# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1262&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:** 1263 --- ## [In a fight, how much of an advantage is height?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-fight-how-much-of-an-advantage-is-height/256145)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-fight-how-much-of-an-advantage-is-height/256145 "2004-07-22T01:52:09Z")
In a regular type of fight how much of an advantage is height? What are the pros/cons of being tall or short? If two people in a fight are different heights, but weigh the same and both are lean I suspect the shorter o… --- ## [Cost of blood cholesterol test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-blood-cholesterol-test/527311)
**Author:** [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-blood-cholesterol-test/527311 "2010-02-03T12:29:30Z")
I recently got my cholesterol level checked. My doctor ordered just the comp panel and the lipid panel for the blood test. Today, I got a bill for $320 from the lab. (Actually, it should be $380, but I got the discoun… --- ## [A-list actors in B-roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-actors-in-b-roles/545746)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-actors-in-b-roles/545746 "2010-07-11T13:46:06Z")
This occurred to me while reading another thread in which Tom Cruise was mentioned. I don’t think that Cruise has ever been 2nd billed, even early in his career. But some actors, after having become major A-list stars, h… --- ## ["Sweet Caroline" and Fenway Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926 "2017-10-13T14:05:04Z")
Since yesterday, the news is flooded with reports of playing the song “Sweet Caroline” at sporting events, as solidarity with Fenway Park in Boston. I gathered from these reports that it has been a sort of anthem for Bos… --- ## [Songs with a suprisingly long life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087 "2016-06-17T13:46:54Z")
Remember Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit “Baby Got Back”? At the time it was just dismissed as a cheesy novelty song, if acknowledged at all (MTV refused to show the video in daytime hours). Yet over the years it’s been used … --- ## [Will we ever colonise other worlds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-colonise-other-worlds/423521)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-colonise-other-worlds/423521 "2007-10-25T23:36:52Z")
Do you think in the 21st century there will be a significant human presence on either the moon, Mars or some other planet/moon/asteroid/? Will there really ever be moon bases or Mars colonies? --- ## [Washington Monthly: "What If Obama Loses?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-monthly-what-if-obama-loses/611616)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-monthly-what-if-obama-loses/611616 "2012-02-14T15:48:33Z")
Their current cover story. Obviously, there are some well-known political leanings amongst the authors tapped, but what do you think? Me, all I can conclude is that this is gonna be a LONG nine months, and that I shoul… --- ## [Preventing Rapists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-rapists/284723)
**Author:** [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-rapists/284723 "2005-01-20T02:39:45Z")
How can our society better prevent children from growing up to be rapists? I think if we stop looking for excuses for rape everytime someone accuses another of rape and if we teach our children that immediately before in… --- ## [If someone takes a picture of you (without your permission), who owns the picture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-takes-a-picture-of-you-without-your-permission-who-owns-the-picture/946146)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-takes-a-picture-of-you-without-your-permission-who-owns-the-picture/946146 "2022-01-06T03:56:41Z")
I am asking after reading the article below. As near as I can tell some paparazzi took a photo of a woman and then she used that photo in an Instagram post. So, who is right? Does the photographer own the photo or her… --- ## [long 2nd toe = royalty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-2nd-toe-royalty/259320)
**Author:** [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-2nd-toe-royalty/259320 "2004-08-11T20:09:54Z")
My wife’s 2nd toe is longer than her big toe, and I told her “it’s a sign of royalty” to which she asked “I’ve heard that too, why is that?”. Of course the only reason I say this is because my mother used to say it to m… --- ## [Dropping the A-Bomb On Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-a-bomb-on-germany/636555)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-a-bomb-on-germany/636555 "2012-10-10T04:28:42Z")
August 6, 1945, the United States under Pres. Harry S Truman dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, destroying most of the city. Several days later, on August 9, 1945, we dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Ja… --- ## [I'm beginning to think Trump might be the nominee -- I propose a Trump-Coulter ticket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-beginning-to-think-trump-might-be-the-nominee-i-propose-a-trump-coulter-ticket/724663 "2015-07-13T21:11:12Z")
With every crazy statement, his numbers among the Republican base rises. And I see no end of crazy statements. Then I had an epiphany – the perfect Republican Tocket for the Crazy Train is Ann Coulter. Donald will att… --- ## [South Park: Problem with Transgendered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-problem-with-transgendered/768199)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-problem-with-transgendered/768199 "2016-10-16T07:35:57Z")
I’m not entirely aware of all the “problematic” stuff out there. I don’t even like the word “problematic”, however - I take issue with ‘South Park’s’ portrayal of trans people. I’m aware that it’s ‘South Park’, and they… --- ## [Planet of the Apes remake: any chance it won't suck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-of-the-apes-remake-any-chance-it-wont-suck/590279)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-of-the-apes-remake-any-chance-it-wont-suck/590279 "2011-08-07T06:00:43Z")
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been seeing ads on TV for a remake of Conquest of the Planet of the apes. Frankly, I don’t see how this movie can possibly be any good. The Planet of the Apes franchise was always hor… --- ## [Diogenes the Cynic: US troops engaged in "genocide"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-us-troops-engaged-in-genocide/285101)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-us-troops-engaged-in-genocide/285101 "2005-01-19T00:29:46Z")
I’ve never pitted anybody before, not people who I found to be stooopit, or bothersome, or even nuts. For some reason this crosses the line for me. Ah well In this post from this thread To start with genocide is The … --- ## [Amish hate crimes trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amish-hate-crimes-trial/632880)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amish-hate-crimes-trial/632880 "2014-08-29T15:44:18Z")
As to the criminal case of United States v. Samuel Mullet Jr. et al.: This is some messed-up shit, if true (and it looks like it is). I had a course on the Amish in college, and have had some dealings with them over … --- ## [The Make Me Laugh thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-me-laugh-thread/259681)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-me-laugh-thread/259681 "2004-09-20T06:13:21Z")
There is no point to this thread other than to make the previous poster laugh his or her ass off. It can be anything: high-brow political humor, fart jokes, poop stories…this thread should be the one-stop shop to cheer… --- ## [The death penalty (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-again/590726)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-again/590726 "2011-08-05T18:16:42Z")
I am opposed to the death penalty, but only for one reason- because the possibility exists that we may (and probably have) execute an innocent person. Morally I don’t really have a problem with executing murderers, viol… --- ## [Patrick Stewart made a racist joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-made-a-racist-joke/146792)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-made-a-racist-joke/146792 "2003-01-06T04:51:13Z")
I was watching the supplemental material on the seventh season DVD set of ST:TNG and Patrick Stewart said that he had once made what was considered to be a racist joke on the set of the show. He was confronted by Michael… --- ## [Islam = intolorance to other religions ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-intolorance-to-other-religions/88796)
**Author:** [@felix9x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/felix9x)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-intolorance-to-other-religions/88796 "2001-11-15T15:31:13Z")
My mom seems convinced that the reason all these terrorist hate us is because its part of their religion. In fact she is convinced that most of muslims overseas have this view. Its strange but its true. I also hear all t… --- ## [How to poke your Smart TV in the eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-poke-your-smart-tv-in-the-eye/779479)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-poke-your-smart-tv-in-the-eye/779479 "2017-03-03T18:33:35Z")
In this story it was reported that Vizio televisions had/have the ability to spy on it’s viewers, and the company both used and sold this information. Well, apparently there is a way to disable this “feature” on Vizio s… --- ## [Would you rather live outside the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-live-outside-the-us/713247)
**Author:** [@FrankTheTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankTheTank)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-live-outside-the-us/713247 "2015-02-24T21:57:16Z")
I’m talking about anywhere outside the United States. I don’t have anything against living here, it’s just that I’d like to travel and learn about different cultures. What will I be missing out on? I plan to pursue a c… --- ## [Conservative persecution complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-persecution-complex/590620)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-persecution-complex/590620 "2011-08-09T14:51:52Z")
The conservative victimization games have reached a new low this week in the wake of the attacks in Norway, as evidenced by, among other things, the ramblings of a couple of posters on this board who shall go unnamed. A… --- ## [S. Morgenstern: Famous Florin Author or Anoying Literary Device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-morgenstern-famous-florin-author-or-anoying-literary-device/72674)
**Author:** [@Davidbw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davidbw1)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-morgenstern-famous-florin-author-or-anoying-literary-device/72674 "2003-07-25T10:39:15Z")
I have yesterday, while browsing through a bookstore, I came across a copy of “The Princess Bride” By William Goldman. Throughout the entire book he makes references to his wife who he dosen’t love, his rather wide son a… --- ## [Would you move to Pandora? (Avatar)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-to-pandora-avatar/592149)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-to-pandora-avatar/592149 "2011-08-15T07:27:47Z")
I recently rewatched this film and it made me wonder about something. The main character gives up his life and identity as a human and Earthman to live as a native of Pandora, and its undoubted that the movie-makers int… --- ## [Pitting Senate Republicans for trying to shut down the Consumer Protection Agency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-senate-republicans-for-trying-to-shut-down-the-consumer-protection-agency/608417)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-senate-republicans-for-trying-to-shut-down-the-consumer-protection-agency/608417 "2012-07-20T18:15:14Z")
Using a recess appointment, Obama names former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the agency that was created after the debacle of financial meltdowns in 2008. Expectedly, conservatives are already pissing an… --- ## [Odd properties of Gatorade.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-properties-of-gatorade/507293)
**Author:** [@wioombeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wioombeen)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-properties-of-gatorade/507293 "2009-08-26T18:46:02Z")
If you put Gatorade in the freezer until it is almost ready to freeze but is still liquid. Then you take it out and shake the container it will crystallize throughout the entire container. If you drink this it has a ver… --- ## [Give me your NCAA D1 football playoff system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-ncaa-d1-football-playoff-system/609203)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-ncaa-d1-football-playoff-system/609203 "2012-02-11T07:41:13Z")
The NCAA has just asked you to submit a proposal for a playoff system. What would you propose. You are also free to critique other proposals as well. My playoff system. 8 teams and uses the Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Or… --- ## [Crimes of the Big Bang Theory characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234 "2020-12-13T15:13:03Z")
What could the BBT characters be charged with (I’ll allow the crimes that they might be acquitted of - as long as they could be reasonably arrested and charged, it counts). Off the top of my head Sheldon - adulterati… --- ## [What is an issue you have completely changed your mind on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-issue-you-have-completely-changed-your-mind-on/696731)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-issue-you-have-completely-changed-your-mind-on/696731 "2014-08-31T04:51:31Z")
Ubiquitous video surveillance in public, I used to think it was a violation of privacy and Orwellian and a tool of tyranny. I’ve completely come around on this, with one caveat that I will get to at the end. I now think … --- ## [Most oppressed people in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oppressed-people-in-the-world/206794)
**Author:** [@Oktberfest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oktberfest)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oppressed-people-in-the-world/206794 "2003-10-28T18:00:58Z")
Who are the people most in need of liberation in the world? Will the US liberate them (as our new policy seems to be)? --- ## [5/30/20 America Burns check-in thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-30-20-america-burns-check-in-thread/854769)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-30-20-america-burns-check-in-thread/854769 "2020-06-08T02:18:16Z")
In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd protests have spread from Minneapolis to other cities. Tonight is the night things have gone over the edge here in Chicago. It sounds like Michigan Avenue has seen major r… --- ## [The ISS 'live feed of Earth' hoax.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iss-live-feed-of-earth-hoax/688122)
**Author:** [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iss-live-feed-of-earth-hoax/688122 "2014-05-10T21:02:57Z")
http://www.iflscience.com/space/eyes-earth-iss-hd-earth-viewing-experiment Lovely, isn’t it ? But wait, where is the Earth ? http://www.spaceflight101.com/hdev.html “The four came… --- ## [Did Obama try to delay US troop withdrawal from Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-obama-try-to-delay-us-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq/463723)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-obama-try-to-delay-us-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq/463723 "2008-09-21T05:58:20Z")
Granted, this is the New York Post, but I hate having to make excuses for what can be seen as putting politics before the troops’ welfare. link --- ## [Iceland Blue is a MAN, baby!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-blue-is-a-man-baby/292517)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-blue-is-a-man-baby/292517 "2005-03-02T21:03:12Z")
Attention male Dopers: ICELAND BLUE IS A GUY!!! So do not flirt with him-turn back before it’s too late!!! You see, his name is fairly gender neutral, so you might -gasp!-come on to him in the “flirt rooms” and not re… --- ## [Traffic Courtesies that aren't Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-courtesies-that-arent-laws/811636)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-courtesies-that-arent-laws/811636 "2018-04-23T01:52:42Z")
While driving to an event this weekend, we had to merge onto a heavily-trafficked highway, and one car stayed in the right lane the entire time. My husband grumbled about “What kind of asshole stays in the right lane wh… --- ## [Have you ever boycotted a business, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-boycotted-a-business-and-why/452947)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-boycotted-a-business-and-why/452947 "2008-06-19T22:11:29Z")
Thread title basically explains it all, have you ever boycotted a business for any reason? What business, and why? By “boycott” I just mean that you have chosen to not buy their products and services on a personal leve… --- ## [Uncredited Singers On Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-singers-on-songs/548019 "2010-10-19T16:07:44Z")
I was listening to Prince’s, U Got The Look and clearly Sheena Easton is doing the back up vocals on that song. You can listen to John Denver’s, Fly Away and clearly hear Olivia Newton-John doing the repeats in song. O… --- ## ["I like pain, because it lets me know I'm still alive"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-pain-because-it-lets-me-know-im-still-alive/315515)
**Author:** [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-pain-because-it-lets-me-know-im-still-alive/315515 "2005-08-07T01:36:34Z")
Now, I’m pretty sure that this is a quote of some kind, from something, but I can’t place it. I know it kind of mirrors a theme from “Fight Club,” and several other works, but I have no idea what it’s from. Does it ring … --- ## [Federal government finances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-government-finances/720661)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-government-finances/720661 "2015-05-29T05:22:52Z")
Regardless of political party, there’s a simple thing going on regarding funding the federal government : Both political parties are choosing to borrow money instead of raising taxes/cutting spending so that the money… --- ## [I now cringe at stuff because I am sure furry fetishists will like it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-cringe-at-stuff-because-i-am-sure-furry-fetishists-will-like-it/636566)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-cringe-at-stuff-because-i-am-sure-furry-fetishists-will-like-it/636566 "2012-10-09T15:45:52Z")
Watching Ice Age 4 with the kid they now have the female mammoths looking creepily half way between human and mammoth, including long straight human head hair and weirdly anthropomorphic design. First thought I had besi… --- ## [Clavicle Removal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clavicle-removal/642567)
**Author:** [@Jamoross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamoross)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clavicle-removal/642567 "2015-01-25T01:32:48Z")
So I was chatting with a cycling friend who is recovering from breaking his clavicle for the second time. He and his orthopedic surgeon are pondering his long term prospects given the severity of his repeated repairs. … --- ## [Can the D's get 50 Senate seats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-ds-get-50-senate-seats/835205)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-ds-get-50-senate-seats/835205 "2020-01-27T15:13:30Z")
I don’t know the answer to the question in the title, but thought to post a list of the 34 Senate races in 2020 here to help visualize exactly what’s needed to get to 50. Democrat, sure thing, all popular incumbents DE… --- ## [Who's been homeless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-been-homeless/68636)
**Author:** [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-been-homeless/68636 "2015-10-18T04:11:24Z")
What’s it like? Closest I ever came was when I was working several hundred miles from home and couldn’t pay my rent because my stupid employer was slow in issuing my first paycheck. Landlady demanded payment up front - … --- ## [I pit my over zealous roommate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-over-zealous-roommate/671357)
**Author:** [@Almace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Almace)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-over-zealous-roommate/671357 "2013-10-19T21:52:52Z")
So I have been a long time lurker of these message boards but I never really felt a reason to post until now. I recently transferred to university and decided to live on campus to “get the college experience” as it were… --- ## [woman carries cell phone in her cleavage--weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-carries-cell-phone-in-her-cleavage-weird/330470)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-carries-cell-phone-in-her-cleavage-weird/330470 "2005-11-12T15:01:15Z")
(no-this isnt a porn thread–just a reasonable observation.) So I’m in a supermarket, and a woman walks by, talking into her cell phone. The conversation ends, and she just casually inserts the phone into her cleavage. … --- ## [What is the Republican Party actively doing to discourage racism in their party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-republican-party-actively-doing-to-discourage-racism-in-their-party/630285)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-republican-party-actively-doing-to-discourage-racism-in-their-party/630285 "2012-08-14T07:47:11Z")
In what way is the Republican Party letting it be known that racists are not welcome there? How are they actively making racists uncomfortable? --- ## [Are humans the next endangered species?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-the-next-endangered-species/597116)
**Author:** [@Schyler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schyler)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-the-next-endangered-species/597116 "2011-10-07T00:14:10Z")
I watched a program on the History International the other night about dire predictions from some wellknown “thinkers”. How the world might end quicker than you think because. . . One theory was that we’d run out of wa… --- ## [Why does the saguaro cactus grow arms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-saguaro-cactus-grow-arms/306508)
**Author:** [@warfjm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warfjm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-saguaro-cactus-grow-arms/306508 "2005-06-07T13:29:55Z")
I live here in the mid-size city of Tucson, AZ, just outside the saguaro cactus national monument. I have admired this amazing species of cactus my whole life, but have had one question bug me. Why do these things spro… --- ## [Does Germany have WW2 soldier memorials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-germany-have-ww2-soldier-memorials/59759)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-germany-have-ww2-soldier-memorials/59759 "2001-03-29T01:55:02Z")
Does Germany have memorials to their own fallen World War 2 soldiers, even though this would mean they were honoring Nazis? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1261&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1263&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)