# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1835&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:** 1836 --- ## [No fucking skirt steak in Kansas City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fucking-skirt-steak-in-kansas-city/343117)
**Author:** [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fucking-skirt-steak-in-kansas-city/343117 "2006-02-09T04:04:41Z")
Yes, this is lame, but dammit - I’m from Texas, and was forcibly relocated to Kansas City by my company a little over a year ago. In that time, I have been unable to locate skirt steak for sale in Kansas City. Ergo, I … --- ## [Great first and last lines from various works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-first-and-last-lines-from-various-works/386273)
**Author:** [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-first-and-last-lines-from-various-works/386273 "2007-01-05T09:41:29Z")
Inevitably, this thread will contain spoilers. I’m going to beg you not to use spoiler boxes, and not to read if spoilers in the form of last lines upset you. It won’t matter, but I have to say it as a matter of principl… --- ## [Have their been any American Conspiracy Theories That Were True?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-their-been-any-american-conspiracy-theories-that-were-true/387374)
**Author:** [@Eric79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric79)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-their-been-any-american-conspiracy-theories-that-were-true/387374 "2007-01-19T19:38:04Z")
I’ve been reading conspiracy theories about 9/11, the Kennedy Assasination etc Got me to thinking have their ever been any conspiracy theories in America that have later prove to pan out to be true or mostly true. I re… --- ## [Joe Biden diagnosed with Prostate Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513 "2026-08-13T18:53:37Z")
Joe Biden has an aggressive form of Prostate cancer. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/biden-prostate-cancer.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.IE8.JmpY.mn0ITWcCGBab&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=article… --- ## [Scientism, good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientism-good-or-bad/184558)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientism-good-or-bad/184558 "2003-07-08T02:14:48Z")
First of all, what is a good working definition of scientism? I’ve tried looking it up and seem to get some pretty contradictory answers. And is it a bad thing? On one hand, it seems to be a fairly rigid thing, in that … --- ## [What's your strategy for keeping all your PINs, passwords, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-strategy-for-keeping-all-your-pins-passwords-etc/624327)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-strategy-for-keeping-all-your-pins-passwords-etc/624327 "2012-08-03T15:26:56Z")
My list of PINs, passwords, user ID’s, usernames, etc. is getting frighteningly long. I keep it on a hidden place on my work computer, and print out a hard copy occasionally as it changes with time and keep the hard cop… --- ## [I am a college educated girl. Clearly that means I'm naive and ingorant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-college-educated-girl-clearly-that-means-im-naive-and-ingorant/184088)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-college-educated-girl-clearly-that-means-im-naive-and-ingorant/184088 "2003-06-26T12:27:26Z")
In my thread on fighting ignorance I came upon this post This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten a post saying that sort of thing. Somehow I doubt my film theory and production teachers used their cirriculum to turn me… --- ## [Ration answers to this proposition...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ration-answers-to-this-proposition/620572)
**Author:** [@Sheriru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sheriru)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ration-answers-to-this-proposition/620572 "2012-05-05T15:12:11Z")
What is your humble opinions on this… What if every human being who committed an inhuman act, and given second chances failed to be taken, was put into a rocket and shot into the sun? My opinion is that first it would … --- ## [RIP Dick Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dick-clark/619201)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dick-clark/619201 "2012-04-20T16:06:05Z")
He’s finally gone to the big bandstand in the sky. --- ## [Was our housesitter a, for lack of a better term, \[ditz\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-our-housesitter-a-for-lack-of-a-better-term-ditz/841136)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-our-housesitter-a-for-lack-of-a-better-term-ditz/841136 "2019-10-07T12:47:14Z")
We were away for not quite three weeks. We paid a close friend of ours, “T”, to house-sit during that time. Okay, he fed the cats, he didn’t slob the place up, he didn’t eat us out of house and home, didn’t drink anythin… --- ## [Explain the Taylor Swift concert ticket brouhaha to me please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-brouhaha-to-me-please/975156)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-brouhaha-to-me-please/975156 "2023-09-30T12:43:59Z")
I’ve been seeing reports in the news that people around the country are besides themselves with anger because they can’t buy tickets to concerts by pop star Taylor Swift set to take place in 2023. Firstly, why not? Sell… --- ## [How is this NOT a hate crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-a-hate-crime/182310)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-a-hate-crime/182310 "2003-06-23T13:39:08Z")
At the risk of reiterating my One Trick Pony\[sup\]TM\[/sup\] status (and, really, if all you’re going to do is come in to say so, you can kiss my ass), I am much disturbed by this news story. Two college students in the ba… --- ## [Rumsfeld: "It will be a long, hard slog."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-it-will-be-a-long-hard-slog/208969)
**Author:** [@ChaosGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChaosGod)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-it-will-be-a-long-hard-slog/208969 "2003-10-31T03:29:17Z")
link According to an internal memo addressed to senior Pentagon officials, Rumsfeld thinks that: “My impression is that we have not yet made truly bold moves” :eek: and “It is pretty clear that the coalition can win … --- ## [How do Router Firewalls Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-router-firewalls-work/512906)
**Author:** [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-router-firewalls-work/512906 "2010-10-11T13:13:42Z")
I have a phone line connection to a ADSL router. Looking through the settings on the router I see there is an option to enable Firewall and Intrusion Detection. I have been using my current setup without problems for so… --- ## [NYT editorial on the movie 'Chappaquiddick'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-editorial-on-the-movie-chappaquiddick/811998)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-editorial-on-the-movie-chappaquiddick/811998 "2018-07-14T16:35:16Z")
Here’s a link to an editorial by Neal Gabler. A note says that he is writing a biography of Ted Kennedy. In the editorial he says some things that to me seem quite surprising coming from someone who presumably should b… --- ## [Seriously, you're going to eat that? Ugh.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-youre-going-to-eat-that-ugh/683544)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-youre-going-to-eat-that-ugh/683544 "2014-03-16T16:40:01Z")
Tell me about the food/dish you love, that no living soul should ever know or see you eat. I’ll start, I suppose. After a particularly shitty day… On a toasted flat bread/pita, layer in order of appearance: Generous … --- ## [Gun-totin' Liberals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-totin-liberals/569458)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-totin-liberals/569458 "2011-02-03T05:08:16Z")
There was a ‘political compass’ thread posted a few months ago. I took the quiz, and I scored well into leftist territory. I’m pretty liberal. Only I support the RTKBA. Any other gun-totin’ Liberals here? --- ## [Northeast gardners-do you mow down your raspberry bushes in the fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northeast-gardners-do-you-mow-down-your-raspberry-bushes-in-the-fall/554328)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northeast-gardners-do-you-mow-down-your-raspberry-bushes-in-the-fall/554328 "2016-08-06T02:20:26Z")
I have a really big red raspberry patch (summer bearing) I had planted from little sticks three years ago. They’re really thick and bushy. Could I cut them down and of course, will they come up next year? I live in th… --- ## [Define 'morally correct'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-morally-correct/102354)
**Author:** [@Karallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karallen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-morally-correct/102354 "2002-04-15T04:52:45Z")
Could someone explain what is meant by “morally correct”? --- ## [People charged with "politically correct stupidity" are actually quite intelligent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-charged-with-politically-correct-stupidity-are-actually-quite-intelligent/551206)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-charged-with-politically-correct-stupidity-are-actually-quite-intelligent/551206 "2010-08-27T12:47:16Z")
The title of the thread is my thesis. Every few months someone starts a thread about the latest instance where some group is having a cow about a single use of the word “nigger”, facial makeup that looked vaguely like b… --- ## [The ethics/morality of taking unemployment when you have savings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-morality-of-taking-unemployment-when-you-have-savings/634402)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-morality-of-taking-unemployment-when-you-have-savings/634402 "2012-09-12T18:33:13Z")
Because of a power struggle between the CEO and the President of the company, I find myself involuntarily out of a job for the first time since, well, ever\*. I have substantial savings and investments - enough to last m… --- ## [Is this reasonable evidence that Jesus lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340 "2003-06-20T17:32:47Z")
Apparently, a stone ‘bone box’ has surfaced in a museum So what are we looking at? A coincidence? A forgery? If it really is the ossuary of James, then that not only means Jesus existed, but that more of the de… --- ## [Ask the medical technologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-medical-technologist/443176)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-medical-technologist/443176 "2016-03-04T05:58:51Z")
So, who’s never heard of a medical technologist? Who’s heard of one but has no clue what they do? Who knows what they do but has some questions? I’m relatively new to the field, and there are other medical techs on the … --- ## [Most controversial/offensive Halloween costume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-offensive-halloween-costume/378074)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-offensive-halloween-costume/378074 "2006-10-30T03:29:04Z")
One funny side effect of the season is people’s efforts to provoke and in some cases, offend. My girlfriend joked that Halloween is the only day they are allowed to act slutty (lot of slutty fairies out there) Other th… --- ## [Looking for a non-cat Kliban cartoon (pie, diner)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-cat-kliban-cartoon-pie-diner/758183)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-cat-kliban-cartoon-pie-diner/758183 "2016-07-04T11:39:10Z")
Clearly, everything is not on the Internet. I’m looking for a cartoon from, oh, 30 years ago. I’m 99% sure it’s by Kliban. A man is sitting at the counter at a diner, and he is handing a huge wad of bills to the waitre… --- ## [What will happen to infidels on the rapture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-infidels-on-the-rapture/571762)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-infidels-on-the-rapture/571762 "2011-02-22T23:55:16Z")
Lets assume that the Rapture will happen. What will happen to atheists and believers of the wrong faith? What does the bible and the different interpretations say? --- ## [Idiocracy: Is it plausible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiocracy-is-it-plausible/423947)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiocracy-is-it-plausible/423947 "2007-11-18T22:17:23Z")
I rented the relatively unheard-of Mike Judge/Luke Wilson film Idiocracy the other night, and rather enjoyed it. The edited highlights of the plot are that, 500 years into the future, everyone has become stupid because … --- ## [When was the earliest you could use the Internet at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-earliest-you-could-use-the-internet-at-home/708750)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-earliest-you-could-use-the-internet-at-home/708750 "2015-01-30T05:54:55Z")
AOL, Compuserve, etc have been available since the 80s, but they weren’t “True” ISP’s until 1994-ish when they started allowing links to Usenet and more importantly the Web. From what I’ve read, Internet-based email was… --- ## [Which was the best Roger Moore Bond film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723 "2012-11-15T16:40:28Z")
Pick one. --- ## [Pjen, please stop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-please-stop/718637)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-please-stop/718637 "2015-04-29T16:33:28Z")
The referendum is over, its was another Culloden, the Union won. It was interesting back in September, but come on. This is literally the only thing you talk about. And it would be actually semi enjoyable if you had some… --- ## [Time travel does not create paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-does-not-create-paradox/581356)
**Author:** [@Hambil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hambil)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-does-not-create-paradox/581356 "2011-05-12T16:46:30Z")
Had this thought while driving. I was thinking of the stupid ways in which alternate dimensions are treated in television and movies. You travel to an ‘alternate’ dimension where everything is just like here except some … --- ## [Saint Tebow? (Peter Schrager's Mock Draft)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saint-tebow-peter-schragers-mock-draft/528500)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saint-tebow-peter-schragers-mock-draft/528500 "2010-02-12T22:48:22Z")
Yeah, I know, way too early for mock NFL drafts, but the title of this article caught my eye. Can’t claim I actually know who Schrager is, but he’s got the Saints drafting Tebow with the last pick of the second round. … --- ## [Why does fusion create so much energy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fusion-create-so-much-energy/793398)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fusion-create-so-much-energy/793398 "2017-08-16T22:47:43Z")
I have a basic understanding of fusion, basically a few atoms of Hydrogen (for example) fuse together to create Helium. Sounds painless enough, but why does the act of fusing atoms create such enormous amounts of energy… --- ## [Why do hamsters run on that exercise wheel and other hamster questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hamsters-run-on-that-exercise-wheel-and-other-hamster-questions/104105)
**Author:** [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hamsters-run-on-that-exercise-wheel-and-other-hamster-questions/104105 "2002-04-19T06:47:12Z")
We recently bought a hamster, and watching this hamster has raised a number of questions. Why does the hamster run on that exercise wheel? It does it for hours on end. It can’t be THAT fun, and it should have figure… --- ## [A thread for people who've SEEN The Karate Kid (2010)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-people-whove-seen-the-karate-kid-2010/542899)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-people-whove-seen-the-karate-kid-2010/542899 "2010-06-30T21:44:43Z")
I have, so I count. I just don’t need to hear one more time about how someone’s “beloved” '80’s teen flick was ruined by re-making it, when they haven’t even seen the new version. Or how they’re so sick of a 12-year old … --- ## [Idle Thoughts, can you or someone else unlock and move my Starving Artist thread to the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-can-you-or-someone-else-unlock-and-move-my-starving-artist-thread-to-the-pit/636613)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-can-you-or-someone-else-unlock-and-move-my-starving-artist-thread-to-the-pit/636613 "2012-10-09T05:07:33Z")
I started a thread in IMHO about an hour ago with a poll titled Do you agree with Starving Artist in the Joe Paterno Pit thread? \*\*Idle Thoughts \*\*closed it down, saying: I understand there was the potential for it to… --- ## [Would Zimmerman have been convicted in a state without Stand Your Ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-zimmerman-have-been-convicted-in-a-state-without-stand-your-ground/663449)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-zimmerman-have-been-convicted-in-a-state-without-stand-your-ground/663449 "2013-07-25T17:39:22Z")
I didn’t follow the trial and IANAL, so I have little idea. I did think it would make a difference when the story first broke. Instructions to the jury are in this article: Zimmerman jury asks for 'clarification' on man… --- ## [Is Evoloution Regarded as a theory because of religious opposition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-evoloution-regarded-as-a-theory-because-of-religious-opposition/605219)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-evoloution-regarded-as-a-theory-because-of-religious-opposition/605219 "2011-12-08T21:47:03Z")
We call evolution a theory but it’s generally accepted as fact by the scientific community as there is an overwhelming amount of evidence to support it. So do we refer to it as “The Theory of Evolution” because it might … --- ## [Are electric cars a good idea for people who drive rarely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-electric-cars-a-good-idea-for-people-who-drive-rarely/651878)
**Author:** [@DvorJaques](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DvorJaques)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-electric-cars-a-good-idea-for-people-who-drive-rarely/651878 "2013-03-05T16:14:12Z")
I live downtown a quick bike ride from my work in a city with a good mass transit system so I have not found much use for a car in the years I have lived here. But I could use a car for a few miles once a week to do a b… --- ## [Job offer: am I wrong for being leery about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-am-i-wrong-for-being-leery-about-this/716056)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-am-i-wrong-for-being-leery-about-this/716056 "2015-04-05T05:55:51Z")
Okay, so last night I get my currently unemployed (except for an outside contracting gig that doesn’t pay all my bills) home to find a message on my answering machine from about 7 pm — a barely comprehensible one due to … --- ## [How to interpret the Kinsey Scale of Sexual Orientation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-interpret-the-kinsey-scale-of-sexual-orientation/145558)
**Author:** [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-interpret-the-kinsey-scale-of-sexual-orientation/145558 "2003-01-01T21:29:14Z")
Note: Mods, I think this belongs in IMHO because I’m looking for opinions on how other folks would interpret this. However, I do realize that this is a subject that can turn into a debate quickly, even though that’s cer… --- ## [Natural Doctor / ND / Naturopath / thyroid disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-doctor-nd-naturopath-thyroid-disease/697166)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-doctor-nd-naturopath-thyroid-disease/697166 "2014-12-15T20:02:49Z")
What is a “natural doctor”? “ND”? Is it the same as a naturopath? I don’t know what that is either. I have a suspicion that they are some kind of phony-baloney “practitioners” like homeopaths and such. But I would appre… --- ## [I miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss/378471)
**Author:** [@Anduril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduril)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss/378471 "2006-12-22T04:52:45Z")
Liberal and SentientMeat. That’s all. And you? --- ## [Penny Arcade - A Boy Must Learn (explain please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-arcade-a-boy-must-learn-explain-please/539030)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-arcade-a-boy-must-learn-explain-please/539030 "2010-05-12T13:00:25Z")
Well the guys finally got around to doing their own version of the Lookouts comic, and I like it but I’m just not sure I really get it. Here it is, Can anyone help out and explain what’s happening panel by panel. Much… --- ## [I pit Bill Gates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-bill-gates/351874)
**Author:** [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-bill-gates/351874 "2006-04-09T01:00:32Z")
Is this one easy, or what? To cut to the chase, here we have the most successful robber baron in history, and consequently the richest man in the world. I doubt he could have fully anticipated just how much his stealing… --- ## [Legality of Dumpster Diving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-dumpster-diving/202742)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-dumpster-diving/202742 "2003-10-03T08:20:20Z")
How can I find out if Dumpster Diving is legal where I live? (Personaly I live in GA, USA, but It would be nice tou know other locations as well) Don’t Knock the Hobby untill you’ve given it a try. At the right places,… --- ## [Try to sell me on fascism. What positive qualities does it have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-to-sell-me-on-fascism-what-positive-qualities-does-it-have/793940)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-to-sell-me-on-fascism-what-positive-qualities-does-it-have/793940 "2017-08-28T05:51:58Z")
Capitalism - efficient use of capital and labor, since those who produce goods and services others want, or invest their money in said production, receive payments from others. Democracy - The people get a say in how th… --- ## [Early Beatles--great! Later Beatles--mediocre.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-beatles-great-later-beatles-mediocre/275125)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-beatles-great-later-beatles-mediocre/275125 "2004-11-17T18:14:43Z")
Some of you were itching for a Beatles debate thread, so here it is. I think my own perspective on the Beatles tends to be a little bit uncommon: I love them up to (and heartily including) Help. I only like a few songs a… --- ## [Iron Chef Part Wu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-part-wu/86905)
**Author:** [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-part-wu/86905 "2001-10-24T19:11:04Z")
In our last installment of Iron Chef, our beloved Chairman Fenris removed his sparkly jacket, left behind on a chair, highlighted by a lone spotlight. It begged to be picked up and lovingly worn yet once again. Although… --- ## [Biscoff Spread. It's so good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscoff-spread-its-so-good/630287)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscoff-spread-its-so-good/630287 "2012-09-12T01:31:27Z")
I’ve recently discovered this European style peanut butter. Have you had it? Do you love it? I do! I’ve made cookies with it and they are pretty good and it’s yummy with pretzels, but I need more ways to use it. Anybo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1834&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1836&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)