# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1583&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:** 1584 --- ## [What's The Service Life of Fire Hydrant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-service-life-of-fire-hydrant/561491)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-service-life-of-fire-hydrant/561491 "2010-11-24T22:35:43Z")
I have never seen a crew replacing a fire hydrant. I assume that they are made of cast iron, and are extremely sturdy. So, other than being hit by a car or snowplow, do these things have an indefinite life? The design … --- ## [How big a deal are fraternities/sororities in American college life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-deal-are-fraternities-sororities-in-american-college-life/457186)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-deal-are-fraternities-sororities-in-american-college-life/457186 "2008-07-26T03:34:37Z")
Having spent the last 26 years exposed to movies, comics, songs and books that feature fraternities and sororities I’m curious as to how important they are in American college/university life. To the best of my knowledg… --- ## [What do YOU call this stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-stuff/483389 "2009-01-31T00:34:30Z")
Here. I’m curious what other people call it because I calls it and I’m fairly certain that it isn’t universal at all at all. :slight\_smile: --- ## [How would the church know Jesus returned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-church-know-jesus-returned/215912)
**Author:** [@Jimsus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimsus)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-church-know-jesus-returned/215912 "2003-12-08T00:33:13Z")
So seeing the South Park Mormon episode got me thinking. If my understanding of Catholic beliefs is correct eventually Jesus will come again. I’m just wondering is there any way described? Like will he be born as a c… --- ## [Dear Deeply Misguided Bicycle Riding Bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-deeply-misguided-bicycle-riding-bitch/455010)
**Author:** [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-deeply-misguided-bicycle-riding-bitch/455010 "2008-07-11T01:43:44Z")
That’s twice in as many days now, that you have decided to yell, swear and gesture at me for driving my car in my driveway because I came nowhere near hitting you while you zoomed around at high speed on your bicycle on … --- ## [Can anyone explain a couple of Dope memes to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-a-couple-of-dope-memes-to-me/555852)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-a-couple-of-dope-memes-to-me/555852 "2010-10-05T17:42:57Z")
I’ve tried searching for these both with the board search and Google, to no avail. \[ol\] \[li\]Once, in \, for 20 minutes.\[/li\]\[li\]Duran Duran / Rio\[/li\]\[/ol\]I believe the first one has something to do with bein… --- ## [Censorship is always a solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship-is-always-a-solution/442177)
**Author:** [@Transcendence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Transcendence)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship-is-always-a-solution/442177 "2008-03-21T15:29:30Z")
Well if you don’t like what people have to say you can always censor them. I used esoteric terms and language suitable for someone erudite. Considering this forum is inundated with pseudo-intellectuals who are the smugge… --- ## [You took a violent killer to the fair? Are you insane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-took-a-violent-killer-to-the-fair-are-you-insane/510787)
**Author:** [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-took-a-violent-killer-to-the-fair-are-you-insane/510787 "2009-09-23T13:18:22Z")
Story \[QUOTE=CNN\] A legally insane killer was on the loose in the state of Washington on Saturday, two days after he escaped during a field trip to a county fair, authorities said. \[/QUOTE\] Why the hell are you takin… --- ## [My top 15 Beatles songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-15-beatles-songs/673769)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-15-beatles-songs/673769 "2013-12-10T15:10:45Z")
I had an iTunes gift card, and most of the music I listen to comes via Rhapsody (similar to Spotify), so I mostly don’t need to buy tracks. But the Beatles are not available on Rhapsody, so that is the most glaring hole… --- ## [Wittiest "location" byline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209)
**Author:** [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209 "2004-08-26T02:09:51Z")
Mine is dead boring, but others are far more imaginative. What are the best? Which humorous byline is most common? Anyone wish they’d entered something other than what they did when they registered? --- ## [Museum of the recently obsolete...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874)
**Author:** [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874 "2007-05-08T15:31:38Z")
Imagine a museum featuring items (not drawn from pop culture) that were common a generation ago but have more or less disappeared today… my offerings: Rabbit Ear style TV antennas Dial telephones what other exhibits … --- ## [Bad Sunburn...Skin Cancer...Odds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sunburn-skin-cancer-odds/138146)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sunburn-skin-cancer-odds/138146 "2002-11-23T13:55:17Z")
As detailed in this thread there are several Dopers, including myself, who have had 2nd degree sunburns. A few of us even mention that we have permanent scarring (freckling and suchlike) on our skin from this exposure. … --- ## [Why does it feel like society is becoming ever more grim and joyless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-feel-like-society-is-becoming-ever-more-grim-and-joyless/847679)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-feel-like-society-is-becoming-ever-more-grim-and-joyless/847679 "2020-02-14T16:51:04Z")
Whenever I go out, I can’t help but feel the heavy, almost crushing weight of despondency in the air. I live in the heart of flyover America, and you can see it in the landscape: the vacant main streets, the neighborhood… --- ## [Why can't late nite hosts use teleprompters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-late-nite-hosts-use-teleprompters/682491)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-late-nite-hosts-use-teleprompters/682491 "2014-03-02T04:26:44Z")
Late nite talk show hosts read their monologue from cue cards. It just occurred to me today: why can’t they use teleprompters? Same for SNL cast members, who I always assumed memorized their lines. --- ## [Too short to serve prison time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-short-to-serve-prison-time/358366)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-short-to-serve-prison-time/358366 "2006-06-02T00:26:23Z")
Linky OK all you short guys out there! If you’re 5’1" or shorter and fighting the urge to fuck a 12 year old, suffer no more! It’s alright, you won’t go to jail! Now get out there and shag a 6th grader and feel bette… --- ## [Fuck You Visa You Damn Racist Motherfuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-visa-you-damn-racist-motherfuckers/138807)
**Author:** [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-visa-you-damn-racist-motherfuckers/138807 "2002-12-02T21:47:19Z")
So, I am watching TV and on comes a commerical where two African American go to the clerk to pay for their purchase. The clerk a young blonde woman (who looks like Hitler’s dream) asks the man making the purchase with fo… --- ## [Trayvoning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trayvoning/622938)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trayvoning/622938 "2012-05-25T18:17:58Z")
I’m speechless. --- ## [A friend is depressed, and mentions pills, what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-is-depressed-and-mentions-pills-what-to-do/655598)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-is-depressed-and-mentions-pills-what-to-do/655598 "2013-04-18T19:18:46Z")
I take classes in karate at a local dojo. It’s small, students get to know each other. Las night I was practising blocking techniques with another student, the only one in the whole school who is older than me.(I’m 58… --- ## [How in earth was I not ticketed last night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-earth-was-i-not-ticketed-last-night/614672)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-earth-was-i-not-ticketed-last-night/614672 "2012-03-08T04:00:47Z")
I was driving home around 11:30 last night. Speeding and tailgating (c’mon…dude was in the left lane going…the SPEED LIMIT.) I was pulled over and immediately got so nervous and flustered that I knew this was not goin… --- ## [We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-eat-at-the-worst-michelin-starred-restaurant-ever/955822)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-eat-at-the-worst-michelin-starred-restaurant-ever/955822 "2022-01-05T17:38:49Z")
Mundane and pointless, but IMO entertaining: Here’s a blog post about a curious dining experience in Italy. --- ## [Veterans only parking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-only-parking/737203)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-only-parking/737203 "2015-11-12T13:38:00Z")
I saw a “Veterans Only” parking sign at a local grocery store recently. It seems to be permanent and not just for Veterans Day. Come on. I can see giving special spaces to people who need them because they have extra t… --- ## [Mom locks kid in basement. Kid gets loose, and is killed by family's pit bulls. WTF.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-locks-kid-in-basement-kid-gets-loose-and-is-killed-by-familys-pit-bulls-wtf/307990)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-locks-kid-in-basement-kid-gets-loose-and-is-killed-by-familys-pit-bulls-wtf/307990 "2005-06-26T10:22:40Z")
This is the first time I’ve heard of this story. I’m left scratching my head for a few reasons: \[ul\] \[li\]Mom felt the pit bulls were a threat to her son.\[/li\]\[li\]Mom therefore locks son in the basement with a shovel o… --- ## [Why is "high" first speed on fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-high-first-speed-on-fans/63593)
**Author:** [@curiousgeorgeordeadcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curiousgeorgeordeadcat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2001, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-high-first-speed-on-fans/63593 "2001-07-05T10:53:39Z")
Every (electric) fan I have ever used switches (via a knob or cord you can pull repeatedly) from off to the highest speed, then the next highest, and so on, to the lowest, and finally back to off. Why this order? Why hav… --- ## [Do you screen phone calls with Caller ID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-screen-phone-calls-with-caller-id/724475)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-screen-phone-calls-with-caller-id/724475 "2015-07-18T20:28:51Z")
We got rid of our land line and our “home phone” is now a cell on the pay-per-call plan. We made the switch because we hardly ever used our phone and most of the calls that came in were crap calls. Rather than be charg… --- ## [We'll Sing In The Sunshine - Gale Garnett - 1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-sing-in-the-sunshine-gale-garnett-1964/666467)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-sing-in-the-sunshine-gale-garnett-1964/666467 "2015-04-12T18:15:56Z")
Mods, since I’m basing this question/discussion on a song, I felt Cafe Society was the place to put it, although arguments could be made, I suppose, for other forums as the correct place. Please move if necessary and as … --- ## [What's the difference between a tuxedo and a dark suit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-tuxedo-and-a-dark-suit/552051)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-tuxedo-and-a-dark-suit/552051 "2010-08-31T23:35:13Z")
Something I was wondering while watching clips from the Emmys last night: most of the men no longer wear the classic tuxedo with black bowtie and fabric covered buttons (Ed Helms being an exception) but dress more like J… --- ## [Scariest/eeriest moments on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-eeriest-moments-on-tv/193559)
**Author:** [@bifar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bifar)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-eeriest-moments-on-tv/193559 "2003-08-17T13:25:02Z")
We’ve done scariest moments in movies gazillions of times, but I don’t think we’ve done ones on telly for a while. Or maybe we have, and I just don’t care. So, anyway. For me: in The X-files episode in which the ghosts … --- ## [Motorcycle vs Scooter safety stats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-vs-scooter-safety-stats/361653)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-vs-scooter-safety-stats/361653 "2006-06-23T16:13:43Z")
I’ve been arguing with a friend about the safety of motor scooters vs motorcycles. The reason this debate began was because I pointed out that motor scooter riders often don’t wear helmets and protective clothing and I … --- ## [His4Ever, A Word With You Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his4ever-a-word-with-you-please/129045)
**Author:** [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his4ever-a-word-with-you-please/129045 "2002-09-24T13:43:17Z")
His4Ever, I was going to do this privately by e-mail, but since that option’s not open to me, I’m afraid I’ll have to do it here. Concerning your response to this thread on Christ’s adolescence , not only am I a friend … --- ## [Have You Ever Seen a Celebrity Drunk?...or Naked?... or...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-celebrity-drunk-or-naked-or/250200)
**Author:** [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-celebrity-drunk-or-naked-or/250200 "2004-06-17T04:30:02Z")
Rollerblading? Or slapping their spouse? Or alive? Or dead? Or on TV, film, or stage? Tell us all about it. In as much detail as you can manage. Don’t forget to share all your thoughts and feelings as it was happeni… --- ## [Oh Lord, I'm now ranting about Sesame Street!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-lord-im-now-ranting-about-sesame-street/237258)
**Author:** [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-lord-im-now-ranting-about-sesame-street/237258 "2004-04-05T14:58:30Z")
What the fuck, you goddamn educational psychiatrists that fucked up Sesame Street and turned it into a fucking goddamn program for ADHD shithead kids!!!??? What happened to all the variety? The fucking coolness of the … --- ## [LOTR: why was Denethor such a dick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-why-was-denethor-such-a-dick/785391)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-why-was-denethor-such-a-dick/785391 "2017-05-03T00:06:41Z")
Haven’t read the book(s), have only seen the movies. Denethor is portrayed as a total bastard from the moment Gandalf and Pippin arrive until he takes a flaming swan dive off of the pulpit. Why? Was he just totally de… --- ## [Why does this sql query take so long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-sql-query-take-so-long/512826)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-sql-query-take-so-long/512826 "2009-10-13T19:19:25Z")
Hi squirrels. I’ve been trying to run this query in several different ways but each time it seems to take ages at an unexpected place. Here is the most recent ‘version’ create view tempcompanygenuine as select \* from … --- ## [Aly Raisman. After seeing her pose in SI, I’d like a taste of that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293 "2018-02-23T21:15:14Z")
I don’t really care what she does personally, but I think she’s doing womankind a huge disservice with this act\*. So I’m pittin’ that bitch! Yea, yea, yea… empowerment. :rolleyes: Whatever. By posing nude, what she’s do… --- ## [Who would hurt Obama's re-election chances the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-hurt-obamas-re-election-chances-the-most/572784)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-hurt-obamas-re-election-chances-the-most/572784 "2011-03-25T18:20:58Z")
Which of the following hypothetical opponents do you feel would do the most harm to Barack Obama’s chances of getting re-elected in 2012? Smith: A Democrat who is challenging him for the party’s nomination. Smith says t… --- ## [Tampon Dangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampon-dangers/535268)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampon-dangers/535268 "2010-04-08T16:29:08Z")
I know about toxic shock and not wearing your tampon more than 8 hours. I guess I’m just paranoid–if I can get TSS potentially from the same tampon in there for so long is it dangerous to have one in for that long and th… --- ## [Do monkeys (or chimps) really love to eat a cartoonish amount of bananas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-monkeys-or-chimps-really-love-to-eat-a-cartoonish-amount-of-bananas/646302)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-monkeys-or-chimps-really-love-to-eat-a-cartoonish-amount-of-bananas/646302 "2013-01-09T20:34:45Z")
Monkeys and bananas. It’s depicted in cartoons and eslewhere that I suppose I’ve always just taken it for granted. Like elephants and peanuts, or parrots and crackers, the pair have become inseparable in popular culture… --- ## [Holy crap! A guy finishes Super Mario Brothers 3 in under 11 minutes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-guy-finishes-super-mario-brothers-3-in-under-11-minutes/215704 "2003-12-25T04:51:17Z")
I am shamed for believing I ever had any skill in SMB. --- ## [War without uniforms or ethnic difference: how do you know who to kill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-without-uniforms-or-ethnic-difference-how-do-you-know-who-to-kill/543323)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-without-uniforms-or-ethnic-difference-how-do-you-know-who-to-kill/543323 "2010-06-18T15:13:22Z")
This comes up for me in watching movies. When the opposing sides don’t wear uniforms, and there is no ethnic difference- in close combat how in hell do you know who to kill? And didn’t this come up a lot back in the da… --- ## [Disgusted by politics right now (yet another health care thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusted-by-politics-right-now-yet-another-health-care-thread/533225)
**Author:** [@Digger1914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger1914)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusted-by-politics-right-now-yet-another-health-care-thread/533225 "2010-03-23T19:09:53Z")
I always have been political, kept one eyeball on the issues. This Health Care debate has been different. I’m about ready to chuck the whole thing. I’ve heard that if a person really knew where there meat came from, t… --- ## [Why was the "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do" thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-bad-boys-bad-boys-whatcha-gonna-do-thread-closed/532807)
**Author:** [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-bad-boys-bad-boys-whatcha-gonna-do-thread-closed/532807 "2010-03-25T23:10:58Z")
Why was \[thread=555891\]this thread\[/thread\] in MPSIMS closed? Shortly before the thread was closed, Marley told Cheshire Human to stop acting like a jerk, which seemed like a perfectly reasonable instruction under the c… --- ## ["House of Horror"- some people need to be hit with an ax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-horror-some-people-need-to-be-hit-with-an-ax/447281)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-horror-some-people-need-to-be-hit-with-an-ax/447281 "2008-05-01T03:05:08Z")
In the face. Repeatedly. Some evil evil fuckers just need to be subjected to the worst tortures imaginable. I know it won’t help anyone, but it will make me feel better, dammit. Does that make me a bad person? I don’t ca… --- ## [Thinking about getting a dog. What do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-getting-a-dog-what-do-i-need-to-know/598703)
**Author:** [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-getting-a-dog-what-do-i-need-to-know/598703 "2011-10-14T17:21:00Z")
We’ve been thinking about adding a dog to the mix around here. We are a family of four, including a 9 year old and a 5 year old. The 9yo in particular is very keen on getting a dog. We also have two adult cats - one is a… --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY league: Year 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-16/1005562)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 470\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-16/1005562 "2025-08-07T16:50:23Z")
Welcome to year 16, and I gotta think this makes us one of the longest running dynasty leagues on the internet. I’m going to steal the fine work Jules did on last year’s thread and just use his format with some updates. … --- ## [I got a letter from my ex-girlfriend....from prison!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-letter-from-my-ex-girlfriend-from-prison/564968)
**Author:** [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-letter-from-my-ex-girlfriend-from-prison/564968 "2010-12-22T07:03:26Z")
This is somebody that haven’t seen or heard from in 5 years, but we had a torridly hot relationship while it lasted…and I opened the mailbox yesterday to find a letter from her in a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS envelo… --- ## [What’s it like to be an attractive woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-it-like-to-be-an-attractive-woman/423184)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-it-like-to-be-an-attractive-woman/423184 "2007-10-18T22:26:47Z")
I’ve often wondered what it must be like to be a good-looking woman. I’m sure they feel good about themselves most of the time and in general get their pick of men. But I wonder what it must be like having men ogle you… --- ## [Anyone Have an Immersion Blender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-immersion-blender/638050)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-immersion-blender/638050 "2012-10-21T00:04:43Z")
We’re creeping (slowly, slowly) into cold weather here in Florida, and one of my favorite wintertime activities is sitting outside with a steaming bowl of soup or chowder or bisque or whatever else. What I hate, though,… --- ## [Gun Manufacturers' Liability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-manufacturers-liability/939719)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-manufacturers-liability/939719 "2021-04-14T15:09:49Z")
Current federal law explicitly protects the manufacturers of firearms from being sued because their products were used to commit crimes including manslaughter and murder. It was recently in the news that removing this pr… --- ## [Whatever happened to the Malthusian apocalypse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-malthusian-apocalypse/485215)
**Author:** [@MichaelJohnBertrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelJohnBertrand)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-malthusian-apocalypse/485215 "2009-02-12T20:55:36Z")
In between “the bomb will kill us all” in the 50’s and “the bomb will kill us all” in the 80’s, there was a period in the 70’s when the apocalypse du jour was that we would all die because the world would become so overp… --- ## [Let's talk about private scrip & Facebook's upcoming attempt at it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-private-scrip-facebooks-upcoming-attempt-at-it/835690)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-private-scrip-facebooks-upcoming-attempt-at-it/835690 "2019-10-24T06:00:13Z")
AP story here. I can’t see any government being happy about this, especially the US since that’s where Facebook is headquartered. I also don’t see a way for the US to stop it, as long as Facebook doesn’t try and pay t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1582&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1584&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)