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**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-fans-do-you-prefer-fred-or-illyria/605504 "2011-12-14T01:25:59Z")
As a character, of course. There’s no sense in asking which you’d rather have sex with, because Illyria will kill you for trying. --- ## [Most delusional thing artists say about their work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delusional-thing-artists-say-about-their-work/477210)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delusional-thing-artists-say-about-their-work/477210 "2008-12-17T21:54:30Z")
In the late nineties, Billy Joel did a brief interview with Rolling Stone. He said he hated being called soft rock and that “half the music on my albums is hard rock”.:confused:. I’ve got both “The Stranger” and “52nd … --- ## [Passover Seder: Reasons based on Talmudic Liturgy or Custom of dipping finger in wine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passover-seder-reasons-based-on-talmudic-liturgy-or-custom-of-dipping-finger-in-wine/576388)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passover-seder-reasons-based-on-talmudic-liturgy-or-custom-of-dipping-finger-in-wine/576388 "2011-04-03T11:51:05Z")
I understand that portions of the Passover Seder are remnants of the Temple procedure; that elaborations are Talmudic; and that IIRC, somewhere it is written that “customs” of one locality under some set of conditions ha… --- ## [When Did You Start Drinking Coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-drinking-coffee/488049)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-drinking-coffee/488049 "2009-03-06T02:12:44Z")
I was in Starbucks and I noticed a mother tell her teenaged son, (who was much taller than her), “You’re much too young to be drinking coffee.” I guess being 6’3" and weighing 200 pounds the kid was in danger of somethin… --- ## [If you purchased the SDMB...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-purchased-the-sdmb/470134)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-purchased-the-sdmb/470134 "2008-10-31T20:11:08Z")
… what would be the first changes you would implement? With all the talk about CL in chapter 11 and the sdmb going under, suppose you suddenly had the money to purchase the sdmb in a bailout. It comes full package, as i… --- ## [Why is their a strong belief that single women can't raise boys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-their-a-strong-belief-that-single-women-cant-raise-boys/755149)
**Author:** [@GlowingDarkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlowingDarkness)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-their-a-strong-belief-that-single-women-cant-raise-boys/755149 "2016-05-26T01:58:45Z")
I’ve heard this from quite a lot of people. This is mainly directed at the African American community in the US. They say that single women cannot raise boys to be “men” and that only men can do it because the female exp… --- ## [I pit the "Get the fuck outta my way" attitude.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-get-the-fuck-outta-my-way-attitude/395114)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-get-the-fuck-outta-my-way-attitude/395114 "2007-03-13T21:22:26Z")
Besides the War, Bush and Religion, perhaps nothing gets people as riled up as those threads about slow drivers and “bumbling pedestrians”. Nothing seems to excite as much anger and spitting fury as people who either dri… --- ## [The Monkees were actually a very good country-rock band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkees-were-actually-a-very-good-country-rock-band/447929)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkees-were-actually-a-very-good-country-rock-band/447929 "2008-05-20T17:38:51Z")
Give it a try … listen only to the Mike Nesmith songs on the Monkees albums. Together they form a pretty damn good body of country-rock, don’t you think? --- ## [Why is fruit juice considered unhealthy all of a sudden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fruit-juice-considered-unhealthy-all-of-a-sudden/732198)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fruit-juice-considered-unhealthy-all-of-a-sudden/732198 "2015-09-25T23:53:41Z")
I remember for the longest time, people always said it was good to drink juice, because it was full of vitamins and antioxidants. Now I’m always seeing articles on how juice has way too much sugar and is bad. Why was t… --- ## [How Is Marijuana DUI Proveable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-marijuana-dui-proveable/502787)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-marijuana-dui-proveable/502787 "2009-07-15T06:19:00Z")
My wife is facing a DUI charge in Kentucky for marijuana. We live in bordering Indiana. To wit, she was driving to go just past Louisville to meet up with our BIL to pick up her daughter whom were coming up from Tenness… --- ## [OMG!!!! She has Tits!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-she-has-tits/413698)
**Author:** [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-she-has-tits/413698 "2007-08-01T17:11:48Z")
Hillary clinton wears a sweater. All the time you spend as a woman in a position of power, and you show 2 inches more skin than usual and all the pant suits, sedate colors, and careful planning are down the drain. He do… --- ## [Things to do when apartment neighbors won't stop arguing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-when-apartment-neighbors-wont-stop-arguing/577680)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-when-apartment-neighbors-wont-stop-arguing/577680 "2011-04-09T17:38:29Z")
The neighbors that share a wall with me like to argue at midnight quite often, it’s really fucking annoying. She likes to yell, “OH MY GAWD!” over and over again, and not in a happy fun way. One gem was, “When is it ever… --- ## [National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: Convincing states to join](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-popular-vote-interstate-compact-convincing-states-to-join/772729)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-popular-vote-interstate-compact-convincing-states-to-join/772729 "2016-11-23T15:32:25Z")
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an attempted end run around the Electoral College. The basic idea is that states sign up, promising to give all of their votes to the winner of the popular vote if and onl… --- ## [What does "offense date" in the context of criminal punishment records mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-offense-date-in-the-context-of-criminal-punishment-records-mean/450240)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-offense-date-in-the-context-of-criminal-punishment-records-mean/450240 "2022-09-26T09:46:59Z")
I was browsing the web site of the Florida Department of Corrections and, more out of curiosity than because of any specific reason, came across this record of an inmate currently serving his sentence. This offender was… --- ## [Why were Gatling guns declared obsolete in 1911?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-gatling-guns-declared-obsolete-in-1911/550204)
**Author:** [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-gatling-guns-declared-obsolete-in-1911/550204 "2010-08-18T12:52:45Z")
According to this site “Obsolescence. With a advent of the automatic machine gun, the U.S. Army declared their Gatling gun obsolete in 1911, after 45 years of service to the U.S. Army.” No further elaboration given. I… --- ## [Should Executions Be Made Public Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-executions-be-made-public-again/745039)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-executions-be-made-public-again/745039 "2016-02-09T18:29:34Z")
Should the death penalty be made public again in the USA? I think, definitely, Yes, and I will tell you why. Now it is secret, and it is behind closed doors. Few people don’t even realize what is involved. Not just bloo… --- ## [Actresses whose looks have scarcely faded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806 "2006-09-15T19:05:37Z")
Courtney Thorne-Smith is every bit as hot as she was 20 years ago. Yowza. I can’t believe that she’s nearly 40 now. Dawn Wells has clearly aged somewhat, but dang! At 60+ years old, she still looks hotter than most t… --- ## [Signs of Spring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-spring/298775)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-spring/298775 "2005-04-18T01:02:47Z")
Anyone can spy a danged robin. Like that’s hard. They’ve been bob, bob, bobbing around since Groundhog Day. But there are some real signs of spring: I mowed the grass for the first time this season. (Boo! But it started… --- ## [Ask the gringo in Brazil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gringo-in-brazil/637455)
**Author:** [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gringo-in-brazil/637455 "2012-10-22T23:52:09Z")
I thought this thread might be of some interest, as South America doesn’t seem to get much representation here. I’m 28, male, European, and have been living in Brazil for three years. That doesn’t sound like much, but … --- ## [What Programs Have You Stopped Watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-have-you-stopped-watching/740516)
**Author:** [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programs-have-you-stopped-watching/740516 "2016-01-07T20:03:23Z")
Straightforward title. I was talking with a coworker yesterday about TV shows we both were once can’t-miss fans of…and why neither of us watches them anymore. To wit: The Amazing Race (me): I stopped watching it when… --- ## [Duck Dynasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-dynasty/654729)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-dynasty/654729 "2013-09-13T07:18:12Z")
For any number of reasons I’d held off on checking this one out at first. It seems all too often with ‘reality’ style shows, whether it be about cars, motorcycles or whatever, the Silly Hillbilly angle is played to the … --- ## [200 years for looking at kiddie porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-years-for-looking-at-kiddie-porn/176936)
**Author:** [@Kalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalt)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-years-for-looking-at-kiddie-porn/176936 "2003-05-28T01:55:07Z")
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0519sexlaw.html Yes, kiddie porn is bad, but 200 years in jail for looking at it just doesn’t seem right. 200 years for being the guy who rapes or molests a child,… --- ## [Office Fans-set your DVRs now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810 "2009-02-05T00:17:18Z")
There is a new episode of The Office airing right after the Super Bowl. Check your DVRs and make sure it is set to record at this different time. Also, based on past experience with shows that air after football games,… --- ## [Commit a crime? Hide here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commit-a-crime-hide-here/403437)
**Author:** [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commit-a-crime-hide-here/403437 "2007-05-15T16:48:34Z")
Based on this story here. Seems churches nation wide are going to be hiding criminals (illegal immigrants) until the rest of us figure out that we should just forgive people for their crimes, and just allow them to becom… --- ## [African and Afro-Caribbean influences in Western popular music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-and-afro-caribbean-influences-in-western-popular-music/688112)
**Author:** [@MusicAddict95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicAddict95)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-and-afro-caribbean-influences-in-western-popular-music/688112 "2014-05-13T14:49:33Z")
:o Hi, I did a previous thread on pop songs with good countermelodies. My ultimate goal is to create a journal of lists of songs by theme/structure/type, etc. Today, I’m looking for pop songs anywhere from the '50s to th… --- ## [You should frankly drop your "jobs" section rather than use a crappy one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-frankly-drop-your-jobs-section-rather-than-use-a-crappy-one/566568)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-frankly-drop-your-jobs-section-rather-than-use-a-crappy-one/566568 "2011-01-11T05:25:07Z")
Seriously, I am sick of the number of times I’ve seen god-awful online applications. First, people have and apply to a lot of jobs these days. If your website says insipid crap like, “Please list all jobs you have held.,… --- ## [You're Getting Windows 10 Whether You Want It Or Not!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-windows-10-whether-you-want-it-or-not/730532)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-windows-10-whether-you-want-it-or-not/730532 "2015-10-15T01:58:55Z")
This past Tuesday was the typical Microsoft patch update day. Well, not really. There are reports in the wild Microsoft is forcing Windows 10 installation files onto Windows 7/8 machines, regardless of whether you want… --- ## [When the music stops in 2012, have Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton switched chairs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-music-stops-in-2012-have-joe-biden-and-hillary-clinton-switched-chairs/556271)
**Author:** [@Aswan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aswan)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-music-stops-in-2012-have-joe-biden-and-hillary-clinton-switched-chairs/556271 "2010-10-07T20:20:07Z")
I am seeing more and more discussion of the potential in 2012 for putting Hillary Clinton in the number two spot with Obama and moving Joe Biden to Secretary of State. The argument seems to be that Clinton would bring al… --- ## [The SDMB Forza 4 "Gutless Wonder" challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-forza-4-gutless-wonder-challenge/609957)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-forza-4-gutless-wonder-challenge/609957 "2012-08-15T02:23:27Z")
Inspired by Pilot141’s post in my “Scariest Forza Car” thread, I decided to make up a little challenge to any Dopers with F-4… The “Gutless Wonder” race… The rules are simple; Class F cars only Performance Index of n… --- ## [Danger, danger, danger at the buffet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-danger-danger-at-the-buffet/552816)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-danger-danger-at-the-buffet/552816 "2010-09-26T14:39:25Z")
It’s a casual-style wedding reception, outdoors… A stand up affair, with buffet food , serve yourself. A warm evening, the sun is setting…and the shadows leave some parts of the garden a bit darker than others. The ca… --- ## [Can I sue someone for claiming I am heterosexual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-sue-someone-for-claiming-i-am-heterosexual/612698)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-sue-someone-for-claiming-i-am-heterosexual/612698 "2012-02-14T22:05:36Z")
I was thinking about how gossip rags will print stories like “I am celebrity XXX’s gay lover!” and they get sued for slander, or the person claiming it gets sued. What exactly is the actionable component to the claim… --- ## [The Frugal Gourmet, Jeff Smith, is dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-frugal-gourmet-jeff-smith-is-dead/254392)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-frugal-gourmet-jeff-smith-is-dead/254392 "2004-07-14T02:58:43Z")
Jeff Smith, the host of the popular The Frugal Gourmet snuffed it on Wednesday due to a heart ailment. He was 65. --- ## [The next time I hear "my bad" I will kick someone in the head!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337)
**Author:** [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-time-i-hear-my-bad-i-will-kick-someone-in-the-head/121337 "2002-08-09T11:45:45Z")
What idiot phrases annoy you? “My bad” (I am guessing ‘excuse me for my mistake’) is the first, because everyone I have ever heard use it has been an imbecile. The second is “fucking A”. WHAT IN THE SHIT DOES THAT MEA… --- ## [Why is mass conserved in ordinary chemical reactions but not in nuclear reactions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-mass-conserved-in-ordinary-chemical-reactions-but-not-in-nuclear-reactions/597507)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-mass-conserved-in-ordinary-chemical-reactions-but-not-in-nuclear-reactions/597507 "2011-09-27T16:59:00Z")
Or is it just a matter of the mass converted to energy is too small to be observed. Thanks, Rob --- ## [Can US taxes be paid in chickens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-us-taxes-be-paid-in-chickens/549575)
**Author:** [@Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrrell_McAllister)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-us-taxes-be-paid-in-chickens/549575 "2010-08-12T17:45:20Z")
Suppose that I carried out all of my economic transactions by bartering. Of course, the IRS taxes bartered exchanges. But do I have to pay those taxes with dollars? If I only bartered, I might have no dollars. Would … --- ## [Hiding money from my wife. Should I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-money-from-my-wife-should-i/533390)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-money-from-my-wife-should-i/533390 "2010-03-24T20:13:33Z")
I’m getting a bonus at work. It’s issued as a paper check so there will be no direct deposit. I was thinking about putting a portion of it aside, in a non-family account, to use as a surprise for my wife. A trip or so… --- ## [Destination Wedding - not feeling the love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destination-wedding-not-feeling-the-love/511210)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destination-wedding-not-feeling-the-love/511210 "2009-09-24T17:14:24Z")
I wish I was excited about my sister’s plans, but I’m not. I love her dearly, but I think she’s asking too much of all of us. It’s going to cost my family of four at least $1,500 and require a 12-hr drive w/our two s… --- ## [Loser Should Pay in Lawsuits - PERIOD!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loser-should-pay-in-lawsuits-period/35498)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2000, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loser-should-pay-in-lawsuits-period/35498 "2000-10-12T11:56:39Z")
This just seems like common sense to me but “since” we have lawyers running our gov’t this is never going to happen unless there is a public outcry against the lawsuit “lottery”. That’s right you can now get rich now by … --- ## [Children of Parents Who Didn't Use Corporal Punishment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095 "2017-08-16T13:53:15Z")
I was recently reading this article about Sweden being the first country in Europe to outlaw Corporal Punishment for children. And it got me thinking. Have there been any studies of children of parents who do not use co… --- ## [Toggle switch on my guitar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toggle-switch-on-my-guitar/573922)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toggle-switch-on-my-guitar/573922 "2011-03-11T04:21:25Z")
I’ve never been able to figure out exactly what the 5 position toggle switch does on my guitars. I assume it adjusts what combo of the 3 pickups are used as I can tell a tonal difference, but I’m not able to pick out eno… --- ## [Wesley Clark is soooo busted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-clark-is-soooo-busted/204074)
**Author:** [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-clark-is-soooo-busted/204074 "2003-10-04T12:22:18Z")
Fox News and the Drudge Report have been constantly running a story about videotape footage of Wesley Clark in May 2001 praising Condi Rice, Colin, Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, and other figures of George W. Bush’s new presi… --- ## [Here's another thing young whippersnappers are doing to annoy me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-another-thing-young-whippersnappers-are-doing-to-annoy-me/796551)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-another-thing-young-whippersnappers-are-doing-to-annoy-me/796551 "2017-09-23T19:20:22Z")
I like SciShow on YouTube and watch it all the time. They’ve have a relatively new host, Olivia Gordon, who is fine except for two things: her nose ring looks like a booger and, very much more annoyingly, she does a weir… --- ## [Where have all the good manners gone?(post your own etiquette pet peeves)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-good-manners-gone-post-your-own-etiquette-pet-peeves/272020)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-good-manners-gone-post-your-own-etiquette-pet-peeves/272020 "2004-11-03T01:44:14Z")
Someone talking on the cell phone while carrying on a conversation with the check out lady…GAH! I wanted to punt this woman across the store. --- ## [Pit Bull Attack (again) How Do We Deal With These?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bull-attack-again-how-do-we-deal-with-these/329972)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bull-attack-again-how-do-we-deal-with-these/329972 "2005-11-15T15:23:16Z")
We had a horrible pit bull attack in my neighborhood over the weekend. Two children were critically and seriously wounded, the owner’s thumb was bitten off, and a couple other people were chewed up by three pit bulls tha… --- ## [Secret Apartment Discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-apartment-discovered/937918)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-apartment-discovered/937918 "2021-04-09T15:36:30Z")
This is so cool, I had to share in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet. This woman in an NYC apartment felt a draft coming from behind her bathroom mirror. (5 minute video showing her discovery and exploration here. She remo… --- ## [Why girls/women wear sexy clothes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-girls-women-wear-sexy-clothes/7362)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 1999, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-girls-women-wear-sexy-clothes/7362 "1999-09-01T23:26:00Z")
This matter has become less clear to me than it was when I was a teenager. I first assumed the girls who wear sexy clothes do so to attract boys–and they turned \* my \* head often enough. But in more recent years I heard… --- ## [Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-santa-clarita-diet/778955)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-santa-clarita-diet/778955 "2019-04-27T23:55:15Z")
Santa Clarita Diet premiered on Netflix today. I’ve really been looking forward to this for awhile and just started episode. :slight\_smile: The ads promoting the “diet” are downright hysterical. :wink: --- ## [Posting Nude Pictures Under a Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-nude-pictures-under-a-pseudonym/549184)
**Author:** [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-nude-pictures-under-a-pseudonym/549184 "2010-08-10T22:47:25Z")
So, the conventional wisdom is that the internet is forever and privacy needs to be preciously guarded. Personally, I keep my facebook bland and locked down and am fairly discreet elsewhere. But some people are more open… --- ## [are there suddenly tons of chinese kids being born with perfect pitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-suddenly-tons-of-chinese-kids-being-born-with-perfect-pitch/590996)
**Author:** [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-suddenly-tons-of-chinese-kids-being-born-with-perfect-pitch/590996 "2011-08-03T18:05:44Z")
since china has established itself as the united states’ successor to global economic supremacy, i’ve noticed attitudes among my fellow round-eyes toward the chinese language have been changing from mocking bewilderment … --- ## [Blights on Otherwise Good Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blights-on-otherwise-good-songs/599675)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blights-on-otherwise-good-songs/599675 "2011-10-24T12:12:49Z")
I think some songs are not just good, but great–except for just a certain part which makes them a lot worse. My big example of this is Michael Jackson’s PYT. I hear it as seductive and intimate, with “I’ve always wanted … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1639&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1641&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)