# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=162&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:** 163 --- ## [I'm so goddamn tired of dental problems.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-goddamn-tired-of-dental-problems/683365)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-goddamn-tired-of-dental-problems/683365 "2015-03-07T13:20:01Z")
I just had a couple problems completed a month or so ago, and for a few weeks I could actually chew food without pain or worrying about losing a temporary crown. But of course that couldn’t last long. Late last week I’… --- ## [BREAKING NEWS: The Netherlands to Abandon Multiculturalism!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-the-netherlands-to-abandon-multiculturalism/586606)
**Author:** [@RaleighRally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaleighRally)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-the-netherlands-to-abandon-multiculturalism/586606 "2011-06-30T10:33:41Z")
http://www.hudson-ny.org/2219/netherlands-abandons-multiculturalism Of the four most progressive countries in Europe (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland) TWO have now officially abandoned “American” multiculturalism. Are… --- ## [Botticelli - June 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406 "2012-06-25T04:16:24Z")
Previous thread: Botticelli (Part Whatever) - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board Previous letters we’ve used: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board The next let… --- ## [Um, poodle balling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-poodle-balling/350663)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-poodle-balling/350663 "2016-04-11T14:52:07Z")
So I’m sitting here, watching Britney Spears on Will and Grace, and she yells out that she’s a hardcore lesbian that’s into leather play, butch black women, skunking, and poodle ballin. Later, Karen says that she and he… --- ## [Fucking idiot coronavirus-loving rednecks in Michigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895 "2020-05-14T02:51:34Z")
Today, a bunch of mouth-breathing confederate-flag-waving neckbeards gathered in Lansing, MI, to protest the governor who has ordered people to stay home, stay safe and stop spreading the coronavirus in Michigan, which j… --- ## [Teenaged boy eats like a starving wolf -- normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenaged-boy-eats-like-a-starving-wolf-normal/612105)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenaged-boy-eats-like-a-starving-wolf-normal/612105 "2012-02-11T18:14:01Z")
For reasons too boring to bother explaining, a teenaged semi-nephew of ours had to stay at our house from after school yesterday until leaving for school this morning. His mother had said “he’ll eat anything” and “he li… --- ## [Oathkeepers.org for US military/police/etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oathkeepers-org-for-us-military-police-etc/515707)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oathkeepers-org-for-us-military-police-etc/515707 "2015-12-29T17:37:35Z")
I think this organisation about following the constitution and bill of rights is very important… (but feel free to disagree) More details about orders they won’t obey. http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/03/03/declaratio… --- ## [Dr. Pepper: "We don't serve your kind here."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364 "2011-10-30T15:46:13Z")
Perhaps you’ve seen the ads for Dr. Pepper TEN\*? Apparently they think my wife is too weak to handle a ten-calorie drink. It’s just got so much flavor potential that the fairer sex just can’t take it. They only want m… --- ## [another "white" Oscars - does it matter\>?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-white-oscars-does-it-matter/743169)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-white-oscars-does-it-matter/743169 "2016-01-27T19:49:20Z")
This is an interesting article http://http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/14/another-all-white-oscars-this-is-bullshit.html I don’t see many movies, but I read a lot. I also know there are lots of movie fans … --- ## [Get off my plane, mind-melded Fundie zealots!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-plane-mind-melded-fundie-zealots/26160)
**Author:** [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-plane-mind-melded-fundie-zealots/26160 "2002-04-21T19:08:42Z")
So I am flying back from Minneapolis Sunday. I am at Charlotte waiting for my connecting flight home, a flight which was supposed to leave at 8:55 PM. Due to either bad weather or incompetant airlines (depending on whom … --- ## [Republicans predict GOP "tsunami" in coming House & Senate elections - Why? I really don't see it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-predict-gop-tsunami-in-coming-house-senate-elections-why-i-really-dont-see-it/684121)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-predict-gop-tsunami-in-coming-house-senate-elections-why-i-really-dont-see-it/684121 "2014-03-29T17:10:23Z")
It’s all over the news ie “Priebus predicts ‘tsunami’ election” that Republicans are rejoicing because they expect to win big, real big, in the next house and Senate election cycles because everybody hates Obama. I kn… --- ## [I Pit Libertarians who don't even know the implications of their "philosophy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-libertarians-who-dont-even-know-the-implications-of-their-philosophy/583533)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-libertarians-who-dont-even-know-the-implications-of-their-philosophy/583533 "2011-06-17T13:39:11Z")
In another recent thread (“Libertarian Mythology”) I wrote My post received no response. I’m pretty sure the typical reaction was “It looks like septimus has stopped taking his meds again!” :smiley: I’ll admit that … --- ## [I met a Pit Bull Terrier today.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-pit-bull-terrier-today/518225)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-pit-bull-terrier-today/518225 "2009-11-25T01:23:32Z")
I stopped off at a local sub shop this afternoon, and saw that someone had temporarilly tied their pitbull’s leash to the bike rack while they went in to get food, the pit was a pure white male, with almost albino-esque … --- ## [This is Sheriff Arpaio's idea of a school-protection posse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-sheriff-arpaios-idea-of-a-school-protection-posse/650252)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-sheriff-arpaios-idea-of-a-school-protection-posse/650252 "2013-02-25T22:39:27Z")
Arpaio has been slammed before for neglecting sex-crimes investigations in Maricopa County, AZ, while putting emphasis on more important things, like sweeps for illegal immigrants, and investigating Obama’s birth certifi… --- ## [Forbidden thread Version 3 (off limits to players of Mafia III)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-version-3-off-limits-to-players-of-mafia-iii/400795)
**Author:** [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Replies:** 479\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-version-3-off-limits-to-players-of-mafia-iii/400795 "2007-06-22T17:56:38Z")
Just cause they asked. If you ask me, that Blaster Master looks mighty scummy! --- ## [Jesus Christ and The Second Coming...Are we waiting for Him to be physically reborn or](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-and-the-second-coming-are-we-waiting-for-him-to-be-physically-reborn-or/645576)
**Author:** [@pchaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pchaos)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-and-the-second-coming-are-we-waiting-for-him-to-be-physically-reborn-or/645576 "2013-01-17T14:19:27Z")
is it just a metaphor. Hmmm…tough question, but it looks like a metaphor to me. The Second Coming is a metaphor for when we meet our Maker. It is a time when we need to answer tough questions from our Father in Heaven… --- ## [Breaking Bad 5.06 "Buyout" 8/19/12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-06-buyout-8-19-12/631970)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-06-buyout-8-19-12/631970 "2012-08-26T22:41:08Z")
Episode 5.01: “Live Free or Die” Episode 5.02: “Madrigal” Episode 5.03: “Hazard Pay” Episode 5.04: “Fifty One” Episode 5.05 “Dead Freight” --- ## [Texas again proves it is the asshole of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239)
**Author:** [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239 "2017-07-17T04:51:22Z")
Texas says same-sex married couples not entitled to benefits What more can you say about the Texas Supreme Court? Shitheads? Jerks? Whale shit? —nothing lower than that----it sits on the bottom of the ocean. --- ## [How Does One Deal With Painfully Stupid Friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deal-with-painfully-stupid-friends/345626)
**Author:** [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deal-with-painfully-stupid-friends/345626 "2020-06-09T03:39:27Z")
I’ve been friends with this woman for a couple of years. She’s a very nice person. I usually limit my conversations with her to men, movies and money. Last night, I found out that she has no idea what the Berlin Wall … --- ## [Racist all white Vanity Fair Cover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-all-white-vanity-fair-cover/527820)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-all-white-vanity-fair-cover/527820 "2010-02-10T00:15:46Z")
Salon.com wrote about this today. Basically, Vanity Fair had a cover on 9 up and coming young actresses in Hollywood and all of them are white. Yeah, maybe these people could have been included. But I’m having a hard t… --- ## [...because you are too stupid for words (a Gonzomax pitting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-you-are-too-stupid-for-words-a-gonzomax-pitting/494107)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 356\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-you-are-too-stupid-for-words-a-gonzomax-pitting/494107 "2009-05-15T19:32:53Z")
I’m torn here. On the one hand I’m finding it hard to believe that ANYONE could be as stupid as gonzo has repeatedly shown himself to be, and still be a functioning human. A carrot? Yeah, he’d be at the middle range o… --- ## [Stupid Trump Idea Of The Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-trump-idea-of-the-day/771443)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-trump-idea-of-the-day/771443 "2017-01-22T17:47:03Z")
You asked for it, you got it, Bryan Ekers! --- ## [Ask the Mormon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mormon/162971)
**Author:** [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Replies:** 335\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mormon/162971 "2013-10-24T02:10:29Z")
In response to this request wherein MixieArmadillo asked that someone start an “Ask the Mormon” thread. Here I am. Qualifications: \[ul\] \[li\]Raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aka LDS aka Mormon… --- ## [Symmetrical Skin Conditions - Am I Crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symmetrical-skin-conditions-am-i-crazy/525897)
**Author:** [@OccamsTaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OccamsTaser)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symmetrical-skin-conditions-am-i-crazy/525897 "2016-03-24T17:49:33Z")
Hello All, I’m brand new here, and just joined the forums, figuring that, since I read this website pretty regularly, I may as well ask this question here, as opposed to a medical forum. I don’t know when I noticed thi… --- ## [Fallujah children's 'genetic damage'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallujah-childrens-genetic-damage/547784)
**Author:** [@Zanthor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanthor)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallujah-childrens-genetic-damage/547784 "2010-09-06T15:58:13Z")
O.P. BBC News – Fallujah children’s ‘genetic damage’ 21 Jul 2010 … Cancer, leukaemia and infant mortality are all increasing in the Iraqi town of Fallujah, which saw fierce fighting between US forces and … Fallujah ch… --- ## [What happens when High School students must transfer mid-term or close to graduation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-high-school-students-must-transfer-mid-term-or-close-to-graduation/547336)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-high-school-students-must-transfer-mid-term-or-close-to-graduation/547336 "2010-07-20T17:45:15Z")
Here in the US, unless a child’s parents are willing to pay, they must go to the public school that belongs to their neighborhood, and if the family moves, the child generally must transfer unless the move is within the … --- ## [funny user names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-user-names/202330)
**Author:** [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-user-names/202330 "2003-10-03T20:58:43Z")
I saw a couple good ones today SwimmingwithChickens Milk Milk Lemonaide --- ## [Post viral cough -- why more pronounced when lying down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-viral-cough-why-more-pronounced-when-lying-down/480082)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-viral-cough-why-more-pronounced-when-lying-down/480082 "2012-12-26T03:49:23Z")
I had a nasty cold last week, sinuses running like a river, sore throat and a general sense of malaise - I decided to ask the doc for a Z-pack \[antibiotic\] and I got one, the cold is basically over, but there is a linger… --- ## [Zombies VS the US Army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-vs-the-us-army/500470)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-vs-the-us-army/500470 "2010-01-30T01:27:35Z")
It’s well known that the Pentagon develops contingency plans for highly unlikely events such as war with Canada or an alien invasion. What I’m wondering is whether the US military has an actual written plan for dealing … --- ## [Multiple Shootings At Fort Hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472 "2026-10-16T19:45:46Z")
Bad scene…seven dead, 20 wounded, possibly multiple gunmen still on the loose. --- ## [Been having low RPMs upon starting car, trouble starting now (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-having-low-rpms-upon-starting-car-trouble-starting-now-need-answer-fast/610414)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-having-low-rpms-upon-starting-car-trouble-starting-now-need-answer-fast/610414 "2012-01-26T02:07:51Z")
For a few months now, my car has had low RPMs for the first few seconds after starting it, then it revs itself up to normal RPMs. All this time, it has been driving totally fine. This morning I went to start my car as us… --- ## [Just finished The Long Walk again and boy are my eyes tired.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-the-long-walk-again-and-boy-are-my-eyes-tired/629394)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-the-long-walk-again-and-boy-are-my-eyes-tired/629394 "2012-11-23T12:49:05Z")
I read Richard Bachman’s The Long Walk for the first time maybe twenty-three years ago and I remember being disturbed but unquestioning. Maybe because I was young and didn’t question things as readily. Today is different… --- ## [Are there too many 'useless' people in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-too-many-useless-people-in-the-us/596274)
**Author:** [@HumanBear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanBear)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-too-many-useless-people-in-the-us/596274 "2016-10-31T00:01:07Z")
I’ve read many discussions about who should vote, who does or doesn’t pay taxes, how there are too many taking out and not putting in, etc. So I’d like a few facts and am hoping if someone has them to hand. I’m from the… --- ## [Witty name for used car dealership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-name-for-used-car-dealership/693360)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-name-for-used-car-dealership/693360 "2014-08-11T11:37:33Z")
A friend of mine is getting their car dealership license, but before they do that, they’re looking for a witty yet relevant name. So I turn to you, my fellow dopers. Suggestions? --- ## [Why Do Rich People Use An Initial As Their First Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-rich-people-use-an-initial-as-their-first-name/604075)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-rich-people-use-an-initial-as-their-first-name/604075 "2013-06-17T01:18:43Z")
I have a temp job in a fancy club and I was going over a list of memebers and noticed a lot of people list themselves as such: C. Brent Smith A. Martin Doe K. James Johnson. I have only known one other person who has… --- ## [No ma'am - A Marine's Letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-maam-a-marines-letter-to-senator-dianne-feinstein/646100)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-maam-a-marines-letter-to-senator-dianne-feinstein/646100 "2013-01-13T03:21:59Z")
Hoo-Rah :slight\_smile: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-902515 --- ## [Criminal Court Procedure in Scotland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-court-procedure-in-scotland/709337)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-court-procedure-in-scotland/709337 "2015-02-17T12:09:52Z")
Let us start by the final court of appeal in Scottish Criminal cases. Steophan erroneously holds that there is a criminal appeal process from the Scottish courts to the Supreme Court. I maintain that the Supreme Court i… --- ## [Is offering tea and biscuits to bigots a good idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-offering-tea-and-biscuits-to-bigots-a-good-idea/659670)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-offering-tea-and-biscuits-to-bigots-a-good-idea/659670 "2013-06-24T16:48:20Z")
A mosque in York, England came up with a fairly unique way to deal with bigoted protesters from the EDL\* who’d been picketing them. The members have been offering them tea and biscuits. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-eng… --- ## [Windows XP support ends Apr 8, 2014. No patches. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-support-ends-apr-8-2014-no-patches-what-to-do/673538)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-support-ends-apr-8-2014-no-patches-what-to-do/673538 "2014-06-24T09:30:00Z")
Malwareagedon!!! Microsoft will no longer offer software patches for Windows XP, starting in April 8, 2014. Malware infection may jump 66%. Holy smokes! As of this month 31% of all machines run Win XP, so there will be … --- ## [Disturbed that Duck Dynasty Phil's \*racism\* is getting overlooked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbed-that-duck-dynasty-phils-racism-is-getting-overlooked/676788)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbed-that-duck-dynasty-phils-racism-is-getting-overlooked/676788 "2014-01-02T20:04:32Z")
Am I the only one that found that part a lot more retrograde and offensive than the stuff about homosexuality? --- ## [Is it okay for government to decieve the public to get laws passed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-government-to-decieve-the-public-to-get-laws-passed/704548)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-government-to-decieve-the-public-to-get-laws-passed/704548 "2014-11-20T02:45:41Z")
Sure that many of you have seen the Jonathan Gruber (architect of the Affordable Care Act) video where he states that the law was purposefully written in a non-transparent way to better insure that it was not clearly und… --- ## [The Perfect in Every Way Game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-in-every-way-game/578197)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-in-every-way-game/578197 "2011-04-30T19:04:51Z")
Picture you have a lover. He/she (now to be referred to as she for simplicity’s sake), is perfect in every way. She is drop-dead gorgeous, her face making Audrey Hepburn look like Alfred E. Neuman. Her wit is on par w… --- ## [Stand Up For The People Of America! - Bioshock: Inifinite Hype Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-up-for-the-people-of-america-bioshock-inifinite-hype-thread/653634)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-up-for-the-people-of-america-bioshock-inifinite-hype-thread/653634 "2013-11-15T12:35:08Z")
It’s almost here peoples! Bioshock’s next installment, and Irrational Game’s new distopian world adventure. Here’s IGN’s exclusive early review: Bioshock showed, once again, that you can tell one hell of a story with… --- ## [Can someone concisely formulate what makes torture so immoral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-concisely-formulate-what-makes-torture-so-immoral/707903)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-concisely-formulate-what-makes-torture-so-immoral/707903 "2015-03-06T04:38:29Z")
Torture is bad. This should be obvious to everyone. But why is it bad? What, exactly, moves it from “immoral” to “we should never, ever do this even if it did hypothetically work”? The German supreme court makes it clea… --- ## [Experiences with legal prostitution: any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-legal-prostitution-any-good/173590)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-legal-prostitution-any-good/173590 "2003-05-09T05:48:07Z")
This isn’t a debate about the wisdom of prostitution. This is simply to ask those who have gone to legal places of prostitution (like in Nevada) about their experiences. Being a socially awkward gentleman who has so fa… --- ## [How We Get From Here To Internment Camps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186)
**Author:** [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186 "2016-12-09T01:04:36Z")
This was my chilling thought for the morning: Once Trump takes power, we are only a certain number of terrorist incidents away from Islamic people being forced into camps. Any act of terrorism that can be even tangenti… --- ## [Pawn Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawn-stars/544904)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawn-stars/544904 "2011-05-11T00:12:51Z")
This is a general discussion thread for Pawn Stars. Comment on things you saw on the show, deals you would have made, deals you wouldn’t have made, etc. I’m watching an episode now where a guy is trying to sell a Stins… --- ## [Barney Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barney-miller/692621)
**Author:** [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barney-miller/692621 "2016-02-03T23:39:23Z")
Just yesterday (from Amazon) purchased Shout!'s complete release of this classic 1975-82 ABC police comedy starring Hal Linden. I was wondering what you all have thought of that show. I’ve heard so many glowing reviews a… --- ## [Six Imams Ejected for Praying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-imams-ejected-for-praying/381360)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-imams-ejected-for-praying/381360 "2020-01-28T23:18:56Z")
From here, I learn two things: It only takes one moron to screw things up. 63% of the people taking the poll thought the airline did the right thing and 65% think no investigation of the incident is needed. That’s rid… --- ## [20 minutes and you’re finished with your prostitute already? Why not just masturbate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-minutes-and-you-re-finished-with-your-prostitute-already-why-not-just-masturbate/547724)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-minutes-and-you-re-finished-with-your-prostitute-already-why-not-just-masturbate/547724 "2010-07-30T00:17:39Z")
MPISMS always seems kinda G-Rated to me, so to avoid offending the bunnies and kittens crowd I will justify putting this in IMHO by both sharing my opinion at the end of the story as well as asking that respondents share… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=161&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=163&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)