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**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-simple-tidy-digital-cameras-with-all-manual-controls/654383 "2013-08-11T16:12:09Z")
Inspired by the thread about 35 mm film cameras, I am reminded of how elegant they were in their heyday, and how I have not noticed a digital camera with the same simplicity. You could focus and adjust the aperture with… --- ## [Some shocked & disappointed "Bruno" is a gay mocking vs gay positive portrayal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400 "2009-07-11T10:28:14Z")
Interesting article here. I really have to ask myself what he expected after Cohen’s last movie “Borat” and it’s hyper-mockery of everything and everyone within reach. Why “Bruno” is bad for the gays Sacha Baron Cohen’… --- ## [Chimpanzee "Cheetah" (old Tarzan flicks) Still Alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimpanzee-cheetah-old-tarzan-flicks-still-alive/444964)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimpanzee-cheetah-old-tarzan-flicks-still-alive/444964 "2009-10-06T22:31:38Z")
I heard this on a local radio station-the chimpanzee that played alongside Maureen O’Sullivan and Johnny Weismuller is STILL alive?? That would make the chimp something like 75 years old! Is this true? I thought that ch… --- ## [Does the US Attorney General have to be an attorney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-attorney-general-have-to-be-an-attorney/597347)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-attorney-general-have-to-be-an-attorney/597347 "2011-09-26T18:16:11Z")
Over in the “stupid republican idea” thread, somebody suggested that Maricopa (AZ) County Sheriff Joe Arpaio would be a candidate for Attorney General in a Bachmann administration. I don’t know if there is any such spec… --- ## [What breed of dog should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-of-dog-should-i-get/652710)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-of-dog-should-i-get/652710 "2013-03-15T12:10:15Z")
Yes, its THAT thread coming around again. :smiley: So I’m finally moving out on my own into an apartment, so I’m getting myself a dog because I’m an adult and mom and dad can’t tell me no. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I’m lookin… --- ## [Energizer, for non-rechargeable lithium batteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energizer-for-non-rechargeable-lithium-batteries/519676)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energizer-for-non-rechargeable-lithium-batteries/519676 "2009-12-06T20:03:02Z")
So I use a few batteries. I have a nifty recharger and put rechargeable AA’s into a few gadgets. I have a few more batteries than I need so that I don’t have to be anal about recharging all the time. But acquire a few mo… --- ## [what are some pre-CGI movies with great special effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-pre-cgi-movies-with-great-special-effects/489248)
**Author:** [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-pre-cgi-movies-with-great-special-effects/489248 "2009-03-15T22:42:48Z")
Hello all, It’s 2008 and we have had to suffer through bad CGi effects for quite some time now. But the industry’s getting pretty good at it and it’s nowhere as jarring as it used to be. However, I just saw John Carpen… --- ## [Funniest job application letters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-job-application-letters/279915)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-job-application-letters/279915 "2004-12-20T17:11:13Z")
I have in the recent past received two job application letters of note. One was from someone looking for a job as a “softwear engineer”, and I don’t mean a lingerie model. The second, almost too funny to be real, was f… --- ## [Cruising while pregnant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748 "2011-07-14T03:53:30Z")
I’m not pregnant, yet, but we’re ready to start trying. The thing is, we’re planning on a week-long cruise in late February. The cruise line says pregnant women who are at less than 24 weeks gestation at the time of the … --- ## [Falling Into The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-into-the-mmp/821824)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-into-the-mmp/821824 "2018-10-01T03:38:39Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out and clear (true, I see the moon and stars!), with a predicted high of 92 and possible rain/tstorms/apocalypse this afternoon. TWPTB said that yestiddy b… --- ## [What to do about a senile cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-a-senile-cat/516250)
**Author:** [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-a-senile-cat/516250 "2010-01-05T05:29:38Z")
Because what I’m doing now clearly isn’t working. Four or five years ago I adopted Bobby from a shelter. His previous owners had died of old age, but before them he was a stray. More likely feral. They were cat people a… --- ## [Movies where reality is in doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-reality-is-in-doubt/612275)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-reality-is-in-doubt/612275 "2012-02-12T09:32:59Z")
Now YMMV as always and I welcome discussion but I’d like to limit this to movies where the doubt about reality is explicit in the film and not fan theories(for example in The Matrix Neo is schizo and the whole film is a … --- ## [Skyrim: Special Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-special-edition/769624)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-special-edition/769624 "2016-11-17T01:52:32Z")
It looks like as a PC user who already owns the entire magilla, I can get the Special Edition free. I’m not sure that is the deal for the console users, so they may have to buy the game all over again at $60 retail. Even… --- ## [Craving Tomatoes, what does my body need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craving-tomatoes-what-does-my-body-need/448517)
**Author:** [@gerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerb)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craving-tomatoes-what-does-my-body-need/448517 "2008-05-08T23:07:19Z")
Last month I had my gall bladder removed. Ever since my surgery I have been craving raw tomato. The funny thing is that before my operation I never cared for raw tomato. What nutrient(s) am I lacking so badly that my tas… --- ## [long pinky fingernails on men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/745347)
**Author:** [@BAHAMA\_MAMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BAHAMA_MAMA)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/745347 "2016-02-09T12:57:28Z")
Does anyone know why many men (mostly European) keep their pinky fingernails long? I thought it was originally for drugs then I noticed it on painters that I know do not do drugs. I also know a retired priest that does… --- ## [Babies and airplane turbulence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babies-and-airplane-turbulence/661833)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babies-and-airplane-turbulence/661833 "2013-06-28T07:22:26Z")
You’re not supposed to intentionally shake a baby, of course. But if you have a young baby on an airplane, and there’s really bad turbulence, could that result in shaken baby syndrome or other harm to the baby? --- ## [Nova's Documentary on the Dover Schoolboard Suit on PBS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824 "2007-11-20T19:46:37Z")
Or, Inherit the Wind 2: Electric Boogaloo! This is a heads up to everyone that PBS will be showing a special two-hour Nova program on it called \*Judgement Day\*, which sounds interesting. I’ve heard interviews with the … --- ## [Have you ever stepped on Delaware?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402 "2012-06-10T16:28:19Z")
Not enough to have driven thru, or been in an airport. Did you get your feet (shoes or not) on Delaware’s dirt, grass, snow, mud, or other natural footing? --- ## [What's the distinction between "University of \_\_\_\_\_" and "\_\_\_\_ State"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-distinction-between-university-of-_____-and-____-state/442842)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-distinction-between-university-of-_____-and-____-state/442842 "2008-04-03T14:56:49Z")
I’m not sure if I understand what the distinction between a “University of " and the same state’s "\_\_\_ State” (ex. University of Arizona and Arizona State). Is there some implication of quality, funding, status, etc. imp… --- ## [McDonald's claims 99 billion served, but 99 billion what? people? fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-claims-99-billion-served-but-99-billion-what-people-fries/162416)
**Author:** [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-claims-99-billion-served-but-99-billion-what-people-fries/162416 "2003-03-19T05:12:05Z")
we had this discussion at lunch today, each mcdonald’s restaurant has a sign proclaiming that 99 billion have been served. how does mcdonalds count that? what what exactly is served? there are 25,000 mcdonalds worldwide?… --- ## [LasVegasDopefest07 August 10,11 & 12: The Plans Are...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest07-august-10-11-12-the-plans-are/412162)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest07-august-10-11-12-the-plans-are/412162 "2007-08-17T12:46:27Z")
The plans for LasVegasDopefest07 have finally come together, thanks to LVgeogeek, MadPansy64 and kurilla! Look over the schedule and let us know what events interest you so that we can solidify plans. Friday, August 10… --- ## [Sept 28, 1987 - Encounter At Farpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sept-28-1987-encounter-at-farpoint/699640)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sept-28-1987-encounter-at-farpoint/699640 "2014-09-29T02:58:39Z")
Encounter At Farpoint Shows as a two parter now, with a part 1 synopsis at the beginning of part 2, but was a two hour pilot when first aired. Now considered eps 1 and 2. After much hype, we finally got to see the new … --- ## [Concerning chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-chique/538609)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-chique/538609 "2010-06-17T03:45:45Z")
I have a message from one of chique’s friends. Sadly she tells me that chique has been moved into hospice and is receiving “comfort measures only.” Please keep chique and her family and friends in your thoughts and pra… --- ## [Comment on this PC build for gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comment-on-this-pc-build-for-gaming/553528)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comment-on-this-pc-build-for-gaming/553528 "2010-09-25T20:01:33Z")
I have been thinking of getting a new system for gaming for a while. Here’s the specs I do not need a top of the line machine; just as long as it can last me for at least two years. This is actually a Dell system; Woul… --- ## [Name Your Favorite Team's Ten Greatest Players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-teams-ten-greatest-players/488730)
**Author:** [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-teams-ten-greatest-players/488730 "2009-03-13T01:17:33Z")
Making lists such as these is a subjective, bullshit-infused exercise which I enjoy greatly. I would suggest the following guidelines: \[ul\] \[li\]Any players from franchise history is fair game. For instance, my list c… --- ## [Best options for replacing T1-11 plywood siding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-options-for-replacing-t1-11-plywood-siding/726424)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-options-for-replacing-t1-11-plywood-siding/726424 "2015-07-29T15:46:30Z")
I have a townhouse in suburban Kansas City built in 1977 that has vertical T1-11 siding, and I’m wondering what the best options for replacing it would be. I had some patching done in 2008 after woodpeckers poked a hole … --- ## [Fuck Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-windows/733206)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-windows/733206 "2015-11-04T02:47:35Z")
I can’t tell you why. Must have lost me senses for a bit. I installed Windows 10, mainly I guess because there was a prompt to do every goddamed time I logged in. So I did, even though I was working with Windows 7 nearly… --- ## [Real Estate Prices going down? Where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-prices-going-down-where/943189)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-prices-going-down-where/943189 "2021-12-02T21:52:13Z")
Where, in the United States, are Real Estate prices going down? (Not Detroit.) I’m wondering if a late-life relocation is in order. --- ## [Driving on the "wrong" side - how hard is it to adapt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-on-the-wrong-side-how-hard-is-it-to-adapt/777319)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-on-the-wrong-side-how-hard-is-it-to-adapt/777319 "2017-01-25T22:52:52Z")
My husband and I were talking about doing a self-driving tour of Great Britain. This isn’t “need answer fast” - it may not happen for a year or more. For those of you whose travels had you sitting behind the wheel on t… --- ## [Sigs you think are truly moronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-you-think-are-truly-moronic/211312)
**Author:** [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-you-think-are-truly-moronic/211312 "2003-11-12T02:24:25Z")
Yeah, it’s tame by Pit standards, but what the hell. And no, it’s not an invitation to name particular posters and state why you think their sig screams “I Took The Short Bus To School!” It’s just that I’ve been gettin… --- ## [Are Humans really Apex predators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-really-apex-predators/745804)
**Author:** [@bomberswarm2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bomberswarm2)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humans-really-apex-predators/745804 "2016-02-16T14:17:06Z")
If a human went one on one with a bear or a lion we’d be killed every time. The only reason we’re the master species is because we have artificial weapons (unlike something like a snake’s venom or a tiger’s teeth and cla… --- ## [Obese in 1959? Probably not by today's standards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-in-1959-probably-not-by-todays-standards/400270)
**Author:** [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-in-1959-probably-not-by-todays-standards/400270 "2007-04-17T21:01:25Z")
And by “today’s standards”, I mean “general American’s perception of how a person looks.” It just started because I was looking for the old Bayer heroin ads (and I also found a nice cocaine toothache drops ad, as well).… --- ## [Cosmetics and You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmetics-and-you/609847)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmetics-and-you/609847 "2012-01-30T05:58:24Z")
This weekend, my mother started her latest campaign of Robin Self-Improvement. Since she can’t kvetch about my weight or about my career choice, she made a huge thing about needing to wear makeup. I’ve never been all tha… --- ## [Botticelli - Aug. 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881 "2021-09-04T14:43:25Z")
Last month’s thread: Botticelli - July 2021 Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #83 by Elendil\_s\_Heir And our new letter is F --- ## [What, exactly, is SigmaSix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-sigmasix/688204)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-sigmasix/688204 "2014-05-20T15:47:09Z")
It’s time for me to go back to work, and I’m finding a lot of the positions I am interested in require a certification in SigmaSix. Would someone please explain, simply, what it is, and why it’s so important? Thank you… --- ## [Tell us about actual mysterious people you know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-actual-mysterious-people-you-know/552976)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-actual-mysterious-people-you-know/552976 "2010-09-13T20:43:12Z")
Assuming you actually know, or have known, anyone in real life who qualifies i your judgment as mysterious. And no, people you are only acquainted with online don’t count. --- ## [Ask The High School Student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-high-school-student/615823)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-high-school-student/615823 "2012-03-24T19:08:23Z")
Considering the various “Ask the…” threads, here is a thread for questions on the life of a high school student. For clarification I go to a public suburban high school in California. --- ## [How Much Does It Cost To Die (USA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-die-usa/745112)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-die-usa/745112 "2016-02-21T02:57:51Z")
About how much is the barest of bare-bones (heh) cremations, in the US? I mean, in as little as the funeral home is legally allowed to let you spend? The deceased body is cremated and then given to his next-of-kin in a F… --- ## [Has LSD Ever Been proven Useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-lsd-ever-been-proven-useful/556988)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-lsd-ever-been-proven-useful/556988 "2010-10-16T23:46:05Z")
The famous hallucigenic drug has been around for 70+ years now. has it ever been proven useful for any medical purpose? Guys like Tomoth Leary claimed that it helped you expand your consciousness, and it was tried (by … --- ## [BattleBots weapons development.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlebots-weapons-development/44255)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlebots-weapons-development/44255 "2013-09-15T03:34:54Z")
In my honor as Grand High Field Marshall of the SDWF with Sugar on Top, I open the bid for SD Battle Bot development. May your ideas and motives flow forth . . Tripler Mean spirited, and ready to mash metal . . . --- ## [It's 1945 and you're Harry Truman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-1945-and-youre-harry-truman/750486)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-1945-and-youre-harry-truman/750486 "2016-03-31T14:53:24Z")
Do you drop the bomb? --- ## ["Boys won't read books with female protagonists"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-wont-read-books-with-female-protagonists/355831)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-wont-read-books-with-female-protagonists/355831 "2006-05-15T20:09:54Z")
I’m reading What Are Little Girls Made Of?: A Guide to Female Role Models in Children’s Books by Marjorie Allen and she makes this claim more than once: girls will read books with boy protagonists, but boys won’t read bo… --- ## [President of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-us/524987)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-us/524987 "2010-01-15T17:14:45Z")
Who becomes the leader of our nation if the President and Vice President were to die in the same day? --- ## [My Heart Attack (it wasn't)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-attack-it-wasnt/222190)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-attack-it-wasnt/222190 "2004-01-03T06:59:12Z")
So last night I’m at a small New Year’s Eve gathering. I’m there by myself because my wife had a child by c-section two weeks ago, and while she thought she wanted to go, the baby was up the night before and no sleep wa… --- ## [The New Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-girl/597029)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-girl/597029 "2011-10-02T10:17:15Z")
Anyone watch the pilot? I had absolutely no intention of tuning in but the Rays / Yankees game was giving me cramps so I thought some comedy might help. I’d always been somewhat of a Zooey Deschanel hater (I know thems … --- ## [Nov 22: Let's not forget CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-22-lets-not-forget-cs-lewis-and-aldous-huxley/673794)
**Author:** [@Tante\_Dillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tante_Dillie)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-22-lets-not-forget-cs-lewis-and-aldous-huxley/673794 "2013-11-23T22:35:24Z")
The world media is fixated on November 22 as the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. Let us not forget that two major writers of the 29th century, CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley, also died November 22, 1963. Their… --- ## [Black guys with a phone growing out of their head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-guys-with-a-phone-growing-out-of-their-head/668169)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-guys-with-a-phone-growing-out-of-their-head/668169 "2013-09-08T15:35:43Z")
I saw something I hadn’t seen for a while, but then, I do live within blast radius of the city Dave Chappelle thinks should be nuked for being full of “white alcoholics.” My daughter and I followed a youngish (mid-20s) … --- ## [Glazed carrots - substitute 'what' for butter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glazed-carrots-substitute-what-for-butter/636604)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glazed-carrots-substitute-what-for-butter/636604 "2012-10-04T13:55:38Z")
I would like to make glazed carrots, which I usually make with butter, but I need them to be non-dairy. How necessary is it to replace the butter? Obviously the delicious buttery flavor will be gone, but as far as the … --- ## [It's a bad movie because the characters behave badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bad-movie-because-the-characters-behave-badly/812032)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bad-movie-because-the-characters-behave-badly/812032 "2018-04-14T10:14:02Z")
This thread is based on discussions from Molly Ringwald’s excellent article about her work with John Hughes. I’ll use “movie” for simplicity, but these thoughts apply just as well to a book, play, TV show, etc. People … --- ## [Irredeemably bad songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irredeemably-bad-songs/444458)
**Author:** [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irredeemably-bad-songs/444458 "2008-04-11T19:29:24Z")
My friends and I have this little competition going on to see who can make the most awful unlistenable mix cd ever. I’m looking for songs that are undeniably horrible. Not even so bad they’re kind of good and listenabl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1509&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1511&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)