# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1596&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:** 1597 --- ## [Best All-Time Military Movies -- Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-all-time-military-movies-discussion-thread/721248)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-all-time-military-movies-discussion-thread/721248 "2015-06-29T19:56:28Z")
As of a few minutes ago, these are the high points of the threads relating to War Movies that I have started recently. I’ll update these statistics from time to time and will try to respond to any criticisms or suggesti… --- ## [A battle is raging between wife and cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-is-raging-between-wife-and-cat/598711)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-is-raging-between-wife-and-cat/598711 "2011-10-08T19:19:13Z")
Boris eats Fancy Feast cat food. That is it. All other foods get pushed on the floor. My wife spotted a reasonable dry food on sale and a famous brand canned food. So she bought them. Now she is determined to force him … --- ## [Oi, Hollywood! Americans did NOT win the Battle of Britain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-hollywood-americans-did-not-win-the-battle-of-britain/371111)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-hollywood-americans-did-not-win-the-battle-of-britain/371111 "2006-09-06T00:46:53Z")
So Hollywood is attempting yet another rewrite of history. And it’s with Tom Cruise. And they’re highlighting someone who didn’t really do much. Just fuck right off; ‘How Americans Won The Battle of Britain’ is not going… --- ## [Where the hell have I heard Sister Christian before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-have-i-heard-sister-christian-before/671048)
**Author:** [@Came\_in\_like\_a\_Wrecking\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Came_in_like_a_Wrecking_Ball)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-have-i-heard-sister-christian-before/671048 "2013-10-12T18:08:35Z")
I just heard the song Sister Christian by Night Ranger, and although I can’t swear I’ve heard the original ballad before I can swear that somewhere I heard a cover version of it. I remember hearing a young girl (possibl… --- ## [Could I get in trouble for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-in-trouble-for-this/578567)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-in-trouble-for-this/578567 "2011-07-03T05:45:01Z")
I live catty-corner to this big office building. It has a big parking lot behind it. On the south-facing sidewalk abutting the parking lot, there are these weed-infested square-shaped clearings in the sidewalk. Perhap… --- ## [Do privately owned firearms make communities safer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-privately-owned-firearms-make-communities-safer/406221)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-privately-owned-firearms-make-communities-safer/406221 "2007-06-06T13:35:16Z")
Started to avoid hijacking the Fred Thompson thread. Thompson says yes, apparently. I say no. I’m not talking about whether it makes the invidual gun owner’s home or business safer, but whether it makes the community … --- ## [Ethernet Cable No Longer Working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethernet-cable-no-longer-working/696657)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethernet-cable-no-longer-working/696657 "2014-08-29T14:56:50Z")
I live in an apartment where the building has wifi for us to use. There are 16 apartments in the building. The thing is anyone that uses the internet, they use the wifi. I’m the only one here who bought a very long ether… --- ## [Virgin Mobile can kiss my pale ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mobile-can-kiss-my-pale-ass/476233)
**Author:** [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-mobile-can-kiss-my-pale-ass/476233 "2008-12-10T13:02:02Z")
I bought a cell phone Saturday afternoon. Yes, I followed the flock, yes I am a sheeple. After years of denying myself a cell phone, I bought one. Shit, even my mother, the Luddite, has a cell phone, and she loves it. … --- ## [Do you look like any celebrities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-like-any-celebrities/157302)
**Author:** [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-like-any-celebrities/157302 "2003-03-02T22:43:55Z")
I’ve been told that I resemble Stevie Nicks, Amy Fisher, and Megan Follows at different times in my life, but the celebrity I get the most is Carrie Fisher. At some point, people always say I look kind of like her. That’… --- ## [Fondly remembered lines from Mad magazine movie spoofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fondly-remembered-lines-from-mad-magazine-movie-spoofs/119743)
**Author:** [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fondly-remembered-lines-from-mad-magazine-movie-spoofs/119743 "2002-08-05T12:57:10Z")
I haven’t picked up Mad magazine since the Carter administration, but I still remember and get a chuckle out of some of the lines in their movie satires: Star Wars: Luke, to C3PO (Creepio) when they first meet: “Hey, h… --- ## [The Tie Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tie-poll/579689)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tie-poll/579689 "2011-05-05T03:50:28Z")
One of the great questions of mankind (in this sense, meaning malekind), another one forthcoming shortly. Oftentimes, in TV, movies, and advertisements, I always see the man either getting his tie tied by his spouse, or… --- ## [Clusterz bubble game (not for the easily addicted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clusterz-bubble-game-not-for-the-easily-addicted/479989)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clusterz-bubble-game-not-for-the-easily-addicted/479989 "2009-01-27T22:49:49Z")
I did a search and didn’t see this game posted here before, so I thought to share and see your thoughts. It’s a basic bubble shooter (match three and they disappear). There is no gravity, meaning that bubbles can hang in… --- ## [Has religion been a net good or bad thing for humanity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-religion-been-a-net-good-or-bad-thing-for-humanity/451978)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-religion-been-a-net-good-or-bad-thing-for-humanity/451978 "2008-06-12T03:19:16Z")
On the plus side, you’ve got education, beautiful art and music, the preservation of crucial knowledge at key points in history (as with the Irish monks during the Dark Ages), faith comforting the afflicted, and the moti… --- ## [Can I print out a web page exactly as it appears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-print-out-a-web-page-exactly-as-it-appears/334882)
**Author:** [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-print-out-a-web-page-exactly-as-it-appears/334882 "2005-12-09T21:13:45Z")
I know how to print out a web page; it’s the exactly as it appears part that’s giving me trouble. I’m a graphic designer, and when presenting my portfolio in person, I’d like to be able to show printouts of my website, s… --- ## [OK, Stoid, Hunting v. free range beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-stoid-hunting-v-free-range-beef/45994)
**Author:** [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-stoid-hunting-v-free-range-beef/45994 "2000-12-21T04:09:44Z")
Rather than hijack an alredy hijacked thread, let’s put it here: Is killing wild animals better or worse than killing animals raised, caged, and injected for broad consumer consumption? --- ## [How much $$ would you take to stay away from the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-take-to-stay-away-from-the-board/392728)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-take-to-stay-away-from-the-board/392728 "2007-02-21T07:19:19Z")
Inspired by this recent development. (Although it’s tempting to diss the people involved, I’m hoping it doesn’t happen in this thread.) If a poster offered you $500 to refrain from posting for two years, would you take… --- ## [Explain your weird, industry-specific humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-weird-industry-specific-humor/631109)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-weird-industry-specific-humor/631109 "2012-08-13T15:16:01Z")
Mine: I was a Junior Officer (JO) on a Navy Submarine. One watchstation JOs commonly stand is Engineer Officer of the Watch (EOOW), which is the man in charge of the dozen-or-so sailors in the Engine Room (ER). The EOO… --- ## [Maia's Well and the Easter miracle \[RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maias-well-and-the-easter-miracle-rip/534923)
**Author:** [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maias-well-and-the-easter-miracle-rip/534923 "2010-05-04T19:49:01Z")
Closing in on midnight last night Maia’s Well suffered a cardiac arrest. We were sitting, chatting getting ready for bed and she went into arrest. Didn’t know what it was while it happened, the MS does lots of weird st… --- ## [Clues for finding out where you are in the world (unknown location)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-for-finding-out-where-you-are-in-the-world-unknown-location/715897)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clues-for-finding-out-where-you-are-in-the-world-unknown-location/715897 "2015-03-28T15:43:37Z")
Hypothetical scenario: Say you’re a passenger on an airplane that’s hijacked and flown many hours off course. You land at a remote, unknown location. The hijackers take your cell phones, gadgets, and all belongings aw… --- ## [Good Sunday Morning Average United State Siders.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sunday-morning-average-united-state-siders/606591)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sunday-morning-average-united-state-siders/606591 "2011-12-21T01:39:45Z")
Over here in Australia we have an of exasperated saying of " Only in America!!!" whenever we see anything in the media of all the silly through to corrupt happen-stances occurring in The United States from time to time. … --- ## [Judge rules no 1st Amendment right to film police](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-no-1st-amendment-right-to-film-police/747174)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-no-1st-amendment-right-to-film-police/747174 "2017-07-24T21:50:01Z")
\[Story here: \](http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/news&id=370047651)The ACLU says they will appeal. Does this mean that I can somehow assert my right not be recorded while in public? How would someone who is n… --- ## [True Blood 8/30/2009 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-8-30-2009-open-spoilers/508315)
**Author:** [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-8-30-2009-open-spoilers/508315 "2009-09-04T05:24:46Z")
So, I just got done watching this week’s episode of True Blood! Yay! I’m interested to hear everyone’s thoughts on this one, as there were certainly a few “…” moments for me. First, WTF? Eric can fly? Where the heck di… --- ## [A new "Amazing Race" season starts Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-amazing-race-season-starts-sunday/528708)
**Author:** [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-amazing-race-season-starts-sunday/528708 "2010-02-17T14:59:51Z")
Just a heads-up! I had not heard anything about it myself before but last night I saw an ad for a new “Amazing Race” season starting this Sunday. --- ## [When You Were a Kid, What TV Character Did You Identify With/Want to Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-tv-character-did-you-identify-with-want-to-be/601158)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-tv-character-did-you-identify-with-want-to-be/601158 "2011-11-02T20:57:08Z")
Title pretty much sums it up. For me, I strongly identified with Ellie May Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies because of our mutual love of ‘critters’. I so wanted to be her, with her exotic pets, and thought she wa… --- ## [Who owns the ISS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-iss/688426)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-iss/688426 "2014-05-16T07:13:29Z")
Reading this article: The article indicates that Russia controls the ISS because they are the only country that flies there, and if they cut off American access they would be left as the de facto owners. But who legi… --- ## [Babies R Us: How do you sleep at night, besides on a gigantic pile of my money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babies-r-us-how-do-you-sleep-at-night-besides-on-a-gigantic-pile-of-my-money/251890)
**Author:** [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babies-r-us-how-do-you-sleep-at-night-besides-on-a-gigantic-pile-of-my-money/251890 "2004-07-01T13:02:22Z")
Today’s pitting will feature Babies R Us. A store I generally quite like. Mrs. Chastain and I, being the proud new parents of a baby eating-machine…er, girl, headed off to BRU to buy formula. Expensive stuff, but I kn… --- ## [American Idol - 5/17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-17/304128)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-17/304128 "2005-05-20T01:37:56Z")
Yeah, I know, it’s a day early, but I’ll be leaving to go on vacation in a few hours. So, betonsports.com has finally gotten around to updating their AI odds. Here’s what we’ve got: Carrie Underwood: -140 ($140 bet ge… --- ## [Short-circuiting the illegitimate Bush presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-circuiting-the-illegitimate-bush-presidency/45382)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-circuiting-the-illegitimate-bush-presidency/45382 "2000-12-18T18:59:04Z")
After all these years of listening to peevish Republicans bitching about how nothing Clinton does is legitimate because he didn’t get elected by a majority of voters…is there a remote chance Dems will show a bit of class… --- ## [Are there food items that you automatically say you do not like...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025 "2018-12-04T23:10:12Z")
…but you’ve never really had? Or, you’ve had it so long ago, you’re not even sure what it tastes like, but you “know” you don’t like it? Maybe it’s only me, but I do this weird thing that is a bit hard to explain. I am … --- ## [Movies utterly destroyed by bad casting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-utterly-destroyed-by-bad-casting/446421)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-utterly-destroyed-by-bad-casting/446421 "2008-04-27T21:55:06Z")
Last night I watched Superman Returns again, because my wife wanted to, so shut up. I’m sure I posted here at length about the reasons I was disappointed with it, but with this reviewing, one particular flaw – even great… --- ## [Good time-travel fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-travel-fiction/360916)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-travel-fiction/360916 "2006-06-19T18:09:43Z")
I want to travel around through time. However, I’m curiously lack in a time machine, so, I’ll take the next best thing: fiction. Preferably good fiction, not crap “OMG teh dinos killed me in the past!!” stuff. Beyond … --- ## [Why do people respond so violently to puns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-respond-so-violently-to-puns/426806)
**Author:** [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-respond-so-violently-to-puns/426806 "2007-11-20T00:00:05Z")
You know what I mean. Most jokes make us laugh and feel happy, but puns make us feel an unpleasantness that is almost physical. For instance, while I was at Best Buy the other day, I heard two Geek Squad guys talking. … --- ## [When will Obama rescind Executive Order 13233?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-obama-rescind-executive-order-13233/482379)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-obama-rescind-executive-order-13233/482379 "2009-01-23T16:54:13Z")
When, or if, or should; President Obama rescind Executive Order 13233? This is the Executive Order that seals some of the records of Presidents H W Bush and Regan in regards to the Iran Contra affair. --- ## [You find a human hair in your food at a Restaurant: What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-a-human-hair-in-your-food-at-a-restaurant-what-do-you-do/323088)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-a-human-hair-in-your-food-at-a-restaurant-what-do-you-do/323088 "2005-09-25T00:18:38Z")
My wife and I were at a nice little restaurant here in Phoenix last night. Enjoying each others company and enjoying the lovely 80 degree night - we were on the patio. The people behind us were there when we arrived, an… --- ## [Ford Made Hand Tools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-made-hand-tools/552526)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-made-hand-tools/552526 "2010-09-06T22:23:22Z")
My wife came home from one of her yard sales expeditions, and presented me with a rusty old adjustable wrench. It bore the FORD script logo, and it is very well made. In fact, after cleaning it up, I had occasion to use … --- ## [For those in tornado-prone areas: How do you react to sirens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-in-tornado-prone-areas-how-do-you-react-to-sirens/579511)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-in-tornado-prone-areas-how-do-you-react-to-sirens/579511 "2011-04-25T14:37:55Z")
Tornado sirens, specifically. There’ve been a few tornado-related threads here lately so I’m a little curious. Typically when I hear sirens go off, I collect the kids and we head for the basement until we get the all-cl… --- ## [Rights? What's a Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rights-whats-a-right/185215)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rights-whats-a-right/185215 "2003-07-12T20:33:37Z")
I’m starting this thread in GD with the idea of exploring, and perhaps arriving at a mutual understanding of each others’ positions, regarding the issue of what constitutes a right and what rights are guaranteed. Accord… --- ## [What's the Straight Dope on 'fracking'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-fracking/597084)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-fracking/597084 "2012-09-22T20:09:45Z")
What is the evidence for and against hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’? How dangerous is the process? What are the real risks involved? Was reading this article in CNN on the subject, but it seems long on emotion an… --- ## [Senate Confirmation - what criteria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-confirmation-what-criteria/746279)
**Author:** [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-confirmation-what-criteria/746279 "2016-03-03T17:21:58Z")
In an academic, non-partisan manner (I can dream), what should be the criteria for the Senate confirming or rejecting a SCOTUS nomination? I’d prefer this not be a “but they did it…” listing. I don’t like the litmus te… --- ## [Why does china not value individualism, and not shun cheating, lying, and scamming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-china-not-value-individualism-and-not-shun-cheating-lying-and-scamming/813378)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-china-not-value-individualism-and-not-shun-cheating-lying-and-scamming/813378 "2018-05-06T03:55:19Z")
Just a quick question that the only people who’ll agree with me on are people who’ve actually lived in china for more than 3 months (I couldnt make it past 3 months outside of hong kong). So if you don’t know what I’m t… --- ## [La mer and el mar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-mer-and-el-mar/601030)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-mer-and-el-mar/601030 "2011-11-02T17:43:10Z")
The words for sea in French (mer) and Spanish (mar) are almost identical, and yet the gender is different. What happened there? After that incident with the Spanish Armada, did Spaniards decide there was nothing feminine… --- ## [Their A&R man said, "I don't hear a single..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-a-r-man-said-i-dont-hear-a-single/495015)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-a-r-man-said-i-dont-hear-a-single/495015 "2009-05-02T06:34:32Z")
In the recording biz what is an A&R man and what does he do? --- ## [When did you first learn that you are an evil person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-learn-that-you-are-an-evil-person/788087)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-learn-that-you-are-an-evil-person/788087 "2017-06-06T19:33:35Z")
They say that Hitler and Al Capone would claim that they were decent people. That is complete bullshit. Most people that are truly evil know it and that is why they do it. The thing is, everyone is evil - you just have … --- ## [Need song suggestions for a wedding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150 "2010-08-25T00:37:29Z")
I just got asked to sing a song at a friend’s daughter’s wedding. The bride has no particular song in mind…she wants me to pick. I haven’t sung at a wedding before, and haven’t been to a wedding in years, so I don’t know… --- ## [Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light, Bite me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-painter-of-light-bite-me/23202)
**Author:** [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2000, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-kinkade-painter-of-light-bite-me/23202 "2000-12-28T12:23:49Z")
If I never see another painting of a quaint cottage, I’ll die a satisfied woman. This guy is some kind of marketing genius. Who the hell adds a job description to their name like that? George, slayer of dragons. Cranky,… --- ## [What the fuck, bank?! Lies I say, LIES!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-bank-lies-i-say-lies/659503)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-bank-lies-i-say-lies/659503 "2013-06-01T03:33:58Z")
My bank is an absolute piece-of-shit. I could complain about many problems I’ve had but I just want to focus on one totally nonsensical, head-scratching contradiction of their policies. I receive a check once a month, … --- ## [Pubic Convenience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pubic-convenience/310968)
**Author:** [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pubic-convenience/310968 "2005-07-07T16:06:09Z")
A gem in Dan Savage’s postbag deserves a wider audience: In response, Mr. Savage writes that it’s perfectly healthy but a bit TMI, in his opinion. The chap concerned is going to ‘make other people sick’ (a kind of vica… --- ## [Are you (females) okay with being called "Ma'am"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-females-okay-with-being-called-maam/483333)
**Author:** [@toadbriar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadbriar)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-females-okay-with-being-called-maam/483333 "2016-07-13T03:02:47Z")
Is “Ma’am” an age thing? If so, what age? Is it a social status thing, where it might be meant earnestly to a well-to-do lady, but seems sarcastic to a shabbier woman? Are you okay with being addressed as “Ma’am”? If so,… --- ## [Parallel parking tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallel-parking-tips/548104)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallel-parking-tips/548104 "2010-07-27T12:20:02Z")
Two questions: 1) What do they expect in order to pass?, and 2) Any ideas on how to learn to do it? I’ve been teaching my son how to drive and he’s got everything down perfectly…with the exception of parallel parking.… --- ## [Why are you thin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-thin/532676)
**Author:** [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-thin/532676 "2010-06-30T03:20:17Z")
Inspired by the ‘why are you fat?’ thread. If you self-identify as thin (not average weight, not ‘not-fat’) at this point in your life, please vote. I know people define ‘thin’ and even ‘skinny’ vastly differently. I p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1595&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1597&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)