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**Author:** [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037 "2006-07-04T03:42:39Z")
I’m sure this has been done, but… Inspired by this thread, how old are you? I’m 22, and am constantly told (not on the SDMB, thank Og) that I’m “such a baby.” So, let’s hear it. How old are all of the Dopers? --- ## [Grandparents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandparents/587701)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandparents/587701 "2011-07-07T12:54:31Z")
While reading another thread, I was thinking about something that had passed my mind some time ago but I kind of lost until now. It seemed most of the people I went to school with as a child were born when their parents … --- ## [Corporate Jobs Doing Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-jobs-doing-nothing/767521)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-jobs-doing-nothing/767521 "2016-10-05T01:57:46Z")
How common is it these days to have a corporate job where you have little to no actual work to do and almost no management oversight over your comings and goings? “I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I’m working.… --- ## [Netflix via Wii or Xbox 360](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-via-wii-or-xbox-360/566291)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-via-wii-or-xbox-360/566291 "2011-01-05T02:50:18Z")
This Christmas I finally got my son an Xbox 360. We’ve had a Wii console since they first came out, but have never hooked it up to the internet. Since a lot of the content for the Xbox seems to come from online, I figu… --- ## [Auschwitz "Arbeit Macht Frei" Sign Stolen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auschwitz-arbeit-macht-frei-sign-stolen/521804)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auschwitz-arbeit-macht-frei-sign-stolen/521804 "2009-12-21T22:36:10Z")
Did anyone else read about the infamous Auschwitz Concentration/Death Camp metal gate sign being stolen? (The translation is “Work Will Make You Free” which the Nazi’s used to give a false sense of hope to their victims) … --- ## [Could you confuse an Amish man with a Hasidic Rabbi based on their clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-confuse-an-amish-man-with-a-hasidic-rabbi-based-on-their-clothing/783472)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-confuse-an-amish-man-with-a-hasidic-rabbi-based-on-their-clothing/783472 "2017-04-04T17:46:47Z")
Re this National Review article an assertion is made scenario below actually happened - See pics below Would another Jew, Orthodox or not make this mistake? Hasidic Men Amish Men --- ## [Should Stanley "Tookie" Williams Die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stanley-tookie-williams-die/332863)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stanley-tookie-williams-die/332863 "2005-12-21T11:53:59Z")
Here are excerpts from a recent news story about Stanley “Tookie” Williams. He has been on death row in California for most of his life and his execution date is in December: Personally I do not think he should be exe… --- ## [Deepak Chopra is a Moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472 "2005-07-15T22:58:34Z")
Has anyone ever tried to seriously understand what this guy is saying? He has to be the most successful charlatan, ever. His works are a combination of horrific medical advice or plainly obvious advice (“If you have tr… --- ## [Alt History Nazis invade the United States.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-history-nazis-invade-the-united-states/558110)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-history-nazis-invade-the-united-states/558110 "2010-10-26T17:52:02Z")
Is their any alt-History where the Nazis successfully invade the United States? --- ## [Stickers for inside car windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickers-for-inside-car-windows/554520)
**Author:** [@Faelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faelyn)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickers-for-inside-car-windows/554520 "2010-09-22T16:05:17Z")
I’m doing a favor for my landlord so we can try and solve some serious parking issues with our apartment, and he gave me the strangest directions, “…any sticker that you can put inside the car and read on the outside so … --- ## [Are jobs obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jobs-obsolete/596207)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jobs-obsolete/596207 "2011-09-23T15:20:47Z")
Was reading this article on CNN and thought it might be an interesting discussion. The title of the article is the same as the thread…Are jobs obsolete? In the article, the author, one Douglas Rushkoff posits that ‘job… --- ## [Will flicking headlights change traffic lights from red to green?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-flicking-headlights-change-traffic-lights-from-red-to-green/115468)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-flicking-headlights-change-traffic-lights-from-red-to-green/115468 "2002-06-23T20:42:05Z")
I tried google. I tried Jeeves. I tried the SD archives. I could swear I saw this somewhere, but I can’t find it now or remember the answer. My SO heard somewhere that flicking your car’s headlights from low to high bea… --- ## [Hiring an ex-junkie, yea or ney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-an-ex-junkie-yea-or-ney/638476)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-an-ex-junkie-yea-or-ney/638476 "2012-10-23T11:47:15Z")
A student worker position (no benefits, but the work isn’t hard and they have to be at least part-time students at our university) needs to be filled at my library. I have weeded out the real loser applicants (multiple … --- ## [Will the Egg Yolk Be Unbroken, By and By, Lord, By and by?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-egg-yolk-be-unbroken-by-and-by-lord-by-and-by/560859)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-egg-yolk-be-unbroken-by-and-by-lord-by-and-by/560859 "2010-11-18T16:55:28Z")
I’ve been trying to master the over easy egg. It’s the flipping part, of course, that is causing me great anguish. Over easy eggs should sport an intact yolk, and the over easy eater deserves nothing less. Most of the o… --- ## [The Hardest Star Trek Quiz You Will Ever Take - From Rotten Tomatoes (no Facebook login required)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-star-trek-quiz-you-will-ever-take-from-rotten-tomatoes-no-facebook-login-required/632030 "2012-08-28T14:30:23Z")
Facebook login free by request - Key at end - Question By Question The Hardest Star Trek Quiz You Will Ever Take Author: Michael Deabenderfer Question 1 Who was offered the role of Captain Christopher Pike first? … --- ## [Ever been laid off by a company; then return to work for the same company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-laid-off-by-a-company-then-return-to-work-for-the-same-company/518097)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-laid-off-by-a-company-then-return-to-work-for-the-same-company/518097 "2009-11-20T20:43:52Z")
How did it feel? I may be going back to work for a company that laid me off last year. (I found a temporary job for the last 10 months). I have mixed feelings about it. I’m glad to be working, and the old bank accoun… --- ## [Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome... to the Son of SDMB Musicals CABARET thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilkommen-bienvenue-welcome-to-the-son-of-sdmb-musicals-cabaret-thread/494936)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilkommen-bienvenue-welcome-to-the-son-of-sdmb-musicals-cabaret-thread/494936 "2009-05-22T17:53:12Z")
While this is specifically about the multiple Oscar winning film adaptation of Cabaret, I hope my lords and ladies will forgive if I digress into the stage musical as well as it is almost impossible, for me anyway, to vi… --- ## [what do I do about racist ethnic mods on major forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-about-racist-ethnic-mods-on-major-forums/745698)
**Author:** [@Civilrighte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civilrighte)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-about-racist-ethnic-mods-on-major-forums/745698 "2016-02-29T15:31:09Z")
I’ve been trying to post threads on several forums over the past few weeks in order to voice my concerns about Pakistanis and pro-pakistani racism. But every time I post, the same mod (different on each forum) at the sa… --- ## [Fushigi Gravity Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fushigi-gravity-ball/564467)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fushigi-gravity-ball/564467 "2010-12-21T03:24:19Z")
Anyone bought one of these? Is it all the things it’s made out to be? Is it worth the price? Is it something anyone can master in not a lot of time, or do you need to devote hours and hours every day to do even the simpl… --- ## [RIP Arlen Specter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arlen-specter/637708)
**Author:** [@Nazarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nazarene)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arlen-specter/637708 "2012-10-17T16:37:11Z")
Arlen Specter, longtime GOP Senate moderate, dies Taken by cancer at 82. He was one of the \[del\]good\[/del\] not that evil ones. --- ## [Shagnasty's topic ban?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shagnastys-topic-ban/807791)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shagnastys-topic-ban/807791 "2018-02-01T07:29:42Z")
In this thread, Spice Weasel says that the mods have decided to ban Shagnasty from starting threads on . I have no particular desire to discuss the merits Shaggy’s output regarding women; my opinion, its juvenile at b… --- ## [Teacher resigns After Reading This REALLY RAUNCHY Poem In Freshman Math Class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-resigns-after-reading-this-really-raunchy-poem-in-freshman-math-class/712750)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-resigns-after-reading-this-really-raunchy-poem-in-freshman-math-class/712750 "2015-02-26T13:56:44Z")
I Wish my math teachers were this cool. :smiley: Can’t imagine why this guy did this. He must of known it would get him canned. Its is a really funny poem. If Yahoo News is willing to print it. Then is it really that… --- ## [John Ascroft violating the separation of church and state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-ascroft-violating-the-separation-of-church-and-state/65538)
**Author:** [@Jeeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeeves)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-ascroft-violating-the-separation-of-church-and-state/65538 "2001-06-11T20:52:11Z")
According to this WP Article John Ashcroft, the US attorney General, leads a bible study class every morning. This class is called “RAMP – Read, Argue, Memorize and Pray” . Now, this class is also held in the main Justi… --- ## [Buying cars in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939 "2019-03-24T04:27:40Z")
My daughter is about to replace her piece of crap car with a newer one. I’ll be going with her when she does the final paperwork, since I’m not so easily swayed by sales folk. That will be my tomorrow. So share your t… --- ## [Do You Own a "Car?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-car/825156)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-car/825156 "2018-12-05T21:43:44Z")
Last year, Ford just about got out of the car business. GM has just announced that five models of car are being discontinued. Seems all the action now are in pickup trucks, a few remaining minivans (distinguished by a fl… --- ## [Getting used to a kid's new name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-a-kids-new-name/602684)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-a-kids-new-name/602684 "2011-12-02T05:53:58Z")
My 5-year-old daughter wants to change her name. My husband and I are all for it (it’s a perfectly legit and very pretty shortening of her “real” name - say her name is “Ella” and she would like to be known as “Ellie”) … --- ## [A few people we fucking hate, personally.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-people-we-fucking-hate-personally/392779)
**Author:** [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-people-we-fucking-hate-personally/392779 "2007-03-07T13:55:49Z")
No Bush. No dude-that-raped-my-sister-but-I-never-met-him (though I do fucking hate that guy). No Dopers you haven’t shooked hands with. For the love of the sweet Virgin Mary, no bad drivers. This is miniPits of a perso… --- ## [Spanish question: present tense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-question-present-tense/579703)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-question-present-tense/579703 "2017-05-29T18:58:05Z")
I have a question about the present tense in Spanish. I am refreshing my Spanish skills with Live Mocha. But the Spanish they teach seems to be different than the Spanish I learned in college and at a language school i… --- ## [Child prodigies and skipping grades - practicalities and logistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-prodigies-and-skipping-grades-practicalities-and-logistics/617749)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-prodigies-and-skipping-grades-practicalities-and-logistics/617749 "2012-04-05T22:26:46Z")
I remember, as a child, hearing of child prodigies who managed to make unbelievable academic progress by skipping large portions of school, such as a 12 year old who was already in college or maybe even had a degree. He… --- ## [Movies that Insult the Viewer with Shortcuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-insult-the-viewer-with-shortcuts/453915)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-insult-the-viewer-with-shortcuts/453915 "2008-06-27T17:24:11Z")
I was watching a bit of the 1968 Frank Sinatra pic Lady in Cement this weekend just to see what part Welch played. There is a scene in the cop friend’s backyard where Sinatra and a boy play catch with a baseball. Except… --- ## [Classic movies you don't get (Mad Max)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655 "2000-07-31T15:20:29Z")
Mad Max. I don’t get. This is a cult classic. But what is so good about it? What am I not seeing? Is there something deeper going on here? I actually haven’t seen it in a few years, but for some reason I was thinking ab… --- ## [Am I the only female that doesn't go ga-ga over babies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-female-that-doesnt-go-ga-ga-over-babies/415931)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-female-that-doesnt-go-ga-ga-over-babies/415931 "2007-08-22T18:43:24Z")
Well, being on the Straight Dope and all I’m sure I’m not…but it sure feels like it! Go to dance class, somene brings a baby, dance class grinds screechingly to a halt because everyone has to go admire the little bundle … --- ## [Limiting Sex Offender Registry to Rape and Child Molestation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limiting-sex-offender-registry-to-rape-and-child-molestation/693255)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limiting-sex-offender-registry-to-rape-and-child-molestation/693255 "2014-07-25T01:10:12Z")
I live in Michigan. And we have a unique sex offender registry law. And I am not even sure if it is typical. The third time you get caught urinating in public, you have to register as a sex offender. Are public urinato… --- ## [Accounting/Finance jobs for math majors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounting-finance-jobs-for-math-majors/557756)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounting-finance-jobs-for-math-majors/557756 "2011-01-19T20:19:58Z")
I saw a job advertised for an accountant in Bethel, a little town out in the Alaskan bush. Most people in their right mind wouldn’t want to live there; I would love to. Ordinarily, I don’t bother applying for accountin… --- ## [Driving down an icy slope. What gear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-down-an-icy-slope-what-gear/712397)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-down-an-icy-slope-what-gear/712397 "2015-02-13T02:08:49Z")
We live at the end of a private gravel road, so there is no plowing/salting/etc. Recently we’ve had a freeze/thaw cycle combined with freezing rain and snow creating a sheet of ice that a Zamboni driver would be proud o… --- ## [What percentage of industrialized countries have socialized health care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-industrialized-countries-have-socialized-health-care/670765)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-industrialized-countries-have-socialized-health-care/670765 "2013-10-11T19:07:16Z")
Or something similar to ACA? (Or what it should be.) --- ## [my girlfriend has genital warts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-girlfriend-has-genital-warts/77970)
**Author:** [@aoty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aoty)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-girlfriend-has-genital-warts/77970 "2001-09-01T17:04:24Z")
My girlfriend was informed during her OBGYN appointment yesterday that she is the proud owner of genital warts. There are three of them, very small, that reside around her anus. During our sexual encounters, I never noti… --- ## [Names you think are cool that you would never name your kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291 "2003-04-24T18:54:35Z")
“Crap Nelson.” I would never name my kid Crap, and my last name ain’t Nelson, but that just sounds like a really cool name. Say it out loud. Crap Nelson. I like the way it goes together. I also think “Chick” would be a … --- ## [Nuke Mecca? Is it on the table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuke-mecca-is-it-on-the-table/251086)
**Author:** [@kennybath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kennybath)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuke-mecca-is-it-on-the-table/251086 "2004-06-22T00:22:45Z")
The terrorists have no home base we can conquer to defeat them. So that makes it a little tough to “defeat terrorism”. But they do seem to have a fanatical devotion to a militant literalist Islam and love the city of M… --- ## [Open carry vs. concealed carry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-carry-vs-concealed-carry/741570)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-carry-vs-concealed-carry/741570 "2015-12-29T19:50:06Z")
I’m not sure if we’ve ever had a discussion specifically on modes of carrying weapons. If we have, it’s been a while. This discussion assumes that a fairly large number of people will carry and are carrying guns. With… --- ## [SFPD Sobriety Checkpoint...at 9am??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sfpd-sobriety-checkpoint-at-9am/305807)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sfpd-sobriety-checkpoint-at-9am/305807 "2005-06-02T03:54:13Z")
Off to work I go this morning, only to be stopped two blocks from my house in my little residential neighborhood by a sobriety checkpoint. At 9:00 in the morning. “What’s going on?” “Sobriety checkpoint. Have you had… --- ## [Where were you when you heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-you-heard/80894)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-you-heard/80894 "2001-09-18T20:55:52Z")
I heard a few vague rumours during Spanish class at 10:00 today and again when a student who went to the bathroom heard about it from a friend in the hall. I was wobbly and nervous in the end of class; by the time I got … --- ## [Gay and AIDS are not synonyms, dammit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922)
**Author:** [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922 "2002-05-16T04:35:20Z")
In this thread, Scott Evil was seeking some advice on his love life, yet all some posters could focus on was his sexuality and HIV. One clueless pile of bantha drool even wrote, “Ever think about AIDS?.” :mad: Yes, gay… --- ## [Do you consider William Shakespeare a plagiarist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-william-shakespeare-a-plagiarist/652445)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-william-shakespeare-a-plagiarist/652445 "2013-03-11T01:57:17Z")
Earlier today I had a discussion with a young woman who was, oddly enough, quite passionate in her distaste for William Shakespeare’s plays. Though she had no opinion on his poems, she opined that, when she saw in her st… --- ## [FOXNews--Fair and balanced my ass: At last the truth comes out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxnews-fair-and-balanced-my-ass-at-last-the-truth-comes-out/139593)
**Author:** [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxnews-fair-and-balanced-my-ass-at-last-the-truth-comes-out/139593 "2002-12-09T14:33:38Z")
From the Op-Ed page of Friday’s NYTimes, in the column by Paul Krugman, comes the following little tidbit: “\*The political agenda of FoxNews, to take the most important example, is hardly obscure. Roger Ailes, the netwo… --- ## [Can we have two different iPhones backed up to the same Mac?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-two-different-iphones-backed-up-to-the-same-mac/633669)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-two-different-iphones-backed-up-to-the-same-mac/633669 "2012-09-05T20:31:00Z")
Mrs Piper and I both have iPhones. I’ve tried to back mine up, but I get her stuff on mine. Is there a way to have two separate profiles on the same Mac? And where is the profile for the iPhone on the Mac? I’ve tried… --- ## [We've cut the (cable) cord!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-cut-the-cable-cord/719046)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-cut-the-cable-cord/719046 "2015-06-08T22:58:46Z")
Some backstory: I had back surgery in November, and things got a little rough financially. One of the things we did to save money was cancel our cable, internet, and landline phone package. We purchased a Leaf HD antenn… --- ## [How common are remote starters on cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-remote-starters-on-cars/672595)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-remote-starters-on-cars/672595 "2013-11-01T07:04:21Z")
For the last 20 or so years I have had a remote starter in every car I’ve owned that had an automatic transmission. I did put one in a manual tranny car once, but it was a hassle and a pain in the butt to use. Last winte… --- ## [What legal principle or court ruling precludes laws targeted at a specific individual or group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-legal-principle-or-court-ruling-precludes-laws-targeted-at-a-specific-individual-or-group/666816)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-legal-principle-or-court-ruling-precludes-laws-targeted-at-a-specific-individual-or-group/666816 "2013-08-22T16:26:33Z")
So, what legal principle, court ruling, or law prevents legislation targeted at a specific entity? In a recent thread one flaw with a posted theory/idea was that it involved a law targeted at specific individual or smal… --- ## [name calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221)
**Author:** [@sannemoore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sannemoore)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221 "2011-09-13T15:18:44Z")
I joined The Straight Dope a few weeks ago. I was excited to post and talk with others. These people have never met me, they do not know me, however I was attacked and called names and why because they did not believe wh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1587&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1589&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)