# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=150&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:** 151 --- ## [The Nanny state increases: CA town bans smoking in all non detached private residences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanny-state-increases-ca-town-bans-smoking-in-all-non-detached-private-residences/638610)
**Author:** [@stevenova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stevenova)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nanny-state-increases-ca-town-bans-smoking-in-all-non-detached-private-residences/638610 "2012-11-01T03:49:08Z")
Same people who cry about privacy rights, right to privacy, keep your laws off my body have no problem banning legal activities from the private home. They also hope this will be a model for the rest of the nation. I… --- ## [Cosplay - I don't get it. Can someone please explain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosplay-i-dont-get-it-can-someone-please-explain/538002)
**Author:** [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosplay-i-dont-get-it-can-someone-please-explain/538002 "2010-05-04T11:38:38Z")
I have heard of cosplay, of course. Yesterday, I saw a bunch of girls in the city square hanging around dressed as Lolitas (I gather in the cosplay universe this does not have the same connotation as it does in the porn… --- ## [How do Australians wash dishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-australians-wash-dishes/555963)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-australians-wash-dishes/555963 "2010-10-12T00:06:34Z")
Trying to confirm/refute something told to me: When Australians wash dishes, they don’t rinse off the dish soap, but immediately use a drying towel. Follow-up questions: If true, is it some sort of water-saving proc… --- ## [Russian Use of Nuclear Weapons and Response rgd Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-use-of-nuclear-weapons-and-response-rgd-ukraine/972339)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 466\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-use-of-nuclear-weapons-and-response-rgd-ukraine/972339 "2023-10-11T22:31:15Z")
Note to all - I’m putting this here as it’s inherently subjective (at this time) and not quite a fit for P&E. I also noted and thought about bumping “Imagine you are president and Putin nukes Kyiv” that @Hari\_Seldon sta… --- ## [Is criminal profiling basically cold reading? (with a special call out to Ianzin)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-criminal-profiling-basically-cold-reading-with-a-special-call-out-to-ianzin/573670)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-criminal-profiling-basically-cold-reading-with-a-special-call-out-to-ianzin/573670 "2011-03-14T22:10:06Z")
So I’ve been reading a book called What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures which is a compilations of articles by New Yorker writer, Malcolm Gladwell. One of the articles is a piece on criminal profiling in which he compa… --- ## [Tell Me a Joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-joke/601067)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-joke/601067 "2011-12-11T14:39:48Z")
I need some new jokes. Offensive, inoffensive, political, religious, sexual, whatever, I don’t care. Give me some! I’ll start: Why doesn’t Buddha use e-mail? Because he doesn’t want any attachments! --- ## [The most "bad ass" act you have witnessed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bad-ass-act-you-have-witnessed/522838)
**Author:** [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bad-ass-act-you-have-witnessed/522838 "2010-08-27T02:49:08Z")
I was thinking the other day how amazing it would be if there were some type of magical machine that could search through all of human history and show you the most remarkable acts that have occurred throughout the exist… --- ## [Kobal 2 should not be suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobal-2-should-not-be-suspended/722031)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobal-2-should-not-be-suspended/722031 "2015-06-13T23:37:52Z")
First, all you guys could drag up was two posts. No one has been suspended after this small an amount of warnings. Second, one of the warnings shouldn’t even have been a warning, as Richard Parker correctly points out. … --- ## ["Dances with Wolves"--why does the officer piss in his pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dances-with-wolves-why-does-the-officer-piss-in-his-pants/600063)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dances-with-wolves-why-does-the-officer-piss-in-his-pants/600063 "2013-10-30T18:22:05Z")
Dances with Wolves is one of my favorite movies because it has many realistic moments\*. But one part of the plot was just weird: when the Army officer orders Kevin Costner to travel to the abandoned army outpost, then p… --- ## [California's refusal to allow carry of firearms: Unconstitutional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/californias-refusal-to-allow-carry-of-firearms-unconstitutional/681278)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/californias-refusal-to-allow-carry-of-firearms-unconstitutional/681278 "2014-11-13T17:21:00Z")
As determined by the federal courts: ETA: The title of the thread should be “carry OF firearms.” Carry-on firearms on airplanes can, I think, safely be prohibited. --- ## [Why don't we just build more prisons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-just-build-more-prisons/535231)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-just-build-more-prisons/535231 "2010-04-17T15:59:46Z")
I know it sounds naive and simplistic, but it seems to me to be a good idea. The problems creating more prisons would address are significant, out of control, and (I would hope) a high priority to most thinking persons. … --- ## [US Open Tennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-tennis/508071)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 387\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-tennis/508071 "2009-09-23T06:22:41Z")
Yep, the US Open starts Monday. Woo Hoo. Federer and Safina are Number 1 seeds. Let the debate begin whether Safina or Serana should be the number 1 seed. Personally, I think Serena is the better player but I underst… --- ## [Roman dodecahedron - what do you think it was for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-dodecahedron-what-do-you-think-it-was-for/585945)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-dodecahedron-what-do-you-think-it-was-for/585945 "2026-06-08T09:12:53Z")
I think the dice theory is correct. Perhaps it was some kind of game. Or maybe it was used by a fortune teller or prophet to predict the future. --- ## [June, What's Bugging You Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241 "2018-06-29T22:45:36Z")
I’ll tell you straight up. My biggest pet peeve now is, well, let’s call them people, riding bicycles, scooters, and even motorcycles and those riders deciding it’s the “in thing” to pass a stopped bus at a freaking bus … --- ## [TV Binge Watch (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1879\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-3/1026759 "2026-11-04T01:47:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from TV Binge Watch (Part 2) - #10000 by knoodler. Previous discussions: TV Binge Watch (Part 1) TV Binge Watch (Part 2) --- ## [The Toronto G20 Summit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toronto-g20-summit/544580)
**Author:** [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toronto-g20-summit/544580 "2010-07-25T12:27:15Z")
I’m not sure how this has managed to avoid becoming a thread so far, but I couldn’t find one through a perusal of GD, the Pit, or a quick search, so I’m making one. This year’s G20 summit is taking place in the Metro To… --- ## [Creepy sexual harasser on a US government salary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-sexual-harasser-on-a-us-government-salary/492228)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-sexual-harasser-on-a-us-government-salary/492228 "2009-05-02T06:30:42Z")
I just started my new federal government job. This first week is taken up with training, everybody sitting at tables formed into a U. To my right at the adjacent table sat a young woman who is 24 years old but looks youn… --- ## [Phrases that sound "dirty" but aren't...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/671922)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/671922 "2014-11-30T00:50:00Z")
I first heard about this from a well-known David Letterman Top 10 list. Phrases like “Jumping the Turnstyle” or “Tethering the Blimp” which sound like they mean something sexual but actually don’t mean anything. So, I … --- ## [Catholic Church excommunicates raped 9 year old girl who had abortion ... but not her rapist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-excommunicates-raped-9-year-old-girl-who-had-abortion-but-not-her-rapist/714838)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-excommunicates-raped-9-year-old-girl-who-had-abortion-but-not-her-rapist/714838 "2015-03-21T23:34:19Z")
I guess Republicans aren’t the ONLY ones who have a problem with rape … Story here. Basically, a 9 year old girl in Brazil was raped by her stepfather and had an abortion. So the local Catholic honchos decided to excom… --- ## [My wife's company tried to screw its employees, so they torpedoed the company right back.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-company-tried-to-screw-its-employees-so-they-torpedoed-the-company-right-back/545765)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-company-tried-to-screw-its-employees-so-they-torpedoed-the-company-right-back/545765 "2010-10-10T21:44:34Z")
My wife’s company used to be a small mom-n-pop outfit with a great corporate culture, and employees that considered each other to be family. Great bunch of people, and the managers and VPs were no different. Over 30 or… --- ## [Getting a lawyer if you win the lottery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-lawyer-if-you-win-the-lottery/617186)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-lawyer-if-you-win-the-lottery/617186 "2012-06-30T02:37:02Z")
One of the first things people say to do if you win the lottery is get a lawyer. But, as silly as this question may sound, just what is it that a lawyer will do for you in this situation? I assume the state isn’t going … --- ## [All Information Should be Free](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-information-should-be-free/594969)
**Author:** [@MattProle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattProle)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-information-should-be-free/594969 "2011-09-20T20:15:23Z")
I wonder, would society suffer or flourish if the current patent / copyright laws were abolished? I imagine that this would be a very appealing idea for those of us on the internet. We live to consume information. Adver… --- ## [Purchasing power of a penny in 1870?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-power-of-a-penny-in-1870/284114)
**Author:** [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-power-of-a-penny-in-1870/284114 "2012-12-28T20:50:06Z")
I’m reading Little House on the Prairie to my daughter. Christmas of (approximately 1870), Laura and Mary each received a shiny penny in their stockings. My daughter wants to know, how much a penny was worth in those da… --- ## [I do find one foot of snow in less than 24 hours a tad excessive.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-find-one-foot-of-snow-in-less-than-24-hours-a-tad-excessive/646917 "2013-07-30T16:20:46Z")
especially since I’m the one who has to shovel us out. that is all. --- ## [Why do the world's Joe the Plumbers think tax cuts for the rich benefit them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-worlds-joe-the-plumbers-think-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-benefit-them/507334)
**Author:** [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-worlds-joe-the-plumbers-think-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-benefit-them/507334 "2009-09-01T16:49:58Z")
Are they all really planning to win the lottery and then be able to resent the top bracket? --- ## [Help with place name origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-place-name-origins/777376)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-place-name-origins/777376 "2018-05-27T06:48:44Z")
I’m compiling a list of all cities outside the US that have US places named after them. It’s a very ambitious project, but it’s one that the internet, especially Wikipedia, makes a lot easier. So far I have about 500 suc… --- ## [Actors who only acted dumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-only-acted-dumb/646799)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-only-acted-dumb/646799 "2013-01-26T21:44:43Z")
From some stuff I read recently, the guy who played Joey on “Friends” (Matt LeBlanc) as well as the guy who played Tony on “Taxi” (Tony Danza) are not really so dumb. But they did such a good job of playing bozos that I… --- ## [Ed, I think your efforts to improve the Dope have been a failure so far.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-i-think-your-efforts-to-improve-the-dope-have-been-a-failure-so-far/488210)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-i-think-your-efforts-to-improve-the-dope-have-been-a-failure-so-far/488210 "2009-03-15T06:07:32Z")
I want to post here so as not to be accused of backbiting or snarking. I love the Dope, I have put in a lot of time on the Dope. I am one of the most prolific posters as I get reminded of often. I have been accused of b… --- ## [Most Despised Celebrity Who Still Has A Career?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despised-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650097 "2013-02-24T20:40:00Z")
I can think of a few off the top of my head - celebrities despised by many, but still seem to get work and live the life of a celebrity. Granted, some of their money might be from before they became, uh, less-loved, but … --- ## [Do Actual Mormons follow their own rules? If not, what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-actual-mormons-follow-their-own-rules-if-not-what-happens/572229)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-actual-mormons-follow-their-own-rules-if-not-what-happens/572229 "2011-07-18T13:17:45Z")
Ok I was walking and some missionaries with name tags saw me and started a convo. They wanted to further talk to me about what they believe I saw some old threads on here and found out that members of that exclusive, c… --- ## [Am I being detained? Am I free to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-detained-am-i-free-to-go/667998)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-detained-am-i-free-to-go/667998 "2013-09-06T15:19:34Z")
If you are interested in knowing your rights, you may have run across one of the numerous online videos of people being questioned by the cops. Inevitably, the person asks the officer, “Am I being detained?” Sometimes, … --- ## [Do away with borders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-away-with-borders/698238)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-away-with-borders/698238 "2014-09-19T19:18:02Z")
Why not do away with borders in favour of anarchy zones ? Let the anarchists finally do away with states by letting them live in the space between states and act as intermediaries ? --- ## [children's cussing songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-cussing-songs/88115)
**Author:** [@wedgerat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgerat)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-cussing-songs/88115 "2014-06-26T10:50:06Z")
What songs do you remember singing when you were younger? I’m mostly interested in the ones you’d not sing in front of your teachers. I remember singing on top of Mt. Smokey( to the tune of "on Top of Old Smokey): “On… --- ## [Songs that lists things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-lists-things/681251 "2019-10-04T13:39:55Z")
What songs, at least to a fairly decent extent, list things, ie have enumeration? Some starting examples: We Didn’t Start the Fire, Billy Joel It’s the End of the World, REM Though it’s overall less pronounced in it,… --- ## [A Pit thread for Asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 464\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944 "2021-10-22T19:17:13Z")
When he isn’t being our own Dennis The Peasant, he’s spouting shit like this: Seriously, dude, where do you get off with shit like this? Go stick your head in a pig. --- ## [DO Toilets Flush in a Blackout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-toilets-flush-in-a-blackout/632921)
**Author:** [@Geronimo1067a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geronimo1067a)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-toilets-flush-in-a-blackout/632921 "2012-11-01T22:16:55Z")
I have a friend who insists that his toilets do not work in a blackout. He lives ina detached single family one story dwelling that gets water from the county. I do as well and mine flush fine even if power is out for… --- ## [Bring back the battleships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-battleships/716806)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-battleships/716806 "2015-04-13T21:07:26Z")
Ever since Billy Mitchell, a lot of people have claimed that battleships are obsolete–a sentiment that became common after WW2. I don’t believe it. I believe that battleships have a role to fill in modern force-project… --- ## [Did Ayn Rand idolize a serial killer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ayn-rand-idolize-a-serial-killer/578323)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ayn-rand-idolize-a-serial-killer/578323 "2011-04-17T21:58:21Z")
Someone linked me to this article today, and it makes for a horrifying read. In short, it’s about a sociopath from the early 20th century who, among other things, kidnapped a banker’s daughter, held her for ransom, murd… --- ## [Where is Wall-E? and Can you name all robots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-wall-e-and-can-you-name-all-robots/593567)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-wall-e-and-can-you-name-all-robots/593567 "2011-08-26T20:59:34Z")
Via Reddit, an impressive assembly of robots from movies and TV shows: You need to find Wall-E and one question: Was the Tin Man of OZ officially a Robot? --- ## [Hard Work vs. Privilege](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-work-vs-privilege/777322)
**Author:** [@HumbleThinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumbleThinker)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-work-vs-privilege/777322 "2017-01-23T20:59:03Z")
So I’m trying to be more socially and politically aware in the past year or two (more or less around the time I became an Officer of Elections), so I’m trying to better understand the concept of privilege. Filtering thro… --- ## [Does my cat really need a $500 teeth cleaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cat-really-need-a-500-teeth-cleaning/292051)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cat-really-need-a-500-teeth-cleaning/292051 "2005-03-05T18:29:33Z")
While at the vet to get my cat some shots and a check up, the vet mentioned that he had fairly significant buildup of plaque and gingivitis, and that heart problems and other ill effects could result in the long term. Sh… --- ## [I Heard My Father's 'Ghost' Yesterday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-my-fathers-ghost-yesterday/610586)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-my-fathers-ghost-yesterday/610586 "2012-02-01T00:38:36Z")
I was lying in bed yesterday. And since I had nothing to do that day, I didn’t realize how late it was getting. Then I heard coming from my father’s old bedroom a voice saying “Jamie?” (my family calls me “Jamie”). At fi… --- ## [The MMP is my unlikely friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-is-my-unlikely-friend/668949)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-is-my-unlikely-friend/668949 "2013-09-23T15:20:38Z")
Hey all! Happy New Week! I’ll start off the week by telling you about a few friends of mine. I’m currently in an adult-ed program at a local school. My classmate who sits next to me is so different from me, it’s like w… --- ## [Music groups with openly gay members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-groups-with-openly-gay-members/332899)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-groups-with-openly-gay-members/332899 "2005-11-29T02:26:24Z")
A friend and I were discussing this the other day. Why, I don’t know. The stipulation that she put on it was that it applied to males only. I’ve decided to open the forum up to include females. Solo artists count, to. … --- ## [I'm calling bullshit on wine story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-bullshit-on-wine-story/703675)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-calling-bullshit-on-wine-story/703675 "2015-05-18T11:35:54Z")
According to the article, Joe Lentini was dining at a restaurant in Atlantic City and ordered a bottle of wine which he thought cost $37.50. But then we he got the bill at the end of the meal, he saw he was being charged… --- ## [Do affairs usually end in regret and remorse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-affairs-usually-end-in-regret-and-remorse/555066)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-affairs-usually-end-in-regret-and-remorse/555066 "2010-09-28T12:31:11Z")
I read most of the relationship threads around here, and whenever someone has been cheated on by a loved one, it is inevitable that well-meaning folks will mention somewhere in their advice that the cheater is really goi… --- ## [In God We Trust (all others pay cash) - Second Circuit upholds phrase on money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-all-others-pay-cash-second-circuit-upholds-phrase-on-money/689557)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-all-others-pay-cash-second-circuit-upholds-phrase-on-money/689557 "2014-06-03T23:29:38Z")
Newdow et al v. Peterson et al, just out from the folks on the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals: Yup. Entirely consistent with prior law. Correct decision. --- ## [Borderlands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands/514438)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands/514438 "2010-12-02T21:43:31Z")
The game gets released well…in a few minutes. I’ve got it preordered, and I’ll be picking it up after work today. I have the feeling that some folks are really not going to like it because it’s more first-person shoote… --- ## [Describe the movie in five words, Take 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-2/502044)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 435\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-2/502044 "2009-11-10T21:13:22Z")
Previous thread: Describe the movie in five words - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board I’ll start us out: Twister --- ## [The Amazing Race (TAR 29) begins March 30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209 "2017-06-07T16:46:24Z")
The 29th season of The Amazing Race finally premieres on Thursday, March 30 at 10 PM. Not content to leave the basic formula well enough alone, the producers are pairing up complete strangers to run the race. That’s ri… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=149&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=151&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)