# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=181&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:** 182 --- ## [Stereotypically "girlie" interests: do you feel contempt for them, and if so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypically-girlie-interests-do-you-feel-contempt-for-them-and-if-so-why/534139)
**Author:** [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypically-girlie-interests-do-you-feel-contempt-for-them-and-if-so-why/534139 "2010-04-04T04:46:39Z")
IMO I have noticed that Dopers embrace individuality an important value, yet it seems that traditionally “girlie” interests or activities are frequently dismissed, rejected, or treated with contempt. Do you agree that… --- ## [So what is the "final solution"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-final-solution/552095)
**Author:** [@The\_Facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Facts)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-final-solution/552095 "2010-09-07T19:29:40Z")
Isreal was created with good intentions: to give the Jewish people a homeland, so that the holocaust wouldn’t happen again. But the problem was they put that homeland on a place someone else was already living in, and t… --- ## [Palin says Obama would kill her baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-obama-would-kill-her-baby/505703)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-obama-would-kill-her-baby/505703 "2009-08-15T16:46:53Z")
Nothing really needs to be said. Except, of course, that she’s completely pulling this death panel bullshit out of her ass. --- ## [What is the difference between a Kosher dill and a regular dill pickle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-kosher-dill-and-a-regular-dill-pickle/340027)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-kosher-dill-and-a-regular-dill-pickle/340027 "2006-01-15T19:19:44Z")
I like a good dill pickle, tart and salty, with a high pucker factor. But I don’t care for Kosher dill pickles, and avoid them if given a choice. What causes Kosher dills to taste different from regular dill pickles, … --- ## [Plural of "tomato" and "potato"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-tomato-and-potato/584581)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-tomato-and-potato/584581 "2014-04-09T01:12:46Z")
Airman and I engaged in some discussion of a handwritten sign that I saw this afternoon. The sign says “Sorry, we’re out of Tomatoes!” (That’s verbatim.) I was so impressed with this burst of unexpected literacy that I t… --- ## [Congratulate me -- I Just Won the Lottery (A Tax Policy Debate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-just-won-the-lottery-a-tax-policy-debate/610758)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-just-won-the-lottery-a-tax-policy-debate/610758 "2012-02-02T18:54:16Z")
So, yeah, I was crusing by 7-11 and bought a ticket, and last night’s MegaBuxx drawing made me giddy: all my numbers hit! Yup, it’s a cool $150 million. After income taxes, state and federal, and funding a home for the … --- ## [What are things that people once thought impossible/inevitable (politically, technologically, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-people-once-thought-impossible-inevitable-politically-technologically-etc/539348)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-people-once-thought-impossible-inevitable-politically-technologically-etc/539348 "2010-05-18T15:22:51Z")
I’m looking for encouragement. What are things that people in previous generations had either thought to be impossible (a black president, heart transplants, etc.) or inevitable (a dissolution of the union as a result o… --- ## [The Pope's Bullshit attempt to appear liberal about gays!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popes-bullshit-attempt-to-appear-liberal-about-gays/664946)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popes-bullshit-attempt-to-appear-liberal-about-gays/664946 "2013-08-04T20:58:29Z")
There is an interview widely reported in today’s media in which Pope Francis attempts to show us how liberal and open-minded he can be towards gays. What a crock of manure! Here is one of many news reports: http://www.cb… --- ## [Review finds no mention of Christ in ancient texts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-finds-no-mention-of-christ-in-ancient-texts/700003)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-finds-no-mention-of-christ-in-ancient-texts/700003 "2014-10-21T17:10:59Z")
Basically, this guy combed through ancient texts from around the time Christ allegedly lived and found no evidence supporting the claim that this person existed, deity or not. Now, I’m no expert when it comes to hist… --- ## [Russia's Annexation of Crimea - Why do we care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-annexation-of-crimea-why-do-we-care/683935)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-annexation-of-crimea-why-do-we-care/683935 "2014-06-14T14:37:47Z")
I get the whole spread of democracy, the cold war nostalgia, etc. But at the risk of reading like some anti-democractic flower child, I just do not get why we care SO much. I know it is in our countries DNA (see Vietnam… --- ## [U.S. and Cuba -- has the reset button been pressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-and-cuba-has-the-reset-button-been-pressed/707498)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-and-cuba-has-the-reset-button-been-pressed/707498 "2015-04-21T23:55:42Z")
Great news today: Alan Gross, a contracted aid worker who had been unjustly imprisoned in Cuba, is being released today. But early indications are that this is part of a broader initiative that could involve normalizing… --- ## [I'm fucking mad at the people in the US who support and promote adult bullies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fucking-mad-at-the-people-in-the-us-who-support-and-promote-adult-bullies/728417)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-fucking-mad-at-the-people-in-the-us-who-support-and-promote-adult-bullies/728417 "2018-12-03T23:25:22Z")
I use to get bullied in school. I’m an expert. Donald Trump is a fucking bully, (among other things.) Why are so many dipshits are supporting him? He’s a moron, a bigot, and a disgusting person. He doesn’t talk abou… --- ## [Progressive Apologism for Islam: why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-apologism-for-islam-why/760028)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-apologism-for-islam-why/760028 "2016-09-23T04:25:57Z")
Why are so many progressives apologists for Islam and obfuscate when people mention the problems that arise in the present day because of Islam and the radicalism which emanates from it as a motivation? Is it because th… --- ## [Regular looking women who can beat up much larger men...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-looking-women-who-can-beat-up-much-larger-men/656096)
**Author:** [@wanderingthoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wanderingthoughts)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-looking-women-who-can-beat-up-much-larger-men/656096 "2013-04-22T09:02:23Z")
So I was walking with some friends years back, we were out on a weekend night downtown. We see some commotion up ahead and a crowd gathering. As we get closer, it’s pretty obvious that it’s a fight in progress. The first… --- ## [What branches of the service could someone get drafted into?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-branches-of-the-service-could-someone-get-drafted-into/645365)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-branches-of-the-service-could-someone-get-drafted-into/645365 "2016-10-16T22:37:27Z")
Back when there was a draft in America, what branches of the service could a guy get drafted into? I know the Army was one. How about the Navy? Air Force, post-WWII? I heard once that nobody could get drafted into the Ma… --- ## [NFC North 2013 Discussion thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-north-2013-discussion-thread/667889)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfc-north-2013-discussion-thread/667889 "2014-01-21T19:16:26Z")
With two teams making the playoffs last year, and another just missing them with a 10-6 record, the NFC North is one of the best divisions in football, at least recently. With the perceived rise of the NFC West, the NFC … --- ## [Robbed by Wells Fargo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-by-wells-fargo/620100)
**Author:** [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-by-wells-fargo/620100 "2014-06-28T23:32:43Z")
Over the past year, Wells Fargo ripped me off for over $120, charging me $10 per month service fee on a savings account that I had to stop contributing to when the economy turned to shit. Evidently I had forgotten some … --- ## [Low carb diet for 4 weeks - Anyone care to join me? \[Continung discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-diet-for-4-weeks-anyone-care-to-join-me-continung-discussion/813913)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 382\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-diet-for-4-weeks-anyone-care-to-join-me-continung-discussion/813913 "2018-09-04T00:14:49Z")
I’m looking to get back into my Speedo :slight\_smile: I figure a 4-week commitment is doable and was wondering if any Dopers want to come along for the ride. Because we still have 4 days or so to prepare, we’ll have ti… --- ## [Oak's College Pick'em '11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807 "2011-12-04T16:29:31Z")
As promised, I’ve started a College Pick’em league. Invitations should have gone out to everyone that played last year, and everyone else is welcome to participate. There is no limit of the number of players. There sh… --- ## [Fundamentalist Atheists equivalent to Fundamentalist Theists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundamentalist-atheists-equivalent-to-fundamentalist-theists/579001)
**Author:** [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundamentalist-atheists-equivalent-to-fundamentalist-theists/579001 "2011-04-23T03:16:27Z")
At least, Link=\> according to this Article they are \<=Link I agree. Whether the speaker is a hard-core atheist or a hard-core fundamentalist, there seems to be an absence of humility accompanied by huge amounts of self-… --- ## [How do you pronounce Anna Karenina's last name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-anna-kareninas-last-name/21223)
**Author:** [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-anna-kareninas-last-name/21223 "2000-06-03T22:09:24Z")
And, how do you spell it, assuming I spelled it wrong? Most Americans I know pronounce it “kuh REN in uh”. I say it’s “kara NEEN uh”, for two reasons, (1) It sounds better to my sensibilities, which admittedly are abou… --- ## [Things That Don't Translate Between Cultures: the Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-translate-between-cultures-the-movies/688636)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-translate-between-cultures-the-movies/688636 "2014-08-09T02:16:26Z")
So I was watching “Blue Is The Warmest Color” (GREAT lesbian sex scenes, btw) and the female protagonist is a smoker. She smokes a LOT onscreen. She’s one of those sleepy-eyed French beauties with big, puffy lips, and th… --- ## [People Who Are Ignorant About Casino Life (RANT)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670)
**Author:** [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670 "2016-06-09T16:00:52Z")
I play poker. I don’t think I have mentioned it that often. I love what I do, but the worst thing about playing poker is dealing with people’s perception about the game. It tends to be at one extreme or the other. That … --- ## [Your current first-world problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-first-world-problems/951904)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-first-world-problems/951904 "2022-11-11T22:38:28Z")
I have bigger problems in my life, sure. But it’s getting annoying that I cannot get my favorite canned soft drinks in the last months. My favorite, Canada Dry Diet Cranberry Ginger Ale, in particular. I can often fin… --- ## [On the efficacy of brass knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-efficacy-of-brass-knuckles/294531)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-efficacy-of-brass-knuckles/294531 "2010-08-24T21:38:11Z")
Calling all ass-kickers, barroom-brawlers, martial artistes and general aggro-merchants: What’s the SD on brass knuckles? Here are some talking points (I have never encountered a set of brass knuckles, so WAGs aplenty) … --- ## [what type of glue should I use for foam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-glue-should-i-use-for-foam/642541)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-glue-should-i-use-for-foam/642541 "2012-12-05T00:51:56Z")
Hello Everyone, Because I am absolutely insane according to my wife, I am in the process of making foam liners for my Craftsman roll around tool chests. I am cutting out all of the various tools in the foam so each indi… --- ## [How to dispose of a porn stash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dispose-of-a-porn-stash/424673)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dispose-of-a-porn-stash/424673 "2008-03-07T00:50:22Z")
A recent thread talked about people having a “porn buddy”, who disclose to one another the locations and extent of their porn collections (printed or electronic) and make a pact to go over and silently remove evidence of… --- ## [The \*REALLY\* crazy conspiracy theory: WTC buildings downed by controlled demolition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-crazy-conspiracy-theory-wtc-buildings-downed-by-controlled-demolition/405991)
**Author:** [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2007, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-crazy-conspiracy-theory-wtc-buildings-downed-by-controlled-demolition/405991 "2007-06-23T07:00:20Z")
Has anybody here heard the little theory presented by Steven Jones, a professor of Physics at BYU, that the World Trade Center buildings collapsed, not because the planes hit them, but instead because the buildings were … --- ## [Polycarp to explain his religious inconsistencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-to-explain-his-religious-inconsistencies/210178)
**Author:** [@badchad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badchad)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-to-explain-his-religious-inconsistencies/210178 "2003-11-28T15:58:06Z")
Polycarp: quote: Originally posted by badchad: Also are you ever going to answer those questions you promised me regarding the inconsistencies of your belief system or are out comfortable with the label I have given yo… --- ## [Unsolved mysteries that aren't nightmare fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsolved-mysteries-that-arent-nightmare-fuel/720538)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsolved-mysteries-that-arent-nightmare-fuel/720538 "2015-12-11T04:55:17Z")
I love a good unsolved mystery as much as the next guy. But what I increasingly don’t love is reading about murders, kidnappings, and abused kids. It seems most of the collections of unsolved mysteries on the internet … --- ## [Obama Stands With Mexican Prez, Against Az Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-stands-with-mexican-prez-against-az-law/540050)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-stands-with-mexican-prez-against-az-law/540050 "2010-05-27T20:43:32Z")
Today, Obama said, with Mexican President Calderon by his side, “I want everyone, American and Mexican, to know my administration is taking a very close look at the Arizona law,” he said. “We’re examining any implicatio… --- ## [The Invisible Palin Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invisible-palin-meltdown/466281)
**Author:** [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invisible-palin-meltdown/466281 "2008-10-12T13:30:13Z")
The group I was with started laughing so hard at her response to the Cheney question that we had to rewind the DVR to hear her entire response. Biden himself couldn’t keep a straight face through her schpiel. But no re… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - October 2014 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2014-edition/699986)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2014-edition/699986 "2014-11-01T09:34:58Z")
Time for falling leaves, hot cocoa and silly witch decorations on every door and lamp post! So it’s October, time for scary reading! I need to dust off the Ray Bradbury and reread them. :wink: I started the third John R… --- ## [I have strong negative emotions toward the music of Elvis Costello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strong-negative-emotions-toward-the-music-of-elvis-costello/677128)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strong-negative-emotions-toward-the-music-of-elvis-costello/677128 "2014-01-11T17:41:35Z")
EC has, it seems, always been a darling of rock critics, and Lord of Allmusic Stephen Thomas Erlelwine is gaga about him too. I was born in 1971 and was buying music in EC’s heyday. I didn’t hate him then; he just was… --- ## [Why did my extension cord melt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-extension-cord-melt/246572)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-extension-cord-melt/246572 "2004-06-05T16:03:24Z")
A couple of days ago one of my extension cords overheated, and the insulation melted off the wires along most of its length, almost causing a fire. I’m puzzled by what happened, since the cord shouldn’t have been drawing… --- ## [The EU needs to get France under control (closing of airspace)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eu-needs-to-get-france-under-control-closing-of-airspace/557708)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eu-needs-to-get-france-under-control-closing-of-airspace/557708 "2010-10-27T16:16:24Z")
Another general strike in France. What’s new? As usual, French air traffic controllers have also gone on strike, causing absolute chaos, as French air space is mostly shut down (with the looming threat of it being shut… --- ## [Sexless Marriage- what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-marriage-what-do-you-do/558551)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-marriage-what-do-you-do/558551 "2010-11-02T10:28:28Z")
This has been a bit of an on going discussion with my friends and so I’d like to get a wider sample size to find out if I really am the horrible person my friends are suggesting I am. We all know folks in those sexless … --- ## [Sooo..I visit the chamber of my DiL and she likes it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sooo-i-visit-the-chamber-of-my-dil-and-she-likes-it/653432)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sooo-i-visit-the-chamber-of-my-dil-and-she-likes-it/653432 "2013-07-20T06:18:55Z")
I bought Crusader Kings 2 saturday and Im enjoying it. However, its a bit jarring to get a random event in game that has me screwing my 20 year old daughter in law and she is apparently loving it…her approval of me went… --- ## [I Pit Anonymous User](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anonymous-user/637958)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anonymous-user/637958 "2013-02-05T21:49:37Z")
(Mods, if this post is not sufficiently vitriolic, please feel free to move it elsewhere.) I pit Anonymous User. They join our fair message board, ask a question in which they present themselves as a high school studen… --- ## [Most absolutely ridiculous sit-com episodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-absolutely-ridiculous-sit-com-episodes/271885)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-absolutely-ridiculous-sit-com-episodes/271885 "2004-11-10T03:33:38Z")
I was watching the Cosby Show rerun this week: Theo is talking about leaving home and, to demonstrate how hard it is to make it on the outside world, the family empties his bedroom, impersonates loan officers and buildin… --- ## [Question about Cast Away--spoiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cast-away-spoiler/47391)
**Author:** [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cast-away-spoiler/47391 "2015-07-04T05:14:49Z")
I saw Cast Away last weekend and was thought it was pretty good. However, I don’t understand why he didn’t open the last package–the one with the wings or whatever on it that he delivers back to Texas at the end of the m… --- ## [Starving Artists thinks attempted rape is not "all that serious"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artists-thinks-attempted-rape-is-not-all-that-serious/821855)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artists-thinks-attempted-rape-is-not-all-that-serious/821855 "2018-10-02T03:45:09Z")
Yeah, we all already know about the paper towel tube thing. But at least his argument was that rape wasn’t possible, not that it wasn’t bad. This is far worse. But now he’s flat out said that what Ford alleged Kavinaugh… --- ## [Does society have a skewed view on what constitutes a good income?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-society-have-a-skewed-view-on-what-constitutes-a-good-income/673096)
**Author:** [@Stil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stil)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-society-have-a-skewed-view-on-what-constitutes-a-good-income/673096 "2013-11-24T16:17:26Z")
I’ve noticed many anecdotal examples of people saying “X” amount of income is “decent” or “isn’t really that much”, when in fact making “X” amount would put you in, say, the 90th percentile of earners. For example, you’… --- ## [How do you get a cat to stop meowing at 6 AM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-cat-to-stop-meowing-at-6-am/367317)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-cat-to-stop-meowing-at-6-am/367317 "2006-08-06T01:38:35Z")
Okay, I’m really sorry about all the “how do I make my cat …?” threads I’ve posted lately, but this is a big one. I’ve gotten him to be less active at night by tiring him out in the evening and giving him some wet food … --- ## [So You Think You Can Dance -- SYTYCD -- Summer 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance-sytycd-summer-2011/581127)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance-sytycd-summer-2011/581127 "2011-08-15T07:29:28Z")
The season premiere is not that far away – Thursday the 26th. The bad news is that Adam Shankman is making a movie (Rock of Ages) and will not be a FT judge this summer. The worse news is that they’re bringing back Mar… --- ## [George R. R. Martin, you suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-r-r-martin-you-suck/542009)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-r-r-martin-you-suck/542009 "2010-06-11T21:21:10Z")
Five fucking years. Five fucking years. Five fucking years. A Dance with Dragons was supposed to be half written at the time of the publication of A Feast for Crows. Where the fuck is it? In those five years, you’ve re… --- ## [Let's psychoanalyze the hell out of "The Wizard of Oz"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-psychoanalyze-the-hell-out-of-the-wizard-of-oz/480922)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-psychoanalyze-the-hell-out-of-the-wizard-of-oz/480922 "2009-01-26T13:17:28Z")
Brought to you by the Campaign to Get Skald to Post About Something Other Than Tolkien in CS Please note that I wrote “The Wizard of Oz,” with quotes and everything. I am, in other words, referring to the 1939 movie st… --- ## [Words you pronounced wrong because you only read them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-pronounced-wrong-because-you-only-read-them/575607)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-pronounced-wrong-because-you-only-read-them/575607 "2011-04-02T13:54:37Z")
There was a gag in yesterday’s How I Met Your Mother that Ted said “Chameleon” wrong because he only read it and never heard it. I can sympathize. I said “Omnipotent” wrong for years because I only read it. Also “Hyperbo… --- ## [Warm spot under the house floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-spot-under-the-house-floor/513634)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-spot-under-the-house-floor/513634 "2009-10-14T21:25:36Z")
A few days ago, my wife noticed that there’s a big warm spot under the tile floor of our entry hallway and kitchen. Also, our cold water tap sometimes runs warm, presumably because the pipes go through this warm spot, so… --- ## [How best to handle this awkward and embarrassing co-worker situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-handle-this-awkward-and-embarrassing-co-worker-situation/520516)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-handle-this-awkward-and-embarrassing-co-worker-situation/520516 "2015-06-23T12:12:59Z")
One of my co-workers picks and eats - by which I mean, he picks at his nose, ears, scalp, chin, etc, examines what he just dug up, then puts it in his mouth and eats it, smacking his lips a little each time. He does thi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=180&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=182&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)