# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1632&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:** 1633 --- ## [What type of files can't carry a computer virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-files-cant-carry-a-computer-virus/398670)
**Author:** [@Bang\_This](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bang_This)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-files-cant-carry-a-computer-virus/398670 "2007-04-05T13:01:51Z")
I opened a text file (with the .txt extention) and my MIS person where I worked said you have to be careful as all files can carry viruses. I know certain files can carry viruses but I always thought .txt files could no… --- ## [Optimum Online vs Verizon FIOS Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimum-online-vs-verizon-fios-internet/682807)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimum-online-vs-verizon-fios-internet/682807 "2014-03-08T19:51:26Z")
We currently moving from manhattan to brooklyn. We use time warner cable road runner for 35/month for 15mbps plan and its very good. I found out that in brooklyn, time warner cable internet isn’t available at the new pla… --- ## [how could Hillary possible win (without cheating) ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-hillary-possible-win-without-cheating/450338)
**Author:** [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-hillary-possible-win-without-cheating/450338 "2008-06-03T01:47:56Z")
Obama now have 1965 delegates (including 307 superdelegats), while Hillary have 1779 delegates (including 279 superd.) Obama is a head with 186 delegates There are 212 superdelegats that haven’t decided yet, and only 8… --- ## [You're just a COWARD, if you've never been married into your 50's but would like to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-just-a-coward-if-youve-never-been-married-into-your-50s-but-would-like-to/499032)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-just-a-coward-if-youve-never-been-married-into-your-50s-but-would-like-to/499032 "2009-06-14T09:46:32Z")
It’s always quite amusing watching folks who have never been married do all kinds of contortions when you bring up the fact that they have managed to avoid marriage all the way into their 50’s because of plain ole FEAR. … --- ## [Why do unwashed humans smell so bad compared to other animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-unwashed-humans-smell-so-bad-compared-to-other-animals/117169)
**Author:** [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-unwashed-humans-smell-so-bad-compared-to-other-animals/117169 "2002-07-04T07:26:13Z")
I mean, my cat can clean itself, but do dogs do that much grooming? If I rinsed myself for 5 minutes every day, would I avoid the smell? --- ## [Trimming one's eyebrows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trimming-ones-eyebrows/547102)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trimming-ones-eyebrows/547102 "2010-07-19T20:40:36Z")
At the ripe old age of 29 I’m already getting crazy eyebrows. Not as in a unibrow, I don’t have that. But my eyebrows typically have 4-5 crazy long hairs that grow twice as long as their neighbors. And they’re always … --- ## [Your Personal Favourite Discworld Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-favourite-discworld-book/714940)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-favourite-discworld-book/714940 "2015-03-18T18:27:04Z")
It’s a close call between this and The Wee Free Men, but Jingo will always be my favourite Discworld novel. More relevant than ever - it should be compulsory reading for anyone who wants to fight in the Middle East - and… --- ## [Copyright Traps revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-traps-revisited/527372)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Vertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Vertoy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-traps-revisited/527372 "2013-12-17T18:05:15Z")
Saw a very good response from Cecil Adams about imaginary streets, parks and towns put on maps in order to discourage possible copyright plagiarism. It was an old article, from 1991, I think. It must have been before t… --- ## [Do people really not care about their leaders' comportment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-not-care-about-their-leaders-comportment/776793)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-not-care-about-their-leaders-comportment/776793 "2017-01-13T13:17:53Z")
Not that we need another Trump thread, and not that I really want to start another shit slinging competition but I’m sure it would end up here anyway so I’ll just start it off here. Policy aside, what do those of you wh… --- ## [Pitting ungrateful and uncooperative communities when faced with crime (Toronto shooting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ungrateful-and-uncooperative-communities-when-faced-with-crime-toronto-shooting/628542)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ungrateful-and-uncooperative-communities-when-faced-with-crime-toronto-shooting/628542 "2012-07-22T13:19:17Z")
In Toronto’s Scarborough neighbourhood there was a shooting the other night where two young people are dead and 19 others, including an infant are injured in a gun fire exchange at the “block party” of some 200 people. Y… --- ## [About Britney Spears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-britney-spears/422067)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-britney-spears/422067 "2007-10-14T21:42:07Z")
I feel just a little bit sorry for this girl. At one time the world was her oyster, most red blooded men, and quite a few women, would have loved to get up close and comfy with her, she had it all going for her. She’d b… --- ## [Clothahump: what's the problem with the 17th Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-whats-the-problem-with-the-17th-amendment/592857)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothahump-whats-the-problem-with-the-17th-amendment/592857 "2011-08-17T02:40:36Z")
A question for Clothahump. In this thread, you said you thought the 17th Amendment should be repealed. I was surprised because I didn’t think it was a controversial issue. I posted a question there but the OP asked me n… --- ## [Wow, I agree with Limbaugh on something (99% vs. 1%)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-agree-with-limbaugh-on-something-99-vs-1/603170)
**Author:** [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-agree-with-limbaugh-on-something-99-vs-1/603170 "2011-11-17T21:25:45Z")
I’m as surprised as you, but check out this transcript from his show yesterday, where he’s discussing Chelsea Clinton’s hiring by NBC News: \[QUOTE=Rush Limbaugh\] Let’s go down to Occupy Wall Street or wherever else tha… --- ## [Jesus, I have to pit lissener. Sorry, I know it's old, but he's being a jackass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239 "2008-12-26T06:20:44Z")
Sorry to pit lissener again. I know, you’re all sick of it. I just can’t respond to this in the Great Debates forum and keep the board rules, and I will not allow some fucktard to suggest I’m somehow an enemy of gays a… --- ## [E-book reader Vs. Processed Wood-Pulp reader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-reader-vs-processed-wood-pulp-reader/607587)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-reader-vs-processed-wood-pulp-reader/607587 "2012-01-01T14:15:36Z")
Ever since I got my neat little B&N Nook Simple Touch, I’ve been thinking about how it compares with the classic pile-of-processed-wood-pulp normal book… It surprises me how close the e-ink based readers get to the feel… --- ## [Close Encounters Question (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-question-spoilers/545356)
**Author:** [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-question-spoilers/545356 "2010-07-11T17:51:21Z")
I just got the three-disc all-versions of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I love this movie and it always makes me think of how I would have reacted in such a situation. Spielberg has said that, now, he wouldn’t have… --- ## [What’s your opinion on mixed gender sleepovers for teenagers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-on-mixed-gender-sleepovers-for-teenagers/828467)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-on-mixed-gender-sleepovers-for-teenagers/828467 "2019-02-05T04:12:53Z")
I have no problem with them, but it would have been unthinkable when I was growing up. I think that teens will be teens and a mixed gender sleepover will involve the same type of activities as a same gender one. Late nig… --- ## [Travian - multiplayer browser game about building a village](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travian-multiplayer-browser-game-about-building-a-village/452542)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travian-multiplayer-browser-game-about-building-a-village/452542 "2008-06-29T22:28:19Z")
I’ve been playing Travian for a few weeks now, and I am wondering if any other Dopers are around. Basically, you control a village on a map with thousands of other players. Fields produce resources, and these resources… --- ## [Earring question for women that grew up in the 60s-70s.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earring-question-for-women-that-grew-up-in-the-60s-70s/738792)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earring-question-for-women-that-grew-up-in-the-60s-70s/738792 "2015-12-03T21:54:31Z")
One thing that I always liked to see on a woman was big hoop earrings. When I was dating and married to my ex (born 1957) I always tried to nudge her towards big-ish hoops but she told me they were “slutty”. Was this som… --- ## [The propaganda around the Russian ship Moskva](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-propaganda-around-the-russian-ship-moskva/962833)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-propaganda-around-the-russian-ship-moskva/962833 "2022-04-21T07:16:18Z")
One of the lead stories in the news right now is around the Russian ship Moskva, a guided missile cruiser which some have called the flagship of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. It’s currently in bad shape. The Ukra… --- ## [I pit the Revelations TV miniseries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-revelations-tv-miniseries/299223)
**Author:** [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-revelations-tv-miniseries/299223 "2005-04-18T09:09:05Z")
I’m not the intended audience for this series. Fine. No problem. Change the channel and go on with my life. But no, family member is fascinated. Still no problem. Except… 40 minutes in, and let’s see if I have this stra… --- ## [Humanitarian Realpolitik](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humanitarian-realpolitik/726338)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humanitarian-realpolitik/726338 "2015-08-04T19:10:16Z")
Back in the old days of the cold war Realpolitik, mean the US propping up to dictators of countries with poor human rights records in order to gain their help in the global fight against Communism. Now Communism is larg… --- ## [Do you believe Lance Armstrong, that he didn't dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-lance-armstrong-that-he-didnt-dope/550828)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-lance-armstrong-that-he-didnt-dope/550828 "2010-08-21T17:56:34Z")
I don’t. I think he’s guilty as sin. I don’t know that he doped (especially since I’m not an expert nor am I even remotely connected to the issue), but I very strongly suspect it, as a lay observer of professional cycl… --- ## [Weird wall outlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wall-outlet/645783)
**Author:** [@WillySchu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillySchu)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wall-outlet/645783 "2013-01-03T21:55:01Z")
Does anyone know what this outlet is and what function it serves? There are four of them in my living room. http://imageshack.us/a/img571/7528/imagedjo.jpg --- ## [Do nuclear reactors eventually cool off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nuclear-reactors-eventually-cool-off/575038)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nuclear-reactors-eventually-cool-off/575038 "2011-03-19T15:32:08Z")
How long does that take, or do the fuel rods (even spent ones) perpetually need cooling? --- ## [Why was New York hit so hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-new-york-hit-so-hard/852313)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-new-york-hit-so-hard/852313 "2020-05-01T19:34:24Z")
There are many more infected and dead in New York and New Jersey than the rest of the country. The high population density might account for some of it, but there are other high-density urban areas that were not as sever… --- ## [Teenage Sex in Northern Europe vs North America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-sex-in-northern-europe-vs-north-america/441695)
**Author:** [@ThirdCultureKid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThirdCultureKid)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-sex-in-northern-europe-vs-north-america/441695 "2008-03-20T23:16:47Z")
I started writing a response to this thread, and realized I had my own questions/musings on the issue. Mods, feel free to move it if this is the wrong forum. \[QUOTE=elfkin477\] I think a lot of people are deluding th… --- ## [Music for a Doper's funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154 "2004-01-22T06:06:14Z")
Inspired by the thread on wedding music, What do you want played at your funeral? I’ll rise from the dead and personally strangle any relative that orders that stereotypical dirge you hear as the background for any TV d… --- ## [I don't CARE that you don't like Americans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-that-you-dont-like-americans/321602)
**Author:** [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-that-you-dont-like-americans/321602 "2005-09-20T15:46:59Z")
The problem with being half-Canadian, and having a Canadian accent, is that it seems like half my conversations with new people (whom I meet a lot of in my line of work) go like this: “Where are you from?” “Australia o… --- ## [Uh oh. Obama invokes incest and marrying children in defense of DOMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-obama-invokes-incest-and-marrying-children-in-defense-of-doma/499640)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-obama-invokes-incest-and-marrying-children-in-defense-of-doma/499640 "2009-06-16T02:22:43Z")
Please, somebody tell me this is a huge pack of evil lies: http://www.americablog.com/2009/06/obama-justice-department-defends-doma.html --- ## [Bradd Pitt & Angelina Jolie to star in "Atlas Shrugged"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradd-pitt-angelina-jolie-to-star-in-atlas-shrugged/356873)
**Author:** [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradd-pitt-angelina-jolie-to-star-in-atlas-shrugged/356873 "2006-05-21T17:48:28Z")
I’m astonished this project is still moving forward, as I’ve been hearing rumors of a proposed film of \* Atlas Shrugged \* ever since I can remember and nothing ever came of them. Rumor and speculation has it that Brad Pi… --- ## [What would the theoretical Element 184 be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-theoretical-element-184-be-like/687504)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-theoretical-element-184-be-like/687504 "2014-05-03T20:39:09Z")
Reading today about the confirmed discovery of element 117. Which lead me to the hypothesis of the Island if Stability around Element 184. Just curious if there is any conjecture about what such an element would be lik… --- ## [Which famous sport stars finished just shy of a milestone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-famous-sport-stars-finished-just-shy-of-a-milestone/787771)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-famous-sport-stars-finished-just-shy-of-a-milestone/787771 "2017-06-10T16:22:13Z")
I just saw this article Albert Pujols' chase for 600 isn't exciting, Robbie Ray is All-Star - SweetSpot- ESPN on the ESPN website about Albert Pujols hitting his 599th home run yesterday. I hope he hits number 600, but t… --- ## [There's a giant beetle in my basement.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-giant-beetle-in-my-basement/256526)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-giant-beetle-in-my-basement/256526 "2004-08-06T07:41:53Z")
I just had to go down to the basement to do some laundry. It’s not a finished basement. When I was little, it gave me the creeps. It’s a creepy basement that floods whenever it rains. And there are mice, sometimes. R… --- ## [Bowling: Do you have to spin the ball to become really good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling-do-you-have-to-spin-the-ball-to-become-really-good/151906)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling-do-you-have-to-spin-the-ball-to-become-really-good/151906 "2003-01-31T21:34:55Z")
Every time I’ve watched bowling on TV, the bowlers spin the ball. I go bowling once-a-year at the most. But I once bowled a 210 without putting any spin on the ball. I assume that someone really good would be able to … --- ## [Botticelli - May 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186 "2020-06-02T13:55:50Z")
Onwards! I am D! Link to April thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22287251#post22287251 --- ## [Drunk Doper Pics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-doper-pics/393700)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-doper-pics/393700 "2007-03-02T09:29:23Z")
Per Opal’s request here (Hi, Op-- sorry), I thought I’d start this thread. I figure if nothing else, this ought to be funny. So post a picture of yourself being the total lush we all know you are. I’ll start, naturall… --- ## [Why don't you donate blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-donate-blood/136417)
**Author:** [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-donate-blood/136417 "2002-11-18T07:19:26Z")
I was just reading through the donating blood thread and I was curious. Do any of you here not donate blood? Why not? I’ll start. Personally I would love to donate blood but I cannot for two reasons. One is that I got … --- ## [Did HIV/AIDS aid or damage the progress of the LGBT rights movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hiv-aids-aid-or-damage-the-progress-of-the-lgbt-rights-movement/640439)
**Author:** [@Atakapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atakapa)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hiv-aids-aid-or-damage-the-progress-of-the-lgbt-rights-movement/640439 "2012-11-13T20:23:24Z")
More specifically, did the emergence of HIV/AIDS have a net effect of hastening or delaying the onset of greater legal and cultural acceptance of homosexuality? I’ve heard arguments supporting either view. On one hand, … --- ## [100% chance at $1.08M or 97% at $36M?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-chance-at-1-08m-or-97-at-36m/802402)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-chance-at-1-08m-or-97-at-36m/802402 "2017-11-24T21:41:44Z")
Another risk adversity question. For all you hypothetical pokers, please assume that this is on the level and I have motives that are my own for offering it. Add in any supplemental details and reframe how you like to m… --- ## [I pit iTunes!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-itunes/726407)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-itunes/726407 "2015-08-03T19:48:34Z")
Just to be up front: I’m not an Apple fanboi, but I don’t despise Apple either. So, okay, I was just on vacation and my cousin gave me her old iPhone 4s. She just got a 6 and didn’t need the 4s anymore. Well, who says n… --- ## [Tolkien thread: places in the books where the narrator is full of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-thread-places-in-the-books-where-the-narrator-is-full-of-shit/491331)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-thread-places-in-the-books-where-the-narrator-is-full-of-shit/491331 "2009-04-02T05:05:42Z")
Looking around the first page of Cafe Society, I note to my horror that there are no threads on Tolkien visible. I blame myself. To atone, I am destroying my copies of the Firefly season five box set (including the all… --- ## [Your favorite products they no longer make - this time, with pictures.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-products-they-no-longer-make-this-time-with-pictures/692536)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-products-they-no-longer-make-this-time-with-pictures/692536 "2014-07-10T21:19:54Z")
We’ve done this several times before, but this time, let’s make sure we include pictures of the products you used to love before they removed them from the market. Multiple pictures would be nice if you can find them. Y… --- ## [The "allotment" (community garden?) in British shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-allotment-community-garden-in-british-shows/725452)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-allotment-community-garden-in-british-shows/725452 "2015-07-23T22:47:41Z")
Some of the British dramas and crime shows have people going off to their “allotment,” which seems to be a place outside of or on the outskirts of small towns where you can have a garden. Are there still a lot of these … --- ## [How is this even possible? (Rubik's cube video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-even-possible-rubiks-cube-video/681092)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-even-possible-rubiks-cube-video/681092 "2014-03-12T02:01:18Z")
check this out How is this possible? This guy memorizes 35 rubik’s cubes, all mixed up differently, and solves them blindfolded. They are all mixed up differently. He has some methodology of memorizing them, and then… --- ## [Can I buy Cuban cigars at an Indian reservation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-cuban-cigars-at-an-indian-reservation/19226)
**Author:** [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-cuban-cigars-at-an-indian-reservation/19226 "2000-05-13T17:08:05Z")
Can I smoke or possess one at the embassy of a different nation that doesn’t have an embargo against Cuba? How about at the U.N.? This doesn’t necessarily have to apply to Cuban cigars. Phrased differently, the question… --- ## [People of different nations and their looks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-different-nations-and-their-looks/269982)
**Author:** [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-different-nations-and-their-looks/269982 "2004-10-25T12:13:49Z")
I read a thread by mangeorge a while back there where he asked about the two different types of Englishmen, and asked a few questions about what types were prevalent in England. But I find that there are defenitley feat… --- ## [Teach me how to bend spoons with my mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834 "2009-08-03T09:09:41Z")
So how do magicians bend spoons with their minds? I’ve only seen this done once, but the guy was using silverware he’d borrowed from the kitchen staff, so it can’t be that he used a trick fork. How does this trick work? --- ## [Simply put, the terrorists have won, and will continue to win.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simply-put-the-terrorists-have-won-and-will-continue-to-win/242718)
**Author:** [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simply-put-the-terrorists-have-won-and-will-continue-to-win/242718 "2004-12-12T00:58:15Z")
2 1/2 years ago 20 guys with $3 boxcutters, set this nation along a path to destroy itself. The latest example. I can’t fathom the expense or the delays involved, but this is fucking stupid. The point of the convent… --- ## [How often (distance/time wise) do you change your vehicle's oil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-distance-time-wise-do-you-change-your-vehicles-oil/691674)
**Author:** [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-distance-time-wise-do-you-change-your-vehicles-oil/691674 "2014-06-30T04:04:50Z")
Although I own a car, I live in the city and rarely have a need to use it, unless it’s snowboard season, in which case I take it out on a biweekly basis to make the trip to and from a ski resort. I’ve always changed the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1631&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1633&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)