# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1348&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:** 1349 --- ## [Another Name That Tune Game: ID Artist and Track by Its Spoken Introduction:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-tune-game-id-artist-and-track-by-its-spoken-introduction/201020)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-tune-game-id-artist-and-track-by-its-spoken-introduction/201020 "2012-02-04T14:37:25Z")
OK. Take one-part Biggirl’sThe “who is she and what is she singing?” game, fold in some of AtomicDog’sA different Name That Tune game, add a dash of capacitor’sTalking parts of songs and sprinkle a little of auntie … --- ## [Fuck you, east coast "liberals." Fuck you, west coast "liberals."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-east-coast-liberals-fuck-you-west-coast-liberals/436496)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-east-coast-liberals-fuck-you-west-coast-liberals/436496 "2008-02-09T18:43:07Z")
Thank you, East Coast liberals. Thank you, West Coast liberals. Thank you. Thank you for the disgusting attitude of moral superiority with which, over the decades, you’ve regarded the rest of the nation. Thank you for … --- ## [Is mind control ethical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mind-control-ethical/692338)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mind-control-ethical/692338 "2014-07-11T13:27:13Z")
If you could completely control another person’s thoughts and actions without them being aware of it, would it be unethical to do so, even if only for a moment? For example, say a person is faced with the choice of pushi… --- ## [I love to sing-a about the moon-a and a June-a](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-to-sing-a-about-the-moon-a-and-a-june-a/568259)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-to-sing-a-about-the-moon-a-and-a-june-a/568259 "2011-02-10T23:19:22Z")
In that weird way that a conversation can sometimes go, my cubicle-mate and I went from The Thompson Twins to Owl Jolson. On the way there we found out that “Drink to me only with thine eyes” has its own wiki page. Whi… --- ## [Genome sequencing for everybody!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genome-sequencing-for-everybody/516388)
**Author:** [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genome-sequencing-for-everybody/516388 "2011-04-14T20:06:13Z")
As you may know, all of you have a genome. It is made of DNA, which is an instruction set for most of your parts. Sometimes the parts break and tragic disease is the result. Other times, things change and nothing at all … --- ## [Have you ever been a card-carrying member of a political party, and if so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-a-card-carrying-member-of-a-political-party-and-if-so-why/574104)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-a-card-carrying-member-of-a-political-party-and-if-so-why/574104 "2011-03-15T10:15:39Z")
I’ve never seriously considered joining a political party here. Most of the people hereabouts who get involved in mainstream politics just aren’t my kind of people. I had considered joining the Socialist Party locally bu… --- ## [Man sues British Airways over wrong destination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sues-british-airways-over-wrong-destination/691534)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sues-british-airways-over-wrong-destination/691534 "2014-06-26T03:28:19Z")
So a dentist and his partner planned a trip to Granada, Spain. They also booked several tours in advance for their vacation in this ancient city. All sound good? http://www.clickorlando.com/lifestyle/travelgetaways/gr… --- ## [Diagnose a car wobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-a-car-wobble/655964)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-a-car-wobble/655964 "2013-04-21T17:33:02Z")
My 2012 VW Jetta TDI manual has developed a strange intermittent wobble. I have a 50 mile commute each way. In the beginning (last December), the car would be quite smooth only to start to wobble a bit after a good 20 … --- ## [Finally got around to reading Dune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-got-around-to-reading-dune/720688)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-got-around-to-reading-dune/720688 "2015-05-29T10:47:55Z")
I tried reading Dune about a million years ago, but couldn’t get into it. I’d since seen the movie and mini series, but I’m finding they come nowhere near the character of the books. A lot of the characters in \*Dune \*en… --- ## [Has "Feng Shui" Ever Been Tested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-feng-shui-ever-been-tested/441299)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-feng-shui-ever-been-tested/441299 "2008-03-16T23:57:30Z")
I was reading a book about Chinese innovation, and it struck me that “Fung Siu” may have some merit. Could it be that very sound ways to design and decorate a house came about through superstition? I was wondering if any… --- ## [Will there even be a 2020 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-even-be-a-2020-election/844027)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-even-be-a-2020-election/844027 "2019-12-10T17:55:02Z")
I think that there is a possibility that we may not have a 2020 election. In some way or another, the nation may be so disorderly that we cannot hold an election. And there may be so much strife between the two parties t… --- ## [Children arrested for child pornography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-arrested-for-child-pornography/485691)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-arrested-for-child-pornography/485691 "2009-02-19T17:29:20Z")
A vast child pornography ring has been uncovered in a small town in Massachusetts. TV news has been making a huge deal of this shocking scandal, which they have been calling “sexting.” Apparently, a 14-year-old boy co… --- ## [Evil Bastard Me and telemarketer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-bastard-me-and-telemarketer/652104)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-bastard-me-and-telemarketer/652104 "2013-03-11T18:38:55Z")
Yes, I picked up the phone and let them have it. In Wisconsin it’s illegal to call any phone on the do not call registry to sell stuff. We are on it and one company that gets fined and gets prosecuted again and again is … --- ## [Light pitting of people cheering Jared's beating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363 "2016-03-19T18:24:55Z")
I say light pitting because it’s understandable to want to see people who hurt children get theirs, but if we really think that’s a just punishment for his crime, then we should be administering it with proper due proces… --- ## [Lord love a duck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-love-a-duck/647804)
**Author:** [@dabroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dabroad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-love-a-duck/647804 "2021-08-23T07:50:55Z")
I know it’s a 1966 movie and Michael Quinion writes of the expression’s uses in early 20th-century literature, but so far I’ve been unable to locate any firm hypotheses about the origins of the exclamation, “Lord love a … --- ## [Which is more accurate; a solar based calendar or a lunar based calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-accurate-a-solar-based-calendar-or-a-lunar-based-calendar/83819)
**Author:** [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-accurate-a-solar-based-calendar-or-a-lunar-based-calendar/83819 "2001-09-27T03:47:15Z")
My partner and I were doing some reading from a book on Celtic Reconstruction rituals. It’s coming up on the end of the year as based on the old Celtic system; where every year was counted as being 13 moon cycles. This … --- ## [Why don't women like "nice guys" (rant-ish but real question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-nice-guys-rant-ish-but-real-question/289081)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-nice-guys-rant-ish-but-real-question/289081 "2005-02-15T02:08:49Z")
I’m sure some will pop into this thread to tell me such sweeping statements should not be made and perhaps they are right. Nonetheless personal experience has taught me otherwise (both to myself and watching other peopl… --- ## [Post-punk bands that predated punk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-punk-bands-that-predated-punk/618018)
**Author:** [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-punk-bands-that-predated-punk/618018 "2012-04-11T10:37:40Z")
I was reading an article in The Onion a while back about Devo, the cult post-punk / new wave / synthpop band from the late 1970s stroke 1980s. Here in the UK they rose from obscurity into utter oblivion - the trendy musi… --- ## [Mysterious company buys land next to Travis Air Force Base in California. What's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-company-buys-land-next-to-travis-air-force-base-in-california-whats-going-on/988479)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-company-buys-land-next-to-travis-air-force-base-in-california-whats-going-on/988479 "2025-11-18T14:10:43Z")
Maybe it’s nothing, but a company is apparently paying unusually high prices for land right next to an Air Force Base in California. I do like a good mystery and I’d love it if there was some skullduggery around this sto… --- ## [Bold assertion: No really big star is genuinely bad (actors)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-assertion-no-really-big-star-is-genuinely-bad-actors/563838)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-assertion-no-really-big-star-is-genuinely-bad-actors/563838 "2010-12-14T00:35:21Z")
bouncing off the Lou Diamond Phillips thread, I just wanted to say that in order to say that anyone is really a bad actor, you have to take in some really bad acting. And once you’ve seen really bad acting, Arnold Schwar… --- ## [Does stuff cool faster in the freezer than in the fridge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-stuff-cool-faster-in-the-freezer-than-in-the-fridge/498604)
**Author:** [@Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-stuff-cool-faster-in-the-freezer-than-in-the-fridge/498604 "2009-06-09T22:50:42Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/109/does-stuff-cool-faster-in-the-freezer-than-in-the-fridge While the equation is impressive, a simple thought experiment should reveal the folly of the correspondent’s supposit… --- ## [What do ex-Muslims and disidents have to say about Islam.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-ex-muslims-and-disidents-have-to-say-about-islam/398985)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-ex-muslims-and-disidents-have-to-say-about-islam/398985 "2007-04-10T01:28:29Z")
Although I posted some of this information on another thread on the GD, that thread is getting stale, repetitious and way off topic. Besides, I thought we should examine what ex-Muslims have to say about Islam. I have al… --- ## [Children's Right to Religious Freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-right-to-religious-freedom/375989)
**Author:** [@rocksolid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocksolid)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-right-to-religious-freedom/375989 "2006-10-17T15:13:17Z")
Is it right that parents have the right to bring their children up to believe in any specific religion? Not sure about other countries but here in the UK parents can choose to send their children to (for example) a catho… --- ## [small rural town drops off the map- plausible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-rural-town-drops-off-the-map-plausible/490338)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-rural-town-drops-off-the-map-plausible/490338 "2011-12-27T15:32:54Z")
I happened to catch a few minutes of one of the “Children of the Corn” movies, and I wondered about one of it’s premises: that a small remote rural town could completely disappear off the radar, and most or all of it’s i… --- ## [Have you crossed any unusual state or national borders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-crossed-any-unusual-state-or-national-borders/687811)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-crossed-any-unusual-state-or-national-borders/687811 "2014-05-08T03:57:23Z")
Recently, while gazing at a map of the United States, I began to ponder which two adjacent states get the least cross-border traffic. For example, Missouri and Kentucky share a Mississippi River border, but there don’t … --- ## [Emphysema and Longevity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emphysema-and-longevity/532509)
**Author:** [@Da\_ICON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_ICON)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emphysema-and-longevity/532509 "2010-03-17T11:18:30Z")
My mother was a life-long smoker who quit in 1994. She was exposed to second-hand smoke until 2006 when it was discovered she has emphysema (all her family stopped exposing her when this was revealed, since it would pro… --- ## [I Pit public restrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-public-restrooms/453489)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-public-restrooms/453489 "2008-06-23T16:02:30Z")
None of these issues is enough to warrant a Pit thread on their own, but combined? Over the course of many years? Gah! By public restrooms, I include those owned by private businesses but are meant for the public. Those… --- ## [No, Virginia (and the rest of you states), the media is not all that 'liberal'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-virginia-and-the-rest-of-you-states-the-media-is-not-all-that-liberal/715672)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-virginia-and-the-rest-of-you-states-the-media-is-not-all-that-liberal/715672 "2015-03-28T17:52:20Z")
Doing a favor for Septimus. Per request, some content: I noticed, back when I was still watching ABC’s\* This Week\* (that’s the USA ABC, not the one in Oz) that this show, on a non-Fox “lamestream liberal media” channe… --- ## [Ilhan Omar can fuck right off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilhan-omar-can-fuck-right-off/830815)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilhan-omar-can-fuck-right-off/830815 "2019-03-16T17:57:34Z")
Words cannot express how angry this makes me. I cut her slack on the alleged “anti-Semitism”, but this is a bridge too far. Or, like, a thousand bridges too far. Jesus fucking Christ. :mad: :mad: :mad: Taking dee… --- ## [What's all this "true love" crap? He's a sperm donor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-true-love-crap-hes-a-sperm-donor/211075)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-true-love-crap-hes-a-sperm-donor/211075 "2003-11-06T20:34:29Z")
They say a cynic is nothing but a romantic who’s been disappointed once too often – could be. Just got back from the wedding of a former underling. A very big, very splashy, very expensive wedding. There was a room wher… --- ## [Would you remain married to a BEWITCHED-style magic-wielder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-remain-married-to-a-bewitched-style-magic-wielder/694514)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-remain-married-to-a-bewitched-style-magic-wielder/694514 "2014-08-05T16:09:33Z")
Recently I had occasion to see the first episode of Bewitched, and I learned something I’d never realized when watching it as a child. Darrin did not know Samantha was a hex-casting, not-entirely-human hot blonde before … --- ## [Is anyone in the Bible real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-bible-real/744548)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-bible-real/744548 "2016-02-04T15:50:41Z")
Since this is a question about religion and the Bible and that sort of thing, I hope to tread lightly in my asking of this and that others will try to tread lightly in the replies. I’m not looking to debate God, the Bibl… --- ## [Mississippi school district outraged about student survey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-school-district-outraged-about-student-survey/582470)
**Author:** [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-school-district-outraged-about-student-survey/582470 "2011-06-20T08:43:35Z")
Several African American students at a predominantly black school conducted a survey asking students: “Name the two teachers who have taught you the most at Broad Street High.” When the majority of students surveyed pick… --- ## [Is "African-American" Fading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-african-american-fading/497183)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-african-american-fading/497183 "2009-05-27T05:59:15Z")
It seems that way to me, and that Black is rebounding. OTOH, google news pulls up 12,000 cites. (Hard to compare to Black, because it’s used in so many other contexts.) --- ## [21 Sandwich Shops in America to Eat at Before You Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-sandwich-shops-in-america-to-eat-at-before-you-die/711781)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-sandwich-shops-in-america-to-eat-at-before-you-die/711781 "2015-02-05T18:26:33Z")
From this article comes a list of sandwich shops in the country one must supposedly eat at. I’ll be setting up a poll to see how many of us have hit up various places on the list. But I’m also hoping for a discussion abo… --- ## [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110)
**Author:** [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110 "2013-07-30T04:40:00Z")
I’m surprised there isn’t a thread on this movie already. I had mentioned to someone recently that my list of favorite movies of the summer so far is suspiciously the same as the list of movies that Mark Duplass has sta… --- ## [How much would it cost to live on Wisteria Lane? (Desperate Housewives)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-it-cost-to-live-on-wisteria-lane-desperate-housewives/295657)
**Author:** [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-it-cost-to-live-on-wisteria-lane-desperate-housewives/295657 "2005-03-23T11:17:25Z")
In Desperate Housewives, everyone has a gigantic house. How much would a house like that cost? When I took a children’s book illustration course, the teacher said it wasn’t very lucrative, so I don’t know how Teri Hatc… --- ## [mental riddle that 98% all answer one way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-riddle-that-98-all-answer-one-way/213383)
**Author:** [@ScottHaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottHaneda)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-riddle-that-98-all-answer-one-way/213383 "2003-11-22T17:18:06Z")
Can someone explain how this works to me please, I can only think that the answer has 6 chars in it… Here’s something that you may enjoy: Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal or different?? Well, do this litt… --- ## [Dear Job Market: Please stop penetrating me there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-job-market-please-stop-penetrating-me-there/453932)
**Author:** [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-job-market-please-stop-penetrating-me-there/453932 "2008-06-27T08:22:15Z")
Okay, I haven’t made a pit thread before, so I apologize if the whine-to-vitriol ratio is wrong. Just to get things started off on the right track: fuckballs crapsack. I’ve been trying to find a job for the past eight m… --- ## ["That music has no soul." What are they talking about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-has-no-soul-what-are-they-talking-about/227734)
**Author:** [@Colinmarshall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colinmarshall)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-has-no-soul-what-are-they-talking-about/227734 "2004-05-15T01:01:01Z")
Can anybody explain to me what it means for certain music to “have no soul?” Every so often, I’ll crank something up and somebody will tell me that it’s “soulless,” “doesn’t have any soul,” “needs some soul” or some vari… --- ## [Why did steam-powered cars lose out to gasoline-powered ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-steam-powered-cars-lose-out-to-gasoline-powered-ones/382305)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-steam-powered-cars-lose-out-to-gasoline-powered-ones/382305 "2006-12-05T20:08:27Z")
This Wikipedia article says gas powered vehicles took over the market, but doesn’t really say why, unless the long start-up time alone accounted for it. Since there are technological solutions at hand for all the problem… --- ## [MLB: June 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2022/965499)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2022/965499 "2022-06-30T17:34:58Z")
Welcome to June, the temperatures and hopefully the baseball will start warming up! Continuing from the May thread. I hate to say the NL East looks like it’s almost a done deal for the Mets. The Braves should be better,… --- ## [Can I stop being allergic to guinea pigs if I get more exposed to them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-stop-being-allergic-to-guinea-pigs-if-i-get-more-exposed-to-them/573911)
**Author:** [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-stop-being-allergic-to-guinea-pigs-if-i-get-more-exposed-to-them/573911 "2012-11-21T17:49:53Z")
It’s been ten years since my last guinea pig died. They were great pets. I’ve been thinking a lot lately and I really want to buy one again. But it seems for the past several years I have developed an allergy that I did… --- ## [Guess The Movie From The Closing Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965 "2003-01-02T23:10:37Z")
If you can do it for openings, why not do it for closings? Basically, the format’s the same except now you have to identify a movie from its last line of dialogue. Let me start with these three easy ones: NDP 1 - “Mei… --- ## [Most overrated albums in the world..ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-albums-in-the-world-ever/324854)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-albums-in-the-world-ever/324854 "2008-10-05T05:54:16Z")
The bbc has polled music lovers far and wide to see what people think are the most overrated albums, here is what they have come up with What’s the verdict? I think meself that its a big bag of bollox, just because an … --- ## [Should all cars be equipped with breathalysers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-all-cars-be-equipped-with-breathalysers/626124)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-all-cars-be-equipped-with-breathalysers/626124 "2012-06-30T06:38:36Z")
Why or why not? --- ## [Dating & twins - did you or they switch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-twins-did-you-or-they-switch/709651)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-twins-did-you-or-they-switch/709651 "2015-01-20T23:54:14Z")
It’s a trope that identical twins switch in all sorts of situations. Particularly during dating. I remember seeing a TV program where a man had a date with a woman who was a triplet and there were three swaps (one to eac… --- ## [100 Reasons why Baseball is better than Football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-reasons-why-baseball-is-better-than-football/567036)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-reasons-why-baseball-is-better-than-football/567036 "2011-01-16T21:07:43Z")
While researching some baseball and football related inquiries, I stumbled upon this list from 1987, written by baseball columnist Thomas Boswell. As one who doesn’t hold much of an opinion on either sport, I was curious… --- ## [What's the joke to this punch line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-to-this-punch-line/245277 "2004-05-17T15:09:51Z")
Dopers, I vaguely remember a joke that ends with someone whacking an amimal in the head with a two by four, explaining, “first, you have to get their attention.” I would love to be able to use that joke in an upcoming e… --- ## [Movie musicals for someone who doesn't like movie musicals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-musicals-for-someone-who-doesnt-like-movie-musicals/682039)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-musicals-for-someone-who-doesnt-like-movie-musicals/682039 "2014-02-28T10:03:44Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but I find the scheme of typical movie musicals – an ordinary movie except where at some points the stars and supporting cast burst into song and dance instead of dialogue or narrative-- utterly ridic… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1347&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1349&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)