# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=183&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:** 184 --- ## [So I finally got around to watching Star Wars... I regret that decision.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-got-around-to-watching-star-wars-i-regret-that-decision/593292)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-got-around-to-watching-star-wars-i-regret-that-decision/593292 "2011-08-24T16:24:14Z")
So I have managed to live my 30 years without seeing a single Star Wars film. A while back Spike TV aired all three of the first films (that is, episodes IV, V, & VI), but I never got around to watching them after record… --- ## [How long from cirrhosis diagnosis until death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-from-cirrhosis-diagnosis-until-death/464569)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-from-cirrhosis-diagnosis-until-death/464569 "2014-07-10T03:55:37Z")
Assuming the person still drinks heavily. My SO’s father has been drinking about 4 30-packs of beer per week for going on 4 decades now. He’s finally been diagnosed by his doctor as having cirrhosis of the liver. Does… --- ## [Are Fat People on Airplanes Becoming a Big Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fat-people-on-airplanes-becoming-a-big-problem/654130)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fat-people-on-airplanes-becoming-a-big-problem/654130 "2018-05-12T04:11:26Z")
I was reading this article about whether fat people should pay extra for air travel. In the comment section, there were a lot of postings by people who claimed that they had had bad experiences travelling by airplane du… --- ## [Israel/Palestine: "One-state solution" on the table again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-palestine-one-state-solution-on-the-table-again/619814)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-palestine-one-state-solution-on-the-table-again/619814 "2012-05-01T19:54:47Z")
I heard on NPR recently that a lot of Palestinians nowadays, despairing of the possibility/viability of an independent Palestinian state, have started talking once again about an idea that used to be anathema to them, a o… --- ## [Tony Dungy is a loathsome charlatan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dungy-is-a-loathsome-charlatan/524355)
**Author:** [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dungy-is-a-loathsome-charlatan/524355 "2010-01-15T21:27:36Z")
The idea that this horrible human being is still being paraded around as an exemplar of how to live and someone I need to see on TV while watching a football game is everything that is wrong with America. Here is someon… --- ## [The 1 - 10 Pain Scale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-10-pain-scale/597495)
**Author:** [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-10-pain-scale/597495 "2018-04-05T21:01:21Z")
What level is your pain? Somewhere between the :slight\_smile: and the :frowning: … I had my gallbladder removed a week ago and I was asked this question too many times to count. At first I thought it was funny to have t… --- ## [Are you sitting down? Barry Manilow MIGHT BE GAY.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sitting-down-barry-manilow-might-be-gay/717217)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sitting-down-barry-manilow-might-be-gay/717217 "2017-04-23T06:40:27Z")
So Barry “married”\[sup\]1\[/sup\] his longtime lover and manager secretly last year. That’s all great and not really news, but apparently some vague “fans” are surprised by the revelation that Barry Manilow is gay. I want … --- ## [What older TV series have aged the best/worst when watched in reruns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-older-tv-series-have-aged-the-best-worst-when-watched-in-reruns/553429)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-older-tv-series-have-aged-the-best-worst-when-watched-in-reruns/553429 "2010-09-22T01:33:03Z")
In the All in the Family thread kingpengvin remarks at its surprising relevance today: And it’s true: even though it was probably the most topical show that aired to that date and is completely a piece about a blue col… --- ## [Let's Pit the DEA...one more time. (RO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-the-dea-one-more-time-ro/620654)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-the-dea-one-more-time-ro/620654 "2013-08-01T14:42:23Z")
Link to relevant story. Short version: UC San Diego student swept up in a series of drug raids is tossed in a cell without food or water and then “forgotten” for 4 days. I hope he wins millions in a well-publicized law… --- ## [Hottest USA Network Chick - and why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-usa-network-chick-and-why/509048)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-usa-network-chick-and-why/509048 "2009-09-12T04:20:46Z")
USA network has some of my favorite TV shows these days, including lots of hot chick “characters” (in keeping with their tag-line of “characters wanted”). So, which of the USA Babes are the hottest, in your opinion? Tw… --- ## [Intelligent Design-Whodunnit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-design-whodunnit/633024)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-design-whodunnit/633024 "2012-09-13T21:06:33Z")
For the sake of this argument we will assume Intelligent Design is a fact. So, who or what did the designing? God? Gods? Aliens? Where does the evidence we have so far lead us? --- ## [Resolved: I fucking hate soccer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-i-fucking-hate-soccer/545453)
**Author:** [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-i-fucking-hate-soccer/545453 "2010-07-10T20:00:17Z")
I just sat through as much as I can stand of the Spain/Who-the-fuck-ever soccer game. What a fucking joke. There was a goal scored. Wait. No, there wasn’t. Evidently, the scorer was closer to the goal than the defen… --- ## [Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) lies and admits it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-jon-kyl-r-az-lies-and-admits-it/578106)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-jon-kyl-r-az-lies-and-admits-it/578106 "2011-04-29T05:55:59Z")
When Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) recently said that “abortions make up well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does”, many took issue with this statement, since the figure is actually closer to 3%. And federal money is not used… --- ## [Women feeling the need to reference their boyfriends (to reassure themselves?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-feeling-the-need-to-reference-their-boyfriends-to-reassure-themselves/711505)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-feeling-the-need-to-reference-their-boyfriends-to-reassure-themselves/711505 "2015-02-14T03:49:49Z")
Questions for you Dopers: Guys, have you ever experienced this? Gals, do you do this, and what do you feel is the psychology behind it (insider’s take)? Also, have you ever found that guys do this? OK, here’s the phen… --- ## [Talk Me Off the Ledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge/770408)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge/770408 "2016-11-08T21:50:20Z")
OK, I admit it. I am starting to freak a little bit. I really believe that Trump would be a disaster for this country. Domestically the damage he can do it limited. But internationally, he really could hurt us. Best cas… --- ## [The waiting MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-waiting-mmp/676453)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-waiting-mmp/676453 "2013-12-23T03:25:48Z")
I’m sitting here waiting to see if a sub job pops up and so I thought I’d start the MMP. To be honest, if a job hasn’t appeared by now, I really don’t want to work. I prefer to get one the night before so that I can be… --- ## [Wishing death on someone...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wishing-death-on-someone/160737)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wishing-death-on-someone/160737 "2006-02-13T04:52:02Z")
This is a no-no, even in the Pit. HOWEVER, if your personality is so abrasive that you put quite a few people on edge simply at the sight of your userid, do not be surprised when people flame you, seemingly out of nowhe… --- ## [Growth of Pro-Life Movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growth-of-pro-life-movement/622920)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growth-of-pro-life-movement/622920 "2012-06-12T20:41:26Z")
According to some polls, “pro-choice” beliefs are at an alltime low: http://news.yahoo.com/pro-choice-americans-record-low-poll-finds-162145636–abc-news-politics.html So without getting into a debate on the ethics of ab… --- ## [English words foreigners often get confused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-foreigners-often-get-confused/668990)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-foreigners-often-get-confused/668990 "2013-10-21T20:56:10Z")
So, watching some anime this morning, I noticed a couple of words\* that sound very similar (to my American ear) but were translated to very different meanings. So, what english words sound similar to foreign ears while … --- ## [Leonard Nimoy has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-nimoy-has-died/713778 "2015-03-06T15:41:39Z")
Being reported now. --- ## [After Earth - Is there a big twist ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth-is-there-a-big-twist-ending/659861)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth-is-there-a-big-twist-ending/659861 "2013-11-04T21:42:21Z")
First, I don’t care if you use spoiler boxes or not as I never had any intention of seeing this film even before it starting getting panned (but for others sake I guess you should). I did, however, just find out that it … --- ## [Calling your lover/spouse mommy, daddy, mother, father?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-your-lover-spouse-mommy-daddy-mother-father/620302)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-your-lover-spouse-mommy-daddy-mother-father/620302 "2016-05-31T22:49:47Z")
Does this creep anyone else out something fierce? I think I may have seen it once or twice in real life, you see it a lot in movies. In Mosquito Coast the wife of Harrison Ford’s character is similar to him in age but he… --- ## [Probability of one team beating another based only on winning percentage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-one-team-beating-another-based-only-on-winning-percentage/540778)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-one-team-beating-another-based-only-on-winning-percentage/540778 "2010-05-29T17:51:57Z")
Say you have two sports teams. To keep it simple, assume they have each played the same number of games against exactly the same teams. If you know only the winning percentages of each team, what is the probability tha… --- ## [Determinism vs. Free Will: why care in the everyday world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/determinism-vs-free-will-why-care-in-the-everyday-world/774771)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/determinism-vs-free-will-why-care-in-the-everyday-world/774771 "2017-04-11T11:29:30Z")
I enjoy reading about philosophy, physics - the Big Questions and how folks are trying to ponder them. As near as I can tell, the debate between Free Will vs. Determinism can be boiled down to two scenarios that are rat… --- ## [How many Groundhog Days in the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-groundhog-days-in-the-movie/96539)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-groundhog-days-in-the-movie/96539 "2020-03-29T15:12:15Z")
Just saw the Bill Murray flick again, and wondered how many times Bill had to relive the same day in order to learn all he had to learn about the PA town Punk-something? Every detail of those people’s lives, keyboard pla… --- ## [Shaving your legs with an electric shaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-your-legs-with-an-electric-shaver/584760)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-your-legs-with-an-electric-shaver/584760 "2019-06-03T15:18:43Z")
I recently had a bad experience with ingrown hairs as a result of shaving my legs. I’m thinking of switching to an electric shaver, like Mr. Neville uses to shave his face (NOT the same shaver, of course). I don’t know… --- ## [Holy Mondegreen, Batman or I've been stupid wrong for most of my life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mondegreen-batman-or-ive-been-stupid-wrong-for-most-of-my-life/601662)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-mondegreen-batman-or-ive-been-stupid-wrong-for-most-of-my-life/601662 "2015-06-07T09:38:30Z")
I went looking to see if there was a youtube of a bubble gum song that came out when I was 8 or 9. Here is that song. Let it be known that until yesterday I sang the chorus thusly: Oh, it’s just mystery girl. You’ve g… --- ## [How to use SIM card with laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-sim-card-with-laptop/629697)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-sim-card-with-laptop/629697 "2013-10-01T05:40:43Z")
I got a new lasptop and there is a SIM card slot. I have an extra card that came with my phone. I inserted the card but I dont see it in device manager. I guess it needs a driver or something. Is there some sort of soft… --- ## [Is there one food you could live on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-one-food-you-could-live-on/526967)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-one-food-you-could-live-on/526967 "2010-02-10T01:05:15Z")
Is there one food (+ water) that you could eat for the rest of your life and not suffer from malnutrition? We know from Cecil’s column that bread and water won’t do it. Thanks, Rob --- ## [What are we to do with these insects we refer to as Republicans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076 "2019-10-08T12:57:04Z")
What is one to do? These houseflies. These mosquitoes. These vermin. A party they are not; they exist as a cult of perversion and perverse love of inequality. --- ## [Aspirin and menstruation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspirin-and-menstruation/304967)
**Author:** [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspirin-and-menstruation/304967 "2011-01-28T22:18:06Z")
Does taking aspirin for cramps and other discomfort during menstruation ‘thin’ the menstrual flow as it supposedly does other blood? --- ## [Brokeback Mountain (OPEN SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brokeback-mountain-open-spoilers/334832)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brokeback-mountain-open-spoilers/334832 "2006-06-11T21:11:19Z")
Just got home from a preview. Yes, it really is that good. No, it’s not actually about gay cowboys – it’s about two people who fall in love but can’t find a way to make it work. It’s very, very sad. But very, very, v… --- ## [What's your favorite military song (or cadence)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-military-song-or-cadence/456665)
**Author:** [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-military-song-or-cadence/456665 "2008-07-19T16:13:46Z")
I’ve never served myself, but I do like military songs and cadences. I thinks it’s hard to beat the Ranger’s ‘Blood Upon the Risers’ (‘Glory Glory, What a Hellava Way to Die’) Holy shit that songs haunting. Here’s a … --- ## [Who will take old CRT TVs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-take-old-crt-tvs/606749)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-take-old-crt-tvs/606749 "2015-11-18T01:53:15Z")
I’ve upgraded to flat screens and have 2-27" CRT televisions in my garage. I’m going to take them to the dump, but you would think that there is some poor family who would like to have them. You would think wrong. I’v… --- ## [A love for cookbooks: An Epicurean MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-love-for-cookbooks-an-epicurean-mmp/471971 "2008-11-17T04:03:26Z")
Now some of you skim over the posts with recipes (you know who you are :)), but this MMP goes beyond a listing of recipes. This OP is about my love affair with cookbooks. I am passionate about cookbooks. I read them lik… --- ## [Is HowToBasic wasting food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-howtobasic-wasting-food/657351)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-howtobasic-wasting-food/657351 "2013-05-03T14:28:14Z")
If you check out their channel and just watch one of their many videos that “teach you” how to make a food item, while they are kind of funny, I have been wondering: isn’t this guy unnecessarily wasting a lot of food? O… --- ## [Nut With Gun at Town Hall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nut-with-gun-at-town-hall/506377)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nut-with-gun-at-town-hall/506377 "2009-08-24T14:55:38Z")
So you want to make a point and where your gun to a Town Hall. Kinda dickish, but it’s legal. But to do so while holding a sign that says “Time to Water the Tree of Liberty” is beyond pale. Really, you think it’s time to… --- ## [What is the difference between Brian and Bryan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-brian-and-bryan/634650)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-brian-and-bryan/634650 "2012-09-18T03:50:00Z")
Why are there two spellings of that name? --- ## [Is the "warm" setting on a crockpot hot enough to keep food safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-warm-setting-on-a-crockpot-hot-enough-to-keep-food-safe/706574)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-warm-setting-on-a-crockpot-hot-enough-to-keep-food-safe/706574 "2016-10-17T12:24:29Z")
Cooked something with ground beef in a crock pot. Left it on the warm setting and forgot about it all day - ended up spending somewhere around 8-10 hours on warm (not low - there’s high/low/warm), at which point I put it… --- ## [etv78, please take a nap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-please-take-a-nap/555385 "2012-09-17T02:16:24Z")
Or at the very least, stop starting so many goddamn threads. Since your return on 9/5, you’ve posted 339 times in 170 threads. Of those 170, you’ve started 71 of them. Seventy-one threads in 23 days! Holy fuck, man - tak… --- ## [My boyfriend wants me to talk more during sex...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-wants-me-to-talk-more-during-sex/528453)
**Author:** [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2010, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-wants-me-to-talk-more-during-sex/528453 "2010-02-13T09:06:15Z")
What do I say, and how do I keep from feeling like an idiot when I’m saying it? I’m shy and self-conscious. Sometimes I think I’m moaning too loud; he assures me that’s not the case. He wants to know that he’s hitting t… --- ## [The day after Christmas and all I have are 4 buns and no ham.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737 "2009-03-08T02:05:29Z")
Thanks for bringing your fucking piece of shit, cunt sniffing bitch to the dinner. This year’s 2 foot circle of pee on the carpet is wonderful. It’s a pleasure to deal with your fucking dog’s vomit and piss on the carpet… --- ## [Well, it probably won't shut up creationists... \[self-replicating RNA enzyme systems\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-probably-wont-shut-up-creationists-self-replicating-rna-enzyme-systems/480901)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-probably-wont-shut-up-creationists-self-replicating-rna-enzyme-systems/480901 "2009-01-15T16:06:43Z")
…but it goes a long way towards a really elementary and convincing argument regarding the origins of life: For the first time, indefinitely self-replicating RNA enzyme systems have been created in the lab. And what’s ev… --- ## [Actors trying to avoid age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-trying-to-avoid-age/590826)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-trying-to-avoid-age/590826 "2011-10-26T01:33:34Z")
So Arnold Schwarzenegger is 64 today, and he looks just awful in his IMDb thumbnail pic. I can’t tell if it’s the skin or the hair, but the guy looks absolutely terrible. Here is the full size pic. Imagine if he hadn’… --- ## [Football Concussions, the next Big Thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-concussions-the-next-big-thing/628696)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-concussions-the-next-big-thing/628696 "2023-09-16T03:37:38Z")
As I understand later this year in Philadelphia a federal class suit will address brain injuries in football. Football teams are big companies. The NFL acts as a cartel. Add in youth football programs, which at some hig… --- ## [Casino Royale thread (open spoilers after p 4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casino-royale-thread-open-spoilers-after-p-4/380889)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casino-royale-thread-open-spoilers-after-p-4/380889 "2007-03-19T21:15:31Z")
It’s just going to be wrong if, immediately before and especially after seeing it, everyone starts talking about Casino Royale in an old anti-Daniel Craig thread, so here’s a new thread. Casino Royale is 96% on Rotten T… --- ## [Did Royal Raymond Rife find a cure for cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-royal-raymond-rife-find-a-cure-for-cancer/89205)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-royal-raymond-rife-find-a-cure-for-cancer/89205 "2023-03-04T04:54:58Z")
This reeks of Urban Legend, but I couldn’t find anything in Snopes or even here on the SDMB. (I e-mailed Snopes but got an automatic reply - hope they find time to look into this and verify or debunk it). Someone sent m… --- ## [MyBrute - 'Gladiator' flash game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mybrute-gladiator-flash-game/493947)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mybrute-gladiator-flash-game/493947 "2010-01-28T03:46:55Z")
I’ve been put onto a new flash game call My Brute to waste some more time on. It’s a ‘gladiator’ type flash game, where you create your warrior and send him in to do batltle with other warriors. I hope this hasn’t alre… --- ## [Botticelli - March 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774 "2013-04-04T13:21:43Z")
Previous round: Botticelli - January 2013 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board Continuing our march through the alphabet, the next letter is H. --- ## [Little things that bug you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187 "2015-05-08T03:17:07Z")
So my husband and I joined a gym, called Planet Fitness, mainly because it’s open 24 hours, and on his way home from work (and I can bike there). It’s a national chain, but I don’t know if they use the same slogans natio… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=182&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=184&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)