# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1884&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:** 1885 --- ## [What Does Outer Space Consist Of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-outer-space-consist-of/457194)
**Author:** [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-outer-space-consist-of/457194 "2008-07-24T20:13:11Z")
Let’s say I was able to take an empty jam jar beyond Earths atmosphere, then took the lid off and after a few moments, replaced the lid. Would there be anything in my jam jar that could be analysed? --- ## [I can not get over my regrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-get-over-my-regrets/561942)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-get-over-my-regrets/561942 "2010-12-01T22:08:29Z")
I have three main regrets in life - two are girls and one was my performance my senior year of college in wrestling Basically I blew my chances to be with two beautiful girls and my chances at being an All-American. I … --- ## [Why do you love your significant other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-love-your-significant-other/426357)
**Author:** [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-love-your-significant-other/426357 "2007-11-23T00:20:19Z")
I’m looking for a brighter subject, rather than the traditional lonely doper thread. So tell me why you love your SO, don’t give me any glurging nonspecific stuff. I’m interested in nice heart-warming specifics. If he… --- ## [Name Stereotypes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-stereotypes/43764)
**Author:** [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-stereotypes/43764 "2000-12-11T02:55:02Z")
The Dumb Name thread got me to thinking about how most of us have these images that pop into our heads whenever we hear certain names. For example, when I hear of a Sarah, I picture a classic beauty with dark hair, kind… --- ## [Heaven and Hell: How many should go to each?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heaven-and-hell-how-many-should-go-to-each/827601)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heaven-and-hell-how-many-should-go-to-each/827601 "2019-01-23T01:59:24Z")
Not getting bogged down in detailed definitions of Heaven/Hell here - just go fast and loose with the definitions - how many people in the world do you think \*ought \*to go to each? (Not about what any religion says abou… --- ## [What does it feel like after being lobotimized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-after-being-lobotimized/630278)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-after-being-lobotimized/630278 "2012-08-06T19:09:48Z")
I mean from the perspective of the patient? What would it feel like to live life after being lobotimized? --- ## [Trampling ... Am I a freak of nature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trampling-am-i-a-freak-of-nature/79835)
**Author:** [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trampling-am-i-a-freak-of-nature/79835 "2001-09-05T23:00:24Z")
Ok, for those that don’t know, trampling is when a person likes to have another person walk/step on them. Either on their front or back side, one or more people. Now, I know there are obviously more people than just me … --- ## [Does butter spoil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-butter-spoil/587167)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-butter-spoil/587167 "2011-06-29T15:52:04Z")
If you leave a glass of milk out on your kitchen counter for a week, it’ll turn nasty. If you leave a stick of butter in your butter dish on the kitchen counter – you’ve still got perfectly good butter (assuming it does… --- ## [Is it possible to connect an iPod to my old-ish stereo system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-an-ipod-to-my-old-ish-stereo-system/698549)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-an-ipod-to-my-old-ish-stereo-system/698549 "2014-10-17T07:17:06Z")
I have a mid-line receiver that is maybe 10 years old. I’m not sure what sort of inputs are on it (would take a bit of effort to check), but I am wondering what it would take to hook up my iPod to play through the system… --- ## [What books have you started but never finished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-you-started-but-never-finished/470288)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-you-started-but-never-finished/470288 "2008-11-04T16:07:44Z")
I apologize if this has been done recently, but I didn’t find anything from the past 3 years via searching. For some reason last night the thought came to mind of several books which I started reading but never finished… --- ## [NonSubscribers Can Post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693)
**Author:** [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693 "2008-09-06T03:37:14Z")
Hello, I signed up with a guest account some time ago and have regularly lurked and read since then. After reading another topic, I thought I’d try logging in, and lo and behold, I can post. In case this wasn’t suppose… --- ## [So... my wife wants to get baptized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-wants-to-get-baptized/580729)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-wants-to-get-baptized/580729 "2011-05-09T01:15:16Z")
And I’m not sure how I feel about it. I’m a former Catholic, atheist since 13 or so. I married a Catholic, but we quickly became the Easter and Christmas types. Our first two kids were baptized Catholic, but we had a … --- ## [Scientific predictions that never came true](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-predictions-that-never-came-true/120824)
**Author:** [@SnowDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnowDog)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-predictions-that-never-came-true/120824 "2002-07-31T23:53:51Z")
Hello. I just read a prediction that an asteriod will hit the earth in 2019. I was just wondering about well known scientific predictions that have never come true. Know any off the top of your head? --- ## [Sirius -XM merger bounces my electronic music channel 82 - So pissed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-merger-bounces-my-electronic-music-channel-82-so-pissed/472680)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-merger-bounces-my-electronic-music-channel-82-so-pissed/472680 "2008-11-25T04:14:09Z")
They replaced it with some lame thing called “Area” on channel 80. I’m so pissed. Didn’t think I really cared so much about it till it was gone. It was like an old friend was missing. Seethe. --- ## [Things the Opposition are saying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposition-are-saying/471279)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposition-are-saying/471279 "2008-11-11T01:04:17Z")
Due to one of my hobbies, I found myself reading a related message board. The posters there tend to be… Let’s just say ‘extreme Right Wing’. Here are a few things I’ve read: There was another post last night, aft… --- ## [Seriously, what's the fucking deal, cherished guests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-the-fucking-deal-cherished-guests/382574)
**Author:** [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-the-fucking-deal-cherished-guests/382574 "2006-12-07T14:00:34Z")
In GD there must be at least four (ReggieB and Harri would have us think they’re agnostics, and johnny M has been well-pitted elsewhere) dimwitted attempts at religious apologetic trolling active in the last 24 hours alo… --- ## [So my doctor thinks I am bi-polar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-doctor-thinks-i-am-bi-polar/284227)
**Author:** [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-doctor-thinks-i-am-bi-polar/284227 "2005-01-24T10:32:44Z")
I am sitting in my chair at work trying to stay here and not leave. I am writing this trying to focus my thoughts and achieve some clarity. Every noise is consuming me. I sit in the middle of a large are with half cubes… --- ## [My blood sugar was 438. What's yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-sugar-was-438-whats-yours/412347)
**Author:** [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-sugar-was-438-whats-yours/412347 "2007-07-24T02:18:09Z")
So, a couple of months ago my vision started to get noticeably worse. Then, I started getting thirsty all the time. So I drank liquids. LOTS of liquids: water, juice, pop…guzzled 'em by the glassful. Of course, I pe… --- ## [People who have costarred as different characters in two (or more) successful series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-costarred-as-different-characters-in-two-or-more-successful-series/509473)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-costarred-as-different-characters-in-two-or-more-successful-series/509473 "2009-09-13T04:48:28Z")
I’m not talking about guest shots (which are common- Tyne Daly is guest starring on BURN NOTICE this year as a friend of Sharon Gless for example) but where they were both series regulars. Examples: —Lucille Ball and V… --- ## [But I'm an ARTIST! No, you're a barista](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-im-an-artist-no-youre-a-barista/362958)
**Author:** [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-im-an-artist-no-youre-a-barista/362958 "2006-07-06T10:38:37Z")
I won’t go into the specifics of the asshattery\* I had to put up with yesterday, but here’s the jist of my complaint. It’s a bit scattered, but you’ll get the point. I feel that I’m a pretty creative person. As a hobb… --- ## [The Thread about The Thing (1982)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-about-the-thing-1982/951421)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-about-the-thing-1982/951421 "2022-01-19T20:47:35Z")
My 15 year old daughter’s best friend was over this weekend and they wanted to watch a scary movie. They were perusing our various streaming services and finding a bunch of dumb slasher movies, and I said they should wa… --- ## [What is the difference between premeditation and intent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-premeditation-and-intent/738822)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-premeditation-and-intent/738822 "2015-11-29T15:04:22Z")
I understand that the difference in many jurisdictions between 1st degree murder and 2nd degree murder is that 1st degree murder includes both intent and premeditation on the part of the perpetrator, while 2nd degree in… --- ## [Does a multiverse appear likely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-multiverse-appear-likely/613009)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-multiverse-appear-likely/613009 "2012-02-21T09:19:06Z")
I know there is no solid proof of a multiverse. For the scientists in the room, what are your personal thoughts? Do you personally believe a multiverse exists? --- ## [Your inability to catch is baffling....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-inability-to-catch-is-baffling/710325)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-inability-to-catch-is-baffling/710325 "2015-01-23T17:29:19Z")
A few minutes ago I tossed my son his cellphone only to have it bounce off his head. I bring that to you folks because I’ve noticed a troubling trend, young people can’t be bothered to pay enough attention to me to compl… --- ## [What happens to veins of drug addicts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-veins-of-drug-addicts/497974)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-veins-of-drug-addicts/497974 "2012-06-01T00:23:52Z")
Inspired from this thread: Could this be heroin track marks on this model? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board What really happens to a vein after it is used for injecting a substance and why it cannot be … --- ## [I Have Kidney Stones.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-kidney-stones/583259)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-kidney-stones/583259 "2011-06-15T06:04:07Z")
About a week ago, I went in for an ultrasound of my kidneys and scrotum (don’t mean to be graphic–but there is more on that too). My urologist says I apparently have kidney stones. He wants me to go in for a CAT scan now… --- ## [Greatest 80s cartoon EVER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-80s-cartoon-ever/324030)
**Author:** [@Mdr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdr)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-80s-cartoon-ever/324030 "2005-11-12T22:16:22Z")
there is no contest, there cannot be any dispute to this: The Transformer G1 series in the 80s were by far the best cartoon ever created on God’s green earth. Optimus Prime was the leader of all leaders. I am thoroughly… --- ## [Help a seriously overweight guy come up with an effective excercise routine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-seriously-overweight-guy-come-up-with-an-effective-excercise-routine/674297)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-seriously-overweight-guy-come-up-with-an-effective-excercise-routine/674297 "2013-11-23T04:24:08Z")
Effective: lose weight, increase endurance, reduce cholesterol and BP, build cardiovascular health, reduce risk factors for chronic diseases like diabetes. I’ve recently – just in the past week or so – started walking f… --- ## [Religion as child abuse...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-as-child-abuse/47416)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-as-child-abuse/47416 "2001-01-03T17:46:51Z")
Over in the Jehovah’s Witness thread that got started today, the topic of refusing medical treatment for medical reasons is being discussed. Rather than hijack that thread, I thought I’d start this one to declare the fo… --- ## [Is Illinois the next state to go red in 2018?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-illinois-the-next-state-to-go-red-in-2018/788639)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-illinois-the-next-state-to-go-red-in-2018/788639 "2017-09-15T18:19:45Z")
Illinois has compiled $14.6 billion in unpaid bills. It’s running a deficit of $6 billion and its pension liability has soared to $130 billion. That’s not the worst of it. The state’s nearly two-year failure to pass a b… --- ## [Sopranos: 4/23](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-4-23/353921)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-4-23/353921 "2006-04-28T12:33:20Z")
This was a weird episode. Christopher and Artie have similar personality problems-- they don’t know when to shut up and leave people alone who clearly want them to go away. I think the most insane moment of this week’s… --- ## [Your favorite version of "Mack the Knife"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-version-of-mack-the-knife/531639)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-version-of-mack-the-knife/531639 "2010-03-20T17:02:13Z")
Inspired by the thread on Family Circus. My favorite was mentioned by Tengu–the one by Nick Cave. Never really liked the Bobby Darin one. It just wasn’t creepy enough for me. I like Lotte Lenya’s version, too, but not… --- ## [O.J. Simpson's sock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpsons-sock/484904)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpsons-sock/484904 "2009-02-10T21:18:07Z")
Okay, I didn’t really follow the details of the trial. My understanding was that the main line of the defense was to create reasonable doubt by producing evidence that the police might have had racist motives to frame Si… --- ## [More SNL: Favorite WU anchors/lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-snl-favorite-wu-anchors-lines/502484)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-snl-favorite-wu-anchors-lines/502484 "2009-07-16T00:22:06Z")
We’ve got this one and this one going… seems like a natural progression. Who’s your favorite Weekend Update anchor? And what’s the funniest line or story from WU? I know it’s tough to beat Chevy Chase; he started the … --- ## [Kathy Griffin: "I Don't Go To Your Job And Knock Dicks Out Of Your Mouth" On CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-griffin-i-dont-go-to-your-job-and-knock-dicks-out-of-your-mouth-on-cnn/479506)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-griffin-i-dont-go-to-your-job-and-knock-dicks-out-of-your-mouth-on-cnn/479506 "2009-01-03T00:47:49Z")
Here is a clip from Kathy Griffin on CNN’s New Year’s Eve event… Seems some people from the street were yelling some insults up at their stage. --- ## [Is it wrong to sneak vegetables into children’s food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-sneak-vegetables-into-children-s-food/1002232)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-sneak-vegetables-into-children-s-food/1002232 "2024-06-12T10:46:40Z")
This article says yes. Children are better off being trained to eat what is in front of them. But I’m still sceptical. Why not do that as well as ensure better nutrition? The arguments against it made in the article … --- ## [Vladimir Shevchenko's final Chernobyl footage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-shevchenkos-final-chernobyl-footage/431752)
**Author:** [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-shevchenkos-final-chernobyl-footage/431752 "2008-01-02T02:39:42Z")
I’ve read all about the Chernobyl disaster, and have seen various pictures, but this is the first time I’ve seen actual footage filmed from ground zero so soon after the disaster. Filmed by Vladimir Shevchenko, Severe D… --- ## [Hilarious news blooper this morning (Probably Safe For Work)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103 "2015-07-29T03:44:33Z")
Couldn’t sleep and was up waaaay too early. Caught this on the local news channel. I love Andi's (the female anchor) reaction! :D --- ## [Etiquette for a threesome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-for-a-threesome/400756)
**Author:** [@Comrade\_Friendly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Comrade_Friendly)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-for-a-threesome/400756 "2007-04-22T16:30:35Z")
Or menage a troi if you prefer. Through some (‘relatively’ benign) conversations the mind’s wandered, and I’m wondering how exactly the etiquette for such a, uh, get-together goes. If there’s a couple involved and you’r… --- ## [Pinewood Derby Tips & Tricks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinewood-derby-tips-tricks/678928)
**Author:** [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinewood-derby-tips-tricks/678928 "2014-03-24T14:52:04Z")
Who has experience building fast PWD cars? I just finished building some cars for my boys but I’m wondering what go-fast tips might be out there besides the usual. I know the basics: Get the weight up to 5 oz, put most… --- ## [Silver Bullets: Where to buy? Whom do they effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-bullets-where-to-buy-whom-do-they-effect/20081)
**Author:** [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-bullets-where-to-buy-whom-do-they-effect/20081 "2003-12-31T07:35:30Z")
Nice thing about MPSIMS is it’s choc full O’ folks much better read than I. Time to tap that. I’m writing a short story right now and I’ve hit a bit of a wall. The protagonist is battling a witch-like creature, and in … --- ## [Death penalty for child rape in Connecticut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-for-child-rape-in-connecticut/491456)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-for-child-rape-in-connecticut/491456 "2009-04-06T15:52:37Z")
This bill – which is just a bill now, not yet passed – would impose the death penalty for the rape of a child under thirteen years old. Obviously this is a heinous crime. Equally obviously, imposing the death penalty f… --- ## [It's simple: pay people well and treat them nice (fuck holistic managment)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-simple-pay-people-well-and-treat-them-nice-fuck-holistic-managment/416708)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-simple-pay-people-well-and-treat-them-nice-fuck-holistic-managment/416708 "2007-08-30T17:36:40Z")
I think it’s a given to most people that American Business as an institution has completely lost its mind over the past several decades, and nothing drives this point home harder than the faddish, holistic management BUL… --- ## [Did I just lie about Galileo to a fat kid on a sled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-lie-about-galileo-to-a-fat-kid-on-a-sled/713053)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-lie-about-galileo-to-a-fat-kid-on-a-sled/713053 "2018-07-07T14:49:03Z")
Hill into sidewalk, snow, sled. Kid zablooms down the hill, skids over the sidewalk (no snow), into the street (no snow) hits far curb. Is ecstatic, leaps in air claiming to have taken that sled where no kid has taken it… --- ## [Bagpipes and Amazing Grace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipes-and-amazing-grace/749267)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagpipes-and-amazing-grace/749267 "2016-03-20T16:49:08Z")
Is there any reason 99 times out of 100 times that I hear bagpipes being played, Amazing Grace is the song? In my facebook feed today, someone posted a video of a “REALLY COOL BAGPIPE PERFORMANCE!!” I said to myself, “B… --- ## [How do you feel about The Big Bang Theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-big-bang-theory/750484)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-big-bang-theory/750484 "2016-03-31T04:42:56Z")
(The TV show, not the actual theory) --- ## [USPS media mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-media-mail/657844)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-media-mail/657844 "2013-05-11T00:08:49Z")
Anyone know why media mail takes so much longer to get a book from point A to point B? I don’t really understand it. I guess if I ship a carton of books, the price savings can be substantial, since the media Rae is muc… --- ## [First it was Monopoly, then it was Crayola-When will this massacre end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250 "2017-04-02T17:34:52Z")
Crayola is permanently retiring one of the colors in the 24-count box. On March 31st, one of these colors- red, yellow, blue, brown, orange, green, violet, black, carnation pink, yellow orange, blue green, red violet, re… --- ## [Racism in the 1970's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-the-1970s/407627)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-the-1970s/407627 "2007-06-14T17:29:28Z")
We just watched a DVR’d episode of “Cold Case,” which hinged around a black family moving into a white suburban neighborhood in the 1970’s. The neighbors stood across the street from the moving truck chanting “leave.” Th… --- ## [Do you feel "out of touch" with most people/modern society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-out-of-touch-with-most-people-modern-society/982846)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-out-of-touch-with-most-people-modern-society/982846 "2023-04-25T13:56:29Z")
I often feel that I am not at all interested in things that seemingly a great percentage of my fellow Americans/human beings seem strongly invested in. I’m not talking about sorta 50/50 political issues - where I’m in t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1883&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1885&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)