# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1418&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:** 1419 --- ## [Clueless Scared People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-scared-people/581152)
**Author:** [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-scared-people/581152 "2011-05-09T17:55:17Z")
And double dumbass on you!! An internet acquaintance w/ 3 younger children was recently menaced in their duplex, late at night, by the drunken SO of a good friend. Police were called, situation’s been dealt w/, etc but… --- ## [Can I solder stainless steel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-solder-stainless-steel/544490)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-solder-stainless-steel/544490 "2010-06-26T11:45:02Z")
At work we have a pre-rinse sprayer similar to this one. If you look at that picture, you’ll see the stainless steel area in between the handle and the end of the unit where the water comes out. Right in that area ours… --- ## [Quotable Conversation - A Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-conversation-a-game/124300)
**Author:** [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-conversation-a-game/124300 "2002-12-07T05:37:42Z")
Okay, here are the rules: Enter one of your favorite quotes (from a book, movie, song, TV show, conversation with a friend, your diary, or wherever) as the next as the next bit of a conversation, just make sure it someho… --- ## [NFL Week 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/796954 "2017-09-28T21:10:55Z")
Forgot to make the thread until after the Thursday games. Thursday Rams 41 @ 49ers 39 Sunday 9:30am (London) Ravens @ Jags +4, 39 Sunday early Broncos @ Bills +3, 40.5 Saints @ Panthers -6, 48 Steelers @ Bears +7… --- ## [Songs about the Oldest Profession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-the-oldest-profession/657312)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-the-oldest-profession/657312 "2013-05-06T22:42:16Z")
I’ve been listening to Broadway a lot on my SiriusXM, and started noting there are quite a few songs about prostitutes. Some include: The triumphant “My Body” from The Life The dark and depressing “Lovely Ladies” from… --- ## [Foreign language song that moves you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-song-that-moves-you/778974)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-song-that-moves-you/778974 "2017-02-15T03:35:22Z")
… Even if you don’t understand the words. I’m American - I don’t speak or understand french - but this song really resonates with me: --- ## [Do you call it "Autumn" or "Fall" (and what's it called in non-English languages?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-it-autumn-or-fall-and-whats-it-called-in-non-english-languages/549963)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-it-autumn-or-fall-and-whats-it-called-in-non-english-languages/549963 "2010-08-14T14:29:05Z")
What do you call the season that’s coming up–Autumn or Fall? Why does it have two names anyway? Can’t it just be autumn, so the names of all the seasons have six letter? And do non-English speaking countries have this d… --- ## [home made popcorn - how to flavour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-popcorn-how-to-flavour/475051)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-popcorn-how-to-flavour/475051 "2008-12-03T02:33:58Z")
So yesterday I discovered the fun of home popped popcorn. Now I just need to knpw how to add a flavour - say toffee or whatever. Any tips? --- ## [McRibs are back at McDonald's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419 "2014-11-12T03:03:14Z")
I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but McRibs are back at McDonald’s for a limited time. $1.00 apiece with any value meal. I know the sandwiches have both their fans and their detractors. Me, I’m into comfort food, so … --- ## ["Big Little Lies" on HBO; starts Sunday, 2/19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-little-lies-on-hbo-starts-sunday-2-19/780193)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-little-lies-on-hbo-starts-sunday-2-19/780193 "2019-12-24T18:34:49Z")
For those of you who enjoyed The Night Of, there is another mini-series type show starting on HBO this Sunday: Big Little Lies. It’s just 7 episodes, has some serious star power, and is getting some good reviews. It a… --- ## [Eliminating Capital Gains taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eliminating-capital-gains-taxes/745581)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eliminating-capital-gains-taxes/745581 "2016-02-14T04:16:01Z")
I curious to know how eliminating Capital Gains taxes would hurt or help the economy? Would it not help repatriate all of the Billions overseas? --- ## [Disputing Enterprise – Rent-A-Car claim, harassment even after my insurance company paid them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputing-enterprise-rent-a-car-claim-harassment-even-after-my-insurance-company-paid-them/722063)
**Author:** [@EWHSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EWHSB)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputing-enterprise-rent-a-car-claim-harassment-even-after-my-insurance-company-paid-them/722063 "2015-06-11T16:18:47Z")
I continue to have problems with Enterprise: Rent-a-car on a claim they sent to me which I disputed even after my insurance company settled it. Here is what happened - I rented a car from Enterprise Rent-a-car at Newark… --- ## [Who are the five worst singers of pop music in the second half of the 20th century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-five-worst-singers-of-pop-music-in-the-second-half-of-the-20th-century/776037)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-five-worst-singers-of-pop-music-in-the-second-half-of-the-20th-century/776037 "2017-01-04T09:09:16Z")
I was listening t a little Leon Russell. Great writer and musician producer. But the voice is truly painful. This is not to pile on anyone. Everyone has his own special gift. To me Neil Young and Bob Dylan are two of … --- ## [New fourteen-year-old member saying hello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fourteen-year-old-member-saying-hello/618849)
**Author:** [@SuperSmartAlex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperSmartAlex)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fourteen-year-old-member-saying-hello/618849 "2012-04-17T04:42:21Z")
Hello everyone! I heard about the Straight Dope through my mother “Blue Mood”. It sounded intriguing, so I decided to join. My intuition was right - I have already read several really interesting threads. I am a fourtee… --- ## [How do you get banned? Just cuirous...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-banned-just-cuirous/215520)
**Author:** [@wonder9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder9)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-banned-just-cuirous/215520 "2003-12-01T16:49:52Z")
I’be been reading the SDMB for a while. not intensely but regularly. I don’t read or post anywhere else so I am a serious newbie to board etiqutte. I’ve just read the discussions about Handy being banned. I’ve seen the “… --- ## [What are your rights when your car gets blocked in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-rights-when-your-car-gets-blocked-in/466449)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-rights-when-your-car-gets-blocked-in/466449 "2008-10-12T22:37:07Z")
In a follow up to this thread This has happend to me twice. I’ve parked my car where I’m directed to at a special event, and then later in the day, some lazy idiot blocks me in. Would it be legal to move a vehicle tha… --- ## [OpalCat's son, his life laid bare, and privacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opalcats-son-his-life-laid-bare-and-privacy/653510)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opalcats-son-his-life-laid-bare-and-privacy/653510 "2013-03-26T01:33:31Z")
In the not-too-distant future, traces of OpalCat’s online existence will disappear into the ether. The Fathom forum is already crawling under the weight of a thousand spammers, and will probably disappear along with her… --- ## [How much has to be missing from paper money before it useless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-to-be-missing-from-paper-money-before-it-useless/62706)
**Author:** [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-to-be-missing-from-paper-money-before-it-useless/62706 "2001-04-22T21:09:31Z")
Well, I am sitting here in my office counting some cash. One of the $20 bills I have is missing about 1/8 of the bill. On the back side (its Canadian) the first 3 digits (letters) of the serial number are gone. I think i… --- ## [Gladwell: America is soccer (weak link), not basketball (strong link)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladwell-america-is-soccer-weak-link-not-basketball-strong-link/763147)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladwell-america-is-soccer-weak-link-not-basketball-strong-link/763147 "2016-08-22T23:20:27Z")
A recent episode of Malcolm Gladwell’s excellent podcast, Revisionist History, put forth an interesting argument about societal progress. The background was a discussion of why it’s a waste of money to donate to school… --- ## [Mangled pronunciation of cities and other things near you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangled-pronunciation-of-cities-and-other-things-near-you/107008)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangled-pronunciation-of-cities-and-other-things-near-you/107008 "2012-06-01T03:42:29Z")
This comes mainly from the days when my brother worked as a telephone directory assistant and quite a few of the callers couldn’t get the pronunciation right on the names of some California cities. For example: They’d … --- ## [Five Milton Academy Students Sacked For "Sex" With 15-Year Old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-milton-academy-students-sacked-for-sex-with-15-year-old/291864)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-milton-academy-students-sacked-for-sex-with-15-year-old/291864 "2005-03-05T04:21:01Z")
Five students (memebers of the varsity hockey team at the prestigious Milton (MA) Academy, were expelled, following revelations that they had receieved oral sex from a 15 year old female student. The girl was not expelle… --- ## [Best wood for carving.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-wood-for-carving/536949)
**Author:** [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-wood-for-carving/536949 "2010-04-23T18:38:23Z")
I am wondering what is considered the best all around wood for carving? Some people say basswood is and others praise different types. Also, does the redwood tree make for good carving. Also, what exotic type wood is… --- ## [How many songs had made to top 40 at least twice, in versions by male and female performer(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087 "2014-05-27T14:04:26Z")
I had trouble wording the title, but the question was posed by thinking about how “You Keep Me Hanging On” charted first by the (female) Supremes and later by the (male) Vanilla Fudge. Any other songs appear on the char… --- ## [Most major and minor sports are ultimately very damaging to us, and useless.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-major-and-minor-sports-are-ultimately-very-damaging-to-us-and-useless/382820)
**Author:** [@Nothing\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nothing_Special)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-major-and-minor-sports-are-ultimately-very-damaging-to-us-and-useless/382820 "2006-12-06T16:42:16Z")
I put forth that most of what we consider our major and minor sports are ultimately very damaging to the human organism. So, why do we do them? Baseball, football, basketball, and hockey are all taken for granted as a r… --- ## [Abercrombie & Fitch Girls t-shirt: "Who Needs Brains When You Have These?" (Breasts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abercrombie-fitch-girls-t-shirt-who-needs-brains-when-you-have-these-breasts/329519)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abercrombie-fitch-girls-t-shirt-who-needs-brains-when-you-have-these-breasts/329519 "2005-11-06T12:17:44Z")
Abercrombie & Fitch is at it again, this time releasing t-shirt for girls/young women with the following words emblazoned across the chest/breast are: “Who Need Brains When You Have These?” Womens groups are outraged, … --- ## [Can my employer hire anybody other than cackling hens with HUGE ASSES?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-employer-hire-anybody-other-than-cackling-hens-with-huge-asses/235301)
**Author:** [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-employer-hire-anybody-other-than-cackling-hens-with-huge-asses/235301 "2004-03-29T15:27:35Z")
Every talks about this obesity epidemic, and holy shit are they right! I work in an office that is 80% women, the overwhelming majority of which have the hugest asses known to man. I have to site here and listen to the… --- ## [Songs that could plausibly have been released in completely different decades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-plausibly-have-been-released-in-completely-different-decades/783646)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-plausibly-have-been-released-in-completely-different-decades/783646 "2017-04-17T03:09:19Z")
So, Al Stewart’s The Year of the Cat was on the radio yesterday and, as always, I was taken aback by the fact that it was released in 1976. For some reason, I associate it with the late 80s. And it wouldn’t have been out… --- ## [Results of my genetic ancestry test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-my-genetic-ancestry-test/672859 "2013-12-24T14:38:33Z")
Genealogy has been a favorite hobby of mine for about 18 years now, and in the past year or two that has expanded into an interest in deep genetic ancestry. (Here we’re talking time scales of thousands of years and larg… --- ## [What's the most depicted building in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-depicted-building-in-america/418103)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-depicted-building-in-america/418103 "2007-09-14T12:55:15Z")
Although this is in CS, it’s really a GQ. What is the most photographed building in the US? What is the most drawn, sketched, or etched? What building finds itself the most depicted in paintings? What is the most dep… --- ## [NHL: November 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2011/601553)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2011/601553 "2011-12-04T15:49:30Z")
Here’s the November thread to discuss the NHL. Phil Kessel Kari Lehtonon, and Nikolai Khabibulin as the top 3 players for October? Yeah, I saw that coming. I’m also finding the Sean Avery news to be quite interesting. … --- ## [Mark 16:9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-16-9/634060)
**Author:** [@rstrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rstrats)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-16-9/634060 "2012-10-24T16:51:41Z")
A poster on another board, the topic of which was questioning the authenticity of the last 12 verses in the book of Mark, wrote that it doesn’t really matter because there is no doctrinal teaching in Mark 16:9-20 that ca… --- ## [Is "right to work" the opposite of "right to organize"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-right-to-work-the-opposite-of-right-to-organize/610918)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-right-to-work-the-opposite-of-right-to-organize/610918 "2012-01-30T00:32:47Z")
I heard Jesse Jackson make this point once. I also recently went to a UU church service where the preacher was inveighing against proposed right to work legislation in other states. This sentence in the Chicago Tribune… --- ## [Should I lay him off so he can game the system, or should I fire him off because I am offended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-lay-him-off-so-he-can-game-the-system-or-should-i-fire-him-off-because-i-am-offended/850852)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-lay-him-off-so-he-can-game-the-system-or-should-i-fire-him-off-because-i-am-offended/850852 "2020-04-19T20:37:45Z")
I have 2 part time employees. They both get 20 hours at 10 per week. I sent them home with pay a couple of weeks ago. Today, one of them texted me asking to be laid off so he could get unemployment and and extra 600 per … --- ## [Can we afford not to dismantle Israel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-afford-not-to-dismantle-israel/51738)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Bunnyhurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brian_Bunnyhurt)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-afford-not-to-dismantle-israel/51738 "2001-01-28T04:34:04Z")
As many of you know, the modern state of Israel was slowly re-established in the last century after the fall of the Ottoman Empire with the help of Western colonizers for whatever religious sentiments they may have had a… --- ## [Colorado Politician Calls Mexican Immigrants "Illiterate Peasants"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-politician-calls-mexican-immigrants-illiterate-peasants/446349)
**Author:** [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-politician-calls-mexican-immigrants-illiterate-peasants/446349 "2008-04-26T05:18:19Z")
Anyone want to guess what political party he belongs to? a) Republican b) Republican c) Republican d) all of the above Click the link and find out! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap\_on\_re\_us/lawmaker\_kicks\_pho… --- ## [New Joker movie (Joaquin Phoenix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-joker-movie-joaquin-phoenix/831984)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-joker-movie-joaquin-phoenix/831984 "2023-07-21T14:08:27Z")
The trailer is out for the Joaquin Phoenix Joker. Interesting if nothing else. --- ## [How to move headrests further back in new cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-headrests-further-back-in-new-cars/410216)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-headrests-further-back-in-new-cars/410216 "2016-06-01T15:59:31Z")
We just bought new cars, a Scion and a Jeep, and the headrests are too far forward, especially on the Jeep. I always ride with my head against the headrest, but now I can’t put my back against the upper half of the seat … --- ## [How come no one on Grey's Anatomy can say anesthesia??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-no-one-on-greys-anatomy-can-say-anesthesia/585083)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-no-one-on-greys-anatomy-can-say-anesthesia/585083 "2011-06-14T21:59:48Z")
I can’t get over it. I’m watching it on Hulu - only on Season 3 so no spoilers please. It’s a medical show. They have to say all manner of tricky multisyllabic scientificky words. And the doctors can’t freaking pronou… --- ## [Why do we say 18th century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-say-18th-century/728552)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-say-18th-century/728552 "2015-08-27T05:05:43Z")
Instead of 1700s? I guess it’s just a traditional thing to say? (Some people will say 1700s but it’s not very common) Does this also happen in languages such as Chinese, Japanese, etc.? --- ## [Name of the painting in the bedroom onthe TV series Roseanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389)
**Author:** [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389 "2024-08-12T11:51:46Z")
Does anyone recognize the painting hanging over Dan and Roseanne’s bed? My grandparents had the exact same painting, and it’s always made me curious. The painting is of a city street (I’ve always imagined it as London… --- ## [Time to Pit the Political Media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-the-political-media/760611)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-the-political-media/760611 "2016-07-29T00:00:07Z")
I pit both the political media from the left and the right. Here’s why: The right-leaning: let Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity peddle Birther CTs against Obama (even for my issues with him), spread lies about the Clintons from… --- ## [Why doesn't the U.S. Government seize the oil companies under eminent domain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-u-s-government-seize-the-oil-companies-under-eminent-domain/452050)
**Author:** [@28Lundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/28Lundy)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-u-s-government-seize-the-oil-companies-under-eminent-domain/452050 "2008-06-14T01:32:43Z")
With the abuses of overcharging outrageous and apparantly unending costs for gas, coupled with the apparant inability to regulate said gas prices or even to limit the price gouging, couldn’t the government seize the oil … --- ## [Gun lobby's lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lobbys-lies/742550)
**Author:** [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lobbys-lies/742550 "2016-01-16T04:48:01Z")
President Obama wrote the following in a New York Times column, published on Thursday: “All of us need to demand leaders brave enough to stand up to the gun lobby’s lies.” I am curious if the contributors to this boa… --- ## [What little things do you do that you think are just pure genious..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-little-things-do-you-do-that-you-think-are-just-pure-genious/423182)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-little-things-do-you-do-that-you-think-are-just-pure-genious/423182 "2007-10-23T21:13:07Z")
But everyone else thinks is odd? Something I do is with my sun visiors in my car. I do not fold them up to where the front tip touches my roof of my car. I fold them fully forward to where the front tip touches my windsh… --- ## [I Pit You All! You've Spoiled Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-all-youve-spoiled-me/682332)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-all-youve-spoiled-me/682332 "2014-03-19T04:24:13Z")
That’s right – I pit all of you rational, fair-minded, logic-using members of the SDMB. The SDMB was the first message board that I ever belonged to. As such, I got used to the idea of arguing and debating with logic, … --- ## [Hillary to raise 2.5 billion dollars.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-to-raise-2-5-billion-dollars/717962)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-to-raise-2-5-billion-dollars/717962 "2015-04-20T17:51:19Z")
Nestled in this New York Times article about the launch of Hillary’s campaign is this nugget of information: “Mrs. Clinton’s supporters and outside super PACs \[are\] looking to raise as much as $2.5 billion”. Hmmm, sound… --- ## [cost of 1 watt per hour per year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-1-watt-per-hour-per-year/453727)
**Author:** [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-1-watt-per-hour-per-year/453727 "2008-06-22T14:03:20Z")
What is the average residential purchase price for one watt per hour for a whole year? Leaving out all other items on the bill. Thinking about going from a 6 watt night light bulb with few lumens to a whopping CF 40 w/o… --- ## [Tell us about scenes you love from movies you hate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-scenes-you-love-from-movies-you-hate/598566 "2011-10-06T15:43:59Z")
I honestly can’t think of a clearer way to describe the thread topic than the title line. I’ll start with Return of the King.\* Can’t stand the vast majority of the film, and when it’s playing on TNT or whatnot I just sn… --- ## [A fag by any other name...well is just a fag...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fag-by-any-other-name-well-is-just-a-fag/161267)
**Author:** [@Bindrah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindrah)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fag-by-any-other-name-well-is-just-a-fag/161267 "2003-03-15T06:50:20Z")
I was in imho and a discussion about the word fag came up. Actually I used faggoty fairy to describe what I am not. It offended a few and I tried to argue that I’m bi, i feel like I’m allowed to say that about myself. I… --- ## [Do I Have Depression? What Can I Do About It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-depression-what-can-i-do-about-it/594020)
**Author:** [@BuickGNX1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuickGNX1987)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-depression-what-can-i-do-about-it/594020 "2011-09-23T15:16:44Z")
I suspect that it is bad form to be starting another thread like this, but here it goes anyway. From reading older threads on this board, plus some other research, I think I might be depressed. I don’t really get sad or… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1417&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1419&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)