# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1374&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:** 1375 --- ## [Explain Helen Mirren's hotness (ridiculous/paranoid answers only please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-helen-mirrens-hotness-ridiculous-paranoid-answers-only-please/547833)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-helen-mirrens-hotness-ridiculous-paranoid-answers-only-please/547833 "2010-07-27T03:25:52Z")
Helen Mirren was well past 60 years old when the pictures herewere taken. Explain her youthfulness with maximum paranoia and minimum rationality. :smiley: You can even rate the previous poster’s answer on a scale of 1… --- ## [Pellucid Marginal Degeneration--you know that ain't good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pellucid-marginal-degeneration-you-know-that-aint-good/568220)
**Author:** [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pellucid-marginal-degeneration-you-know-that-aint-good/568220 "2012-05-02T16:24:39Z")
After thinking that my left eye’s prescription was just off, it turns out that ain’t so. This Pellucid Marginal Degeneration–and, really, you hear the word “degeneration” and your heart just sinks–thing seems to only be… --- ## [I'm American. When I Use The Metric System or Celsius Do I Sound Like A Pretentious Twit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-american-when-i-use-the-metric-system-or-celsius-do-i-sound-like-a-pretentious-twit/838016)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-american-when-i-use-the-metric-system-or-celsius-do-i-sound-like-a-pretentious-twit/838016 "2019-08-17T08:52:27Z")
As an American, I believe the time has come – indeed, it’s been here for two centuries – for the U.S. to convert to the Metric System and Celsius. I’ve been trying to force myself to use those systems in my daily life, b… --- ## [How can I get my mom to stop visiting a naturopath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-mom-to-stop-visiting-a-naturopath/690531)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-mom-to-stop-visiting-a-naturopath/690531 "2014-06-29T11:48:29Z")
So my mom has Graves Disease. She’s seeing an endocrinologist soon, but she’s also, at the recommendation of one of our crunchier friends, seeing a naturopath/“heilpraktikerin” (it’s worth noting that “heilpraktikerin” d… --- ## [What if a defense lawyer finds out his client is guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-defense-lawyer-finds-out-his-client-is-guilty/432997)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-defense-lawyer-finds-out-his-client-is-guilty/432997 "2008-01-13T17:51:13Z")
Suppose that during the course of a murder trial, the defendant hands his lawyer a videotape of him (the defendant) committing the murder which the lawyer watches. Is the lawyer obligated to turn that tape over to the p… --- ## [Non-VPN traffic: does it go through the VPN servers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-vpn-traffic-does-it-go-through-the-vpn-servers/400556)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-vpn-traffic-does-it-go-through-the-vpn-servers/400556 "2007-04-19T16:26:00Z")
If I’m connected to my work’s VPN so I can check my work email, does all my internet traffic go through their servers (or do the requests even hit their servers)? Effectively, if I’m looking at porn from my home compute… --- ## [Big Bang Theory to End After This Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066 "2018-09-05T22:33:53Z")
I’d read somewhere that the writers don’t plan out the plot much further than an episode or two. Think we’ll end with an Amy/Sheldon baby? --- ## [Conditionally replacing formula with value only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conditionally-replacing-formula-with-value-only/557150)
**Author:** [@CynthiaR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynthiaR)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conditionally-replacing-formula-with-value-only/557150 "2017-08-27T05:39:35Z")
Is there a way to set a column to automatically replace its present formula with its calculated value…based on a specific criteria? What I’m looking for specifically is to be able to say IF Cell “X” \> 1, then ditch the… --- ## [Suggest some very good French movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-very-good-french-movies/662250)
**Author:** [@ombre12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ombre12)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-very-good-french-movies/662250 "2013-07-14T20:25:33Z")
Was a French Lit major in college. (No money in it, so I ended up going to night school in A/C Refrigeration and that’s how I made a living.) Anyway I still remember a lot of French. The problem is I was a Lit major, s… --- ## [Can you have perfect pitch and be unable to sing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-perfect-pitch-and-be-unable-to-sing/506779)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-perfect-pitch-and-be-unable-to-sing/506779 "2009-08-20T04:32:06Z")
Physical disabilities aside, of course. Inspired by this thread. I’m not entirely sure what perfect pitch is, but I think I have it - if someone plays a note on a piano, say, I can tell what it is. But, I have never be… --- ## [4 Foods Renamed So That You might eat them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-foods-renamed-so-that-you-might-eat-them/648507)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-foods-renamed-so-that-you-might-eat-them/648507 "2013-01-28T23:18:17Z")
Before you click that link. Do you know the new names for… Patagonian Toothfish Prunes Rapeseed Oil Whore’s Eggs click to find out they forgot escolar new names --- ## [Thanks A Lot UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-a-lot-unclebeer/39350)
**Author:** [@24KaratGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/24KaratGold)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-a-lot-unclebeer/39350 "2000-11-05T21:59:01Z")
Really classy post of yours here, Your Smugness: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44536 Who cares what concrete does in editing his posts, nobody pays attention to him anyway. There hasn’t bee… --- ## [Lawrence of Arabia was NOT Arabian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-of-arabia-was-not-arabian/646616)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-of-arabia-was-not-arabian/646616 "2013-01-12T04:37:55Z")
He wasn’t even an Arab! Or Persian! Or Turkish! In fact he was Welsh, though I grant his complexion may have been darkened to appear more Mediterranean by the sun. I am outraged! --- ## [Boyo Jim and other prose Nazis: get the fuck over yourselves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411 "2013-05-16T17:25:43Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16290424&postcount=33 Plain and simple, this serves as a perfect example of why we drive new people away from the Boards. Who wants to be a member of our forums when we… --- ## [Should Sandra Bullock Have Known Better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sandra-bullock-have-known-better/534503)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sandra-bullock-have-known-better/534503 "2010-04-03T21:35:51Z")
I am generally not too much of a celebrity follower, but for anyone who watches the late-night talk shows, the Sandra Bullock story has been impossible to miss. The only Sanrda Bullock movie I have ever watched was the … --- ## [Guitar geek thread: Yay! My guitar sucks! (and why this is good news)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-geek-thread-yay-my-guitar-sucks-and-why-this-is-good-news/506376)
**Author:** [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-geek-thread-yay-my-guitar-sucks-and-why-this-is-good-news/506376 "2009-08-18T16:06:31Z")
I would just like to brag on myself for a minute. I’ve played drums for 15 years but in my new band I play guitar, which I had messed around with for years but never really got serious about. I bought a $99 used guitar w… --- ## [Sneezing All Over The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-all-over-the-mmp/832208)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-all-over-the-mmp/832208 "2019-04-15T02:46:07Z")
ACHOO!!! Good Mornin’ Y’all! ACHOO!!! Up and caffeinatin’. ACHOO!!! YAWN ‘Tis 67 Amurrkin out and cloudy (well, dark) with a predicted high of 83 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse this afternoon and evenin’. ACHOO!!! I shall s… --- ## [The Grateful Dead and Deadheads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-dead-and-deadheads/539448)
**Author:** [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-dead-and-deadheads/539448 "2010-05-17T03:01:38Z")
I’m 48, so I’m old enough to know all about the Grateful Dead, and although I’ve liked them well enough for many years, I can’t count myself as a real fan, hence my question. What was it about them that made the hippies… --- ## [Divorced people: do you still love your ex(es)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-people-do-you-still-love-your-ex-es/640817)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-people-do-you-still-love-your-ex-es/640817 "2012-11-19T21:53:22Z")
Poll in a moment. The results will be private, I think. --- ## [Druggie imitates ISIS during violence in OK workplace. (RO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/druggie-imitates-isis-during-violence-in-ok-workplace-ro/699642)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/druggie-imitates-isis-during-violence-in-ok-workplace-ro/699642 "2014-10-01T00:20:39Z")
(Apologies for the autoplaying news reports.) Moore, Oklahoma: 30-year-old Alton Nolen is accused of stabbing two women, one of whom had been beheaded. Why this is in the Pit: Methinks the release was a bit prematu… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica 2.12 — "Resurrection Ship Part 2" (spoilerama)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-12-resurrection-ship-part-2-spoilerama/339870)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-12-resurrection-ship-part-2-spoilerama/339870 "2006-01-20T02:37:28Z")
As was my habit for the first half of the season, I’m padding the thread with a content-free OP to prevent anyone from accidentally learning via mouseover of Admiral Cain’s steamy lesbian tryst with a Cylon clone of hers… --- ## [An atheist head of state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-atheist-head-of-state/586416)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-atheist-head-of-state/586416 "2011-10-23T22:38:35Z")
Not sure if I’m behind the times but I don’t believe there has ever been a publicly declared atheist head of state in a G20 country. (if I’m wrong someone please correct me) At what point do you think we’ll see one? … --- ## [Have you in fact fucked someone crazier than you are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-in-fact-fucked-someone-crazier-than-you-are/545815)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-in-fact-fucked-someone-crazier-than-you-are/545815 "2010-07-22T00:18:50Z")
And if so how did it go? :smiley: Kind of picked this up from various recent threads (c.f. the ones on borderlines). Me, nope, not really; I had a chance at an inhibited coed in college who was a Level 70 Neurotic, whi… --- ## [The Special Snowflake Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-special-snowflake-thread/820617)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-special-snowflake-thread/820617 "2018-09-28T19:16:12Z")
Here we have an omnibus thread for a collection of all things “snowflake”. Party agnostic, team agnostic, bring them all. Inspired by this episode following the 2016 Rose Bowl. I do love me some Stanford Band. I’m sur… --- ## [How necessary are gyno exams, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-necessary-are-gyno-exams-really/110306)
**Author:** [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-necessary-are-gyno-exams-really/110306 "2002-05-27T11:01:33Z")
I think anything further I say is only going to to prove the “It’s taking longer than we thought,” part. I’ll just say that I had a pretty horrible experience, am not planning on going back anytime soon (if ever, if I ra… --- ## [Fibromyalgia: What think ye?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fibromyalgia-what-think-ye/557192)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fibromyalgia-what-think-ye/557192 "2011-09-23T05:23:20Z")
What’s the SD’s view on this diagnosis? I went to a highly-regarded specialist today who mentioned that fibromyalgia is in the running as the diagnosis for symptoms I’ve had for about eight months. We’re doing every bloo… --- ## [The Star Wars travesty demonstrates the incredible power of brand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-travesty-demonstrates-the-incredible-power-of-brand/845628)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-wars-travesty-demonstrates-the-incredible-power-of-brand/845628 "2020-01-05T12:26:22Z")
I wrote this post on 9/14/2017, and I think it’s aged quite well: The ongoing hype about Star Wars is about getting back a thrill that can be no more Anyone here think the sequel trilogy turned out great? I don’t mean … --- ## [Just Got Back From Julie and Julia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-back-from-julie-and-julia/504526)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-back-from-julie-and-julia/504526 "2009-09-06T14:36:01Z")
I got tickets to see an advance preview. It was just terrific. Meryl Streep was absolutely believeable and even my GF, who met JC, thought so. The two stories intertwined well though Amy Adams did not show the acting cho… --- ## [In the absence of ALL friction, would a pendulum swing forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-absence-of-all-friction-would-a-pendulum-swing-forever/437749)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-absence-of-all-friction-would-a-pendulum-swing-forever/437749 "2008-02-18T13:16:05Z")
One part of me says no, because the force of gravity would eventually drag it to a stop, but part of me says in an ideal setting, there would be perfect conservation of momentum and the pendulum would swing forever. Dop… --- ## [Recreational marijuana use in Colonial America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-marijuana-use-in-colonial-america/608897)
**Author:** [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-marijuana-use-in-colonial-america/608897 "2012-01-11T17:49:26Z")
I’m trying to find a serious cite on this, and all I’m finding is hemp cultivation references. The person I’m conversing with is citing a History Channel documentary (cue weird-hair Ancient Aliens guy - “I know it’s not… --- ## [Please explain where jerk lines get crossed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-where-jerk-lines-get-crossed/732669)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-where-jerk-lines-get-crossed/732669 "2015-09-30T01:44:22Z")
I’ve asked the question inthis Pit thread but a Pit thread is no where to get an answer to a serious question. Miss Spaulding was given a “note” to cut out posting in Green Font because she kept it up after some number … --- ## [Anyone interested in doing a cooperative Total War Campaign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-doing-a-cooperative-total-war-campaign/405263)
**Author:** [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-doing-a-cooperative-total-war-campaign/405263 "2007-06-17T23:05:26Z")
People on another message board I once went to did this, and it looked fun. One player starts a campaign and plays until the king dies, then emails the save file to the next player, who plays until the king dies and emai… --- ## [Where do you want to live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289 "2015-02-23T23:28:46Z")
I want to live in a cool, green rainforest with mountains and pine forests, and a vast, hot desert that is minutes from the Pacific Ocean and walking distance from the French Quarter. --- ## [How do restaurants cook food so fast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-restaurants-cook-food-so-fast/74902)
**Author:** [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-restaurants-cook-food-so-fast/74902 "2020-11-22T20:20:42Z")
I work swing shift, and usuall head out for “lunch” about 9:00 - 9:30 p.m. I’m too lazy to bring my own food to work, so it’s usually fast food or something similiar. A couple nights a week I treat myself to a few restau… --- ## [What % of Dopers are Brits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698)
**Author:** [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698 "2003-03-24T14:14:28Z")
Maybe it’s the time of day that I happen to browse the boards, but there seems to be a reasonably high percentage of British or ex-British dopers here? Is it just me? Why so many? How many are there? Enough for a Lon… --- ## [How does David Copperfield fly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-david-copperfield-fly/399831)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-david-copperfield-fly/399831 "2007-04-17T00:05:25Z")
Inspired by this thread… I remember Copperfield’s TV special where he flew onstage. Man, it seems so boring to just type those words, but I was profoundly moved by the performance. I was alone in my living room and I … --- ## [Worst Simpsons Jokes Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-simpsons-jokes-ever/221594 "2004-01-06T02:34:47Z")
With apologies for quoting CBG (but note the lack of punctuation so all you CBG quoter haters don’t be hatin’), we’ve done pretty much every “best of” Simpsons thread imaginable so let’s do a “worst of” for a refreshing … --- ## [Anyone planing on getting the Motorola Droid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580 "2010-01-28T00:15:51Z")
I think I want one. I already have Verizon, and I’m not too keen on canceling (and paying the fee) in order to get an iPhone. Plus iPhone plans are pretty expensive. I’ve read a couple of reviews that say it’s Verizon’s… --- ## [I Can't Believe You Like That Replacement Character Better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-you-like-that-replacement-character-better/481190)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-you-like-that-replacement-character-better/481190 "2009-01-16T16:50:51Z")
I was talking to someone, obviously a person with a brain illness, because he said he liked BRUTUS better than Bluto in the Popeye cartoons. Now I may look stupid, but I’ve been around a long time and I thought I had he… --- ## [Who is your national hero and villan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-national-hero-and-villan/662301)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-national-hero-and-villan/662301 "2013-07-02T17:19:38Z")
In the Oliver Cromwell thread, multiple posters mentioned Cromwell is still considered by the Irish as a symbol of evil. In your country, who do the public view as villanous no matter what the public’s political beliefs… --- ## [Posters you've gotten confused many times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082 "2012-10-12T08:17:32Z")
John\_Mace and JohnClay. Wtf. Mace has always sounded very intelligent and I was always surprised how fucking nuts he sounded when talking about chicks. Until I saw the pit thread by JohnClay today. I realized that I was… --- ## [American conservatism has exhausted its credibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-conservatism-has-exhausted-its-credibility/920373)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-conservatism-has-exhausted-its-credibility/920373 "2022-03-08T22:03:50Z")
It had quite a good run, from 1980 to now, pulling the political center-of-gravity to the right and obliging even the Dems to follow and catch up. But what’s left of it now? You guys let yourselves get too close to the… --- ## [Alcohol - Truth Serum? Lie Serum? Both?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-truth-serum-lie-serum-both/511629)
**Author:** [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-truth-serum-lie-serum-both/511629 "2009-09-29T23:46:08Z")
Some current events make me wonder what most people think. Y’know how people become more open the more they’ve had to drink? Do you think that in general most people become more honest, more prone to lie, or does it de… --- ## [So, are we ready for a land invasion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-we-ready-for-a-land-invasion/824014)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-we-ready-for-a-land-invasion/824014 "2018-11-22T00:07:48Z")
All this talk of an invasion of the United States, I got to wondering how that would work. Of course, I realize that Trump’s posturing about the Central American refugees – the “caravan” – is political nonsense intended… --- ## [Why is VCO3 a racial-stereotyping moron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-vco3-a-racial-stereotyping-moron/401713)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-vco3-a-racial-stereotyping-moron/401713 "2007-04-27T13:54:20Z")
Really, let’s keep this civilized, as I’m sure there’s a valid sociocultural explanation for it and I’d really like to know. I just happened to notice that VCO3 is a racially-stereotyping complete fucking moron. (cite a… --- ## [Incredimail: spyware, scumware, adware? Need answer fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredimail-spyware-scumware-adware-need-answer-fast/540717)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredimail-spyware-scumware-adware-need-answer-fast/540717 "2014-10-23T23:52:37Z")
One of the superiors at school loaded Incredimail. It slowed the computer, got ads galore, and also crashed the system when it was being shut down. So I was assigned the task to remove it. Seems to be gone now, but it t… --- ## [Hand washing clothes to save money - any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-washing-clothes-to-save-money-any-tips/346821)
**Author:** [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-washing-clothes-to-save-money-any-tips/346821 "2006-03-03T22:14:47Z")
We live in an apartment complex that has a laundry room - one small washer and one small dryer. By small, I mean miniscule. Like most places, these eat quarters by the handful to get the laundry done. It’s $1.25 per wash… --- ## [Can someone summarize this Trump campaign/deep state/informant kerfuffle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-this-trump-campaign-deep-state-informant-kerfuffle/814595)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-this-trump-campaign-deep-state-informant-kerfuffle/814595 "2018-05-25T23:52:09Z")
My immediately assumption is that it’s just a Breitbart/Fox/Trump Administration talking point with no substance at all. They’re trying to present legitimate FBI investigations into the Trump campaign and its links with … --- ## [In terms of public buildings, why does society cater to disabled individuals so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-terms-of-public-buildings-why-does-society-cater-to-disabled-individuals-so-much/550345)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-terms-of-public-buildings-why-does-society-cater-to-disabled-individuals-so-much/550345 "2010-08-17T01:44:00Z")
I’m talking about things like handicap ramps, automatic doors, special restrooms, buses, crosswalks, parking spaces, etc. There must be considerable expense in retrofitting much of the country to serve this relatively s… --- ## [Best (and worst) national anthems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-national-anthems/417678)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-national-anthems/417678 "2007-09-03T14:05:23Z")
If we put aside our nationalism and our like and dislikes of certain countries, which are the best – and worst – national anthems? Remember, this has nothing to do with how you feel about the country itself. By the way… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1373&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1375&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)