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**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-do-i-need-a-naturopath/754818 "2016-05-30T02:30:43Z")
TLDR: I am really stopped up, went to an MD, got drugs, they don’t work. Some time less than 30 and more than 20 years ago I got a cold, which resulted in a really bad sinus infection, with left me with a head like a bl… --- ## [Isn't celebrating Kwanza just being anti-white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-celebrating-kwanza-just-being-anti-white/47146)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-celebrating-kwanza-just-being-anti-white/47146 "2001-01-07T22:43:04Z")
When I first heard of Kwanza I though it was based on a real African feast or festival of some kind. And I thought, well, I have no interest in celebrating it (not being african) but, okay, sure, whatever. Then I found … --- ## [Can my business legally refuse to serve Fred Phelps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-business-legally-refuse-to-serve-fred-phelps/560785)
**Author:** [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-business-legally-refuse-to-serve-fred-phelps/560785 "2010-11-20T20:58:07Z")
Per this link, a garage refused to serve members of the Westboro Baptist Church after their tires were slashed. Interestingly, much of the online debate has centered on why the business refused to serve them. Many specu… --- ## [Ridiculously tacky web pages.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-tacky-web-pages/89149)
**Author:** [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-tacky-web-pages/89149 "2002-09-01T06:18:30Z")
Check this out: http://www.execpc.com/~suden/index.html Warning: my processor has almost ground to a halt under the burden of animating the background images on this page. Gotta favorite tacky web page? --- ## [For professionals: what are the most/least accurate shows about lawyers and cops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-professionals-what-are-the-most-least-accurate-shows-about-lawyers-and-cops/445056)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-professionals-what-are-the-most-least-accurate-shows-about-lawyers-and-cops/445056 "2008-04-16T16:20:02Z")
I work at a college that has a lot of pre-law/legal studies/paralegal courses and the most frequently checked out movie in our collection is A Civil Action. The law professors (all of them practicing attorneys themselv… --- ## [Was this action by management as irresponsible and stupid as I think it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-action-by-management-as-irresponsible-and-stupid-as-i-think-it-is/689046)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-action-by-management-as-irresponsible-and-stupid-as-i-think-it-is/689046 "2014-05-28T16:56:53Z")
In response to an agency-wide survey that showed low morale among employees, management administered a follow-up survey to just the folks in my program to elicit more specific feedback. There were a number of open-ended … --- ## [Tipping for takeout and delivery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-takeout-and-delivery/634100)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-for-takeout-and-delivery/634100 "2012-09-10T18:27:01Z")
At some point tipping went from 15% to 18% to 20%. I don’t understand this tipping inflation. Has the price of a meal (and therefore the size of the tip) not kept up with the cost of living (it certainly doesn’t feel th… --- ## [Straight Dope Research Poll - Help Cecil with Earworms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-research-poll-help-cecil-with-earworms/506520)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-research-poll-help-cecil-with-earworms/506520 "2009-08-29T00:47:53Z")
Cecil is working on a column on earworms, which are repetitive tunes, advertising jingles, melodies, or songs which get “stuck in your head”, and he has asked me to do a poll to survey the Straight Dope Message Board on … --- ## [Survivor - 5/4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-4/580775)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-4/580775 "2011-05-09T21:58:17Z")
Mike and Matt are officially in a “Good Christian”-off. --- ## [Oldest Movie you enjoyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240 "2016-07-02T17:26:41Z")
Silent Movie: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) Starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr.! Talking Movie: Coconauts (1929) The Marx Brothers naturally. BTW: A Trip to the Moon (1902) is a neat movie, but just too ridiculous. --- ## [Is "X times as much" the same as "X times more"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-x-times-as-much-the-same-as-x-times-more/659678)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-x-times-as-much-the-same-as-x-times-more/659678 "2013-06-02T07:18:13Z")
3x as much storage space! 3x more storage space! I thought “as much” meant you get that many times, e.g. 3 in the example above, and “more” meant you get the original + that amount, so 1+3=4. This seems to be true for … --- ## [Why is Trump's anti-ally protectionism so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trumps-anti-ally-protectionism-so-popular/815889)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trumps-anti-ally-protectionism-so-popular/815889 "2018-06-14T23:47:08Z")
This post is prompted by my own FB feed, where my libertarian and moderate “reluctant Trumper” acquaintances now seem to be fully on board the Trump “Eff the G7” train. This being GD, I wish I had better cites, but Trum… --- ## [Using coffee stirrers - the right way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-coffee-stirrers-the-right-way/332495)
**Author:** [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-coffee-stirrers-the-right-way/332495 "2005-11-30T06:09:46Z")
I am not sure that’s what they are called. I am talking about those plastic sticks, usually brown, flat or cylindrical in shape, available at take out coffee shops, and used to stir the milk/sugar in the coffee. I have … --- ## [To the woman who had her 9 year old son in the ladies' change room at the Y](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-woman-who-had-her-9-year-old-son-in-the-ladies-change-room-at-the-y/147747)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-woman-who-had-her-9-year-old-son-in-the-ladies-change-room-at-the-y/147747 "2003-01-11T22:57:33Z")
So we went to the Y for a little swimming fun and exercise, and I went to the ladies’ change room to well, change. As I was changing, I noticed that a woman had her son in there with her, and he seemed a little old for b… --- ## [Logicians: What (if anything) is wrong with this argument? Blue-eyed islanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logicians-what-if-anything-is-wrong-with-this-argument-blue-eyed-islanders/268946)
**Author:** [@bitwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bitwise)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logicians-what-if-anything-is-wrong-with-this-argument-blue-eyed-islanders/268946 "2004-10-25T13:55:06Z")
A professor of mine said that he stopped giving this problem, because a logician friend of his said there was something wrong with the solution. However, he never found out from his friend what the flaw was. The problem… --- ## [Who Are the People in My Neighborhood (update on RSO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-people-in-my-neighborhood-update-on-rso/531144)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-people-in-my-neighborhood-update-on-rso/531144 "2010-03-04T18:38:23Z")
People asked me to post what I found out, so here’s an update. Our clerk of courts’ online database got all wonky before I could ferret out all the details I wanted (may need to call them), BUT I do know that the regist… --- ## [Poll: Should Canada annex the Turks and Caicos Islands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959 "2009-11-27T15:18:44Z")
Inspired by this post in another thread. There’s been talk off and on over the past few decades about having the Turks and Caicos join Canada (see Wikipedia), do you think it would happen? Let us know, especially if yo… --- ## [Your child - planned? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-child-planned-edited-title/580527)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-child-planned-edited-title/580527 "2011-05-06T05:42:31Z")
Another thread got me thinking. I was watching something once that said the majority of children born, I can’t remember if it was in the US or globally, are unplanned. Since this board has a lot of highly educated people… --- ## [Expensive first edition books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-first-edition-books/491218)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-first-edition-books/491218 "2009-04-03T15:27:25Z")
Do books really sell for these incredible prices? Sure they’re listed for that much, but does anyone really buy them? Here’s an example–Lord of Light (Zelazny) for $10,000! First edition in fine condition, and signed … --- ## [People tagging gang signs in the hallway in my apartment complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-tagging-gang-signs-in-the-hallway-in-my-apartment-complex/621230)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-tagging-gang-signs-in-the-hallway-in-my-apartment-complex/621230 "2012-05-08T22:18:06Z")
This sucks. I am glad I only signed a 6 month lease, but moving all this shit to a new apartment is going to be hard. Apparently a few days ago some kids were messing with cars in the parking lot, trying to break in. Th… --- ## [I'm going to spend a million dollars on small 950 sqr foot condo...reasonable idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-spend-a-million-dollars-on-small-950-sqr-foot-condo-reasonable-idea/645634)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-spend-a-million-dollars-on-small-950-sqr-foot-condo-reasonable-idea/645634 "2013-01-03T14:44:17Z")
I am looking for a new place to hang my hat and am rather taken with this particular offering at the brand-new Four Seasoons hotel/condo in Toronto. For anyone interested, there is a bit more information about the proje… --- ## [A question for police officers about handcuffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-police-officers-about-handcuffs/541250)
**Author:** [@AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-police-officers-about-handcuffs/541250 "2010-06-02T18:46:05Z")
While watching an episode of Law and Order I noticed them arrest someone wearing a cast but the scene quickly changed. It made me wonder, I don’t think handcuffs will fit around your average arm cast. What do police offi… --- ## [Did New England winters come with huge amounts of snow in the 1950s & 60s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-new-england-winters-come-with-huge-amounts-of-snow-in-the-1950s-60s/712433)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-new-england-winters-come-with-huge-amounts-of-snow-in-the-1950s-60s/712433 "2015-02-14T19:34:53Z")
I’m finding this really hard to search for online… When people bitch about how much snow we’ve gotten this year, older people keep insisting that this winter is like the ones they remember from the 1950s and 1960s, with… --- ## [If you were forced to prove you had a legal right to be in this country, could you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-forced-to-prove-you-had-a-legal-right-to-be-in-this-country-could-you/537750)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-forced-to-prove-you-had-a-legal-right-to-be-in-this-country-could-you/537750 "2010-04-30T21:19:30Z")
I’m not saying that any of these were be 100% conclusive proof, but I’m just asking… remember, this is not what you OWN, but what you would have on you to show proof. --- ## [People who have not heard of major historical events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-not-heard-of-major-historical-events/824904)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-not-heard-of-major-historical-events/824904 "2018-11-28T19:27:45Z")
Taking 9/11 as an example (although perhaps any other major event from the 20th or 21st century would work as well) - in which places of the world might people not know what the 9/11 attacks were (other than, say, remote… --- ## [What are some of the most beautiful colleges and ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-most-beautiful-colleges-and/405631)
**Author:** [@GuyNblueJeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuyNblueJeans)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-most-beautiful-colleges-and/405631 "2007-05-30T19:43:47Z")
universities? I heard that Indiana University and Michigan State are both very beautiful. I suspect that Cambridge University in England is beautiful, as is, I’m sure, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. I had a … --- ## [Gore, titties and the United States of America.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gore-titties-and-the-united-states-of-america/597216)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gore-titties-and-the-united-states-of-america/597216 "2011-09-23T19:27:56Z")
Here’s the scenario. You’ve been roped in to babysitting a friend’s child, of impressionable years (let’s say ten years old). Without warning, a maniac jumps through the window with a gun and two DVDs. He says that he w… --- ## [Would you cure death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cure-death/600236)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cure-death/600236 "2011-10-29T12:09:14Z")
One day while pondering the secrets of life you come up with a pill. This pill cures and immunises against all known (and unknown diseases), poisons, virii, bacterial infections, genetic disorders, you name it. You can’t… --- ## [What's a good "Just Because" present? Aside from flowers and candy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-just-because-present-aside-from-flowers-and-candy/394544)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-just-because-present-aside-from-flowers-and-candy/394544 "2007-03-05T23:33:41Z")
This week I am planning on sending my wife a “just because” present delivered to her work. I want to send her something better than a bouquet of flowers or candy. Any suggestions of something cool and fun to send her at … --- ## [Hotel room pranks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-room-pranks/954936)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-room-pranks/954936 "2022-01-01T17:39:09Z")
Have any of you done any (or other pranks which don’t cause damage) of these in a hotel (just before checkout), and what results? I have had the first two done to me, and they can work just as well in a friend’s room if … --- ## [Why don't more people use tech that reduce wait times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-people-use-tech-that-reduce-wait-times/493387)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-more-people-use-tech-that-reduce-wait-times/493387 "2009-04-24T08:56:57Z")
Reading a thread about the Post Office in the Pit reminded me of an incident when I went to a local post office to mail an envelope. To my surprise, it was particularly busy that afternoon; the line was twelve to fiftee… --- ## [My wife has no sales resistance(mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884 "2008-02-22T01:54:30Z")
We have a flo bee,We have a electric shower cleaner that sprays after showers. We have a device that sucks the air out of sweaters for easier packing. We have a device for plastic wrapping and sucking the air out of food… --- ## [How did Luddites like McCoy and Phlox get such high-profile postings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-luddites-like-mccoy-and-phlox-get-such-high-profile-postings/937715)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-luddites-like-mccoy-and-phlox-get-such-high-profile-postings/937715 "2021-03-21T21:05:36Z")
Not only is McCoy tech-averse, his latent racism would come to light in any futuristic psych-evaluations. And while Phlox’s approach is interesting, I’d think that everyone needs to be on the same page as far as medicin… --- ## [Oak's College Pick'Em '13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824 "2013-12-08T15:43:02Z")
I’ve renewed the game and sent invitations to everyone that played last year. There is no limit on the number of players, so everyone is welcome to join us. We’ll be picking the Yahoo default games and of course, the p… --- ## [Subprime Mortgages were 'necessary' to comply with Fannie Mae?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subprime-mortgages-were-necessary-to-comply-with-fannie-mae/696147)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subprime-mortgages-were-necessary-to-comply-with-fannie-mae/696147 "2016-02-09T05:51:17Z")
The Leap-of-Logic Loan Scandal? So, for various reasons, I was researching the roots of the economic recession/depression we’re now starting to leave behind and I stumbled across this analysis from a guy at San Jose Sta… --- ## [Why does the government deliberately poison lakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-government-deliberately-poison-lakes/529242)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-government-deliberately-poison-lakes/529242 "2010-03-15T16:13:03Z")
You occasionally hear about the government deliberately poisoning lakes for certain reasons, like to count the fish. To me, this sounds like about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of. Why is this done, and is this rea… --- ## [RIP Nurse Chapel, Lwaxana Troi, Computer Voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812 "2008-12-23T22:45:23Z")
Zev Steinhardt --- ## [Male violence and insecurity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-violence-and-insecurity/758517)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-violence-and-insecurity/758517 "2016-07-04T11:57:14Z")
If you look around the world you live in, it won’t take too long before you observe men in a pointless struggle for dominance in the male hierarchy that exists in their own mind. These are men who use religion as an exc… --- ## [How much do you know about Beethoven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-about-beethoven/635827)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-about-beethoven/635827 "2013-01-02T21:59:08Z")
WITHOUT using Google; Do you know what happened when he died? Several coworkers did not know this!:eek: --- ## [Sudden heavy heartbeats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-heavy-heartbeats/256900)
**Author:** [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-heavy-heartbeats/256900 "2013-05-08T04:49:25Z")
Every once in a while – I can be slouching in the sofa, reading in bed, or sitting by my desk in my work chair – I feel an sensation in my chest: First there seems to be a slight pause in my heartbeat, like an hesitation… --- ## [Are the male and female genitalia "the same" in every respect aside from their shape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-male-and-female-genitalia-the-same-in-every-respect-aside-from-their-shape/665794)
**Author:** [@donnie\_darko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_darko)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-male-and-female-genitalia-the-same-in-every-respect-aside-from-their-shape/665794 "2013-08-16T01:37:29Z")
Science seems to suggest so. Women are now known to have a “prostate” that contributes to ejaculation, the penis is understood to be an externalized clitoris, and both of these organs are made of the same tissue. The ova… --- ## [xkcd "Pixels"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-pixels/697351)
**Author:** [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-pixels/697351 "2014-09-07T17:31:42Z")
Randall Munroe releases a book… And destroys another day of productivity in the IT sector. Clickat your own risk. May suck up terabytes of memory. Well, not at first. It is safe for work (probably), not sure if it is s… --- ## [What would it take to make you believe in evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-you-believe-in-evolution/33959)
**Author:** [@PaulYeah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulYeah)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-you-believe-in-evolution/33959 "2000-10-05T15:56:00Z")
This question is obviously one I’m posing to people who deny evolution. What hypothetical evidence can you imagine that would cause you to conclude that evolution takes place on the planet Earth? PaulYeah A plan is just… --- ## [Why is there still an Electoral College in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-still-an-electoral-college-in-2024/1000017)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-still-an-electoral-college-in-2024/1000017 "2024-04-29T18:19:32Z")
I know there are some existing threads on this topic, but it’s time to ask the question again. Why is there still an Electoral College in 2024? Who is in favor of the Electoral College and who is successfully keeping it… --- ## [How will this be enforced? (judge orders Trump administration to abide by his restraining order)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-this-be-enforced-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-abide-by-his-restraining-order/1014147)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-this-be-enforced-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-abide-by-his-restraining-order/1014147 "2025-04-15T01:40:34Z")
So how will this be enforced? Does it come down to Congress having to impeach him if he doesn’t comply? --- ## [Likelihood of a Nuclear Holocaust Now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-a-nuclear-holocaust-now/722642)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-a-nuclear-holocaust-now/722642 "2015-06-24T03:14:42Z")
I am probably one of the few people on these boards that still remembers the 1980’s. I was just a little kid then. But still. Anyways, if any of the rest of you recall, there was this argument going between the USSR and… --- ## [American Idol 7 starts tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-7-starts-tonight/433620)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-7-starts-tonight/433620 "2008-01-19T03:40:23Z")
I generally loathe the audition shows, because I prefer seeing people who actually have talent rather than delusional famewhores. That having been said, I am absurdly psyched about the upcoming season. I’ll be posting … --- ## [What sports stadium/arena has had the most names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sports-stadium-arena-has-had-the-most-names/538297)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sports-stadium-arena-has-had-the-most-names/538297 "2010-05-08T03:04:42Z")
The problem with corporate naming rights is corporations so often change. Fenway = Fenway = Fenway, but Enron Field and Adelphia Coliseum are no more, even with the building still there. What stadium or arena has had t… --- ## [Anyone else for whom brushing teeth with an electrical toothbrush feels like nails on chalkboard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-for-whom-brushing-teeth-with-an-electrical-toothbrush-feels-like-nails-on-chalkboard/617680)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-for-whom-brushing-teeth-with-an-electrical-toothbrush-feels-like-nails-on-chalkboard/617680 "2012-04-04T16:25:20Z")
This month’s issue of my Consumers magazine tests and endorses electrical toothbrushes. They are apparently better to fight cavities then an handheld toothbrush, especially given the lackadaisical way most people brush. … --- ## [Had a senior moment today and it almost made me cry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-a-senior-moment-today-and-it-almost-made-me-cry/919415)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-a-senior-moment-today-and-it-almost-made-me-cry/919415 "2021-06-24T06:28:36Z")
I was taking the blades off the riding mower for sharpening and was wearing a pair of work gloves. Got the blades off and scraped a bunch of accumulated grass out of the underside of the deck. Took the blades over to my … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1515&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1517&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)