# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1788&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:** 1789 --- ## [What can be done with a BS in Psychology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-with-a-bs-in-psychology/563654)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-with-a-bs-in-psychology/563654 "2010-12-13T20:58:59Z")
I am currently a student, part time, persuing a degree in History. However, unless I go for a PhD, I understand that there is not much I can do with a history degree. Recently I had begun thinking of getting a BS in Ps… --- ## [How Do I Get Taller?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-taller/108694)
**Author:** [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-taller/108694 "2011-01-17T05:46:43Z")
Okay, so I’m going to be twenty in six months. What I want to know is how it is possible for me to grow any more taller than I am right now. Growth hormones are secreted up until the age of thirty (right?). So how can… --- ## [What are those little orange thingies on top of street lights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-little-orange-thingies-on-top-of-street-lights/283893)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-little-orange-thingies-on-top-of-street-lights/283893 "2012-10-14T14:50:55Z")
A friend of mine recently brought this question to my attention. I had no idea of the answer, but I figured that if anyone would be able to provide an answer, you guys would… On the tops of many street lights in New Yo… --- ## [The Phelps make it official: God Hates The World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phelps-make-it-official-god-hates-the-world/453913 "2008-06-29T20:35:01Z")
The new website When they put up the obligatory “George Carlin in Hell” page I’m going to be laughing my ass off. Well, no shit Sherlock. --- ## [The 7th Inning Stretch is dumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-7th-inning-stretch-is-dumb/758282)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-7th-inning-stretch-is-dumb/758282 "2016-07-07T21:54:29Z")
Shouldn’t baseball be logically divided into thirds? How about two small breaks after the third and sixth, instead of one incongruent one 7/9 through the game? And let’s get a fucking pitchclock already. Automatic ball… --- ## [Spider-Man out of the MCU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-out-of-the-mcu/838970)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-out-of-the-mcu/838970 "2019-09-28T16:57:46Z")
Story here: BWHAHAHAHA!!! Sorry but you can’t help but laugh. They just set him up as new center of the MCU… --- ## [The Burj Dubai: Earthquake Generator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burj-dubai-earthquake-generator/450518)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burj-dubai-earthquake-generator/450518 "2009-04-22T13:51:20Z")
The Burj Dubai is a skyscraper being built in the UAE. Upon completion next year, it will be the tallest manmade structure in the world. (May already be, depending on how far along construction is.) The Taipei 101 in Ta… --- ## [How to deal with an extremely aggressive cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-extremely-aggressive-cat/400869)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-extremely-aggressive-cat/400869 "2007-04-25T01:55:32Z")
My husband and I have two cats, one of which is unbelievably aggressive. But he is only that way to me - he absolutely adores my husband. My husband can pet him and the cat often curls up next to him to sleep. If I go… --- ## [CGI haters, what CGI have you liked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cgi-haters-what-cgi-have-you-liked/639639)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cgi-haters-what-cgi-have-you-liked/639639 "2012-11-04T17:39:29Z")
Haters is a bit of hyperbole, I just prefer practical effects for most purposes. I think my biggest annoyance right now is the goddamn CGI blood spurts, it looks so fake and ridiculous and its all for nothing as blood pa… --- ## [Asking for a lawyer during an interrogation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-a-lawyer-during-an-interrogation/482664)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-a-lawyer-during-an-interrogation/482664 "2009-01-28T22:23:03Z")
Say here in the US, somebody is taken by the police to be questioned, but the person refuses to talk unless their lawyer is present; however, they don’t have their own lawyer. What happens next? I’ve heard that if you … --- ## [Reading the constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-constitution/566693)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-constitution/566693 "2011-01-08T22:24:05Z")
What will/did the Republicans accomplish by reading the constitution aloud accomplish? Especially since two of their members weren’t yet sworn in; they missed the swearing in ceremony due to participating in a fund raise… --- ## [Worst Cooks in America 01/03/10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cooks-in-america-01-03-10/523614)
**Author:** [@BKReporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BKReporter)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cooks-in-america-01-03-10/523614 "2010-02-08T21:55:28Z")
Did anyone watch this on the Food Network last night? I thought it had some funny moments. The whole chicken with the cheese slices on top looked pretty disgusting, as did the peanut butter encrusted fish. Some of their… --- ## [Origin of God and Boulder Question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-god-and-boulder-question/518089)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-god-and-boulder-question/518089 "2009-11-23T18:25:42Z")
I’ve so far heard this question in a couple of places. (No answer was ever given though.) And my question, I guess, is two-fold: where did the theological thought puzzle originate? Who first said it? And what, if indeed… --- ## [Would it be a good idea to build a massive border fence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-a-good-idea-to-build-a-massive-border-fence/509767)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-a-good-idea-to-build-a-massive-border-fence/509767 "2009-09-16T21:38:53Z")
The U.S-Mexican Border is 1,969 miles. What if we set up a double barbed wire fence and a 100 yard “No man’s land” buffer zone rigged with land mines? Even given a generous budget of a million per mile of fence, it would… --- ## [What parts of speech are colors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-speech-are-colors/506540)
**Author:** [@otorophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otorophile)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-speech-are-colors/506540 "2009-08-15T19:41:25Z")
I got to thinking about this when showing some basic Japanese to my parents, explaining how “shiro” means white but you say “shiroi” when using white as an adjective. If I say “the red book” then obviously red is an adj… --- ## [Towards a unified theory of perception, cognition, language, Reality and realities.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/towards-a-unified-theory-of-perception-cognition-language-reality-and-realities/293331)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/towards-a-unified-theory-of-perception-cognition-language-reality-and-realities/293331 "2005-03-18T02:18:44Z")
"Out of the stream of sensation, the mind carves objects in space and actions in time…” (Tversky, 2004) “\[The\] truth is modeled as an object in the domain of a semantic model to which sentences are mapped by an interpre… --- ## [The idiot who dumped a bucket of ice on his infant grandaughter in his "Ice Bucket Challenge" video.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-who-dumped-a-bucket-of-ice-on-his-infant-grandaughter-in-his-ice-bucket-challenge-video/697265)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idiot-who-dumped-a-bucket-of-ice-on-his-infant-grandaughter-in-his-ice-bucket-challenge-video/697265 "2014-09-03T20:40:17Z")
He made a video of it and posted it on his FaceBook page. Even if he didn’t care about the infant, didn’t this guy realize that this wouldn’t go over well with the public? I’m expecting the first death or injury from… --- ## [Can you prove a negative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-prove-a-negative/527458)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-prove-a-negative/527458 "2010-02-05T16:40:58Z")
From the “obvious facts” thread: The author of that paper makes some good points, although it’s full of razzle-dazzle. At the end he pretty much acknowledges that you can’t, in fact, prove a negative with a degree of c… --- ## [Another attack? 100% Certain, sez Intelligence. Discuss.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-attack-100-certain-sez-intelligence-discuss/85887)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-attack-100-certain-sez-intelligence-discuss/85887 "2001-10-16T14:38:25Z")
How can they call something like that an absolute certainty? They have, though. Creepier still, there are “Vague intelligence reports” that echo the kinds of reports that had been received prior to 9-11. Hey, that’s gree… --- ## [Why was HMS Hood special?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-hms-hood-special/985626)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-hms-hood-special/985626 "2025-10-20T01:14:53Z")
It seems that from the time of her commissioning up until the fateful battle with Bismarck, she was a special ship. Why was that? Also, if she had survived the war do you think they would have preserved her as a museum s… --- ## [Can I write a citizen's parking ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-write-a-citizens-parking-ticket/45210)
**Author:** [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-write-a-citizens-parking-ticket/45210 "2000-12-13T01:27:11Z")
I hate those things - they ain’t people - who steal handicapped parking spaces, and I want something done about them. I could key their cars, or do what my mother did and hunt one down in a dry cleaners to explain realit… --- ## [A nice house, with a spooky caveat. Would you still buy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-house-with-a-spooky-caveat-would-you-still-buy-it/623364)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-house-with-a-spooky-caveat-would-you-still-buy-it/623364 "2012-06-01T16:46:49Z")
It’s time for you to get new digs. Maybe a job needs you to move, maybe you need a bigger place, maybe you’re just bored of your old digs. While house hunting, you spot a place that would be perfect. You arrange a viewi… --- ## [Where are the President's balls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-presidents-balls/532891)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-presidents-balls/532891 "2010-03-19T17:52:49Z")
I find a it a quite a bit disturbing that Barack Obama would allow the kind of impudence Brett Baier displayed in his cantankerous and contentious haranguing of the President of the United States of America. I felt insu… --- ## [Could our civilization fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-civilization-fall/486144)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-civilization-fall/486144 "2009-02-18T01:21:40Z")
I’m not sure if this belongs in CS or MPSIMS, but its a question. Watching Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior, I was thinking, is it possible at all that our civilization could fall like in the movie? In the 3rd movie, Beyond … --- ## [Has anyone ever actually gambled with the deed to their house while in Vegas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-gambled-with-the-deed-to-their-house-while-in-vegas/515975)
**Author:** [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-gambled-with-the-deed-to-their-house-while-in-vegas/515975 "2009-11-04T09:12:33Z")
You often see it in the movies: Desperate man drives to Las Vegas, hoping for lady luck to reverse the direction of his miserable existence. Playing cards, he quickly loses all his remaining cash, then he gambles away hi… --- ## [SCOTUS strikes down part of Voting Rights Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-strikes-down-part-of-voting-rights-act/661905)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-strikes-down-part-of-voting-rights-act/661905 "2013-06-28T16:29:20Z")
How will this SCOTUS decision affect voting rights? --- ## [Time for some more mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-some-more-mini-rants/204186)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-some-more-mini-rants/204186 "2003-10-15T11:04:29Z")
You know, pesky little things that get under your skin but aren’t worth a whole Pit thread over. Let’s get the ball rolling with: People who are more special than the rest of us, and the rules don’t apply to them beca… --- ## [I just found out I don't qualify for the Economic Stimulus Rebate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-i-dont-qualify-for-the-economic-stimulus-rebate/449242)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-i-dont-qualify-for-the-economic-stimulus-rebate/449242 "2008-05-16T20:00:25Z")
I’m a poor student and my income fell $49 short of the minimum requirements to qualify. I’m just… beside myself. So angry that I’m numb. Thanks for nothing, Dubya! --- ## [When and why did Grain Belt Beer get so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-grain-belt-beer-get-so-expensive/658647)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-grain-belt-beer-get-so-expensive/658647 "2013-05-18T22:31:13Z")
Up until about 2000 I could buy Grain Belt Beer for $4.99 a case of 24 cans. Sometimes it’d be on sale for $3.99 a case. It wasn’t great but it quenched a thirst and gave you a buzz, so good enough for the price. It dis… --- ## [You're the leader of a city under siege. What do you do with those who refuse to fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-leader-of-a-city-under-siege-what-do-you-do-with-those-who-refuse-to-fight/654562)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-leader-of-a-city-under-siege-what-do-you-do-with-those-who-refuse-to-fight/654562 "2013-04-05T16:21:59Z")
Here’s the sitch. Twenty-five years ago, the zombie apocalypse occurred. You’re a survivor, living in a refuge called simply the City. In its center is a stone-walled fort; surrounding that is a farm with timber stockade… --- ## [Stupid Things You Never Expected To Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-never-expected-to-do/718239)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-you-never-expected-to-do/718239 "2015-04-28T03:47:29Z")
For instance: Walking down the sidewalk and a car passes by - honking to say “Hello”. You turn your head, raise your arm to wave… …and promptly walk into a telephone pole. :smack: --- ## [Main character (book) raises his/her younger siblings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/main-character-book-raises-his-her-younger-siblings/661153)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/main-character-book-raises-his-her-younger-siblings/661153 "2013-06-17T19:10:17Z")
Don’t say The Outsiders, hate that book. Anyway, I’ve been watching the seasons of Party of Five I missed on Amazon Prime. I’d liked the show (though it scared me a bit because my own parents changed their will when I t… --- ## [Trump vs Clinton debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-debate/749994)
**Author:** [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-debate/749994 "2016-04-15T15:18:53Z")
How low will he go? Anyone think he will bring Bill’s infidelity? Not a fan of either but if they debate I think the ratings will be through the roof… --- ## [Should Amazon Prime give partial refunds to customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-prime-give-partial-refunds-to-customers/852084)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-prime-give-partial-refunds-to-customers/852084 "2020-04-26T15:05:19Z")
I signed up for Amazon Prime with the promise that I get next day delivery on Prime items for a nominal fee and free second day delivery on these items. Now we are in a pandemic and Amazon has delayed these shipments, u… --- ## [Things I Have Learnt From Comic Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learnt-from-comic-books/399148)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learnt-from-comic-books/399148 "2007-04-12T01:11:41Z")
In keeping with the recent trend… Super powers alone are not enough to fight crime. You also need a colorful costume and a silly codename. Regardless of what other abilities they have, all super heroes have the power t… --- ## [Doper handgunners, Semiauto or Revolver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-handgunners-semiauto-or-revolver/605931)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-handgunners-semiauto-or-revolver/605931 "2011-12-28T18:22:43Z")
Just curious what other Dopers prefer to shoot (I tried to post a poll, but it seems to be disabled) I’ve used both, but always find myself gravitating back to the humble wheelgun, maybe because it’s what I grew up on a… --- ## [Heel Clicking Soldiers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heel-clicking-soldiers/384939)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heel-clicking-soldiers/384939 "2006-12-22T18:08:33Z")
How and why did this come about?. Does it mean anything significant? I realise that not all military personnel do it but some do. Also: What is the reason for the Goose Step. At best it seems to be very awkward --- ## [Tunguska black hole reconsidered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunguska-black-hole-reconsidered/252532)
**Author:** [@Jenkoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenkoul)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunguska-black-hole-reconsidered/252532 "2004-11-01T19:19:01Z")
Cecil – In your generally well-informed February '03 column exploring the cause of the cataclysmic Tunguska Event of June 30th, 1908, you note the following possible explanation in passing: QUOTE: 5. It was a black ho… --- ## [My first post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/576472)
**Author:** [@alounacara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alounacara)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/576472 "2011-03-31T16:02:23Z")
What is the most prevelent topic in here? --- ## [Malia Obama at Lollapalooza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malia-obama-at-lollapalooza/762406)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2016, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malia-obama-at-lollapalooza/762406 "2016-08-16T08:30:11Z")
Malia Obama was photographed dancing and smoking at a rock concert, like thousands of other kids. I am a firm believer on leaving politician’s kids alone, but now that she is eighteen, out of high school, and in publi… --- ## [Aside from Trump, who are you rooting against most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-trump-who-are-you-rooting-against-most/769676 "2016-10-26T20:45:15Z")
All right, there are a few Trump supporters here, but I ask, aside from the Presidential campaign, which candidate will you take the most pleasure in seeing go down? Has to be someone who actually can lose, not someone y… --- ## [ask the Jewish settler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-jewish-settler/180618)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-jewish-settler/180618 "2003-06-30T07:01:54Z")
Ok, first of all, this isn’t the Pit or even GD. I’m not interested in a major debate of Israeli or Mid-East politics and history. I will however be happy to discuss how living here affects me personally and my personal … --- ## [I pit NOW for blatant hypocrisy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-now-for-blatant-hypocrisy/464033)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-now-for-blatant-hypocrisy/464033 "2008-09-20T17:50:23Z")
From today’s Best of the Web Today: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122158807066443975.html Does it get any more dishonest than this? I have no problem with people who feel that pro-life inevitably means anti-women. … --- ## [How do you slice unsliced bread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-slice-unsliced-bread/543402)
**Author:** [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-slice-unsliced-bread/543402 "2010-06-17T04:41:14Z")
This isn’t a philosophical question, fear not! My brother and I bought our parent this breadmaker for their wedding anniversary. They love it and the bread that comes out is fantastic, the only problem is that cutting t… --- ## [Which sport has had the current level of play the longest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sport-has-had-the-current-level-of-play-the-longest/602415)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sport-has-had-the-current-level-of-play-the-longest/602415 "2011-11-11T14:16:19Z")
In a previous thread and Post by AK48 in World Champions thread there is a comparison of current football(soccer) back to the 1970 team. I know that last Super Bowl there was a very large thread about how well the 1985 C… --- ## [Do you still buy physical media? Do you feel good about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-buy-physical-media-do-you-feel-good-about-it/594950)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-buy-physical-media-do-you-feel-good-about-it/594950 "2011-09-03T16:32:07Z")
Back in the late 90s, at the dawn of the digital music era, I sold off my entire CD collection after ripping everything to mp3. This probably wasn’t entirely legal under US copyright law, but I saw the writing on the wa… --- ## [Cease and desist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cease-and-desist/661402)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cease-and-desist/661402 "2013-06-23T21:14:58Z")
It seems to me that this is redundant, is there some legal distinction between these two things? In other words, legally, is it possible to cease and not desist or vice versa? --- ## [How to correctly recite Jabberwocky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-correctly-recite-jabberwocky/655299)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-correctly-recite-jabberwocky/655299 "2013-04-13T04:26:54Z")
Where can I hear Jabberwocky the way it was intended to be read? I need to recite it for an audience next month, and even though I’ve done so several times in the past, I’ve always just guessed at the correct pronunciati… --- ## [Dwarves in serious roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarves-in-serious-roles/419418)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarves-in-serious-roles/419418 "2007-09-19T02:50:55Z")
Another thread linked a video to The Safety Dance that features a dwarf jester. Seems like dwarves are either jesters, guys in suits (Sid & Marty Kroft roles), evil geniuses (Dr. Loveless), sidekicks (Tattoo, Nick Nack)… --- ## [Fight My Ignorance on the Israel-Palestine Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-on-the-israel-palestine-debate/398682)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-on-the-israel-palestine-debate/398682 "2007-04-19T08:21:01Z")
I admit I don’t know as much about the situation involving Israel and their occupation (?) of Palestine as I would like. It seems that Israel and Palestine both have the right to exist. Is Israel occupying what are witho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1787&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1789&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)