# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=171&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:** 172 --- ## [Shodan, HurricaneDitka, and George Zimmerman: Three Racist Peas in a Racist Pod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-hurricaneditka-and-george-zimmerman-three-racist-peas-in-a-racist-pod/825691)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-hurricaneditka-and-george-zimmerman-three-racist-peas-in-a-racist-pod/825691 "2020-02-25T17:05:36Z")
In a recent thread,inspired by manson1972’s controversial thread, I made the mistake of bringing up George Zimmerman. Boy, did that bring the racists out of the woodwork… Shodan, you get to go first. You really need to … --- ## [Corey Lewandowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corey-lewandowski/750650)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corey-lewandowski/750650 "2016-04-21T17:32:06Z")
So I am not supporting Trump to say the least but: I can’t see how the clip of CL touching the Breitbart reporter can be interpreted to have caused a bruise. My favorite guy on MSNBC, Chris Hayes, got more indignant ove… --- ## [You say you are a christian - I say you nead to grow up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-are-a-christian-i-say-you-nead-to-grow-up/97955)
**Author:** [@SeaHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaHawk)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-are-a-christian-i-say-you-nead-to-grow-up/97955 "2012-03-23T05:09:35Z")
How is it possible for a grown person to believe that Jesus is the son of god… and that sort og rubbish ? It seams to me that these kind of people nead to grow up and stop clutching at straws. I often see endless discu… --- ## [What do North Americans call those things that you use to fasten your shirt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-north-americans-call-those-things-that-you-use-to-fasten-your-shirt/495475)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-north-americans-call-those-things-that-you-use-to-fasten-your-shirt/495475 "2009-05-12T21:23:40Z")
You know, the little plastic, metal or wooden circles that go through a hole on the other side of the shirt. In the UK they’re buttons, but I know that, in the US and (I think) Canada, buttons are little metal safety-pin… --- ## [Does a spouse-rejecting parent have a right to see their grandchild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-spouse-rejecting-parent-have-a-right-to-see-their-grandchild/598006)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-spouse-rejecting-parent-have-a-right-to-see-their-grandchild/598006 "2012-12-26T18:49:38Z")
Thisexcellent thread just validated to me that it is not acceptable for a loved one to openly criticize your partner, except in cases of possible abuse or criminality. In my case, the offending party is my mother, who h… --- ## [Male Dopers: Do You Wear Undershirts When Wearing Suits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-wear-undershirts-when-wearing-suits/667041)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-do-you-wear-undershirts-when-wearing-suits/667041 "2013-09-29T22:41:00Z")
When wearing a formal suit, do you wear an undershirt under your dress shirt. I’m curious because I don’t when dressed formally and seeing that many others do wear undershirts, it feels me feeling somewhat embarassed/ign… --- ## [Is it possible to vomit without nausea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-vomit-without-nausea/487694)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-vomit-without-nausea/487694 "2009-03-01T17:47:14Z")
I know you can have nausea without vomiting (I do on a semi-regular basis), but its it possible to vomit without feeling nauseous? --- ## [The Race is on! Canadians go to the polls October 14.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-race-is-on-canadians-go-to-the-polls-october-14/462481)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-race-is-on-canadians-go-to-the-polls-october-14/462481 "2008-10-11T05:24:31Z")
I thought I’d start a new thread to replace the MPSIMS since it’s now official, not just a rumour - Canada goes to the polls on October 14 in a general federal election. Prime Minister Harper drove across the street thi… --- ## [Competing rights - how to resolve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competing-rights-how-to-resolve/641139)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competing-rights-how-to-resolve/641139 "2012-12-05T19:23:39Z")
Here is an article from today’s Toronto Star that describes an interesting quandary. In brief a woman went to a local barbershop because she was seeking "a man’s haircut’. The barber refused to cut her hair since, as he… --- ## [At The Demonstartion Against The NRA.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-demonstartion-against-the-nra/812805)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Mills](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Mills)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-demonstartion-against-the-nra/812805 "2018-06-03T01:55:43Z")
I was on 5th Ave N, and the demonstrators from Saint Petersburg High School happened by. They were chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho–The NRA has got to go!”, as they walked down the sidewalk. So, I started yelling out,“Benefa… --- ## [What is the Bob Seger song Fire Lake about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-bob-seger-song-fire-lake-about/599419)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-bob-seger-song-fire-lake-about/599419 "2025-10-04T21:25:08Z")
Anyone want to take a crack at interpreting the meaning of this song? I like the song but I’m not sure I understand it. And what happened to Poor Uncle Joe anyway? --- ## [I broke a bone in my foot. How long before it's healed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-a-bone-in-my-foot-how-long-before-its-healed/186807)
**Author:** [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-a-bone-in-my-foot-how-long-before-its-healed/186807 "2003-07-08T18:59:51Z")
I broke a bone in my foot last night while attempting to race up twisty stairs barefooted. Lost my footing, came down on the side of my foot wrong… heard a “pop”. I thought it was just a sprain or something until I wen… --- ## [Do Immanuel Kant's racist opinions render the rest of his philosophy suspect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-immanuel-kants-racist-opinions-render-the-rest-of-his-philosophy-suspect/580731)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-immanuel-kants-racist-opinions-render-the-rest-of-his-philosophy-suspect/580731 "2016-09-19T05:47:55Z")
In Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime, Kant writes: Now, I have ranted long and boringly on my contempt for Kant in general, so for me this tidbit just gives me another reason to put him on my… --- ## [What would happen if you distilled pre-made beer in a still? Would it end up like whiskey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-distilled-pre-made-beer-in-a-still-would-it-end-up-like-whiskey/571464)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-distilled-pre-made-beer-in-a-still-would-it-end-up-like-whiskey/571464 "2011-02-19T12:12:00Z")
Think about the process for making whiskey. If, instead of starting with a grain mash, you took completed beer (either commercial or homebrew, but finished and hopped), and distilled that, and then aged in barrels as ap… --- ## [Amazing bullshit true facts that are in fact true.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-bullshit-true-facts-that-are-in-fact-true/648514)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-bullshit-true-facts-that-are-in-fact-true/648514 "2013-02-13T05:22:10Z")
While reading about something totally unrelated I came across a brief history of Walter Jackson Freeman II and the lobotomy. I was telling people at work all the fascinating facts; the guy who invented this form of brain… --- ## [Batteries: alkaline vs zinc carbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batteries-alkaline-vs-zinc-carbon/644633)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batteries-alkaline-vs-zinc-carbon/644633 "2012-12-22T06:20:14Z")
A local discount store sells Panasonic zinc carbon dirt cheap. What is the real difference between these and Energizer or Duracell (which are both alkaline, right?). What makes me ask is that I just bought a Coleman la… --- ## [Human Vs. Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-vs-baboon/73809)
**Author:** [@KillerFig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KillerFig)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-vs-baboon/73809 "2012-04-17T03:17:44Z")
My roommate and I have been having a discussion lately, and I was wondering if anyone here had any information. We were wondering: Who would win in a fight between a human and a baboon? We’re not talking about a big mand… --- ## [So, I'm being sued for $165,000. That's cool.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-being-sued-for-165-000-thats-cool/638705)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-being-sued-for-165-000-thats-cool/638705 "2012-12-18T05:35:33Z")
Forgive me if this is long, but I figured this would be a good place to vent. A few years ago, my grandmother died from a long term illness. Grandma was not a nice lady-- she was physically and mentally abusive, an alco… --- ## [New Deal Democrat's (very welcome) banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrats-very-welcome-banning/627063)
**Author:** [@mister\_nyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_nyx)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrats-very-welcome-banning/627063 "2012-07-09T20:29:30Z")
This is certainly welcome news. The next question is this – is there some plan to deal with the problems that allowed him to post for this long? Obviously some changes are needed in the way this place is run. It’s inargu… --- ## [Mom "rewards" son for good grades.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-rewards-son-for-good-grades/104565 "2002-04-26T12:22:43Z")
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0201/020106moms.html Gives a whole new meaning to “studying hard”. :eek: --- ## [I'm already hyped about Pixar's 'Inside Out'!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-already-hyped-about-pixars-inside-out/700299)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-already-hyped-about-pixars-inside-out/700299 "2016-03-03T05:04:30Z")
Teaser: IMDB: I don’t know much about Bill Hader, (Fear) or Kaitlyn Dias, (Reilly)… but this is an amazing cast. Especially Psyched to hear that Phyllis Smith is playing “Sadness”. She deserves the part as I think… --- ## [RealityChuck, you're an ignorant twat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567 "2012-02-18T01:12:00Z")
From your incompetent cooking advice which is usually objectively wrong–saying that there’s no bacterial growth from letting meat repeatedly thaw and refreeze being just one example, to your being so badly wrong about so… --- ## [Ask the Freemason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-freemason/532931)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-freemason/532931 "2013-05-11T09:45:18Z")
I was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on March 16, was previously passed to the degree of Fellow Craft on 2/16 and was initiated an Entered Apprentice on 1/19. I have been invited to ‘join the line’ in the f… --- ## [Bernie Withdraws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-withdraws/851349 "2021-01-17T12:07:48Z")
He sys he is done. He announced he is suspending his campaign. He’ll talk at about 0845 Pacific. --- ## [Effects of long-term untreated urinary tract infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-long-term-untreated-urinary-tract-infection/302118)
**Author:** [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-long-term-untreated-urinary-tract-infection/302118 "2012-03-08T16:45:19Z")
Subject says it all… Would would be the long-term effects of an untreated urinary tract infection? --- ## [Westworld S3 (show spoilers as it airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-s3-show-spoilers-as-it-airs/835565)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 382\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-s3-show-spoilers-as-it-airs/835565 "2022-01-04T17:07:31Z")
The S3 trailer: - YouTube. To quote Jerry Seinfeld, “Dolores!” Our S1 discussion thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=806170 And S2: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=85203… --- ## [The case against Mother Theresa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-mother-theresa/530194)
**Author:** [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-mother-theresa/530194 "2010-03-02T16:53:50Z")
There’s a boring discussion going on about Cheney in the Pit, but one post stood out to me: I won’t post any responses from that thread, because they’re not helpful in GD, but I’ve heard some anecdotes that put her in … --- ## [Nuclear Power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035)
**Author:** [@human\_extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/human_extinction)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/470035 "2009-03-03T23:01:09Z")
Everyone likes to argue the obvious point that alternative energy doesn’t get enough attention in the world today. I’ve seen few decent discussions about the current state of nuclear power. From my understanding nuclear… --- ## [ebay buyer wants to combine shipping, but i dkd not offer it, what is my response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-buyer-wants-to-combine-shipping-but-i-dkd-not-offer-it-what-is-my-response/480028)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-buyer-wants-to-combine-shipping-but-i-dkd-not-offer-it-what-is-my-response/480028 "2009-01-13T14:27:55Z")
That is to say DID not offer… I recently put a bunch of old “Globe Publications” books on ebay. These are the kind of small books you see in supermarket checkouts. “How to Win at Bingo” “1000 Cat Facts” etc. One buyer b… --- ## [What is the Straight Dope on "functional medicine"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-functional-medicine/570809)
**Author:** [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-functional-medicine/570809 "2015-04-08T01:13:02Z")
Here’s a cite describing it. If you look into it, there are lots of folks trying to sell books and such, which raises a red flag. My sister has gone all gung-ho on it, and if it’s bogus, I need to be able to explain to… --- ## [Chief Pedant, come on down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363 "2015-10-14T16:19:51Z")
Look, no one else has done it, so I will. For Rascist Pedantry above and beyond any measure of sanity. For persisting through the years, and through the threads, against any and all rational arguments that tried - why,… --- ## [Why Should Guns Be Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-guns-be-legal/798154)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-guns-be-legal/798154 "2017-12-12T03:29:09Z")
In the wake of the recent Las Vegas shooting, I’m left asking this question… Why should people be allowed to own ANY guns? I don’t have anything against guns, and I don’t think guns are inherently evil or anything like t… --- ## [What does "Ten-fold" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-ten-fold-mean/609898)
**Author:** [@Featherlake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Featherlake)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-ten-fold-mean/609898 "2012-01-19T13:02:03Z")
In new reports you often hear the expression “a ten-fold increase” or five-fold etc. Take this report as an example: BBC News - Stay-at-home fathers 'up 10-fold' I was taught by my maths teacher that ten times and ten… --- ## [Your National Dish Of Shame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 504\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784 "2023-05-13T00:57:17Z")
Today, for the first time in my life, I took a photo of my dinner. It was the Dope’s fault. In an American diner in an industrial estate in the north of France, poutine was on the menu. I did not eat it for me, I ate it … --- ## [Sons of Anarchy 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-anarchy-9-11/634311)
**Author:** [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-anarchy-9-11/634311 "2012-12-07T16:42:20Z")
Anybody else looking forward to this premier? I am so amped for this. I think it will be interesting to see if they go back to the raw badassness of season one now that Jax is prez. Does Clay still hold any sort of offi… --- ## [Oberlin college and free speech debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oberlin-college-and-free-speech-debate/836070)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oberlin-college-and-free-speech-debate/836070 "2022-09-10T05:13:27Z")
I dont know if this has been discussed, but I wanted to discuss the case of Oberlin college vs a local bakery. It seems that in 2016 a black student was confronted for shoplifting and him and 2 friends got into a fight w… --- ## [Is it creepy for brother and sister to cuddle on the couch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-creepy-for-brother-and-sister-to-cuddle-on-the-couch/715394)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-creepy-for-brother-and-sister-to-cuddle-on-the-couch/715394 "2015-03-24T17:47:57Z")
So this is a thing I witnessed as a teen: It’s Christmas time. Our family is getting together with another family for dinner and to exchange gifts. The other family has a daughter and son. At some point, daughter and so… --- ## [Good Alive: The Evil Dead forbidden thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alive-the-evil-dead-forbidden-thread/556306)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alive-the-evil-dead-forbidden-thread/556306 "2010-11-23T01:57:02Z")
Mod Note: As Chronos and Tom Scud started two threads on the same topic, I have merged the threads. See post #16 for details. Gukumatz, Game Room Moderator Since storyteller hasn’t started this thread yet, I figured… --- ## [Missouri football players threaten to strike? An exercise in pure stupidity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-football-players-threaten-to-strike-an-exercise-in-pure-stupidity/737039)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-football-players-threaten-to-strike-an-exercise-in-pure-stupidity/737039 "2015-12-18T14:22:31Z")
I don’t spend much time following the university of Missouri’s football program, they’re rarely relevant nationally. But the sheer stupidity of this proposed strike has piqued my interest. The players claim they won’t ta… --- ## [Tell me about Kayaking and fat chicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kayaking-and-fat-chicks/454320)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kayaking-and-fat-chicks/454320 "2008-06-28T16:51:39Z")
I have a date on Saturday afternoon with a new guy I met. (Thank you to the plentyoffish dopers.) We’re to go kayaking. It’s something I’ve always wanted to try, but with my weight being what it is, I’m a bit concerne… --- ## [Joan Rivers has died \[updated thread title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771 "2014-09-08T05:29:51Z")
I know she has sparked controversy, but she is a classic comedian. The doc. about her “Piece of Work” is really worth it if you give it a shot. --- ## [iPhone 7 removal of headphone jack: hate it or love it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-7-removal-of-headphone-jack-hate-it-or-love-it/765273)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-7-removal-of-headphone-jack-hate-it-or-love-it/765273 "2016-10-27T17:46:59Z")
Seems like this has been the talk of the internet over the last few weeks. So are you going to embrace the removal of the headphone jack or fight against it? Some analyst speculate that the phone will come with a light… --- ## [Should extended family give stepchildren the same gifts as their biological kin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-extended-family-give-stepchildren-the-same-gifts-as-their-biological-kin/663182)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-extended-family-give-stepchildren-the-same-gifts-as-their-biological-kin/663182 "2013-07-19T20:43:35Z")
My initial opinion was vehemently in favor of that proposition, meaning that I was rather irked when my wife’s grandmother continued to send gifts to the two younger children we have had together, but not my kids from a … --- ## [What Did/Does '8 to the Bar' Mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-does-8-to-the-bar-mean/128224)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-does-8-to-the-bar-mean/128224 "2014-07-20T15:49:17Z")
This question is actually my father’s. In at least a couple of the Andrews Sisters’ songs they use the phrase “8 to the bar”, as in “he blows 8 to the bar”. What does “8 to the bar” mean? The Andrews Sisters were popula… --- ## [Racism and "Wuhan virus" - only because Wuhan is a fairly well known large city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-wuhan-virus-only-because-wuhan-is-a-fairly-well-known-large-city/849807)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-wuhan-virus-only-because-wuhan-is-a-fairly-well-known-large-city/849807 "2020-09-19T04:31:20Z")
There has been criticism that the term “Wuhan virus” is racist, or stigmatizing, because it gives social stigma to people from Wuhan, which is a large and prominent city. At the same time, however, terms such as Ebola v… --- ## [What’s the worst thing about being an atheist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-worst-thing-about-being-an-atheist/983166)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 534\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-worst-thing-about-being-an-atheist/983166 "2024-04-05T15:53:53Z")
Atheism may be enlightened thought, but it’s not all guns and roses sunshine and roses. For me, the worst part of atheism is not having anyone to blame for the backassward cycle of life. For example, when I sit down at… --- ## [Does a rattlesnake really smell like watermelon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-rattlesnake-really-smell-like-watermelon/212164)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-rattlesnake-really-smell-like-watermelon/212164 "2012-11-24T17:59:33Z")
An old friend of mine was a hunter and a top-notch trap shooter. I’m a city feller with very little woods sense. When he’d spin his tales of deer, rabbits, squirrels, and coyotes, I really had no reason to doubt what he … --- ## [If money is speech, and speech is money...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-is-speech-and-speech-is-money/745523)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-is-speech-and-speech-is-money/745523 "2016-02-27T17:34:51Z")
Look, I really do understand the arguments about freedom of the press. I do. I also understand that there is a difference between a) the freedom not to be imprisoned for saying the King is a fink, and b) the right to hir… --- ## [Carly Fiorina announces presidential campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carly-fiorina-announces-presidential-campaign/719231)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carly-fiorina-announces-presidential-campaign/719231 "2016-02-11T04:06:24Z")
Here. The former CEO of HP is not shy. “I think I’m the best person for the job because I understand how the economy actually works.” If she were to run the country like she ran HP, we’d be in trouble. --- ## [How do you respond to "you have no sense of humor"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-you-have-no-sense-of-humor/311484)
**Author:** [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-you-have-no-sense-of-humor/311484 "2005-07-09T02:59:15Z")
I’m sure everyone knows the situation where someone offends you, and you tell them so, and they say “you have no sense of humor” or “I am only joking” but then they keep saying the unfunny insults over and over. I used … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=170&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=172&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)