# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1801&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:** 1802 --- ## [Does Advertising "work" in a Communist or Socialist society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-advertising-work-in-a-communist-or-socialist-society/608181)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-advertising-work-in-a-communist-or-socialist-society/608181 "2012-01-04T05:14:36Z")
That is to say, if citizens in a communist or socialist society can’t purchase items with the same flexibility \[or even at all\] as citizen in a federal presidential constitutional republic\*, how does advertising exist? … --- ## [Extremely unappealing ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-unappealing-ads/281351)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-unappealing-ads/281351 "2005-01-05T23:03:57Z")
I’ve seen some ads in print recently that just made me go euuuuu. A couple of the most memorable ones are: A Pepto-Bismol ad that shows a plate of fries and a hamburger. All the food is bright pink. I think they intende… --- ## [The 2016 Road to the Oscars thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-road-to-the-oscars-thread/773560)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-road-to-the-oscars-thread/773560 "2017-01-30T18:18:21Z")
So this is about film awards–critics and industry recognition for the movies from this year. If you don’t like award shows or processes, we get it (there are plenty of reasons not to), but please take it somewhere else. … --- ## [Ranked Choice Voting in ME-02](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranked-choice-voting-in-me-02/824460)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranked-choice-voting-in-me-02/824460 "2020-09-01T16:54:18Z")
Poliquin sues in federal court to stop ranked-choice count I think ranked choice voting is a step in the right direction. Will this kill it in its crib? --- ## [Gold Medal vs World Record](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-medal-vs-world-record/762548)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-medal-vs-world-record/762548 "2016-08-21T20:37:08Z")
I was watching a women’s swimming event in the Olympics, and they mentioned that one of the racers had broken the world record in that event a couple of months ago. But she didn’t win the gold, and was very disappointed… --- ## [Arizona douchebag Dean Saxton adopts WBC tactics against "whores and sluts" (aka women).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-douchebag-dean-saxton-adopts-wbc-tactics-against-whores-and-sluts-aka-women/656712)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-douchebag-dean-saxton-adopts-wbc-tactics-against-whores-and-sluts-aka-women/656712 "2013-05-01T05:22:01Z")
Dean Saxton is an aspiring little Arizona hatemonger. Co-opting a maneuver made famous by the transcendent holiness of the Westboro Baptist Church, he scrawed “YOU DESERVE RAPE” and staged a one-douche counter-protest ag… --- ## [House 2/23](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-2-23/487086)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-2-23/487086 "2009-02-27T22:44:46Z")
A patient suffers from something called Mosaicism (?), and House has health issues of his own. --- ## [Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-baroque-cycle/454727)
**Author:** [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-baroque-cycle/454727 "2008-07-08T17:07:11Z")
Ok, so I liked Snowcrash. I was looking for something new and different to read and this looked interesting. I am now on page 79 and have a question for anyone who has read this trilogy. When does it get interesting? I … --- ## [Trading Spaces 6/14, Or the Real Hildi Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-14-or-the-real-hildi-returns/181945)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-14-or-the-real-hildi-returns/181945 "2003-06-18T13:02:53Z")
Laurie and Hildi with Amy Wynn in Pennsylvania, Laurie redoing two girls’ bedroom, and Hilde redoing a dining room. I thought Laurie made a very stark, plain child’s room fun and whimsical. Unlike Frank, who drew squig… --- ## [Are the 90s really, truly over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-90s-really-truly-over/716948)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-90s-really-truly-over/716948 "2015-04-11T05:59:05Z")
By the “90s” I don’t mean 1990-99, but the overall zeitgeist that defined those years and the themes of that decade. It seems like many of them still applied or at least did until recently. The Post-Cold War utopianism w… --- ## [What Demographic likes Gilmore Girls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-demographic-likes-gilmore-girls/273688)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-demographic-likes-gilmore-girls/273688 "2004-11-09T20:28:47Z")
People on other boards I participated in who have commented on liking Gilmore Girls are people who I would be suprised if I shared much in common w/, taste-wise. For that reason among others I never particularly tried t… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica 2.17 — "The Captain's Hand" (spoilons)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-17-the-captains-hand-spoilons/345007)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-17-the-captains-hand-spoilons/345007 "2006-02-25T17:40:03Z")
As always, I’m padding the thread with a content-free OP so mouseover preview doesn’t improperly reveal the horror of Cally being held hostage on the C.S.S. Yan Can Cook. Spoiler policy: If it’s been aired, or if it’s p… --- ## [Democrats in House Botch Health Care Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-in-house-botch-health-care-bill/503244)
**Author:** [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-in-house-botch-health-care-bill/503244 "2009-07-23T00:58:11Z")
Obama’s health care plan as outlined in the campaign and afterwards seemed to focus on two key points: i) improve the efficiency of health care by reducing costs; and ii) reduce the number of uninsured Americans by provi… --- ## [Why don't movie theaters offer real butter for popcorn any more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movie-theaters-offer-real-butter-for-popcorn-any-more/529003)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movie-theaters-offer-real-butter-for-popcorn-any-more/529003 "2010-02-17T22:45:50Z")
I think one cineplex chain made a big deal of re-introducing it a few years ago, but it didn’t last. Why not? Is it just too expensive, compared to corn oil or whatever that “topping” now offered is? --- ## [Ivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivan/263540)
**Author:** [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivan/263540 "2004-09-23T18:12:26Z")
I wanted to wait until the 5p (Sep 7) NOAA advisory and discussion before this thread. It now look inevitable, almost all the tracking models bring Ivan to Florida. The discussion is not promising either: Sucks to be… --- ## [Resolved: Most Employment-Discrimination Claims Are, Almost Inherently, Bogus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-most-employment-discrimination-claims-are-almost-inherently-bogus/467602)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-most-employment-discrimination-claims-are-almost-inherently-bogus/467602 "2008-10-14T19:13:41Z")
I base the resolution on a few data points from my own workplace history. One, I cannot think of a single instance in which I, or any co-worker, was fired, or denied promotion, or treated worse, because of race, sex, na… --- ## [Your Thoughts On This Minor Marital Dispute (Giving An 8 Year Old Too Much Information?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-this-minor-marital-dispute-giving-an-8-year-old-too-much-information/847587)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-this-minor-marital-dispute-giving-an-8-year-old-too-much-information/847587 "2020-03-07T00:31:46Z")
Last night I purchased and installed a toilet-seat bidet attachment, for reasons that you don’t need me to explain to you. Mrs. Homie infrequently (4-5 times per month) babysits an 8 year old girl for an hour or so afte… --- ## [NHL--December 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2009/519586)
**Author:** [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2009/519586 "2009-12-31T13:52:48Z")
About a third of the way through the season, and nine teams who made the playoffs last year are currently on the outside looking in. For those keeping score, that’s Philly, the Rangers, Montreal and Carolina in the East… --- ## [Top 10 Weirdest Celebrities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-weirdest-celebrities/207322 "2003-10-22T01:33:10Z")
This site claims to list the ten weirdest celebrities: Michael Jackson Courtney Love Nick Nolte David Blaine Christina Aguilera Gary Busey Lil’ Kim Anne Heche Nic Cage Penny Marshall Okay, I think we can all agree on … --- ## [Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning" - why so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-oils-beds-are-burning-why-so-popular/404402)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-oils-beds-are-burning-why-so-popular/404402 "2007-05-22T02:00:45Z")
I’m not saying it’s a bad song. It’s catchy enough. But it came out in 1988 and I still hear it every week on the radio. There’s a lot a good pop songs that came out in the eighties that go years without being played. Th… --- ## [Fashions you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-you-hate/77460)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-you-hate/77460 "2001-09-25T17:16:19Z")
The worst one I can think of: White eyeliner. WTF? It boggles the mind how otherwise attractive women would do that to themselves. The look is absolutely loathesome. --- ## [Anyone have experience with Effexor or Elavil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-effexor-or-elavil/251113)
**Author:** [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-effexor-or-elavil/251113 "2004-06-22T15:04:33Z")
A specialist has recommended that I take low dose Effexor or Elavil to improve my sleep. Now, I have been reading really scary things about Effexor (not so much about the Elavil). Has anyone been on these, or know anyo… --- ## [Your preferred mail/courier service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-preferred-mail-courier-service/642280)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-preferred-mail-courier-service/642280 "2012-12-11T14:35:40Z")
You have to send a package, or a trackable letter. Who do you prefer to go to and why? Please answer poll and kindly discuss. I ask because I am truly baffled by the success of some of these operations who I swear to god… --- ## [O noes. Obama wants to bankrupt the coal industry!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-noes-obama-wants-to-bankrupt-the-coal-industry/470796 "2008-11-04T07:36:17Z")
I guess this is the McCain camp’s last desperate, sleazeball attempt to steal Pennsylvania. They’re basically just making things up. In an interview with the SF Chronicle nearly a year ago, Obama was talking about the ne… --- ## [Time travel paradoxes in movies: Do you care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-paradoxes-in-movies-do-you-care/80167)
**Author:** [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-paradoxes-in-movies-do-you-care/80167 "2014-09-14T11:54:23Z")
I just watched “Terminator 2” again and was thinking about this. (HINT HINT: I’m going to talk about “T2”, so if you’re one of the five people on the planet who hasn’t seen it, you might not want to read past this point… --- ## [Help me come up with a list of TV shows (or movies) as disappointing as "The Killing"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-list-of-tv-shows-or-movies-as-disappointing-as-the-killing/586145)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-list-of-tv-shows-or-movies-as-disappointing-as-the-killing/586145 "2011-06-23T07:24:30Z")
Twin Peaks Any M. Night Shyamalan movie after The Sixth Sense I want to build a poll, but I’d like some input before doing so. If you actually like(d) The Killing then, obviously, this is not for you. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Question about Winning a non Cash Prize on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-winning-a-non-cash-prize-on-tv/721827)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-winning-a-non-cash-prize-on-tv/721827 "2015-06-11T07:43:38Z")
Congratulations! You’ve just won a fabulous trip for two to Fiji on some TV game show. The only problem is you can’t go to Fiji since being in the tropics would trigger some awful medical condition. Can you ask for the c… --- ## [Question on copyright law.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-copyright-law/689780)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-copyright-law/689780 "2014-06-05T19:43:18Z")
So if there is a work that has not been copyrighted and someone comes along later and tries to copyright it like The Amen Break or the Happy Birthday Song, what is the status? In the case of the Amen Break registration … --- ## [Who Is The Left's Equivalent Of Donald Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-lefts-equivalent-of-donald-trump/801137)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-lefts-equivalent-of-donald-trump/801137 "2017-11-13T14:42:41Z")
Whom could the Left put up as a POTUS candidate who is that side’s equivalent of Donald Trump? As in, their “qualifications” for the job consist mostly of bombast and self-promotion, and an appeal to the less-savory elem… --- ## [Abortion from a Veil of Ignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-from-a-veil-of-ignorance/264075)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-from-a-veil-of-ignorance/264075 "2013-03-25T19:05:12Z")
As someone who is pro-choice I have come up against a problem that make we question this stance. If we look at abortion from a time before we are conceived, do we want this option available for non-life threatening reas… --- ## [I Was Hit By A Car On My Bicycle Today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-hit-by-a-car-on-my-bicycle-today/350876 "2006-10-04T12:51:09Z")
I’m bruised & sore, but nothing broken. My bike’s rear wheel is in a knot. I was crossing a street, from a gravel parking lot to a sidewalk, from which I would walk my bike across a busy main street. Looked left–nuthi… --- ## [Best way to clean mounted 35mm slides.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-clean-mounted-35mm-slides/270646)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-clean-mounted-35mm-slides/270646 "2004-10-23T22:38:16Z")
I have some slides that i took back in the early 90s, before i went digital. I’d like to scan some of them for display on the web. They’ve been in protective plastic sleeves for the past ten years, so i assumed they wou… --- ## [cell phone drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-drivers/583522)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-drivers/583522 "2011-06-02T17:03:40Z")
There was a time when pedestrians had the right of way. Those days are gone. I walk my beagles in the park everyday. I cross a 4 lanes south, an island and then 4 lanes north road. It is heavily traveled. There is a lig… --- ## [Tapatalk - what does it get me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-what-does-it-get-me/582017)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-what-does-it-get-me/582017 "2011-05-25T17:18:22Z")
I have an android phone. I have on a few occassions looked up threads to read and attempt to post on my phone. I can pull up the full web version on my phone, read and scroll. I can even post, though the edit window i… --- ## [Can I replace my oil pan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-replace-my-oil-pan/535980)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-replace-my-oil-pan/535980 "2010-04-15T23:50:13Z")
1999 Toyota Corolla. It has a persistent oil leak, and my efforts to repair/kludge it haven’t worked. I have a Haynes manual, and it seems to suggest that it’s as easy as putting the car on jackstands, draining the oil,… --- ## [I don't get this license plate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-license-plate/847174 "2020-11-12T20:40:43Z")
A photo was posted on a car site and a quick note telling about how popular it was and how a old lady didn’t get it. Well I don’t get it either: 4 FOXS8K Dennis --- ## [How much does white guilt still affect the race debate and race relations in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-white-guilt-still-affect-the-race-debate-and-race-relations-in-the-us/358604)
**Author:** [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-white-guilt-still-affect-the-race-debate-and-race-relations-in-the-us/358604 "2006-06-02T21:59:09Z")
A couple of mods have asked that I start a thread here, and given the tremendous interest the original thread generated, I’m willing to do that. However, I would ask that personal comments, and attempts to guess at the s… --- ## [In London we have urban foxes. What urban animals do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-london-we-have-urban-foxes-what-urban-animals-do-you-have/150886)
**Author:** [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-london-we-have-urban-foxes-what-urban-animals-do-you-have/150886 "2003-01-28T12:38:00Z")
Here in sunny London we have a veritable infestation of urban foxes. They eat out of the rubbish bins and I have a vixen living in my garden. This annoys my dog, but he’ll just have to get used to it. This is part of … --- ## [Are you using one of the most common passwords?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-one-of-the-most-common-passwords/710393)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-one-of-the-most-common-passwords/710393 "2015-01-27T13:05:52Z")
Gizmodo just published this year’s list of the 25 most common passwords (followed by the change in rank from last year’s list0: 123456 (Unchanged) password (Unchanged) 12345 (Up 17) 12345678 (Down 1) qwert… --- ## [Ask the former ice cream truck driver!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-ice-cream-truck-driver/686391)
**Author:** [@Richard\_North](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_North)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-ice-cream-truck-driver/686391 "2014-04-21T16:24:29Z")
I used to drive an ice cream truck a few years ago. It was a crazy gig. Do you have any questions for me? I would be glad to answer them! --- ## [Look, Ma, no WMDs!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-wmds/225895)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-wmds/225895 "2004-01-29T23:46:10Z")
It’s about as official as it’s gonna get: there were no WMDs in Iraq. Game over. --- ## [What has been the leading cause of death for humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-been-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-humans/785820)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-been-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-humans/785820 "2017-05-14T02:59:11Z")
Anatomically modern humans, I should say, since we first appeared circa 200,000 years ago. Imagine a chart of all the causes of death from for every human who has died, from ski-jumping Niagara Falls to myocardial infar… --- ## [The most ridiculous place for a murder of the week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-ridiculous-place-for-a-murder-of-the-week/770992)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-ridiculous-place-for-a-murder-of-the-week/770992 "2016-11-12T01:42:33Z")
I know it would get pretty boring if every cop or mystery show took place in New York or L.A. but as a result there are places portrayed with a ridiculous murder rate. The Oxfordshire of Inspectors Morse and Lewis runs r… --- ## [Best Jewish Rock Musicians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-jewish-rock-musicians/317258 "2010-11-08T21:15:30Z")
I saw the thread Why do some Jews rock back and forth during prayer? and was going to write a reply along the lines of Well the only Jew who really rocks is… and then I realised that I couldn’t name one. Surely there ar… --- ## [New York nuked. How do I survive? (Warning: grim topic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-nuked-how-do-i-survive-warning-grim-topic/154099)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-nuked-how-do-i-survive-warning-grim-topic/154099 "2003-02-13T17:51:07Z")
OK, let’s say the worst thing that can happen, happens; namely a nuke goes off in New York. What can I do to maximize my family’s chances of survival after the nuke detonation. Assume the following facts about the nuke… --- ## [That does it...we're all fucked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-does-it-were-all-fucked/23907)
**Author:** [@DBCooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DBCooper)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-does-it-were-all-fucked/23907 "2000-07-11T13:38:40Z")
Incomprehensible Fundamentalist bloviating aside, this recent ruling in Nebraska allowing partial-birth abortion is simply too much. At the risk of beating a horse the American Public led to the knacker a long time ago… … --- ## [Make a Canadian mixtape with me in honor of Canada Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331 "2017-07-23T14:38:30Z")
In honor of Grandmother’s Land. Buffy Ste. Marie— “Now that the Buffalo’s Gone” & “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” Robbie Robertson— “Ghost Dance" & "Mahk Jchi” Ta’Kaiya Blaney— “Turn the World Around” Joni Mitchell— … --- ## [Romney tax poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-tax-poll/632594)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-tax-poll/632594 "2012-08-28T23:22:54Z")
poll to come --- ## [What is it like to be an atheist in the Democratic Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267 "2015-04-12T20:34:18Z")
Is it like being a Christian in the Republican Party? And what is it like to be a Muslim in the Democratic Party? --- ## [Same-sex marriage is coming to Hawaii](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-is-coming-to-hawaii/673760)
**Author:** [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-is-coming-to-hawaii/673760 "2013-11-14T22:11:32Z")
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23947349/breaking-senate-approves-same-sex-marriage-bill-heads-to-governor-for-signature: This is particularly significant since Hawaii is the state which started the modern marriage … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1800&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1802&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)