# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1276&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:** 1277 --- ## [I just realized how fucked up my family is, including me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-how-fucked-up-my-family-is-including-me/423104)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-how-fucked-up-my-family-is-including-me/423104 "2007-10-21T15:48:58Z")
I installed a baby-gate to keep the one year old out of the kitchen. My grandfather was impressed with the workmanship, and I was pretty proud of it. It was my first real all-on-my-own home improvement type project, an… --- ## [I have several cups of crumbled bacon - recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-several-cups-of-crumbled-bacon-recipes/596111)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-several-cups-of-crumbled-bacon-recipes/596111 "2011-09-17T19:06:21Z")
My mom was visiting, needed bacon for a recipe she was trying out, and bought a large bag of costco crumbled bacon. She didn’t even use that much, meaning we have several cups of crumbled bacon we need to use up. I feel… --- ## [Disneyland Cost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-cost/546542)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-cost/546542 "2010-07-14T15:54:28Z")
A friend of mine got back recently from a trip to Disneyland in CA. He’s married with 3 kids, and had been planning this trip for quite some time. I believe they were able to take advantage of some special offer that w… --- ## [Nate Silver is systematically building a case for declaring pollster Strategic Vision, LLC a fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nate-silver-is-systematically-building-a-case-for-declaring-pollster-strategic-vision-llc-a-fraud/511728)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nate-silver-is-systematically-building-a-case-for-declaring-pollster-strategic-vision-llc-a-fraud/511728 "2009-11-09T14:39:16Z")
Does anyone else find this fascinating? It started 9.24 - the American Association for Public Opinion Research reprimanded SVLLC for “failing to disclose even basic information about their political polls” (quote from S… --- ## [Are military personnel 'forced' to give blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-military-personnel-forced-to-give-blood/545168)
**Author:** [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-military-personnel-forced-to-give-blood/545168 "2010-07-06T03:51:52Z")
Where does the blood come from that is used for transfusions in military field hospitals? For example it would be impractical (I would imagine) to fly units of blood from U.S.A. to Iraq to maintain their stock so I guess… --- ## [Essential Kitchen Equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-kitchen-equipment/578233)
**Author:** [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-kitchen-equipment/578233 "2011-04-16T00:42:04Z")
The most useless thread got me thinking about the opposite. What are the essential tools for a kitchen to efficiently and effectively get work done? Here is my list, please add your own. Let’s think of affordability, … --- ## [Married Man, married man- drives around...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-man-married-man-drives-around/30244)
**Author:** [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-man-married-man-drives-around/30244 "2000-08-22T13:52:32Z")
…in a Mini-van. A friend of mine in NC has a radio show that plays in the morning with the adventures of “married man” and his arch nemesis “divorced guy”. Part of it is a little song about married man driving around in … --- ## [Nethack help! (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nethack-help-spoilers/210932)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nethack-help-spoilers/210932 "2003-11-29T09:20:30Z")
So I’ve been spending entirely too much time playing Nethack. Does anyone have any tips? I am particularly having problems with my old ghosts. It takes forever for me to kill them, IF I can manage to kill them. What … --- ## [Morons at Costco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-at-costco/656344)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-at-costco/656344 "2013-04-24T22:19:29Z")
I don’t know what was going on but clearly this was intentional so I’ll share this experience and you can make of it what you will. I was at Costco on this sunny Sunday afternoon. I was in one of my normal, ‘I don’t re… --- ## [The Trick or Treat MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trick-or-treat-mmp/823668)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trick-or-treat-mmp/823668 "2018-11-05T03:09:14Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 62 Amurrkin out and clear (dark actually) with a predicted high of 79 and N.O.S. for the day. I guess we can call this an early Fall day in the southern U.S. of A. Today… --- ## [Have you notice how much evil there is on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-notice-how-much-evil-there-is-on-this-board/189713)
**Author:** [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-notice-how-much-evil-there-is-on-this-board/189713 "2003-08-04T20:01:57Z")
Have you notice how much evil there is around here? Lots, that’s how much. I’ve noticed scott evil, Evil Captor, and Evil One. There’s \*\*Evil Death and evilbeth. im2evil4u \*\* brags about it. There’s evilhomer. D’oh! … --- ## [Is microwaved hot water different somehow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-microwaved-hot-water-different-somehow/513135)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-microwaved-hot-water-different-somehow/513135 "2009-10-11T12:16:37Z")
I just fixed a cup of Theraflu, and noticed the directions state- “dissolve contents into 8 oz hot water. If using a microwave, add contents to 8 oz of cool water, stir briskly before and after heating.” Why does the Th… --- ## [Beware DMV employees wearing MAGA hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-dmv-employees-wearing-maga-hats/844488)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-dmv-employees-wearing-maga-hats/844488 "2019-12-15T14:40:49Z")
Just got back from taking my youngest daughter, Chlo, to her drivers test to get licenced to drive in the state of Florida. I took my oldest daughter to her driver’s test two years ago. She passed, but not without comme… --- ## [Sex Among the Hermaphrodites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-among-the-hermaphrodites/484694)
**Author:** [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-among-the-hermaphrodites/484694 "2009-02-15T21:33:39Z")
Column link I haven’t any comment on the column per se, just wanted to bring an apparent typo to your attention before the Teeming Millions peruse it. In the third graf we find: While the term “lifehell” has interesti… --- ## [Tell me about your experiences with carpal tunnel syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/590827)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/590827 "2011-08-22T18:18:45Z")
So I’m puttering around Chez Doors last week, when I notice that my left arm, wrist and hand hurt, and that they get worse when I move them. Finally, yesterday, it hurt so much to do anything that I went to the ER to be … --- ## [Movies that COULD stand a rebooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-stand-a-rebooting/559970)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-stand-a-rebooting/559970 "2010-12-01T11:45:16Z")
As contract to the other thread: I think METROPOLIS could benefit from a rebooting; tell the story of a future dystopia with subterranean and scraper dwelling characters and modern special effects and screenwriting and … --- ## [Anyone who knows anything about Citizen watches who can help me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-knows-anything-about-citizen-watches-who-can-help-me/663644)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-knows-anything-about-citizen-watches-who-can-help-me/663644 "2013-07-18T02:37:03Z")
As I mentioned in another thread, I bought a Citizen watch recently. It was sold to me (by a reputable store) as an Eco-Drive watch. The box they gave me that the watch (supposedly) came in is marked as such. Yet the … --- ## [Another "Worst" Thread: 20th-Century Woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worst-thread-20th-century-woman/306354)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worst-thread-20th-century-woman/306354 "2005-06-17T16:01:30Z")
In this thread, some of us put forth the case of the Blessed (or “Bloody”) Mother Teresa being the 20th century’s most harmful woman. Others whom acquaintances have put forward as possibilities: • Jiang Qing (Mrs. Mao, … --- ## [We're evacuating the planet for an unspoiled Earth. What animal species do we take with us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-for-an-unspoiled-earth-what-animal-species-do-we-take-with-us/561234)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-for-an-unspoiled-earth-what-animal-species-do-we-take-with-us/561234 "2010-11-24T18:50:25Z")
A catastrophe is about to destroy the Earth, or at least make it uninhabitable for human beings. Though we haven’t the tech to deflect the anti-matter meteor or whatever, we do have the ability to evacuate a pitiful port… --- ## [Serving animal dishes with the head attached...ewww...why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serving-animal-dishes-with-the-head-attached-ewww-why/933156)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serving-animal-dishes-with-the-head-attached-ewww-why/933156 "2021-03-18T01:17:02Z")
TRIGGER WARNING. I’ve always been grossed out by seeing a roast animal with the head (or for example, feet) still attached. OK, not in the case of fish, which look pretty character-less, but why, for example, are some s… --- ## [Is it a helicopter or Autogyro? (Idiot in Washington D.C.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-helicopter-or-autogyro-idiot-in-washington-d-c/717753)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-helicopter-or-autogyro-idiot-in-washington-d-c/717753 "2015-04-19T03:36:42Z")
Some \*fool \*flew some kind of rotary-winged craft into D.C. airspace and lands somewhere near the Capital building. Dumb-Ass Wolf keeps calling it a “helicopter”, but it sure looks like an autogyro to me. But what the he… --- ## [I've got bad feeling about this guy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-bad-feeling-about-this-guy/663544)
**Author:** [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-bad-feeling-about-this-guy/663544 "2013-07-16T18:59:17Z")
I’m an 18 year old paraplegic woman, attending college. There is a guy on my course I’ve been getting to know, but lately the only reason he seems to want to talk to me is because of my disability. I’ve noticed him looki… --- ## [Another movie theater scenario.. who was more rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-theater-scenario-who-was-more-rude/647599)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-theater-scenario-who-was-more-rude/647599 "2013-01-22T07:03:56Z")
After reading the thread on here about movie theater etiquette, I brought up this story to a friend today and a group of her friends… it happened three years ago. My friend thought I was right but her friends all thought… --- ## [Political Compass #47: Businessmen are more important than writers and artists.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-47-businessmen-are-more-important-than-writers-and-artists/285174)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-47-businessmen-are-more-important-than-writers-and-artists/285174 "2005-01-22T00:30:18Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [No such thing as race?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-race/59351)
**Author:** [@fatherjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatherjohn)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-race/59351 "2004-07-24T03:47:14Z")
Very frequently fatherjohn hears it said that there is “no such thing as race.” The basis for this argument is that the distinctions between races are necessarily somewhat arbitrary. What distinctions aren’t at least so… --- ## [A Cunning Stunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cunning-stunt/466320)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cunning-stunt/466320 "2008-10-10T20:11:15Z")
I read the Washington Post and the New York Times this morning. In one or the other was a report of an amusing and (literally) provocative stunt pulled by some group of right-wing people somewhere. It seems this is Bann… --- ## [Bears & Packer Fans: Is this bigger than the Superbowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-packer-fans-is-this-bigger-than-the-superbowl/567951)
**Author:** [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-packer-fans-is-this-bigger-than-the-superbowl/567951 "2011-01-19T17:10:01Z")
Here we go - Packers coming into Soldier Field to play the Bear for the NFC Championship on Sunday. You could argue (I certainly would) that this is probably the biggest, most meaningful game in the history of the oldes… --- ## [Sex workers have staged a face-sitting protest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-workers-have-staged-a-face-sitting-protest/707197)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-workers-have-staged-a-face-sitting-protest/707197 "2014-12-15T17:05:21Z")
:dubious: Britain wants to ban eating pu\*sy in their porn films? Why? What in the world is wrong with that? It’s no more explicit than the old in and out screwing. I didn’t realize the Brits are such ridiculous and o… --- ## [I just thought someone broke in, so what did I grab?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-someone-broke-in-so-what-did-i-grab/318072)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-someone-broke-in-so-what-did-i-grab/318072 "2005-08-29T13:42:55Z")
Why, my stuffed Beaker, of course. :smack: It was just my husband, returning home unexpectedly. But if it had been someone more sinister, I was armed with a Muppet. I am dumb. --- ## [What's the BEst Software for Making Last Will & Testament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-software-for-making-last-will-testament/502295)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-software-for-making-last-will-testament/502295 "2012-02-14T23:10:52Z")
Simple, straightforward question- what software have you used, and what do you like about it? --- ## [How accurate are referee ball placements in football?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-are-referee-ball-placements-in-football/599811)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-are-referee-ball-placements-in-football/599811 "2011-10-28T07:36:29Z")
I went to the UVA/GA-Tech game yesterday, and UVA contested where the ball was placed after a tackle. Upon review, it was shifted back a few inches behind the 1st down line. Due to my negative feelings about sports, es… --- ## [What is this strange effect called? \[Flying question: plane and bright spot\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-effect-called-flying-question-plane-and-bright-spot/617670)
**Author:** [@Zep\_Tepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zep_Tepi)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-effect-called-flying-question-plane-and-bright-spot/617670 "2013-12-06T01:10:24Z")
When flying my Cherokee 235 over the African Bushvelt at a certain height, I have noticed that where the shadow of the aircraft should be on the ground it is absent, but in its place is a bright patch of light. This is o… --- ## [US District Court Juror Questionaire is aggressive, invasive, & irrelevant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-district-court-juror-questionaire-is-aggressive-invasive-irrelevant/511368)
**Author:** [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-district-court-juror-questionaire-is-aggressive-invasive-irrelevant/511368 "2009-10-03T02:01:06Z")
Yesterday I received a juror summons. It came in a packet of about 20 pages. In the packet is a questionnaire. I expected the equivalent of a political Myers-Brigg personalilty test, which I would have happily answered.… --- ## [What's so great about American citizenship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-american-citizenship/687461)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-american-citizenship/687461 "2014-05-05T14:03:01Z")
There was an article recently about the number of people who are giving up their US citizenship. This got me thinking (right after April 15,) what am I getting as an American that I couldn’t get somewhere else? Crime? Ta… --- ## [Is God real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-real/625675)
**Author:** [@Invictus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invictus)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-real/625675 "2012-07-22T23:49:39Z")
Let us say there is a difference between real and existent mental objects - for example the Unicorn which has existence as a mental object, but is not real (ie does not correspond to physical reality). Now God, in vario… --- ## [Prius and other hybrid/EV owners - looking to buy soon and advice wanted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-and-other-hybrid-ev-owners-looking-to-buy-soon-and-advice-wanted/672403)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-and-other-hybrid-ev-owners-looking-to-buy-soon-and-advice-wanted/672403 "2013-12-13T17:10:11Z")
Looking to buy a Prius in the next week or two. We need a second car. Have 3 kids (13, 9 and 9) so need a roomy backseat. We’ve got a minivan now and sis in law has a Porsche Cayenne parked at our house that we use the 9… --- ## [Sugar-free Gatorade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-free-gatorade/449636)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-free-gatorade/449636 "2008-05-18T02:54:47Z")
Anyone have any idea where I can find this? kaylasmom has diabetes, but she also wants to keep her electrolytes replenished. I can’t find the sugar-free Gatorade in the supermarket, and the personnel don’t seem to be ver… --- ## [Anyone recently got a new smartphone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recently-got-a-new-smartphone/656403)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recently-got-a-new-smartphone/656403 "2013-05-02T00:38:20Z")
Current: Droid X, just over 2 years old. Intolerably, unacceptably slow at times no matter how careful I am to delete unneeded apps, I’ve even done “factory reset” several times which helps… briefly. Slowness is manifes… --- ## [Can you legally strand someone in an unpopulated or dangerous area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-legally-strand-someone-in-an-unpopulated-or-dangerous-area/519987)
**Author:** [@Stalingraduate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stalingraduate)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-legally-strand-someone-in-an-unpopulated-or-dangerous-area/519987 "2009-12-05T20:10:07Z")
I’m not referring to children here—we all know we can’t abandon children, even when they’re not our own. In addition, I’m looking more for an answer pertaining to U.S. law, although I’d be interested in hearing how othe… --- ## [When did the Gadsden Flag become a symbol of the hard Right / extremism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-gadsden-flag-become-a-symbol-of-the-hard-right-extremism/507538)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-gadsden-flag-become-a-symbol-of-the-hard-right-extremism/507538 "2009-08-29T19:47:37Z")
I bought a Gadsden flag tshirt a few years ago. We learned about it in elementary school and I always thought it was just a cool-looking flag with a simple, honorable message: don’t mess with me and I won’t mess with you… --- ## [Does everyone think a piercing signifies rebellion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-think-a-piercing-signifies-rebellion/444057)
**Author:** [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-think-a-piercing-signifies-rebellion/444057 "2008-04-09T13:15:04Z")
I don’t get it. I got a frenum piercing and an eyebrow piercing. I suppose with the eyebrow piercing, I’m sort of rebelling against the chance that I’ll probably get a job soon that’ll make me take it out, but mostly i… --- ## [Partial word suffixes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partial-word-suffixes/629274)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partial-word-suffixes/629274 "2012-08-05T20:20:41Z")
Alcoholic - one addicted to alcohol Marathon - an endurance running race of 26.2 miles. Chop the tails off the above and you can construct: Workaholic, chocoholic, etc. (though sadly not narcotoholic) Danceathon, sal… --- ## [Are European nations violating women's rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-european-nations-violating-womens-rights/671416)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-european-nations-violating-womens-rights/671416 "2013-10-19T16:20:13Z")
When abortion is mentioned in the USA, it’s often asserted that women have a right to abortion when and where they want it, and that any restriction is a violation of their rights. In most European countries, there are … --- ## [Can an Economic Recovery Occur Without a Robust Manufacturing Sector?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-economic-recovery-occur-without-a-robust-manufacturing-sector/526175)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-economic-recovery-occur-without-a-robust-manufacturing-sector/526175 "2010-01-31T02:09:57Z")
From Alan Tonelson in the Jan 2010 issue of Harpers: So, Tonelson identifies a number of ways in which American manufacturers are at a very real disadvantage compared to foreign firms, and suggests that because of the … --- ## [Recommend me some awesome, but little known PC games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-awesome-but-little-known-pc-games/471617)
**Author:** [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-awesome-but-little-known-pc-games/471617 "2008-11-12T12:41:41Z")
This thread deals with best levels in computer games. After reading about Pyschonauts I knew I had to have it. Who doesn’t want to play in some deranged milk man’s mind? I never heard of the game before, but the praise i… --- ## [Plastic water bottle "air conditioner"- thermodynamics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-water-bottle-air-conditioner-thermodynamics/759719)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-water-bottle-air-conditioner-thermodynamics/759719 "2017-01-09T17:48:00Z")
I’ve seen recent FB posts and internet sites for an “eco-friendly” DIY “air-conditioner” made from plastic water bottles. Basically, one drills an array of holes into a board. Into each hole is placed the neck of an… --- ## [Child damages artwork, parents get bill for $132K](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-damages-artwork-parents-get-bill-for-132k/816187)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-damages-artwork-parents-get-bill-for-132k/816187 "2018-08-16T12:12:55Z")
Story here. An unsupervised child knocks over a piece of artwork when trying to climb on it, and the parents are shocked to get a bill from the insurance company for the damages. The mother, who sounds like a real piec… --- ## [Will oral sex change a man's mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-oral-sex-change-a-mans-mind/151639)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-oral-sex-change-a-mans-mind/151639 "2003-02-04T16:49:06Z")
I have overheard more than one woman talking to another about why someone’s husband or SO left them for another woman and one of the reasons given is that the man was now getting oral sex and never did before, as if this… --- ## [A new level of annoyance at other posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-of-annoyance-at-other-posters/611231)
**Author:** [@randomface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomface)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-of-annoyance-at-other-posters/611231 "2012-02-01T14:23:40Z")
Today, I saw the first round of posts that made me feel ill reading them. A user by the name of gluten free. See this thread. Is man a meat-eater or a vegetarian by nature?" For all that anyone holds holy, please quit… --- ## [Do you still use a landline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-a-landline/503417)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-a-landline/503417 "2009-07-22T22:27:18Z")
Do you have a landline phone? If so, do you use it in conjunction with a cell phone? What functionality do you get out of the extra phone bill? Just an informal little poll to test my hunch that landline use is serious… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1275&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1277&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)