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**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-you-look-younger-than-others-your-age/621953 "2012-05-22T14:42:45Z")
The reason I ask is because I am wondering if it is a common phenomenon with people, sort of like a type of “selective amnesia”. Only instead of amnesia the person is selectively ‘seeing’ themselves in a better light th… --- ## [Is there any "intelligent" country music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-intelligent-country-music/481347)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-intelligent-country-music/481347 "2013-03-19T03:35:18Z")
Let me try to explain what I mean. Country music always seems to be about the same stuff over and over again. Your wife leaving you, getting really drunk, talking about driving tractors, being proud to be a redneck, etc… --- ## [Community Candy Jar Pigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-candy-jar-pigs/406143)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-candy-jar-pigs/406143 "2012-09-01T02:01:35Z")
So we have an Admin. Asst., “Ellen,” who’s the heart of our department. It is she who circulates birthday cards and sends flowers if your dad dies and puts balloons in your office if you’re retiring. You know the type.… --- ## [Anyone ever had a "surgical matrixectomy"? (Surgical removal of a deformed toenail)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-a-surgical-matrixectomy-surgical-removal-of-a-deformed-toenail/575894)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-a-surgical-matrixectomy-surgical-removal-of-a-deformed-toenail/575894 "2020-07-26T02:21:04Z")
My podiatrist recommended that I have a surgical matrixectomy: this is a surgical permanent removal of a damaged and deformed toenail. While this sounds minor, my doctor says I’ll be bandaged for 14 days, with very limi… --- ## [DATELINE: Has Catching Perverts Gone too far? \[ed. title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dateline-has-catching-perverts-gone-too-far-ed-title/427615)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dateline-has-catching-perverts-gone-too-far-ed-title/427615 "2013-09-13T02:56:58Z")
I was watching the Frontline sting operation, which has snagged over 21 creeps. The method is simple-a decoy pretends to be a 14 year old girl, and sets up an entry on MYSPACE. She pretents to be curious about sex, and (… --- ## [I win the Internet! First MMP of the week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782 "2013-05-27T19:57:52Z")
First! Where’s my adoring Teeming Minions? And a Corporate take on an old Fable: The Grasshopper spent all summer hopping about eating and fornicating with the hottie lady grasshoppers. Then he died in his sleep in th… --- ## [The Agony of Paul Ryan: It's going to be a looooong five month, Paul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-agony-of-paul-ryan-its-going-to-be-a-looooong-five-month-paul/757390)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-agony-of-paul-ryan-its-going-to-be-a-looooong-five-month-paul/757390 "2016-11-14T02:24:10Z")
So, here’s the timeline for Paul Ryan’s dance with Donald Trump: December 8, 2015: Speaker Paul Ryan Condemns Donald Trump’s Ban on Muslims March 1: Paul Ryan states that anyone who wants the GOP nomination has to be… --- ## [Career change: second bachelors or masters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-change-second-bachelors-or-masters/514823)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-change-second-bachelors-or-masters/514823 "2013-09-05T18:12:07Z")
I have a bachelors in economics, but now want to pursue a career in engineering. Do I get a second bachelors or do people usually go into a masters program when they say they’re “going back to school”? How would a caree… --- ## [More Proof That Global Warming Is Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-global-warming-is-toast/468742)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2009, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-global-warming-is-toast/468742 "2009-03-12T10:26:32Z")
From here. I think global warming and the whole environmental movement of late has been a fraud: a complete fraud. Let’s get on with business and ditch all these scare tactics about reducing carbon footprints and ot… --- ## [Stupid religious idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-idea-of-the-day/709928)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-idea-of-the-day/709928 "2017-05-09T21:59:40Z")
Pope Francis: You cannot make fun of the faith of others. He goes on to add, “There must be limits to free speech when it comes to religion.” It reminds me of the quote attributed to Ayatollah Khomeini, “There are no j… --- ## [Are Kias good cars now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157 "2014-11-01T03:28:16Z")
How about Hyundais? My wife and I are starting the process of shopping for a new car, and I am getting some conflicting information about Kias and Hyundais. It seems like we can get a whole lot more car for the money, … --- ## [Religious Experiences are not Hallucinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-experiences-are-not-hallucinations/505389)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-experiences-are-not-hallucinations/505389 "2010-01-16T20:17:31Z")
Certain people frequently claim that religious experiences are the result of hallucinations, epileptic seizures, or other mental phenomenon, as opposed to being genuine experiences of rela phenomena. I don’t think this … --- ## [Pro-Lifers cannot think a fetus is a "person"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-cannot-think-a-fetus-is-a-person/498391)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-cannot-think-a-fetus-is-a-person/498391 "2009-06-06T04:25:31Z")
I am taking my cue from this article at The New Republic. It is best if all concerned go there to read it and the first response to the article as it is not long and I cannot copy enough here to make sense without viola… --- ## [The final Skald the Rhymer thread...until the next one \[updates\].](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594 "2016-09-29T12:48:12Z")
I’ve been starting a lot of threads recently. This is because I’ve been in the grips of abject terror and the anticipation of hopelessness. Well, half of what I’ve feared has come to pass, and that, oddly, has cured the… --- ## [Birthday Logic Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-logic-question/717622)
**Author:** [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-logic-question/717622 "2015-04-25T16:19:54Z")
Singaporean high-school students were presented with this logics problem in their Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad test paper last week. \*\*The question \*\* Albert and Bernard just become friends with Cheryl, a… --- ## [What's the answer to these logic puzzles:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-answer-to-these-logic-puzzles/511465)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-answer-to-these-logic-puzzles/511465 "2010-01-19T20:18:11Z")
All are from the movie “Fermat’s Room”: A candy merchant receives 3 opaque boxes. One box contains mint candies, another contains anise candies, and the last box contains a mixture of mint and anise. The boxes are label… --- ## [How do you make a lake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-lake/312833)
**Author:** [@CrazyFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyFoo)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-lake/312833 "2017-03-27T21:13:15Z")
Is it really so easy to make a lake? I recently read a story about some wealthy guy from Indiana who bought a 300 acre parcel of land in Indiana and built his dream house. He then built a 30 acre man-made lake and fill… --- ## [Kick-Ass KICKS ASS!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-kicks-ass/535803)
**Author:** [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-kicks-ass/535803 "2010-12-27T11:05:26Z")
(NO SPOILERS) Seriously, I haven’t had so much fun at the movies in ages. I had very low expectations and was totally blown away. When I first heard of it a few weeks ago I thought, stupid ass kid pretends to be a sup… --- ## [Why I Support the Death Penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-support-the-death-penalty-for-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/718253)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-support-the-death-penalty-for-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/718253 "2015-05-31T10:26:40Z")
I actually support the death penalty for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. And the reason may surprise you all. It is because I don’t believe in causing prolong suffering. And I don’t believe in vengeance (which is all I … --- ## [So - what happens if these lawsuits succeed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-these-lawsuits-succeed/671944)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-these-lawsuits-succeed/671944 "2015-06-25T14:52:47Z")
Two lawsuits currently proceeding in spite of the Obama Administration frantically trying to squash them. Basically, Obamacare law states that taxpayers can only receive Obamacare subsidies (tax credits) if “the taxp… --- ## [Pluto Probe on it's way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-probe-on-its-way/340695)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-probe-on-its-way/340695 "2017-07-31T08:24:37Z")
I just watched the Pluto probe launch. The view fromthe gulf coast was not that impressive. Basically, a thin little contrail with not even a bright light at the top. I wish now that I had stayed inside and watched it… --- ## [Is this real and is it normal? \[Ron Paul coverage\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-and-is-it-normal-ron-paul-coverage/592889)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-and-is-it-normal-ron-paul-coverage/592889 "2011-10-10T01:05:23Z")
I’ve heard about the massive biases of fox news, but being in Australia, I’ve never seen it firsthand. Is this Jon Stewart video true or comically exagerated. If so, why is it like this? --- ## [Does one horsepower really = the power of one horse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-one-horsepower-really-the-power-of-one-horse/266673)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-one-horsepower-really-the-power-of-one-horse/266673 "2014-07-17T12:38:04Z")
I was watching the Travel channel yesterday and they had a program about people that build monster trucks for tractor pull competitions. He boasted that he had four engines in his rig that generate 14,000 HP and can drag… --- ## [Leg Cramps During Orgasm (TMI?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-cramps-during-orgasm-tmi/98142)
**Author:** [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-cramps-during-orgasm-tmi/98142 "2002-03-22T04:46:00Z")
Back on the temporary board, this was touched on briefly by Qadgop The Mercaptan during an different thread, and I wanted to ask it here where I’m more sure of the restrictions. While I’m on the edge of or having an org… --- ## [Can't use deodorant- how do I keep myself from stinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-use-deodorant-how-do-i-keep-myself-from-stinking/482108)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-use-deodorant-how-do-i-keep-myself-from-stinking/482108 "2009-01-22T00:21:53Z")
So, my armpits have been getting red, itchy rashes on and off for the past couple of weeks. I’m about 90% sure it’s something to do with the Tom’s Hippy-Dippy Deodorant that I started using a few months ago. However, n… --- ## [Who are the darkest-skinned US celebrities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-darkest-skinned-us-celebrities/365770)
**Author:** [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-darkest-skinned-us-celebrities/365770 "2006-07-25T21:30:38Z")
I hope this thread isn’t found sketchy-- definitely not my intent. But it’s often been observed that while the population of normal Americans runs a wide gamut of skin tones, because of racist beauty standards, black ce… --- ## [To my Anglo-Canadian Compatriots re: Plains of Abraham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-anglo-canadian-compatriots-re-plains-of-abraham/500237)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-anglo-canadian-compatriots-re-plains-of-abraham/500237 "2009-06-23T02:47:12Z")
I thought this issue of not reenacting the 250th anniversary of the Conquest of Quebec on the Plains of Abraham had pretty well been setttled in March, judging by this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthrea… --- ## [schadenfreude motherfucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205 "2012-11-15T22:30:02Z")
Seeing that smarmy, smug, lying jerk Romney lose something he has worked the last 10+ years to achieve was great. Knowing that last night 15 million tea partiers heads exploded because they can’t figure out how they lost… --- ## [Why did our prehistoric ancestors migrate out of Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-our-prehistoric-ancestors-migrate-out-of-africa/549944)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-our-prehistoric-ancestors-migrate-out-of-africa/549944 "2018-04-13T12:50:58Z")
The best I can come up with is a dual answer - a search for better living conditions, i.e. better food sources, and/or some innate drive for variety, exploration, investigation. Because not everyone did migrate from Afr… --- ## [How do you feel about the metric system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-metric-system/713115)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-metric-system/713115 "2015-03-13T16:00:02Z")
I’m watching an episode of Aircrash Investigation, and I find it strange that a program produced in Canada about a crash in Canada is narrated with Fahrenheit and miles, even though the military in the reenactments talk … --- ## [Founding Fathers influencing today's politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/founding-fathers-influencing-todays-politics/839345)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/founding-fathers-influencing-todays-politics/839345 "2019-09-13T18:27:53Z")
Hello Everyone, This is of course politely fantasy and I wasn’t sure which category to put this in, so GD it is. Let say that we have somehow perfected time travel and for kicks went back to the founding of our Nation… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 3.06 "Hounded" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-06-hounded-open-spoilers/641461)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-06-hounded-open-spoilers/641461 "2013-02-07T04:12:13Z")
Lori’s dead; dead-dead, not just undead, Michonne’s fled Woodbury, Andrea know’s about the zombie fights (not they were really a secret), and Rick’s getting phone calls. --- ## [Great things about a Trump presidency.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-things-about-a-trump-presidency/771204)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-things-about-a-trump-presidency/771204 "2016-11-21T21:26:44Z")
We will finally have a president that won’t cave into the Chinese on every issue whether it’s fake territorial claims, lead in baby formula, IP violations, etc. Better relations with Russia. Despite what you may th… --- ## [Does turning a TV off at the mains damage the TV over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-turning-a-tv-off-at-the-mains-damage-the-tv-over-time/683877)
**Author:** [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-turning-a-tv-off-at-the-mains-damage-the-tv-over-time/683877 "2014-03-19T22:12:32Z")
I heard that you should turn the TV off by the remote and leave it on standby. It was said that turning on and off at the mains continually was damaging the system on the latest models. --- ## [Skin pigmentation question. Can the sun permanently change your "natural" coloring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skin-pigmentation-question-can-the-sun-permanently-change-your-natural-coloring/547006)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skin-pigmentation-question-can-the-sun-permanently-change-your-natural-coloring/547006 "2013-06-05T23:27:39Z")
I put natural in quotes because I want to distinguish between the color you were born with, and the color you’re capable of being now. This distinction is the essence of my question. I’m pretty sure that I’m not unlike … --- ## [MLB: July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317 "2013-08-01T14:08:06Z")
The All-Star Game is two weeks away. The Pirates are the best team in baseball. The Marlins, thankfully, are the worst. The Tigers have utterly failed to run away with the AL Central. And the Blue Jays, Dodgers and Angel… --- ## [Why don't you idiots calm down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-idiots-calm-down/242208)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-idiots-calm-down/242208 "2004-05-10T03:08:46Z")
Before you get laryngytis? I flipped on FoxNews as I am wont to do when my son is buys with homework. They were showing the Rally To keep Aborting Babies. It was famous woman time! Hilary, screaming sand being hoarse… --- ## [Firearm experts - is/was the M16 a piece of crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-experts-is-was-the-m16-a-piece-of-crap/565060)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-experts-is-was-the-m16-a-piece-of-crap/565060 "2013-08-27T00:19:02Z")
Comparative to other assault rifles, that is. The M16 rifle has a reputation of being an overcomplicated jam-prone liability to its user, especially when compared to its hardy, more inaccurate Soviet counterpart, the AK-… --- ## [Worshiping Satan: A question for true believers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worshiping-satan-a-question-for-true-believers/584480)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worshiping-satan-a-question-for-true-believers/584480 "2011-06-15T16:16:09Z")
Just saw the flick Drive Angry. Like almost all Nicholas Cage movies it had no artistic or socially redeeming qualities whatsoever, a weak plot, and was a hellovalot of fun. Fast cars, hot chicks, and lots & lots of guns… --- ## [Has anyone seen any Romney bumper stickers or yard signs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-any-romney-bumper-stickers-or-yard-signs/625143)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-any-romney-bumper-stickers-or-yard-signs/625143 "2012-11-06T00:51:19Z")
I live in Northern Kentucky, a fairly conservative area. But, so far in this election cycle (mid-June), I have yet to see even ONE Romney sticker or yard sign. I’ve seen a fair number of Ron Paul signs and stickers, a… --- ## [Why does religion hate gays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-religion-hate-gays/610161)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-religion-hate-gays/610161 "2012-01-26T04:21:31Z")
Here in the UK three men calling themselves Muslims have been convicted of hate speech after distributing leaflets calling for homosexuals to get the death penalty (funny how their defenders call for the defence of free … --- ## [Can a minor look older than 18?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-minor-look-older-than-18/538923)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-minor-look-older-than-18/538923 "2010-05-19T16:00:08Z")
In the thread Why is ignorance of age not an excuse?, Diogenes the Cynic has made the assertion that no 15 year old can ever be mistaken for a 21 year old: This is even after multiple people have told him that it does … --- ## [Humans as Carnivores ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-as-carnivores/620349)
**Author:** [@realfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realfood)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-as-carnivores/620349 "2012-05-31T23:33:36Z")
Sure we can tolerate eating flesh, blood vessels, arterial plaque, fat and even hair just as we can tolerate smoking tobacco and using heroin. That is not a rational argument in favor of ingesting these substances or tha… --- ## [You will be burnt at the stake: How much pain to expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-be-burnt-at-the-stake-how-much-pain-to-expect/539861)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-be-burnt-at-the-stake-how-much-pain-to-expect/539861 "2010-05-20T20:33:13Z")
Supposing you are convicted of witchcraft, or involved in a heretical reformation in the south of France in the wrong century to do this, and they piling up the faggots as the priests make their last offer of salvation. … --- ## [Code word/sentance for "I'm horny"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-word-sentance-for-im-horny/474463)
**Author:** [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-word-sentance-for-im-horny/474463 "2008-11-27T23:23:46Z")
Just for fun, my girlfriend and I were thinking of code words or entire sentances that could be said out loud in public without drawing weird attention, but would be an obvious code the other, in the know, that it means,… --- ## [Judge reduces file-sharing damages award by 90 percent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-reduces-file-sharing-damages-award-by-90-percent/546283)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-reduces-file-sharing-damages-award-by-90-percent/546283 "2010-07-19T16:52:37Z")
About a year ago, Bricker started a thread about the case of Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University student ordered to pay $675,000 in damages to the RIAA for sharing 30 songs. In that thread, Richard Parker offered the fo… --- ## [The Democrats will win their election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652 "2017-01-22T23:28:06Z")
I don’t like it, but I’ve just received a word from the Lord (please don’t make fun of the Lord) that the Democrats will win the next election. The exact word of knowledge was simply this: “The democrats will win their … --- ## [Keyboard shortcut: move maximized window between monitors in dual monitor system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-shortcut-move-maximized-window-between-monitors-in-dual-monitor-system/492313)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-shortcut-move-maximized-window-between-monitors-in-dual-monitor-system/492313 "2013-10-09T06:07:48Z")
I have a dual monitor system running XP Pro. Regularly I have a maximized window in one monitor that I’d like to move to the other monitor. What I have to do now: 1) unmaximize the window, 2) drag it to the other monit… --- ## [American High Speed Rail is a Terrible Idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-high-speed-rail-is-a-terrible-idea/939404)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 458\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-high-speed-rail-is-a-terrible-idea/939404 "2021-07-24T22:28:22Z")
Let’s talk about this new push for high speed rail. Let me state this straight out: If you care about global warming, you should oppose plans to criss-cross the country with high speed rail. There is a myth out there … --- ## [Why didn't any of you bastards tell me how wonderful DOCTOR WHO is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-any-of-you-bastards-tell-me-how-wonderful-doctor-who-is/589178)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-any-of-you-bastards-tell-me-how-wonderful-doctor-who-is/589178 "2011-08-26T22:11:37Z")
For during the month of July I watched it for the very first time, and lo! it was so wonderful that I briefly felt my hatred of all mankind ebb so that I was merely contempt for non-Rhymers. (That didn’t last, of course… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=164&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=166&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)