# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1625&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:** 1626 --- ## [John Edwards and his Wife's Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-edwards-and-his-wifes-cancer/397055)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-edwards-and-his-wifes-cancer/397055 "2007-03-26T20:50:56Z")
This just in: John Edwards’ wife’s cancer is back – she now has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer — and yet Edwards is saying he plans to soldier on with his campaign. It’s his call, obviously, but it seems to me that h… --- ## [Are there still opium dens in Chinatown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-opium-dens-in-chinatown/88745)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-opium-dens-in-chinatown/88745 "2001-10-22T19:39:13Z")
Hope this isnt considered a question leading to intent to perform criminal acs because I’m just curious. --- ## [What is this bullet (and could I fire it)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bullet-and-could-i-fire-it/638561)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bullet-and-could-i-fire-it/638561 "2012-10-29T19:03:59Z")
I say bullet, I of course mean cartridge. Excuse my crappy camera; looks like this, about 7cm in length. I put a Stirling penny there too for shits and giggles. On the back around the edge it says going clockwise from 12… --- ## [Post your computer's wallpaper.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-computers-wallpaper/339343)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-computers-wallpaper/339343 "2006-01-13T21:05:02Z")
My current wall paper is: This Tree in Winter I only got that recently, and had this previously: Ice Block What is yours? I recommend Image Shack for free and easy picture uploading. --- ## [The lowest safest constant ambient temperature to avoid hypothermia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lowest-safest-constant-ambient-temperature-to-avoid-hypothermia/572922)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lowest-safest-constant-ambient-temperature-to-avoid-hypothermia/572922 "2014-07-30T04:29:04Z")
My wife asked me this question and I didn’t really have any idea - it stumped me. I’m only looking for a rough guide, just a rule of thumb so to speak. I checked on the net but didn’t find much. I think it might differ… --- ## [You want to join my band of post-apocalyptic survivors, prove your worth!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-join-my-band-of-post-apocalyptic-survivors-prove-your-worth/389966)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-join-my-band-of-post-apocalyptic-survivors-prove-your-worth/389966 "2007-02-04T01:21:29Z")
Inspired by this thread, I’d like to ask: What can YOU do that would make you useful in a post-apocalyptic situation (posit any one you like - i.e. all traces of human civilisation are gone vs only the people are gone, … --- ## [Movies That Would Have Been Better With No Love Interests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-have-been-better-with-no-love-interests/843628)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-have-been-better-with-no-love-interests/843628 "2019-11-22T23:19:47Z")
Rather than risk a hijack to Movies With No Love Interests, I’ve elected to start a companion thread. I’ll lead off with Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). Not only did we have the bloodthirsty, adulterous Misses Dube… --- ## [Trump vs Deep State: A question for Trump supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-deep-state-a-question-for-trump-supporters/924259)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-deep-state-a-question-for-trump-supporters/924259 "2020-11-04T14:45:54Z")
I was reading Trump’s messages about the vaccine. He says it would have been delivered by now except that Deep State decided to delay the vaccine in order to sabotage his re-election. It’s important to keep in mind it’s … --- ## [Does US law require 1 kid per room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-us-law-require-1-kid-per-room/595590)
**Author:** [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-us-law-require-1-kid-per-room/595590 "2011-09-10T10:38:38Z")
I ask this question following a “cry for help” I saw on an Israeli web forum. The original poster there is an observant Jew, but apparently not radical. Her (ex-) husband’s parents are ultra-orthodox Jews. She and her … --- ## [Car CD players and music files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-cd-players-and-music-files/569966)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-cd-players-and-music-files/569966 "2011-02-05T01:05:48Z")
1.) What music file do most car CD players read? 2.) If MP3, why would a particular car not play files from a disc I’ve made? Other computers and my 360 can play the music but the car player won’t. This is the first ti… --- ## [Marriage in the age of a 200-year human lifespan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-in-the-age-of-a-200-year-human-lifespan/550195)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-in-the-age-of-a-200-year-human-lifespan/550195 "2010-08-16T23:30:54Z")
Assume that in the future, medicine and technology will make us live to 200. The aging process will happen later, so, for example, from age 20 to 160, we will feel like today’s 20 to 60 year olds. In such a society, man… --- ## [Food Wars (Parents vs Children)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-wars-parents-vs-children/586314)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-wars-parents-vs-children/586314 "2011-06-23T19:19:48Z")
Today’s Leave It To Beaver focuses on Beaver not wanting to eat his Brussel sprouts. June explains they are perfectly delicious while Wally says, “All you have to do is gulp them down.” Ward interjects, “Perhaps…” which… --- ## [Obama: bad for business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-bad-for-business/815538)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-bad-for-business/815538 "2018-06-11T22:22:41Z")
I was talking with one of my conservative friends (I still have a few!) the other day and the conversation briefly turned to President Obama. He stated that our former president’s policies were extremely bad for busines… --- ## [Can't people recognize an obvious troll anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-people-recognize-an-obvious-troll-anymore/517200)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-people-recognize-an-obvious-troll-anymore/517200 "2009-11-19T19:10:05Z")
Come ON. Dynastic coudn’t be more obvious if he had glass eyes and blue hair. Stop feeding him. --- ## [Moron wingnuts can't tell Nuclear Summit logo from Islam moon-and-star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103 "2010-04-19T19:19:34Z")
Look at the flag in the photo that goes with this article. Now look at this symbol of Islam. If you can tell them apart, you’re sane. Apparently, some people can’t. --- ## [What kind of high school did you go to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-high-school-did-you-go-to/572493)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-high-school-did-you-go-to/572493 "2011-03-11T09:11:52Z")
What kind of high (secondary) school did you go to? Select all that apply. I went to the same high school all four years (after 3 yrs at the adjacent middle school). Public day school, non-religious (public religiou… --- ## [How severely can Nursing Homes drain a Senior's Estate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-severely-can-nursing-homes-drain-a-seniors-estate/777475)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-severely-can-nursing-homes-drain-a-seniors-estate/777475 "2017-01-27T18:37:15Z")
My mom worked as a Nurse Anthestist until she was 74. Making over a 100k a year for the last 20 years of her career. She was always frugal and built up a very nice estate. Rock solid stock investments that were tax shel… --- ## [What happened to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev between the shootout and arrest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-between-the-shootout-and-arrest/715174)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-between-the-shootout-and-arrest/715174 "2015-04-04T15:29:54Z")
I read an article today that conflicted with my recollection of the events resulting in his capture. I thought he was injured in the shootout with his brother, hid in the boat, and was captured at gunpoint. The article I… --- ## [My entire goddam family, come on down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-entire-goddam-family-come-on-down/593696)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-entire-goddam-family-come-on-down/593696 "2011-08-26T02:55:22Z")
So I just found out about a bit of family asshattery I was ignorant of, and now quite angry about. Let’s set the stage. ~6 years ago, my sister’s wedding: My father takes umbrage at both my grandma (mother’s mother) a… --- ## [Why was Jim Croce in jail "doing 90 days for non-support"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jim-croce-in-jail-doing-90-days-for-non-support/293434)
**Author:** [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jim-croce-in-jail-doing-90-days-for-non-support/293434 "2005-03-08T18:26:48Z")
In the song “Car Wash Blues,” Jim Croce sings that the main character was…well, let me just quote the first stanza. (Bolding mine) Well, I had just got out from the county prison Doin’ ninety days for non-support Tri… --- ## [Do people just not understand they shouldn't point lasers at aircraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-just-not-understand-they-shouldnt-point-lasers-at-aircraft/737380)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-just-not-understand-they-shouldnt-point-lasers-at-aircraft/737380 "2018-06-22T19:27:05Z")
The local news just reported on someone being arrested in New York for pointing a laser at a couple of helicopters. They said that there were 4,000 incidents in the past year. ISTR last month an airline pilot was taken… --- ## [Films you love but others don't "get" in the same way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-love-but-others-dont-get-in-the-same-way/220579)
**Author:** [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-love-but-others-dont-get-in-the-same-way/220579 "2004-01-04T23:17:10Z")
What films do you love, but no one else seems to “get” in quite the same way? For example, I love: Miami Blues - Not raved about, but I just love this black comedy, great soundtrack and worth seeing if only for the sce… --- ## [Good books on the Aztecs and Incas???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-on-the-aztecs-and-incas/444780)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-on-the-aztecs-and-incas/444780 "2008-04-17T18:52:04Z")
I believe that in the last 20 years or so, there have been some major discoveries relating to the history of the Aztecs and the Incas. They always fascinated me and I wonder if any Dopers know any recent good books that… --- ## [Hail, Caesar! anticipation thread (probable spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-caesar-anticipation-thread-probable-spoilers/745079)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-caesar-anticipation-thread-probable-spoilers/745079 "2016-04-13T22:28:43Z")
I’m cautiously optimistic about the Coen Brothers’ latest movie, opening this Friday 2/5/16. So far, Variety likes it a lot. I plan to see it in the theater. Anyone else? --- ## [Get your hands OFF me, you SICK FUCK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-hands-off-me-you-sick-fuck/84779)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-hands-off-me-you-sick-fuck/84779 "2001-10-05T14:54:47Z")
Okay, this is going to be pretty weak as far as Pit rants go, but DAMN I’m ticked. Hey! YOU! Yes, you! The freakish template for Grandpa Simpson. Who the HELL do you think you are? Let me give you a clue. I’m VERY parti… --- ## [Would you make a good time traveler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-good-time-traveler/728788)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-good-time-traveler/728788 "2015-08-31T03:11:50Z")
It’s a SF trope going back at least as far as Mark Twain. An average modern day person gets sent into the past by some mysterious means and introduces modern technology to the people back then. But as was pointed out in… --- ## [Excellent Doonesbury (Sunday)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421 "2018-03-26T14:03:50Z")
Today’s Doonesbury is worth a look, especially for us menfolk. --- ## [Reforming the legal system against stupidity, why is it so hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reforming-the-legal-system-against-stupidity-why-is-it-so-hard/131079)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reforming-the-legal-system-against-stupidity-why-is-it-so-hard/131079 "2002-10-14T20:26:49Z")
Every day now, we get more and more of those “mcdonalds coffee” type legal cases. Cases of outstanding stupidity and greed. Everybody agrees that these stupid people should not get the millions that they do recieve yet n… --- ## [Aiming a rifle by balancing it on the forearm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aiming-a-rifle-by-balancing-it-on-the-forearm/538803)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aiming-a-rifle-by-balancing-it-on-the-forearm/538803 "2010-05-10T12:47:17Z")
One for the firearms aficionados - at the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Blondie by aiming his rifle, which I think is a lever action repeater, in a quite unusual way, he rests it on his forearm as he fires, as … --- ## [The Summer's Over, but the River Was Nice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-over-but-the-river-was-nice/320327)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-over-but-the-river-was-nice/320327 "2005-09-11T19:15:26Z")
Our Family Tradition (that’s nearly as old as the MMP itself) continues on for another year. But it was last Saturday, so you missed the Big Ol’ Powdered Sugar Doughnut Breakfast! Then, after the Big Ol’ Powdered Sugar D… --- ## [Where in the Bill of Rights does it say you're entitled to a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-bill-of-rights-does-it-say-youre-entitled-to-a-car/205220)
**Author:** [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-bill-of-rights-does-it-say-youre-entitled-to-a-car/205220 "2003-10-11T07:48:55Z")
“Jon, the car’s smoking.” Whadda mean, ‘The car’s smoking’? Yep. Smoking, from the nice puddle of oil that’s leaking out of the hole in the engine block. The hole caused by the rod that was thrown. The rod that was thr… --- ## [The Songs of the boobies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778 "2009-10-12T18:38:42Z")
I recently learned a new song about breasts. I was aware of the classic, hearing it actually said by my seventh grade classmates. We must We must We must increase our bust The bigger the better the tighter the swea… --- ## [Will Hackers cause car crashes or other problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-hackers-cause-car-crashes-or-other-problems/712329)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-hackers-cause-car-crashes-or-other-problems/712329 "2015-02-13T06:59:31Z")
From this CNN story, the question is raised about whether hackers will be able to cause your car to crash among other things. We don’t yet live in a world where hackers can crash your car. But computer engineers wi… --- ## [Notable Restaurant Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773 "2011-11-06T22:31:00Z")
Here is mine. I think I win. --- ## ["Own that Guy in 60 Days: A Practical Guide to Love for the 21st Century Woman" Advice worth taking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/own-that-guy-in-60-days-a-practical-guide-to-love-for-the-21st-century-woman-advice-worth-taking/711228)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/own-that-guy-in-60-days-a-practical-guide-to-love-for-the-21st-century-woman-advice-worth-taking/711228 "2015-01-31T04:58:26Z")
Don’t we need to stop playing these coy, outdated dating games? This is 2015 shouldn’t women be taking charge, kicking ass and taking names if they are interested in a guy? Own that Guy in 60 Days: A Practical Guide to … --- ## [What's the closest place to the equator that snow has ever been recorded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-closest-place-to-the-equator-that-snow-has-ever-been-recorded/48235)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-closest-place-to-the-equator-that-snow-has-ever-been-recorded/48235 "2001-01-04T15:29:39Z")
On New Years Eve, we got about 1/4 to 1/2 inch of snow here in Lafayette, LA. Of course it didn’t stay on the ground, but I could judge the amount by how much had piled up on the car. Natives said it was the first snow w… --- ## [Titanic steel and nuclear blasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-steel-and-nuclear-blasts/556711)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-steel-and-nuclear-blasts/556711 "2010-10-17T21:24:29Z")
Reading through this thread on miltary miscellany I dimly recalled a fact someone told me regarding the steel from the Titanic. It was something to do with the fact that since 1945 and the detonation of the nuclear bomb… --- ## [What happened to "Lovers Lanes"? Do they still exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-lovers-lanes-do-they-still-exist/941447)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-lovers-lanes-do-they-still-exist/941447 "2024-06-10T12:32:51Z")
A common feature of 50’s films (and leading well until the 80’s in films I can remember) was the idea of a “Lovers Lane”, a usually wooden place on the outskirts of town either overlooking the town or overlooking a body … --- ## [How much would you pay for photography prints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-photography-prints/549935)
**Author:** [@breaking-reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breaking-reality)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-photography-prints/549935 "2010-08-13T15:53:35Z")
I’ve been taking photos for years, and finally decided this year to try my hand at selling them. Mostly I go to various craft shows, I also do the flea market every month, and I’m doing the County Fair. The first two mo… --- ## [What factors contributed to Britain building the world's strongest navy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-factors-contributed-to-britain-building-the-worlds-strongest-navy/823637)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-factors-contributed-to-britain-building-the-worlds-strongest-navy/823637 "2018-11-17T15:09:45Z")
Hi What factors (and which events in particular) contributed to Britain building the world’s strongest navy until the early 20th century? I look forward to your feedback --- ## [What sci-fi/fantasy culture would you like to visit and study?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-fantasy-culture-would-you-like-to-visit-and-study/601899)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-fantasy-culture-would-you-like-to-visit-and-study/601899 "2011-11-09T16:25:07Z")
Do you want to know about the mating habits of the human-mangani hybrids in Opar? Are you interested in the psychology of Blade Runner replicants, or the rules of magic in the PotterVerse? Well, here’s your chance to i… --- ## [Sample Math Problem from OECD International HS test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sample-math-problem-from-oecd-international-hs-test/675375)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sample-math-problem-from-oecd-international-hs-test/675375 "2013-12-08T05:29:28Z")
Couldn’t decide whether to put this in the MPSIMS thread. This is a sample math problem from one of those “Chinese students are outstripping American ones in standardized testing…” tests. It was a nifty little problem. … --- ## ['The Tiffany Effect': False anachronisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267 "2026-08-31T19:26:38Z")
I saw an interesting short video in my YouTube feed a week or so ago about ‘The Tiffany Effect’: facts that historians actually feel that they need to leave out when they are documenting history, because they seem so ana… --- ## [How did you find SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/556941)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-sdmb/556941 "2010-10-26T17:48:17Z")
I know a lot of people have been here since this was, what I guess was something similar to a Yahoo group at AOL. But what I’m really interested in is how you found this place - whether at AOL or later (however I have i… --- ## [The irony of the Mizzou Communications/Journalism Professor actions at protests.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irony-of-the-mizzou-communications-journalism-professor-actions-at-protests/737310)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irony-of-the-mizzou-communications-journalism-professor-actions-at-protests/737310 "2016-02-26T04:54:47Z")
She seems like the least likely candidate to trample on First Amendment rights. I guess she was absent the days her own professors covered this. :rolleyes: She has no business teaching in either Dept, imho if this is how… --- ## [Does this change anyone's mind? Posner: we were wrong to allow Indiana's voter ID law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-change-anyones-mind-posner-we-were-wrong-to-allow-indianas-voter-id-law/671080)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-change-anyones-mind-posner-we-were-wrong-to-allow-indianas-voter-id-law/671080 "2013-10-30T19:19:06Z")
From Politico: Just curious if this makes anyone who supported this decision think again. I think having the judge who wrote it say they weren’t imaginative enough to think of the ways it could be used is a big deal f… --- ## [Why are many farms in Kansas circular in shape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-farms-in-kansas-circular-in-shape/370479)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-farms-in-kansas-circular-in-shape/370479 "2006-08-30T12:00:03Z")
While flying over the country, I noticed that whereas most farms are set in rectangular shapes, the farms around the Kansas area to be circular. Why is that? --- ## [Switching over light bulbs: Where are you on the continuum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-over-light-bulbs-where-are-you-on-the-continuum/686942)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-over-light-bulbs-where-are-you-on-the-continuum/686942 "2014-04-28T20:14:58Z")
I’m one of “those people” you’ve seen at the Home Depot. Pushing around a car laden high with boxes of traditional incandescent bulbs. ( Let’s call them IB’s for this thread ). I detest Compact Fluorescent (CFL) bulbs wi… --- ## [WARNING - stop whining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-stop-whining/462937)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-stop-whining/462937 "2008-09-10T21:33:54Z")
All SDMB users are warned: We’ve heard quite enough complaining about administration of this board. Jerry is doing his best. Although we welcome constructive comments, anyone making rude remarks about the staff from here… --- ## [Sports "Mount Rushmores" and (hopefully) the debates that follow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-mount-rushmores-and-hopefully-the-debates-that-follow/773243)
**Author:** [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-mount-rushmores-and-hopefully-the-debates-that-follow/773243 "2016-11-30T19:49:49Z")
I’ll start off with a fairly easy, not obscure, non-debatable one: NBA Coaches Mount Rushmore: Red Auerbach Phil Jackson Greg Popovich Pat Riley I’ve always thought Jackson was a little overrated – his in-game stra… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1624&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1626&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)