# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1698&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:** 1699 --- ## [Industries pricing themselves out of the market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-pricing-themselves-out-of-the-market/675834 "2013-12-11T06:58:48Z")
You’ve read my rants about the price of Cessnas, and my opinion that Cessna is putting itself out of business by pricing their airplanes far out of reach of their target market. I’ve written that a brand-new 1982 Skyhaw… --- ## [What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-tried-to-hit-a-baseball-pitched-at-90-the-speed-of-light/627774)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-tried-to-hit-a-baseball-pitched-at-90-the-speed-of-light/627774 "2012-07-18T18:14:26Z")
LOL! --- ## [How do you keep up with your housework?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-up-with-your-housework/495203)
**Author:** [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-up-with-your-housework/495203 "2009-05-09T01:51:39Z")
We have a small place and our standards aren’t high but my LORD we are finding it impossible to keep up with our housework. I’d like to know how other Doper families stay on top of things. When I look around at the dus… --- ## [Is this customer an asshole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-customer-an-asshole/580855)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-customer-an-asshole/580855 "2011-05-05T20:59:56Z")
From another thread in Cafe. Simple question. Do you think this individual sounds like an asshole customer or a reasonable customer as he describes his own encounter? I’m not asking if he was justified in being unhappy… --- ## [Who were the pre-Greek Greeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-pre-greek-greeks/610429)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-pre-greek-greeks/610429 "2012-01-27T19:25:24Z")
If I recall from my misspent school days, the civilization we think of as “Greece” arose from Mycenaean settlement of the Greek peninsula a few thousand years BC. It failed to occur to me that there must have been someon… --- ## [Fine. I admit it. I'm white trash.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-i-admit-it-im-white-trash/562221)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-i-admit-it-im-white-trash/562221 "2010-12-01T07:35:42Z")
So last Friday I started cycling into a relatively mild manic phase and I’ve been cleaning since. (I’ve never been a slob but neither have I ever been accused of being a neat freak.) I’ve gotten to the point where I’m g… --- ## [Human body: cells replaced every 7 years. T/F?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-body-cells-replaced-every-7-years-t-f/357290)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-body-cells-replaced-every-7-years-t-f/357290 "2006-05-25T02:20:14Z")
Does the human body really replace all its cells within the span of seven years? This is a “fact” that I hear tossed around a lot, but I’m not sure if this is just a myth. Citations would be helpful. --- ## [How safe is Michele Bachmann's seat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-is-michele-bachmanns-seat/544760)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-is-michele-bachmanns-seat/544760 "2010-07-27T13:35:06Z")
Other than as a font of shock-speak and radical thought promoted by Fox news, most of what I know of Bachmann came from the Congresswoman with the crazy eyes thread (which hasn’t been updated since April). I believe she’… --- ## [Would you let your child horse around on gravestones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-your-child-horse-around-on-gravestones/627827)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-your-child-horse-around-on-gravestones/627827 "2012-07-13T13:47:30Z")
Link: http://www.abc4.com/content/news/links\_numbers/story/4-year-old-boy-dies-after-headstone-falls-on-him/TeNRgmZ\_CkegZlkHdxJrgw.cspx A tragedy that the child is dead. Of course it is. However, from the article: “… --- ## [Uses for a raccoon penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uses-for-a-raccoon-penis/71671)
**Author:** [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uses-for-a-raccoon-penis/71671 "2001-07-09T01:43:22Z")
I’ve seen numerous auctions for raccoon penis bones(such as here), and I’ve wondered: What are those things good for? Can anyone think of a use for one? --- ## [Does Garfield speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-garfield-speak/37538)
**Author:** [@Mirage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirage)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-garfield-speak/37538 "2000-10-21T20:10:04Z")
My friend and I have this ongoing argument about the nature of Garfield and Jon’s communication. In the comic strip, Garfield’s monologues take place in thought bubbles, no talking. In the TV show however I maintain that… --- ## [Well, Mrs. Sandusky, go fuck yourself.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-mrs-sandusky-go-fuck-yourself/686996)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-mrs-sandusky-go-fuck-yourself/686996 "2014-04-28T22:33:02Z")
Liar, Liar, Soul On Fire. Now, now, woman. Ya’ll reap what you sow. He’s raping little boys for years in the basement, and you never heard anything? Never saw anything? You make Helen Keller look like an eagle-eyed loo… --- ## [Very black Kids with prominent black features are rarely seen in ads - Racism or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-black-kids-with-prominent-black-features-are-rarely-seen-in-ads-racism-or-not/319247)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-black-kids-with-prominent-black-features-are-rarely-seen-in-ads-racism-or-not/319247 "2005-09-02T18:59:53Z")
I rarely see black children with dark complexions and prominent black (negroid) features in national adverting campaigns, except possibly in pleas for aid to distressed countries. Most of the “black” kids pictured in ad… --- ## [When did Japanese products cease to be considered inferior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-japanese-products-cease-to-be-considered-inferior/604667)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-japanese-products-cease-to-be-considered-inferior/604667 "2011-12-02T16:49:27Z")
I was born in 1984. I always remember Japanese products especially electronics as being of the highest quality. My parents did so also, but they remember that, once it was not so, My grandparents OTH, still had that ment… --- ## [Ethically, if you find something of great value at a garage sale, should you inform the seller or quietly pay and take the item?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethically-if-you-find-something-of-great-value-at-a-garage-sale-should-you-inform-the-seller-or-quietly-pay-and-take-the-item/946747)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethically-if-you-find-something-of-great-value-at-a-garage-sale-should-you-inform-the-seller-or-quietly-pay-and-take-the-item/946747 "2021-07-24T20:52:05Z")
(This may be better for GD…not sure…mods feel free to move.) Imagine you are at a garage sale and you see something that you KNOW is worth a great deal of money. Not a few hundred dollars but more like millions of doll… --- ## [Two vehicle search cases heard at Supreme Court today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-vehicle-search-cases-heard-at-supreme-court-today/806278)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-vehicle-search-cases-heard-at-supreme-court-today/806278 "2018-05-31T16:30:29Z")
The first case is Byrd v. U.S. Byrd’s fiance rents a car from a car rental agency and allows him to drive in violation of the car rental agreement. Does he have standing to assert a violation of the 4th amendment in … --- ## [Why Are People so OCD About Their Sweet Corn at the Grocery Store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-ocd-about-their-sweet-corn-at-the-grocery-store/694365)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-ocd-about-their-sweet-corn-at-the-grocery-store/694365 "2014-07-31T04:39:04Z")
They’ll grab a head of lettuce or broccoli without even looking at it, but when they get within three yards of the sweet corn, their heart rate goes up, their pupils narrow, and their breathing slows as they circle the b… --- ## [2024/2025 NBA Regular Season Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099 "2025-06-24T00:48:45Z")
I don’t find a thread for this, so here we go. The Timberwolves lost their season opener against the Lakers, trailing by nearly 20 points at one juncture. They’re probably having difficulty adjusting to the absence of K… --- ## [Salutation - Is it legal to call yourself Dr. (X)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salutation-is-it-legal-to-call-yourself-dr-x/41562)
**Author:** [@jrishaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrishaw)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2000, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salutation-is-it-legal-to-call-yourself-dr-x/41562 "2000-11-22T18:57:43Z")
Simple question to the teeming genii :slight\_smile: “Hi. I’m Dr. Smith.” Can you refer to yourself as Dr. (X), even if you have no doctorate? What are laws regarding this? Is it criminal? Could one go to the DMV and s… --- ## ["Things"-people... help me understand.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-help-me-understand/607460)
**Author:** [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-help-me-understand/607460 "2011-12-29T13:06:15Z")
Had an interesting… conversation… with my wife over lunch today. SHe is very mush a possessions kind of person. She wants the nicest top-shelf brand of things. I am very much a pragmatic, does-it-work regardless of labe… --- ## [If people of Spanish descent are "people of color" why aren't Italians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-of-spanish-descent-are-people-of-color-why-arent-italians/743390)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-of-spanish-descent-are-people-of-color-why-arent-italians/743390 "2016-01-19T15:46:10Z")
This thread in Café refers to the Mexican director of The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu as a “person of color”. Italy and Spain and not far separated in Europe and are at similar latitudes and the inhabitants ar… --- ## [What parts of the cow can't be used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-the-cow-cant-be-used/778515)
**Author:** [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-the-cow-cant-be-used/778515 "2017-01-31T23:38:52Z")
In this threadseveral people pointed out that modern processes really do allow meat packers to use damn near every part of the animal. Are there any parts of a typical cow or hog carcass that are simply unusable, even t… --- ## [Thanks, cocksuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-cocksuckers/162231)
**Author:** [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-cocksuckers/162231 "2003-03-20T17:41:24Z")
For royally fucking up this season’s 24 for me. Seeing as how everybody in the world actually lives in America and has already seen the episodes, why not just SPOIL IT without using the spoiler tag? If I could link to th… --- ## [Cottage Cheese - what's your poison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cottage-cheese-whats-your-poison/575731)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cottage-cheese-whats-your-poison/575731 "2011-03-27T19:28:38Z")
I’ve always loved cottage cheese. Growing up, it always seemed to be in the house, and was a lunch standard during the summer. When I moved off on my own, I would consistently forget which I liked better - small or large… --- ## [How tall are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840 "2012-10-23T18:01:28Z")
I’m 188cm (6’2") give or take a centimetre depending on time of day. I’m a bit taller than average for an Englishman, but I felt like a oversized ogre in Hong Kong. --- ## [What is your greatest fear aside from death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-greatest-fear-aside-from-death/613301)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-greatest-fear-aside-from-death/613301 "2012-02-28T13:50:34Z")
The following things are out, for answers: Death itself. The death of people you know. Things that you fear primarily because they could cause death (such as HIV, guns). It’s fine to name something that could cause de… --- ## [Greatest American novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-novel/409719)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-novel/409719 "2007-07-07T16:41:31Z")
Inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8723847#post8723847 , what’s the greatest American novel? I nominate Catch-22, and I suspect that may be the consensus. After all, what else … --- ## [favorite Sesame Street bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bit/58701)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2001, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sesame-street-bit/58701 "2001-03-31T12:45:07Z")
I grew up with Sesame Street, and now through my kids I get to enjoy it again. While I don’t enjoy the newer characters, I still really enjoy a lot of the old bits. I think you can divide the show into three parts, whic… --- ## [How Would Old GMAT Scores Correlate With New GMAT Scores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-old-gmat-scores-correlate-with-new-gmat-scores/524537)
**Author:** [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-old-gmat-scores-correlate-with-new-gmat-scores/524537 "2017-09-12T00:07:49Z")
Just wondering, is all. I took the GMAT back in 1984 and did OK on it, more than good enough to get into grad school then for a master’s degree. Perusing some universities’ sites on their PhD programs today, I come acr… --- ## [Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis... Inspector Hathaway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspector-morse-inspector-lewis-inspector-hathaway/766410)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspector-morse-inspector-lewis-inspector-hathaway/766410 "2016-09-22T01:15:57Z")
Inspector Morse ran from 1987 to 2000. Inspector Lewis ran from 2006 to 2015. It seems that in Inspector Lewis they’re setting up for another series staring Laurence Fox as Inspector Hathaway. Will there be an Inspect… --- ## [Stopping a runaway Toyota: what's the problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-a-runaway-toyota-whats-the-problem/516303)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-a-runaway-toyota-whats-the-problem/516303 "2009-11-10T03:48:36Z")
Sometimes I think I’m an uncharitable person, but I can’t help but marvel at the folks who died in a fiery 100+ MPH crash recently after the throttle on their Toyota got pinned wide-open. They complained during a 911 ca… --- ## [Poll: Do you have a unique real life name? (Anonymous, obviously)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-have-a-unique-real-life-name-anonymous-obviously/701202)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-have-a-unique-real-life-name-anonymous-obviously/701202 "2014-11-01T17:17:15Z")
This thread got me wondering: what proportion of us do have unique names? I am the only one of me in the entire world, thanks to a medium-uncommon surname and a creatively spelled given name. Change a letter or two, thou… --- ## [Dating Site Etiquette re: responding to messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-site-etiquette-re-responding-to-messages/712655)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-site-etiquette-re-responding-to-messages/712655 "2015-02-23T18:58:16Z")
Yes I confess I have an OKCupid profile. Admit it! You do too! Having recently moved to a new locale, I have lately gotten a lot of hits since I’m “fresh meat” - a new face in my new burb. Anyway, having gotten a lot of… --- ## [Can I ship counterfeit goods via UPS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ship-counterfeit-goods-via-ups/610506)
**Author:** [@35\_U.S.C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35_U.S.C)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ship-counterfeit-goods-via-ups/610506 "2012-01-25T18:13:29Z")
or FedEx, or the USPS? I’ve emailed them all, but no responses yet. I received some counterfeit rims from an unscrupulous merchant. I had them authenticated (determined to be counterfeit) by an expert witness from my … --- ## [Help needed: Debate AGAINST legalisation of cannabis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-debate-against-legalisation-of-cannabis/560596)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-debate-against-legalisation-of-cannabis/560596 "2010-11-23T19:48:58Z")
Ok lads. I have to participate in a debate on Tuesday for college, and I have been placed against legalising marajuana. The problem? Despite the fact that I tend to argue against the self-righteous legalisation-is-the… --- ## [Why did Rocket Ship Design Change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-rocket-ship-design-change/423806)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-rocket-ship-design-change/423806 "2007-10-25T21:22:45Z")
In this thread ( http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440640&page=2 ) , someone says “I want my Chesley Bonestell Rocket Ship!” Indeed, Chesley Bonestell’s art was the defining image of Space and The Fut… --- ## [I made two enemies at the pool.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-two-enemies-at-the-pool/530333)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-two-enemies-at-the-pool/530333 "2010-02-26T06:47:54Z")
I go to the pool pretty frequently so I recognize most of the regulars. Two of them are a couple of Pakistani men who I see there pretty much every time I go. I’ve never spoken to them myself but I’ve heard them speaking… --- ## [Crimea is Russian. What now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimea-is-russian-what-now/684011)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimea-is-russian-what-now/684011 "2014-03-28T19:01:27Z")
For Russia. What the next territory they are going to covet? ARe they going to push further in Europe? C Asia? The latter might make countries like China, Iran, Pakistan and India vert very unhappy. For the West/US Th… --- ## [Donald Trump says he is going to give an address on prime time tv on December 17, 2025. Are you going to watch to see what he says?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766 "2025-12-21T07:04:21Z")
Two days before the deadline that the files are supposed to be released, Trump says he’s going to address the nation on Prime Time. Do you care enough to watch what he’ll say live or will you forgo it and read about it … --- ## [Anyone Doubting the Divide in America Should Get a Load of This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doubting-the-divide-in-america-should-get-a-load-of-this/993127)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doubting-the-divide-in-america-should-get-a-load-of-this/993127 "2023-11-22T00:54:08Z")
I stumbled across this while perusing travel videos and holy shit, is it chilling. So this is a YouTube piece about travelling through less popular US states for tourists and if you skim through until 2:15, you come acr… --- ## [Could the 2nd amendment prevented the attack on the WTC, Pentigon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-2nd-amendment-prevented-the-attack-on-the-wtc-pentigon/80920)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-2nd-amendment-prevented-the-attack-on-the-wtc-pentigon/80920 "2001-09-21T13:55:00Z")
If we actually allowed the people to ‘keep and bear arms’ and even encouraged it. I have a hard time believing such an act would have been successful if 10%-50% of the (good guys)people in the airplane was armed. --- ## [ID of poker game played in TNG Ep ”Cause and Effect” S5:18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-of-poker-game-played-in-tng-ep-cause-and-effect-s5-18/664004)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-of-poker-game-played-in-tng-ep-cause-and-effect-s5-18/664004 "2013-07-23T00:18:53Z")
A poker game in Star Trek The Next Generation episode Cause And Effect is played with Worf, Dr.Crusher, Riker, Data as dealer. A card is dealt to each player face down, and then one face up. Worf opens a round of biddi… --- ## [Anthony Kennedy to retire this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-kennedy-to-retire-this-year/785709)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-kennedy-to-retire-this-year/785709 "2017-06-26T17:09:10Z")
CNN yesterday ran a story on the increasing buzz surrounding Justice Kennedy’s supposed plans to retire this summer: This was serious enough for Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus to write If you’re reading this, Ju… --- ## [Does darkness have a speed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-darkness-have-a-speed/741197)
**Author:** [@TheNerdiestNerdAlive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerdiestNerdAlive)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-darkness-have-a-speed/741197 "2016-02-15T17:18:09Z")
Is it possible (or proven) that there is anything faster than light? If light is the fastest speed and dark is the opposite of light, does dark have a speed? Does ‘dark’ even exist, If so what is darkness? If you can’t … --- ## [The Office 11/20 "Frame Toby"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-20-frame-toby/473788)
**Author:** [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-20-frame-toby/473788 "2008-12-02T03:42:04Z")
I don’t have much time, but, astonishingly, there isn’t a thread yet. So I figure I’ll just start it and let others discuss for now. --- ## [Is anyone else "Fagnostic?" (can't believe homosexuals are truly homosexual?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-fagnostic-cant-believe-homosexuals-are-truly-homosexual/470115)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-fagnostic-cant-believe-homosexuals-are-truly-homosexual/470115 "2008-10-31T19:36:20Z")
First off, if anyone thinks the title is offensive, I’m totally receptive to a mod changing it or whatever. I’m not trying to stir the pot, I just thought it was kind of a funny term that I heard somewhere once and it se… --- ## [Jumped the Swordfish; list them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumped-the-swordfish-list-them/493311)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumped-the-swordfish-list-them/493311 "2009-04-21T01:17:55Z")
I’d like to get a list going of movies that are only (or mostly) remembered for it’s nude scene. (or scenes) I don’t necessarily mean gratuitous nudity but more like “Holy crap!! So-n-So is doing a nude scene?!” My ent… --- ## [What health problems make you ineligible for military service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-health-problems-make-you-ineligible-for-military-service/151765)
**Author:** [@Soundcow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soundcow)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-health-problems-make-you-ineligible-for-military-service/151765 "2003-02-01T00:41:43Z")
With a war in Iraq almost imminent (and a rather large introductory force planned for), plus the continuing “War On Terrorism” in countless other places, as well as the newly formed Homeland Security concern, I think it’… --- ## [Will Specter leave the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-specter-leave-the-gop/488679)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-specter-leave-the-gop/488679 "2009-03-25T01:44:42Z")
The case for Specter leaving the GOP. Snowe and Collins have been making noises like they might jump too. For those two though party affiliation means little: they’ll vote how they feel they should and likely the sam… --- ## [Argumentum ad populum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argumentum-ad-populum/655879)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argumentum-ad-populum/655879 "2013-04-18T19:48:51Z")
Even though in many places such as Canada or Iran many ideas are illegal to discuss, USA has relatively wide freedom of expression. The First Amendment victory of Westboro Baptist Church is an example. Sometimes Argume… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1697&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1699&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)