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**Author:** [@ufel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ufel)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-our-troops-insist-on-having-silencers/721395 "2015-06-03T18:04:33Z")
A sound suppressor on your fighting rifle cuts down on hearling-loss, on "callling’ to more enemies, it helps you not flinch/miss, it eliminates flash at night Your muzzleflash helps the enemy hit you with their rifles,… --- ## [Movie's title awkwardly in movie's dialogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-title-awkwardly-in-movies-dialogue/665258)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-title-awkwardly-in-movies-dialogue/665258 "2013-08-05T20:12:23Z")
Last night I was watching “The Cat Creeps” (1946). Near the beginning, a character, reading a letter aloud, says, “…my cat. My cat that creeps.” This seemed like a very awkward way of inserting the words of the title int… --- ## [Bar pool rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-pool-rules/125719)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2002, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-pool-rules/125719 "2002-08-29T11:49:07Z")
Every once in a while I take a look at the official rules for eight ball, and just get amazed at how different they are from the game we all play in bars. This is kind of a quick poll about what rules you expect to play … --- ## [Star Trek ENT spoilers: Terra Prime & These are the Voyages...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-ent-spoilers-terra-prime-these-are-the-voyages/303766)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-ent-spoilers-terra-prime-these-are-the-voyages/303766 "2005-06-28T01:11:48Z")
I’ll be back later. Just thought I’d start this thread since there wasn’t one yet. Tonight is it. “Terra Prime” is first, followed by “These are the Voyages…” End of the franchise, at least for several years. Have… --- ## [Concurrent Doper Diplomacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concurrent-doper-diplomacy/275876)
**Author:** [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concurrent-doper-diplomacy/275876 "2005-04-13T11:49:37Z")
There’s a Diplomacy game that just started a short while ago, but there are some people left, myself included, who didn’t get in on it. Weirddave has offered to GM if there are enough people interested. The game will ta… --- ## ["Scientific" vetting of miracles is incompatible with Christian faith](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-vetting-of-miracles-is-incompatible-with-christian-faith/646511)
**Author:** [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-vetting-of-miracles-is-incompatible-with-christian-faith/646511 "2013-01-10T01:00:31Z")
Inspired by this thread. There is a persistent tendency in some Christian to attempt to use science to bolster claims of the literal truth of the bible. Creation science and Baraminology are examples of this. Another a… --- ## [How do I tell my narcissistic mother I don't want her to move to where I live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tell-my-narcissistic-mother-i-dont-want-her-to-move-to-where-i-live/921422)
**Author:** [@crazytooth615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazytooth615)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tell-my-narcissistic-mother-i-dont-want-her-to-move-to-where-i-live/921422 "2020-10-26T06:29:30Z")
I grew up in the U.S.A. but now I live in Canada. One of the reasons that I moved here is that I wanted to create space between myself and my abusive family. This includes my nMom. My nMom and I have a decent relationsh… --- ## [Political Compass #17: The rich are too highly taxed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-17-the-rich-are-too-highly-taxed/242825)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-17-the-rich-are-too-highly-taxed/242825 "2004-05-01T07:32:26Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Are Those "Painted On" Swimsuits legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-those-painted-on-swimsuits-legal/530705)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-those-painted-on-swimsuits-legal/530705 "2010-03-02T00:29:11Z")
I was wondering-those women (models) who sport those painted on swimsuits-would they get in trouble for wearing these at a public beach? They look amazingly realistic, I assume only a close inspection would reveal that … --- ## [Worry Ward or Worry Wart??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233 "2011-10-01T20:59:46Z")
I’ve moved around the country a bit, but everywhere I’ve heard “worry ward” and “worry wart” about the same. Worry ward was explained to me that if you worry so much you’re like an entire ward filled with worried people… --- ## [Sales tax and garage sales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sales-tax-and-garage-sales/551096)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sales-tax-and-garage-sales/551096 "2010-08-25T02:40:59Z")
Obviously most garage and yard sales do not charge sales tax. Neither do other minor sales events like bake sales or library book sales or lemonade stands. And I’ve seen this extended to the point that some established f… --- ## [When Units Collide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-units-collide/357038)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-units-collide/357038 "2006-05-22T20:25:46Z")
\ The (increasingly eccentric) Column 8 in the Sydney Morning Herald today has a fascinating stor… --- ## [European immigration debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-immigration-debate/729171)
**Author:** [@ryu238](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryu238)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-immigration-debate/729171 "2015-08-29T22:09:17Z")
http://www.donotlink.com/ghj3 Someone made this picture to attack immigrants heading into Europe…is there any truth to it? --- ## [On defending one's patent by a hammer to the kneecaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-defending-ones-patent-by-a-hammer-to-the-kneecaps/637953)
**Author:** [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-defending-ones-patent-by-a-hammer-to-the-kneecaps/637953 "2012-10-21T15:19:25Z")
So say a company, Graple, invents a device that can calculates pi to infinty, cleans dishes without streaks, whitens teeth and freshens breath, plus does all sorts of other wonderous things. At the heart of their patent … --- ## [Will science and technology save us from the upcoming resource crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-science-and-technology-save-us-from-the-upcoming-resource-crunch/508947)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-science-and-technology-save-us-from-the-upcoming-resource-crunch/508947 "2009-09-08T19:53:07Z")
The world is fast running out of resources. Oil, fish, agricultural products, various metals, fresh water, etc. Soooo, do you think technology will allow us to switch to alternatives or extract more from the earth, or w… --- ## [Who are your 3 favorite sidekicks of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-3-favorite-sidekicks-of-all-time/758351)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-3-favorite-sidekicks-of-all-time/758351 "2016-07-12T16:43:26Z")
Who are your 3 all time favorite side kicks? This can be fictional characters (example: Robin - Batman) or real people (example: Ed McMahon - Johnny Carson) My favorite 3 are - Bullwinkle - Rocky George Costanza - Jer… --- ## [Westeros -- How do the seasons work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westeros-how-do-the-seasons-work/590970)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westeros-how-do-the-seasons-work/590970 "2012-05-14T17:50:50Z")
In A Game Of Thrones Summer has lated for decades. Winter is coming, and it may last as long. Or maybe not. It seems that the seasons last an inordinately long amount of time, and they are not cyclical – the lengths v… --- ## [No buttermilk in England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988 "2009-01-14T13:54:48Z")
My sister can’t find it in Liverpool, do you lot not sell it over there? --- ## [This fucking idea is almost as fucking lame as my fucking rant!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-idea-is-almost-as-fucking-lame-as-my-fucking-rant/530489)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-idea-is-almost-as-fucking-lame-as-my-fucking-rant/530489 "2010-03-07T04:35:15Z")
All the problems Kalifornia has and they waste time cumming up with THIS piece of shit. it’s more about minding the delicate sensibilities of those around you. Like your grandmother. \*\*\* Yeah? She routinely told peopl… --- ## [Are you or have you ever been a smoker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-or-have-you-ever-been-a-smoker/642342)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-or-have-you-ever-been-a-smoker/642342 "2012-11-30T10:08:50Z")
Options are extensive but not exhaustive; I included as many options as I could come up with, but obviously everyone’s situation is unique. All options refer specifically to tobacco. Read all options before you vote. … --- ## [French fries and mayonnaise: yum!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-fries-and-mayonnaise-yum/509418 "2009-09-14T20:11:17Z")
Really not much more to say. Perhaps you regard mayo on fries as some sort of aberrant behavior? I’ll pray for you. Also, poutine: a little off-topic, but yum, too. --- ## [Please explain the physics of a spacecraft launching from the Moon or from Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-physics-of-a-spacecraft-launching-from-the-moon-or-from-mars/919189)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-physics-of-a-spacecraft-launching-from-the-moon-or-from-mars/919189 "2021-01-08T00:47:48Z")
That’s a thing that has always been bugging me: we need a giant rocket with an ass-load of fuel to get something into the Earth orbit, but when the Eagle launched from the Moon, it merely went poof, and the little fuel t… --- ## [Mork And Mindy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mork-and-mindy/735283)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mork-and-mindy/735283 "2015-10-22T21:58:44Z")
Well written show. Had a great cast Including Robin Williams and Pam Dawber. This show was really funny especially the floating egg. --- ## [The latest in Paris fashion. High fashion men's outfits with penis windows - Not SFW!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-paris-fashion-high-fashion-mens-outfits-with-penis-windows-not-sfw/710662)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-paris-fashion-high-fashion-mens-outfits-with-penis-windows-not-sfw/710662 "2015-01-27T03:48:09Z")
Make your statement, let your scrotal flag fly free! Link below not safe for work - --- ## [Knee replacement recovery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-replacement-recovery/602259)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-replacement-recovery/602259 "2011-11-11T16:28:39Z")
For those of you who’ve had knee replacement surgery, how long was your recovery? How long till you could walk normally? When did the pain stop? How soon could you drive? Are there still things you can’t do? Any other is… --- ## [My experience at a McCain rally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-experience-at-a-mccain-rally/470704)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-experience-at-a-mccain-rally/470704 "2008-11-03T17:21:07Z")
My family and I trooped up to Perkasie, Pa. to hear John McCain speak. I wanted my children to experience this part of the political process, and I wanted to hear John McCain speak. It was inspiring. We drove up to Pa. … --- ## [Sexy Kirsten Vangsness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexy-kirsten-vangsness/680134)
**Author:** [@the\_sandman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_sandman)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexy-kirsten-vangsness/680134 "2014-02-01T15:54:33Z")
She’s Penelope Garcia in “Criminal Minds.” She’s busty, voluptuous, colourful, zany, and off-the-wall. She’s also hyper-efficient as a tech researcher. I was stunned to learn recently that the actress \[not the character… --- ## [Does "you have to work to make a living" = "some people just deserve to die"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-you-have-to-work-to-make-a-living-some-people-just-deserve-to-die/704919)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-you-have-to-work-to-make-a-living-some-people-just-deserve-to-die/704919 "2014-11-19T16:39:08Z")
This is a sentiment I found online that is, of course, popular (especially since it’s used to argue for free basic necessities like food, water, shelter, and more), but I thought it would be worthy of good debate. Of po… --- ## [Do you close the bathroom door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-close-the-bathroom-door/568834)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-close-the-bathroom-door/568834 "2011-02-01T07:45:15Z")
I was just wondering what other people’s habits were with regard to closing the bathroom door. I don’t like to close it, because I like to let the cats come in and out the rest of the time. If I need to go #2 I use the b… --- ## [For Easter - A new Chick tract (Haw Haw Haw!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-easter-a-new-chick-tract-haw-haw-haw/169753)
**Author:** [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-easter-a-new-chick-tract-haw-haw-haw/169753 "2003-06-11T05:07:58Z")
Look at this. Man in Black. It’s another Catholic-bashing tract from the pious doodler. It compares the Virgin Mary with various pagan goddesses, calls various items associated with Mass forms of “idolatry”, ‘exposes’ t… --- ## [Do you already know who you're going to vote for for POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-already-know-who-youre-going-to-vote-for-for-potus/767272)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-already-know-who-youre-going-to-vote-for-for-potus/767272 "2016-10-04T15:57:26Z")
I’m curious how many peoples’ minds are already set in stone… --- ## [How Does Peer Review Work for Books in the Academic Discipline of History?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-peer-review-work-for-books-in-the-academic-discipline-of-history/694719)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-peer-review-work-for-books-in-the-academic-discipline-of-history/694719 "2014-08-05T01:20:08Z")
I know how peer review works for journal articles in Philosophy–author sends in a paper, editor sends it out to a relevant professional philosopher, that reviewer says whether to publish or not (or revise etc) and that’s… --- ## [Bar's entire staff quits after they find out the owner donated to David Duke's campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars-entire-staff-quits-after-they-find-out-the-owner-donated-to-david-dukes-campaign/795379)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bars-entire-staff-quits-after-they-find-out-the-owner-donated-to-david-dukes-campaign/795379 "2017-09-05T22:54:52Z")
These are some people with principles. The story doesn’t say what he was like to work for, in large part because he was an absentee owner. I hope they have an easy time finding other jobs, that’s for sure. --- ## ["Black guys are SO unattractive!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-guys-are-so-unattractive/101944)
**Author:** [@Vorae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vorae)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-guys-are-so-unattractive/101944 "2002-04-09T06:46:58Z")
I came across this quote in the Pit, and I have no doubt that the girl who said it was in fact a sheltered, narrow-minded bitch. Nevertheless… Ignoring the ignoramus who uttered it, is this statement in and of itself ra… --- ## [What Are You Doing Next Tuesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-next-tuesday/667017)
**Author:** [@LMarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LMarie)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-next-tuesday/667017 "2013-08-28T01:20:37Z")
Am I the only one who feels put on the spot by questions like this? The person asking doesn’t give any sort of clue about what they’re leading up to, but you just know that if you say you don’t have any plans, they’re go… --- ## [Let's say some good things about Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-some-good-things-about-texas/509603)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-some-good-things-about-texas/509603 "2009-09-15T21:33:09Z")
It seems that whenever I read anything about Texas it’s kind of heart-stoppingly horrible. Like the fact that crazy rightwingers in Texas get to choose what goes into textbooks for the entire country. Or that no one se… --- ## [How much do you really "harm" web sites with adblocker software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-really-harm-web-sites-with-adblocker-software/717496)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-really-harm-web-sites-with-adblocker-software/717496 "2015-04-18T03:30:32Z")
I just got a “friendly reminder” at one of my usual haunts to disable my adblocker software to “help” the website in question… It seems like the debate here often devolves into a chicken-and-egg kind of debate. If I am… --- ## [Is it time to shorten the work week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-shorten-the-work-week/629859)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-shorten-the-work-week/629859 "2012-08-02T16:36:36Z")
Seems like since the beginning of written history man has always worked roughly 8 hours per day. It takes a small fraction of the time to produce something now compared to what it did even 100 years ago. Instead of just… --- ## [We have a new moderator in Great Debates: Jonathan Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-great-debates-jonathan-chance/668253)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-great-debates-jonathan-chance/668253 "2013-09-12T17:16:45Z")
Please welcome Jonathan Chance as our newest moderator. He will be tending the Great Debates part of the Straight Dope farm for us. Thank you, Jonathan, for all you’re about to do, and welcome! --- ## [did sub-Saharan Africans have bows and arrows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sub-saharan-africans-have-bows-and-arrows/752529)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sub-saharan-africans-have-bows-and-arrows/752529 "2019-05-01T02:06:07Z")
I can’t think why they would not have, it’s a such a simple and useful and widespread invention. But, in all the movies I’ve seen where Africans are hunting game or fighting Europeans or fighting each other, they use sp… --- ## [Is the Human race, too resilient to die out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-human-race-too-resilient-to-die-out/541493)
**Author:** [@Swarog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swarog)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-human-race-too-resilient-to-die-out/541493 "2010-06-06T15:39:59Z")
We’ve heard of the great extinctions, we are still seeing many species die out on a daily basis on the planet today. Now we hear of global warming, war, and epidemics. Maybe it’s possible to say that today’s reality is… --- ## [How easy is it to replace an alternator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-replace-an-alternator/397688)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-replace-an-alternator/397688 "2007-03-28T12:24:29Z")
I have a 1997 Toyota RAV4 with a dying alternator. The battery, which is new, won’t hold a charge and needs to be jumped just to get the car to start. It’s probably the alternator. I have no problems buying an alterna… --- ## [computer: build or buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-build-or-buy/534926)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-build-or-buy/534926 "2010-04-05T23:34:20Z")
OK, so the other day I saw the link to Tech report suggestions for various systems. I liked the Utility Player. Buying from New Egg it comes to $841. But then I went to Costco and saw an HP with the same processor. S… --- ## [Snake ID: White with black spots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-id-white-with-black-spots/584423)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-id-white-with-black-spots/584423 "2011-06-07T15:27:41Z")
I live in southeastern VA, and went to take the trash out and found this guy just chilling, draped across our side entryway. I abandoned the trash and went to get my camera! I could tell that he looked nothing like any k… --- ## [People who played the same role in unrelated movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-played-the-same-role-in-unrelated-movies/576375)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-played-the-same-role-in-unrelated-movies/576375 "2011-04-02T22:54:13Z")
Peter O’Toole as Henry II in The Lion in Winter and Becket Charles Gray as Mycroft Holmes in The Seven Per Cent Solution and the Grenada/WGBH Sherlock Holmes Frank Finlay as Inspector Lestrade in A Study in Terror and M… --- ## [California-Legal AR 15 Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-legal-ar-15-question/631224)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-legal-ar-15-question/631224 "2012-08-13T16:41:11Z")
I’ve seen two types of CA-Legal AR 15s. One has the magazine affixed to the receiver. Rounds are loaded from the top. The other has a detachable magazine which can be removed via a “bullet button.” I just read the le… --- ## [Jaw problems. Dentist or Doctor? Who do you trust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-problems-dentist-or-doctor-who-do-you-trust/51273)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-problems-dentist-or-doctor-who-do-you-trust/51273 "2001-01-24T04:51:15Z")
I have suffered from a chronic condition for most of my adult life. It was finally diagnosed as being sinus related, causing excrutiating headaches. (Been to all kinds of doctors, had all kinds of tests, been given all… --- ## [One more time: Marney's Thanksgiving Letter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-time-marneys-thanksgiving-letter/641106)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-time-marneys-thanksgiving-letter/641106 "2012-11-21T21:40:38Z")
In case you haven’t seen it, or if you want to see it again, here is the notorious “Marney’s” Thanksgiving Letter/Specific Orders to the Family Regarding What to Bring and How to Cook and Serve It: (All names have bee… --- ## [MissBungle - what an unpleasant creature!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missbungle-what-an-unpleasant-creature/159739)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missbungle-what-an-unpleasant-creature/159739 "2003-03-11T10:20:59Z")
I’ve first become aware MissBungle in this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=166323&pagenumber=2 I thought she was a little - um - unnecessarily unkind in expressing her preferences. T… --- ## [Do you think Chris Hardwick is funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-chris-hardwick-is-funny/755098)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-chris-hardwick-is-funny/755098 "2018-06-28T18:24:43Z")
Copycatting the Daniel Tosh thread and self explanatory. I think he can be funny and a great host, but between @Midnight (which would be funny if it were weekly instead of nightly) and all the Talking \_\_\_ shows and talk… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1727&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1729&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)