# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1333&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:** 1334 --- ## [Your Weird Little Habits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-little-habits/756257)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-little-habits/756257 "2016-06-09T17:30:00Z")
Years and years and years ago, we had this fantastic thread called “Odd Little Habits You Have” in which people shared their quirks. It was a hilarious read, and frankly, I could use another reminder that the rest of the… --- ## [Are some people just afraid of bridges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-just-afraid-of-bridges/665886)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-just-afraid-of-bridges/665886 "2013-08-14T15:06:21Z")
This is yet another driving thread (I spend way too much time in my car, it seems :(). There is a road I travel on routinely. The speed limit on that road is 35 miles per hour, and most of the traffic is going along at … --- ## [Why Is Driving a Car So Tiring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-driving-a-car-so-tiring/456188)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-driving-a-car-so-tiring/456188 "2008-07-16T02:50:12Z")
I mean, how much physical labor are you doing.sitting in the driver’s seat? You have power steering, power brakes…yet, after a 5 hour stretch I get very tired. Why is this? --- ## [Unifying the Democratic party at the convention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unifying-the-democratic-party-at-the-convention/848930)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unifying-the-democratic-party-at-the-convention/848930 "2020-03-26T15:02:38Z")
After Super Tues, it appears that Biden has a significantly greater chance at a plurality of delegates than Bernie, with no other candidate having any chance at all. I’m a Bernie supporter and thus disappointed (and I’l… --- ## [Sarah Palin on SNL tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-on-snl-tonight/468558)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-on-snl-tonight/468558 "2008-10-23T20:47:09Z")
Anyone else surprised at this? Has SNL ever had such a polarizing political guest? What can they do with her? She wouldn’t agree to appear as herself in a skit, would she? Tina Fey as Palin is funny, but Palin as Pal… --- ## [Favorite Poems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-poems/203671)
**Author:** [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-poems/203671 "2003-11-25T20:49:41Z")
I was wondering what poems the people of Straightdope enjoy. Since I first read Death of a Son – by Jon Silkin – that poem has been my favorite - it made the biggest impression when I first read it. Since I understand … --- ## ['Report This Post' Button Deprecated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post-button-deprecated/343862)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post-button-deprecated/343862 "2006-02-12T17:55:12Z")
\-or- I Pit CK Dexter Haven. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357837&page=5 I reported an increasing belligerency on lissener’s part - wanting to head off another useless trainwreck as we have so of… --- ## [High Intensity Training (HIT) .. does it really work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-intensity-training-hit-does-it-really-work/504852)
**Author:** [@Deline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deline)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-intensity-training-hit-does-it-really-work/504852 "2011-02-23T17:32:28Z")
Okay guys, so I read a book called “Body By Science” that expressed and cited several studies that support the following claim: You only need to workout once a week, with tremendous intensity (load), and slow movement (… --- ## [How can you be committed against your will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-be-committed-against-your-will/40991)
**Author:** [@Dani\_Filth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dani_Filth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-be-committed-against-your-will/40991 "2000-11-15T02:44:27Z")
Here’s a wierd question that came up in a discussion with a friend of mine the other day… Can you be committed against your will, by say, a psycologist or someone simmilar? Suppose you are telling your shrink really nut… --- ## [David Cassidy has dementia \[EDIT: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-cassidy-has-dementia-edit-rip/780357)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-cassidy-has-dementia-edit-rip/780357 "2017-11-22T21:45:09Z")
Story here. I was never a fan of his but he is part of my memories of the 70s. It’s sad news, I know what dementia can do to people, or at least the similar condition Alzheimers. My friend had early onset Alzheimers an… --- ## [Survivor: One World March 7 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-one-world-march-7-2012/615094)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-one-world-march-7-2012/615094 "2012-03-10T06:32:12Z")
You have got to be kidding me. This is allowed? --- ## [Alien invasion is inherently unlikely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-invasion-is-inherently-unlikely/556763)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-invasion-is-inherently-unlikely/556763 "2010-10-17T09:24:18Z")
Assuming there is prolific amount of extraterrestrial life out there, alien invasion is still very very unlikely. Civilizations that have a tendency to be violent/imperialistic will also be likely to be fighting const… --- ## [The Unkindest (Subway) Cut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unkindest-subway-cut/283168)
**Author:** [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unkindest-subway-cut/283168 "2005-01-09T05:39:14Z")
I created this thread to avoid hijacking this one. In that thread, I mentioned my “inexplicable rage” at customers who wanted their bread cut “the old way”, which means cutting out the centre from above, to make the bre… --- ## [1.7 Metre-Long Squid Approaches 8 Year Old Girl. Offers Candy. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-7-metre-long-squid-approaches-8-year-old-girl-offers-candy-newslink/346611 "2006-03-04T19:02:43Z")
Well, no, the candy was not involved. But a certain ammount of danger was. http://www.mercopress.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=7308 Damn thing was about the right size to kill the kid. Was she in danger? --- ## [Dopers With Little Kids: What Do They Want For Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-little-kids-what-do-they-want-for-christmas/564098)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-little-kids-what-do-they-want-for-christmas/564098 "2010-12-15T20:50:43Z")
This is not a request for ideas - more of nostalgia - wondering what it is like to be the parents of little kids this Christmas season. Do kids that age still ask for the traditional dolls, trucks, bikes and other toys … --- ## [The "Why was that funny?" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-that-funny-thread/670672)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-that-funny-thread/670672 "2013-10-10T14:27:05Z")
Here’s the thread for you to put down all those jokes, scenes, etc that people found funny but you’re mystified as to what they were laughing about. I’ll start… In an episode of WKRP, a friend of Loni Anderson’s charac… --- ## [How common are backyard swimming pools in non US countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-backyard-swimming-pools-in-non-us-countries/689891)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-backyard-swimming-pools-in-non-us-countries/689891 "2014-06-07T13:54:59Z")
Curious how common is a house with a pool outside of the US? Not the touristy rental property locations, but just your average middle income people. In particular, I was thinking about China. But wondering about other… --- ## [Do You Feel Loyalty or Connection To Your State?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-loyalty-or-connection-to-your-state/606401)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-loyalty-or-connection-to-your-state/606401 "2011-12-21T00:50:13Z")
Reading all the threads about the EU made me think of this. I know the EU isn’t a United States of Europe, but I thought I’d ask people in the USA (or Canada or Australia or if your country has states), do you feel loyal… --- ## [What is so great about a Mercedes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-great-about-a-mercedes/834488)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-great-about-a-mercedes/834488 "2019-06-15T08:10:57Z")
Obviously I’m not a car guy, but to me and probably to most people, if you took the labels off of a Mercedes and put Ford Tempo emblems on it, I doubt that 98% of people would notice the difference. Other than the statu… --- ## [Stupid Bernie Idea of the Indeterminate Time Period](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bernie-idea-of-the-indeterminate-time-period/736854)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-bernie-idea-of-the-indeterminate-time-period/736854 "2015-11-11T22:23:07Z")
I feel like Bernie Sanders is getting left out of the Stupid \[blank\] of the Day action. I know, he’s only one man! He can’t keep up with the millions of Stupid Republicans and Stupid Liberals! But in case he does someth… --- ## [Best Beatles Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601 "2009-01-28T02:30:35Z")
Here’s one that’s definitely an opinion, because I don’t think we’d ever get a group to agree. What is the best Beatles song of all time? You have a choice of approximately 180 songs, if we count not just released sing… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 7.15 "Something They Need" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-15-something-they-need-open-spoilers/783107)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-15-something-they-need-open-spoilers/783107 "2017-03-31T20:27:10Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] A group of Alexandrians embarks on a journey; one member of the group must make a heartbreaking decision. \[/QUOTE\] Next week is the season finale. Lauren Cohan and Alanna Masterson are on Talking Dead. --- ## [Carb intake as a dietary thermostat: is my friend crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carb-intake-as-a-dietary-thermostat-is-my-friend-crazy/691951)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carb-intake-as-a-dietary-thermostat-is-my-friend-crazy/691951 "2014-07-06T21:27:27Z")
So we had some friends over for dinner tonight, all of whom I’ve known for 30+ years. One (let’s call her C.) has been trying very hard recently to lose weight: she’s always been an active person (horseback riding, etc.… --- ## [What will be the real difference in Congress after Jan 2011?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-real-difference-in-congress-after-jan-2011/548853)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-real-difference-in-congress-after-jan-2011/548853 "2010-10-08T02:17:46Z")
So, most analyses have thus far sought to determine the net number of seats Republicans would gain in the 2010. However, this elides the fact that there are conservative Democrats who vote with Republicans anyway (like t… --- ## [Why do .40 caliber bullets have flat noses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-40-caliber-bullets-have-flat-noses/512660)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-40-caliber-bullets-have-flat-noses/512660 "2009-10-06T01:03:44Z")
Seems like it would be aerodynamically inferior, and not feed as well as a rounded nose. --- ## [MSNBC: Socialist is the new 'n' word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-socialist-is-the-new-n-word/506171)
**Author:** [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msnbc-socialist-is-the-new-n-word/506171 "2009-08-27T17:50:36Z")
This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard from the main stream press in a long time. Here’s a cheat sheet for all you race baiting retards: ‘N’ word: Derogatory word used solely because someone is bla… --- ## [Random Things That Piss Me Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-things-that-piss-me-off/77770)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-things-that-piss-me-off/77770 "2001-11-06T00:21:49Z")
\[li\]“I-am-a-5-year-old-trapped-in-a-teenager’s-body” type of clothing. Most of us aren’t into Winnie The Pooh anymore, at least not seriously enough to be wearing a jacket with Pooh characters all over it. Those who are,… --- ## [sump pump questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sump-pump-questions/656283)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sump-pump-questions/656283 "2013-04-22T17:33:09Z")
I have a hole in my basement for a sump pump, however I have no sump pump. I understand that a sump pump is to empty out water that is seeping in the basement, but why would the builder leave a hole in my basement when … --- ## [If I told you Final Fantasy 8 was better than 7...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-final-fantasy-8-was-better-than-7/622010)
**Author:** [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-final-fantasy-8-was-better-than-7/622010 "2012-05-18T23:53:52Z")
… which circle of Hell will they send me to? It has to do with timing, for sure - 8 was the first one I beat entirely by myself as I had just become old enough to be VG-autonomous. But at this point I feel as though I k… --- ## [Unusual Celebrity Crushes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952)
**Author:** [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952 "2006-01-10T03:38:27Z")
I know this has been done before, but a search yielded only threads a year or more older. Do you have any unusual crushes? By unusual, I mean actors or actresses who are not conventionally attractive, or are attractive … --- ## [What Gives Money Its Value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-money-its-value/848013)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-money-its-value/848013 "2021-06-09T16:30:44Z")
True story. Back in HS government class, our teacher told us US money is backed with basically nothing. Then she gave us a parable. If someone gave you a thousand dollars, what would you do, burn it or spend it. Anyway … --- ## [Associating bad hurricanes with climate change will backfire on Global Warming Alarmists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/associating-bad-hurricanes-with-climate-change-will-backfire-on-global-warming-alarmists/796654)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/associating-bad-hurricanes-with-climate-change-will-backfire-on-global-warming-alarmists/796654 "2017-10-15T23:46:34Z")
The battle for current control of public opinion around the Great Cause of anthropogenic climate change is largely won, in my opinion, and the winner is the alarmist camp (those very concerned that climate change will ha… --- ## ["Behind every great fortune there is a great crime."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-every-great-fortune-there-is-a-great-crime/600973)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-every-great-fortune-there-is-a-great-crime/600973 "2011-10-28T20:09:01Z")
“Behind every great fortune there is a great crime.” ~ Attributed to Honoré de Balzac Agree or disagree? --- ## [Should fossil fuel companies be held liable for RICO violations due to organized climate denial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-fossil-fuel-companies-be-held-liable-for-rico-violations-due-to-organized-climate-denial/735312)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-fossil-fuel-companies-be-held-liable-for-rico-violations-due-to-organized-climate-denial/735312 "2015-11-06T17:24:33Z")
Think Progress has an interesting article about whether ExxonMobil should be held liable for RICO violations. The claim is that ExxonMobil, and possibly others, knew as far back as 1977 that carbon released by burning fo… --- ## [Is Michelle Obama beautiful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michelle-obama-beautiful/499496)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michelle-obama-beautiful/499496 "2009-06-15T02:20:12Z")
I’m slightly puzzled by the admiration directed towards her. I see a fairly pretty woman with a protruding lower jaw and, frankly, a rather poor figure. Beefy thighs and hips, awkward deportment, rounded shoulders. She d… --- ## [Retro Games Deserving of a Remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-deserving-of-a-remake/642983)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-deserving-of-a-remake/642983 "2012-12-08T22:16:20Z")
After seeing someone FINALLY do a proper remake of XCom and learning that my favorite game of all time is getting remade, I got to thinking of a few other games that I would love to see remade with today’s hardware. Wha… --- ## [is sweating at 100% humidity useful in any way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sweating-at-100-humidity-useful-in-any-way/547659)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sweating-at-100-humidity-useful-in-any-way/547659 "2010-07-29T03:06:22Z")
if we could magically shut down human sweating process when humidity is 100% and presumably no evaporation from the skin can occur, would that be somehow harmful? In other words, is there actually any use in sweating in … --- ## [What songs do they always sing at funerals where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-do-they-always-sing-at-funerals-where-you-live/513286)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-do-they-always-sing-at-funerals-where-you-live/513286 "2017-06-30T01:11:32Z")
Here in the American South, every black funeral has “Precious Lord” and every white one has “Softly and Tenderly”. That’s a little bit of an exaggeration, but not much of one, and maybe not an exaggeration at all when i… --- ## [How does gravity react with anti matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-gravity-react-with-anti-matter/778983)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-gravity-react-with-anti-matter/778983 "2024-03-11T19:35:03Z")
Is there such a thing as anti gravity to work with anti matter? --- ## [Sexiest DoperGuy Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-doperguy-thread/58675)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-doperguy-thread/58675 "2001-03-30T15:51:22Z")
Since we’re getting properly politically incorrect with the sexiest Doper wimmins thread, with the resulting protests, it’s only fair we objectify the guys for a while. Since I know that I’m not a candidate AND wouldn’t … --- ## [Talking to a pastor about the whole gay thing (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-pastor-about-the-whole-gay-thing-long/733281)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-pastor-about-the-whole-gay-thing-long/733281 "2015-11-21T15:24:24Z")
I have an opportunity to talk to my wife’s pastor about gay marriage. The short version of this story is that he’s being pressured into “taking a stance” on the issue. Why now, when the issue is done and settled and no… --- ## [Where your thread went to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-your-thread-went-to/20749)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-your-thread-went-to/20749 "2001-05-24T00:16:49Z")
If your thread is missing, check here. “Churches, Meetings and Times” has been moved to General Questions. “MASTER List(Newbies Only)” has been moved to MPSIMS. --- ## [Fuck you Bush you LOST muthafucka!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bush-you-lost-muthafucka/380148)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bush-you-lost-muthafucka/380148 "2006-11-17T05:53:15Z")
The pleasant reality has finally sunk in: BOTH HOUSES! I cackle at you, Bush, I cackle at your loss! You are rejected! You are trounced! You are shamed! You are despised by the nation! Where’s your “Mission Accomplished… --- ## [SDMB All-Pro Fantasy Football 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2014/694584)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2014/694584 "2014-12-28T17:40:38Z")
Last year’s thread I don’t think we’ve had any proposals to vote on rule changes for this year, although the floor is open for them now. You can find the OPs for previous years embedded in a link to each year’s thread, … --- ## [Can the government mandate condom use for porn actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-government-mandate-condom-use-for-porn-actors/586193)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-government-mandate-condom-use-for-porn-actors/586193 "2011-06-24T01:06:49Z")
A sticky constitutional issue, implicating the First Amendment rights of the filmmakers, the Fourteenth Amendment due process rights of the actors, the generalized constitutional privacy rights of the actors, and who kno… --- ## [Bestest graffiti ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040 "2008-07-07T00:48:00Z")
Speak Englis Foriengr Go Hom --- ## [Sorry for all the uproar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-for-all-the-uproar/428201)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-for-all-the-uproar/428201 "2007-12-01T00:31:14Z")
It’s not the happiest times here on this board and I personally feel really bad about it. I think banner ads are about the worst idea that someone could come up with lately and I am sorry beyond words that someone came … --- ## [Fuck the Sackler family, and fuck the DOJ for letting them skate without jail time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sackler-family-and-fuck-the-doj-for-letting-them-skate-without-jail-time/923596)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sackler-family-and-fuck-the-doj-for-letting-them-skate-without-jail-time/923596 "2026-05-01T21:08:09Z")
Profiteers off of human misery and manufacturer of the opiod crises, the Sackler family owned Purdue Pharma has reached a global settlement with the DOJ over criminal charges that they aided and abetted the unnecessary … --- ## [If you were in charge of the Fed, how would you stimulate the economy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-in-charge-of-the-fed-how-would-you-stimulate-the-economy/614489)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-in-charge-of-the-fed-how-would-you-stimulate-the-economy/614489 "2012-03-04T12:39:36Z")
The Fed has engaged in two rounds of quantitative easing and has lowered the discount (?) rate to nearly zero. The economy is growing, but rather reluctantly. Is this as much growth as could be hoped for, or are there … --- ## [SDMB Diplomacy 2004. Shall we play a game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-2004-shall-we-play-a-game/269291)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-2004-shall-we-play-a-game/269291 "2005-06-17T06:49:52Z")
Yep, I’m offering to host a SDMB Diplomacy game again. Am I crazy or what? I just finished GMing the Semi-Finals of the Worldmasters and find myself, for the first time in almost four years, without a game to run. Wha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1332&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1334&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)