# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1567&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:** 1568 --- ## [Is/was it common to tell schoolchildren about national tragedies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-was-it-common-to-tell-schoolchildren-about-national-tragedies/705365)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-was-it-common-to-tell-schoolchildren-about-national-tragedies/705365 "2014-11-26T02:38:10Z")
I was reading the thread on JFK’s assassination and was surprised by the number of people who heard the news from primary school teacher or principal. Was anyone here 5-10 years of age, and in school when Reagan was sho… --- ## [Who knows about shipping human ashes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-shipping-human-ashes/446882)
**Author:** [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-shipping-human-ashes/446882 "2008-04-26T02:02:31Z")
I need to ship my parents ashes from Florida to Massachusetts before August. My shipping clerk at work tells me that Fed Ex and UPS will NOT ship them. Anybody have any experience of this kind? I’m asking because I wo… --- ## [Google & Bing make searching for kiddy diddling harder - will it make any difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-bing-make-searching-for-kiddy-diddling-harder-will-it-make-any-difference/674175)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-bing-make-searching-for-kiddy-diddling-harder-will-it-make-any-difference/674175 "2013-11-27T02:09:43Z")
These two search giants accounting for 95% of search traffic on the internet have agreed to tighten up their algorithms on searching for paedo material. "Google communications director Peter Barron said the changes, whi… --- ## [The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-majority-of-plastic-that-people-put-into-recycling-bins-is-headed-to-landfills/973728)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-majority-of-plastic-that-people-put-into-recycling-bins-is-headed-to-landfills/973728 "2022-11-12T22:35:01Z")
Few plastics get recycled now. Only type 1 and 2 plastics are getting recycled at any significant rate at all, and that rate still falls well below the 30% rate deemed necessary to consider a substance ‘recyclable’. An… --- ## [How do I travel to/from Manila without flying ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-travel-to-from-manila-without-flying/578813)
**Author:** [@SpaceDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceDog)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-travel-to-from-manila-without-flying/578813 "2011-04-20T07:56:54Z")
Dopers, I’ve reached the end of my Google searching abilities and before I start phoning random places I thought I’d turn to you. I currently live in Manila, Philippines. Since I moved here I’ve had a crazy idea to try … --- ## [Extreme Large Numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-large-numbers/571534)
**Author:** [@CalDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalDude)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-large-numbers/571534 "2011-06-17T17:51:58Z")
Recently I noticed on a Wikipedia page that there’s a number named the “MILL(IN)ILLION.” It’s not named for a “million”-- 10 to the (6th exponent), but rather 10 to the (3003rd exponent). Using the EXPONENT to BASE NAM… --- ## [High-Rent Districts That Used to Be Slums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-rent-districts-that-used-to-be-slums/607716)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-rent-districts-that-used-to-be-slums/607716 "2011-12-30T22:27:10Z")
I’ve decided to try my hand at writing my first article for Cracked!. Being fascinated by the topic of Gentrification, I’d like to research an article entitled “ High-Rent Districts That Used to Be Slums.” This is where… --- ## [Police question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-question/728136)
**Author:** [@glennwith2ns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glennwith2ns)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-question/728136 "2015-08-21T19:30:03Z")
Hypothetically, Driving home one night ,I ran through a stop sign without stopping. My house is right down the road and I pulled into my attached garage and hit the button to shut the door. Unbeknownst to me the local … --- ## [Christmas Vandals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-vandals/642116)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-vandals/642116 "2012-11-29T03:44:25Z")
Really!? My wife and I put up our display Saturday afternoon, one of the cutest we’d ever done. The centerpiece was a Santa’s sleigh with 4 reindeer pulling, all lit up with lights intertwined within. I was a little w… --- ## [Plastic glasses frames and no lenses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-glasses-frames-and-no-lenses/637158)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-glasses-frames-and-no-lenses/637158 "2012-10-20T19:33:14Z")
Watching a singing show, the voice maybe, I have seen at least three performers wearing empty frames. As a long suffering spectacle wearer I find this offensive. Glasses never made me sexy. --- ## [How Bad Was "Waterworld"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-waterworld/521488)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-waterworld/521488 "2009-12-17T16:10:47Z")
I often hear jokes about this Kevin Costner film and have never seen it. I know it went way over budget to the tune of some 75 million dollars but I wonder if anyone has seen it was it really a bad movie? Or did it just… --- ## [Top Chef 10/7 - Spoilers expected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-10-7-spoilers-expected/513070)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-10-7-spoilers-expected/513070 "2009-10-13T15:01:34Z")
What, no thread on this episode yet? Anybody else watch it? So, whaddaya think? Personally, I think the wrong one went home, but I liked the winner. --- ## [Tim Tebow..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tebow/530086)
**Author:** [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tebow/530086 "2010-03-02T15:56:34Z")
Foregiveness if another thread has been run on this issue … but i find this fascinating… http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/02/22/tebow-wont-throw-at-combine/2#comments Down here in deep SEC country the hard core Timmy T fan… --- ## [Are there any rankings by Country based on perceived human rights violations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-rankings-by-country-based-on-perceived-human-rights-violations/571090)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-rankings-by-country-based-on-perceived-human-rights-violations/571090 "2013-03-21T17:05:43Z")
The recent problems in Egypt surprised me. I had never regarded it as particularly oppressive compared with other Arab countries. Libya, Syria, Iraq under Saddam, and Saudi Arabia are countries that I would have named f… --- ## [I may be a "chink" but I'm not FUCKING DEAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606)
**Author:** [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606 "2003-07-31T14:48:59Z")
So I was walking my dog at night. A cute little MinPin. Now we’re heading home around the block and I begin to get near a little parkette. I see that there are kids out in the parkette being little kids. Mind you it’… --- ## [Grand Theft Auto: Vice City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/134607)
**Author:** [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-theft-auto-vice-city/134607 "2002-11-25T03:13:39Z")
So we went down to Best Buy this morning. The game came out yesterday, but 1) Best Buy had a $5 off coupon in the October EGM, and 2) Best Buy decided to be different and not stock the game until today. There was a brie… --- ## [Who drinks what straight, or Am I a pansy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-drinks-what-straight-or-am-i-a-pansy/434116)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-drinks-what-straight-or-am-i-a-pansy/434116 "2009-08-10T19:31:13Z")
This thread about drinking things of the alcoholic nature got me thinking. There are very few alcohols I like straight. Tequila is the only one of the “big 4” (NB: this may be an arbitrary grouping I’m making here: teq… --- ## [Brake light comes on while driving; 03 Windstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brake-light-comes-on-while-driving-03-windstar/416247)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brake-light-comes-on-while-driving-03-windstar/416247 "2007-08-20T18:05:54Z")
My 2003 base model Ford Windstar’s brake light is coming on while I drive. When I take my son to school in the morning, the light comes on as I’m braking from about 40 miles an hour at the first couple of stoplights I hi… --- ## [One Month Until Iowa: Bragging Rights Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-month-until-iowa-bragging-rights-thread/741903)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-month-until-iowa-bragging-rights-thread/741903 "2016-02-02T16:44:08Z")
OK, then. We’re an official one month until the actual election cycle begins. The Iowa caucuses are on February 1st and that’s one month from today. \*\*Your challenge: \*\* Determine the outcome of the Republican Caucus … --- ## [Is tickling legal in wrestling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tickling-legal-in-wrestling/527784)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tickling-legal-in-wrestling/527784 "2010-02-11T01:15:56Z")
In any of the various forms of wrestling, is it permitted (or forbidden) to tickle your opponent? It seems to me that tickling would be a great way of distracting a ticklish but stronger opponent, especially if they hav… --- ## [Movies about living disembodied heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-living-disembodied-heads/658018)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-living-disembodied-heads/658018 "2013-05-15T15:13:56Z")
A living-yet-disembodied head is a theme in some horror movies: The Thing That Could Not Die (1958) : Re-Animator (1985) : I’m sure that there are others, but at the moment I can’t think of any. Can you guys come u… --- ## [Who's the closest living relative to Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-closest-living-relative-to-jesus/259518)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-closest-living-relative-to-jesus/259518 "2004-08-14T00:33:47Z")
Not sure what guidelines to use for ‘closest living relative’ but there must be someone who claims to be some direct decendant of Christs’ family via Joseph or Marys’ siblings. Or an aunt or uncle off the same branch. --- ## [Straight women: have you ever had relationship problems with men threatened by your competence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-have-you-ever-had-relationship-problems-with-men-threatened-by-your-competence/684530)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-have-you-ever-had-relationship-problems-with-men-threatened-by-your-competence/684530 "2014-03-29T03:17:37Z")
Recently a troglodyte neighbor of mine was surprised and dismayed to learn that, in the Rhymer household, I do the cooking (or at least that cooking more complicated than "open package, cut slit in plastic, insert in mic… --- ## [Was a very low-key, less costly response to 9/11 practical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-a-very-low-key-less-costly-response-to-9-11-practical/717018)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-a-very-low-key-less-costly-response-to-9-11-practical/717018 "2015-04-08T21:37:46Z")
9/11 led to an enormously costly war in Afghanistan. (Yes, Iraq was a bad war, but we’ll leave that out for now.) Was a much more low-key, subtler approach - like the Israeli assassination campaign after the 1972 Munich… --- ## [Songs that have been misinterpreted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-been-misinterpreted/851049)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-been-misinterpreted/851049 "2020-04-07T13:42:19Z")
A lot of songs have had people misinterpret the message of them. They might think it’s about one thing, but it’s actually about the opposite. I’ll start with an obvious one, Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen. --- ## [Proposed NJ Legislation Would Snuff Driver Smoking Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-nj-legislation-would-snuff-driver-smoking-rights/314009)
**Author:** [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-nj-legislation-would-snuff-driver-smoking-rights/314009 "2005-07-29T20:25:17Z")
This stuff is really getting over the top, anymore. I’m a former smoker and it pisses me off to see those who still wish to do so treated like crack addicts. Rather than digressing into arguments about the workplace an… --- ## [Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1955-56](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1955-56/696098)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1955-56/696098 "2014-10-25T02:31:39Z")
So, for a couple years now, I’ve been doing an end-of-the-year poll of all the songs to hit #1 on the Billboard charts that year, to find out which ones the Teeming Millions thought stood above the rest. I’ve been gettin… --- ## [Rapid unscheduled disassembly and other rocket scientist jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-unscheduled-disassembly-and-other-rocket-scientist-jokes/710028)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-unscheduled-disassembly-and-other-rocket-scientist-jokes/710028 "2015-01-21T07:29:43Z")
Give them credit: first a guy with spacecraft shaved into his head, then a guy with tattoos and a colorful shirt (um…), and now gallows humor. Any other inside jokes? I’m assuming RUD has been around for a while. In fa… --- ## [Job hunting while pregnant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-while-pregnant/398666)
**Author:** [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-while-pregnant/398666 "2007-04-06T16:24:50Z")
Things are very unstable where I work. As a precaution, I have sent my resume to a couple of places. My big worry: I’m just out of my first trimester of pregnancy. By Federal law, a potential employer shouldn’t discri… --- ## [Who listened to "Alice's Restaurant" this Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-listened-to-alices-restaurant-this-thanksgiving/562147)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-listened-to-alices-restaurant-this-thanksgiving/562147 "2010-12-03T09:03:07Z")
Every Thanksgiving two radio stations in the Seattle area play this song at noon. Since my relatives don’t pick me up until about 1pm I get to hear this every year, a real holiday tradition. I hear it’s common for stat… --- ## [What are the most unusual thing(s) you've ever heard of anyone collecting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-unusual-thing-s-youve-ever-heard-of-anyone-collecting/501218)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-unusual-thing-s-youve-ever-heard-of-anyone-collecting/501218 "2009-07-03T21:34:04Z")
This local news item about the expected fierce bidding for antique dairy farm items spurred this thought. --- ## [Was there a Real New York Mining Disaster in 1941?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-real-new-york-mining-disaster-in-1941/148517)
**Author:** [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-real-new-york-mining-disaster-in-1941/148517 "2023-05-18T14:18:21Z")
The death of Maurice Gibb has reminded me of the Bee Gees first big American hit, “New York Mining Disaster 1941”. Was the song based on an actual event? I’ve googled without success. --- ## [WWII Buffs: Can You Clarify for Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-buffs-can-you-clarify-for-me/769948)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-buffs-can-you-clarify-for-me/769948 "2016-11-09T17:33:43Z")
How is it that Europe caved to the Nazis and/or Nazi occupation so (seemingly) quickly across most of Europe? For each country listed below, can you tell me if each one: Resisted? Sympathized? Taken by surprise? and/or … --- ## [Historically inaccurate movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-inaccurate-movies/442269)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-inaccurate-movies/442269 "2008-03-26T12:05:36Z")
As given by the list here 10,000BC Gladiator 300 The Last Samurai Apocalypto Memoirs of a Geisha Braveheart Elizabeth: The Golden Age The Patriot 2001: A Space Odyssey First I would take out 300 and 2001. 300… --- ## [Stop being so weird about sex (tmi)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-being-so-weird-about-sex-tmi/429907)
**Author:** [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-being-so-weird-about-sex-tmi/429907 "2007-12-17T20:04:54Z")
(I put this in the pit originally, but figured it didn’t have enough vitriol.) There can’t be a single photon of light within a half a mile of the bedroom. Every time we hook up I have to wait for you to finish playing… --- ## [Are basements required or just customary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-basements-required-or-just-customary/323101)
**Author:** [@rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rabbit)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-basements-required-or-just-customary/323101 "2005-09-27T00:21:07Z")
I live in Ontario, Canada, in an area that’s seeing much developmentent. All the new houses being built have basements and as far as I know always had to have them. I was once told that this was necessary due to some iss… --- ## [Which Avenger will never ever get a movie ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-avenger-will-never-ever-get-a-movie/577421)
**Author:** [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-avenger-will-never-ever-get-a-movie/577421 "2011-04-10T02:08:59Z")
Ok, there seems to be a major plan from Marvel on setting up quite a big “Avengers” movie franchise (I include in that movies like “Captain America” “Thor” and on). The Avengers are probably the team with the largest ros… --- ## [Spring energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-energy/720433)
**Author:** [@hondodoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hondodoc)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-energy/720433 "2015-05-28T21:37:19Z")
I have a question about an experiment that seems to violate the law of conservation and energy. I’m hopeful that you will be able to dispel my misunderstanding. Suppose you take a metal spring wound to its capacity, th… --- ## [PC Game Genres overdure for a resurgence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-game-genres-overdure-for-a-resurgence/535009)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-game-genres-overdure-for-a-resurgence/535009 "2018-11-06T20:46:01Z")
In another thread, someone made the excellent observation that there haven’t been any good spaceship games lately (that didn’t involve trading or arcade style gameplay), and that got me thinking: there’s got to be a few … --- ## [Trans gender question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/774219)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-gender-question/774219 "2016-12-19T04:19:41Z")
Hello Everyone, When someone is referred to as a transgendered woman does that mean that person was born a woman and is now living as a man or does it mean a person born as a man is now living as a woman? --- ## [Any Ambien users here? Share your experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ambien-users-here-share-your-experiences/514102)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ambien-users-here-share-your-experiences/514102 "2009-10-22T21:10:31Z")
My anti-depressants are keeping me up at night, so I now have Ambien to put me to sleep. my experience with this is: Get ready, take it, lay down. It hits me that quickly and I’m out for at least 4 hours. If only they… --- ## [Who is lonely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-lonely/421011)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-lonely/421011 "2007-10-03T05:24:17Z")
Let’s have a pity party! So ummmmm, I’ll start. I’m 23, male, a college senior, and I can’t attract the opposite sex to save my life. I have plenty of friends, don’t feel insecure, nor do I feel like a bad person, but… --- ## [Dems Blow Easy Victory in '08 Already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-blow-easy-victory-in-08-already/388884)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-blow-easy-victory-in-08-already/388884 "2007-01-23T21:32:03Z")
Never ones to shy away from snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, the Dems have selected Denver to be the site of the 2008 convention. Now, I’ve nothing against Denver. It’s a lovely city, and I’d think that any o… --- ## [How long should brakes last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-brakes-last/378483)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-brakes-last/378483 "2006-10-31T19:15:06Z")
I’ve been driving for over 30 years. I’ve owned a heck of a lot of cars. Also, I get a vehicle to drive at both of my jobs. At my job as a police officer we have had Fords for the last 17 years, Plymouths before that. My… --- ## [Describe your local weirdos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-local-weirdos/437937)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-local-weirdos/437937 "2008-02-25T15:40:05Z")
I mean no offence by posting this thread. I mean no harm or disrespect to the people who it refers to. I am sure that what makes them who they are might be very personal and significant in their own lives. Most towns h… --- ## [Would you use the word "partners" to describe a legaly married (same sex) couple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-use-the-word-partners-to-describe-a-legaly-married-same-sex-couple/598910)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-use-the-word-partners-to-describe-a-legaly-married-same-sex-couple/598910 "2011-10-13T15:38:41Z")
I heard someone refer to David Furnish as Elton John’s “partner.” My reaction surprised even me, as I said with conviction “David is Elton’s husband. Would you use the word “partner” for an opposite sex couple?” Well, I… --- ## [Screw you, Alaska Airlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-alaska-airlines/519500)
**Author:** [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-alaska-airlines/519500 "2009-12-02T19:26:32Z")
So, today I’m flying back home from vacation in Portland back to Los Angeles. Flight is at 655am, I miscalculate a bit on the amount of time it takes to drive to PDX and we arrive at about 625 at Alaska Airlines. Go to t… --- ## [Is junk food actually cheaper than healthy food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-junk-food-actually-cheaper-than-healthy-food/372849)
**Author:** [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-junk-food-actually-cheaper-than-healthy-food/372849 "2006-09-18T19:41:57Z")
One of the memes being bandied about on the boards here seems to be that poor people can’t afford healthy food, so they eat junk food and get fat. I find this very difficult to believe. (I am also in agreement with Craft… --- ## [Getting Nutrition On The Least Amount Of Money Possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-nutrition-on-the-least-amount-of-money-possible/804975)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-nutrition-on-the-least-amount-of-money-possible/804975 "2018-01-05T00:58:10Z")
I’m very likely going to have to cut my food budget down to the bone - I’m talking rice and beans. What can I eat so that a) I still get the required calories per day (2,000 or so); b) provides vitamins and minerals; an… --- ## [Marine officers & vets: how old is a gunnery sergeant likely to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marine-officers-vets-how-old-is-a-gunnery-sergeant-likely-to-be/357650)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marine-officers-vets-how-old-is-a-gunnery-sergeant-likely-to-be/357650 "2006-05-23T20:07:31Z")
As I’ve mentioned in some other threads, I’m working on a novel in which the main character is the son of a Marine noncom. I have a few questions about the relationships between age & grade in the Marines. The character… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1566&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1568&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)