# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1633&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:** 1634 --- ## [Katie and Bill \[Prince William and Kate surnames\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-and-bill-prince-william-and-kate-surnames/683376)
**Author:** [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-and-bill-prince-william-and-kate-surnames/683376 "2014-03-12T09:23:17Z")
I was reading some dreck about Prince William and Kate. It called them the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Later it referred to them as the Cambridges. That can’t be correct, can it? Their last name, if one were to use i… --- ## [Married couples both named in the lyrics of separate popular songs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989 "2010-10-23T16:16:48Z")
In a recent thread about couples where the less well known partner ended up the better known partner someone mentioned Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. I thought this was pretty silly since even non-Americans know who he… --- ## [So now I have a college degree, I have to look for a totally different kind of job...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-a-college-degree-i-have-to-look-for-a-totally-different-kind-of-job/500631)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-a-college-degree-i-have-to-look-for-a-totally-different-kind-of-job/500631 "2009-06-25T13:24:51Z")
I was a stay-home mom for 10 years, then I worked as an administrative assistant for a while (bleah) before deciding that it was eating my soul and returning to school. I now have a BA (summa cum laude) in Art with a lot… --- ## [Are immigrants today fundamentally the same as the immigrants from yesteryear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-immigrants-today-fundamentally-the-same-as-the-immigrants-from-yesteryear/744182)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-immigrants-today-fundamentally-the-same-as-the-immigrants-from-yesteryear/744182 "2016-01-27T23:44:28Z")
I’m in an argument in another forum with someone who insists that “immigration is good” is a myth. No one can deny that this country has benefited tremendously from immigration, right? At the very least, most Americans… --- ## [Is football too dangerous to be allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-football-too-dangerous-to-be-allowed/436221)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-football-too-dangerous-to-be-allowed/436221 "2008-02-10T04:22:27Z")
Brant Gumbel of Real Sports has done a couple programs showing the impact of pro football on the players after the game is over for them. The concussions and harm done to them have serious and long range implications. Jo… --- ## [Incomprehensible Movie plots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomprehensible-movie-plots/72613)
**Author:** [@buddy1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddy1)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomprehensible-movie-plots/72613 "2001-08-28T12:10:36Z")
I always wonder how Hollywood manages to turn out such dreck-you really have to wonder how sane people approve some movie ideas. Case in point-I just saw a movie called “TAPS”-it was made maybe 15 years ago-had G.C. Scot… --- ## [Storage of Epinephrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-of-epinephrine/665148)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-of-epinephrine/665148 "2016-08-27T15:03:39Z")
I see that the instructions for the epipen say not to store it in a refrigerator. I cannot for the life of me think of any way that this could be bad for the drug. It also states that it should not exposed to heat grea… --- ## [Did You Cry When Obama Won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-cry-when-obama-won/471232)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-cry-when-obama-won/471232 "2008-11-09T02:01:54Z")
I did. I scared my kids. Couldn’t help it, I was so happy/relieved. You? --- ## [Ever been arrested on an employment application](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-arrested-on-an-employment-application/262331)
**Author:** [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-arrested-on-an-employment-application/262331 "2004-09-07T13:04:57Z")
I have seen have you ever been convicted of a crime on a job application but my friend tells me that the private company that does work at and for the FDA asks about arrests. How does one deal with that if they have an … --- ## [Ladies: CynicalGabe: Hot or Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292)
**Author:** [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292 "2005-01-13T00:29:40Z")
Is CynicalGabe hot and/or worthy of the attention of the opposite sex? I report. You decide. Linky --- ## [Wacky Congressional/Constitutional loopholes... Are they technically correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wacky-congressional-constitutional-loopholes-are-they-technically-correct/568026)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wacky-congressional-constitutional-loopholes-are-they-technically-correct/568026 "2011-01-19T06:19:19Z")
This blog post lists what they claim are technically Constitutionally correct (but extremely unlikely) loopholes by which, among other things, the House of Representatives could have over ten thousand members, Congress c… --- ## [Are radio stations only allowed to play singles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-radio-stations-only-allowed-to-play-singles/284472)
**Author:** [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-radio-stations-only-allowed-to-play-singles/284472 "2005-01-14T20:09:02Z")
Are radio stations only allowed to play songs that have been released by the artist as a single? --- ## [Need advice for incoming college freshman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-incoming-college-freshman/413532)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-incoming-college-freshman/413532 "2007-08-05T14:18:28Z")
Ivyboy will be headed off to college in about three weeks ( :eek: ) and way back when I was in college we had none of this new-fangled internet-Wifi-cellphone stuff. We researched using books in the library and we\* like… --- ## [Was the wine in the Bible, Non-alcoholic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-wine-in-the-bible-non-alcoholic/358892)
**Author:** [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-wine-in-the-bible-non-alcoholic/358892 "2006-06-16T02:32:49Z")
A Seven-day Adventist was telling me that the wine in the Bible is not the same wine today. Difference being that the biblical wine has no alcohol? I also hear some Christian denominations don’t use wine for communion? … --- ## [Gynaecologists can't tell transwomen from women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gynaecologists-cant-tell-transwomen-from-women/385585)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gynaecologists-cant-tell-transwomen-from-women/385585 "2006-12-31T06:14:27Z")
I was watching Transamerica and in the begining Bree, a pre-op transexual, claims that once she’s has sex reasignment surgery “Not even a gynaecologist could tell there’s anything out of the ordinary with my body.” Is … --- ## [Let's disarm our nukes and see what happens.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-disarm-our-nukes-and-see-what-happens/842725)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-disarm-our-nukes-and-see-what-happens/842725 "2019-11-10T02:19:34Z")
I propose the US disarm it’s nukes, and let’s see what happens. It’s not like russia or North korea is going to start throwing nukes at us. I think the only real problem that could occur is when say Russia meddles with a… --- ## [Why did Status Quo (band) never have much success in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-status-quo-band-never-have-much-success-in-america/773716)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-status-quo-band-never-have-much-success-in-america/773716 "2018-06-19T05:43:46Z")
This is about the band Status Quo yes the Status Quo (band) which are regarded as an institution in Britain as British as fish and chips and Big Ben yes very good band however they never really managed to “crack America”… --- ## [Bitches who complain to employees about library policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-who-complain-to-employees-about-library-policy/484148)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-who-complain-to-employees-about-library-policy/484148 "2009-02-05T19:42:00Z")
Please go fuck yourself. Who the fuck asks “Why y’all charge 20 cents for a copy?” and not have it be a rhetorical question? Who the fuck KEEPS asking until I supply an answer? “It isn’t a free service for us to provi… --- ## [Car Colors: Then and Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-colors-then-and-now/975813)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-colors-then-and-now/975813 "2023-05-26T21:25:28Z")
I’m sure we’ve all noticed the lack of attractive car colors these days. Too many grays, including cars that are truly ugly in battleship gray. So, I ask: Where have all the car colors gone? Is it a matter of economics… --- ## [The "throw the election" scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-throw-the-election-scenario/750017)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-throw-the-election-scenario/750017 "2016-03-26T07:22:45Z")
So let’s say the Republicans head into the convention without anyone having a majority of delegates. Trump has warned, as have many other observers, that giving the nomination to someone else would tear the party apart. … --- ## [Apocalypse Now or Apocalypse Now Redux?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-now-or-apocalypse-now-redux/541338)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-now-or-apocalypse-now-redux/541338 "2010-06-01T19:51:15Z")
This came up in a zombie thread in GQ, but there seemed to be enough interest to warrant its own thread. Apocalypse Now is one of my favorite movies of all time. So imagine my excitement in 2001 when Apocalypse Now Redu… --- ## [Does God ever lie in the Bible? Secondary: Does he ever laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-ever-lie-in-the-bible-secondary-does-he-ever-laugh/686478)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-ever-lie-in-the-bible-secondary-does-he-ever-laugh/686478 "2014-04-21T02:07:48Z")
One thing I’ve always loved about the Grecian gods. They love, they laugh, they screw, they fight with each other, they party like it’s 1999. If Man is made in the image of the gods we can recognize the kinship immediate… --- ## [DESIGN QUESTION..WTF IS A NOMINAL DIMENSION?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-question-wtf-is-a-nominal-dimension/48260)
**Author:** [@kenny\_canoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenny_canoe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-question-wtf-is-a-nominal-dimension/48260 "2001-01-03T20:48:35Z")
OK. Lets say a “Widget” is 2.000 long +.06/-0 Now, you wouldn’ make it exactly 2.000 long because it would be too close to going undersize right? So, why do design guys do it? What is the point of the 2.000 dimension? … --- ## [Arguments for the literality of the Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arguments-for-the-literality-of-the-bible/213221)
**Author:** [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arguments-for-the-literality-of-the-bible/213221 "2003-12-17T00:16:18Z")
I do not want to start any sort of war of words here. Of course, that me be impossible considering the nature of my question. Why is the Bible considered the literal truth? That is, why aren’t stories such as the Gard… --- ## [What did roadrunners used to be called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-roadrunners-used-to-be-called/744095)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-roadrunners-used-to-be-called/744095 "2016-01-26T00:32:30Z")
This morning as I was ruminating on the wrong football team names that appear to be proliferating these days, I paused when I got to the RIGHT name for the team from Arizona. Now, it’s obvious that if you’re going to nam… --- ## [Do you remember potty/peepee training (your own)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-potty-peepee-training-your-own/570907)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-potty-peepee-training-your-own/570907 "2011-05-24T05:47:30Z")
The only thing I remember from my potty training is my mother telling me to “squeeze.” We actually referred to poop as “squeeze” for a while. And I also remember my father instructing me how to pee into the toilet. He to… --- ## [Listing different things that are right (or left) handed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listing-different-things-that-are-right-or-left-handed/386702)
**Author:** [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listing-different-things-that-are-right-or-left-handed/386702 "2007-01-06T00:20:49Z")
I’m right handed, but one of my children (right handed) taught herself to be ambidextrous for most things. But she discovered, as lefties must, that some things just won’t work with either hand. Besides the obvious, li… --- ## [Craft the perfect American Presidential Candidate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craft-the-perfect-american-presidential-candidate/708367)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craft-the-perfect-american-presidential-candidate/708367 "2015-01-04T07:05:46Z")
I’m curious as to what people would consider the traits and political opinions that they’d think would get a US Presidential candidate the highest chance of success. NOTE: This isn’t “craft \*your \*perfect Presidential c… --- ## [How Do They Correct A Headstone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-correct-a-headstone/503909)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-correct-a-headstone/503909 "2009-07-24T21:26:53Z")
Suppose I get a head stone and they carve the wrong date on it. So it says Marxxx 1964 - 2071 (I’m optimistic at this point) But then afterwords I found out that I really didn’t die Dec 31, 2071 but January 1st 2072… --- ## [Is Euthanizing your own pet ethical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-euthanizing-your-own-pet-ethical/576742)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-euthanizing-your-own-pet-ethical/576742 "2011-04-03T01:17:28Z")
One of my best friends lives in the country on a (non-working) farm. Lots of space to dig holes, legal to shoot firearms within that area of the township, etc… When one of his beloved pets (dog or cat) has come to the t… --- ## [What happened to iodized salt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-iodized-salt/853975)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-iodized-salt/853975 "2020-05-21T16:50:37Z")
I just noticed that all of the salt in the grocery store has a label that says it does not contain iodide. It used to be that all plain ol’ salt was iodized. Now the Morton’s girl no longer gives me this essential nutrie… --- ## [Would You Voluntarily Give Your Passwords to The NSA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-voluntarily-give-your-passwords-to-the-nsa/665597)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-voluntarily-give-your-passwords-to-the-nsa/665597 "2013-08-12T02:27:24Z")
Suppose the US government passed a new law that gave the NSA permission to read private emails. Would you give your up? Second:if a way was found to encrypt your messages (such that the NSA could not decode them) wold… --- ## [Dammit, Don't Touch Anything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-dont-touch-anything/175096)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-dont-touch-anything/175096 "2003-05-20T21:16:20Z")
Today was a busy day for us at the museum. We had numerous school tour groups, many walk-ins, and a group of senior citizens. Toward the end of the afternoon, I was seething with the urge to scream out, “The next person … --- ## [Why do we enter card numbers straight and not in blocks of four?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-enter-card-numbers-straight-and-not-in-blocks-of-four/714190)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-enter-card-numbers-straight-and-not-in-blocks-of-four/714190 "2015-03-06T20:00:08Z")
When I look at my various cards the numbers are embossed in groups of 4 like 1234 5678 9012 3456 but order anything online and the standard form makes you put the numbers in straight, like 1234567890123456 which make… --- ## [Spanish (and other language) Versions Of Hit Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-and-other-language-versions-of-hit-songs/488789)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-and-other-language-versions-of-hit-songs/488789 "2009-03-10T16:25:23Z")
I have a CD and Sheena Easton does a Spanish version of her song Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) on it. I also know the Captain & Tenille had a their Spanish version of Love Will Keep Us Together. As did Toni Basil’… --- ## [A song makes me burst into tears.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-makes-me-burst-into-tears/277699)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-makes-me-burst-into-tears/277699 "2004-12-10T09:26:19Z")
I came home and was listening to Paul Kelly. He is kind of an Aussie Bob Dylan -writes deceptively simple songs that are just pure genius. However they are very Australian and probably aren’t much known overseas. Some ar… --- ## [What will remove a Virus:Win32/Alureon.H infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-remove-a-virus-win32-alureon-h-infection/544923)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-remove-a-virus-win32-alureon-h-infection/544923 "2010-06-30T12:00:06Z")
Apparently, I’ve got one. I use WinXP home, and I’ve run AVG, AdAware, and Malware Bytes. I still seem to have a dirty computer. What do I use to remove this damned dirty hijacking virus? Symptoms: When I use Google… --- ## [Why don't restaurant kitchens have automatic doors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-restaurant-kitchens-have-automatic-doors/633626)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-restaurant-kitchens-have-automatic-doors/633626 "2012-09-05T15:16:13Z")
I wonder this every time I see a cooking show on TV featuring a real restaurant kitchen. The waiters always have to open heavy swinging doors - usually at least two of them between kitchen and dining room, while holding … --- ## [Underwear damage near taint area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-damage-near-taint-area/660508)
**Author:** [@Megatron400](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megatron400)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-damage-near-taint-area/660508 "2013-06-10T03:34:42Z")
Let me start off by saying please keep this on a serious note, I am really wondering what is causing this. Anyways, i’ve come to notice that on many of my underwear (mainly boxer briefs) the fabric around the taint or P… --- ## [Mass Killings in the US (2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-us-2023/977981)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-us-2023/977981 "2024-01-01T17:38:46Z")
Mass killings in the United States, 2023 Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer (The killer is charged or would have been charged had he lived.) Minors cannot generally be held legall… --- ## [Which celebrity do you closely resemble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-celebrity-do-you-closely-resemble/758087)
**Author:** [@ERON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ERON)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-celebrity-do-you-closely-resemble/758087 "2016-06-25T13:27:00Z")
My coworker looks like Jeremey Renner, and he actually took it as a compliment. --- ## [Favourite fictional swearing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-fictional-swearing/809084)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-fictional-swearing/809084 "2018-03-01T23:21:46Z")
I’m sufficiently fond of Red Dwarf’s “Smeg” and “Smeghead” that, back in the 90s, I used to use it myself occasionally. There’s a lot of swearing and cursing in scifi and fantasy books\*, and authors love to make up real… --- ## [Will the Doctor chemically castrate me to reduce/eliminate my sex drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-doctor-chemically-castrate-me-to-reduce-eliminate-my-sex-drive/241785)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-doctor-chemically-castrate-me-to-reduce-eliminate-my-sex-drive/241785 "2004-04-24T15:04:05Z")
My wife and I are having marital problems. She doesn’t want to seek couseling, or have sex. On the other hand we want to stay together at least until our son (currently three) is grown. Since I don’t want to “cheat” o… --- ## [E3 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e3-2012/623984)
**Author:** [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e3-2012/623984 "2012-06-12T00:48:06Z")
Nintendo started the part early with a half hour videofound here. It focuses mostly on the peripherals\* and social gaming\*\* of Wii U. Their main presentation will be on Tuesday. Microsoft and Sony will both go on Monday … --- ## [What do people watch streaming programs on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-watch-streaming-programs-on/702299)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-watch-streaming-programs-on/702299 "2015-02-20T23:11:01Z")
Yeah, I’m an old fart. I do e-mail. I have a cell phone, although it’s just a phone. And when we want to see a movie at home, we rent a DVD - usually through Netflix. But now I see that Amazon, and also Hulu and Net… --- ## [Married Dopers question - ever put your foot down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-question-ever-put-your-foot-down/751574)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-question-ever-put-your-foot-down/751574 "2016-04-18T15:38:03Z")
A question for the married couples. Would you say that at some point in your marriage either you or your spouse has put their foot down, said “no”, or somehow did something that forced you to change something? For exam… --- ## [Voter Machine Fraud Starting Already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-machine-fraud-starting-already/468587)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-machine-fraud-starting-already/468587 "2008-10-28T04:36:11Z")
Is it too early to start? Voting machines in West Virginia are showing tallying problems. There are not long lines yet,so people are seeing the machines flip their vote from the intended candidate to the other one. The… --- ## [Malapropogation: Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484 "2008-06-27T16:51:59Z")
And, carrying over from The Next Generation, we have: \[QUOTE=brujaja\] I hope you won’t think me shellfish when I tell you that is actually “a city in Jones and Taylor Counties in the central part of the U.S. state of … --- ## [Does separation of church and state really work in Utah?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-separation-of-church-and-state-really-work-in-utah/758440)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-separation-of-church-and-state-really-work-in-utah/758440 "2016-07-01T16:48:05Z")
Utah of course was settled by Mormons and they still dominate every aspect of life there, including the political system. It’s hard to see how the separation of church and state can operate there as both are so completel… --- ## [Embarrassing/uncomfortable moments watching TV or a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-uncomfortable-moments-watching-tv-or-a-movie/394693)
**Author:** [@tiger\_lily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiger_lily)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-uncomfortable-moments-watching-tv-or-a-movie/394693 "2007-03-12T19:38:01Z")
Inspired in a way by this thread, in which someone mentioned going on a date to a movie that wasn’t really date fodder: What memorably embarrassing or uncomfortable moments have you had in watching a TV show or a movie … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1632&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1634&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)