# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1514&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:** 1515 --- ## [Should I throw out my dinner? (NEED ANSWER FAST)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-throw-out-my-dinner-need-answer-fast/666204)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-throw-out-my-dinner-need-answer-fast/666204 "2013-08-17T15:58:13Z")
Last night I thought I would be efficient and start cooking the dinner that I plan to eat tonight – lamb bourgignon. I simmered the sauteed lamb pieces slowly in a stew of red wine (a Burgundy of course!) tomato paste an… --- ## [Most doomed movie romance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-doomed-movie-romance/680620)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-doomed-movie-romance/680620 "2014-02-09T21:04:41Z")
So many movies resolve with the wedding, or at least the apparently-permanent relationship commitment. But it seems to me the very differences that made the courtship so amusingly awkward also doom the relationship. Whic… --- ## [Halloween Pictures thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-pictures-thread/378372)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-pictures-thread/378372 "2006-11-08T01:03:56Z")
I love seeing how other people dress up for Halloween. I’m especially psyched this year because it’s my first Halloween in the US for the past 11 years. So please, share your Halloween craziness! Anyway, here are mine. … --- ## [Would a plane crash be enough to take out a WTC tower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-plane-crash-be-enough-to-take-out-a-wtc-tower/80890)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-plane-crash-be-enough-to-take-out-a-wtc-tower/80890 "2001-09-17T00:29:59Z")
First off, I realize this may seem kinda morbid. I hope I’m not upsetting anyone by posting this, but I know others have had the same question. The planes that hit the World Trade Center hit pretty high on the building.… --- ## [Southwest Airlines "Customer of Size" Policy - Is it fair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southwest-airlines-customer-of-size-policy-is-it-fair/338992)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southwest-airlines-customer-of-size-policy-is-it-fair/338992 "2006-01-12T21:02:54Z")
Seems fair to me. What do you think? Customer of Size Q&A --- ## [You're the juror: guilty of rape or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-juror-guilty-of-rape-or-not/754597)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-juror-guilty-of-rape-or-not/754597 "2016-05-17T15:04:15Z")
Today’s dilemma concerns Claire, 14, and Tom, 20. Claire has run away from home and managed to cross the country. Claire matured early and looks far older than her years and has taken her older sister Clara’s birth cert… --- ## [What am I missing from Point Break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-from-point-break/509145)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-from-point-break/509145 "2009-09-10T05:18:19Z")
There was nothing on last night, so I said “What the hell” and put it on. After the credits rolled, I was still puzzled- Was Swazye’s character supposed to be likeable? Were we supposed to empathize with Johnny Untah’s… --- ## [Books that make you laugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-make-you-laugh/392911)
**Author:** [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-make-you-laugh/392911 "2007-03-02T15:46:22Z")
The title says it all, folks: your favorite humorous novels. I’ll start with Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, one of my favorite novels, period. I can’t read more than a page without cracking a smile. Your… --- ## [Article on Dating Warning Signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-dating-warning-signs/654840 "2013-04-09T16:45:27Z")
http://www.mydailymoment.com/love/intimacy/5\_web\_sites\_that\_should\_never\_pop\_up\_in\_your\_man\_s\_browser.php?page=1 The article starts by saying: It then lists 5 types of websites that could be a warning sign and discuss… --- ## [Past the technolgical singularity, is communism the only way forward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-the-technolgical-singularity-is-communism-the-only-way-forward/614440)
**Author:** [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-the-technolgical-singularity-is-communism-the-only-way-forward/614440 "2012-03-09T20:35:48Z")
Seems to me that once computers are capable of doing anything humans can do then there is no reason at all why anyone should work. We then face a problem of resource allocation, presumably to a population that will be at… --- ## [Hurricane Patricia may be one of the strongest ever. SW Mexico threatened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-patricia-may-be-one-of-the-strongest-ever-sw-mexico-threatened/735537)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-patricia-may-be-one-of-the-strongest-ever-sw-mexico-threatened/735537 "2015-10-27T20:57:14Z")
Hurricane Patricia has gone from merely Cat 5 strength to ludicrously strong. As in sustained 200 MPH winds with gusts to 245. NOAA’s latest observation of it states, " As noted above, pressure is listed at 880 mb, c… --- ## [What happens if a dog/wolf is bitten by a werewolf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-dog-wolf-is-bitten-by-a-werewolf/467681)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-dog-wolf-is-bitten-by-a-werewolf/467681 "2008-10-13T23:33:52Z")
Stupid question, but there it is for your consideration. Since werewolves are (mostly, I hope) fictional, I stuck it in Cafe Society. Any ideas? --- ## [Conservative lunacy in a nutshell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889 "2017-10-23T19:47:33Z")
Problem: There was a terrorist attack in France. Conservative response: URGENT CRISIS! TRAVEL BAN NOW! MORE LAWS! Problem: I had to press 1 for English in my own country. Conservative response: URGENT CRISIS! … --- ## [Does Audible just suck or am I doing it wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-audible-just-suck-or-am-i-doing-it-wrong/827708)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-audible-just-suck-or-am-i-doing-it-wrong/827708 "2019-01-29T15:17:08Z")
My wife has been saying she wants to try Audible so she can listen to books while doing other things, so I got her a six-month subscription for Christmas. In the process, I got myself a trial subscription with two free b… --- ## [Married women and last names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-and-last-names/744188)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-and-last-names/744188 "2016-02-04T00:10:57Z")
Poll should be pretty self explanitory --- ## [Biden helps avert railway strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-helps-avert-railway-strike/971674)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-helps-avert-railway-strike/971674 "2022-12-10T01:06:34Z")
Biden helped avert a railway strike that would have cost the US $2 billion a DAY. Democrats need to hammer home the point that they’re better for the economy in their campaign ads. Inflation and gas prices have gone d… --- ## [Would you throw a party for yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-throw-a-party-for-yourself/530996)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-throw-a-party-for-yourself/530996 "2010-03-05T01:22:06Z")
A couple of years ago, a girl that I was seeing received a promotion at work, and decided to throw herself a party. She booked a large room in a bar and sent out invitations. I found it very odd, and this was actually … --- ## [Dexter 12/16/12 Surprise Motherfucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-12-16-12-surprise-motherfucker/644266)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-12-16-12-surprise-motherfucker/644266 "2013-02-20T04:00:15Z")
. . . . . . Last week I saw the title of this week’s episode and I planned to censor it (which it now is on IMDB, wasn’t last week) or just call it Surprise if I ended up making the thread for it. But god damn it,… --- ## [How much should income matter in a relationship. Poll to happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-income-matter-in-a-relationship-poll-to-happen/577763)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-income-matter-in-a-relationship-poll-to-happen/577763 "2011-04-17T23:00:42Z")
As soon as I get the poll thingy worked out. BG" I’ve been reading the age differences threads. I was engaged to a combat Marine who suddenly sent me dumped me. Because he sent me money to pay the mortgage on what I t… --- ## [Let's not forget that Obama is a disgusting bigot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-not-forget-that-obama-is-a-disgusting-bigot/471750)
**Author:** [@Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesus_Harold_Christ)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-not-forget-that-obama-is-a-disgusting-bigot/471750 "2008-11-10T00:05:09Z")
Don’t get me wrong. I am glad he won. But Obama is a disgusting bigot who opposes same sex marriage. --- ## [Things done in the past that are scandalous now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-done-in-the-past-that-are-scandalous-now/521854)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-done-in-the-past-that-are-scandalous-now/521854 "2009-12-27T09:37:28Z")
In response to this thread, I thought I would start a discussion of how things have changed in many areas. Example. Until the 80’s or so, anyone with change could buy cigerettes from a vending machine. ( You can stll … --- ## [Favorite Action or Fight scene.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777 "2019-04-10T15:10:06Z")
Mine is from a 1961 movie titled “El Cid”. I saw it for the first time over 40 years ago and the fight scene for the city of Calahorra is pretty amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTm6FOpmp8s --- ## [American Idol 5/2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-2/355149)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-2/355149 "2006-05-06T13:23:57Z")
I hereby declare this thread started! (I’m not going to be around next week, so someone else is going to have to do it.) Let’s see: Chris, Katharine, Taylor, Elliott, and Paris left, and two songs each tonight. It’s … --- ## [What Pakistan knew about Bin Laden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pakistan-knew-about-bin-laden/684144)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pakistan-knew-about-bin-laden/684144 "2014-03-22T00:27:42Z")
A new article in the NYT has again raised the issue of the Pakistani government’s knowledge of Bin Laden’s activities inside Pakistan. It’s a long form article which is in general a pretty scathing indictment of Pakistan… --- ## [No more Aunt Jemima](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-aunt-jemima/855850)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-aunt-jemima/855850 "2021-02-10T14:37:25Z")
I hope they keep Uncle Ben’s perverted rice :slight\_smile: --- ## [My mom's cat won't stop meowing and it's driving me crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-cat-wont-stop-meowing-and-its-driving-me-crazy/569359)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-cat-wont-stop-meowing-and-its-driving-me-crazy/569359 "2011-02-05T19:26:49Z")
The cat is about four or five years old and my mom’s had her since before I moved out and back in again. During all that time she’s been a well-behaved animal excepting a few things (she was a rescue and was already poor… --- ## [Can someone please parse this poorly written NFL.com article for me? \[Miami Dolphins controversy\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-parse-this-poorly-written-nfl-com-article-for-me-miami-dolphins-controversy/673148)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-parse-this-poorly-written-nfl-com-article-for-me-miami-dolphins-controversy/673148 "2013-11-08T21:08:09Z")
Link. This article isn’t very clear. From what I can glean, Richie Incognito’s teammates wanted him to pony up fifteen large for a Vegas trip he never went on. Some infighting occurred amongst he and his team, and Incog… --- ## [Pearl Harbor: Wasn't THAT bad.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-wasnt-that-bad/462684)
**Author:** [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-wasnt-that-bad/462684 "2008-09-14T03:59:05Z")
I settled down to watch it on AMC just now. Given all the hate this movie (and Ben Affleck) has received in the 5? 6? years since it’s release, I expected much worse. I wasn’t all that impressed with Jon Voight’s FDR or… --- ## [Vaginal steaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-steaming/711388)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-steaming/711388 "2015-02-09T22:34:08Z")
I wonder if it’s also gluten-free. :stuck\_out\_tongue: What would ever possess a person to do this? --- ## [Fuck You Ubuntu...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ubuntu/454098)
**Author:** [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ubuntu/454098 "2011-09-22T23:05:46Z")
I’m so fucking angry I could spit. I am so goddamned tired of these USELESS Linux apologists trying to get everyone to fucking switch to Ubuntu so we can all share in their misery. How many times do I have to read an art… --- ## [How big of a hampster ball would I need to survive a fall from an airplane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-of-a-hampster-ball-would-i-need-to-survive-a-fall-from-an-airplane/261132)
**Author:** [@CloudClever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CloudClever)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-of-a-hampster-ball-would-i-need-to-survive-a-fall-from-an-airplane/261132 "2004-08-27T15:22:14Z")
There is a pit threat right now discussing the merits of putting kids in hampster balls to protect them from life. My question: Suppose I wanted to sky dive w/o a parachute. How big would by Hampster ball have to be f… --- ## [Instrumentals Or Foreign Language Songs Topping The Charts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumentals-or-foreign-language-songs-topping-the-charts/633459)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumentals-or-foreign-language-songs-topping-the-charts/633459 "2012-09-15T15:40:57Z")
I happened to hear the Frerrante and Teicher version of the theme song for the movie Exodus and at the time, it was an instrumental that reached number 2 on the Billboard charts. And there was the song Sukiyaki - a numb… --- ## [What responsibility does an obstetric worker have...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-responsibility-does-an-obstetric-worker-have/622531)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-responsibility-does-an-obstetric-worker-have/622531 "2012-05-22T01:22:59Z")
…to keep parents from giving their children idiotic names? Case in point: Last night a 12-year-old boy named Nazia Banks was murdered on the South Side of Chicago. No thought was given by his parents of his being ment… --- ## [The new Salon.com is unreadable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-salon-com-is-unreadable/624414)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-salon-com-is-unreadable/624414 "2012-06-09T05:40:28Z")
Click on an article and "waiting for twitter, waiting for facebook, waiting for static.parsley, waiting for cdn.twitter " and on and on and on and on and on. And after clicking on the article, its just a preview, you ha… --- ## [How many Charter Members are still left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-still-left/424575)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-still-left/424575 "2007-11-10T06:08:46Z")
Just curious. Any official (or even unofficial!) numbers on this? --- ## [August Disgust (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-disgust-monthly-mini-rants/1005094)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-disgust-monthly-mini-rants/1005094 "2024-09-03T19:41:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from I'm ranting at you, July! (July mini-rants): Starting off this month’s mini-rants to just talk about how tired I am all the time. I’m trying to get more sleep and going to bed at a regula… --- ## [William Shakespeare: Playwright, Poet, and Word Inventor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shakespeare-playwright-poet-and-word-inventor/541047)
**Author:** [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shakespeare-playwright-poet-and-word-inventor/541047 "2010-05-31T16:58:51Z")
For years, I keep hearing the claim that William Shakespeare invented over 2000 words that are found in his plays. Did Shakespeare actually invent these words, or was he simply the first documented use of these words? T… --- ## [Miss Universe National Costumes 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-national-costumes-2012/644560)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2012, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-national-costumes-2012/644560 "2012-12-26T09:24:06Z")
You guys! It’s that Beloved Holiday Tradition and War on Good Taste, the Miss Universe pageant’s National Costume event! Let’s judge them shall we? My favorite is Miss Tanzania, but Miss Angola is pretty eye-popping. h… --- ## [I saw a drunk old man masturbate at Friday's!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-drunk-old-man-masturbate-at-fridays/163338)
**Author:** [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-drunk-old-man-masturbate-at-fridays/163338 "2003-03-25T21:20:15Z")
So there I was, sitting in a Friday’s after a long night of a Tech rehearsal at my school (Charlotte’s Web, if you must know), enjoying myself and my $2.79 basket of fries (enslaved fries, no less), when I notice a guy s… --- ## [Why don't "black boxes" float?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-black-boxes-float/756345)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-black-boxes-float/756345 "2016-06-11T22:49:18Z")
As they continue searching for the EgyptAir black boxes, I’m wondering why they aren’t encased in something that would float to the surface. Granted, they would float only if torn free from the rest of the wreckage, but … --- ## [Taxing is theft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxing-is-theft/788936)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxing-is-theft/788936 "2017-06-21T20:42:39Z")
So if we take the idea that all taxation is theft as true, what would be the best way to fund the government without any involuntary seizing of assets? --- ## [Amazon is tricking people into Trial Prime Memberships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-tricking-people-into-trial-prime-memberships/798406)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-tricking-people-into-trial-prime-memberships/798406 "2017-10-12T06:37:18Z")
I’m a bit pissed. I’ve put up with Amazon’s nag screen, Trial Prime Membership, for years. Their wonderful passive aggressive box, “No I don’t want to save $xxxx” that you have to accept. Then by default they charge sh… --- ## [Natural Ice is the best beer around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-ice-is-the-best-beer-around/260332)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-ice-is-the-best-beer-around/260332 "2004-08-19T20:01:42Z")
Yeah thats right. I have probably tried 20 beers in my life. That doesn’t make me a connoisseur but i have tried some of the ‘good’ beers like heinekens and guinness as well as the blue collar beers like Bud or Coors and… --- ## [Cliched "problems" in sitcoms that wouldn't bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliched-problems-in-sitcoms-that-wouldnt-bother-you/809073)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliched-problems-in-sitcoms-that-wouldnt-bother-you/809073 "2018-02-28T23:21:04Z")
There are “problems” faced by characters in sitcoms that don’t bother us. Me: mixing up identical twin babies In Full House, The Simpsons, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody etc. the identical twin babies were possibl… --- ## [Friend won't let me shower at his house, am I being unreasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-wont-let-me-shower-at-his-house-am-i-being-unreasonable/963036)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-wont-let-me-shower-at-his-house-am-i-being-unreasonable/963036 "2022-04-22T17:33:15Z")
Water pipe burst in my front lawn. Lost all water, and water company came out and said it was their fault so they will repair it for free, however for the nest 2-3 days I won’t have water at my house at all. For eating … --- ## [Why don't banks like it when you bounce checks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-banks-like-it-when-you-bounce-checks/634610)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-banks-like-it-when-you-bounce-checks/634610 "2012-09-16T10:18:00Z")
In this thread, Hello Again said, “No. What does the bank care if you bounce a check? They didn’t lose anything, in fact they gain something they love - a gigantic fee, applied each time the depositor resubmits the depos… --- ## [The Nature of Salvation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nature-of-salvation/528644)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nature-of-salvation/528644 "2010-02-16T20:33:39Z")
When do you think in your opinion is the moment of the conversion and salvation to Christianity? Is it a single sudden moment or a gradual intellectual and emotional acceptance? For instance I didn’t when I became Christ… --- ## [Handsome and the female beast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsome-and-the-female-beast/779616)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsome-and-the-female-beast/779616 "2017-02-16T15:43:33Z")
They are always making movies about beauty and the beast would it work if they reversed it? --- ## [Is having a cell phone a right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-a-cell-phone-a-right/591378)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-a-cell-phone-a-right/591378 "2011-08-05T21:38:24Z")
If you can’t afford one do you have the right to get a free one from the government along with free minutes to go with it? Some people think so. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s\_749344.html I can… --- ## [Can a "some drugs are worse than others; stay away from the bad ones" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-some-drugs-are-worse-than-others-stay-away-from-the-bad-ones-work/540349)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-some-drugs-are-worse-than-others-stay-away-from-the-bad-ones-work/540349 "2010-05-26T13:08:53Z")
So numerous threads about anti-drug efforts have made it clear that most people think that universally condemning and criminalizing all drugs don’t work. But the meth thread going on in another forum reminds me that the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1513&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1515&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)