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**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-or-sausage-s/672213 "2013-10-27T00:58:58Z")
Prompted by this: Which do you prefer with (for) breakfast? Bacon, or sausage(s)? For the purposes of this thread, bacon shall be defined as American-style rashers like these. Sausages shall be defined as skinless l… --- ## [What's with this Tsunami, why the hell were people just sitting there?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-tsunami-why-the-hell-were-people-just-sitting-there/281861)
**Author:** [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-tsunami-why-the-hell-were-people-just-sitting-there/281861 "2004-12-31T22:54:08Z")
All these videos that I am watching have people sitting on the beaches or the shore as the tsunami hits after the earthquake in indonesia… so, did these people not have enough warning when the wave hit? Throughout histo… --- ## [Ever find out years later that you've been misspelling a word your whole life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-find-out-years-later-that-youve-been-misspelling-a-word-your-whole-life/556396)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-find-out-years-later-that-youve-been-misspelling-a-word-your-whole-life/556396 "2010-10-13T21:41:20Z")
A few years ago, we got a new lock on our office recycle bin and our department secretary gave me a key with a tag, which she had written “recycle bind” with a black sharpie. I had to giggle. She and I are good friends… --- ## [How Much Political Power Does Vladimir Putin Have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-political-power-does-vladimir-putin-have/549996)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-political-power-does-vladimir-putin-have/549996 "2010-08-13T18:53:44Z")
I mean, the guy is no longer in government (officially)-his successor seems to be a real figure. So why is putin popping up everywhere? What is his offical status? And, does he really control GAZPROM (the world’s largest… --- ## [Right of reply thread for Scissorjack's Cultural Heresy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-of-reply-thread-for-scissorjacks-cultural-heresy/443369)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-of-reply-thread-for-scissorjacks-cultural-heresy/443369 "2008-04-08T05:18:59Z")
In this thread, Scissorjack invites people: OK, I respect the ‘no right of reply’ thing, within the constraints of that thread, however, I want to respond to the Dr Seuss thing, so this thread exists as a place to defe… --- ## [Artificial cherry flavouring is the most awful, putrid substance ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-cherry-flavouring-is-the-most-awful-putrid-substance-ever/182391)
**Author:** [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-cherry-flavouring-is-the-most-awful-putrid-substance-ever/182391 "2012-01-16T20:52:18Z")
That artificial cherry flavour they use in all sorts of things has got to be the most awful, nasty, putrid chemical ever invented. It’s just so undescribably bad. Seriously, how on Earth did this “product” ever make it… --- ## [It's Not An Urban Myth , It's True](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-an-urban-myth-its-true/280822)
**Author:** [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-an-urban-myth-its-true/280822 "2005-01-06T17:35:16Z")
whenever I read about packs of nuts with warnings I thought it was an urban legend. But no. On Saturday I bought a selection of nuts in their shells. Printed on the pack were the words May contain nuts and nut traces. S… --- ## [Poor Things - movie. Open spoilers after first post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-things-movie-open-spoilers-after-first-post/996425)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-things-movie-open-spoilers-after-first-post/996425 "2024-03-28T17:55:06Z")
My wife and I saw this movie tonight and I’d really appreciate reading some discussion about it! I loved it. My wife found it more … disturbing. We agree it is stylistically beautiful. And in this era of remakes and se… --- ## [The physics of running on water.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-running-on-water/317862)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-running-on-water/317862 "2011-01-23T04:24:54Z")
How fast must a person be going to run on water? Is this possible? I know it is possible to skid across water barefoot if you are being pulled by a fast boat. Does gravity play a roll in this? Would someone be able to r… --- ## [Help me understand comic books, post-1965](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-comic-books-post-1965/524502)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-comic-books-post-1965/524502 "2010-01-17T02:48:14Z")
In this thread, references are made to DC comics, long after I stopped reading comics several decades ago. (I stopped reading DC comics in the early sixties, and stopped reading Marvel around the end of that decade, afte… --- ## [To the fuckwads that started the fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-fuckwads-that-started-the-fire/113339)
**Author:** [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-fuckwads-that-started-the-fire/113339 "2002-06-28T02:58:58Z")
There has been a fucking ban on camp fires for weeks now you dumb fucks. I am 100% sure that it was posted when you entered the forest and it’s been all over the the fucking news here. You started the worst fire that C… --- ## [Socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Anything else and you're an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-liberal-and-fiscally-conservative-anything-else-and-youre-an-idiot/854973)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-liberal-and-fiscally-conservative-anything-else-and-youre-an-idiot/854973 "2020-06-09T16:07:42Z")
It’s hilarious how in America both of our major parties gets one issue completely wrong. Abortions - that’s a personal choice between a woman, her partner, and her doctors. The fetus has a great impact on the woman’s h… --- ## [What does this anti-abortion poster mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-anti-abortion-poster-mean/356265)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-anti-abortion-poster-mean/356265 "2006-05-13T14:46:07Z")
I was driving past a certain house on the way home from work yesterday. This hosue usually has a pro-abortion sign out front, where you can’t help but see it. Sometimes it has graphic pictures of dead babies. It’s driven… --- ## [Team Bush and "Best Info Available @ the Time"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-bush-and-best-info-available-the-time/297926)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-bush-and-best-info-available-the-time/297926 "2005-04-20T15:17:16Z")
It has been “contended” that Team Bush “acted according to the best information available” at the time. This contention must be made w/o regard to the organizations created to gather supporting evidence that varied wide… --- ## [Loopiest far-right beliefs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopiest-far-right-beliefs/954490)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopiest-far-right-beliefs/954490 "2021-11-22T06:19:47Z")
I wonder about the things these nutbags (say they?) believe to be true. Some, I must think, are things they don’t really believe in but they say they do to rile up the left, and there may be some I just don’t understand … --- ## [Allen West: sexual harassment or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allen-west-sexual-harassment-or-not/589948 "2011-07-31T13:10:29Z")
In my opinion, not. The background for those who haven’t followed the story: West is a Republican congressman from Florida. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a Democratic congresswoman from Florida. They hold opposing positio… --- ## [Mormon Church OKs Firing Squad Change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-church-oks-firing-squad-change/199752)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-church-oks-firing-squad-change/199752 "2003-09-10T15:42:36Z")
Link First off, what the FUCK? I once heard somebody in one of the numerous church/state separation threads ask if a church ever actually gave orders to the government. Even I thought that this was ridiculous and would… --- ## [Does This Weird Store Chain Still Exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902 "2011-01-01T17:27:19Z")
I don’t know why this popped into my head, but here goes: back in the late 1970’s, there was a really weird store in Cambridge, MA. It was called “Brandsmart”, and it sold electronics, appliances, furniture, etc. When y… --- ## [Police Badge Numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-badge-numbers/638943)
**Author:** [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-badge-numbers/638943 "2018-08-01T17:51:16Z")
So I just finished watching today’s two episodes of Adam-12 and have a question about police badges. At the end, the TV shows their two badges while the credits run. Pete Malloy’s badge number is 744 (I would think), s… --- ## [The guy in the next cubicle just farted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-the-next-cubicle-just-farted/422813)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-the-next-cubicle-just-farted/422813 "2007-11-15T17:50:34Z")
Now my cube stinks. :mad: Fuck! --- ## [Any decent sexploitation films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-sexploitation-films/525343)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-sexploitation-films/525343 "2010-01-21T16:52:20Z")
I was just looking through comedies on Wikipedia, and somehow ended up browsing through to the entry on sexploitation films (yeah, I know…) Does there happen to be any that are actually good in sense of story and pacing… --- ## [I got hired by the Census!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093 "2021-03-17T17:50:05Z")
I applied much earlier this year, before things went sideways, and decided all along that if it was supposed to happen it would, and Saturday afternoon, I was finally contacted by them and had a phone interview. Are you… --- ## [As an adult, have you ever crapped your pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-an-adult-have-you-ever-crapped-your-pants/155905)
**Author:** [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-an-adult-have-you-ever-crapped-your-pants/155905 "2003-02-26T00:52:20Z")
I only have in the “I think this is a fart, oh, whoops” kind of way. In high school, I had a friend who was bragging about how awesome his farts while a group of 7 guys were in a van for a school trip. All of a sudden … --- ## [Valedictorians and the people that suck them off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valedictorians-and-the-people-that-suck-them-off/181034)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valedictorians-and-the-people-that-suck-them-off/181034 "2003-06-12T05:42:40Z")
As I had previously stated in the Blair Hornstine thread in GD, I think that the whole concept of Valedictorian and Salutatorian is silly. Woohoo, they get to make a speech full of endless optimism and idealistic platitu… --- ## [Did Toyota have a different logo back in the '70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-toyota-have-a-different-logo-back-in-the-70s/403058)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-toyota-have-a-different-logo-back-in-the-70s/403058 "2007-05-23T00:37:34Z")
I have some vague memory of thinking it had stars and an oval in it, but all I can come up with is a Subaru logo, and that’s not what I’m thinking of. So am I imagining it or was there a different logo back then? (Or di… --- ## [How do you tell it's safe to skate on a frozen lake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-its-safe-to-skate-on-a-frozen-lake/150559)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-its-safe-to-skate-on-a-frozen-lake/150559 "2003-01-25T03:03:50Z")
Besides sending out a heavy friend to skate first, is there a basic guideline, like it being below freezing for a certain period of time? Is it different for different bodies of water? --- ## [Recommend some obscure horror/thriller movies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-obscure-horror-thriller-movies/449085)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-obscure-horror-thriller-movies/449085 "2008-06-04T22:02:45Z")
I’ve been wading through a bunch of Netflix horror and thriller movies in the “watch instantly” category lately…probably over half of them end up being unwatchable after about ten minutes, but there have been some halfwa… --- ## [Czarcasm WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-wtf/580893)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-wtf/580893 "2011-05-10T19:40:56Z")
Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.…=607362&page=2 Thanks for closing my thread for no reason ya prick. I’ve seen you do… --- ## [Would this make you feel safer (one for atheists especially)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-feel-safer-one-for-atheists-especially/624966)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-feel-safer-one-for-atheists-especially/624966 "2012-08-21T01:23:40Z")
You’re in a strange city. You’ve never been there before. You don’t know the locale, or even if they speak English. How you got there is unimportant, maybe it’s an unexpected flight stop-off, maybe FBI space aliens dump … --- ## [US Law: Are Convicted Felons Citizens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-law-are-convicted-felons-citizens/600149)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-law-are-convicted-felons-citizens/600149 "2011-10-21T20:40:01Z")
I had heard that convicted felons (in the US) lose their citizenship. Is that correct? And, if true, who checks up on this when they go to register to vote? Or, commit yet another crime? (Do they still get a speedy tr… --- ## [Friendly reminder: FAMILY GUY returns tonite!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-reminder-family-guy-returns-tonite/301985)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-reminder-family-guy-returns-tonite/301985 "2005-05-16T01:13:11Z")
I almost forgot myself, but luckily I saw an ad while fliping through a magazine at the store. Get your Tivos ready, we have had to wait a number of years for this. --- ## [Religion at Work...Help me explain this no-no](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-at-work-help-me-explain-this-no-no/228317)
**Author:** [@ThatDuckIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatDuckIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-at-work-help-me-explain-this-no-no/228317 "2004-02-14T02:28:52Z")
So I enter my office this morning and on the door to our reception area, a very well-traveled area, there is a poster taped. It is for Mel Gibson’s upcoming The Passion. It has a representation of Jesus nailed on the … --- ## [A "Hey it's that guy" moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635 "2022-03-22T00:01:31Z")
The other week I watched the 1980 movie “Hopscotch” (great movie - Walter Matthau, Ned Beatty (and Sam Waterston with jet-black hair), and noticed in one small scene, this guy who I remembered as the professor from “Re… --- ## [NO! ABEC 7 Bearings will not make you go "faster"!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-abec-7-bearings-will-not-make-you-go-faster/98550)
**Author:** [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-abec-7-bearings-will-not-make-you-go-faster/98550 "2002-03-17T01:10:47Z")
I’ll give you a bit of background. I’ve been in the bearing industry for 11 or so years now. No, its not “exciting” but it can be interesting at times and I work with some really good people. I am not a P.Eng but I do kn… --- ## [Languages that do not have gendered pronouns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-that-do-not-have-gendered-pronouns/958688)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-that-do-not-have-gendered-pronouns/958688 "2022-02-17T02:14:19Z")
This question was prompted by an item in WaPo’s Ask Amy column today: A reader wrote: I always wondered why my Iranian father and aunts and uncles who came to the United States never could correctly identify men as “h… --- ## [TV Station Logos in the corner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-station-logos-in-the-corner/92080)
**Author:** [@cmburns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmburns)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-station-logos-in-the-corner/92080 "2001-11-09T19:14:02Z")
I’m sure someone must have commented/complained about these things in the past, but a search didn’t turn up anything. Maybe because I don’t even know what they are called. I’m talking about those little channel identifi… --- ## [Why Do Hybrids Do So Little For Gas Mileage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hybrids-do-so-little-for-gas-mileage/660676)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hybrids-do-so-little-for-gas-mileage/660676 "2013-06-13T20:21:35Z")
So I’ve been looking at hybrid cars, and I’ve noticed that they do not get all that spectacular an improvement in gas mileage compared to standard gasoline powered cars that are designed for gas efficiency. For example, … --- ## [The Ziz cult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103 "2026-11-08T11:44:08Z")
This weird saga was first noted here in the Pit thread Evil MFers in the News. A shootout in Vermont turned out to be connected to a radically vegan cult of trans women that splintered from a rationalist movement and is … --- ## [Do I know you? II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-know-you-ii/294471)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-know-you-ii/294471 "2005-03-19T01:26:37Z")
Bruce\_Daddy came up with this thread some time ago, and I thought it was kind of fun, so let’s have another go. To steal his words: Look at the last poster to this thread. Do you: A) not recognize the Doper at all. “N… --- ## [Name your favorite Doper Smartass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-doper-smartass/250805)
**Author:** [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-doper-smartass/250805 "2004-06-23T14:29:41Z")
Hubby and I were watching tv tonight and Comedy Central has a show on called “Mouthing off: 51 Greatest Smartasses”. So the thought occurred to me; who is the SDMB’s greatest smartasses? I was thinking this is someth… --- ## [What is the single best music album you bought in 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-best-music-album-you-bought-in-2012/644216)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-best-music-album-you-bought-in-2012/644216 "2012-12-20T14:23:32Z")
I’m mostly curious to know what current (i.e., released in 2012) album people think is the year’s best, but I know that sometimes the best album I buy in a given year was actually released the year before and I just didn… --- ## [When will we see Bush's pardons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-see-bushs-pardons/481798)
**Author:** [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-see-bushs-pardons/481798 "2009-01-21T14:03:15Z")
Who in his admin will be on it? And do you think he’ll pardon himself? --- ## [The next 10 tunes on your iPod.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-10-tunes-on-your-ipod/554334)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-10-tunes-on-your-ipod/554334 "2010-09-29T06:41:03Z")
We haven’t done this in awhile, methinks. The idea is simple: stick your iPod or whatever on shuffle. What are the first 10 songs on the list? My list is…eclectic. Steel Rail Blues - Gordon Lightfoot Sweet Dream - J… --- ## [NSA Undermines Internet Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-undermines-internet-security/668166)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-undermines-internet-security/668166 "2013-09-10T11:10:38Z")
The latest in the string of dirty secrets oozing out of the agency: Remember all the buzz about the possibility of an “electronic Pearl Harbor”? Well, it turns out that the NSA has been clipping random wires in the rad… --- ## [Malt Liquor and Cheap Wine Drunkenness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malt-liquor-and-cheap-wine-drunkenness/541307)
**Author:** [@scvblwxq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scvblwxq)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malt-liquor-and-cheap-wine-drunkenness/541307 "2010-06-04T15:04:54Z")
I have run into 2 people that cannot drink malt liquor, and one says she also cannot drink rotgut cheap wine, it makes her violent, yet she can drink good wine with no problems even with a higher total consumption of alc… --- ## [Modern-day 70's Elvis Equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675 "2013-10-09T22:15:36Z")
So in reading this thread about whether or not 1970’s Elvis was a tacky joke at the time or not, I got to wondering about what artist/artists in the present day most correspond to the washed-up and tacky Elvis, but still… --- ## [How can Trumps narcissism be made to work against him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-trumps-narcissism-be-made-to-work-against-him/760612)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-trumps-narcissism-be-made-to-work-against-him/760612 "2016-07-26T21:56:16Z")
Psychologists agree that Trump is a textbook case of narcissistic personality disorder. Here’s the Wiki with the official definition. Narcissists differ from other personality disorders in that they never seek treatme… --- ## [What do women think of being in the presence of scantily clad women (i.e., Hooters?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313 "2018-06-05T17:58:16Z")
Out of curiosity, what do most women (assuming heterosexual) think when they are in the presence of scantily clad women in a business establishment (i.e., Hooters?) --- ## [Why is Corbyn being blamed for Brexit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-corbyn-being-blamed-for-brexit/758432)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-corbyn-being-blamed-for-brexit/758432 "2016-07-03T16:19:46Z")
Yank here. I decided this probably belongs more in this thread than any other. I really don’t understand why it seems so many in the Labour Party are angry at him and that this will destroy him. As it is, it seems that… --- ## [CarMax is screwing me over. What can I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmax-is-screwing-me-over-what-can-i-do/509659)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmax-is-screwing-me-over-what-can-i-do/509659 "2009-09-15T22:22:51Z")
CarMax recently changed their financing policies with regard to how they handle overpayment. My contract with them says overpayment will be applied to the principle balance, and their new policy (which does not appear on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1643&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1645&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)