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**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-and-blowing-up-a-hot-water-heater/445254 "2008-04-16T10:21:47Z")
I just saw this episode. I recorded it ages ago, but only just watched it. For those who haven’t seen it, the Mythbusters bypass the thermostat on a storage electric hot water heater, block the safety valve and keep he… --- ## [Fucking terrorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-terrorists/80856)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-terrorists/80856 "2001-09-13T04:03:01Z")
May God, Jehovah, or Allah have mercy on their misguided, destructive, angry souls. May the United States hunt the group responsible down and torture them to within an inch of their freaking lives! Cut funding for defen… --- ## [Why did Hitler besiege Stalingrad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-hitler-besiege-stalingrad/436118)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-hitler-besiege-stalingrad/436118 "2008-02-17T17:35:34Z")
As I understand it, the strategic aim of Hitler’s push towards the Caucasus was to seize control of the oilfields there, thereby both denying petroleum supplies to the Soviets’ mechanized forces and securing them for his… --- ## [Your car nemesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-nemesis/683690)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-nemesis/683690 "2014-03-17T02:33:40Z")
Is there a particular model(s) of automobile that you avoid on the road, because the drivers of said vehicles always do something that pisses you off? For me, it’s Honda CR-Vs and Mazda MPVs. Every time I get stuck beh… --- ## [Nazi Rune As CPAC Stage- Coincidence Or Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-rune-as-cpac-stage-coincidence-or-not/933927)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-rune-as-cpac-stage-coincidence-or-not/933927 "2021-03-02T02:32:13Z")
I checked with an Odinist I know. He confirmed what the research in the article says. This form of the rune was only used by Nazis, never by the Vikings. I consider that bit settled. The only remaining question is the on… --- ## [Why Christian teens shouldn't go to the prom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-christian-teens-shouldnt-go-to-the-prom/373177)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-christian-teens-shouldnt-go-to-the-prom/373177 "2006-09-21T16:52:20Z")
I’m not going to explain what I was looking for when I came across this – suffice to say it had nothing to do with Christianity, adolesence, or prommery. --- ## [Probability question: getting matching cards from two decks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-question-getting-matching-cards-from-two-decks/158022)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-question-getting-matching-cards-from-two-decks/158022 "2003-03-03T01:56:03Z")
Take two standard decks of 52 cards and shuffle them together. Now deal the cards out in a single row. How would you compute the probability that somewhere in that row of 104 cards there are two matching cards next to ea… --- ## [Does Voyager get better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-voyager-get-better/258626)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-voyager-get-better/258626 "2004-08-07T18:37:57Z")
So I really dug Deep Space Nine on DVD. Never got a lot of chance to watch it when it aired as we were without television at that point. Picked up the first DVD set way back when and stuck with it all the way. Beauty. … --- ## [A question for people 40 and up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893 "2020-02-21T05:05:55Z")
After reading the question in the spoiler, you have 2 seconds to answer. I don’t need to know your answer (although you may share if you wish), I would just like to know if you were able to do it. --- ## [Republican voter intimidation tactics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-voter-intimidation-tactics/265496)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-voter-intimidation-tactics/265496 "2004-11-02T19:27:14Z")
What about supporting democracy in our own country? From Salon (http://www.salon.com) – The report by People for the American Way is here – http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=16368 --- ## [Gas Pump Trigger Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-pump-trigger-latch/441179)
**Author:** [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-pump-trigger-latch/441179 "2008-03-13T20:43:23Z")
Yet another irritating thing about Rhode Island: For some reason, the mechanisms for holding the squeezed trigger on a gas pump in position have been removed from almost all pumps in the state. I can’t figure out why th… --- ## [Ace0spades deserves your approbrium scorn and contempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ace0spades-deserves-your-approbrium-scorn-and-contempt/134945)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2002, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ace0spades-deserves-your-approbrium-scorn-and-contempt/134945 "2002-11-14T12:07:31Z")
I think most of us who have encountered the Acehole realize he is none too bright nor well-informed. For a while, I thought he was trolling, because nobody could be that consistently wrong and stupid over such wide and … --- ## [Seventies Song Madness: Division B Round 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventies-song-madness-division-b-round-1/648487)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventies-song-madness-division-b-round-1/648487 "2013-01-29T07:29:06Z")
Simple rules. Pick the song in each pair that you think is “greater”. The one that gets more votes goes on to the next round. Brain Damage - Pink Floyd Brand New Key - Melanie Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) - Looking Gla… --- ## [What's the best song off of "Magical Mystery Tour"/"Yellow Submarine"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-off-of-magical-mystery-tour-yellow-submarine/555397)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-off-of-magical-mystery-tour-yellow-submarine/555397 "2010-10-18T19:15:20Z")
Previous polls (still active): Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, and \*\*Sgt. Pepper’s\*\*. What may prove a controversial hybrid. But there can still … --- ## [All Trek, All the time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-trek-all-the-time/158021 "2003-03-10T00:29:17Z")
Suppose you had an enourmous TV budget. And you had complete final say. How would you relight the Star Trek franchise? I’m talking about a new show. But, here’s the twist, you have access to all of the characters from a… --- ## [Ask the rollergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-rollergirl/512821)
**Author:** [@Black\_Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Sunshine)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-rollergirl/512821 "2009-10-15T18:13:48Z")
Whip It, the new Drew Barrymore-directed roller derby movie premiered last weekend. There’s a fair bit of roller buzz, and people I know IRL are asking a lot of questions about how real roller derby relates to what was … --- ## [Tuna"fish" -why? Then why not beefmammal, chickenbird, shrimpbug?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuna-fish-why-then-why-not-beefmammal-chickenbird-shrimpbug/633177)
**Author:** [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuna-fish-why-then-why-not-beefmammal-chickenbird-shrimpbug/633177 "2012-09-09T08:42:49Z")
Tuna is tuna. This is no kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus or species confusion. \[ok, maybe species, but I am too lazy to look it up–and they are still fish.\] What’s with the people that say tunafish? And … --- ## [would you meet your fave author, actor or singer if you could?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-meet-your-fave-author-actor-or-singer-if-you-could/600905)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-meet-your-fave-author-actor-or-singer-if-you-could/600905 "2011-10-31T21:11:53Z")
simple question. I think for most I’d really want to keep my distance. What would I really say to Johnny Depp except “Hi I’m an old lady who really enjoys your films”? I do like to tell musicians at small clubs after … --- ## [Does every McDonalds worldwide use only American french fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-mcdonalds-worldwide-use-only-american-french-fries/708153)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-mcdonalds-worldwide-use-only-american-french-fries/708153 "2014-12-30T01:59:22Z")
There’s a New York Times article about a shortage of french fries at McDonalds Japan due to an American dockworker dispute. In the article, there’s a line: It’s not clear from the article whether this means only McDona… --- ## [Movies with WTF?!? moments you still can't figure out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861 "2026-11-12T16:53:01Z")
This is not about movies where you didn’t understand most/all of it, but movies where you pretty much follow along and may even like, but suddenly something happens that makes your jaw drop and you say “What the hell jus… --- ## [European pagan rituals in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pagan-rituals-in-america/661698)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pagan-rituals-in-america/661698 "2013-06-25T16:06:49Z")
Today is Midsummer’s Day. In Denmark people come together to make a big bonfire on a beach on the forest or someplace, and dance around and sing songs and stuff. And burn witches. Or these days only effigies of witches … --- ## [Question about tax liability on lottery winnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tax-liability-on-lottery-winnings/665346)
**Author:** [@paradox78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paradox78)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tax-liability-on-lottery-winnings/665346 "2013-08-06T04:08:15Z")
Hello and good morning, I have a fairly simple tax question regarding lottery winnings taxes that has turned out to be a bit confusing due to conflicting info from the IRS website vs the Oregon Lottery site. OK so here… --- ## [Lake Mead at 36% of Capacity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482 "2021-08-17T10:44:02Z")
A picture’s worth a thousand words. The debate is, what happens if and when Lake Mead disappears? --- ## [Should pharmacies sell magnetic and copper bracelets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-pharmacies-sell-magnetic-and-copper-bracelets/380762)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-pharmacies-sell-magnetic-and-copper-bracelets/380762 "2006-11-25T00:37:51Z")
Yesterday, while picking up a presrciption at my local pharmacy, I was shocked and saddened to see magnetic bracelts and copper bracelets for sale on a nearby counter. Both are being touted not as jewelry but as therapeu… --- ## [Someone is physically harming your loved one. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-physically-harming-your-loved-one-what-do-you-do/677298)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-physically-harming-your-loved-one-what-do-you-do/677298 "2014-01-01T05:21:06Z")
Let’s say someone or a group of someones is harming a loved one of yours. What do you do? Well, save them, obviously…but do you think you could? If it was just down to you against another person bigger and stronger th… --- ## [It's a slut thing Wabbit--you just don't understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-slut-thing-wabbit-you-just-dont-understand/114604)
**Author:** [@Wabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wabbit)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-slut-thing-wabbit-you-just-dont-understand/114604 "2002-06-19T22:31:22Z")
And you’re absolutely right folks: I honestly don’t get it. In this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=119947&pagenumber=2 I admittedly hijacked a thread when Esprix made a comment whic… --- ## [Does Teflon really kill parakeets??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-teflon-really-kill-parakeets/225420)
**Author:** [@JejuLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JejuLife)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-teflon-really-kill-parakeets/225420 "2004-01-24T00:17:55Z")
AFTER having my parakeets for nearly two weeks (and cooking with a teflon frying pan several times), I started reading that fumes from teflon coated things will kill your pet birds. I got this in several places, but it … --- ## [Conjecture: "R2-D2 had Force Powers" (Discuss, Debate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjecture-r2-d2-had-force-powers-discuss-debate/422926)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjecture-r2-d2-had-force-powers-discuss-debate/422926 "2014-03-28T05:52:03Z")
It’s been kinda boring around here, so there’s you topic for today. --- ## [Most disappointing athlete ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-athlete-ever/342232)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-athlete-ever/342232 "2006-08-20T03:52:51Z")
Inspired by this thread, I want to know who is the most disappointing athlete ever. Who failed to live up to the hype, or made the least of considerable talent. Here are some of my picks: Harold “Baby Jordan” Miner- t… --- ## [What kind of career will Josh Radnor have post HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-career-will-josh-radnor-have-post-how-i-met-your-mother/670972)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-career-will-josh-radnor-have-post-how-i-met-your-mother/670972 "2013-10-15T19:09:11Z")
This morning, while doing my hated treadmill time, I was watching HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER on demand. The on-demand commercials were all CBS house ads, including two for the show in question. I noticed that, while Radner is… --- ## [Things you expected nothing of, but turned out to be great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-expected-nothing-of-but-turned-out-to-be-great/919498)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-expected-nothing-of-but-turned-out-to-be-great/919498 "2020-10-16T16:37:11Z")
Like many people, Mrs. Wheelz and I were looking for new stuff to watch during the shutdown. While scrolling through Netflix I came across that cartoon about the talking horse who drinks a lot. That was literally everyth… --- ## [D B Cooper - still?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-b-cooper-still/793711)
**Author:** [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-b-cooper-still/793711 "2018-11-23T09:58:47Z")
Convenient timing of finding additional info? Or could this really be Coopers parachute? Will the FBI reopen the case if they find the new “evidence” convincing? --- ## [100 days for killing someone? You've GOT to be shitting me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-days-for-killing-someone-youve-got-to-be-shitting-me/225803)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-days-for-killing-someone-youve-got-to-be-shitting-me/225803 "2004-02-25T21:01:21Z")
I am outraged that this peckerhead has gotten away with a slap on the wrist. Janklow has a criminal driving record going back years and years. Now he’s managed to kill someone with his disregard and carelessness and he… --- ## [If you had to choose the method of your death, what would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-choose-the-method-of-your-death-what-would-it-be/519970)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2009, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-choose-the-method-of-your-death-what-would-it-be/519970 "2009-12-13T10:06:57Z")
Leaving Las Vegas for me, all the way. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Shit -- I have shingles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-i-have-shingles/566503)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-i-have-shingles/566503 "2011-01-19T01:09:09Z")
On Monday my wife noticed that I was breaking out in a rash on the left of side of my neck and lower jaw. That after I had been experiencing some pain in that region for a few days. So we went to the doctor, and guess … --- ## [Atheists/non-Catholics: If you met the Pope, how would you address him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-non-catholics-if-you-met-the-pope-how-would-you-address-him/407787)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-non-catholics-if-you-met-the-pope-how-would-you-address-him/407787 "2007-06-22T02:06:03Z")
Inspired by The Daily Show’s commentary on the President calling the Pope “sir,” and the discussion it’s caused both here and elsewhere. To the folks who don’t follow the Mother Church: if you met the Pope, and you deci… --- ## [Why is the monkey gesture racist towards those of African heritage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-monkey-gesture-racist-towards-those-of-african-heritage/643525)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-monkey-gesture-racist-towards-those-of-african-heritage/643525 "2012-12-11T21:49:00Z")
When I was a kid it was a standard joke whenever we watched a wildlife doco or go to the zoo - ‘we went to the zoo and saw your relatives’, or ‘Is that you with that gorilla in that photo?’ So I am little confused that … --- ## [How do you PREVENT yourself from falling in love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prevent-yourself-from-falling-in-love/171177)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prevent-yourself-from-falling-in-love/171177 "2003-05-14T22:49:17Z")
So recently, my best friend broke up with his boyfriend. He was very sad, since he had grown rather attached, but he was also angry at himself for allowing himself to fall in love with the guy. The guy was not in love … --- ## [how to keep a 21-month-old quiet during a long plane trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-a-21-month-old-quiet-during-a-long-plane-trip/425477)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-a-21-month-old-quiet-during-a-long-plane-trip/425477 "2007-12-19T06:49:19Z")
Background: Two children. Son #1 just turned 5. Son #2 is 21 months old. We are taking both of them on a plane trip from California (USA) to Switzerland (layover in Paris). We are travelling in coach. The flight from Lo… --- ## [J.D Vance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance/799582)
**Author:** [@CHealy7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CHealy7)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance/799582 "2022-05-12T04:23:52Z")
Would you agree that this man’s ascension to the presidency looks inevitable? --- ## [The Federal Government is not Giving Money Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-federal-government-is-not-giving-money-away/486490)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-federal-government-is-not-giving-money-away/486490 "2009-02-21T18:55:40Z")
OK people. I’ve got a bone to pick with you. In thread after thread in all fora on the SDMB, poster after poster talks about the money that has been “given” to businesses as part of one bailout or another. The truth o… --- ## [why doesn't Mexico build lots of nuclear power plants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-mexico-build-lots-of-nuclear-power-plants/528108)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-mexico-build-lots-of-nuclear-power-plants/528108 "2010-02-12T00:41:27Z")
if building nuclear power plants in America is, reputedly, delayed and made overly expensive by various regulatory and political hurdles, why don’t American companies that do this sort of stuff go to Mexico and build the… --- ## [So, who's winning the war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-winning-the-war/524024)
**Author:** [@Paleface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paleface)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-winning-the-war/524024 "2010-01-14T10:52:07Z")
(read and learn) The ‘Long War’: Who’s Winning? - Antiwar.com --- ## [Can we drop the superior "tinfoil hat" phrase, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-superior-tinfoil-hat-phrase-please/302252)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-superior-tinfoil-hat-phrase-please/302252 "2005-05-07T12:03:05Z")
OK, I’ll say it. Calling something out as “tinfoil hattery” without attempting a debunk is nothing but snobbish pseudo-intellectualism of someone imitating the vocabulary of their betters. People do it far too often … --- ## [10 things men really know about women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306 "2005-01-22T23:18:32Z")
Women have breasts. :smiley: --- ## [Three Musketeers used swords?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-musketeers-used-swords/48539)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-musketeers-used-swords/48539 "2001-11-25T05:02:03Z")
Just saw yet another Three Musketeers movie on the cable box; I just love this swashbuckling tripe for some reason. But it just occured to me: why do the Musketeers fight with swords? Shouldn’t they fight with muskets??… --- ## [How similar would alien technology be to our own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-similar-would-alien-technology-be-to-our-own/555360)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-similar-would-alien-technology-be-to-our-own/555360 "2010-10-08T04:17:27Z")
Physical science fields like chemistry, physics, astronomy should be identical. So should most formal science fields involving math (I assume) and theoretically most forms of applied science. Maybe. If the gravity, textu… --- ## [The science in Game of Thrones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-in-game-of-thrones/586245)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-in-game-of-thrones/586245 "2011-08-18T01:36:47Z")
I have a few questions about the science of the world in Game of Thrones. Yes, I know I need a life: 1. The solar system What kind of whacked-out orbit does the planet have, that summers and winters each last for years… --- ## [Non-damaging pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-damaging-pain/549974)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-damaging-pain/549974 "2010-08-13T08:28:33Z")
What would be the most painful thing a person can experience, without causing permanent damage? I don’t mean medical things like a toothache or migraine or childbirth . . . I mean things deliberately done to a person, r… --- ## [Etiquette of saying grace at meals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-of-saying-grace-at-meals/285586)
**Author:** [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-of-saying-grace-at-meals/285586 "2005-01-21T17:01:54Z")
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