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**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-now-thats-an-unfortunate-name/173792 "2003-05-11T17:59:31Z")
Barrie Mycock --- ## [What is a religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-religion/716082)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-religion/716082 "2015-04-01T09:33:00Z")
Please keep the answers factual. What exactly does the first amendment mean by “religion”? Can I declare myself a member of a religion of my own creation? How does tax-exempt status work? If a certain state passes a … --- ## [Why did English not adopt diacritics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-english-not-adopt-diacritics/481679)
**Author:** [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-english-not-adopt-diacritics/481679 "2009-01-19T18:48:35Z")
As far as I know, every other European language incorporates some form of marks over the letters, additional letters, or other augmentations to the Latin alphabet. They’ve even gone back and added macrons to Latin. Engli… --- ## [Prof fired for saying talking snakes should not be taken literally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prof-fired-for-saying-talking-snakes-should-not-be-taken-literally/420405)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prof-fired-for-saying-talking-snakes-should-not-be-taken-literally/420405 "2007-10-02T00:02:53Z")
From: Prof says he was fired over Bible reference Even though Bitterman was fired two days later, the college’s president lied through her teeth and stated: I’m speechless. Make that, I’m free speechless. --- ## [where Black Lives Matter now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-black-lives-matter-now/764511)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-black-lives-matter-now/764511 "2018-05-18T20:22:52Z")
A cop just shot down a deaf man, who was attempting to sign to the officer. The deaf man was unarmed. --- ## [Why do some TV programs look "funny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-tv-programs-look-funny/243470)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-tv-programs-look-funny/243470 "2012-01-29T05:52:13Z")
I’m not sure I can explain my question coherently, but I’ll try. Every once in a while, when I see a TV program, it looks odd to me. It looks as if the show was filmed on a set, rather than out in the real world, if you… --- ## [Aung San Suu Kyi is looking like such a disappointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aung-san-suu-kyi-is-looking-like-such-a-disappointment/801839)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aung-san-suu-kyi-is-looking-like-such-a-disappointment/801839 "2021-03-21T04:12:17Z")
Is this the natural order of things when reformers take over from a dictatorship? They become the new bad guy? I have read books about Iraq, multiple stories of people celebrating in the streets when Saddam took over in… --- ## [Democracy -\> people who cannot be led even from incipient ruin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-people-who-cannot-be-led-even-from-incipient-ruin/646526)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-people-who-cannot-be-led-even-from-incipient-ruin/646526 "2013-01-29T23:38:06Z")
Is the imminent danger of our age the evolution of a populist society in which citizens cannot be led, even from their own ruin? I’m going to back up in a direction that may be counter-intuitive, so bear with me. As so… --- ## [Question: Without looking him up, do you know who this person is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-without-looking-him-up-do-you-know-who-this-person-is/543667)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-without-looking-him-up-do-you-know-who-this-person-is/543667 "2010-06-21T16:24:33Z")
I was critiquing someone else’s book last week, and one of my criticisms was that the author took it for granted that the reader would know who a person was, and be completely familiar with him. My criticism was that he … --- ## [Common foods with strange or dangerous properties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-foods-with-strange-or-dangerous-properties/800481)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-foods-with-strange-or-dangerous-properties/800481 "2017-11-05T18:18:11Z")
We tend to think that most common foods are harmless, at least in the short term. So it’s always a surprise to discover that everyday foods can actually do some startlingly bad things. I’m not counting allergic reactions… --- ## [The best part of my day was snakes on a plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641)
**Author:** [@TristramAiblins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TristramAiblins)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641 "2006-08-30T13:27:54Z")
Well then, I’ve had this bottled up inside me for a tad too long, but a few events today have pushed me over the edge. Today was the first day of college. Before coming to college, I had hoped it to be a place where peo… --- ## [The most disgusting CNN comment ever \[RO\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269 "2010-10-08T16:58:38Z")
So a child abduction case ended relatively happily when a complete stranger notices the vehicle in question and successfully brings it to a halt, whereupon the abductor released the child and unsuccessfully tried to get … --- ## [Is it considered impolite in the US to take a college course and buy the textbook elsewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-considered-impolite-in-the-us-to-take-a-college-course-and-buy-the-textbook-elsewhere/552384)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-considered-impolite-in-the-us-to-take-a-college-course-and-buy-the-textbook-elsewhere/552384 "2010-09-03T20:55:41Z")
I registered for a class at the local community college for this fall, and found that the class textbook was available on Amazon.com at half of what the college bookstore wanted. The college bookstore, iirc, is actually… --- ## [Would you like a sexy secretary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-a-sexy-secretary/540713)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-a-sexy-secretary/540713 "2010-05-28T15:00:49Z")
Job ad in our local Craigslist - Her typos make it even funnier. :smiley: --- ## [Which US presidential candidate from the party you don't support scares you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-us-presidential-candidate-from-the-party-you-dont-support-scares-you-the-most/726402)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-us-presidential-candidate-from-the-party-you-dont-support-scares-you-the-most/726402 "2015-08-17T14:49:23Z")
Among the current group of candidates for POTUS, which candidate worries you the most? Take into consideration both their positions and their electability. As a Democrat, I find Scott Walker the scariest of the bunch. … --- ## [The Wonders of Pumpernickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-pumpernickel/696272)
**Author:** [@butterfiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butterfiles)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-pumpernickel/696272 "2015-01-29T02:27:13Z")
Pastured butter on toasted pumpernickel. What else have you done with the wonder that is pumpernickel? I have half a loaf left. --- ## [Fuck off NASA guy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-nasa-guy/476772)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-nasa-guy/476772 "2009-01-08T04:25:01Z")
NASA has become a transition problem for Obama Who the hell does he think he is? He works for the taxpayers. If there’s nothing to hide, he should be forthcoming with every speck of information so that the transition p… --- ## [What resolution is a normal, non-HDTV, TV? (Or, how does this gadget work?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-resolution-is-a-normal-non-hdtv-tv-or-how-does-this-gadget-work/103522)
**Author:** [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-resolution-is-a-normal-non-hdtv-tv-or-how-does-this-gadget-work/103522 "2002-04-17T03:53:01Z")
I have a small computer, affectionately named Pooter, that I have hooked up to my television. It outputs my 640 x 480 desktop tolerably well on my 32" TV, and outputs my movie files at “full screen” mode with excellent … --- ## [Most recursive fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recursive-fiction/661553)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recursive-fiction/661553 "2013-06-30T13:37:26Z")
What’s either the most recursive fiction, i.e. story within story within story…or most meta fiction (protagonist is an author writing about an author writing about an author, or an actor playing an actor playing an actor… --- ## [Let's debate wealth inequality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-wealth-inequality/285819)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-wealth-inequality/285819 "2005-01-28T17:00:27Z")
In this thread – http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297670 – I was surprised to find I couldn’t get a consensus on what seems to me an entirely unobjectionable proposition: The growing inequality of we… --- ## [Do you love your small car? Tell me about it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-small-car-tell-me-about-it/655180)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-love-your-small-car-tell-me-about-it/655180 "2013-08-13T16:19:33Z")
So, my car is driving me batty. I have a 2006 Ford Focus sedan, bought new. It’s got under 35,000 miles on it, and that includes moving OH-AZ and AZ-GA. Since I got to Georgia in 2010, it’s been regular trouble, particul… --- ## [France is throwing a temper tantrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-is-throwing-a-temper-tantrum/950850)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-is-throwing-a-temper-tantrum/950850 "2021-10-02T04:26:27Z")
Background: In 2016, Australia had signed a deal to buy 12 diesel submarines from a French company. Fast-forward to now, and Australia, the UK, and the US have just announced a 3-way deal to provide the Aussies with nu… --- ## [Obama won't nuke those w/o nukes (except NK and Iran)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wont-nuke-those-w-o-nukes-except-nk-and-iran/535203)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wont-nuke-those-w-o-nukes-except-nk-and-iran/535203 "2010-04-21T23:27:03Z")
So, we have a new policy: I guess this is supposed to make NK and Iran want to play nice. Personally, I can’t see this working, and it seems like a meaningless gesture. Besides, the next president could easily revers… --- ## [What is the coldest weather you've ever been in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-coldest-weather-youve-ever-been-in/435348)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-coldest-weather-youve-ever-been-in/435348 "2008-02-02T13:21:33Z")
Today in Calgary it’s around -49C (-56F) with the wind chill, about -35 without. This obviously caused problems for a lot of people, and some schools shut down, but it certainly hasn’t brought the city to a halt. It go… --- ## [Who seemed really old when you were a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-seemed-really-old-when-you-were-a-kid/740304)
**Author:** [@oara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oara)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-seemed-really-old-when-you-were-a-kid/740304 "2015-12-19T23:35:11Z")
On Mork & Mindy, when Mearth showed up and was supposed to age backward, I took this to mean that Jonathan Winters was so old as to be near death in real life, and so he was being very generous by being on a television s… --- ## [Trojan Extended Pleasure Condoms: Do they work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trojan-extended-pleasure-condoms-do-they-work/176284)
**Author:** [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trojan-extended-pleasure-condoms-do-they-work/176284 "2003-05-21T18:08:17Z")
I recently saw an add for “extended pleasure condoms”, which until now I had no idea even existed. My question is, how do these things work? I’m assuming there is some kind of deadener in the tip to minimize sensation.… --- ## [How much feedback should I give this company I just quit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-feedback-should-i-give-this-company-i-just-quit/486748)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-feedback-should-i-give-this-company-i-just-quit/486748 "2009-02-27T02:02:29Z")
I started a new job two months ago, and it went very badly so I quit yesterday (within the three month probation period all jobs here have in which the employer or the employee can call it off for any or no reason). My s… --- ## [It's duck season!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600 "2008-11-15T13:43:26Z")
As of today, in Ohio, it is now officially duck season. --- ## [Were you nursed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-nursed/683804)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-nursed/683804 "2020-03-07T00:35:16Z")
and does it gross you out to know about it? When my son found out I had nursed him, well the look of on his face said it all. I wasn’t nursed, I was a bottle fed baby. My mother was of that generation who thought nurs… --- ## [Fuck it. blueslipper: I choose YOU! (To be Pitted for the shopkeep with tats thead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-blueslipper-i-choose-you-to-be-pitted-for-the-shopkeep-with-tats-thead/349855)
**Author:** [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-blueslipper-i-choose-you-to-be-pitted-for-the-shopkeep-with-tats-thead/349855 "2006-03-29T16:37:27Z")
Step up, guestie guest, onto this spot which I have marked with an X, if you will. Just hold still a moment, this won’t hurt a bit, eventually. I want to be absolutely clear about what’s pissing me off. It’s not that yo… --- ## [Origin of "Germans love David Hasselhoff"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-germans-love-david-hasselhoff/254796)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-germans-love-david-hasselhoff/254796 "2004-07-18T14:38:15Z")
When Norm MacDonald anchored SNL’s “Weekend Update,” he had a running gag that “Germans love David Hasselhoff” – just like Chevy Chase, back in the '70s, had a running gag that “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still de… --- ## [Really, how destructive would a Trump presidency be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-destructive-would-a-trump-presidency-be/760445)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-destructive-would-a-trump-presidency-be/760445 "2016-07-25T18:13:56Z")
I’m going to assume Democrats and maybe a few Republicans will obstruct him in Congress. The judiciary will still be active. Media will still exist. So what’s the worst he can do? Piss off allies and enemies? Can he bom… --- ## [Will companies drop health insurance plans and pay the penalty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-companies-drop-health-insurance-plans-and-pay-the-penalty/640756)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-companies-drop-health-insurance-plans-and-pay-the-penalty/640756 "2012-11-14T22:36:17Z")
In a GQ thread on Obamacare, Mdcastleman stated that there are companies considering dropping employee healthcare coverage and paying the penalty instead. Do you think this will be a popular approach after the exchanges… --- ## [Moral dilemma - gambling related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-gambling-related/543359)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-gambling-related/543359 "2010-06-18T14:59:05Z")
Thread title carefully designed for maximum diversity of respondents :). Last Saturday, after England’s disappointing (for me) result against USA in the World Cup, I went to my local casino to play blackjack. After bei… --- ## [Most annoying actor & actress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-actor-actress/60826)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-actor-actress/60826 "2001-04-13T12:59:31Z")
Who, in Hollywood, bothers you the most? What actor and actress would you love to see completely erased from existance (or at least celluloid)? I think I’d have to say: Female-Gwynneth Paltrow. “Hi, Mister Speilberg? C… --- ## [Looking for a novel that takes place underwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-novel-that-takes-place-underwater/584172)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-novel-that-takes-place-underwater/584172 "2011-06-04T03:03:56Z")
Are there any novels that take place underneath the surface of earth’s oceans? They could be fantasy (about a fictional species down there), sci-fi (about humans living down there), or about a shark or a whale or somethi… --- ## [If you meet Buddha on the road, why do you kill him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-meet-buddha-on-the-road-why-do-you-kill-him/72382)
**Author:** [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-meet-buddha-on-the-road-why-do-you-kill-him/72382 "2010-12-29T16:21:08Z")
I don’t claim to have much of an understanding of Zen Buddhism, and I think that maybe this isn’t supposed to have an outright meaning. Maybe you’re just supposed to think about it until it means something to you, but ma… --- ## [losing 15 pounds in one month, unhealthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-15-pounds-in-one-month-unhealthy/288991)
**Author:** [@down\_by\_law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/down_by_law)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-15-pounds-in-one-month-unhealthy/288991 "2016-04-11T03:07:13Z")
i’m 6’2" and weighed 205 approximately 4 weeks ago. i’m down to 190 now. since i’m losing the weight, i might as well just go with it and drop another 10. not that i was overweight, but i’ve always tried to drop a few… --- ## [Electricity/Electrocution Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-electrocution-question/649148)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-electrocution-question/649148 "2013-02-10T12:32:24Z")
Correct my misunderstanding(s): Electricity takes the easiest path it can to ground. So take a large, uninsulated wire or cable with like 100,000 volts running at 20 amps through it. Why can’t I just grab it? It would s… --- ## [What do you think the next big invention will be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-next-big-invention-will-be/206947)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-next-big-invention-will-be/206947 "2013-01-20T15:23:06Z")
All of us in our department were chatting a while back, and my boss said she thought everything that could be invented had been invented, and she didn’t think there’d be any “new” gadgets coming down the pike. I thought… --- ## [How Do I Make Gravy (Keep It Simple)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-gravy-keep-it-simple/545626)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-gravy-keep-it-simple/545626 "2010-07-11T20:31:53Z")
There are many things I can cook, but I grew in a household where almost no gravy was consumed, so I never learned to make it. Having food allergies, finding commercial gravy I can safely eat is… a problem. How the hec… --- ## [How can we detect extra terrestrial radio signals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-detect-extra-terrestrial-radio-signals/477083)
**Author:** [@tzimmerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tzimmerman)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-detect-extra-terrestrial-radio-signals/477083 "2008-12-16T22:48:42Z")
As I understand it, the SETI program is constantly searching for artificial radio signals from intelligent life across the galaxy. I’ve also heard that alien life could know we are here because every radio and tv signal … --- ## [An epiphany regarding a liberal paradox...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-epiphany-regarding-a-liberal-paradox/251586)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-epiphany-regarding-a-liberal-paradox/251586 "2004-06-27T01:48:00Z")
This just occurred to me! I can’t imagine why it took so long. It seems to me that the anti-Bush/anti-Iraq war/and general war-on-terrorism posters to these forums almost uniformly slam Bush and his administration vis-a-… --- ## [Is skipping out on a date and leaving them with the food bill a (literal) crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipping-out-on-a-date-and-leaving-them-with-the-food-bill-a-literal-crime/821002)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipping-out-on-a-date-and-leaving-them-with-the-food-bill-a-literal-crime/821002 "2018-11-23T15:30:11Z")
I was reading this article of a guy in California who made it a habit of running out on dates and leaving them to pay the dinner bill (often a substantial bill). Basically he would meet them online and get them to commi… --- ## [boosting my OTA digital signal reception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boosting-my-ota-digital-signal-reception/620473)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boosting-my-ota-digital-signal-reception/620473 "2012-05-01T18:49:39Z")
Hey guys! I own a TV with a built-in digital signal converter, and I’ve hooked up an antenna to it to get over-the-air HD. The thing is, my signal drops in and out and I’ve spent a fair bit of time maneuvering the ante… --- ## [Justice League and Wonder Woman both look good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-and-wonder-woman-both-look-good/760709)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-and-wonder-woman-both-look-good/760709 "2016-11-04T16:21:35Z")
Comic Con this weekend released the first trailer for Wonder Woman and footage of Justice League (not technically a trailer). Wow they are doing a great job on both. WW seems pretty bad ass with good action and JL looks… --- ## [Why/when did episode titles become Easter Eggs for persnickety viewers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-when-did-episode-titles-become-easter-eggs-for-persnickety-viewers/702052)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-when-did-episode-titles-become-easter-eggs-for-persnickety-viewers/702052 "2015-01-25T09:38:23Z")
I was originally going to blame the networks because, let’s face it, its always their fault. No longer (if they ever were) run by creative types, they are a bunch of money-counting financiers who only care about the bot… --- ## [Could I Turn a 1974 Camaro Into a 1969 Camaro?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-turn-a-1974-camaro-into-a-1969-camaro/535351)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-turn-a-1974-camaro-into-a-1969-camaro/535351 "2010-04-10T05:59:21Z")
I always liked the look of the 1969 Chevy Camaro. I would love to have one, but they are going for $20,000 and up. My question: are the 1970’s models built on the same platform? If this is so, could I just switch the bo… --- ## [2004 Jetta GLS 1.8t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-jetta-gls-1-8t/638298)
**Author:** [@allylang1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allylang1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-jetta-gls-1-8t/638298 "2014-05-21T19:36:07Z")
Looking at this car for my son. Anyone know pros and cons about it? --- ## [Does it harm children to watch pornography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-harm-children-to-watch-pornography/755688)
**Author:** [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-harm-children-to-watch-pornography/755688 "2023-03-30T14:31:21Z")
In my lovely state, the GOP-led government has decided to move on from regulating women’s sexuality to regulating pornography. Apparently they simply have nothing better to do, such as tackle the pollution problem, figur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1500&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1502&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)