# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1359&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:** 1360 --- ## [Is solar powered energy reaching maturity or is it in its infancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-solar-powered-energy-reaching-maturity-or-is-it-in-its-infancy/794505)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-solar-powered-energy-reaching-maturity-or-is-it-in-its-infancy/794505 "2017-12-02T09:47:49Z")
I thought of putting a bunch of charts and statistics in this, but decided not to. My question is basically this. Is solar energy reaching a point of maturity a few years down the road, where growth in solar installati… --- ## [Giving a deposition, and my "usual and customary" fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-a-deposition-and-my-usual-and-customary-fee/300769)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-a-deposition-and-my-usual-and-customary-fee/300769 "2005-05-05T05:05:52Z")
I have my first experience giving a deposition coming up. Even though it’s a civil matter that has almost nothing to do with me, I’m a bit nervous about it. I was also told that I am to be paid my usual and customary f… --- ## [My SO went fishing and now I have fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-so-went-fishing-and-now-i-have-fish/592838)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-so-went-fishing-and-now-i-have-fish/592838 "2011-08-20T09:30:27Z")
Eighty pounds of fish, to be precise. She called me from the Vancouver airport in the middle of the night. Me: “Hi! I’ve missed you this week. How was fishing out in the Canadian wild?” She: “Do you have room in your f… --- ## [I love Jesus (the rapist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-jesus-the-rapist/504472)
**Author:** [@ashman165](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashman165)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-jesus-the-rapist/504472 "2009-07-27T22:54:30Z")
We spend a lot of time here in GB discussing god. Liberal seems to think he’s all that and a bucket of fried chicken. So, I’m curious why Liberal and other Jesus Freaks, don’t seem to support rape. Now, I am myself ag… --- ## ["There's no problems, only solutions"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-problems-only-solutions/405054)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-problems-only-solutions/405054 "2007-05-23T21:30:30Z")
Got “Working Class Hero - The Definite Lennon” in the mail today and playing it while making lunch I heard this line in Watching the Wheels: “There’s no problem, only solutions”, and it sent upleasant shivers across my b… --- ## [Things that "can't happen" that are poised to happen soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-cant-happen-that-are-poised-to-happen-soon/819640)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-cant-happen-that-are-poised-to-happen-soon/819640 "2018-09-02T20:32:46Z")
With Trump getting elected, Brexit, Leicester City winning the Premier League in spite of 5000-to-1 odds, Germany finishing last in its group, etc. there have been plenty of surprises or “things that can’t happen” happen… --- ## [I'm going to propose, is asking for her fathers blessing still the 'done' thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-propose-is-asking-for-her-fathers-blessing-still-the-done-thing/485530)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-propose-is-asking-for-her-fathers-blessing-still-the-done-thing/485530 "2009-02-13T23:51:49Z")
On Valentines day I’m going to ask my long time girlfriend to marry me (I know she’ll say yes). Her family and I get along and it’s not too much of a drive for me. I’m not really a traditional guy (Atheist) and I don’t… --- ## [Movies and books about characters who "go native" (ala Avatar & Dances With Wolves)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-books-about-characters-who-go-native-ala-avatar-dances-with-wolves/552595)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-books-about-characters-who-go-native-ala-avatar-dances-with-wolves/552595 "2010-09-06T03:09:50Z")
A friend of mine is planning a comparative literature/pop culture course for this coming quarter in which she makes use of parallels between pop-culture movies and books (i.e. books not necessarily of any great literary … --- ## [Let's Talk Alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869)
**Author:** [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869 "2023-01-23T04:09:15Z")
hey so I apologize for a few things firstly my lack of proper punctuation and grammar etc and that this isn’t written with anything resembling some of the beautiful posts I’ve seen and see often throughout here that real… --- ## [Driving the kids insane with well-placed misinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-the-kids-insane-with-well-placed-misinformation/495035)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-the-kids-insane-with-well-placed-misinformation/495035 "2009-05-07T14:23:30Z")
My first-grader has become enamored with Forbidden Words, and is now interested in what is a “bad word” and what is not. No big deal, I’m sure that a majority of kids go through this stage. However, she’s driving my wif… --- ## [Amy Winehouse Has Emphysema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-has-emphysema/453907)
**Author:** [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-has-emphysema/453907 "2008-07-01T02:26:26Z")
Looks as though the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle is beginning to have its effects. --- ## [Admin reaction in ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admin-reaction-in-atmb/344519)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admin-reaction-in-atmb/344519 "2006-02-21T16:33:46Z")
Conrapuntal, as the OP, asked that his thread Are bannings no longer announced? be closed, and so it it was, without comment. Fair enough, but I was looking forward to learning how Lynn and Tuba responded to my and othe… --- ## [Ask the 1950s Style ex-Teddy Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-1950s-style-ex-teddy-boy/442565 "2008-11-05T12:27:08Z")
At the request of a couple of members I invite you to ask me about my time in the 1950s as a Ted. Just a brief outline and then it’s over to you. It was 1956 when I bought my first Teddy Boy regalia, 3 piece suit with … --- ## [Notorious Dell DC Power Jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notorious-dell-dc-power-jack/557432)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notorious-dell-dc-power-jack/557432 "2010-10-18T21:41:13Z")
My laptop has finally stopped working for me after 4 years. I doesn’t even turn on or attempt to, or show that it is plugged in. It does try to use the battery, but it just flashes an amber dead battery light when I atte… --- ## [Musicians that appeared in commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570 "2013-08-21T16:52:13Z")
This fun little Petula Clark commercial for Plymouth got me thinking about commercials that feature musicians, not just their music. What appearances stick in your mind? --- ## [Yo, McUne! A Blog Anniversary MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mcune-a-blog-anniversary-mmp/492090)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mcune-a-blog-anniversary-mmp/492090 "2009-04-13T01:33:00Z")
The other day, I got to wondering when McUne started the recipe blog. So I looked, and found that the Mumpers’ Recipe Blog(along with HRH) is having a birthday this week. (HRH’s birthday is Monday; the blog’s is Wednes… --- ## [Magnets: Quackery, or Possible Danger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets-quackery-or-possible-danger/680127)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets-quackery-or-possible-danger/680127 "2014-01-31T19:07:33Z")
My daughter is suffering from depression, and we took her to a psychiatrist yesterday. We went to to only female psychiatrist we could find — over an hour away, but OK. (We live in a rural area.) She had said on the phon… --- ## [Destructive interference of waves; where does the energy go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destructive-interference-of-waves-where-does-the-energy-go/161290)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destructive-interference-of-waves-where-does-the-energy-go/161290 "2012-04-05T17:23:11Z")
Lets assume we are talking about Newtonian waves, to avoid all that odd photon behaviours stuff. When two waves interfere destructively, where does their energy disappear to? In the diffraction grating experiment (I kno… --- ## [AMERICAN AIRLINES sucks big green donkey dicks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-airlines-sucks-big-green-donkey-dicks/660733)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-airlines-sucks-big-green-donkey-dicks/660733 "2013-06-17T22:35:55Z")
I just have to get that off my chest. So I had to fly out over the weekend for a surprise funeral. Got on American Airlines because of bereavement rates got a discounted price. Flew out from Houston via DFW to Columbu… --- ## [Cheesiest music video ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297 "2007-09-18T12:21:06Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, I submit for your amusement Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart. The literalism. The histrionics. The mixed metaphors. The slo-mo dove. The glowing-eyed flying choirboy. The random football p… --- ## [I need a mans point of view about casual sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-mans-point-of-view-about-casual-sex/715037)
**Author:** [@Bay\_Area\_Bae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bay_Area_Bae)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-mans-point-of-view-about-casual-sex/715037 "2015-03-18T10:01:01Z")
So after weeks of conversing and subtle hints back and forth at work, we finally got the nerve to talk about the sexual attraction between us and long story short both found that we were not looking for a relationship an… --- ## [Best double-meaning lines from movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-double-meaning-lines-from-movies/7705)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 1999, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-double-meaning-lines-from-movies/7705 "1999-09-13T22:02:00Z")
In \* Room Service, \* a Marx Brothers movie from 1938, is one of the best suggestive lines ever (in an era when such would not be openly permitted, no less). The main story line is that Groucho, Chico and Harpo, in a hote… --- ## [Grammar question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/685311)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/685311 "2014-04-17T17:04:44Z")
Should “The King and I” actually be “The King and Me”? If i have a picture of myself with a king, and someone says, “Who is in that in the picture?” Wouldn’t i say “The King and Me?” (Which could be turned around to rea… --- ## [Offensive and relevant Halloween costume ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-and-relevant-halloween-costume-ideas/514865)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Happy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Happy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-and-relevant-halloween-costume-ideas/514865 "2009-10-27T18:03:11Z")
I need a costume for Halloween and my main criteria are ‘offensive/pushing the envelope’ and ‘relevant’, in that order. Previous costumes have been “Maddie McCann’s Father” (business suit splattered in blood) for a ‘Goo… --- ## [Getting a smartphone vs carrying Ipod Touch and a plain phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-smartphone-vs-carrying-ipod-touch-and-a-plain-phone/529836)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-smartphone-vs-carrying-ipod-touch-and-a-plain-phone/529836 "2010-02-21T16:44:31Z")
I have an old Ipod Nano which I like, but it’s way too small for my collection. I was planning on getting an Ipod Touch. They seem to have a lot more functionality than the other Ipods and perhaps in some circumstances … --- ## [Warning labels that should be on stuff in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-labels-that-should-be-on-stuff-in-movies/200055)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-labels-that-should-be-on-stuff-in-movies/200055 "2003-10-10T22:25:52Z")
It occurs to me that a lot of the trouble people get into in movies could be avoided if they just put warning labels on things like we do in real life. For example: (on a chemical that creates zombies) WARNING: Subst… --- ## [LoJack for Humans.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lojack-for-humans/636609)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lojack-for-humans/636609 "2012-10-09T08:29:35Z")
Maybe this has been discussed here before, however: If the technology existed (and it could probably be done with today’s tech), where you can opt for a minor surgical implant—at the cost of $1000, per—for a device the … --- ## [Melting the Icecaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melting-the-icecaps/571796)
**Author:** [@DB\_Cooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DB_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melting-the-icecaps/571796 "2011-06-15T08:36:20Z")
In If I were an evil genius, how could I go about melting the ice caps? - The Straight Dope Cecil says the only sure way to melt the icecaps is to burn fossil fuel etc There are two drawbacks to this theory. It will… --- ## [Why do people think Jews run everything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-jews-run-everything/161178)
**Author:** [@Florentine\_Pogen\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Florentine_Pogen_1)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-jews-run-everything/161178 "2003-03-15T04:15:36Z")
In This article, Colin Powell rejects the idea that the war in Iraq was driven by Jewish interests. (Of course, the Jews put Colin up to reject this idea. After all, he’s a Jew). I myself am Jewish. While I know many w… --- ## [The Six Million Dollar Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/516631)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/516631 "2018-07-18T19:12:44Z")
When I was a kid, I loved the Six Million Dollar Man. He was pretty awesome and had all sorts of cool adventures every week using his bionics to do everything from throwing bombs into the ocean just before they explode a… --- ## [What's your favorite fictional depiction of Satan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fictional-depiction-of-satan/678481)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fictional-depiction-of-satan/678481 "2014-01-14T18:48:10Z")
Inspired by the kerfuffle over the proposal to add a Temple of Satan statue to the Oklahoma State House, I was wondering who were dopers’ various favorite literary/fictional\* Satans? Mine is from Mike Carey’s Lucifer, w… --- ## [Are suspects seatbelted in the back of cop cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-suspects-seatbelted-in-the-back-of-cop-cars/450214)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-suspects-seatbelted-in-the-back-of-cop-cars/450214 "2008-05-26T23:27:40Z")
One detail that had been mised on me was the fact that while I see depictions of cops stuffing handcuffed suspects into the back of police cruisers, I never see the suspects getting seatbelted. Now with their hands shack… --- ## [Stereotypes that you have often found to be true](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-that-you-have-often-found-to-be-true/788408)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-that-you-have-often-found-to-be-true/788408 "2017-06-15T23:50:18Z")
Are there any stereotypes that you found to be true ? A bit of background on this. I used to teach a course where we got students arriving from all over the world. (This was taught in the USA) After multiple students f… --- ## [Is it unhealthy to eat (slightly) burnt food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unhealthy-to-eat-slightly-burnt-food/591708)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unhealthy-to-eat-slightly-burnt-food/591708 "2011-08-10T14:47:21Z")
When we have something like spaghetti, I don’t mind eating the parts that were at the bottom of the pot and have that slightly burnt sheen to them, but my wife always warns me that’s unhealthy. And if something like that… --- ## [How likely is it that a Trump wins helps progressive goal more than a Clinton win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-a-trump-wins-helps-progressive-goal-more-than-a-clinton-win/750209)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-a-trump-wins-helps-progressive-goal-more-than-a-clinton-win/750209 "2016-05-07T04:09:44Z")
Okay, I thought I’d make a thread about this specific topic, since it’s come up so often in other threads. There is a non-zero number of Sanders supporters who see absolutely no reason to support Clinton, and in fact se… --- ## [Dent in bone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dent-in-bone/369261)
**Author:** [@Organisoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Organisoid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dent-in-bone/369261 "2006-08-19T05:48:47Z")
I’m female, 16, and I went to a party recently where a load of us ended up bundling each other at one point. In one particular bundle, someone hit my left tibia, and I didn’t look at it but felt that there was a proper d… --- ## [Questions about Bell Peppers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-bell-peppers/585931)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-bell-peppers/585931 "2011-06-20T01:55:25Z")
I put these questions in GQ because I believe there are factual answers to them: Why do red & orange Bell Peppers cost so much more than the green ones? Aren’t they growing right next to each other? Or is the answer r… --- ## [Best Rock Instrumentals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-instrumentals/520956)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-instrumentals/520956 "2009-12-15T19:29:01Z")
Here’s a few of my favorites. What are yours? In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Idlewild South) Allman Brothers Jessica (Brothers and Sisters) Allman Brothers Little Martha (Eat a Peach) Allman Brothers Bourée (Stand Up)… --- ## [Should President Trump give a blanket pardon to Hillary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-president-trump-give-a-blanket-pardon-to-hillary/771151)
**Author:** [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-president-trump-give-a-blanket-pardon-to-hillary/771151 "2016-11-12T00:41:02Z")
Might help heal the nation. What say you? --- ## [Examples of tactical or strategic game-changers, excluding the Bomb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-tactical-or-strategic-game-changers-excluding-the-bomb/629249)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-tactical-or-strategic-game-changers-excluding-the-bomb/629249 "2012-07-25T17:41:17Z")
See subject. I mean things that one side had and the other didn’t, at least for a significant time. Classical history encouraged. My first suggestions: Fire? Paleo slash-and-burn raids? The saddle. The Gatling Gun. … --- ## [All calculations are off??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-calculations-are-off/662773)
**Author:** [@theinscrutabledoctorknow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theinscrutabledoctorknow)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-calculations-are-off/662773 "2013-07-09T23:36:32Z")
It has now been proven that the speed of light is NOT constant, it is in fact slowing down, such that the speed of light is now about 2000 miles per second slower than when it was first measured. Since many important ca… --- ## [Was Jesus the son of a roman soldier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesus-the-son-of-a-roman-soldier/670521)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesus-the-son-of-a-roman-soldier/670521 "2013-10-11T22:47:25Z")
I’m sure there are some religious experts here, how valid is the concept that Jesus was the son of a roman soldier? If so I wonder what role that would have had in his anti-Roman, pro-Jewish attitudes. --- ## [Who dislikes their child so much at birth...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dislikes-their-child-so-much-at-birth/448544)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dislikes-their-child-so-much-at-birth/448544 "2008-05-12T04:23:26Z")
to give it this name? Yes, another stupid baby names thread…it’s been at least a week since the last one, right? So yesterday I was given a list of names to put on a gift…one unusual name, with a forced pronunciation, t… --- ## [Is this kid right? Could changing the font result in significant savings on ink and toner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-kid-right-could-changing-the-font-result-in-significant-savings-on-ink-and-toner/684863)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-kid-right-could-changing-the-font-result-in-significant-savings-on-ink-and-toner/684863 "2014-03-30T16:23:02Z")
I bolded the interesting part. The kid submitted this to the Journal for Emerging Investigators (JEI), a publication founded by a group of Harvard grad students in 2011. Projecting this study to the US gov printing he’s … --- ## [Let's help some animals!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-help-some-animals/568491)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-help-some-animals/568491 "2011-03-31T15:59:50Z")
Lucy and I will be participating in this year’s Houston SPCA Mutt Strut & Runway Race on March 5. Please support me and the animals with a donation. Click on this link and click on the Support Me button. Any amount you … --- ## [!!!!11!!one!1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-one-1/610954)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-one-1/610954 "2012-01-30T22:41:54Z")
Would you all please quit fucking doing ^that^? Nobody actually does that except with your intended irony. You’re mimicking a characterization based on fantasy. And it makes you look like a fucking idiot. --- ## [Who is your favorite Scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764 "2010-06-10T23:52:20Z")
I was going to do a Poll, but realized I would be handed my butt by the much more smarterer Doper Contingency on Scientist who Rock the World dood. and thought I would let everyone here give their two bits of linkage or … --- ## [Chinese Whiskey and SNAKES!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-whiskey-and-snakes/117465)
**Author:** [@kgriffey79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kgriffey79)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-whiskey-and-snakes/117465 "2013-07-03T04:55:11Z")
I just got back from Thailand, most time spent in Pattaya and a small amount in Bangkok. What a crazy place for a 17 year old! Anyway, some friends and I were in the grocery store, when I saw a bottle that caught my ey… --- ## [Phluck you, Phlobotimist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phluck-you-phlobotimist/473855)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phluck-you-phlobotimist/473855 "2008-12-20T04:48:30Z")
Due to my shit being all fucked up, I have to get blood drawn frequently. Today at the bloodletters, my two favorite vampires were not in. Uh oh. “Take the blood from the back of my hand. You will not be successful with… --- ## [Weinstein accuser accused of sexually assaulting a minor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weinstein-accuser-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-minor/819900)
**Author:** [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weinstein-accuser-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-minor/819900 "2018-08-23T13:24:56Z")
Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser So she allegedly sexually assaulted a former child actor she had known a long time and previously worked with a few years back when he was 17 and she w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1358&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1360&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)