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**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rams-lions/515965 "2009-11-07T01:25:55Z")
Jeezus the Rams cant do shit right…friggin safety off an interception. :mad: --- ## [What do jurors do for money in long trials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-jurors-do-for-money-in-long-trials/493729)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-jurors-do-for-money-in-long-trials/493729 "2009-04-21T03:03:51Z")
I was just informed by my wife that I received a jury summons and while I have always wanted to serve on a jury, I am afraid of being on one of those trials that last for months. I believe the McMartin Preschool Trial o… --- ## [A close family member plans to engage in actual voter fraud...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-close-family-member-plans-to-engage-in-actual-voter-fraud/469471)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-close-family-member-plans-to-engage-in-actual-voter-fraud/469471 "2008-10-28T03:21:50Z")
I have a close family member who lives in NYC and has for the past 4 years, but I just found out is using my address to vote here in Ohio, because it has a better chance to make a difference seeing as he’s a Republican. … --- ## [Are there any lingering legal effects/remnants of the Confederate States of America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-lingering-legal-effects-remnants-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/616552)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-lingering-legal-effects-remnants-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/616552 "2012-03-27T01:27:44Z")
The Civil War buff in me demands that I ask this question. Are there any lingering legal relationships, effects, etc. of the Confederacy’s de facto existence? Obviously the Confederacy no longer exists, but are there a… --- ## [The abandonment thread: Or what you've stopped watching, reading, or listening to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abandonment-thread-or-what-youve-stopped-watching-reading-or-listening-to/475112)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abandonment-thread-or-what-youve-stopped-watching-reading-or-listening-to/475112 "2008-12-03T19:33:18Z")
The reasons are many, but there are times when you just can’t go on with a TV, book, or movie series, or your once-favored comic strip, website, or band stops delighting you. What have you abandoned recently? For me: T… --- ## [When all four of your turn signals are blinking, what do you call that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-four-of-your-turn-signals-are-blinking-what-do-you-call-that/253338)
**Author:** [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-four-of-your-turn-signals-are-blinking-what-do-you-call-that/253338 "2004-07-04T04:33:03Z")
Fourways? Hazard lights? Flashers? I ask because my default term is “fourways.” I used this term at work and was met with blank stares until I said “Y’know, when you pull that button on the steering column and all fo… --- ## [How does working from home work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-working-from-home-work/549284)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-working-from-home-work/549284 "2010-08-13T05:33:31Z")
My employer is currently considering a part- or full- time work from home option for their workers. I’d like to try to convince them that this is a Good Thing, but to tell the truth I have very little idea how WFH actua… --- ## [6' 3" Brienne of Tarth (actress Gwendoline Christie) in a little back dress!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-3-brienne-of-tarth-actress-gwendoline-christie-in-a-little-back-dress/723266)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-3-brienne-of-tarth-actress-gwendoline-christie-in-a-little-back-dress/723266 "2015-06-25T22:47:56Z")
Apropos of nothing I just love the picture.She’s a tall drink of water. Interesting wiki bio --- ## [Are movies like "Lucas" completely a thing of the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-movies-like-lucas-completely-a-thing-of-the-past/574275)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-movies-like-lucas-completely-a-thing-of-the-past/574275 "2011-03-12T04:30:27Z")
The film Lucas, starring Corey Haim (and Charlie Sheen!) released in 1986 is a good example, I think, of the good-hearted, straightfoward, irony-free young-adult movies of the 1980s. The Karate Kid is another great examp… --- ## [Why do athletes smack each other on the ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-athletes-smack-each-other-on-the-ass/454715)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-athletes-smack-each-other-on-the-ass/454715 "2008-07-10T17:11:48Z")
What is up with the ass smacking? I cannot think of any other context where a person will touch the ass of another person to whom he is not sexually attracted. Do you do this? Why? --- ## [Archer time-frame - most recent cultural reference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848)
**Author:** [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848 "2013-02-28T20:15:50Z")
We all know Archer tries to be ambiguous about when the show is taking place - older characters all discuss WW2, the sets, politics and cars are pre-1973 as far as I can tell, but they’ve got pocket cell phones instead o… --- ## [Parents of teenage girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-teenage-girls/628655)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-teenage-girls/628655 "2012-07-24T02:36:39Z")
Can you give me a hand here? My 15 year old niece is coming to visit for a few days in August. She told her dad (my brother) that she wanted to come see me here in Houston as well as visit my cousin in New Orleans. I la… --- ## [Words that you can't bear to hear used in certain contexts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-you-cant-bear-to-hear-used-in-certain-contexts/330486)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-you-cant-bear-to-hear-used-in-certain-contexts/330486 "2005-11-19T03:25:12Z")
I hate the word “solution”, but only when used in a specific context. For example, when talking about a solution in chemistry, or a solution to an equation in maths, that’s fine. However, when managers and other busine… --- ## [Living Alcatraz inmates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-alcatraz-inmates/828033)
**Author:** [@Hingle\_McCringleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hingle_McCringleberry)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-alcatraz-inmates/828033 "2021-08-09T00:48:44Z")
How many inmates are living as of Jan 2019? The prison closed in 1963 with 1576 inmates registered, a few being repeats. I’ve done some research and found between 13 and 25 living inmates: 575 TIPPETT, ELLIS MATTHEW 24 … --- ## [Tell me this wasn't rape..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-wasnt-rape/514739)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Happy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Happy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-this-wasnt-rape/514739 "2009-10-27T06:17:58Z")
Inspired by another thread, and another story about sex. I told this story to a friend and they told me i was essentially raped, i disagreed at first but have been thinking about it since. Here it is from beginning to … --- ## [Shredded Personal Paper Document Disposal: Best Practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shredded-personal-paper-document-disposal-best-practice/524746)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shredded-personal-paper-document-disposal-best-practice/524746 "2010-01-17T16:53:46Z")
What is the best (cost effective) means of disposing of one’s own shredded personal paper documents? --- ## [Assassin's Creed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-creed/425754)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-creed/425754 "2007-12-01T01:48:15Z")
I’m a tad surprised that there isn’t a thread about this game yet. Was watching Always Sunny tonight and it was wholly sponsored by the game and each commercial break was an extended trailer for the game. I have to say t… --- ## [Who's watching The Sing-Off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-sing-off/596880)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-sing-off/596880 "2011-10-13T03:58:22Z")
Judges are Ben Folds, Sara Bareilles, and Shawn (Boyz II Men) Stockman. This is the first I’ve seen of it. Any fans on the Dope? --- ## [What third party in America today has the best chance of replacing a major one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-third-party-in-america-today-has-the-best-chance-of-replacing-a-major-one/588458)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-third-party-in-america-today-has-the-best-chance-of-replacing-a-major-one/588458 "2011-07-20T11:51:19Z")
I mean “best chance” on a very slim-chance scale, of course, what I’m describing hasn’t happened in America since the Republican Party was founded. What it would take to change the two-party system to a multiparty syste… --- ## [Quintessential classic rock albums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessential-classic-rock-albums/533166)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessential-classic-rock-albums/533166 "2010-03-25T16:49:50Z")
I was killing time the other day in a coffee-purveying establishment that was playing a classic rock channel on the in-store radio, and “Maggie May” came on. “What a great album,” thought I of Every Picture Tells a Story,… --- ## [Where It Is Trivia Quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063 "2013-11-12T17:06:29Z")
Name the TV show, movie, book, etc., which features each of the following places. LuCuPu Landing One Police Plaza 79 Wistful Vista Tara 1313 Mockingbird Lane 527 Maple Street, Riverdale Belle-Reve 320 Sycamore St., Bed… --- ## [Did New Deal or WWII end Depression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-new-deal-or-wwii-end-depression/485361)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-new-deal-or-wwii-end-depression/485361 "2009-02-12T18:29:28Z")
For the last couple of months, I’ve been seeing a lot of liberal frustration over the repetition of the CW that the boost in industrial production for WWII ended the Great Depression. Their argument (to the best of my m… --- ## [Should the Sale of Fireworks be Banned (except to Trained Professionals)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sale-of-fireworks-be-banned-except-to-trained-professionals/724364)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sale-of-fireworks-be-banned-except-to-trained-professionals/724364 "2015-07-19T16:29:27Z")
Should the sale of fireworks be banned (except to trained professionals)? Here is a Google News search for fireworks accident: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=fireworks+accident As you ca… --- ## [Year-numbering System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-numbering-system/711961)
**Author:** [@DHBirren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DHBirren)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-numbering-system/711961 "2015-02-26T02:35:34Z")
Regarding What year numbering system was used in the time of Christ? - The Straight Dope, from which the following is excerpted: The Christian system of year numbering was invented in what we now know as AD 525 by a mon… --- ## [Pick your bodyguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-bodyguard/719543)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-bodyguard/719543 "2015-05-15T18:53:04Z")
Here’s the scenario. You’re out late one night and decide to take a shortcut through an alleyway when you are accosted by a gang of 4 street thugs, a bit boozed up and out for trouble. Unfortunately you’ve broken an arm… --- ## [My latest guilty pleasure: The Dresden Files (books)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guilty-pleasure-the-dresden-files-books/511698)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guilty-pleasure-the-dresden-files-books/511698 "2009-10-21T02:47:49Z")
I’ve always been a big fan of libraries, and lately I’ve been going to mine even more than usual. I usually have 1 or 2 books I’m looking for, then I’ll just wander the shelves letting things catch my eye until I have a… --- ## [Farm animal breeding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-animal-breeding/561909)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-animal-breeding/561909 "2010-11-29T10:22:40Z")
Are any farm animals still bred naturally? Or is it all by artificial insemination? Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Will I really go to hell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-really-go-to-hell/138892)
**Author:** [@Scantilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scantilly)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-really-go-to-hell/138892 "2002-12-06T05:21:32Z")
How do avid Christians explain the existence of other religions? How can you justify believing that everyone who does not ‘take Jesus into their hearts’ will go to hell? If you believe in god then surely you also believ… --- ## [John Lennon is 70, what's he doing now?????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lennon-is-70-whats-he-doing-now/556471)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lennon-is-70-whats-he-doing-now/556471 "2010-10-11T02:44:09Z")
Let’s say that mutant Chapman gets hit by a bus and killed and never gets to John Lennon. John Lennon lives and is still alive at 70 years of age. The rest of history stays the same except for the fact that John Lennon i… --- ## [A World With No 'higher' Moral Or Ethical Authority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-world-with-no-higher-moral-or-ethical-authority/208200)
**Author:** [@Laurie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laurie)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-world-with-no-higher-moral-or-ethical-authority/208200 "2003-10-29T09:27:37Z")
Asked this on another BB - and would like to ask it here for the obvious reason of getting input from folks who claim to fighting ignorance with a higher IQ than most. What would the world look like if NO culture or cou… --- ## [American Indians and the lack of buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-indians-and-the-lack-of-buildings/470735)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-indians-and-the-lack-of-buildings/470735 "2008-11-05T19:45:44Z")
This thread, about the oldest building in the US, got me thinking about the American Indian, about whom I know very little. Why are there no American Indian buildings? The little I know (mainly from Westerns) depicts te… --- ## [Coca-Cola Imported From Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-imported-from-mexico/677522 "2014-01-02T06:42:00Z")
Comes in that tall glass bottle and ain’t cheap, but it does taste a lot better doesn’t it? --- ## [Silver Salvaged from the WTC? (Shudder)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-salvaged-from-the-wtc-shudder/565496)
**Author:** [@taffygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taffygirl)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-salvaged-from-the-wtc-shudder/565496 "2011-01-28T00:03:46Z")
There is a particularly repulsive commercial on TV for a gold coin that has a sliver replica of the World Trade Center and the USS New York on it. And if that isn’t tacky enough, the towers and ship can be made to st… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica 2.4 — "Resistance" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-4-resistance-open-spoilers/315747)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-4-resistance-open-spoilers/315747 "2005-08-12T06:29:07Z")
As before, I’m padding the thread with a content-free OP to preserve our UK contingent from accidental mouseover spoilage. Anything aired up to this point in the US doesn’t need to be boxed. Anything you know happens in… --- ## ["Oregon gunman singled out Christians during rampage"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-gunman-singled-out-christians-during-rampage/733299)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-gunman-singled-out-christians-during-rampage/733299 "2015-10-09T04:00:17Z")
This claim has been made in a couple of sites, none of them terribly reputable. A similar claim was made about the Columbine murders, but was debunked. Does anybody have any insights on whether this is on the level, or j… --- ## [Chicken à la king. Eww, or Yum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-a-la-king-eww-or-yum/558973)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-a-la-king-eww-or-yum/558973 "2010-11-03T18:57:15Z")
Inspired by: Corned beef hash poll Creamed chipped beef (SOS) poll Do you like Chicken à la king? This is another of those foods I ate when I was growing up. Some people eat it on biscuits or noodles. We always had… --- ## [Are Paratroops Obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-paratroops-obsolete/388485)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-paratroops-obsolete/388485 "2007-01-30T11:37:23Z")
I ask because the element of surprise (which is the big advantage of parachute soldiers) is just about gone from modern warfare-the incidents 9of successfull parachute operations) in WWII can be counted on the fingers… --- ## [Can we have a debate on Dunning-Kruger as it relates to politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-debate-on-dunning-kruger-as-it-relates-to-politics/816479)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-debate-on-dunning-kruger-as-it-relates-to-politics/816479 "2018-06-30T20:57:29Z")
I’m trying not to be an arrogant liberal asshole, but it hard. So I’ll just say it. In my experience (not so much the conservatives on this board, they are a different breed. The kinds of conservatives I"m referring to … --- ## [Safari on iOS, you are a steaming pile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-on-ios-you-are-a-steaming-pile/648497)
**Author:** [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-on-ios-you-are-a-steaming-pile/648497 "2013-01-29T16:43:27Z")
Seriously. An iPad 2 has 512 MB of RAM, and thanks to being based on Darwin/xnu like OS X, you have an honest-to-god virtual memory manager. So why is it that if I’m composing a post on- say- SDMB, and have the temerit… --- ## [Teacher licensure requirement: Protecting Student Civil Rights exam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-licensure-requirement-protecting-student-civil-rights-exam/643484)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-licensure-requirement-protecting-student-civil-rights-exam/643484 "2013-09-29T00:34:39Z")
This is probably a long shot, but I’ll ask anyway. I’m going to be starting a teaching licensure program. One of the requirements Oregon has is that I must pass this 60 question test called Protecting Student and Civil… --- ## ["The First Black President"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-black-president/471271)
**Author:** [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-black-president/471271 "2008-11-07T04:51:42Z")
I have been hearing this line everywhere. Why don’t they refer to him as the first non-white president? Why do they even have to point out his ethnicity? It just sounds so stupid, as if the only goal of this election w… --- ## [Can a person be TOO modest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-person-be-too-modest/207865)
**Author:** [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-person-be-too-modest/207865 "2003-10-20T20:51:59Z")
Is there such a thing? When in a situation that could result in praise toward myself, I try to steer it in a different direction before it can go that way. I don’t like compliments about my appearance either, especially… --- ## [Rank the Department Stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-department-stores/504804)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-department-stores/504804 "2009-07-31T07:09:27Z")
I was reading the Wikipedia and they specifically I was reading a blip about department stores And I was surprised to read that they were considering Lord & Taylors in the same class as Saks and Barneys. I’ve only been … --- ## [Before Lucas did the Star Wars prequels, what was considered canon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-lucas-did-the-star-wars-prequels-what-was-considered-canon/372949)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-lucas-did-the-star-wars-prequels-what-was-considered-canon/372949 "2008-04-02T15:22:43Z")
The title pretty much asks it all. Before the movies, what was the official story for the time period the movies covered? --- ## [Where does the idea that Japanese people are nearsighted come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-idea-that-japanese-people-are-nearsighted-come-from/503985)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-idea-that-japanese-people-are-nearsighted-come-from/503985 "2009-07-23T17:57:21Z")
Look at any picture of a ‘Japanese’ person made before or during WWII. Aside from all the other stereotypical features (including the buck teeth, which was common to both ‘Japanese’ and ‘Chinese’ caricatures) you’ll inva… --- ## [I watch DVDs. Does that make me a Luddite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watch-dvds-does-that-make-me-a-luddite/775288)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watch-dvds-does-that-make-me-a-luddite/775288 "2016-12-24T18:25:27Z")
I recently caught up with my sister, who is married to a guy who is a techno-geek. If it’s new, and has to do with technology, he’s into it. As far as I’m concerned, he’s a great guy and cuts me slack for my tech prefe… --- ## [JFK's salary to charity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfks-salary-to-charity/198826)
**Author:** [@Jon\_the\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jon_the_Geek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfks-salary-to-charity/198826 "2015-08-08T15:02:11Z")
According to “True Tales of the West Wing” on Bravo (little snippets of Presidential trivia bookending commercial breaks during repeats of “The West Wing”), JFK donated his entire Presidential salary to charity (because … --- ## [People way older/younger than you thought they were](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-way-older-younger-than-you-thought-they-were/649683)
**Author:** [@andrew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_1)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-way-older-younger-than-you-thought-they-were/649683 "2013-09-29T19:49:10Z")
Have you ever (and at some point, you must have) found yourself on Wikipedia or reading the news and find out someone is much older (or younger) than you thought they were? This seems to be a slightly more-rare offshoot … --- ## [Let's assign D&D alignments to things!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assign-d-d-alignments-to-things/635908)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assign-d-d-alignments-to-things/635908 "2012-09-29T22:28:22Z")
Klingons: Lawful Neutral Captain Picard: Lawful Good Kirk: Neutral Good Superman: Lawful Good The Joker: Chaotic Evil Bugs Bunny: Chaotic Good Daffy Duck: Chaotic Neutral Doc Brown (from BTTF): Chaotic Good Emper… --- ## [Can we expect a high-profile "defector" at Dem Con?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-expect-a-high-profile-defector-at-dem-con/760646)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-expect-a-high-profile-defector-at-dem-con/760646 "2016-07-31T02:58:04Z")
One of the thing that hurt John Kerry in '04 was the speech at the Republican convention by Senator Zell Miller, a nominal Democrat. Lieberman’s speech in '08, not so much impact, but he did it. Can we expect the same … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1894&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1896&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)