# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1383&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:** 1384 --- ## [Voter Responsibilities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-responsibilities/569104)
**Author:** [@Libertyland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libertyland)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-responsibilities/569104 "2011-03-13T17:27:47Z")
Few would disagree that the opportunity to vote for those who would represent our interests is a valuable requirement for securing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in this country or any other on this planet. … --- ## [Are there people who believe in dragons nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-people-who-believe-in-dragons-nowadays/694828)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-people-who-believe-in-dragons-nowadays/694828 "2014-08-10T18:48:55Z")
I know, I know, there are people who believe that their left little toenail has been possessed by Satan and that their next-door neighbor is actually a Mauser rifle in disguise. So in some sense the answer is obviously Y… --- ## [Men - orgasm without ejaculation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-orgasm-without-ejaculation/53347)
**Author:** [@Miguelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miguelon)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-orgasm-without-ejaculation/53347 "2001-04-06T00:46:12Z")
I’ve read in many books (from taoist texts on male sexual energy, to tantric text, to general bookstore joy of sex type books) that through various exercises including the flexing of the kegel? muscle (or whatever that m… --- ## [Your opinion of the word "Womyn"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-the-word-womyn/368510)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-the-word-womyn/368510 "2006-08-18T07:58:39Z")
I considered putting this in Great Debates, but I am hoping this will be suitable for IMHO. I’m not, after all, looking for a debate, just opinions. During a little bit of Wikipedia browsing, I came across this article.… --- ## [Why must SecuROM be such a pain in the ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-securom-be-such-a-pain-in-the-ass/522609)
**Author:** [@Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casserole)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-securom-be-such-a-pain-in-the-ass/522609 "2009-12-30T22:53:48Z")
So I got my girlfriend Grand Theft Auto IV for Christmas (well… among other things), and we finally got around to installing it last night. What a pain in the behind! It wouldn’t activate online, so we had to go online … --- ## [Looks good....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-good/795609)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-good/795609 "2017-09-07T20:50:06Z")
Nice style update SDMB. Any new features? --- ## [That's what I get for having any opinion of soccer here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-get-for-having-any-opinion-of-soccer-here/817311)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-get-for-having-any-opinion-of-soccer-here/817311 "2018-07-09T19:10:37Z")
All right. Cards on the table. I’m closing in on 18 years on the SDMB. I’ve paid for that privilege for most of that time (although the price is very reasonable). There is one reason, and one reason alone, for that fa… --- ## [Did America deserve 9/11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-america-deserve-9-11/247695)
**Author:** [@meweus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meweus)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-america-deserve-9-11/247695 "2004-06-02T23:34:42Z")
Let’s get it out here for all to see, hey? Personally I believe that American foreign policy in the Middle East by sponsoring Hawkish Israel, and tyrants like Saddam, the Saudi Royal family. Interventionism in South Am… --- ## [What was with that weird male vocal affectation in 80's music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-weird-male-vocal-affectation-in-80s-music/524258)
**Author:** [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-with-that-weird-male-vocal-affectation-in-80s-music/524258 "2010-01-10T10:54:47Z")
Many male singers in the 80’s had a peculiar sound to their voice. It kind of sounds like a part of their voice is on the verge of jumping up an octave but never does. That’s the best way I can describe it. Here are so… --- ## [Did you associate Lindsay Lohan with the eTrade commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-associate-lindsay-lohan-with-the-etrade-commercial/532028 "2010-03-13T16:08:37Z")
Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade for 100 million dollars for this commercial (Youtube). Apparently, she feels that the “milkaholic Lindsay” referred to in the commercial was a swipe at her. In a New York Post article, Lo… --- ## [British Petroleum has not sucked my cock yet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-petroleum-has-not-sucked-my-cock-yet/558288)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-petroleum-has-not-sucked-my-cock-yet/558288 "2010-10-27T16:07:52Z")
British Petroleum, the only outcome I will find acceptable is your disincorporation. I really don’t care if it causes jobs to be lost, money to be spent, an energy crisis, or heavens forbid, bad feelings between America … --- ## [You say Potato, I say Tomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-potato-i-say-tomato/653528)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-potato-i-say-tomato/653528 "2013-07-09T04:49:42Z")
My partner has pointed out an incongruity, or at least a curiosity, in how these two foods got named in various languages when they got introduced to Europe. \*English\* Potato Tomato \*French\* \*\*Pomme de terre\*\* Tomate… --- ## [How a new genus is created?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-new-genus-is-created/616189)
**Author:** [@Etrigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etrigan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-new-genus-is-created/616189 "2012-03-23T15:10:40Z")
I was wondering how Darwin’s theory explains the apparition of new genus since the definition of a new genus is to not being able to reproduce with its original kind, and Darwin’s theory is base on reproduction and natu… --- ## [Is Pretending to Be a Racist Better Than BEING One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pretending-to-be-a-racist-better-than-being-one/545422)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pretending-to-be-a-racist-better-than-being-one/545422 "2010-07-05T13:28:54Z")
Inspired by this news item: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/07/02/clinton\_defends\_byrds\_kkk\_ties\_he\_was\_trying\_to\_get\_elected.html Believe it or not, I do NOT wish to bash the recently deceased Robert Byrd.… --- ## [why did anybody with a brain want an 8-track tape player ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-anybody-with-a-brain-want-an-8-track-tape-player/476760)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-anybody-with-a-brain-want-an-8-track-tape-player/476760 "2008-12-15T09:31:34Z")
I’m looking at some old photos from 1978 ish, and there it is–an 8-track tape player.\* Why did anybody ever think that 8-tracks were a good idea? If you wanted music on tape, cassettes had been available for several ye… --- ## [Why do dogs spin around before they defecate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-spin-around-before-they-defecate/564583)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-spin-around-before-they-defecate/564583 "2011-10-28T15:13:33Z")
Well? --- ## [Operation Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-mockingbird/702725)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-mockingbird/702725 "2014-11-01T14:31:54Z")
Hi all, I was reading President Putin’s address at Valdai (Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club • President of Russia) and was wondering why the Wester media did not or only very little report on this, in … --- ## [Why is porn production legal but prostitution illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-porn-production-legal-but-prostitution-illegal/250346)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-porn-production-legal-but-prostitution-illegal/250346 "2004-06-17T20:46:18Z")
I don’t understand why it’s legal for a pornography industry in which people are paid, by producers and directors, to have sex, is legal, but it is against the law in most of the United States for women to prostitute the… --- ## [NCAA Making a Mockery of Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-making-a-mockery-of-rules/565217 "2010-12-31T04:33:06Z")
Five Ohio State players were found to have broken NCAA rules by receiving benefits and will be suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season. They will remain eligible for the upcoming Sugar Bowl. LINK The lin… --- ## [Moderate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderate/698779)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderate/698779 "2014-09-21T06:31:24Z")
GAHHHHHHHH!!! Stop fucking calling things “moderate” to distinguish them from the loony bin types. What the hell is a “Moderate Republican” these days? Anyone who isn’t Ted Cruz? And the all-time-fucking-worst one: … --- ## [He's basically an atheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-basically-an-atheist/404176)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-basically-an-atheist/404176 "2007-05-23T13:57:23Z")
We’re always talking about atheism here, and we each willingly put ourselves into the camp of atheist/agnostic or not. But there’s another category of people out there – I would say a very large category – of what I cal… --- ## [Your life-hacks (formerly known as tips & tricks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-hacks-formerly-known-as-tips-tricks/1004267)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-hacks-formerly-known-as-tips-tricks/1004267 "2026-03-22T10:04:04Z")
I am sure we had a lot of those tips & tricks threads before, but they are: a.) fun b.) quite inclusive so all can take part I go first: I quite often cut PET plastic bottles (think: Coke) horizontally some 15cm from… --- ## [Three name people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310 "2020-02-08T18:07:44Z")
I’ve noticed that some people have gone down in history by three names. You may be uncertain who George Carver, James Cooper, John Jones, and Martin King are, but the names George Washington Carver, James Fenimore Cooper… --- ## [Begs the quesiton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begs-the-quesiton/442793)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begs-the-quesiton/442793 "2008-04-05T22:37:05Z")
Such examples beg the question, have style and usage guides become illegal? http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Opinion\_20/Somalia\_Crisis\_of\_Identity.shtml http://sxnews.e-p.net.au/feature/in-the-name-of-… --- ## [Is AI possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ai-possible/108885)
**Author:** [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ai-possible/108885 "2002-06-02T23:00:13Z")
This is a wide-open, sometimes over-used and always abused topic, but let me ask you: Can or will machines have consciousness? Maybe we will always wonder about this, even while the machines are (200 years from now) wond… --- ## [The Amazing Race 12/12/14 - "Hooping It Up"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-12-12-14-hooping-it-up/707114)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-12-12-14-hooping-it-up/707114 "2014-12-21T02:23:52Z")
Wow. I certainly wasn’t expecting that… . . . . Or that… . . . I thought it was odd when Phil said the last team to check in MAY be eliminated. Of course they will! I thought. It’s down to the Final Three! They… --- ## [If the Republicans loose in 2016, would that be the end of the party as we know it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-republicans-loose-in-2016-would-that-be-the-end-of-the-party-as-we-know-it/728716)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-republicans-loose-in-2016-would-that-be-the-end-of-the-party-as-we-know-it/728716 "2015-08-27T03:38:30Z")
Let’s say that Jeb wins the nomination and looses to Clinton, with an electoral map similar to 2012. Let’s also assume that the Democrats retake the Senate. Could this lead to a formal split of the Republican Party going… --- ## [At what point do mods step in when a debate is getting derailed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-mods-step-in-when-a-debate-is-getting-derailed/685630)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-mods-step-in-when-a-debate-is-getting-derailed/685630 "2014-04-11T15:40:35Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17245560&postcount=19 This is the start of a 6-page derailment, led almost entirely by one poster insisting that his definition is relevant to the conversation. It’s ex… --- ## [Why must you thaw frozen pizza in refrigerator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-you-thaw-frozen-pizza-in-refrigerator/403843)
**Author:** [@shivohum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shivohum)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-you-thaw-frozen-pizza-in-refrigerator/403843 "2007-05-15T16:58:25Z")
I recently bought some frozen pizza from Lou Malnatti’s. They recommend thawing the pizza in the refrigerator. Why can’t it be thawed on the counter, at room temperature? If the issue is bacteria growth, wouldn’t the hig… --- ## [BEEP! Beep. Beep BEEP. BEEEEEEP!......beep beep....BEEP!! BEEP BEEP!!! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beep-beep-beep-beep-beeeeeep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beeeeeeeeeeeeep/638802)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beep-beep-beep-beep-beeeeeep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beeeeeeeeeeeeep/638802 "2012-10-31T01:53:21Z")
Either they’re not home, or they’re choosing not responding to your leaning on your fucking horn for the past 10 minutes. Maybe they’re pretending not to be home because you are such a brain-dead imbecilic shit-for-brai… --- ## [economy class seating my ass...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economy-class-seating-my-ass/208542)
**Author:** [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economy-class-seating-my-ass/208542 "2003-10-30T15:24:58Z")
I am told by the agent I use to book flights that I can’t actually reserve an exit row seat, because the airline staff needs to see me in person to ensure that I am physically capable of performing exit row duties in the… --- ## [Sting fans: What's wrong with "Fields of Gold"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sting-fans-whats-wrong-with-fields-of-gold/353574)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sting-fans-whats-wrong-with-fields-of-gold/353574 "2006-04-23T16:47:27Z")
I’ve been a Sting fan for many years, and own most of his solo albums, as well as a couple of "Best Of"s that encompass the Police years. One of the trends in his music that has always stuck out to me – all of his songs … --- ## [Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255)
**Author:** [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255 "2009-08-24T05:36:03Z")
The song by Das Racist is possibly the worst song ever, or maybe the best. It is definitely a love it or hate it type of song. I personally can’t stop listening to it. The thought of a combination Pizza Hut and Taco Be… --- ## [You're a bridge officer on the ENTERPRISE. In what episode do you say, "Screw this, I'm going home?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677 "2013-11-01T20:51:24Z")
Let’s say you’re a junior bridge officer on the starship Enterprise. Happily your tunic is gold, not red, and you don’t go on landing parties. You’re the guy or gal who takes over for Chekov when Chekov takes over for Sp… --- ## [Worst attended concert/theater you've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-attended-concert-theater-youve-seen/599506)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-attended-concert-theater-youve-seen/599506 "2011-10-15T00:20:17Z")
I posted a thread in the Game Room about the worst attended sporting event Dopers had seen, and I decided to ask a similar question in Cafe Society. What is the most poorly attended concert/movie/play you’ve ever been t… --- ## [Why is Swiss cheese so much more expensive than other kinds of cheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-swiss-cheese-so-much-more-expensive-than-other-kinds-of-cheese/149476)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-swiss-cheese-so-much-more-expensive-than-other-kinds-of-cheese/149476 "2003-01-21T06:32:25Z")
At my local supermarket Swiss cheese - whether it be lacy swiss, fancy swiss, baby swiss, what have you - costs over four dollars a pound. Why is this? Is all Swiss cheese hand-made or something? I can get a pound of Ame… --- ## [Recommend a song that captures the joy of this beautiful summery day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282)
**Author:** [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-that-captures-the-joy-of-this-beautiful-summery-day/690282 "2014-06-20T19:40:01Z")
Title says it all… --- ## [What is the most recently founded major religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-recently-founded-major-religion/663441)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-recently-founded-major-religion/663441 "2013-07-16T06:23:57Z")
When I say religion, I don’t just mean where some church followers disagree with some practices so found a new church that gains a lot of adherents. I mean divine revelation, where the founder of the religion claims to h… --- ## [Have you ever been tricked into saying something stupid by a journalist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-tricked-into-saying-something-stupid-by-a-journalist/523344)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-tricked-into-saying-something-stupid-by-a-journalist/523344 "2010-01-04T22:12:42Z")
You always hear about journalists twisting around things in articles which is why many people only say, “No comment.” Plus, in the book Prep, one of the main character sort of gets lulled into a false sense of security,… --- ## [That means you can marry your dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-means-you-can-marry-your-dog/449512)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-means-you-can-marry-your-dog/449512 "2008-05-22T23:17:46Z")
Looking for factual answers only, please. California lifted the ban on gay marriage. At another board that is much more conservative than this one, posters have inevitably said that this opens the floodgates that will … --- ## [Bitcoins Drop 50% Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoins-drop-50-today/655350)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoins-drop-50-today/655350 "2013-11-19T16:28:44Z")
Easy come, easy go. --- ## [How different are Hinduism and Buddhism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-hinduism-and-buddhism/657111)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-hinduism-and-buddhism/657111 "2013-05-03T04:08:51Z")
In this thread, Half Man Half Wit made the following statement To which I responded - To which he responded - Now I don’t know a lot about Hinduism or Buddhism, but I do know something, having lived most my life in… --- ## [Movies/Shows you watched in school.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-watched-in-school/740046)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-watched-in-school/740046 "2015-12-16T06:44:54Z")
So, what movies or TV shows (in any format) did you watch in school? School being anything from elementary all the way to college. These are what I can remember, so probably missing some. The one’s I can’t remember the t… --- ## [Woo-hoo! A celebrity death we can all feel good about!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-a-celebrity-death-we-can-all-feel-good-about/120576)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-a-celebrity-death-we-can-all-feel-good-about/120576 "2002-08-05T01:07:38Z")
And I don’t want to hear any of this “all lives are precious” crapola— HILLSBORO, W.Va. (AP) – White supremacist William Pierce came to this isolated town nearly 20 years ago for the cheap land and its live-and-let-live… --- ## [HIPAA Suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-suggestion/642391)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-suggestion/642391 "2017-01-31T22:04:30Z")
I was just being silly yesterday and had a thought that won’t leave my mind. When doctors prescribe marijuana for medicinal use, they should be able to refuse to share their patients’ names when the Feds raid by citing… --- ## [What to do with the body of a dead pet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-the-body-of-a-dead-pet/677436)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-the-body-of-a-dead-pet/677436 "2014-01-02T14:42:48Z")
Do not need an answer fast! But I was just thinking about it last night: If a large dog dies, and you live in an average home without a lot of land,do you just bury it in the backyard? Isn’t there an issue with it smel… --- ## [The clothes you're wearing right now -- do you remember where it all came from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clothes-youre-wearing-right-now-do-you-remember-where-it-all-came-from/593265)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clothes-youre-wearing-right-now-do-you-remember-where-it-all-came-from/593265 "2011-08-25T01:18:24Z")
Idle question. If you look down at what you’re wearing right now, can you remember at least approximately where and when you obtained each item? Most days I can’t remember half of it. Today, though, the only thing I’m m… --- ## [Were military ranks/titles ever hereditary in England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-military-ranks-titles-ever-hereditary-in-england/665311)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-military-ranks-titles-ever-hereditary-in-england/665311 "2013-08-10T01:32:28Z")
Hi, Were military ranks/titles ever hereditary in England/within the British Empire(incl. colonial America). If so when did the tradition end. I seem to remember reading or hearing about but couldn’t find any supporting… --- ## [Large text on SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-text-on-sdmb/563294)
**Author:** [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-text-on-sdmb/563294 "2010-12-16T02:40:34Z")
Last night I was surfing the Dope with my dog leaning up against me. She put her head on my keyboard and now everything is in large type for the visually impaired. It’s just on the SDMB, other websites are normally sized… --- ## [Alan Keyes is Suing Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-keyes-is-suing-obama/473513)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-keyes-is-suing-obama/473513 "2008-12-10T18:04:38Z")
Doesn’t seem to think Obama’s a citizen. Good luck with that, guys. Even if Obama produces the original birth certificate, they’ll no doubt claim its a forgery and demand that it be subjected to forensic tests. Then … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1382&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1384&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)