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**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 433\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-stealing-my-electricity-in-a-really-dumb-way/630690 "2012-09-25T00:39:34Z")
I’m not usually an MPSIMSer but this was so weird I felt I had to share it. I live in a 2 story apartment building on the first floor. I went out on my patio today and I noticed that there’s a white cable plugged into m… --- ## [Funny things said during love making/intimate moments...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-things-said-during-love-making-intimate-moments/19949)
**Author:** [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-things-said-during-love-making-intimate-moments/19949 "2005-08-04T19:57:06Z")
Dont know how popular this thread will be, but I will start with my own discription. If this is too graphic I am sorry, I will try not to make it that way. I was making love to a woman, my GF of a long time, and I was j… --- ## [Legal Question: Does Persona Suri Juris make you above the law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-does-persona-suri-juris-make-you-above-the-law/469084)
**Author:** [@Starbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starbury)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-does-persona-suri-juris-make-you-above-the-law/469084 "2014-06-30T02:33:04Z")
I read an article in XXL Magazine yesterday about a rapper, Max B, who was able to get out of his record contract by claiming “Persona Suri Juris” status. Here’s the link –\> http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=27527. XXL isn… --- ## [Rick Perry Indicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-indicted/695656)
**Author:** [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Replies:** 463\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-indicted/695656 "2016-02-27T22:36:07Z")
So, with Rick Perry indicted on two felony counts, guess his presidential run is down the toilet. --- ## [Changing An Electrical Outlet Without Turning The Power Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-an-electrical-outlet-without-turning-the-power-off/548545)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-an-electrical-outlet-without-turning-the-power-off/548545 "2019-11-08T21:14:54Z")
I recently had an outlet blow and my landlord came in, turned off the breakers and replaced the outlet in about five minutes. I didn’t realize it was so easy to do. Anyway I was talking to a mechanic at a factory where … --- ## [Large earthquake in Northeast Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 782\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279 "2011-05-08T22:50:52Z")
There was a large earthquake at 2:45 pm in northeast Japan. We felt it strongly here in Tokyo, hard enough I thought the windows in the building I was walking by were going to break, so I moved out into the street. The… --- ## [NC: Cops pepper spray black foster son of white family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-cops-pepper-spray-black-foster-son-of-white-family/700795)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 895\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-cops-pepper-spray-black-foster-son-of-white-family/700795 "2014-10-22T03:46:21Z")
Neighbors saw DeShawn Currie enter his own home. He had been living with this foster family for a year but they didn’t recognize him and called the cops. They cops burst into the house and point out this can’t be his h… --- ## [Steven Universe: Intriguing beyond belief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-universe-intriguing-beyond-belief/716356)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 404\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-universe-intriguing-beyond-belief/716356 "2020-04-01T03:30:06Z")
I woke up Saturday morning with a cool gray rain falling outside and thought “Yeah I’m staying in bed.” I was channel surfing and came across a Cartoon Network mini-marathon of their show Steven Universe, and I couldn’t… --- ## [Speak to me in...TV quotes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3639\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107 "2026-10-17T15:04:33Z")
Since Trek & the Pythons have their own, try to steer clear of them, tho I won’t rule them out unconditionally. And since this is often ambiguous in the other games here, yes it is expected that you riff off of the prev… --- ## [Has the world actually been cooling since 2002?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-world-actually-been-cooling-since-2002/681728)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 710\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-world-actually-been-cooling-since-2002/681728 "2014-03-11T10:47:40Z")
Nature published a peer reviewed paper showing that since 2001 the planet has not warmed. I checked all the data, and even GISS shows slight cooling since 2002. It is clear from looking at the GISS data that the cooli… --- ## [What is Pit-worthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pit-worthy/506233)
**Author:** [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pit-worthy/506233 "2017-07-24T20:12:25Z")
First a couple of preliminaries: Q. What is this thread about? A. I want to start a dialogue about what sorts of threads belong in the Pit. I’ve got my own ideas, but I just work here. I’d like to get a feel for the op… --- ## [Serial (the podcast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-the-podcast/700417)
**Author:** [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\ **Replies:** 446\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-the-podcast/700417 "2022-10-11T16:23:54Z")
This is a just-started new series of podcasts from a producer of “This American Life”. http://serialpodcast.org/ Two episodes have been posted so far, with weekly updates. The current series is about a 17-year-old hig… --- ## [SCOTUS Wife Virginia Thomas asks Anita Hill to apologize - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-wife-virginia-thomas-asks-anita-hill-to-apologize-wtf/557798)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 822\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-wife-virginia-thomas-asks-anita-hill-to-apologize-wtf/557798 "2010-10-30T01:44:01Z")
Story here I will start this in the Pit because it will lead to bad language and politics and such, but in a general way - what good could she possibly think would come from this? She has said she “was trying to extend… --- ## [Misogyny on board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-on-board/655617)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 631\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-on-board/655617 "2013-04-19T22:55:37Z")
In a trainwreck of a thread that’s already spawned a partner pit thread, we get this post: I just reported it, but I’d like to have a discussion about it and its kin in that thread. First, granted: several people clea… --- ## [How can Donald Trump win at this point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 3455\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351 "2024-11-07T15:35:53Z")
I’m not going to make any predictions! But right now, it seems as though the Democrats are doing everything right, and the Republicans are doing everything wrong. Further, while the polls are still close, Kamala Harris h… --- ## [What do you say when you call in sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-when-you-call-in-sick/349498)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-when-you-call-in-sick/349498 "2006-03-26T23:42:53Z")
I don’t know about you all, but even if I am truly and honestly ill, I feel like I’m lying when I call in. I never know what I should say, whether I should go into detail or keep it simple and just say I’m sick. Either… --- ## [Decembrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decembrants/642652)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 699\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decembrants/642652 "2013-01-01T13:11:57Z")
Bitch bitch bitch --- ## [Why does it smell like swiss cheese behind my ears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-smell-like-swiss-cheese-behind-my-ears/589895)
**Author:** [@TheBaptiste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBaptiste)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-smell-like-swiss-cheese-behind-my-ears/589895 "2016-09-02T01:39:01Z")
If I swipe my finger behind my ear and then smell it, it smells just like swiss. Even within hours of a shower. The sides of my nose have a similar scent. Is this normal or a sign of impending doom? --- ## [The SDMB Music Appreciation Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-music-appreciation-society/679539)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-music-appreciation-society/679539 "2018-09-08T19:28:22Z")
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the inaugural meeting of the Straight Dope Message Board Music Appreciation Society! As the founding (and currently, only) member of the Society, I hereby cordially invite each and every o… --- ## [Colorless Mafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorless-mafia/519729)
**Author:** [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Replies:** 1429\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorless-mafia/519729 "2010-01-24T05:12:28Z")
OK, So here’s a basic Mafia game with no color. Sign up here if you’re really feeling the need for a game. 7-20 players are needed. Roles will depend on the number of players, but may include: Vanilla Cop Doctor M… --- ## [True Detective - HBO - McConaughey / Harrelson \[SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-detective-hbo-mcconaughey-harrelson-spoilers/660697)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 495\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-detective-hbo-mcconaughey-harrelson-spoilers/660697 "2014-07-29T12:48:50Z")
Anybody else see the recent promo on HBO for 2014 series called True Detective, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson? Looks promising. Looks like the two A-listers signed up for 8 episodes of a first season… --- ## [What happened to JonBenet Ramsey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jonbenet-ramsey/524577)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 548\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jonbenet-ramsey/524577 "2018-05-31T19:47:28Z")
I know we’ve had threads on this topic before, but we were going down that route in the “Which ONE Crime Would You Like the True Answer to” thread, and I figured I’d start a new one up rather than hijack. Here are a cou… --- ## [Without saying your age, what's something from your childhood that a younger person wouldn't understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 1517\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138 "2023-03-24T00:44:36Z")
This seems to be a pretty popular little game on places like Twitter. When I was a kid, if we wanted to get on the internet and someone was on the phone, we had to wait until they got off the phone. --- ## [Why is this site overwhelmingly atheist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-site-overwhelmingly-atheist/696938)
**Author:** [@reef\_shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reef_shark)\ **Replies:** 574\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-site-overwhelmingly-atheist/696938 "2014-09-28T03:14:59Z")
‘The law of biogenesis, attributed to Louis Pasteur, is the observation that living things come only from other living things, by reproduction (e.g. a spider lays eggs, which develop into spiders). That is, life does n… --- ## [Predicting Cameron's Avatar: Waterworld or Titanic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predicting-camerons-avatar-waterworld-or-titanic/519638)
**Author:** [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Replies:** 511\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predicting-camerons-avatar-waterworld-or-titanic/519638 "2010-03-06T21:22:00Z")
So Avatar hits in a few weeks and everyone’s wondering if it’ll be a situation like Titanic where Cameron spent a lot of money and it worked out well or if it’ll be the next Waterworld (or Heaven’s Gate if you like). So… --- ## [The argument of "pro-choice" is bullsh\*t.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-of-pro-choice-is-bullsh-t/549037)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 665\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-of-pro-choice-is-bullsh-t/549037 "2010-09-07T18:17:37Z")
It’s bullshit. There is almost no physiological difference between a child one day before birth and one day after. To argue there is a difference is bullshit. To kill the child is infanticide. However, human life doe… --- ## [Would you rather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 1352\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444 "2019-10-18T15:47:33Z")
Answer the question and then post your own for the next poster: Would you rather have no knees? Or have no elbows? --- ## [Doctor Who - Series Six - Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-six-part-ii/593860)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 679\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-six-part-ii/593860 "2012-03-11T16:16:45Z")
With the second half of the 2011 series to start up this weekend, I thought it’s a good time to start a new thread for ongoing “Who” discussions, rather than dredge up the old one. Especially since, as I just learned, t… --- ## [Downton Abbey, Series 2 (PBS) \[Please, no unaired spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-series-2-pbs-please-no-unaired-spoilers/609368)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 552\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-series-2-pbs-please-no-unaired-spoilers/609368 "2012-10-03T01:29:12Z")
NOTE: This thread is about PBS’s version of Downton Abbey, Season (Series) 2, which started airing on January 8, 2012. Please do not discuss plot points in unaired episodes. Thanks for understanding! Questions, I have q… --- ## [It is implausible that pchaos is a lawyer and he should stop claiming to be one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-implausible-that-pchaos-is-a-lawyer-and-he-should-stop-claiming-to-be-one/650316)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 800\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-implausible-that-pchaos-is-a-lawyer-and-he-should-stop-claiming-to-be-one/650316 "2013-02-21T22:48:17Z")
I’m not the first person to note this by any means, nor is this thefirst thread in which I have mentioned it, but pchaos really needs to stop pretending to be a lawyer. Heck, maybe he even recognises this himself: Let’… --- ## [The federal government made a serious mistake by caving in to Cliven Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-federal-government-made-a-serious-mistake-by-caving-in-to-cliven-bundy/685993)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 604\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-federal-government-made-a-serious-mistake-by-caving-in-to-cliven-bundy/685993 "2016-01-20T00:09:17Z")
\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_RANGE\_SHOWDOWN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-12-23-24-14)They gave in to a bunch of terrorists and thugs. That’s a serious mistake, IMO. One that co… --- ## [Call of Duty: Black Ops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-black-ops/559909)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 653\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-black-ops/559909 "2011-08-28T20:14:05Z")
I wasn’t originally going to get the game but then I found out that there is a zombie mode at the end of it, just like there was in World at War. I’m hoping the campaign is good because although I’ll dabble in multi pla… --- ## [Republicans' war on transgender people: Omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2092\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609 "2026-08-20T22:28:06Z")
Do we have an omnibus thread for Republicans’ war on transgender people yet? If not, let me start one with this. Apparently even full-grown adults can’t be trusted to make the decision to transition in Florida. At lea… --- ## [Downton Abbey S4 - spoiler-free until broadcast in the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s4-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/651844)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 592\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s4-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/651844 "2014-03-06T00:04:32Z")
Previous thread: Downton Abbey S3 - spoiler-free until broadcast in the U.S. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board PBS’s website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/ As before, I suggest that this … --- ## [Song Title Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-game/183053)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 3914\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-title-game/183053 "2003-11-13T22:52:46Z")
RULES: A song title is named, with artist. From that title, pick a word, and make a new title. Like so: “These are the Days of our Lives,” Queen From that you would take any of the words in the title, and give us a ne… --- ## [The 2017/2018 Trump/GOP tax plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2017-2018-trump-gop-tax-plan/797442)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1302\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2017-2018-trump-gop-tax-plan/797442 "2018-02-24T20:02:24Z")
Well, they want to rewrite the tax laws. There are some details tho, or at least directions for details to go: I know that was a large quote, but I was trying to get as many details that had numbers as succinctly as… --- ## [Finn Again's Wake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finn-agains-wake/532923)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 1018\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finn-agains-wake/532923 "2010-04-27T15:13:24Z")
You disingenuous, sadly predictable but poisionous soured piece of shit! Your anti humanity rhetoric is no longer funny and no longer can be taken as the 3D technicolour diarrhea and vomitus of a senile rabid rat that … --- ## [U.S. Authorities strip search Indian diplomat (female).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-authorities-strip-search-indian-diplomat-female/676591)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 784\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-authorities-strip-search-indian-diplomat-female/676591 "2014-12-21T18:14:45Z")
So much for diplomatic immunity. I’m disturbed by this because the lady was arrested for basically a white collar crime. Falsifying paperwork. To arrest and strip search another country’s diplomat seems way out of line i… --- ## [What motivates people to vote other people's rights away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 887\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261 "2009-11-16T16:57:55Z")
Leading question. And I’m 99.999% certain this issue has never been discussed here either. But even though all precints in Maine haven’t reported in yet, the repeals seem to be winning 52-48. Supposedly there have been … --- ## [Under The Dome: New Summer Mini-Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 601\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483 "2015-04-25T01:25:31Z")
The Hollywood Reporter gave a good review for the new summer mini-series. I am happy this is a one-shot, 13 episode series and then it is over. No worry about cliffhanger or will it be renewed or will it be canceled hal… --- ## [{New Dr Who Season, UK pace} \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 773\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347 "2011-08-27T22:17:34Z")
6:00 on BBC One and 9 Eastern on BBC America. --- ## [Do you regret getting divorced from your passionless, roommate-like marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-getting-divorced-from-your-passionless-roommate-like-marriage/570576)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-getting-divorced-from-your-passionless-roommate-like-marriage/570576 "2025-02-09T02:02:00Z")
There are lots of reasons people get divorced. If possible, I would like to keep this thread limited to this very small subset of divorces. Please only respond if you were in a marriage where: Your spouse was general… --- ## [Ayn Rand for Dummies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-for-dummies/516078)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 585\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-for-dummies/516078 "2014-06-18T22:20:14Z")
Anyone feel like breaking down Ayn Rand’s philosophy for me? I would really like to figure her out, but most of her stuff tends to sail over my head, and I need someone to really break her down as if they are talking to… --- ## [The first presidential debate: 10/3/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-presidential-debate-10-3-2012/636602)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 691\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-presidential-debate-10-3-2012/636602 "2012-11-07T13:51:56Z")
Tonight is the first presidential debate of 2012. I am starting this thread for people who want to speculate ahead of time, comment as the debate happens, and analyse it afterwards. --- ## [Snowboarder Bo: Enough with the fucking quarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 738\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525 "2018-07-25T21:57:44Z")
It wasn’t funny the first time, it wasn’t funny the second, and it’s not funny the zillionth time either. Pretty much nobody thinks it’s funny but you, and people have asked you to cut it out it out god knows how many t… --- ## [The Debt Crisis Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-debt-crisis-thread/589786)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 963\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-debt-crisis-thread/589786 "2011-08-08T19:01:09Z")
What should be done about raising the debt ceiling and more broadly what should be done to start lowering the US’ massive debts and deficits? My plans in order of preference: The Gang of Six Plan-Provided there are no… --- ## [Are porn stars physically damaged by their work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-porn-stars-physically-damaged-by-their-work/641782)
**Author:** [@Atakapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atakapa)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-porn-stars-physically-damaged-by-their-work/641782 "2022-08-27T21:55:20Z")
It’s not uncommon to see rather petite females be paired with a male who looks painfully huge for her size. Between the massively endowed actors, huge sex toys, frequent productions, and popularity of rather rough sex; h… --- ## [Origin of Swag: "Secretly we are gay"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-swag-secretly-we-are-gay/633551)
**Author:** [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hero_From_Sector_7G)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-swag-secretly-we-are-gay/633551 "2013-05-01T21:54:28Z")
This meme has been circulating twitter and Facebook: “The term swag was invented in the early 60’s by a group of gay men in Hollywood. It stands for ‘secretly we are gay’ and was most frequently used as code on posters … --- ## [Downton Abbey S5 - spoiler-free until broadcast in the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s5-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/694244)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 585\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s5-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/694244 "2015-03-26T22:05:32Z")
Previous season’s thread: Downton Abbey S4 - spoiler-free until broadcast in the U.S. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board PBS’s website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/ Susan Sarandon will ho… --- ## [Financial disacuity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-disacuity/707949)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 656\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-disacuity/707949 "2015-02-06T18:25:27Z")
I tend to be surrounded by people who are fairly sensible and conservative about their personal finances, so it’s rare to encounter someone who doesn’t know the basic things they try to teach in Consumer Econ 101. This … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=12&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=14&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)