# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1642&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:** 1643 --- ## [What is the worst cars, worst car ever sold in your country, and the worst car sold today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cars-worst-car-ever-sold-in-your-country-and-the-worst-car-sold-today/598794)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-cars-worst-car-ever-sold-in-your-country-and-the-worst-car-sold-today/598794 "2011-10-08T11:35:22Z")
What is the worst car ever? What is the worst car ever officially sold (not grey market or private import) in your country? What is the worst new car that can be bought anywhere today? What is the worst new ca… --- ## [The Conjuring: No swearing, sex, violence--but still gets 'R' rating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conjuring-no-swearing-sex-violence-but-still-gets-r-rating/664140)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conjuring-no-swearing-sex-violence-but-still-gets-r-rating/664140 "2013-08-23T13:54:21Z")
Apparently the ratings board is changing its own policies, giving a new film called The Conjuring rating of R based on their feeling that it’s too frightening: I am baffled by this. Has anyone seen the movie? Of co… --- ## [Book suggestions for teen needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-suggestions-for-teen-needed/539412)
**Author:** [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-suggestions-for-teen-needed/539412 "2010-05-28T21:27:25Z")
Daughter, who will be turning 13 very soon, has been consuming books at a feverish pace lately. And while her mother and I agree love this it has presented a bit of a problem in that she’s about done with the series she… --- ## ["Kung Fu" nitpick: Why does Caine walk the Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fu-nitpick-why-does-caine-walk-the-earth/611585)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fu-nitpick-why-does-caine-walk-the-earth/611585 "2012-02-06T18:49:45Z")
I know why he left China. But, having arrived in America, why does he become a drifter? Why does he walk the Earth? Most Chinese immigrants just settled down somewhere and got a job. Caine might be a wanted outlaw in… --- ## [Offshore outsourcing of hi-tech white collar jobs - Is globalization devaluing labor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offshore-outsourcing-of-hi-tech-white-collar-jobs-is-globalization-devaluing-labor/186280)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offshore-outsourcing-of-hi-tech-white-collar-jobs-is-globalization-devaluing-labor/186280 "2003-07-15T16:21:06Z")
Per this article in Salon - White-collar sweatshops - “Globalization” is becoming a dirty word to U.S. tech workers, increasingly angry and anxious as their jobs disappear overseas, never to return. From the blue colla… --- ## [Bachelor's degrees from Central High School (Philadelphia)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachelors-degrees-from-central-high-school-philadelphia/148869)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachelors-degrees-from-central-high-school-philadelphia/148869 "2003-01-22T14:45:06Z")
According to their link (Click on Parents’ Handbook and go to Diplomas and Degrees), Central High is unique in that it is authorized by the State of Pennsylvania to grant bachelor’s degrees, and routinely does so to stud… --- ## [Million Dollar Baby questions (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-baby-questions-spoilers/283615)
**Author:** [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-baby-questions-spoilers/283615 "2005-02-23T13:54:35Z")
Questions, all of which will be in spoiler boxes. Non-spoiler question: So what did others think of this film? Deserving of its praise? --- ## [It's freezonious in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-freezonious-in-the-mmp/822970)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-freezonious-in-the-mmp/822970 "2018-10-22T03:37:50Z")
It twas 65° last evening… IN the house! :eek: Nope, not gonna totally wimp out on the first cold night; the HVAC is still in the “Off” position, though I did switch out from the summer blanket to the spring / fall weigh… --- ## [If X wins the election, I'm leaving the country!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-x-wins-the-election-im-leaving-the-country/718113)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-x-wins-the-election-im-leaving-the-country/718113 "2015-05-01T00:37:49Z")
So once again the familiar refrain of celebrities threatening to flounce off should some candidate they oppose win, and once again the rest of us are reminding them not to let the door him them on the way out. This time… --- ## [I, For One, Welcome Our New Ukrainian Overlords!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906 "2008-12-11T06:16:11Z")
If this photo is representative of their military forces, then I feel compelled to run the white flag of surrender up the flag pole. --- ## [Fit Dopers - How much Rope can you skip in a minute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fit-dopers-how-much-rope-can-you-skip-in-a-minute/673943)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fit-dopers-how-much-rope-can-you-skip-in-a-minute/673943 "2013-11-25T13:29:11Z")
This is for the fit dopers - I don’t want any heart-attacks on my conscious! How many times can you skip rope in 1 minute? Right now - 120 for me! Background: I used to run cross-country in high school. I stuck with i… --- ## ["Sorry, Wrong Number. Oh, Unless I'm Just A Big, Fat Liar"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-wrong-number-oh-unless-im-just-a-big-fat-liar/394179)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-wrong-number-oh-unless-im-just-a-big-fat-liar/394179 "2007-03-04T23:42:21Z")
RIIIIIING goes the phone. I glance at the Caller ID, and see it’s only displaying a state name. One thing I’ve learned over the years – that’s a telemarketer. Answering machine can handle this one. “Hello, you’ve reach… --- ## [Television series of which you have seen every single episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010 "2013-08-20T05:21:08Z")
Seinfeld MASH Gilligans Island Lost Homeland The Sopranos --- ## [Restaurants inside Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332 "2017-04-15T05:45:47Z")
Most of the Walmart locations near me (I live in Nashville, TN) have a Subway restaurant inside. I have a vague recollection of seeing a different restaurant inside a Walmart when I was on trip to Houston. But my memory … --- ## [Shows Named After the Character not the Actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-named-after-the-character-not-the-actor/485545)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-named-after-the-character-not-the-actor/485545 "2009-02-13T01:37:01Z")
You knew this was coming after this thread. I thought that character-named shows would be a lot less common than shows named famous actors, but a bit of research tells me that’s not true. Dennis the Menace Gidget Hog… --- ## [Homophobia in Great Debates - Officially endorsed by SDMB moderators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-great-debates-officially-endorsed-by-sdmb-moderators/446632 "2008-04-25T22:58:15Z")
I have never seen a single NSFW warning on a link that goes to an openly heterosexual-oriented site with advertising, but 5-4-Fighting thought that a warning should be included for a link to a site that went to an openly… --- ## [Why are MEN intimidated by an Independent Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-men-intimidated-by-an-independent-woman/118111)
**Author:** [@Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-men-intimidated-by-an-independent-woman/118111 "2002-07-12T17:50:28Z")
This shit pisses me off….I can’t help that I am a independent women, and not some whiney, worthless bitch with no confidence in her self….but because I am Independent….Men are scared off, or Just Plain Leave. It’s not m… --- ## [What’s the new “politicly correct” resistor color code mnemonic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-new-politicly-correct-resistor-color-code-mnemonic/925710)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-new-politicly-correct-resistor-color-code-mnemonic/925710 "2020-11-17T20:07:10Z")
This got me thinking. When I was a lad, the mnemonic used to remember the resistor color code was “Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly.” I suspect that is no longer suitable to teach. So, what is th… --- ## [Does God speak of other Gods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-speak-of-other-gods/488214)
**Author:** [@bintang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bintang)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-speak-of-other-gods/488214 "2009-03-07T04:03:23Z")
I was discussing the Bible the other day with my better half and I was reminded of one passage that in Catholic school always irritated me: Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” (Gen 1:26) I… --- ## [Fuck Steve Jobs, fuck Apple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-steve-jobs-fuck-apple/589929)
**Author:** [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-steve-jobs-fuck-apple/589929 "2011-07-25T21:29:29Z")
So, about a month ago I bought an iphone4. Great phone. I started to get into itunes and downloaded about 7 albums. Well, the other day I downloaded an album and when I was done it showed up on my ipod, but 7 other album… --- ## [Recommend me energetic Broadway musicals (or other vocals)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-energetic-broadway-musicals-or-other-vocals/597000)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-energetic-broadway-musicals-or-other-vocals/597000 "2011-10-22T18:57:00Z")
I need stuff to listen to at work, especially in the afternoons when I get tired and food coma-ish. I’m getting tired of my current song rotation, and was wondering if Dopers had any thoughts. I think that when I get tir… --- ## [Taking off a lawn mower blade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-off-a-lawn-mower-blade/619526)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-off-a-lawn-mower-blade/619526 "2012-04-22T08:24:25Z")
I have a two blade system. It is Tory Super Bronc. One of the blades has bent so much that it is goughing into the grass. So I am all ready to replace it, take you nut driver and push anti clockwise. When I do this t… --- ## [Damned Vegans/Vegetarians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-vegans-vegetarians/106530)
**Author:** [@heptapod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heptapod)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-vegans-vegetarians/106530 "2002-05-05T03:36:22Z")
A vegan couple in New York City were busted for starving their baby daughter — by denying her breast milk and formula, feeding her only nuts, fruits and vegetables, and allegedly failing to get her medical help for sever… --- ## [Secret Service deleted texts around January 6 as part of a "device-replacement" program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977 "2022-07-21T21:01:51Z")
“But her emails!” What did they delete, and why? --- ## [This isn't for the brilliant programmers and systems analysts of the SDMB.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-for-the-brilliant-programmers-and-systems-analysts-of-the-sdmb/664962)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-for-the-brilliant-programmers-and-systems-analysts-of-the-sdmb/664962 "2013-08-28T19:17:22Z")
It’s for the code monkeys and the idjit moe-rons who guide them in business today. It was intended for the Pit, but it went from a rant to sounding more frustrated and long suffering, which isn’t a Pittish amount of fun… --- ## [annoying everyday phrases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-everyday-phrases/830916)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-everyday-phrases/830916 "2019-03-17T23:59:21Z")
In the many years of this forum this must have been covered but - People that don’t get a sandwich, they “grab” one. They don’t get in the shower, they “jump in”. “Level playing field”. Where is this unlevel playing f… --- ## [Tell me about your web browser's "start" page.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153 "2014-09-03T06:14:25Z")
Hi all. I am conducting some research on web trends. One thing I’m (desperately) hoping you can help me out with should be pretty easy question to answer: What is the first thing your browser shows you when you sit dow… --- ## [Mods, take some time off. This thread’s for hijackin’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057 "2022-12-03T21:50:51Z")
Today I got the news. The starter on my Tundra truck gave up. Towing and repair: on the high side of a thousand bucks. Not a rant. Just a fact. The mechanic asked me what I want to do. Yup, I see not much choice. I trust… --- ## [What are the evolutionary advantages to touching one's own face?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-evolutionary-advantages-to-touching-ones-own-face/494528)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-evolutionary-advantages-to-touching-ones-own-face/494528 "2009-04-29T14:48:06Z")
With all the info about the swine flu out there, I’ve seen several mentions of the fact that taking basic precautions like washing your hands often and taking care to not touch your mouth, nose, eyes with your dirty dirt… --- ## [Unisex Definitions of Overweight and Obese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unisex-definitions-of-overweight-and-obese/644819)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unisex-definitions-of-overweight-and-obese/644819 "2012-12-24T09:42:57Z")
I was researching diet, weight loss, and obesity the other day online and I was surprised to learn that the Center for Disease Control has a unisex standard for “overweight” as well as for “obese.” This strikes me as ri… --- ## [Ask the guy with a book coming out in five days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-book-coming-out-in-five-days/486669)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-book-coming-out-in-five-days/486669 "2009-02-26T18:56:42Z")
About 18 months ago I posted a thread about having a book deal. Rather than bring that one back up, here is a follow-up thread from the other end of the process. I have the hardcovers in two boxes. I have three reviews (… --- ## [condom during mutual masturbation (?!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condom-during-mutual-masturbation/220015)
**Author:** [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condom-during-mutual-masturbation/220015 "2003-12-23T23:06:33Z")
Sometimes, sexual activity requires mutual masturbation rather than intercourse. This gal that I’ve been with of late suggests that, rather than me being free and potentially making a mess out of the bed, she would pref… --- ## [NFL Week 12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-12/674422)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-12/674422 "2013-11-27T00:47:57Z")
Thursday Saints (10) @ Falcons Sunday Panthers (-5) @ Dolphins Jets (+4) @ Ravens Steelers (+1) @ Browns Buccaneers (+10) @ Lions Vikings (+5) @ Packers Chargers (+5) @ Chiefs Bears (+1) @ Rams Jaguars (+10) @ … --- ## [How did telegraph operators know who they were sending to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-telegraph-operators-know-who-they-were-sending-to/695741)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-telegraph-operators-know-who-they-were-sending-to/695741 "2014-08-18T22:51:05Z")
In days of yore when telegraphs were the means of long distance electronic communication, how did a telegraph operator in, say Boston, know he was sending to Philadelphia? Was there something like a call sign that a te… --- ## [The majority of French work for the French Government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-majority-of-french-work-for-the-french-government/555530)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-majority-of-french-work-for-the-french-government/555530 "2010-10-04T14:39:16Z")
I heard a TV pundit say this, so I’m instantly skeptical. I know the number is probably high, but it sounds unsustainable to have most people in the country working for the civil service. A google search here on my phone… --- ## [Internet slowdown = blame my neighbors? If so, best course of action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slowdown-blame-my-neighbors-if-so-best-course-of-action/528041)
**Author:** [@spazurek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spazurek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slowdown-blame-my-neighbors-if-so-best-course-of-action/528041 "2010-02-09T04:18:28Z")
I have internet and phone via cable modem (Comcast). Lately I’ve been experiencing severe slowdowns in my internet speed. These slowdowns are fairly frequent but unpredictable. At times I lose a connection altogether … --- ## [Learning Java Programming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-java-programming/533052)
**Author:** [@vanotd21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanotd21)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-java-programming/533052 "2010-03-22T10:08:55Z")
can anybody recommend good sites or books for learning java programming? (not javascript please.) the internet is pretty cluttered with numerous sites. I haven’t found any particular book either other than java for dumm… --- ## [Christian Black African Teenage Girls: who buys them? where? for how much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-black-african-teenage-girls-who-buys-them-where-for-how-much/688024)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-black-african-teenage-girls-who-buys-them-where-for-how-much/688024 "2015-08-07T15:46:43Z")
See subject(s). If the location and buyers are not local, I suspect there will be middle men. If not these particular girls, their predecessors. “Boko” is Hausa and means “letter?” Anyone who does not understand the… --- ## [Does dom/sub sex play tacitly support slavery? (Warning: potentially graphic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dom-sub-sex-play-tacitly-support-slavery-warning-potentially-graphic/164423)
**Author:** [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dom-sub-sex-play-tacitly-support-slavery-warning-potentially-graphic/164423 "2003-04-01T12:20:47Z")
I’m not sure that GD is the best place for this, but sexuality is often discussed here, just not this particular subject. Mods, if you feel the need to move it, please do so with my blessing. (Ahh-men. chortle) OK. A c… --- ## ["Meet the Super Cow" video - Grotesque yet fascinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-super-cow-video-grotesque-yet-fascinating/508114)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-super-cow-video-grotesque-yet-fascinating/508114 "2009-08-31T03:28:17Z")
Meet the Super Cow --- ## [What was your university major?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-university-major/557401)
**Author:** [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-university-major/557401 "2010-10-23T00:13:22Z")
I’m interested to see who majored in what, whether or not you switched your major and why/why not. I’m going to university in January, majoring in open science options (Basically undecided with a focus on science - I’ll… --- ## [Does English really have more words than any other language on earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-english-really-have-more-words-than-any-other-language-on-earth/152198)
**Author:** [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-english-really-have-more-words-than-any-other-language-on-earth/152198 "2003-02-05T20:05:47Z")
I saw a claim in another post that English has more words than any other language on earth. Is this true? How does one determine the number of words in a language? It seems in some languages which are heavily compounde… --- ## [Why 12 oz. Beers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-12-oz-beers/538148)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-12-oz-beers/538148 "2010-05-05T21:12:35Z")
How did 12 oz. become the standard size for a beer (and soda, for that matter - but I don’t drink soda) in the U.S.? Its not really a logical division of a gallon. When I was a kid it seemed most adults drank beer in 16… --- ## [Is "Death" ever a surname?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-death-ever-a-surname/365658)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-death-ever-a-surname/365658 "2006-07-25T11:51:30Z")
Just went to see “Pirates of the Carribean 2” (fun). Sat through the credits and I could swear I saw somebody in the credits whose last name was “Death” WTF? Is there really anybody with that as a last name? --- ## [We swears precious, we love the little hobbits's...Favorite Tolkien quotes:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-swears-precious-we-love-the-little-hobbitss-favorite-tolkien-quotes/407731)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-swears-precious-we-love-the-little-hobbitss-favorite-tolkien-quotes/407731 "2007-06-22T13:36:28Z")
As but a fledgling Tolkien scholar \[since I was 8 - so 27-ish years\], I do love researching the old writings of The Man. More as an adult than as a child. He’s always there when I need o escape the crap in life…to dig … --- ## [My problem with Liberals...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-liberals/497305)
**Author:** [@horhay\_achoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horhay_achoa)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-problem-with-liberals/497305 "2009-05-24T17:18:54Z")
Full disclosure - I lean libertarian. Before anybody goes hog wild attacking me, I do not believe in “libertaria”…I would just like to see less (not zero) government involvement in pretty much every aspect of our lives.… --- ## [Has anyone ever done a GOOD job of mixing SF and porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-done-a-good-job-of-mixing-sf-and-porn/358380)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-done-a-good-job-of-mixing-sf-and-porn/358380 "2006-06-03T07:54:05Z")
One the one hand, both SF and porn are heavily into fantasy situations, and there’s obviously room for a lot of overlap. Certainly many have tried. But in practice it seems like you always get either salacious SF or porn… --- ## [brain transplant - technically possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-transplant-technically-possible/543002)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-transplant-technically-possible/543002 "2010-06-14T15:13:43Z")
Just wondering if this can be technically done, or if science has ever swapped a brain in an animal, like a sheep or something. All major organs of the human body can be transplanted. If it were possible to connect all… --- ## [Ask the Pakistani Lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pakistani-lawyer/532339)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pakistani-lawyer/532339 "2014-05-22T06:37:43Z")
I am as many people would know, a lawyer and am practicing for nearly three years now in Pakistan (Islamabad). I am was also called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and my underg… --- ## [Toy collectors: best way to get rid of old Transformers & action figures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-collectors-best-way-to-get-rid-of-old-transformers-action-figures/547081)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-collectors-best-way-to-get-rid-of-old-transformers-action-figures/547081 "2011-03-11T03:44:18Z")
I have maybe a couple garbage bags full of my old toys from the eighties. A lot of action figures, some vehicles, and some toy cars and things. I was thinking with the Transformers movies being successful, maybe this is … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1641&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1643&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)