# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1609&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:** 1610 --- ## [Who loves frozen custard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-loves-frozen-custard/499332)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-loves-frozen-custard/499332 "2009-06-18T00:30:08Z")
I do! I do! For the uninitiated, frozen custard is NOT the “soft-serve” stuff you get at fast food places. Real frozen custard is thick, rich and creamy, with a hint of eggy goodness. It seems to be a Midwestern phenom… --- ## [You just won the Powerball jackpot..let's say it's 600 million. What do you do with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-the-powerball-jackpot-lets-say-its-600-million-what-do-you-do-with-it/733113)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-the-powerball-jackpot-lets-say-its-600-million-what-do-you-do-with-it/733113 "2015-10-06T17:24:40Z")
Let’s say you win 600 million dollars. Make a list of all you do with it and what you spend it on. --- ## [So the Pit is now basically a political forum...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pit-is-now-basically-a-political-forum/525847)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pit-is-now-basically-a-political-forum/525847 "2010-01-24T17:39:48Z")
Seems to me that the Pit has completely shifted over to political talk; nearly every thread there is dedicated to bashing conservative figure X. It’s not that I care about these poor politicians and am rushing in to defe… --- ## [My mom is gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-gone/745689)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-is-gone/745689 "2016-02-13T18:09:41Z")
My mother, who was born when Calvin Coolidge was the President of the United States, has gone to her eternal reward. She passed from this life in her sleep. --- ## [Wisconsin Senators trying Stop Birth Control for Poor Women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-senators-trying-stop-birth-control-for-poor-women/346601)
**Author:** [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-senators-trying-stop-birth-control-for-poor-women/346601 "2006-03-03T15:16:10Z")
Wisconsin currently has two bills under consideration AB 991 & SB 552 which They are trying to frame it as a parental notification measure. I realise this is a pro choice site so here is the link toPro-Life Wisconsin … --- ## [Belly-rubbing Mexicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-rubbing-mexicans/431906)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-rubbing-mexicans/431906 "2013-04-09T16:30:14Z")
Inspired by this thread. When I lived in L.A. I’d often see Hispanic men (just guessing Mexican) standing around with their T-shirts pulled up and rubbing their bellies. Why? --- ## [How old were you the last time that physical pain made you cry? And Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-the-last-time-that-physical-pain-made-you-cry-and-why/597996)
**Author:** [@melan8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melan8)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-the-last-time-that-physical-pain-made-you-cry-and-why/597996 "2011-10-04T21:17:50Z")
Auch! I stubbed my pinky toe very hard against the edge of o table from where a big flower pot crashed over the same foot! This happened six hours ago, whith unbelievable excruciating pain. This time I managed not to cry… --- ## [I fucking HATE Sylvia Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-hate-sylvia-brown/384419)
**Author:** [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-hate-sylvia-brown/384419 "2006-12-20T00:34:09Z")
Which is why I find myself masturbating like a red-assed baboon when she fucks herself up by stepping in the worm-filled shit that is her own pseudo sanctimony. I have posted about her in the past, but this particular in… --- ## [Not ok for guy with girlfriend to keep in touch with female co-worker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-ok-for-guy-with-girlfriend-to-keep-in-touch-with-female-co-worker/695742)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-ok-for-guy-with-girlfriend-to-keep-in-touch-with-female-co-worker/695742 "2014-08-18T21:19:51Z")
My real life friends think this guy is a bit nutty and has major issues, but I’m curious as to what you guys think. In summary- I was friends with a co-worker (I was his supervisor actually although the job is casual en… --- ## [Is this sleazy or am I easily shocked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-sleazy-or-am-i-easily-shocked/390642)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-sleazy-or-am-i-easily-shocked/390642 "2007-02-06T04:35:13Z")
Had dinner with a friend of mine, who brought along a friend of hers I didn’t know. This woman was in her mid-40’s, recently divorced, nice-looking, I think she was some kind of lawyer. She was upset about this inciden… --- ## [Would you eat vat-grown meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-vat-grown-meat/587397)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-vat-grown-meat/587397 "2011-07-04T19:28:10Z")
By which I mean muscle cells that have been grown independently of any animal - as opposed to FDA approved cloned meat which is where an animal still has to go to the great pasture in the sky. This is purely hypothetica… --- ## [Could government ban the possession of ammunition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-government-ban-the-possession-of-ammunition/836787)
**Author:** [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-government-ban-the-possession-of-ammunition/836787 "2019-09-09T05:20:29Z")
Comedian Chris Rock has said that we don’t need to regulate guns, what we need to do is regulate bullets. NPR had a story yesterday (7/8/19) concerning Virginia’s efforts to restrict guns at government public meetings an… --- ## [In your opinion, what are the odds that a real big earthquake will happen soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-what-are-the-odds-that-a-real-big-earthquake-will-happen-soon/686024)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-what-are-the-odds-that-a-real-big-earthquake-will-happen-soon/686024 "2014-05-02T00:40:38Z")
I wish there was a forum here called “In Your Humble Opinion” where people can ask others for opinions instead of just stating their own opinions. Or is this forum appropriate for asking others for their opinions? Here … --- ## [Is a University Campus off limits to local Law Enforcement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-university-campus-off-limits-to-local-law-enforcement/688854)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-university-campus-off-limits-to-local-law-enforcement/688854 "2014-05-24T01:43:13Z")
There is a pit thread about Columbia students and rape. The thing is that some men were ‘found responsible’ by the university but it was taken to the, you know, real police. And I remember the “university” security offi… --- ## [What do you keep your winter thermostat set to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-keep-your-winter-thermostat-set-to/646084)
**Author:** [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-keep-your-winter-thermostat-set-to/646084 "2013-01-10T15:25:19Z")
When my roommates are around we keep it at 70 or 72, and when they’re gone I put it down to 60. I feel kind of bad about using so much heat, but we can easily afford our gas bill, so should I? Am I even using that much… --- ## [What to do about female facial hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-female-facial-hair/642641)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-female-facial-hair/642641 "2012-12-05T05:12:56Z")
Hi what are the best ways to hide or remove female facial hair? The female concerned thinks that getting rid of it would make it worse… I think that would only be the case if she shaved it since you’d get rough stubble. … --- ## [Is it possible to describe a color, without using another color for reference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-describe-a-color-without-using-another-color-for-reference/315416)
**Author:** [@Thin\_Lizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Lizzy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-describe-a-color-without-using-another-color-for-reference/315416 "2005-08-04T23:29:34Z")
I am thinking about it right now and it’s giving me a headache… --- ## [Dog Days: An August MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-days-an-august-mmp/969293)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-days-an-august-mmp/969293 "2022-08-15T06:35:13Z")
There’s not a lot of major holidays in August(An Irish Bank Holiday at the start, and an English Bank Holiday at the end), so it’s just toil and heat for us non retired folks. Although today is the Memorial for St. Domi… --- ## [Have you heard about the bird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180 "2011-07-01T20:33:28Z")
Surely everyone has. --- ## [Do harsh (Islamic) sentences in Iran actually reduce crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-harsh-islamic-sentences-in-iran-actually-reduce-crime/557567)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-harsh-islamic-sentences-in-iran-actually-reduce-crime/557567 "2010-10-22T20:40:23Z")
A guy in Iran confessed to robbing a candy store, so the judge orders his hand amputated. I understand this was to set an example, but really, is there any reliable information–from Iran or otherwise–that says this kind… --- ## [How to bake a potato?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-bake-a-potato/724978)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-bake-a-potato/724978 "2015-07-16T02:28:55Z")
how long and how hot? --- ## [Has any actor other than Peter Dinklage ever done this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425 "2015-03-04T12:52:29Z")
Peter Dinklage played the dead father’s Little Person gay lover in the original British movie Death at a Funeral and in the American remake. They changed the character’s name (from Peter to Frank) but almost all other pa… --- ## [Cure for cold sores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-cold-sores/153025)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-cold-sores/153025 "2003-02-07T04:59:15Z")
I think I’ve only gotten like one of these in my entire life, but I have one that simply won’t go away (I’m pretty convinced I got it from the cooler, dry weather of the last few months). It was bad for a while, then st… --- ## [Netflix-like porn rental?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-like-porn-rental/327760)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-like-porn-rental/327760 "2005-11-08T08:24:11Z")
There was an article in Wired about a Netflix-like service for porn. Linked to this was a site for gay porn, the idea of which I enjoy. If you want to research it yourself, you might find it at maleboxdvd dot com, but I … --- ## [Is Damien a safe name for my son?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-damien-a-safe-name-for-my-son/256950)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-damien-a-safe-name-for-my-son/256950 "2004-08-02T16:57:24Z")
How long has it been since you saw “The Omen”? I think most folks don’t automatically think of that flick when they hear the name “Damien” anymore, right? Around here, it’s not a problem. In Hawaii, it wouldn’t be a p… --- ## [My girls ruined your movie: sorry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-girls-ruined-your-movie-sorry/716530)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-girls-ruined-your-movie-sorry/716530 "2015-04-04T00:24:14Z")
From Facebook: According to ABC News, the post was re-broadcast and shared by the thousands and thousands, and it did find its way to the woman from the theater: Too public shaming? Or good parenting? --- ## [why do the characters of Spy vs. Spy have pointy faces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-characters-of-spy-vs-spy-have-pointy-faces/285002)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-characters-of-spy-vs-spy-have-pointy-faces/285002 "2005-01-19T02:34:36Z")
I’ve always wondered that - what are they supposed to be caricatures of? --- ## [Please, allow me to relive my nightmares for your amusement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120 "2013-10-25T18:59:59Z")
I’m referring to this post. Let me bold the important parts since you failed to understand them the first time: Put it this way, it didn’t involve a chainsaw, but even Leatherface would’ve said, “Damn, dude, now that’… --- ## [Halloween special pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-special-pitting/736297)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-special-pitting/736297 "2015-11-06T17:24:42Z")
Listen, you fucks! I don’t mind giving free candy to you. That’s the tradition and part of the social contract. However… If you are told to take 3 pieces of candy, that means THREE. I shouldn’t have to explain mys… --- ## [Hey, Cecil - your turn in the barrel.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cecil-your-turn-in-the-barrel/474180)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cecil-your-turn-in-the-barrel/474180 "2008-11-25T19:22:12Z")
WTF? Cecil, are you telling us that you are one of the idiots responsible for us being stuck with Obama for the next four years? --- ## [Hugo Chavez shutting down Radio Caracas Television](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-chavez-shutting-down-radio-caracas-television/404263)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2007, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-chavez-shutting-down-radio-caracas-television/404263 "2007-06-03T04:17:33Z")
Story here. Maybe Hugo is Castro Lite after all. I didn’t mind when he got Congress to vote him decree powers – that is constitutional and precedented in Venezuela, after all, though the wisdom of the clause is debatab… --- ## [Should parents work at keeping their teen kids virgin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-parents-work-at-keeping-their-teen-kids-virgin/65320)
**Author:** [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-parents-work-at-keeping-their-teen-kids-virgin/65320 "2001-05-22T05:37:40Z")
Here’s a link to an MPSIMS thread started by Duck Duck Goose, “Oh, Gawd. Need serious advice. Parents of teen girls, gather 'round…” http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70521&pagenumber=1 (You d… --- ## [Why do brand names have different pronunications across the English speaking world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-brand-names-have-different-pronunications-across-the-english-speaking-world/604301)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-brand-names-have-different-pronunications-across-the-english-speaking-world/604301 "2011-11-30T23:29:05Z")
Pantene, Nissan, Nike, and plenty of other product brands have different pronunciations in different parts of the English speaking world. Why is this? Would the brand owners not want to keep this uniform? --- ## [Obama or Media: Who Is More Responsible for Perpetuating Such a Lie to Seniors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-or-media-who-is-more-responsible-for-perpetuating-such-a-lie-to-seniors/631985)
**Author:** [@TheSlapIsBack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSlapIsBack)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-or-media-who-is-more-responsible-for-perpetuating-such-a-lie-to-seniors/631985 "2012-08-22T07:48:08Z")
If the Obama Administration is breaking the law with their 8.3 billion dollar Demonstration Project why is it not being covered? Is it not the responsibility of the media to inform senior citizens that they are not only… --- ## [Can You Plagiarize Yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-plagiarize-yourself/779505)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-plagiarize-yourself/779505 "2017-02-21T01:44:54Z")
Let’s say you publish an academic paper about Topic X, and your paper includes a few paragraphs about a related side issue, relevant to your research. Years later, you’re working on an academic paper about Topic Y, and y… --- ## [Should ACLU defend Phelps daughter (child abuse, flag mutilation at military funeral)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aclu-defend-phelps-daughter-child-abuse-flag-mutilation-at-military-funeral/410768)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aclu-defend-phelps-daughter-child-abuse-flag-mutilation-at-military-funeral/410768 "2007-07-13T06:17:13Z")
On an ACLU discussion group I belong to, I was made aware of this news item today: Phelps Kin Charged With Child Abuse Over Anti-Gay Military Funeral Demo (www.365gay.com) Shirley Phelps-Roper, daugher of Fred Phelps w… --- ## [Are Reuben sandwiches kosher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-reuben-sandwiches-kosher/767132)
**Author:** [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-reuben-sandwiches-kosher/767132 "2016-10-01T14:40:11Z")
When it comes to keeping kosher, is a reuben sandwich (corned beef, swiss cheese, kraut, 1000 island dressing on rye bread) considered a kosher meal? I’m asking because this has always been something that bugged me. Fr… --- ## [Did Weird Al ever do a parody of "Love Shack"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-weird-al-ever-do-a-parody-of-love-shack/519426 "2009-12-02T14:14:00Z")
Just wondering. --- ## [Boy Scout offical charged in child pornography case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scout-offical-charged-in-child-pornography-case/296814)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scout-offical-charged-in-child-pornography-case/296814 "2005-04-07T16:41:51Z")
CNN story Good thing they kept the homosexuals out of there :rolleyes: The depths of human hypocrisy never fail to amaze and sicken me. --- ## [So what do you worry about killing you, then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-worry-about-killing-you-then/725745)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-worry-about-killing-you-then/725745 "2015-07-25T22:02:23Z")
Dopers in general aren’t afraid of ISIS or spree killers murdering them, but what are you afraid will be your end? We are all going to die somehow. Which ways seem plausible enough to you that you’ve taken the time to w… --- ## [Ask the guy who's been an SDMB board member for 10 years today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-been-an-sdmb-board-member-for-10-years-today/553831)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-been-an-sdmb-board-member-for-10-years-today/553831 "2010-09-21T03:53:38Z")
Yup. I joined on September 15, 2000. Just so you know, if you joined before me you’re old and weird and clearly have no life to have been posting that long. If you joined after me, you’re a youngish newb and really not w… --- ## [Pretend you are voting Republican (anonymously)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretend-you-are-voting-republican-anonymously/743993)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretend-you-are-voting-republican-anonymously/743993 "2016-02-04T03:59:18Z")
Which of these people would get your vote in the Primaries: Jeb Bush Ben Carson Chris Christie Ted Cruz Carly Fiorina Jim Gilmore Mike Huckabee John Kasich Rand Paul Marco Rubio Rick Santorum Donald Trump --- ## [Wikileaks a real threat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-a-real-threat/583456)
**Author:** [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-a-real-threat/583456 "2011-06-07T05:21:49Z")
So I recently watched a documentary about Wikileaks and Assange the founder. You know what I found interesting? China and Iran banned it and the US is trying to suppress it. US can’t ban it because of constitutional l… --- ## [Why have modern jet fighter designs dropped the nose air intake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-modern-jet-fighter-designs-dropped-the-nose-air-intake/532126)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-modern-jet-fighter-designs-dropped-the-nose-air-intake/532126 "2010-03-12T16:03:53Z")
Air intake like in the MIG-15 or the F-86 Sabre. Modern fighters, like the F-22, have two intakes under the wings close to the fuselage. I’m sure there’s a good reason for why the front intake was abandoned, I’m merely c… --- ## [Culturally/Racially Biased Standardized Tests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-racially-biased-standardized-tests/17815)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-racially-biased-standardized-tests/17815 "2000-03-26T21:24:00Z")
I often hear people complaining that standardized tests are biased in some way that minorities have a tough time with them. I really don’t get this. I’m young enough to remember standardized tests I took in school. There… --- ## [Can we please ban saggy pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-ban-saggy-pants/559038)
**Author:** [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-ban-saggy-pants/559038 "2010-11-04T02:04:52Z")
Nothing makes you look more like an idiot than wearing size 40 jeans on a 28 waist. These guys even have belts and they still walk around holding up their pants with their hands. I don’t want to see your underwear. The … --- ## [What (exactly) is supposed to happen in 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-supposed-to-happen-in-2012/516404)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-supposed-to-happen-in-2012/516404 "2009-11-10T18:37:40Z")
I was at the movies recently and I saw the previews to the new movie coming out some time this month called 2012. It’s another apocalypse type movies about the end of the world or something like that. It got me to thin… --- ## [Any more movies with Tom Hanks pissing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-more-movies-with-tom-hanks-pissing/51112)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-more-movies-with-tom-hanks-pissing/51112 "2001-01-23T13:50:59Z")
The wife and I saw “The Green Mile” on video last week. Great performance by Tom Hanks, he certainly could portray a guy suffering from a urinary tract infection. Saw “Cast Away” tonight, noted him pissing in the surf. T… --- ## [9/14/11's XKCD comic. (gas prices)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-14-11s-xkcd-comic-gas-prices/596357)
**Author:** [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-14-11s-xkcd-comic-gas-prices/596357 "2011-09-17T16:24:02Z")
Bullshit. Randall is a pretty smart guy, but does he really not understand opportunity cost? The alt-text sounds accurate at least. Next weeks comic: promotion of National Don’t Buy Gas Day, with a kitty mascot. --- ## [The Feud: Oh, Canada! by KennerTheGreat \[game closed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-oh-canada-by-kennerthegreat-game-closed/546868)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-oh-canada-by-kennerthegreat-game-closed/546868 "2010-07-20T18:08:53Z")
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