-moments-here/478791)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-wtf-talk-show-moments-here/478791 "2008-12-29T07:59:33Z")
Moments that made you think - is that guest stoned? or drunk? or stupid? Last night I watched a Letterman rerun. Kristin Stewart, the ingenue from “Twilight”, was on plugging the movie. Or supposedly plugging the movi… --- ## [No one who makes under $250,000/yr uses tobacco products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-who-makes-under-250-000-yr-uses-tobacco-products/491685)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-who-makes-under-250-000-yr-uses-tobacco-products/491685 "2009-04-06T14:44:55Z")
http://www.ttb.gov/main\_pages/schip-summary.shtml I guess not or else, according to Obama’s campaign promise, these taxes would not be increasing. Whether you agree with sin taxes or not, is it wise to raise taxes in t… --- ## [Your recent Food Fails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-recent-food-fails/702919)
**Author:** [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-recent-food-fails/702919 "2014-11-03T21:59:30Z")
My man friend and I were comparing our “Food Fails” last night over dinner. A dinner that he’d made which was…not the finest thing he’d ever turned out (we’ve been experimenting with slow cookers at our respective domi… --- ## [Gary Kasparov, Chess Master, Teaches Us How To Rattle Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-kasparov-chess-master-teaches-us-how-to-rattle-trump/779784)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-kasparov-chess-master-teaches-us-how-to-rattle-trump/779784 "2017-02-16T19:07:57Z")
Gary Kasparov, Chess Master, provides a strategy for rattling Trump, fore & aft. \[ol\] \[li\]One lesson is to not to play desperately if your position is worse but still reasonable,” he told Vox. “Lashing out wildly in … --- ## [Why do police care if people are flashing gang signs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-care-if-people-are-flashing-gang-signs/733932)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-care-if-people-are-flashing-gang-signs/733932 "2015-10-20T00:03:31Z")
Why does Chicago Police care about people on the streets flashing gang signs? I hear it reported on the scanner often. Wouldn’t that be protected “speech”? Seems to me it’s no different than wearing a shirt or cap wit… --- ## [Why doesn't London have many skyscrapers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-london-have-many-skyscrapers/277690)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-london-have-many-skyscrapers/277690 "2004-12-29T18:29:16Z")
We have Canary Wharf, but that’s tiny compared to some of the beasts in the USA. London is a major financial centre and a large city, so why hardly any skyscrapers? --- ## [Giving up your seat to a woman--outdated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-your-seat-to-a-woman-outdated/461821)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-your-seat-to-a-woman-outdated/461821 "2008-09-08T21:07:13Z")
This weekend, I took an express bus (about an hour trip) from Tacoma to Seattle. The bus was full so many people ended up standing for the entire trip. I offered to several women to stand up so they could sit down, but… --- ## [Mercedes Is Not Happy That Its Car Was Used to Kill Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercedes-is-not-happy-that-its-car-was-used-to-kill-hitler/667220 "2013-08-31T01:53:23Z")
An astounding spec ad for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class featuring the most incredible twist ending ever devised to promoting a car’s on-board collision-prevention-assist system is ruffling some stuffy feathers at the headqua… --- ## [Lou Diamond Phillips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lou-diamond-phillips/563823)
**Author:** [@Add99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Add99)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lou-diamond-phillips/563823 "2010-12-13T20:56:26Z")
I can’t stand Lou Diamond Phillips. I refuse to watch movies containing: Any of the Baldwin brothers Michael Caine (Zulu was okay) Kevin Bacon Hugh Grant Steven Seagal Jackie Chan Angelina Jolie Mario Van Peeples … --- ## [Ask the guy in Tbilisi, Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-tbilisi-georgia/201911)
**Author:** [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-tbilisi-georgia/201911 "2003-12-31T10:53:18Z")
Not that Georgia! You know, the one over by the Black Sea. Yeah, that one. I’m working on pipelines for a big oil company. Got any questions about this part of the world? Maybe I can answer them. Maybe I can’t. --- ## [Accusing your opponent of what you yourself are doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusing-your-opponent-of-what-you-yourself-are-doing/637147)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusing-your-opponent-of-what-you-yourself-are-doing/637147 "2012-10-30T20:08:40Z")
I don’t know what this tactic is called, but it seems pretty popular among the right recently. Examples: The right accusing the left of engaging in unscrupulous voting practices (while they promote voter suppression) M… --- ## [Can you Identify this Animal? Fisher or Mink (pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-animal-fisher-or-mink-pics/442133)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-animal-fisher-or-mink-pics/442133 "2008-03-21T16:24:14Z")
I got a couple photo’s today of an animal that I’m not 100% sure what it is. It was photographed eating a duck, probably one of the Mergansers getting ready to head back up north…Anyway, he’s eaten several over the last … --- ## [Aches, Pains, Weird internal pain that feels external, aging...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aches-pains-weird-internal-pain-that-feels-external-aging/492924)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aches-pains-weird-internal-pain-that-feels-external-aging/492924 "2009-04-15T20:31:38Z")
How’s that for a free-form title? First, the Weird Internal Pain that Feels External. it’s my heel. It’s been going on for a couple of months. I’m exceedingly flexible, too flexible (yes, there actually is such a thin… --- ## [What Are The Actual Facts Regarding Marilyn Monroe and JFK/RFK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-actual-facts-regarding-marilyn-monroe-and-jfk-rfk/589433)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-actual-facts-regarding-marilyn-monroe-and-jfk-rfk/589433 "2011-07-22T17:43:51Z")
There seems to be mounds of conjecture and very little verified fact regarding the relationship between the Kennedy brothers John F. and Robert F., and Marilyn Monroe. After the death of Marilyn (which some have alle… --- ## [Romney praises Romneycare, criticizes Obamacare in the SAME SPEECH.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-praises-romneycare-criticizes-obamacare-in-the-same-speech/636040)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-praises-romneycare-criticizes-obamacare-in-the-same-speech/636040 "2012-10-01T03:47:43Z")
Cite Is this a sign that he’s given up? Or just a sign of the low esteem he holds for the intelligence of his constituents? --- ## [Milking the Prostate - TMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milking-the-prostate-tmi/281100)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milking-the-prostate-tmi/281100 "2004-12-29T16:31:41Z")
Is milking the prostate a real sex technique? Does it really work? Does there need to be contact with the penis for it to work or is it all internal? --- ## [Why didn't Native Americans develop alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-native-americans-develop-alcohol/630039)
**Author:** [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-native-americans-develop-alcohol/630039 "2012-08-02T15:01:00Z")
So, I remember reading about early settlers introducing liquor to the Indians, and how they were unaccustomed to the stuff. Apparently this created problems up to the present day, with high rates of alcoholism on Indian … --- ## [Do other countries/languages teach literature analysis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-countries-languages-teach-literature-analysis/596798)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-countries-languages-teach-literature-analysis/596798 "2011-09-20T23:55:39Z")
I’m not passing judgement either way, I’ve been pretty “meh” in general about the state of “writing analysis” as it is in high schools and college in the US, it’s a great idea, to learn how to pick apart sentences and le… --- ## [Morse code in 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and other songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morse-code-in-strawberry-fields-forever-and-other-songs/332169)
**Author:** [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morse-code-in-strawberry-fields-forever-and-other-songs/332169 "2005-11-27T22:05:44Z")
I own a book that contains single page articles about every #1 Billboard single in the US from 1955 to 1985. In the article for The Beatles’ “Penny Lane,” there is a paragraph discussing the flipside “Strawberry Fields … --- ## [How loud is the roar of a dinosaur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-loud-is-the-roar-of-a-dinosaur/724533)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-loud-is-the-roar-of-a-dinosaur/724533 "2015-07-10T20:00:10Z")
Given their immense size, how loud would the call of a Brontosaur be to our sensors? Or the roar of a T-Rex? --- ## ["I appreciate you."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395 "2013-01-10T06:12:04Z")
What fresh new vapid hell is this? The admin assistant that sits within direct line of sight and earshot keeps uttering this annoying little phrase throughout the day to various people that come by her workstation. I d… --- ## [What do you think is the percentage of genuinely happily married couples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-percentage-of-genuinely-happily-married-couples/277540)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-percentage-of-genuinely-happily-married-couples/277540 "2004-12-21T00:12:00Z")
A very high percentage of marriages end in divorce. Most estimates are around 50%. I have to assume that all of those were not happy at least in the end. Of the other 50% of married couples that stay together, I assume t… --- ## [LonesomePolecat is too cowardly to call me a traitor to my face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesomepolecat-is-too-cowardly-to-call-me-a-traitor-to-my-face/361879)
**Author:** [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesomepolecat-is-too-cowardly-to-call-me-a-traitor-to-my-face/361879 "2006-06-26T22:39:59Z")
In the midst of a back and forth on this thread about the bullshit claim that the desperate soon-to-be-former Senator “anal leakage” Santorum made that we had found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the coward Lonesom… --- ## [What books have been recommended to you that make you go meh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-been-recommended-to-you-that-make-you-go-meh/602330)
**Author:** [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-been-recommended-to-you-that-make-you-go-meh/602330 "2011-11-11T00:58:18Z")
As a companion to the “What books do you recommend often” thread, what books have people raved about to you that you ended up either throwing across the room or were just profoundly indifferent to? In the other thread, … --- ## [How The Hell Am I Gonna Pay for College?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-am-i-gonna-pay-for-college/116514)
**Author:** [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-am-i-gonna-pay-for-college/116514 "2013-07-12T16:01:38Z")
Pretty soon I’ll be applying to (undergrad) colleges and I’m faced with a dillemma (assuming I was to be accepted to one of those places.) All the top colleges that I’d like to go to (Columbia, Yale, University of Chicag… --- ## [Privacy rules don't count for moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-rules-dont-count-for-moderators/256817)
**Author:** [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-rules-dont-count-for-moderators/256817 "2004-07-29T15:24:25Z")
I tried to get clarification about this incident by mail, yet there came no reply at all So I am sorry, but since there came no answer to my mails I ask for clarification by use of this forum. And I think this issue is… --- ## [I'm new. Help me get to know you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661)
**Author:** [@me\_jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/me_jane)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661 "2005-03-09T06:27:22Z")
Name: Age: Occupation: Marital status: Describe your personality using four words: Three favorite things: One special talent: Which two emoticons describe you best: One thing that might surprise us about you: --- ## [More bad news for the GOP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bad-news-for-the-gop/741900)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bad-news-for-the-gop/741900 "2016-01-04T16:25:26Z")
Enjoy those state legislatures and such as long as you can, Republicans, because more and more writing keeps appearing on the wall: --- ## [Guess the International Newspaper Headlines if Trump Wins the Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-international-newspaper-headlines-if-trump-wins-the-election/770671)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-international-newspaper-headlines-if-trump-wins-the-election/770671 "2016-11-10T00:06:04Z")
If Trump were to win the election I would expect mass incredulity from the world’s media (as well as domestic media). What newspaper headline would you like to see in an international newspaper if Donnie J somehow wins o… --- ## [I'm getting laser eye surgery tomorrow...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-laser-eye-surgery-tomorrow/575217)
**Author:** [@Clockwork\_Jackal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_Jackal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-laser-eye-surgery-tomorrow/575217 "2011-04-07T17:01:14Z")
…and I am so scared! I go in tomorrow at 8:45 for the surgery. I am so excited to be without glasses for the first time since 4th grade! However, I am so nervous! I know the risk of complications is pretty low. And … --- ## [Can a blow to the head damage the brain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blow-to-the-head-damage-the-brain/599969)
**Author:** [@anon11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anon11)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blow-to-the-head-damage-the-brain/599969 "2011-11-09T18:40:09Z")
I am tall, so I do bash my head on low ceilings and in cars. I have read that the inner skull has very sharp baffle like protrusions. When the head is struck hard enough the brain can get damaged as it hits the sharp pro… --- ## [Wait 'Til Next Year - or - You're Your NFL Team's GM!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-til-next-year-or-youre-your-nfl-teams-gm/343524)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-til-next-year-or-youre-your-nfl-teams-gm/343524 "2006-04-23T17:16:05Z")
The 2005 NFL Season is essentially over and the smoke is still clearing from Super Bowl XL. In my book, that means it’s time to start talking about the 2006 NFL Season! Here’s the goal, tell us how you see the prospects… --- ## [Guess Who Has Barack Obama Quaking in His Boots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739 "2011-03-25T20:33:16Z")
Christine O’Donnell, that’s who! From a letter to her supporters: Delusion: the gift that keeps on giving. . . . --- ## [If I told you I "Flipped a bitch" would you know what I was talking about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784 "2011-09-04T21:26:46Z")
I hadn’t started hearing this term until my (now ex) stepmom started using it regularly. Since then, I haven’t heard it used much from anyone…although just the other day I heard someone use it. Do you know what this is… --- ## [WWII-era letters in German - help needed!! (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-era-letters-in-german-help-needed-long/515959)
**Author:** [@Gam\_Zeh\_Yaavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gam_Zeh_Yaavor)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-era-letters-in-german-help-needed-long/515959 "2022-11-22T07:56:07Z")
I don’t know if this is the right sub-forum (or even the right forum at all) for this request, but given its (mostly) high cerebral caliber I thought it would be worth a try. Sitting in my family’s safe deposit box are … --- ## [Purposefully-misleading movie trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purposefully-misleading-movie-trailers/589748)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purposefully-misleading-movie-trailers/589748 "2011-07-22T00:24:26Z")
Many people, including me, have complained that too many movie trailers these days give away too much. Has any clever director made use of that aggravating trend in contemporary movie trailers to release one that seemed… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1221&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1223&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)