# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1553&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:** 1554 --- ## [Josf, the Amusing Technicolor Turncoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josf-the-amusing-technicolor-turncoat/728984)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josf-the-amusing-technicolor-turncoat/728984 "2015-08-30T02:33:37Z")
Since thread winner’s privilege is apparently not a thing, this gargantufuck of a thread is now closed and its OP, despite his concerns from the first post (and frequently repeated afterward) that he’d be the subject of … --- ## [...convince me to not support Universal Healthcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-not-support-universal-healthcare/849098)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-not-support-universal-healthcare/849098 "2020-03-20T04:54:01Z")
…I’m self employed and I live in New Zealand. I pay up to a maximum of $50.00 if I need to see the local GP but if my income were below a certain bracket I’d get a substantial discount. Each individual prescription cos… --- ## [Grand Unified Theory of the paranormal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-unified-theory-of-the-paranormal/325710)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-unified-theory-of-the-paranormal/325710 "2005-10-19T00:58:13Z")
You know, all the weird things that have been reported: UFOs, the occult, ghosts, government conspiracies, monsters of every size, shape & description, ancient astronauts, etc. Has anyone ever tried to propose a coherent… --- ## [You Have a Incurable, Progressive, Terminal Disease. It Hurts. What If....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-incurable-progressive-terminal-disease-it-hurts-what-if/655199)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-incurable-progressive-terminal-disease-it-hurts-what-if/655199 "2013-04-13T10:31:36Z")
You learn that, in 3 months, you will no longer be able to walk or even stand. After that point, another 3-6 months until death. You have a gun and bullets, and loved ones who will support your decision. Do you wait it… --- ## [Why not an anti-NRA lobby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-an-anti-nra-lobby/801061)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-an-anti-nra-lobby/801061 "2017-11-21T06:04:09Z")
Cokie Roberts on NPR this morning was discussing the history of the NRA and gun legislation, and said something that really struck a chord with me: that you have to give them credit – they organize, they lobby, they vote… --- ## [Spelling Reform.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-reform/619130)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-reform/619130 "2012-04-25T17:53:06Z")
Tha simp’l fakt ov tha matter iz, inglish pronunsiashun iz a relik ov tha past. Bayst on tha fifteenth sentury rather than twenty-furst, inglish pronunsiashun confuzez nyu lernerz. Jermanz and italyanz hav a literal spel… --- ## [Dragline Excavators - too big to move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragline-excavators-too-big-to-move/544989)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragline-excavators-too-big-to-move/544989 "2010-07-01T20:25:52Z")
Wife and I were taking a scenic drive over in Eastern Oklahoma (the green hilly part) and we came across two of these huge excavators. Just sitting out in the land. I know of one other completely divorced from the existi… --- ## [How do trust funds work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-trust-funds-work/240905)
**Author:** [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-trust-funds-work/240905 "2004-04-27T19:33:12Z")
I mean literally. See I don’t really understand how it is that my friend can live a life of luxury (and brag about it) without having to do a cent worth of work. I know that the general concept behind it is: His grandp… --- ## [The Nevers \[open spoilers after first post\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nevers-open-spoilers-after-first-post/939884)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nevers-open-spoilers-after-first-post/939884 "2023-03-04T05:15:53Z")
So, Joss Whedon has a new show on HBO involving magic, mayhem, and late 1800s London. It has a lot of prominent actors, most or all of whom will be familiar if you watch BBC TV shows, and it has one hell of a special eff… --- ## [When was the last time you took a bath instead of a shower and why did you do so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-took-a-bath-instead-of-a-shower-and-why-did-you-do-so/747247)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-took-a-bath-instead-of-a-shower-and-why-did-you-do-so/747247 "2016-02-29T20:49:11Z")
I can’t even remember the last time I did, although it had to have been when I was in high school sometime, because I was still living with dad then and he was convinced showers didn’t get you as clean as a bath did. He … --- ## [Do all cultures try to avoid the rain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-cultures-try-to-avoid-the-rain/512524)
**Author:** [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-cultures-try-to-avoid-the-rain/512524 "2009-10-13T16:33:29Z")
In western culture, when it rains, people run to take shelter. If they don’t have umbrellas, people will often cluster under the awning of a building to stay dry in the rain stops. People walking down the street will oft… --- ## [British English - no apostrophes in possessive business names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-english-no-apostrophes-in-possessive-business-names/197481)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-english-no-apostrophes-in-possessive-business-names/197481 "2011-04-07T15:58:37Z")
Recently, there has been several SDMB threads regarding improper use of the apostrophe. In the UK, many business and product names that are possessive do not incorporate an apostrophe. Is the exclusion of an apostroph… --- ## [What crime were the "To catch a predator" subjects committing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crime-were-the-to-catch-a-predator-subjects-committing/476476)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crime-were-the-to-catch-a-predator-subjects-committing/476476 "2008-12-11T23:55:33Z")
Over in this thread Bricker says \[QUOTE=Bricker\] You understand that the “Dateline”-profiled folks are committing a crime when they reply to a 47-year-old sheriff’s deputy online and tell him, “Yes, I’d love to teach y… --- ## [Pros and cons of SSM as it pertains society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-ssm-as-it-pertains-society/629675)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-ssm-as-it-pertains-society/629675 "2012-08-03T21:58:29Z")
In THIS THREAD, Magellan01 asserts that once can hold the position that SSM is a negative influence on society and thus should remain banned while simultaneously allowing gay couples most of the same rights as hetero cou… --- ## [Scary stranger at a bus stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stranger-at-a-bus-stop/658800)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stranger-at-a-bus-stop/658800 "2013-05-23T19:27:49Z")
Okay, say you’re a little old lady or man, sitting on a bench at an urban bus stop, waiting for a bus. Suiddenly a person comes up to the bus stop and stands there; this person makes you so nervous/ uncomfortable/ suspi… --- ## [It's that time of year, and before you make a resolution to lose weight, I have a request...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-of-year-and-before-you-make-a-resolution-to-lose-weight-i-have-a-request/845668)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-of-year-and-before-you-make-a-resolution-to-lose-weight-i-have-a-request/845668 "2020-01-07T15:22:05Z")
Please don’t First, diets don’t work in the long term: http://janetto.bol.ucla.edu/index\_files/Mannetal2007AP.pdf It’s not in this study, but I’ve heard that as little as 5% of people who lose weight on a diet keep it … --- ## [Origin of "the kids are(n't) alright"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-kids-are-nt-alright/583054)
**Author:** [@Kamrusepas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamrusepas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-kids-are-nt-alright/583054 "2011-05-26T21:24:20Z")
Title says it all. I first heard the phrase in The Offspring song The Kids Aren’t Alright. Surely they didn’t invent it? --- ## [It's Festivus today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-festivus-today/607173 "2011-12-28T15:38:41Z")
erects Festivus pole. I have a bone to pick with all of you! But first, I challenge you to feats of strength. --- ## [Community 5.08 "App Development and Condiments" 3/6/14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-08-app-development-and-condiments-3-6-14/683064)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-08-app-development-and-condiments-3-6-14/683064 "2014-03-26T13:33:24Z")
5.01/5.02 “Repilot”/“Introduction to teaching” 5.03 Basic Intergluteal Numismatics 5.04 Cooperative Polygraphy 5.05 Geothermal Escapism 5.06 Analysis of Cork-based marketing 5.07 Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality --- ## [Please welcome our newest SDMB moderator, Spice Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030 "2017-12-11T23:57:30Z")
Please join me in welcoming our newest Straight Dope Message Board moderator, \*\*Spice Weasel. \*\* Subject to review of staff needs, Ms. Weasel has been provisionally assigned to MPSIMS, IMHO, Game Room and Thread Games. P… --- ## [Survivor Blood vs. Water 2 finale - Tonight December 17 (and live finale) open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-blood-vs-water-2-finale-tonight-december-17-and-live-finale-open-spoilers/707524)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-blood-vs-water-2-finale-tonight-december-17-and-live-finale-open-spoilers/707524 "2014-12-25T16:59:24Z")
I may watch the show “live”, but the reunion show will be tomorrow. Anyway, predictions? --- ## [How best to care for a wild pig?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-care-for-a-wild-pig/788157 "2017-06-23T05:54:24Z")
SHORT VERSION: A wild pig is trapped in a cage on our property, and the trap-setter is nowhere to be found, so I’m trying to take care of the pig since it seems incredibly cruel just to let it languish. What does it need… --- ## [New Home Necessities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-home-necessities/496447)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-home-necessities/496447 "2009-05-18T20:39:57Z")
So I’m closing on a house this month (yay!). As a first time homebuyer, I don’t have much in the way of tools, gardening equipment, etc. I don’t want to start stocking up on stuff at the moment, but I would like to kno… --- ## [question about new Rubik's cube proof (all solutions require \<= 20 moves)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-new-rubiks-cube-proof-all-solutions-require-20-moves/549863)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-new-rubiks-cube-proof-all-solutions-require-20-moves/549863 "2010-08-12T20:54:13Z")
Some people have proved that “Every position of Rubik’s Cube™ can be solved in twenty moves or less.”. http://www.cube20.org/ My question is: how do they count 20 moves? They have two examples at the site: Example … --- ## [One of the creepiest and most beautiful videos you will ever see or hear: Ode to Billie Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-creepiest-and-most-beautiful-videos-you-will-ever-see-or-hear-ode-to-billie-joe/689991)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-creepiest-and-most-beautiful-videos-you-will-ever-see-or-hear-ode-to-billie-joe/689991 "2014-06-06T11:54:09Z")
NPR covered this artist from the 60’s today. I had never heard of her and assumed she was a black woman on the radio but no. She is a white woman that sang some of the creepiest story songs combined with some bizarre ima… --- ## [Apartment versus..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-versus/698366)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-versus/698366 "2014-09-18T04:31:32Z")
In the US is there a standard definition for an apartment, a flat and a condominium? You can apparently either buy or rent an apartment or flat, however you only buy a condo. I live on the west coast and we normally do… --- ## [East Sea vs Sea of Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-sea-vs-sea-of-japan/624896)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-sea-vs-sea-of-japan/624896 "2012-06-19T19:58:06Z")
n a dispute over naming ‘Donghae(the East Sea)’, Donald Manzullo, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, has publically pointed out that both ‘the East Sea’ and ‘Sea of Japan’ should be… --- ## [weird bathroom happening... ever happen to you? (Men only) Maybe TMI, but IMO funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bathroom-happening-ever-happen-to-you-men-only-maybe-tmi-but-imo-funny/496478 "2009-05-21T03:23:58Z")
ok, so I like to read as I sit and have my morning constitutional. Well, when I defecate, I usually urinate, figuring I’m killing two birds with one stone, multitasking, and generally feeling completely “voided”. Wooho… --- ## [ATMs that scan checks directly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atms-that-scan-checks-directly/661834)
**Author:** [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atms-that-scan-checks-directly/661834 "2013-06-28T03:32:41Z")
I realize that this is becoming more and more popular now. Many banks have ATMs that scan your checks as you deposit them (no more envelopes). They can also read the amount on the check, even if it’s handwritten. I like … --- ## [Where are the Rosicrucians going to meet on 12/21/2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-rosicrucians-going-to-meet-on-12-21-2012/598393)
**Author:** [@Big\_Oscie\_Lipshitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Oscie_Lipshitz)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-rosicrucians-going-to-meet-on-12-21-2012/598393 "2011-10-09T21:50:10Z")
My son Isiah just found out about Rosicrucians and the Georgia Guide Stones and posed an interesting question for a five year old. (Yeah! he must be the milkman’s) In order to rebuild the world after the result of global… --- ## [Prepare me for my first taste of sardines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-me-for-my-first-taste-of-sardines/531009)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-me-for-my-first-taste-of-sardines/531009 "2010-03-05T19:13:27Z")
Bought a can of sardines over the weekend, intend to crack them open tonight. What should I expect, flavor-wise, texture-wise, other-aspect-I’m-too-ignorant-to-know-to-ask-about-wise? Any particularly novice-friendly r… --- ## [Glee: 2.15 "Sexy" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-2-15-sexy-open-spoilers/573984)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-2-15-sexy-open-spoilers/573984 "2011-03-12T01:45:46Z")
Gwyneth Paltrow’s back as Miss Holly Holliday, this time she’s teaching Sex Ed. Entertainment Weekly thinks we might see Sunshine Corazon again. Paltrow’s supposed to sing 3 songs. \[ul\] \[li\]Afternoon Delight (Starla… --- ## [Fucking Radio Shack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-radio-shack/383482)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-radio-shack/383482 "2006-12-16T02:50:47Z")
Radio Shack would be one of my favorite stores if they’d stop having the sales people follow you around like a puppy that wants to hump your fucking leg! God Damn it! From the minute I walk into the store at 2942 SOUTH … --- ## [For the Doper Parents - "Go the F@%k to sleep"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-doper-parents-go-the-f-k-to-sleep/580551)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-doper-parents-go-the-f-k-to-sleep/580551 "2011-07-01T12:28:35Z")
A new book, being published later this year, speaks to the frustration experienced by parents through the ages of a child that just won’t go to sleep. My almost two-year-old is going through this at the moment, waking ar… --- ## [Democrats are good, Republicans are evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-are-good-republicans-are-evil/270261)
**Author:** [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-are-good-republicans-are-evil/270261 "2004-10-25T15:12:50Z")
Seems like there is a lot of beating around the bush (no pun intended) in this forum. Let’s cut to the chase: Democrats and their supporters are intelligent, good people, while Republicans and their supporters are evil… --- ## [Citizens reporting on bad drivers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizens-reporting-on-bad-drivers/354304)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizens-reporting-on-bad-drivers/354304 "2006-04-29T18:56:48Z")
I already know this sounds crazy, but I swear I read about this a couple of years ago. Perhaps someone knowledgeable can confirm that I’m right (or crazy). I had an incident this morning where another driver cut me off … --- ## [Rape – All about power and control Or an evolutionary option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-all-about-power-and-control-or-an-evolutionary-option/254746)
**Author:** [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-all-about-power-and-control-or-an-evolutionary-option/254746 "2004-07-24T22:06:32Z")
First, least there be any confusion – this is not a thread attempting to explain away the horrors of rape. Rape is a horrible act. This is not a thread about whether rape is wrong – it is. And the harm goes much dee… --- ## [Why did The Sharper Image go out of business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-sharper-image-go-out-of-business/475765)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-sharper-image-go-out-of-business/475765 "2008-12-06T00:59:37Z")
Why did The Sharper Image go out of business? Ironically while I never bought anything in the store, I was too young to have much money. The stores always seemed crowded and had a bunch of ‘neat’ things. Did people just… --- ## [Deafness IS a disability, NOT a culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deafness-is-a-disability-not-a-culture/103130)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deafness-is-a-disability-not-a-culture/103130 "2002-11-13T19:15:25Z")
Sure, a ‘culture’ has grown up around being deaf. This happens with any group of people who share a strong physical similarity. But would you call being blind a ‘culture’? Or being diabetic? Or paraplegic? Would you del… --- ## [Watchmen 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-2009/783232)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-2009/783232 "2017-04-01T14:50:30Z")
Saw this today for the first time. I’d been aware of the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore for years but for some reason I’d never seen the film adaptation. It didn’t seem to be mentioned as much as other DC comic book… --- ## [Styx. REO Speedwagon. Toto. ELO. What ARE these people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/styx-reo-speedwagon-toto-elo-what-are-these-people/247109)
**Author:** [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/styx-reo-speedwagon-toto-elo-what-are-these-people/247109 "2004-05-29T03:10:17Z")
Styx. REO Speedwagon. Toto. ELO. What ARE these people? The title says it all. How to catagorize these bands and others of their ilk. They’re certainly not Metal. They sure as hell don’t have the hips to be Disco… --- ## [What will it take to create a third political party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-take-to-create-a-third-political-party/590494)
**Author:** [@Nica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nica)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-take-to-create-a-third-political-party/590494 "2011-07-28T20:12:19Z")
Has the administration made people too afraid to step outside of the box? To challenge the lines of conformity? Or is it really all about money? I proposed a question a short time ago asking why politicians need money… --- ## [Violent Religious Intolerance for Mundane Actions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-religious-intolerance-for-mundane-actions/524162)
**Author:** [@A.Selene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Selene)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-religious-intolerance-for-mundane-actions/524162 "2010-01-10T19:36:42Z")
It seems as if - once again - Muslims are wrecking shit in another country for what seems like rather stupid reasons. It’s not for printing images of Allah this time, but the use of the actual word. And it’s not even a… --- ## [Science Grad School - Importance of Research?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-grad-school-importance-of-research/505318)
**Author:** [@MagicXylophone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicXylophone)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-grad-school-importance-of-research/505318 "2009-08-06T14:00:25Z")
I know this is getting a bit esoteric (even for around here) but I’ve been going through the whole motions of thinking about/looking at/applying to grad schools this summer, and this question has been nagging me for a wh… --- ## [Did Antonin Scalia resign from the boy scouts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-antonin-scalia-resign-from-the-boy-scouts/659434)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-antonin-scalia-resign-from-the-boy-scouts/659434 "2013-06-06T03:35:05Z")
My dad (who is very conservative) told me that he got an e-mail saying that Scalia resigned from the Boy Scouts after they voted to allow gay scouts. He opined that it was a hoax because this would force him to recuse h… --- ## [Known unknowns: how many legitimate outstanding secrets/mysteries are there, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-unknowns-how-many-legitimate-outstanding-secrets-mysteries-are-there-really/391085)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-unknowns-how-many-legitimate-outstanding-secrets-mysteries-are-there-really/391085 "2007-02-11T18:32:21Z")
I was amused to learn, while doing some cooking research, that the original recipe for Oysters Rockefeller is still a family secret. It has been made at the original New Orleans restaurant where it was first invented in … --- ## [Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-celebrate-st-patricks-day/782394)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-celebrate-st-patricks-day/782394 "2017-04-01T22:59:36Z")
A poll will follow. I’m not sure why so many people tend to celebrate this day. Heck, I’ve seen Vietnamese colleagues wearing green on March 17th, which is somewhat wonderful, but I don’t get it myself. I think it’s m… --- ## [What is eating my deck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-eating-my-deck/448562)
**Author:** [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-eating-my-deck/448562 "2008-05-09T13:05:21Z")
We moved in last spring to our newly renovated house. One of the features that we did was to put in a two story wrap around porch around the front of the house. We love this deck and it makes the house really have charac… --- ## [Anyone at nationstates.net?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-at-nationstates-net/145357)
**Author:** [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-at-nationstates-net/145357 "2003-12-18T21:55:45Z")
http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi It’s a fun little game where you get your own nation to lead. You get issues to resolve, and the way you choose to act on them defines how your nation will develop. Quite ni… --- ## [Cecil ~ Dumbest Man Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-dumbest-man-alive/597529)
**Author:** [@Vahid\_Tarzan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vahid_Tarzan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-dumbest-man-alive/597529 "2011-09-25T15:16:44Z")
How did Cecil become the smartest man alive surrounded by close-minded fire retarded idiots? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1552&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1554&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)