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**Author:** [@dofe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dofe)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-like-getting-drunk/683283 "2014-03-21T03:39:41Z")
My question is inspired by this story. As someone who drinks only socially but rarely to the point of intoxication, I admit to having no clue why people appear to enjoy getting shit-faced. Explanations? :confused: --- ## ["The One"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one/589566)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one/589566 "2011-08-18T00:53:46Z")
Here’s a meme that’s interesting to me, because it seems so odd. I don’t know a single Democrat who ever subscribed to Obama-worship, yet it’s a standard for tighty-wrighteys to harp on, with a maximum of froth, sneering… --- ## [He Hate Me FF keeper league - Year 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-10/625142)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league-year-10/625142 "2013-05-30T14:42:42Z")
Getting out a bit ahead so Ellis doesn’t have to do so much work this year. Also, because I’m the champion and the longer this thread is up the more smack talking I can do. Link to league homepage Schedule Offseason T… --- ## [Removing a stripped nut: need help quick!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stripped-nut-need-help-quick/503542)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stripped-nut-need-help-quick/503542 "2009-07-20T21:29:48Z")
I’m trying to replace the front sway bars on my 350Z, and one of the two nuts that holds the stock bar on was very tight, and I rounded it in trying to get it off. Before doing too much damage, I squirted some WD-40 on … --- ## [Women (and men) who have affairs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-men-who-have-affairs/648779)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-men-who-have-affairs/648779 "2013-06-26T15:22:08Z")
All I gotta say is that any person who decides to have an affair and decides to be a home wrecker and family wrecker deserves to have the pain thrice returned upon them. I have a friend going through some serious trauma … --- ## [Government Waste vs Market Inefficiencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-waste-vs-market-inefficiencies/545719)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-waste-vs-market-inefficiencies/545719 "2010-07-21T18:02:28Z")
The debates involving health care and UHC, and now debates about farming, tend to present the notion of government waste as repudiation for socialist policies. The most recent being food rotting in government warehouses… --- ## [What's the nicest country to flee to that has no extradition treaty with the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nicest-country-to-flee-to-that-has-no-extradition-treaty-with-the-us/676377)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nicest-country-to-flee-to-that-has-no-extradition-treaty-with-the-us/676377 "2013-12-17T17:36:21Z")
Inspired by this thread/case but, luckily, I don’t need an answer fast\*: what is the nicest country you, a US citizen, could flee to, without risk of getting extradited? Say, you have at least…$500,000, and while you’re… --- ## [Sweden: naked manga is child porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-naked-manga-is-child-porn/548061)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-naked-manga-is-child-porn/548061 "2010-08-10T04:39:31Z")
A court in Sweden has fined a man for being in position of 54 manga pictures (out of a collection of several thousand cartoons) which they considered to be child porn. Translator fined over child porn cartoons. d’oh! Ho… --- ## [My take on God, if anybody cares.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-take-on-god-if-anybody-cares/607372)
**Author:** [@nole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nole)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-take-on-god-if-anybody-cares/607372 "2012-02-03T03:34:18Z")
I am no physicist nor do I claim to be. However, I’ve been overcome by an obsession to watch/read anything regarding quantum physics, time, space, the true nature of reality, etc. I am so fascinated by these themes becau… --- ## [Race: Yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-yea-or-nay/553699)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-yea-or-nay/553699 "2011-02-26T15:34:56Z")
I want to continue the debate started here, with a few questions. Do you believe in biologically determined races? Why/why not? If yes… a) What are they (the number)? b) What are the parameters of the groups? Me? N… --- ## [Most annoying atheist arguments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-atheist-arguments/681497)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-atheist-arguments/681497 "2014-02-27T00:10:54Z")
Let nobody say that I’m a not an unbiased circlejerker when it comes to matters of the divine. You may well believe in God, gods, some form of spirituality or the transmundane only for an atheist to get up in your grill … --- ## [What was life in the 1990s like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-life-in-the-1990s-like/686913)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-life-in-the-1990s-like/686913 "2014-05-26T15:22:18Z")
I would like to know from you guys. What was life like back in the 1990s? What do you remember from it? Obviously I was too young to remember the 90s. --- ## [Axis Strategy Victory Scenario in WWII - Possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-strategy-victory-scenario-in-wwii-possible/709729)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-strategy-victory-scenario-in-wwii-possible/709729 "2015-02-16T21:21:21Z")
I am an arm chair war historian at best, but am fascinated by the many facets of WWII. So I pose a question for debate among those with the knowledge: Is there any scenario aside from changes in faction allegiance (Russ… --- ## [Anyone Know WTF Is Up W/ Randy Quaid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518 "2011-04-13T14:19:01Z")
I dont know how to link it, but Randy Quaid has a $40,000 warrant out for his arrest, and it seems to me that this is about the third time in a year or so that he has been wanted by the law. This current warrant is in C… --- ## [Weirdly mixed feelings about Otto Warmbier (American student sentenced to 15 years in N Korea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdly-mixed-feelings-about-otto-warmbier-american-student-sentenced-to-15-years-in-n-korea/749206)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdly-mixed-feelings-about-otto-warmbier-american-student-sentenced-to-15-years-in-n-korea/749206 "2019-03-04T15:39:00Z")
He’s the guy who decided to go to North Korea for vacation and then tried to swipe one of their propaganda banners. For which, he’s just been sentenced to 15 years hard labor. www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-sentences-… --- ## [Chlorine and toenail fungus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chlorine-and-toenail-fungus/546976)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chlorine-and-toenail-fungus/546976 "2013-03-15T02:50:56Z")
For years I’ve had fungal infections in my toenails. I’ve even had two removed, but they grew back. Over the last few months I’ve been going to the pool almost every day and my toenails have never looked better. Now the … --- ## [What if I don't WANT eternal life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-eternal-life/148116)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-eternal-life/148116 "2017-11-12T15:17:47Z")
It seems to me that a lot of the Christian literature\* I see uses the promise of “eternal life” as the primary carrot for evangelization. “Repent and you will have eternal life,” “If you accept Christ you will never per… --- ## [Diogenes, what the hell!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-what-the-hell/519991)
**Author:** [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-what-the-hell/519991 "2009-12-09T22:19:40Z")
From this thread. (Quote abbreviated because I’m not even going to try to take on the rest of what you said.) What the hell do you have against poly relationships? Do you really think love between 3 people is inferior… --- ## [Foods whose names have changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-whose-names-have-changed/531412)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-whose-names-have-changed/531412 "2010-03-22T01:55:55Z")
\[Kiwifruit\](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit\\) was originally called “Chinese Gooseberry.” Whoever capitalized on its resemblance to the bird was a marketing genius. What other foods hace changed only their names,… --- ## [What do Germans call Germany? Germany vs Deutschland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-germans-call-germany-germany-vs-deutschland/570659)
**Author:** [@Finkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finkle)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2011, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-germans-call-germany-germany-vs-deutschland/570659 "2011-02-18T08:40:35Z")
Given, it does not take much to confuse me but I am once again puzzled. I am trying to reconcile the difference between “Germany” and “Deutschland.” The best explanation I can find is that “Deutschland” is the German w… --- ## [The Coasterless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coasterless-mmp/650660)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 404\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coasterless-mmp/650660 "2013-02-25T15:02:43Z")
Having been requested and required to begin this week’s MMP by Swampy, :rolleyes: I herewith comply. This will be a coasterless MMP. Just throw your empties into the back of Swampy’s truck. I believe that everyone in G… --- ## [Is "Top Secret" the highest level clearance you can get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-top-secret-the-highest-level-clearance-you-can-get/210628)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-top-secret-the-highest-level-clearance-you-can-get/210628 "2018-10-27T04:25:12Z")
I was wondering about the different security clearances used by the U.S. government. I know that there is a “secret” clearance. What does that enable one to do or see exactly? Then there is “Top Secret”. Is that the high… --- ## [What's the "right way" to drive a stick shift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-right-way-to-drive-a-stick-shift/593944)
**Author:** [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-right-way-to-drive-a-stick-shift/593944 "2015-12-30T19:54:21Z")
Note to mods: if this is better suited to IMHO, feel free to move, but I’m really seeking as close to a factual, objective answer as possible. So, I’m shopping for cars and have found a couple that are near perfect for … --- ## [Hard-rocking, womanizing (allegedly) musicians... who are gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-rocking-womanizing-allegedly-musicians-who-are-gay/490608)
**Author:** [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-rocking-womanizing-allegedly-musicians-who-are-gay/490608 "2011-11-26T14:39:09Z")
Okay, so a couple of us over in the “piano ballads suck” thread were flabbergasted to find out that Paul Stanley is apparently a flaming homo. I remember being similarly surprised to find that Rob Halford was gay (I kno… --- ## ["I'm coming!": orgasm lingo in other languages....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155 "2018-04-12T14:39:11Z")
My girlfriend and I were eating dinner with some friends recently, and we got into the conversation, I don’t remember how, about the most typical phrases used to signal an orgasm. The group was Taiwanese, Chinese, Japa… --- ## [Bullied Grandmother...really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullied-grandmother-really/625854)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullied-grandmother-really/625854 "2012-07-02T18:37:14Z")
So if you haven’t seen the latest bullying outrage about the Rochester, NY grandmother that had videos of her being bullied and pestered by a group of middle schoolers posted on YouTube…well here’s the story: http://www.… --- ## [What do you think will happen with Arizona's "religious freedom" bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-with-arizonas-religious-freedom-bill/681929)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-with-arizonas-religious-freedom-bill/681929 "2014-03-04T17:29:36Z")
A story about it, in case you haven’t heard of it. Personally, I think that even if the governor signs it (which she may or may not, despite her veto before — the circumstances are different now), I don’t see any way th… --- ## [What would make you decide to buy the new Tesla Model 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-you-decide-to-buy-the-new-tesla-model-3/749862)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-you-decide-to-buy-the-new-tesla-model-3/749862 "2016-09-16T04:06:42Z")
Tesla plans to unveil the Model 3 on March 31 at 830 pm Pacific Time. According to interviews in the past month, they will keep to their earlier pledge of $35k as a maximum starting price for the base model, and at leas… --- ## [The kanicbird konundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802 "2011-12-15T23:37:05Z")
The latest missive from our resident village idiot. I think there should be a sticky at the top of Great Debates warning all as to the utter uselessness of logical argument when dealing with this lunatic. --- ## [A big middle finger to the people who took advantage to politicize the school shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 483\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107 "2018-03-04T02:57:47Z")
Seriously. Cons and libs love to treat this shit so much as if it were actually a scenario. I literally heard more gun debate talk than prayers. This is how much of a joke OUR FUCKING country is… I mean they even trie… --- ## [What purpose do labia minora serve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-purpose-do-labia-minora-serve/366212)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-purpose-do-labia-minora-serve/366212 "2006-08-20T18:13:57Z")
I’ve noticed in my voyeurism of the female form, that all vaginas look different. But I’ve really noticed in person and in pics that some women have huge inner labia and some have almost none at all. What is the deal w… --- ## [Confederate flag neither anti-American nor racist, necessarily](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-flag-neither-anti-american-nor-racist-necessarily/537668)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-flag-neither-anti-american-nor-racist-necessarily/537668 "2010-05-02T06:13:00Z")
The following arose out of a thread about a license plate (which apparently did add a cryptically racist message to a vehicle which also displayed a Confederate flag), but the flag part, which wasn’t really the issue, wa… --- ## [Teleportation physics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleportation-physics-question/740603)
**Author:** [@s0meguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/s0meguy)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleportation-physics-question/740603 "2016-03-12T10:04:21Z")
If a teleportation machine deconstructs you down to your elementary particles, transports those particles somehow, then reconstructs you somewhere else in the universe using the exact same elementary particles in exactly… --- ## [What would happen if a tourist (or worse) got disrespectful at the Tomb of the Unknowns (Arlington)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-tourist-or-worse-got-disrespectful-at-the-tomb-of-the-unknowns-arlington/602363)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-tourist-or-worse-got-disrespectful-at-the-tomb-of-the-unknowns-arlington/602363 "2014-03-12T03:04:13Z")
A question that popped into my mind after seeing this video: Video is SFW, site and ads are NSFW: To paraphrase the video - while the guard patrols the tomb, the crowd is heard murmuring and laughing. The guard stops… --- ## [Liberal Tolerance Strikes Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-tolerance-strikes-again/684297)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-tolerance-strikes-again/684297 "2014-03-27T12:43:31Z")
Here’s the deal. A Christian Pro Life group set up a little booth at the U of C Santa Barbara. Part of the display was a board filled with images of fetuses, etc., in a an area of the campus set aside fro free speech. Al… --- ## [What Would Happen If A Man Took Birth Control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-man-took-birth-control/558882)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-man-took-birth-control/558882 "2010-10-30T21:52:33Z")
I am a man, supposing I got a woman’s monthly prescription for birth control. (I don’t know the types, I’m sure there are different kinds) Let’s assume I am healthy and would have no extraordinary drug reaction. So eve… --- ## [to anyone who is interested.... \[RIP Polycarp\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200 "2015-01-22T06:34:43Z")
Hi, everyone. This is “Mrs. Carp” (Polycarp’s wife).I thought some of those he was close to might like to know, he passed away at WakeMed Hospital at 5:50 (est)this evening after a prolonged, unknown illness. He was t… --- ## [Why has 7 Up declined so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-7-up-declined-so-much/646028)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-7-up-declined-so-much/646028 "2015-01-11T03:51:50Z")
When I was a kid (the 70s) there was Coke, there was Pepsi, and\*\* 7 Up\*\* was always third. In fact, because you liked \*either \*Coke or Pepsi, 7 Up was actually always kind of second (Dr. Pepper was a distant fourth). Eve… --- ## [Who is allowed to see you naked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195)
**Author:** [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195 "2012-05-14T18:57:02Z")
Poll in a moment. --- ## [How to make oil-based paint dry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-oil-based-paint-dry/584710)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-oil-based-paint-dry/584710 "2011-06-09T18:17:21Z")
Tried to search, of course, can’t use “oil”, tried “alkyd” to no avail. I painted some cabinets with some high-gloss oil paint marketed for floors last Wednesday. Two coats of it. It’s certainly dry to the touch, but in… --- ## [Names you loathe... and why!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-loathe-and-why/535991)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-loathe-and-why/535991 "2010-04-23T05:38:28Z")
Having just named, or been involved in the naming of our second child, I found myself possibly more influenced by names I don’t like than names I do. There are some names that just grate. I hate the sound of them, but t… --- ## [Service Dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-dog/695398)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-dog/695398 "2014-08-20T18:35:41Z")
Dog has no collar,no badge,no rabies tag and the guy is dragging him on the CARTS bus BTW,the dog is reportedly a wolf hybred:eek: --- ## [June mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-mini-rants/756294)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-mini-rants/756294 "2016-07-01T20:41:10Z")
And here it is, June 2nd, and not even a mini rant thread for the month. Have all our problems been solved? :smiley: All, except for mine, apparently. It has occurred to me that people who design public restrooms appar… --- ## [How bad is Brexit going to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-brexit-going-to-be/782701)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-brexit-going-to-be/782701 "2017-08-07T09:18:58Z")
I’m deliberating as to whether I should jump ship and emigrate. I’ve been reading this blog which has an inside track on Brexit, and it apro-Brexit blog. Will it really be this bad? Should I look into getting the he… --- ## [Trump indicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 792\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904 "2023-04-06T01:22:34Z")
Manhattan grand jury has indicted Trump. CNN link --- ## [What do you think of women who shave their heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-women-who-shave-their-heads/579772)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-women-who-shave-their-heads/579772 "2017-12-05T04:11:39Z")
Poll upcoming. Lettuce discuss our thoughts on the topic. I’ve never met anyone with a weak opinion on this subject, so I’m hoping the discussion will be interesting :slight\_smile: I think bald women are bold and brave … --- ## [SDMB Auction FF League 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-ff-league-2010/548630)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-auction-ff-league-2010/548630 "2010-12-27T00:54:04Z")
Last year’s thread and our general discussion ff thread. We’re not recruiting yet - everyone from last year is invited - but if some people don’t show up this year, I’ll start sending out some invites. Our standings un… --- ## [All right, I'll ask. Being a jerk via PM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-ill-ask-being-a-jerk-via-pm/532750)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-ill-ask-being-a-jerk-via-pm/532750 "2010-03-28T13:47:48Z")
“The second was for being a jerk (via private message) . She responded by threatening to make an accusation of harrassment by a moderator.” Really? Really? She said because she was warned she was going to accuse \*\*Marley… --- ## [Why Was The German Tiger Tank Such a Shock to the USA/British Tank Forces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-german-tiger-tank-such-a-shock-to-the-usa-british-tank-forces/603174)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-german-tiger-tank-such-a-shock-to-the-usa-british-tank-forces/603174 "2011-11-28T01:37:25Z")
In reading the history of armored warfare, it seems that the US and British Armies were taken by surprise, by the German “Tiger” panzers. According to what I read, the Tiger’s 88 MM gun could pick off the American Sherm… --- ## [Convince me I should believe in your god](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-i-should-believe-in-your-god/667033)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-i-should-believe-in-your-god/667033 "2013-09-11T12:16:30Z")
I invite any and all believers to put forth compelling reasons for me to believe in god. I am a hard case, but I will not be combative (just annoyingly passive-aggressive with my questions). Bear in mind that I have som… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=122&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=124&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)