# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1372&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:** 1373 --- ## ["Businesses hire only when more employees are needed to meet unmet demand." - anyone disagree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-hire-only-when-more-employees-are-needed-to-meet-unmet-demand-anyone-disagree/665796)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-hire-only-when-more-employees-are-needed-to-meet-unmet-demand-anyone-disagree/665796 "2013-08-12T14:45:44Z")
Is there any legitimate doubt to the statement in the thread title? I mean, other than a few business who hire their brother-in-law’s kid to give him a first job (and the like)? It seems to me like this is an intuitive… --- ## [Cat In A Shark Costume Chases a Duck While Riding a Roomba! (???)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957 "2013-05-03T14:56:39Z")
Seriously. You cat lovers will love this shit. Credit goes to I Like Pie for the find. IN WHAT WORLD DO CATS IN SHARK SUITS CHASE DUCKS ON A ROOMBA!!?!?!?!?!? --- ## [Do contemporary audiences not find 1970's comedy funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-contemporary-audiences-not-find-1970s-comedy-funny/551877)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-contemporary-audiences-not-find-1970s-comedy-funny/551877 "2018-11-19T00:45:20Z")
Ok I finally listened to comedy from the 1970’s, a Mort Sahl routine. I have to say I didn’t find it funny at all. I also heard a lily tomlin, and a Freddy Prinze. Not, not. The only older comedy I liked was Don Rickle… --- ## [Eh. . . old pic: guess the ethnicity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eh-old-pic-guess-the-ethnicity/556079)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eh-old-pic-guess-the-ethnicity/556079 "2012-04-26T06:04:43Z")
Still doing research on this, so I don’t actually know myself, and I might never. --- ## [Fetish...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetish/302233)
**Author:** [@huk24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huk24)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetish/302233 "2005-07-22T18:58:05Z")
But I was wondering if anyone here is interested in reading about weird fetishes such as furries, medical fetishes, weird/extreme bondage, etc. To me, it’s totally different from porn and what interests me isn’t looking … --- ## [How often do you get maid service when you stay at a hotel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012 "2012-09-19T12:52:01Z")
A thread in GQ (which it would have been handy for me to link to, but here’s where I let you down) reminded me of a question I’d been meaning to poll y’all about. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that I’m less and less … --- ## [Ignored chores in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignored-chores-in-the-mmp/969680)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignored-chores-in-the-mmp/969680 "2022-08-22T06:14:44Z")
I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this - looking around, there are things I know need to be done but I don’t want to do them. Like this pile of papers on my desk to be filed, shredded, or tossed. Or the dusting. Or the wi… --- ## [$3200 at Dell.com! What the Hell was I thinking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3200-at-dell-com-what-the-hell-was-i-thinking/374415)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3200-at-dell-com-what-the-hell-was-i-thinking/374415 "2014-10-02T17:47:20Z")
Talk about an impulse buy… I was just sitting here bored at work and decided to browse around the Dell website and customize a “hypothetical” computer. One thing lead to another and I ended up buying the damn thing. An… --- ## [Which Candidates Do You Support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidates-do-you-support/608792)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-candidates-do-you-support/608792 "2012-01-12T03:19:05Z")
In order: Jon Huntsman Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich Buddy Roemer Rick Perry Everybody Else --- ## ["Vanilla Coke. I wonder what that tastes like."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-i-wonder-what-that-tastes-like/115992)
**Author:** [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-i-wonder-what-that-tastes-like/115992 "2002-06-28T21:23:07Z")
I’ve had people say “Oh, you’re drinking a Vanilla Coke. What does that taste like?” :confused: Do you really have to ask? It’s Vanilla Coke. Vanilla. Coke. Not “Secret Ingredient Coke”. Not “2,2,3 Trimethyl Heptane Co… --- ## [Funny TV/Movie Lines That Took You Completely By Surprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-tv-movie-lines-that-took-you-completely-by-surprise/323086)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-tv-movie-lines-that-took-you-completely-by-surprise/323086 "2005-09-27T12:08:51Z")
I was watching The Muppets Wizard of Oz last night. It was a cute movie, with all sorts of cornball jokes in it. However, there was one point where I was completely floored with laughter. As they are leaving MunchkinL… --- ## [50 Ways to Lose Your Blubber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-ways-to-lose-your-blubber/575639)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-ways-to-lose-your-blubber/575639 "2011-03-30T02:35:56Z")
Drink water, not juice, Moose, Eat a few more veggies, Reggie, Try something not starchy, Archie, Step away from the fridge, Midge, yeah, get yourself free… --- ## [Do Tabletop RPGs Ever Involve Sex, And If So, How Do They Handle It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-tabletop-rpgs-ever-involve-sex-and-if-so-how-do-they-handle-it/653259)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-tabletop-rpgs-ever-involve-sex-and-if-so-how-do-they-handle-it/653259 "2013-03-26T20:08:00Z")
I don’t play tabletop RPGs, but I do roleplay in Second Life Gor during my free time. And there is sexual roleplay in Second Life Gor. I was writing an article in which I compared Out Of Character and In Character commen… --- ## [Who REALLY Created the Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-created-the-internet/521191)
**Author:** [@ALBIM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALBIM)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-created-the-internet/521191 "2009-12-16T19:36:18Z")
As I was reading Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, I noticed that Vittoria Vetra claimed that Europe’s CERN created the Internet, not the U.S. Government as I was always led to believe. CERN supports (obviously) Vittoria Ve… --- ## [Why does everyone's excrements smell the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyones-excrements-smell-the-same/706308)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyones-excrements-smell-the-same/706308 "2014-12-09T22:16:07Z")
A vegan’s solid waste has the same smell as a carnivore’s (allowing for unnoticeable differents). Same with farts. There’s a generic fart odor, regardless of the food the person has eaten. Roughly the same with vomit and… --- ## [Did Obama violate the Logan Act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-obama-violate-the-logan-act/790602)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-obama-violate-the-logan-act/790602 "2017-10-02T09:14:55Z")
According to my Facebook feed, he did (and Trump has a nasty surprise for him when he gets back :rolleyes:). I tried to Google: “Obama Logan Act” but all I’m getting is a bunch of Right Wing sites. Does anyone know if … --- ## [Psychiatrist: I can't do counseling with you unless you let me speak with a family member: is this normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-i-cant-do-counseling-with-you-unless-you-let-me-speak-with-a-family-member-is-this-normal/973787)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-i-cant-do-counseling-with-you-unless-you-let-me-speak-with-a-family-member-is-this-normal/973787 "2022-12-06T02:46:54Z")
I had/have an appointment with a licensed psychiatrist here in Texas this week, but he sent me an email telling me he can’t do counseling (or follow-up counseling) unless I authorize him to speak to a direct family membe… --- ## [I executed 5 Demon Porn Elementals!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836)
**Author:** [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836 "2002-05-09T01:23:27Z")
ah, Progress Quest. a game to end all games. why, Progress Quest is all the fun of watching Disk Defragmenter run, with half the interactivity! even better, it’s free and the download is miniscule! with a continuous on… --- ## [In languages that have both familiar and formal forms of 'you', how do you when to use each?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-languages-that-have-both-familiar-and-formal-forms-of-you-how-do-you-when-to-use-each/524712)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-languages-that-have-both-familiar-and-formal-forms-of-you-how-do-you-when-to-use-each/524712 "2010-01-15T16:37:23Z")
Actually, what I’m really interested in is how you know that it’s OK to change from the formal to the familiar? And, when you first do so, what’s it like? Awkward, natural, full of trepidation, never a problem, . . . ? (… --- ## [Vacation in North Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-north-korea/789533)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-north-korea/789533 "2017-06-29T15:50:09Z")
Pretty simple actually. A tour group has a package were you can visit North Korea. IS it OK to do so? --- ## [Survey: 59% of American physicians now support UHC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-59-of-american-physicians-now-support-uhc/443526)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-59-of-american-physicians-now-support-uhc/443526 "2008-06-27T12:48:02Z")
Up from 49% in 2002. Story here. Of course they’re doctors, not economists, dammit, but, still, isn’t this a rather persuasive statistic? --- ## [What's Your Political Typology Group? (Quiz.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-political-typology-group-quiz/693408 "2014-07-24T20:10:18Z")
Here is the 23-question quiz. I’m apparently a Next Generation Left. I don’t fit their demographic that closely but it’s an amusing little diversion. What are you? GO. --- ## [When did we stop putting commas in large numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-stop-putting-commas-in-large-numbers/592099)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-stop-putting-commas-in-large-numbers/592099 "2011-08-10T18:22:11Z")
You know – 3,000 has become 3000, etc. Are we too cool for commas now? I think they make the number easier to “read”. --- ## [May 1, NC Teachers are Out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-1-nc-teachers-are-out/832111)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-1-nc-teachers-are-out/832111 "2019-05-04T01:28:25Z")
I’ve been working over the last few weeks on some issues in North Carolina around public education. On 3/23, the North Carolina Association of Educators (our branch of the NEA) voted almost unanimously (one vocal disagre… --- ## [Best mod quote I have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mod-quote-i-have-ever-seen/640021)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mod-quote-i-have-ever-seen/640021 "2012-11-13T01:23:20Z")
I note that ATMB is for feedback and I don’t see a rule limiting it to negative feedback, so might I say that is the most beautiful mod action I have ever seen here for the reasons I have highlighted in bold orange. S… --- ## [At this moment what does your computer's clock display?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652 "2010-09-01T14:27:01Z")
Just to get a handle on how various computers around the world respond to “time” just post your clock’s readout. Then viewers of this thread can compare wht you’ve posted to the time stamp the Dope has out witjh your pos… --- ## [Why are middle class conservatives dying without life insurance and savings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-middle-class-conservatives-dying-without-life-insurance-and-savings/949788)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-middle-class-conservatives-dying-without-life-insurance-and-savings/949788 "2021-10-02T23:04:15Z")
(Not really a fan of the more formal structure of GD, this may be political in nature… but it’s also economics… and Lord knows I don’t want to throw this in the Pit. So here we are, in IMHO. Oh, and this is probably long… --- ## [Trump declares "National Emergency" to build The Wall-Will it hold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-declares-national-emergency-to-build-the-wall-will-it-hold/829617)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-declares-national-emergency-to-build-the-wall-will-it-hold/829617 "2019-02-17T00:14:23Z")
As expected, Trump made his “National Emergency” Wall declaration. And I am wondering if this will hold up. During hs declaration he actually says he “didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster”, so wher… --- ## [I've been (falsely) accused of sexual harrassment at work. What should I do now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-falsely-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-at-work-what-should-i-do-now/122756)
**Author:** [@E72521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E72521)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-falsely-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-at-work-what-should-i-do-now/122756 "2002-08-28T20:56:52Z")
I am a manager of 28 medical professionals at a large institution going on two years now. During my tenure, staff retention and moral have sky rocketed. My style has always been to gain respect through knowlege and compa… --- ## [Please Help Me Find this 80s French Song \[Solved!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-80s-french-song-solved/760634)
**Author:** [@Hasbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hasbro)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-80s-french-song-solved/760634 "2016-08-03T19:25:16Z")
Hi, The last time I heard this song was in 2010 when Grooveshark was still a thing. I don’t remember any words because well, I don’t speak French. I can tell you this much: -It’s from the 80s… I think late 80s, and it’… --- ## [Does marriage counseling work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-marriage-counseling-work/541532)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-marriage-counseling-work/541532 "2010-06-11T15:00:43Z")
I’ve seen marriage counseling mentioned in quite a few relationship threads. I don’t have experience with marriage counseling, but I have the feeling that once a couple gets to the point where they’ve started to despise … --- ## [Why has Ohio swung to the right recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-ohio-swung-to-the-right-recently/792193)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-ohio-swung-to-the-right-recently/792193 "2017-08-15T10:57:47Z")
I read a couple of articles today about Ohio that got me thinking about that state. I’ve only ever passed through briefly, never lived there. Reuters: In Ohio, a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party is playing … --- ## [How likely is it that all this was created by something evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-all-this-was-created-by-something-evil/809000)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-all-this-was-created-by-something-evil/809000 "2018-02-23T18:49:11Z")
I look at this world from the viewpoint of wisdom; I see all the death, predation, pain, disease, filth, untold amounts of completely pointless suffering and so on. I do not believe that all this is the product of blind … --- ## [DOOMSDAY 2035: Choose between climate catastrophe or anthrocidal massacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-2035-choose-between-climate-catastrophe-or-anthrocidal-massacre/501677)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-2035-choose-between-climate-catastrophe-or-anthrocidal-massacre/501677 "2009-07-08T19:56:52Z")
For the sake of this thread, assume: It is 2035. You are in charge. As President of the New World Order (a position only available to you because you’re also Supreme Chancellor of the Illuminati), you have a decision to… --- ## [Who was the bad guy in the band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-bad-guy-in-the-band/855123)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-bad-guy-in-the-band/855123 "2020-06-12T05:07:58Z")
And why? Over my 53 years I have heard many references to the guy was the “cancer” in the bands they were in, but often without much explanation. Some examples are Roger Waters and David Crosby. What is the story there? … --- ## [Most Useless Cover Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useless-cover-songs/989174)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useless-cover-songs/989174 "2023-11-15T14:02:51Z")
i.e.; songs that sound so much like the original that you wonder why they they were made. 311- Love Song Weezer- Africa To me, both of these sound so much like the original The Cure and Toto, respectively, versions th… --- ## [What is "A beer and a bump"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-beer-and-a-bump/181597)
**Author:** [@RedDawgEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedDawgEsq)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-beer-and-a-bump/181597 "2019-04-12T09:46:20Z")
Heard this the other day and something in the dark recesses of the old grey matter made me think it’s the practice of putting a shot glass of whiskey at the bottom of a beer mug. You chug the beer and get the whiskey “bu… --- ## [Nymphomaniac - Lars von Trier: the Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552)
**Author:** [@QueenOfClubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenOfClubs)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552 "2014-03-10T09:23:44Z")
How do you plan to view Lars von Trier’s new cinematic masterpiece? http://www.nymphomaniacthemovie.com/ --- ## [What are the limitations in building taller buildings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-limitations-in-building-taller-buildings/547890)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-limitations-in-building-taller-buildings/547890 "2010-07-26T22:23:48Z")
Since building a taller building allows you to split the cost of the land by that much, there must be a reason that tall buildings are not ubiquitous. In my city, few buildings are above 3 stories (+basement level). I u… --- ## [Med Types - CBC + CMP = ? Vials of Blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/med-types-cbc-cmp-vials-of-blood/540102)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/med-types-cbc-cmp-vials-of-blood/540102 "2010-05-21T17:35:05Z")
A Dr. (who I no longer use) had, as a get-to-know-you “establishment” visit a total of 11 vials drawn. The tech wasn’t talking… Now, I’ll give the guy a CBC and, hell, a comprehensive panel (old doc (I moved) managed to… --- ## [Why Are There 3.2 Million Open Job Postings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-3-2-million-open-job-postings/599351)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-3-2-million-open-job-postings/599351 "2011-10-12T22:24:52Z")
As reported on CNBC, there are about 14 million unemployed right now, and 3.2 million unfilled job postings. Why? With 4 applicants for every job, shouldn’t that number have quickly gone to zero, leaving about 11millio… --- ## [Do political subdivisions in other countries have their own armed forces, as with US states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-political-subdivisions-in-other-countries-have-their-own-armed-forces-as-with-us-states/560056)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-political-subdivisions-in-other-countries-have-their-own-armed-forces-as-with-us-states/560056 "2010-11-10T14:54:08Z")
Taking Texas as an example, Governor Rick Perry is the commander in chief of military forces comprising not only the Army and Air Force National Guard, but also Texas’s own State Guard entirely distinct from federal mili… --- ## [Question about 'random number generators' and their seeds (with respect to real world cryptography)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-random-number-generators-and-their-seeds-with-respect-to-real-world-cryptography/676117)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-random-number-generators-and-their-seeds-with-respect-to-real-world-cryptography/676117 "2013-12-17T04:47:54Z")
I found this article very interesting. As I understand it, the thrust of the piece is that the NSA has been in cahoots with at least two chip makers (Intel and Via) with the goal of making the output of those companies’ … --- ## [Celery Juice Attracts Women to Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celery-juice-attracts-women-to-men/673142)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celery-juice-attracts-women-to-men/673142 "2013-11-06T19:19:55Z")
I saw this silly article about Celery Juice making men more attractive to women. After a few :dubious::dubious::dubious: I tried to find any scholarly articles I could on the subject. I couldn’t. My google-fu is weak, a… --- ## [Bark anything but your shin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bark-anything-but-your-shin/267336)
**Author:** [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bark-anything-but-your-shin/267336 "2011-11-19T03:13:05Z")
This is an English usage poll. A couple of days ago I barked my shin. That is, I slipped and got a slight injury when my shin slid at right angles across a hard surface. Had I done this to my elbow I would have said I s… --- ## [Am I a judgmental prick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-judgmental-prick/412980)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-judgmental-prick/412980 "2007-07-29T09:13:15Z")
(for this particular episode, not in general, just to head off the wiseasses at the pass) :slight\_smile: I was driving past the Galleria, a very large and very upscale shopping mall here in Houston, on my way home from… --- ## [Is the European model viable in the long term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-european-model-viable-in-the-long-term/650395)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-european-model-viable-in-the-long-term/650395 "2013-03-04T21:14:40Z")
I’ve heard talks and quips about a lot of European countries being prone to tax very heavily. I’m sure we’ve all heard the headlines about France’s super high taxes on the rich and the taxes that most Scandinavian countr… --- ## [How annoyed are you if someone attempts to convert you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-annoyed-are-you-if-someone-attempts-to-convert-you/660041)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-annoyed-are-you-if-someone-attempts-to-convert-you/660041 "2013-06-10T14:54:41Z")
To Christianity, specifically. Not aliens this time, just humans. Given the large preponderance of nonbelievers on the boards I’m interested in seeing your reactions if someone were to ask you “…Have you been saved? Hav… --- ## [Kids' mischief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-mischief/704540)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-mischief/704540 "2014-11-19T22:35:03Z")
Everybody probably knows some such incidents…the little kids who make horrendous messes in the kitchen, or write messages on the bathroom mirror with Mommy’s lipstick, or compromise the cat’s dignity by covering him with… --- ## [Movies/Shows you wish other things had happened in. OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-wish-other-things-had-happened-in-open-spoilers/512866)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-wish-other-things-had-happened-in-open-spoilers/512866 "2009-10-20T04:46:50Z")
In My Best Friend’s Wedding, I, personally, wish the guy had wound up with Julia Robert’s character. In Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the show), I watch the early episodes and always say to myself “Now why didn’t they ever … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1371&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1373&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)