# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1738&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:** 1739 --- ## [explain a futurama joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-futurama-joke/234590)
**Author:** [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-futurama-joke/234590 "2012-03-07T00:46:54Z")
okay, the episode of futurama where they age in reverse. at the end when they get back to the right age leela is like “I think I may be a few years younger even!” and then amy says “yeah, me too!” and winks. and that see… --- ## [WD40](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wd40/540234)
**Author:** [@Marmite\_Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marmite_Lover)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wd40/540234 "2010-05-23T16:17:01Z")
\[removed list and text identical in its entirety to that linked to in the post #2\] --- ## [Fixing a garage door: Removing a roll pin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-garage-door-removing-a-roll-pin/215794)
**Author:** [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-garage-door-removing-a-roll-pin/215794 "2003-11-30T01:08:47Z")
I’ve got a Lift Master garage door opener with a stripped nylon driven gear. This gear is held onto the shaft by two roo pins, one above and one below. I need to remove the lower one to get the gear off and install a n… --- ## [Uninsured, injured, treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninsured-injured-treatment/596160)
**Author:** [@gumpy3885](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gumpy3885)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninsured-injured-treatment/596160 "2011-09-16T14:04:17Z")
At last night’s debate, Ron Paul said (paraphrased) that if you are healthy and choose not to purchase health insurance, you should not expect the government to step in with free treatment, even if it’s to save your life… --- ## [Fox News producer admits to high-level bias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-producer-admits-to-high-level-bias/210709)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-producer-admits-to-high-level-bias/210709 "2003-11-09T05:19:07Z")
Charlie Reina, a television producer who worked for Fox News Channel for six years, admits that the network gets not-very-subtle hints about which way to slant the news from the head office: So far, it seems like Sal… --- ## [English horn vs. oboe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-horn-vs-oboe/251111)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-horn-vs-oboe/251111 "2004-06-20T23:09:33Z")
Do these instruments have similar origins and purposes? They look almost identical, but somewhere I read that the English horn is larger and is, IIRC, “a pitch lower than the oboe.” That makes me think the English horn i… --- ## [Should there be a stigma on masturbation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-stigma-on-masturbation/421789)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-stigma-on-masturbation/421789 "2007-10-26T18:36:16Z")
The insults “jerk off” and “wanker” seems to suggest there is a social stigma against masturbators. But isn’t masturbation a \*good \*thing? Doesn’t spread STDs, no pregnancy risks, and dammit, it’s something I’m actuall… --- ## [Stereotypical Gender Occupations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041 "2014-08-24T09:37:16Z")
Not wanting to hijack a similar thread, I have noticed that certain occupations are predominately male or female, but none, or very few, are 100% one gender or another… there is always the exception to the rule. However… --- ## [The Movie IT is only half the story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-it-is-only-half-the-story/795569)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-it-is-only-half-the-story/795569 "2018-08-07T15:59:10Z")
I was only just today made aware the movie IT that comes out this week is only half the book. Presumably the Kid’s half. Rather than alternate the story they are showing the flashbacks as a complete movie and then the “p… --- ## [Best performance as a doppleganger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-performance-as-a-doppleganger/654394)
**Author:** [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-performance-as-a-doppleganger/654394 "2013-04-04T23:37:01Z")
We’ve all seen them, where an actor plays his or her twin (usually completely unknown to his character). It goes back at least to Shakespeare and Comedy of Errors. And usually one or two come every year. A couple of TV s… --- ## [Why are '57 Chevys so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-57-chevys-so-popular/518717)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-57-chevys-so-popular/518717 "2009-11-27T23:40:38Z")
I’ve always wondered. --- ## [Do rural people understand urban people/issues better or vice versa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-rural-people-understand-urban-people-issues-better-or-vice-versa/824244)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-rural-people-understand-urban-people-issues-better-or-vice-versa/824244 "2018-11-20T20:02:16Z")
With all the talk about the red/blue divide in America being a rural vs. urban divide, and also how the Electoral College and Senate give an unfair advantage to rural red states, I wanted to ask whether Dopers feel that … --- ## [Is it wrong to insult Ginger people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-insult-ginger-people/406969)
**Author:** [@Cryptoderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoderk)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-insult-ginger-people/406969 "2007-06-09T00:26:47Z")
Inspired by http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6725653.stm Speaking as a Ginger person, I have no problem with it at all, and anyone who is genuinely “offended” really ought to grow up. But I do agree with those in the… --- ## [Mind Uploading and the Self](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-uploading-and-the-self/479654)
**Author:** [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-uploading-and-the-self/479654 "2009-01-19T15:00:21Z")
One idea that has been tossed around as a means of gaining immortality is the idea of uploading one’s consciousness into a machine, in such a way that the uploaded personality would be totally indistinguishable from the … --- ## [How much can I make as a ghost hunter/exorcist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-i-make-as-a-ghost-hunter-exorcist/564993)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-i-make-as-a-ghost-hunter-exorcist/564993 "2010-12-23T08:19:29Z")
Facing an impending layoff in January, I was thinking that since there’s a plethora of fools out there, I might as well be the one to separate them from their money. So I’ve gone to my 6’7", boney, black coworker and wo… --- ## [Fled the dentist in a panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fled-the-dentist-in-a-panic/571611)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fled-the-dentist-in-a-panic/571611 "2011-03-09T12:39:21Z")
I had a crown fall out a couple of weeks ago. I posted here and people gave me good advice. I went to the dentist- one I’ve been to a couple of times- and he stuck it back in, and I made an appointment to get a new crown… --- ## [Does Chile Border the Atlantic Ocean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chile-border-the-atlantic-ocean/420497)
**Author:** [@getyourcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getyourcoat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-chile-border-the-atlantic-ocean/420497 "2007-09-26T15:03:24Z")
I read that Columbia is the only country in South American with a coast on both oceans the Atlantic and the Pacific, but it seems to me that Chile also has a tiny border on the Atlantic. Is this so? --- ## [How often do you use profane or vulgar speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-use-profane-or-vulgar-speech/559951)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-use-profane-or-vulgar-speech/559951 "2010-11-13T16:46:14Z")
Poll coming in a minute, but don’t let that stop you. --- ## [Not the smartest thing I did, but I succeeded. Kids, don’t try this at home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-smartest-thing-i-did-but-i-succeeded-kids-don-t-try-this-at-home/979341)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-smartest-thing-i-did-but-i-succeeded-kids-don-t-try-this-at-home/979341 "2023-02-17T05:16:42Z")
I just used these words on an FB post to describe something I did in my 20s. I’m 61 now. And yet here on the dope I used similar words to describe something else I did just last week, when I decided to drive myself to th… --- ## [Meat eaters: Could you be a vegetarian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-could-you-be-a-vegetarian/737768)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-could-you-be-a-vegetarian/737768 "2015-11-19T18:31:49Z")
Thank God for meat, because I sure couldn’t. I was thinking about it earlier today, but have had the same thought before: Meat is just so delicious. I could never stop eating it,…If I ever tried to become a vegetarian, … --- ## [Why is douchebag an insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-douchebag-an-insult/460054)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-douchebag-an-insult/460054 "2008-08-18T20:46:41Z")
I’ve heard it more than a few times. What about it makes it insulting? How did it get its start as a derogatory term? --- ## [Shopping "carts" in the Queen's English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-carts-in-the-queens-english/688067)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-carts-in-the-queens-english/688067 "2014-05-15T04:50:46Z")
In the US, we usually use the terms “shopping carts” (at least here in the Midwest) to refer to the things that you put your groceries in while shopping. What is the traditional term in Great Britain? Carriage? Buggy? … --- ## [are you extremely thrifty? in what way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-extremely-thrifty-in-what-way/633317)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-extremely-thrifty-in-what-way/633317 "2012-09-12T19:41:19Z")
this blog isn’t current, but it’s been an interesting read. somewhere he says he wishes he had named it something else - more about\*\* life \*\*than retirement. and boy, does he do thrift. Early Retirement Extreme a combi… --- ## [Let's create a new superhero universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-new-superhero-universe/525468)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-new-superhero-universe/525468 "2017-06-10T13:17:14Z")
Let’s say we’re starting a brand new line of superhero comic books - Dope Comics - and we’re the stable of editors responsible for creating all the new characters, teams, organizations, etc. to populate said universe. A… --- ## [Do you have a "7" on your palm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-7-on-your-palm/302845)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-7-on-your-palm/302845 "2015-09-30T18:54:23Z")
One of my husbands’s coworkers seems to think that all humans have “the mark of God” on their palms. God must’ve known there wasn’t any use in putting his mark on me. Infact, I only have 3 marks on each palm, and they do… --- ## [When did becoming an Indentured Servant become unlawful (or did it ever?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-becoming-an-indentured-servant-become-unlawful-or-did-it-ever/714151)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-becoming-an-indentured-servant-become-unlawful-or-did-it-ever/714151 "2015-03-07T21:21:36Z")
In days of old when bandits bold roamed the seven seas, it was possible for white people to emigrate to the Thirteen Colonies (and, after independence, to the USA) by signing a contract of Indentured Servitude. This was … --- ## [How do you handle breathing if you’re too fucking STUPID to operate a colander?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-handle-breathing-if-you-re-too-fucking-stupid-to-operate-a-colander/149237)
**Author:** [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-handle-breathing-if-you-re-too-fucking-stupid-to-operate-a-colander/149237 "2003-01-21T18:36:14Z")
According to today’s Wall Street Journal, marketers claim to have sold at least 2,000,000 of those perforated pasta pots. (oooo, alliteration…) That’s 2,000,000 people who either are, or are perceived by “friends” or “fa… --- ## [Woodstock- Did Anyone Here Actually Attend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-did-anyone-here-actually-attend/471899)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-did-anyone-here-actually-attend/471899 "2008-11-13T03:00:04Z")
The title says it all- is there one of us who did? I sure wasn’t there. --- ## [RV - voice of experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rv-voice-of-experience/712177)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rv-voice-of-experience/712177 "2015-12-26T04:31:35Z")
My wife thinks that an RV would be awesome. We went to an RV show today. We are total noobs. I’m sure there are some dopers with RV’s and I would welcome the voice of experience. I don’t even know half the questions to … --- ## [Are the Lindsay Lohan Nekkid Beaver Pics Photoshopped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lindsay-lohan-nekkid-beaver-pics-photoshopped/372055)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lindsay-lohan-nekkid-beaver-pics-photoshopped/372055 "2006-09-22T19:27:27Z")
No links, folks (but if you email me I can send you the pics ;)) Not that anyone’s going to believe me, but I wasn’t looking for 'em when I found 'em. They’re candid photos of her getting out of a small wooden boat (I’… --- ## [It's Moanday So Here Is The New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/810817)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/810817 "2018-03-26T00:06:56Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 63Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 78 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse for the day. The low today will be our high on Wednesday. Go Figure. Today’s plans are … --- ## [2013 as imagined in 1988](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-as-imagined-in-1988/659119)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-as-imagined-in-1988/659119 "2013-05-31T21:14:01Z")
On April 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times Magazine published a 25-year look ahead to 2013. Some of it is very accurate, some of it…not so much. We were really obsessed with robots back then, weren’t we?! --- ## [The New Hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-hate/666250)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-hate/666250 "2013-08-16T13:36:35Z")
I just finished The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right, by Arthur Goldwag (Jew). A fascinating study that covers the whole history of paranoid irrationality in American politics and culture, … --- ## [So, I'm the Godfather. Present?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-the-godfather-present/564931)
**Author:** [@GiantRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GiantRat)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-the-godfather-present/564931 "2010-12-23T22:12:22Z")
A friend of mine (and his wife) recently made me the godfather to their son (who also bears my name). I’m clueless about presents. My first thought is savings bonds (an infant doesn’t even realize it’s getting a gift, an… --- ## [What's up with the "funky" tasting iced tea in restaurants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-funky-tasting-iced-tea-in-restaurants/719546)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-funky-tasting-iced-tea-in-restaurants/719546 "2015-05-09T01:48:38Z")
Hopefully you all know what I’m talking about. It’s iced tea that tastes fine when you first put it to your lips but soon after you get a funky after taste. The biggest offenders of this tend to be fast food restaurants.… --- ## [Does Netflix suck, or just the version in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-netflix-suck-or-just-the-version-in-canada/555415)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-netflix-suck-or-just-the-version-in-canada/555415 "2010-10-01T05:39:35Z")
I saw all the advertisements for it, and decided that it would be something nice to give my grandparents. I’ve trained gramps to use the computer, and with netflix, they could ostensibly watch any movie they want, any ti… --- ## [Best '80s Cartoon Intro Themes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-80s-cartoon-intro-themes/573443)
**Author:** [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-80s-cartoon-intro-themes/573443 "2011-03-07T08:52:30Z")
Over in the '80s grid-line tech = high tech thread, somebody posted the opening theme to MASK. Unfortunately, I spent the next hour watching old '80s theme songs for cartoons. The best one is a cheat. The Real Ghostbust… --- ## [Parents: What do you say when you can't brag about your children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-what-do-you-say-when-you-cant-brag-about-your-children/690274)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-what-do-you-say-when-you-cant-brag-about-your-children/690274 "2014-06-11T09:11:22Z")
Bragging about one’s children seems to be a bit of a past time in my office. No one is really obnoxious with it, but there are those individuals who can’t seem to let a conversation go by without mentioning the prestigi… --- ## [The Bible's Book of Genesis by R. Crumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bibles-book-of-genesis-by-r-crumb/516352)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bibles-book-of-genesis-by-r-crumb/516352 "2009-11-10T22:44:16Z")
This may have already been noted but I ran across it and thought it was pretty neat. R. Crumb Zaps the Bible Tangentially the NYT page has a interesting narrated slide showby his wife on her work as well. --- ## [Gardasil side affects and future programs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardasil-side-affects-and-future-programs/484770)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardasil-side-affects-and-future-programs/484770 "2009-02-17T05:56:24Z")
This is a revisit of an earlier debate on Guardasil. On CBS tonighttheir latest health issue is the high rate of problems with Guardasil (per the National Vaccine Information Center). The earlier debate was about the … --- ## [Walloon, you pompous-assed prescriptivist grammar Nazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-you-pompous-assed-prescriptivist-grammar-nazi/171135)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-you-pompous-assed-prescriptivist-grammar-nazi/171135 "2003-04-30T20:03:59Z")
Look, man (or whatever you are), I’ve about had it up to here with your topically irrelevant, debatably incorrect, smarmily prescriptivist grammar-correction posts. Seems to me that each and every time someone dares to … --- ## [I pit hypocrites who praise Pistorius now that he's lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrites-who-praise-pistorius-now-that-hes-lost/630786)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrites-who-praise-pistorius-now-that-hes-lost/630786 "2012-08-10T14:59:54Z")
Almost unanimously, people are–rightly–praising Oscar Pistorius for his historic competition at the Olympics. But remember that it was only a few days ago that there was all kinds of speculation about whether the “Bioni… --- ## [Proper Names We Hate To Hear Mispronounced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-names-we-hate-to-hear-mispronounced/180348)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-names-we-hate-to-hear-mispronounced/180348 "2003-06-21T16:35:25Z")
There’s already a thread about U.S. cities that are mispronounced versions of other global locations, but I thought there was room for more. I’m only asking for enough space to name one of my biggest pet peeves with mov… --- ## [So in the Great Debates forum, where are the winners posted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-in-the-great-debates-forum-where-are-the-winners-posted/554770 "2010-09-28T19:12:46Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Is the U.S. on the cusp of a Sixth, or Seventh, political party system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-u-s-on-the-cusp-of-a-sixth-or-seventh-political-party-system/512571)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-u-s-on-the-cusp-of-a-sixth-or-seventh-political-party-system/512571 "2009-10-09T22:00:23Z")
Since about 1967, American historians, by general consensus, have divided the political party system in the U.S. into periods, punctuated by realigning (presidential) elections: First Party System: 1792-1824. Federali… --- ## [What is your state's most iconic sight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095 "2019-03-17T13:47:34Z")
Many places around the world have an iconic “must-see” sight that a trip to that place would not be complete without a visit to that sight. For example, a trip to Paris wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Eiffel… --- ## [Who would you go gay for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-go-gay-for/153980)
**Author:** [@FabioClone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FabioClone)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-go-gay-for/153980 "2003-03-14T18:28:06Z")
While watching a movie with a male friend recently, he suddenly blurted out “I’d go gay for Sean Connery.” He later took this back and insisted that he would just want to cuddle, but the damage had been done. However, … --- ## [A question of \[extraterrestrial\] life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-extraterrestrial-life/668267)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-extraterrestrial-life/668267 "2013-09-11T16:29:10Z")
Hello good dopers, A question, What are the current scientific theorems/theories about off-world intelligence? To badly quote Monty Python, ‘Assuming there’s any here on Earth’. Please no discussion of Og. Peter --- ## [Brain Eating Amoebas and Neti Pots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-eating-amoebas-and-neti-pots/593322)
**Author:** [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-eating-amoebas-and-neti-pots/593322 "2011-08-22T13:07:07Z")
So as a regular neti pot user, I was alarmed to read this article: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/17/amoeba.kids.deaths/index.html?iref=allsearch Now, the vague information given on the amoeba states that it exists … --- ## [Simpsons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons/34390)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons/34390 "2000-10-24T12:57:00Z")
Well, as we are all very intelligent people here (seeing as we’re fighting ignorance and all.) I must ask a very imporant question. What is the BEST Simpsons episode of all time? I figured that the most intelligent peo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1737&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1739&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)