# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1601&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:** 1602 --- ## [Job applicant 1/2 hr late- dealbreaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-applicant-1-2-hr-late-dealbreaker/468457)
**Author:** [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-applicant-1-2-hr-late-dealbreaker/468457 "2008-10-20T19:04:03Z")
We have an opening for an investigator in my office- I’ve been interviewing for several days. I met with my last applicant today. We set up the interview by e-mail for 10 this morning. She called me at 10:15 and said… --- ## [Bill H, you're not nearly as smart as you think you are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-h-youre-not-nearly-as-smart-as-you-think-you-are/282958)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-h-youre-not-nearly-as-smart-as-you-think-you-are/282958 "2005-01-07T00:36:38Z")
In this thread you claim to be more knowledgable than your doctors, despite all evidence otherwise. However, it is in this thread here where you really show yourself to be an ass. Oh, it’s not verbal abuse to berate … --- ## [Sorry, your country's leader can't beat this awesomeness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152 "2011-08-18T23:15:42Z")
Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. And friends. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Can Trump fire Pence ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trump-fire-pence/779765)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trump-fire-pence/779765 "2017-02-17T18:37:58Z")
And appoint a new VP ? And what happens if Pence resigns ? --- ## [Is it common to "talk" to dead people via facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-to-talk-to-dead-people-via-facebook/629799)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-to-talk-to-dead-people-via-facebook/629799 "2012-11-20T13:50:46Z")
I was just curious if anyone else has seen an example where family and friends post under a dead person’s facebook account or post messages to them? I know of several such cases, the most creepy where the woman’s father… --- ## [A baseball game with no crowd.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-baseball-game-with-no-crowd/718749)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-baseball-game-with-no-crowd/718749 "2015-04-30T21:46:51Z")
Tomorrows game in Baltimore will be played with no public access. It will be the first of its kind and I find it odd to think what that will be like for the players. --- ## [Where did the name 'Trey' come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-name-trey-come-from/256294)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-name-trey-come-from/256294 "2013-11-19T23:47:34Z")
I went to high school with several Treys. In addition, there must have been 20 guys named Chad, at least 10 named Corey, lots of Dustins (from Dustin Hoffman’s popularity, I think,) and a lot of Kyles. What do these nam… --- ## [Lost 4.10: "Something Nice Back Home"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606 "2008-05-05T20:32:23Z")
Thread rules: I think most of agreed that the last episode was quite good. Ben’s got things under control again with a little help from TCM, although he did make a tactical error in challenging Kimey to kill Alex. We… --- ## [I Don't Care If You ARE Laughing, LOL THIS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876)
**Author:** [@DavisMcDavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavisMcDavis)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876 "2003-03-01T22:13:48Z")
I love all the discussions here with one minor detail - I don’t actually care if you were reading someone’s funny response to a post and it caused to ROLF, LOL, IMNAL, spit tea out your nose, cause you to muffle your guf… --- ## [Pigs Who Don't Understand A Buffet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-who-dont-understand-a-buffet/257824)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-who-dont-understand-a-buffet/257824 "2004-08-06T23:33:03Z")
I live in the home of buffets, Las Vegas. What is so difficult to understand? First of all, you CAN go back…so why in the hell do you have a plate 14 inches high, with mashed potatoes, watermellon, apple pie and sparer… --- ## [Facebook accounts of people who've died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-accounts-of-people-whove-died/588446)
**Author:** [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-accounts-of-people-whove-died/588446 "2011-07-16T04:33:24Z")
I have two Facebook friends (old highschool buds) who have died within the past year and a half. Their pages remain semi-active. In one case people post things as if they have no idea she’s died (probably friend’s she … --- ## [Atheists: What do you teach your children about religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-religion/537225)
**Author:** [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-religion/537225 "2010-05-06T15:52:16Z")
I am an atheist. Wife is lapsed catholic from a very religious family. Daughter is 9 years old. Yesterday daughter’s friend asked “What religion are you?” and she came and asked me what to say. She was a little embarras… --- ## [What bodily functions / traits would be a deal-breaker on a date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-functions-traits-would-be-a-deal-breaker-on-a-date/563868)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bodily-functions-traits-would-be-a-deal-breaker-on-a-date/563868 "2010-12-14T18:26:06Z")
Let’s say your on a first date with someone who in general is your ideal - s/he is the physical type that you find most appealiing, s/he has an interesting job and lively social life (and likes to do things you like as w… --- ## [Is cell phone use in cars really dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cell-phone-use-in-cars-really-dangerous/343855)
**Author:** [@priscamor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priscamor)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cell-phone-use-in-cars-really-dangerous/343855 "2006-02-21T00:51:19Z")
If it doesn’t cause cancer, does it fry the user? “Suzzanna Decantworthy published an article in her Wymsey Weekend column that described how to cook an egg with two cell phones. From the article: “Many students, and ot… --- ## [Can someone explain the last season of Battlestar Galactica to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-last-season-of-battlestar-galactica-to-me/612744)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-last-season-of-battlestar-galactica-to-me/612744 "2012-02-17T01:41:41Z")
I mean the series from a just a few years back, not the one from the 80s. I watched irregularly. What I am specificially wondering is whether there was any relationship between the Earth they found that had been destroye… --- ## [Check Engine Light says Gas cap not on correctly? Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engine-light-says-gas-cap-not-on-correctly-huh/416685)
**Author:** [@powerjacob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/powerjacob)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engine-light-says-gas-cap-not-on-correctly-huh/416685 "2007-08-28T19:48:48Z")
I have a 1997 Dodge 1500 with at 318 V-8 engine. The Check Engine light came on the other day so I took it to a local parts store to run a diagnostic. The report said my gas cap was not on correctly and something else I … --- ## [The Feud: Let's get Biblical! by Barkis is Willin' \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-lets-get-biblical-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/568370)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-lets-get-biblical-by-barkis-is-willin-game-over/568370 "2011-01-24T20:30:53Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). Joke answers will not be … --- ## [Project Runway April 15 2010: Finale Part 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-runway-april-15-2010-finale-part-1/536297)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-runway-april-15-2010-finale-part-1/536297 "2010-04-18T07:18:51Z")
First post to avoid spoilering. --- ## [Why no simple rabies vaccine for humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-simple-rabies-vaccine-for-humans/241398)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-simple-rabies-vaccine-for-humans/241398 "2004-04-24T04:30:07Z")
Greetings. Why is it that dogs, cats, and ferrets can be vaccinated against rabies with a single shot every year, whereas human vaccination against rabies involves (at least until recently) a long and complex series of … --- ## [Things of the past: Exceeding your time on a public payphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-the-past-exceeding-your-time-on-a-public-payphone/839524)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-the-past-exceeding-your-time-on-a-public-payphone/839524 "2019-09-05T15:06:42Z")
I’m in my mid-thirties, which means I’m old enough to remember a time when public coin-operated payphones were ubiquitous but too young to have used them very much before they were replaced by mobile phones. In addition,… --- ## [universal healthcare will bankrupt this country, I call BS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-healthcare-will-bankrupt-this-country-i-call-bs/518806)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-healthcare-will-bankrupt-this-country-i-call-bs/518806 "2009-11-29T00:23:14Z")
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/11/americas-health-is-americas-business.html and that blog pretty much sums up why. the short version. According to this silly thing called research, a company concludes that the lac… --- ## [San Fransisco to San Diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-fransisco-to-san-diego/570720)
**Author:** [@SkyBlueKayak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBlueKayak)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-fransisco-to-san-diego/570720 "2011-03-12T21:34:40Z")
Say we were planning a summer road trip (honeymoon, actually) from San Fransisco all the way down the coastal highway to San Diego----what sites, attractions, out-of-the-way places or great eating establishments should w… --- ## [What happens if a candidate concedes and then wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-candidate-concedes-and-then-wins/703693)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-candidate-concedes-and-then-wins/703693 "2014-11-05T03:58:41Z")
Here in Maine, candidate for senate Shenna Bellows just conceded the election with only 1% of precincts reporting. I do seriously believe that Susan Collins will win this race, but what if she doesn’t? Bellows is givin… --- ## [Best Sound (.wav) Files to Replace Windows Sound Chimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sound-wav-files-to-replace-windows-sound-chimes/280945)
**Author:** [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sound-wav-files-to-replace-windows-sound-chimes/280945 "2019-02-17T13:07:42Z")
In a quest to “fun up” my computer at home and at work, I’ve replaced some of the chimes that Windows uses when a certain prompt/statement/action has occurred. You can go to Start/Control Panel/Sounds and Multimedia to … --- ## [Sexual orientation is neither nature nor nurture, but culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-orientation-is-neither-nature-nor-nurture-but-culture/672629)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-orientation-is-neither-nature-nor-nurture-but-culture/672629 "2013-10-31T21:29:10Z")
I think that’s what this blog post (that someone approvingly linked to online) is saying. It’s definitely arguing that sexual orientation is most likely not inborn, yet that it’s also not a choice. Thoughts? --- ## [Sanctioned suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanctioned-suicide/647294)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanctioned-suicide/647294 "2013-01-16T21:36:18Z")
Inspired by The Pit thread about suicide by train, where Flight asks: I responded: And Maastricht responded to that: So - a GD topic. Should suicide be unstigmatized and assisted, even encouraged in some cases? … --- ## [Idi Amin Deathwatch and Condolence Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin-deathwatch-and-condolence-thread/189916)
**Author:** [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2003, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin-deathwatch-and-condolence-thread/189916 "2003-08-17T09:56:49Z")
Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin is on his death bed. Too bad this rotten sonofabitch couldn’t die more slowly and painfully. Hypertension and “fatigue” just don’t seem agonizing enough for this blood thirsty bastard who … --- ## [Skank vs. Scag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skank-vs-scag/556350)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skank-vs-scag/556350 "2020-09-05T20:28:27Z")
It’s fast becoming obvious to me that words and phrases that were familiar to me in the 50’s and 60’s are fading into the oblivion of fogyism. C’est la vie, as Chuck Berry might say. However, I’m just curious if any old… --- ## [M. Night Shyamalan, you should drown in a vat of boiling horse semen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shyamalan-you-should-drown-in-a-vat-of-boiling-horse-semen/454118)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shyamalan-you-should-drown-in-a-vat-of-boiling-horse-semen/454118 "2008-06-26T22:50:39Z")
Mr. Shyamalan, I want to introduce you to my friend, Mr. Vat of Horse Semen. Instead of shaking hands, this friend of mine likes for people to step inside of him. Here, right up this little ladder. There, now just slide … --- ## [Why was gas so cheap in the late 80s and 90s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-gas-so-cheap-in-the-late-80s-and-90s/354610)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-gas-so-cheap-in-the-late-80s-and-90s/354610 "2006-04-29T06:17:44Z")
I was reading yet another article in the paper about the high gas prices this morning. It quoted Severin Borenstein, director of the UC Energy Institute: So why was gas so cheap back then? I remember my parents buyin… --- ## [Does .99(repeating) = 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-99-repeating-1/170821)
**Author:** [@Dolomite21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolomite21)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-99-repeating-1/170821 "2003-04-26T10:13:27Z")
Given that .111(repeating) = 1/9 .222(repeating) = 2/9 .333(repeating) = 3/9 .444(repeating) = 4/9 and on and on would 9/9 equal 1 and .99(repeating)? --- ## [Did the Hitchhikers Guide movie flop & if so why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-hitchhikers-guide-movie-flop-if-so-why/307597)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-hitchhikers-guide-movie-flop-if-so-why/307597 "2005-06-27T16:31:01Z")
I saw it twice, thought it was totally charming, hilarious, & had great special effects. I’ve read the first four books, saw the BBC TV series, listened to much of the radio series- all in the mid/late-80s, but havent co… --- ## [The Saddest Example of Unprofessional Behaviour I've Yet Seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-example-of-unprofessional-behaviour-ive-yet-seen/578494)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-example-of-unprofessional-behaviour-ive-yet-seen/578494 "2011-04-16T15:07:24Z")
They say that how a person behaves towards those under them on an organization’s totem pole shows who they really are … Here’s the set up: I’m a junior lawyer at a very large firm. In its infinite mercy, the firm offers… --- ## [Describe YOUR mutation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-mutation/410789)
**Author:** [@Sofaspud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofaspud)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-mutation/410789 "2007-07-10T20:52:29Z")
(Warning: some of what you are about to hear may be disgusting. :)) I possess the mutant ability of Acid Sweat. It’s true. My sweat is so acidic it eats things. I cannot wear shirts without some form of undershirt, l… --- ## [Does the U. S. Navy still have ship's cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-u-s-navy-still-have-ships-cats/722867)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-u-s-navy-still-have-ships-cats/722867 "2015-06-19T17:04:37Z")
I was reading an article in Wikipedia about cats on ships, military ships in particular. It said that the British Navy no longer allows cats on ships; has the American military done likewise? (I hope not.) --- ## [Americans prefer sons over daughters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-prefer-sons-over-daughters/586749)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-prefer-sons-over-daughters/586749 "2011-06-29T21:01:30Z")
"Americans would prefer a boy to a girl if they could only have one child. In the poll of 1,020 adults, 40 percent said they’d pick a boy, while 28 percent said they’d choose a girl. The rest had no preference. Funny th… --- ## [How Often Can You Get Malaria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-can-you-get-malaria/553180)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-can-you-get-malaria/553180 "2010-09-09T21:01:26Z")
I was watching a travel show on PBS and the guide said he was lucky he only gets Malaria about every other year. He says most people get it about once a month or so. This was in the Solomon Islands So how often can you … --- ## [Bare clutch pedal in racing car--why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bare-clutch-pedal-in-racing-car-why/527168)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bare-clutch-pedal-in-racing-car-why/527168 "2010-02-03T15:13:06Z")
While watching(yet again) the movie Gone in 60 seconds where Nicholas Cage is driving the Shelby GT 500, I notice in screen shots of his feet hitting the pedals, the clutch pedal is bare(no rubber grip). I think I"ve … --- ## [Living on Native American land.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-native-american-land/660718)
**Author:** [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-native-american-land/660718 "2013-06-24T01:46:10Z")
Given that all US Americans live on land that used to belong to Indians or Native Americans ( except for the reservations ), and that they were treated extremely badly ( no need to go into all that here- it’s well known … --- ## [Newspaper publishes pic of psychopath holding obvious brand-name beer: can they be sued to remove it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-publishes-pic-of-psychopath-holding-obvious-brand-name-beer-can-they-be-sued-to-remove-it/624177)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-publishes-pic-of-psychopath-holding-obvious-brand-name-beer-can-they-be-sued-to-remove-it/624177 "2013-06-03T03:25:39Z")
Canadian psychopath Luka Magnotta is certainly getting his fifteen minutes. The link is to an article and photo which shows him holding the popular Canadian beer Labatt Blue. The Labatt company is distressed, of course,… --- ## [ABC's Shark Tank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abcs-shark-tank/505982)
**Author:** [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abcs-shark-tank/505982 "2011-04-02T23:47:12Z")
Did anyone else watch this yesterday? Shark Tank is a new reality show from Mark Burnett based on a Japanese concept known as Dragon’s Den in the UK. Would-be entreprenuers pitch their business ideas to a team of investo… --- ## [What was the last perfect (or near-perfect) comeback you gave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-perfect-or-near-perfect-comeback-you-gave/283873)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-perfect-or-near-perfect-comeback-you-gave/283873 "2005-01-29T14:40:28Z")
I dropped by the office of a friend to say hi and give a holiday gift recently. We’re old friends, but we hadn’t seen each other in a while. Now, he’s only about 30, but he’s pretty much male-pattern bald. I myself am… --- ## [The Problem With Being the Good Guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128 "2020-09-25T13:38:45Z")
THEY apparently wish to win at any cost and do not wish to play fair. WE are tired of being patsies etc etc and wish at this point to play hardball. Problem: if the game boils down to “screw the principles, the only t… --- ## [The Great SD SMOKE-OUT Topic - Part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sd-smoke-out-topic-part-2/20056)
**Author:** [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sd-smoke-out-topic-part-2/20056 "2000-06-28T16:23:30Z")
To read The Great Straight Dope SMOKE-OUT Topic (Part 1), Click Here. What I thought was going to be a short-lived topic that a couple of us who were going to try to quit smoking could bitch and moan in while we suffere… --- ## [Trunk, where's your evidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trunk-wheres-your-evidence/309906)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trunk-wheres-your-evidence/309906 "2005-06-29T23:46:28Z")
Trunk, Where’s your evidence for the incredibly stupid, ignorant, bigoted, and just downright head-up-your-rear things you’ve said regarding the Smart kidnapping case? --- ## [The Feud: Random stuff by Rebo \[game over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-random-stuff-by-rebo-game-over/550254)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-random-stuff-by-rebo-game-over/550254 "2010-08-19T04:04:54Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). Joke answers will not be … --- ## [Why do magazines a month, or more, early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-magazines-a-month-or-more-early/639414)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-magazines-a-month-or-more-early/639414 "2012-11-01T04:55:37Z")
I subscribe to a foodie magazine (Olive). The magazine lands on my mat around the 1st of the month. All well and good, except… it’s always a full month early. So I received my latest issue a couple of days ago and it’s f… --- ## [Who doesn't use their first name at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-use-their-first-name-at-all/680905)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-use-their-first-name-at-all/680905 "2014-02-13T01:33:18Z")
Most people use either their full first name or a diminutive in everyday life. Who out there uses their middle name, a nickname not related to their first name, or something more unusual? (I’m excluding people who have… --- ## [Odd questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-questions/442311)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-questions/442311 "2008-03-27T02:46:13Z")
In the spirit of the surreal experiences thread, how about ones about odd questions you never expected to be asked. When I was a junior in college a girl from California moved into my dorm. One day she tracked me down t… --- ## [Learning a programming language to use Unity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-a-programming-language-to-use-unity/679193)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-a-programming-language-to-use-unity/679193 "2014-01-23T09:59:01Z")
So, I’m dabbling in Unity and learned that even though Unity does a fair bit of coding for you, you still have to know how to code. Unity uses JavaScript but Unity tutorials I’ve seen seem to emphasize C# with C++ somet… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1600&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1602&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)