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**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartbroken-because-of-a-brothers-lies/591420 "2011-08-07T03:31:36Z")
Tonight as I was driving home from visiting a Masonic lodge in another town, I was told the most dishonest, ridiculous story by the guy who I went with. This is a guy who I call my brother, a guy who participated in my i… --- ## [American Idol Feb. 22](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-feb-22/613646)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-feb-22/613646 "2012-03-09T20:34:12Z")
It’s a two-hour show tonight and maybe one hour tomorrow–I haven’t checked. This is when they pick the top 24. --- ## [Which Founding Father are you most like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538 "2011-09-24T02:04:26Z")
Me: Madison. I’ll take it. You? --- ## [Greek mythology: What did "believers" use to call themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-what-did-believers-use-to-call-themselves/335695)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-what-did-believers-use-to-call-themselves/335695 "2005-12-18T00:37:00Z")
Hope that’s clear enough. What I mean is: Today people who believe in God call themselves Christians. (and other names too. I know) What did followers of Zeus, Apollo etc… call themselves back in the day? --- ## [WTF happened with my co-worker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-happened-with-my-co-worker/757153)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-happened-with-my-co-worker/757153 "2016-07-29T23:22:35Z")
Back in March I posted a thread about how wrong it is that males still have to prop up/support etc women in our workplace and how we should be long past this: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=787520 … --- ## [My pool is filled with half naked nubile babes and I'm annoyed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pool-is-filled-with-half-naked-nubile-babes-and-im-annoyed/184440)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pool-is-filled-with-half-naked-nubile-babes-and-im-annoyed/184440 "2003-07-02T20:16:25Z")
My wife’s sister is back in town. She used to be a big swimmer, and she has these shoulders and anyway, she looks exactly like that liquor ad where the blonde bombshell weilding a broadsword is riding the polar bear. S… --- ## [Should I (or can I) fight this fine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-or-can-i-fight-this-fine/656248)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-or-can-i-fight-this-fine/656248 "2014-07-07T21:37:51Z")
We’ve lived in the city for about 6 years now. Our house came with an ADT alarm system installed by the previous owners, but we didn’t activate it until about a year or two later. Luckily, we’ve not had any situations wh… --- ## [How can the Universe be bigger then its age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-the-universe-be-bigger-then-its-age/435382)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-the-universe-be-bigger-then-its-age/435382 "2013-06-07T13:19:09Z")
Lightyear wise. i dont get it. And for a harder bonus question: How are the laws of physics put into place? I can understand how a match burns, its flammable. but when i drop a marble it falls. Why? Do the “strings” in … --- ## [US states and their image / stereotypes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-states-and-their-image-stereotypes/725681)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-states-and-their-image-stereotypes/725681 "2015-07-23T22:01:11Z")
I’m from Europe and trying to get a cursory knowledge about the US states. I can place most of them on a map, but I have problems with some of them. For some states I know more. Like Minnesota: Cold, settled by Scand… --- ## [Pacifists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacifists/472867)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacifists/472867 "2008-11-18T22:26:33Z")
From here Was going to hash this out in GD but I got too angry and decided that the intellectual laziness and resulting smarmy self-righteousness of some of the posts were not worthy of rational address nearly as much a… --- ## [Yes Co President Cheney. Profanity befits you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098 "2004-06-29T15:23:06Z")
Why should we expect better of you? http://cnn.allpolitics.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-+Cheney+curses+senator+over+Halliburton+criticism+-+Jun+24%2C+2004&expire=-1&urlID=10825391&fb=Y&url… --- ## [Ethernet works, wireless doesn't - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethernet-works-wireless-doesnt-why/491076)
**Author:** [@Azile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azile)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethernet-works-wireless-doesnt-why/491076 "2009-03-30T20:49:33Z")
I’m housesitting for a relative for a few days, with comes with internet privileges, just BYO-laptop. Unfortunately, I am having a bitch of a time establishing a wireless connection to her D-Link DIR-625 router. I can… --- ## [Why are we ashamed of nudity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-ashamed-of-nudity/676395)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-ashamed-of-nudity/676395 "2013-12-16T19:21:14Z")
An interesting case got way too much attention from the media here in Brazil: A girl was celebrating on a soccer game and her shirt got pulled up a bit, showing half of her bra. All guys went crazy over the photos. The r… --- ## [Who is the best singer and songwriter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-best-singer-and-songwriter/678469)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-best-singer-and-songwriter/678469 "2014-06-16T01:56:17Z")
Some fantastic songwriters aren’t the best singers, and some fantastic singers do better with other people’s songs. Compare Bob Dylan singing anything, or Bruce Springsteen singing “Jersey Girl.” Who is the best at both… --- ## [Buffy: Is James Marsters/Spike's accent convincing to Brits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-is-james-marsters-spikes-accent-convincing-to-brits/169421)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-is-james-marsters-spikes-accent-convincing-to-brits/169421 "2016-07-25T13:21:42Z")
It sounds OK to me, but what the hell do I know. --- ## [What's the most dramatic riches-to-rags story you've personally witnessed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-dramatic-riches-to-rags-story-youve-personally-witnessed/694130)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-dramatic-riches-to-rags-story-youve-personally-witnessed/694130 "2014-07-31T13:15:25Z")
This article about how the typical American household is poorer than it was 10 years ago has got me thinking. I don’t know anyone who is currently poor but was once well-to-do or rich. I also don’t know anyone who was o… --- ## [Multilane traffic circles - right of way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multilane-traffic-circles-right-of-way/417085)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multilane-traffic-circles-right-of-way/417085 "2012-09-06T19:47:33Z")
I like traffic circles for their efficiency and speed, but there’s one near here that I avoid because I don’t know how to drive in it. This circle has 5 roads radiating from it, meaning it’s a crossroads with one additi… --- ## [What Historical period would You Like To Live In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-period-would-you-like-to-live-in/90763)
**Author:** [@buddy1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddy1)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-period-would-you-like-to-live-in/90763 "2001-11-07T20:37:04Z")
This is a question that fascinates me…why a lot of people are not interested in their lives in the present time…when people are living better (on average) than at any time in history. Some people favor the Middle ages, o… --- ## [Is "chick" allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703 "2020-04-05T22:04:51Z")
I’m a chick. Can I say “chick”? I don’t say it to offend, so can I say it? --- ## [How much will it cost me to get you to abandon your real life forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-will-it-cost-me-to-get-you-to-abandon-your-real-life-forever/562020)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-will-it-cost-me-to-get-you-to-abandon-your-real-life-forever/562020 "2010-11-29T02:12:48Z")
\[demonic bureaucrat hat on\] For reasons that need not concern you scum, the LowerArchy is considering offering bribes to get people to abandon their current lives. You have to quit your job, leave your family, and move … --- ## [Manual signatures in thread - same "rule" as automated signature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851 "2013-02-26T02:39:21Z")
I can’t recall if it’s an Official Rule or not, but there’s at the very least a strongly worded suggestion in effect here that, if you have a Signature, you only post it once a page, or once a thread, so that it doesn’t … --- ## [What's wrong with the stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-stimulus/485466)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-stimulus/485466 "2009-02-15T17:02:59Z")
Okay, so I keep getting sucked into debating the stimulus in other threads, and I have not seen any straight-up yes-or-no threads on the subject. Here is what I see as the problems with the administration’s proposals. T… --- ## ["Consider the environment before printing this email" - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consider-the-environment-before-printing-this-email-why/562576)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consider-the-environment-before-printing-this-email-why/562576 "2010-12-03T23:01:13Z")
Several times in my recent career, I have received an email reminding me to consider the environment before printing that e-mail, and at least one co-worker’s signature also, in addition, stated that “Not every email nee… --- ## [How could my coworker hate me?! I'm so goddam LOVABLE!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-coworker-hate-me-im-so-goddam-lovable/380386)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-coworker-hate-me-im-so-goddam-lovable/380386 "2006-11-23T00:50:44Z")
I work with about a dozen people, and I manage to get along with all of them (one thing I learned, through bad example, from my father: make them think you like them, even if you don’t). Except The Powerful Katrinka. W… --- ## [Air in the pipes, white water and the aerator in my faucet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-in-the-pipes-white-water-and-the-aerator-in-my-faucet/536888)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-in-the-pipes-white-water-and-the-aerator-in-my-faucet/536888 "2010-04-26T15:28:44Z")
So water is coming out white from my faucet as it normally happens after service interruptions. No drama, it is just little air bubbles that go up and away in no time. The kids just love watching it. Got me thinking, th… --- ## [What Does Flashing One's Headlights Mean to You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-flashing-ones-headlights-mean-to-you/296764)
**Author:** [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-flashing-ones-headlights-mean-to-you/296764 "2005-04-03T16:47:38Z")
… that’s headlights, in the context of driving a car. Sorry, guys. I ask because I’ve heard it to mean all kinds of different things on the road, and want to know if it’s a regional thing. Like, this weekend, I was sl… --- ## [Libertarians Freak Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarians-freak-out/494670)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarians-freak-out/494670 "2009-05-03T23:41:59Z")
Apparently, Milton Friedman is now encouraging all good libertarians to go live on oil rig platforms so that they can be free of the democracy (yes, it’s democracy that’s the problem) that oppresses them. They don’t want… --- ## [What is the weirdest gift you've gotten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-gift-youve-gotten/549931)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-gift-youve-gotten/549931 "2010-08-20T23:43:17Z")
I think one of my wedding gifts takes the cake on this one. I got married this weekend and we had a great time with friends and family. Our gifts covered the whole spectrum, from crazy expensive on one end to no gift a… --- ## [Why no national chains of Indian or Chinese restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-national-chains-of-indian-or-chinese-restaurants/467849)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-national-chains-of-indian-or-chinese-restaurants/467849 "2008-10-16T22:57:04Z")
The one thing you can find in every single town in the UK (I don’t about other countries) is at least one - and usually many - Indian and Chinese restaurant/takeaways. Therefore they must be immensely popular. So, why h… --- ## [Opinions on Rolex watches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-rolex-watches/804538)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-rolex-watches/804538 "2020-05-01T00:25:50Z")
The other day, my wife said she stopped in a Rolex store at the mall. She tried on a watch, and was surprised at how much she liked it. I don’t know the model or anything, but the pricetag was around $6200. She doesn’… --- ## [Carfax - What Gives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carfax-what-gives/493577)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carfax-what-gives/493577 "2009-04-23T01:24:27Z")
Just got done seeing a commercial for Carfax that says many reputable car dealers around the country will provide free Carfax reports on their vehicles. OK, I can see the business sense of this for used car dealers. It g… --- ## [Destruction of habitat is today's biggest problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destruction-of-habitat-is-todays-biggest-problem/530880)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destruction-of-habitat-is-todays-biggest-problem/530880 "2010-05-06T12:02:49Z")
Destruction of habitat is the most pressing problem of today. This fact is so well known that I will offer the briefest of summaries. In the last 150 years, over 2 billion acres of forest have been destroyed by man, an… --- ## [Chronic burping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronic-burping/501550)
**Author:** [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronic-burping/501550 "2016-08-31T18:53:13Z")
I’ve been having this problem for what seems like a year now and it’s very annoying. It was quite sudden too (at first I didn’t care much, thinking it would go away). I have no idea what could cause this. It seems to get… --- ## [Is Obamacare likely to help or hurt the local shortage of specialists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamacare-likely-to-help-or-hurt-the-local-shortage-of-specialists/659039)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamacare-likely-to-help-or-hurt-the-local-shortage-of-specialists/659039 "2013-06-05T10:18:55Z")
First off, to address the title: I call it that to give the man credit for making what I consider an improvement to the system. Doesn’t go near far enough IMHO, but it is at least a start if not a great one. So I need… --- ## [Keyboard vs Guitar Amps. What the Diff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-vs-guitar-amps-what-the-diff/643571)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-vs-guitar-amps-what-the-diff/643571 "2012-12-10T21:51:03Z")
AIUI, you can’t plug a keyboard into a guitar amp (or vice versa) and expect to get decent (if any) sound. What matters, and couldn’t I just plug either into my (old) stereo receiver’s “Line In”, flip the switch to “AUX… --- ## [Holmes' Apartment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holmes-apartment/629098)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holmes-apartment/629098 "2012-07-25T07:18:32Z")
How did the police find the traps in his apartment? Wouldn’t the first thing be opening the front door … and boom? --- ## [NSA Eavesdropping Program Ruled Unconstitutional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-eavesdropping-program-ruled-unconstitutional/369120)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-eavesdropping-program-ruled-unconstitutional/369120 "2006-08-25T15:48:11Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/17/domesticspying.lawsuit.ap/index.html Now what’re the chances this will stick? --- ## [Movie chain-link game Redux!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-chain-link-game-redux/99310)
**Author:** [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-chain-link-game-redux/99310 "2002-03-24T18:45:13Z")
Ok, this is a continuation of the movie chain link game started by RaCha’ar (we do love you so). Here is a link to the original thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104437&perpage=50&pa… --- ## [Cecil: The slaughtered lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-the-slaughtered-lion/726532)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-the-slaughtered-lion/726532 "2015-08-04T13:59:49Z")
I haven’t seen a thread on this, but I may have missed it. The whole world seems to be up in arms against this Minnesota dentist who killed a collared lion. I’m not going not provide a link because practically every n… --- ## [Difference Between "Your Honor" and "Your Worship" in Australia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-your-honor-and-your-worship-in-australia/514789)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-your-honor-and-your-worship-in-australia/514789 "2009-10-23T14:39:02Z")
I watch the old Australian soap opera Prisoner (called \*Prisoner: Cell Block H \*elsewhere), and I noticed that when they have one of the prisoners go before the court sometimes they address the judge as “your honor,” and… --- ## [Okay, I've seen the extreme right wing websites... Where do I find the other side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ive-seen-the-extreme-right-wing-websites-where-do-i-find-the-other-side/197467)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ive-seen-the-extreme-right-wing-websites-where-do-i-find-the-other-side/197467 "2003-08-27T03:46:19Z")
Apologies if this is in the wrong place. I had NO idea where to put this. It occurred to me a while back, when I, out of morbid curiosity, was reading the Free Republic forums and 'blogs with reader comments like “As l… --- ## [Self Delusions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-delusions/537919)
**Author:** [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-delusions/537919 "2010-05-07T15:08:46Z")
So my girlfriend had two of her friends over last night, let’s call them Ann and Becca. Turns out Ann and Becca have both recently begun dating men in their early 30s (we are all in our early 20s). My girlfriend says tha… --- ## [Underage drinking, restaurants, and YOU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underage-drinking-restaurants-and-you/297021)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underage-drinking-restaurants-and-you/297021 "2005-04-04T19:27:16Z")
If I am in a restaurant, I know that I can not legally order alcohol. Is it still illegal for me to drink it, as in if someone else orders it for me? If it matters, the states in question are TX and AR. --- ## [Is interracial dating / marriage good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-interracial-dating-marriage-good-or-bad/143284)
**Author:** [@0rbytal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/0rbytal)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-interracial-dating-marriage-good-or-bad/143284 "2003-01-01T02:24:59Z")
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A RACIAL / PREJUDICE THREAD! I remember being told by someone I do not want to start a racial riot on the SDMB, I just want feedback from both sides as to why to or not to date / marry a person of a … --- ## [What's Going on with \[Aspiring\] Teachers Failing their Certification Tests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-aspiring-teachers-failing-their-certification-tests/947238)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-aspiring-teachers-failing-their-certification-tests/947238 "2021-08-11T16:53:36Z")
This is a very interesting report: The report goes on to say that large percentages of education graduates are failing basic certification tests. The parts of the test they do worst on are the domain knowledge tes… --- ## [Social Security taxes will probably return to previous rates. Was the cut a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-taxes-will-probably-return-to-previous-rates-was-the-cut-a-good-idea/639460)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-taxes-will-probably-return-to-previous-rates-was-the-cut-a-good-idea/639460 "2012-11-14T20:53:28Z")
In 2010, President Obama requested and Congress approved of cutting Social Security taxes from 6.2% to 4.2%. Unless something surprising happens, the rate will return to 6.2% in January of 2013. Was the tax cut a wise … --- ## [Intelligence of whales and dolphins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-of-whales-and-dolphins/613993)
**Author:** [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-of-whales-and-dolphins/613993 "2012-03-03T01:09:50Z")
The Nature series on PBS had an amazing doc the other night on whales and dolphins and their strategies for catching fish. These aren’t the result of instincts that every individual is born with, but separate strategies … --- ## [Why should I respect the Bible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-respect-the-bible/72138)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-respect-the-bible/72138 "2001-07-23T19:27:43Z")
Some background: A friend of mine earlier said a Japanese psychic would be stoned because the Bible said so. I disagreed, saying the Japanese wouldn’t care about what an old Hebrew book said. His reply: One part of your… --- ## [What is the state of QR codes in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-state-of-qr-codes-in-the-us/669446)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-state-of-qr-codes-in-the-us/669446 "2013-09-27T15:23:43Z")
Are quick response codes.“over” with in the US? Did they ever “take off”? --- ## [Mother draws swastika on daughter. Kids taken from her.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-draws-swastika-on-daughter-kids-taken-from-her/456124)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-draws-swastika-on-daughter-kids-taken-from-her/456124 "2008-07-16T16:13:21Z")
I wasn’t sure whether I should put this in Great Debates or in the Pit. I feel quite strongly that was done here was wrong and I could easily have come up with an epithet filled diatribe against the Child and Family Serv… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1395&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1397&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)