# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1910&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:** 1911 --- ## [Would this invention work as a gay-o-meter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-invention-work-as-a-gay-o-meter/255011)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-invention-work-as-a-gay-o-meter/255011 "2004-07-16T16:10:35Z")
I am totally serious about this so I hope I don’t offend anyone. One problem with research into homosexuality is that there is no objective standard of who is or isn’t homosexual. It is all self-reported and often unreli… --- ## [Obsolete in my lifetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055 "2015-09-16T21:45:26Z")
As a senior citizen, a lot of stuff has become obsolete in my lifetime. Does anyone still make any of the following? If not, when did they stop making them? What other major items have reduced consumption/production b… --- ## [What kind of pocketknife or multi-tool do you routinely carry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-pocketknife-or-multi-tool-do-you-routinely-carry/839211)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-pocketknife-or-multi-tool-do-you-routinely-carry/839211 "2019-09-21T17:12:54Z")
I like to carry a small, simple little pocket knife on my person as I go about my daily business. I don’t want to carry anything too big and bulky and I have no need of the huge multi-tools with nineteen different “featu… --- ## [Podcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts/620500)
**Author:** [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts/620500 "2012-07-14T15:28:29Z")
What are some good ones? --- ## [What is the worst thing you've accidentally seen on a computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736 "2017-05-19T20:56:57Z")
Not necessarily the typical content (child porn images/videos, disturbing internet searches) but rather also something that reveals a secret about someone. Worst thing for me was probably helping a guy in this computer … --- ## [What is the shortest time measurable...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-time-measurable/647138)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-time-measurable/647138 "2016-11-29T22:28:00Z")
with current technology? And by ‘current technology’ I mean not only devices that do exist now but also the ones that could be built with current state of knowledge… How precise (what’s maximum deviation) is (would be) … --- ## [Do you always have to put a comma after "which" like Microsoft Word tells you to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-always-have-to-put-a-comma-after-which-like-microsoft-word-tells-you-to/521861)
**Author:** [@The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Philosopher)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-always-have-to-put-a-comma-after-which-like-microsoft-word-tells-you-to/521861 "2009-12-24T18:27:08Z")
When I use Microsoft Word I find I am constantly being “corrected” for the grammatical mistake of using ‘which’ as a clause in a sentence, when apparently I should either be putting a comma after it or changing it to ‘th… --- ## [Attention Whoring and You - A Guide For Flamsterette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-whoring-and-you-a-guide-for-flamsterette/146902)
**Author:** [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-whoring-and-you-a-guide-for-flamsterette/146902 "2003-01-07T04:08:58Z")
Before I begin, I’ll state I like attention as much as the next person. Validation always warms the heart. And I’ve posted my share of “look at me, LOOK AT ME!” crap until I realized how annoying it was. How it made me… --- ## [No Hit Wonders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-hit-wonders/254165)
**Author:** [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-hit-wonders/254165 "2004-07-16T13:36:25Z")
So i’m watching a show about “One Hit Wonders”. Which included, in addition to bands who really only had one good song (or one crappy but popular song) in them, band that were really good for a long time but only ventur… --- ## [My neighbor is a bullying, wife-beating coward and I took him to court today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-bullying-wife-beating-coward-and-i-took-him-to-court-today/268320)
**Author:** [@sulamith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulamith)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-bullying-wife-beating-coward-and-i-took-him-to-court-today/268320 "2004-10-12T20:52:33Z")
Long story short, the sorry sac o’ shit renting the house next door to me (only renter on the street and he lands next to me) has been tresspassing on my property repeatedly. He walks over and does whatever he pleases. … --- ## [I pit the racist radio jockeys of Power 99 FM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-racist-radio-jockeys-of-power-99-fm/284364)
**Author:** [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-racist-radio-jockeys-of-power-99-fm/284364 "2005-01-17T14:54:25Z")
This is my first pit thread and it comes with a very good reason. Was surfing around the net and going through news sites and came upon this article which described RJ’s of the Star and Buc Wild show of Power 99 FM doi… --- ## [GMail - there's no Move To Folder - Why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-theres-no-move-to-folder-why/600412)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-theres-no-move-to-folder-why/600412 "2011-10-23T15:16:10Z")
I’m having fits trying to organize these 4 messages. They were sent from a friends IPhone. Normally there’s a button Labled “Move To” with a drop down list for my various folders in Gmail. For some crazy reason these… --- ## [The BEST restaurant I've ever been to is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-restaurant-ive-ever-been-to-is/416370)
**Author:** [@Wonderwall6129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonderwall6129)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-restaurant-ive-ever-been-to-is/416370 "2007-08-24T21:03:33Z")
Drunken Jack’s, hands down. If you live in or near Myrtle Beach you probably know what I mean. OK, so maybe it was the fact that my mom and I vacationed to Myrtle Beach when I was thirteen, and then I was absolutely enc… --- ## [sarcasm, name-calling and pit stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcasm-name-calling-and-pit-stuff/6216)
**Author:** [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcasm-name-calling-and-pit-stuff/6216 "2000-04-27T14:00:00Z")
sarcasm: funny, smart or silly? while it is a recognized form of communication, it is not a language and therefore is not understood by every reader. sarcasm is prone to misunderstanding, which leads to ignorance. is th… --- ## [I'm a Professional Engineer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-professional-engineer/606227)
**Author:** [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-professional-engineer/606227 "2011-12-18T16:24:31Z")
Woo hoo! Just got my PE results (electrical), and it’s a first time pass (which I was rather nervous about, since I only studied for 8 hours…)! Glad to have it done quickly. I was in the Army out of college, so I didn… --- ## [Kid's "Potions" kit ingredient ideas? Safe but interesting stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-potions-kit-ingredient-ideas-safe-but-interesting-stuff/816624)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-potions-kit-ingredient-ideas-safe-but-interesting-stuff/816624 "2018-12-24T03:13:17Z")
For two and a half years now, I’ve been adding to my son’s Potions Kit (think Harry Potter). He loves this thing and plays with it all the time, especially with one of his neighborhood friends. It originally consisted of… --- ## [Movie about mentally challenged young man in a relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-mentally-challenged-young-man-in-a-relationship/697565)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-about-mentally-challenged-young-man-in-a-relationship/697565 "2014-09-10T06:34:41Z")
Hi a few years ago I watched a movie about a guy who is mentally challenged. He worked at the YMCA or something. A girl claimed he got a dirty letter from him even though he didn’t understand the language in the letter. … --- ## [Advice on building a pier (over water)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-building-a-pier-over-water/704981)
**Author:** [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-building-a-pier-over-water/704981 "2014-11-20T22:42:33Z")
I would like to build a small and very basic pier to allow easier access to a small lake. It only needs to go out about ten feet at most. I’ve built decks before, so I’m comfortable with most of the techniques, but I’ve … --- ## [will I get charged extra for receiving/sending a text to an international number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-get-charged-extra-for-receiving-sending-a-text-to-an-international-number/579192)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-get-charged-extra-for-receiving-sending-a-text-to-an-international-number/579192 "2011-04-22T14:20:16Z")
I have AT&T with an unlimited texting plan. I got a text from a friend in Japan. Will I get charged extra for that, and will I be charged extra for texting him back at his number? Sorry, just easier to ask here than to… --- ## [Test Your Movie Knowledge!: Part VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661)
**Author:** [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661 "2003-09-25T16:05:13Z")
:cool: The fun never stops. Once on threadspotting and 20 pages later: Time for Part VII Here we will follow the same format as the first six. TYMK: I TYMK: II TYMK: III TYMK: IV TYMK: V TYMK: VI I am sorry I a… --- ## [Basic facts on ebola we need to know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-facts-on-ebola-we-need-to-know/701599)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-facts-on-ebola-we-need-to-know/701599 "2014-10-19T22:56:54Z")
Can ebola be spread on money? How long will the virus live outside the body on a dry surface? Shopping carts, seats on busses and planes, how much danger is there to using one if an early symptom ebola patient ha… --- ## [Enterprise: North Star Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-north-star-spoilers/212753 "2004-03-12T13:17:33Z")
This is good classic Trek. Nothing about the arc, but a good pre Prime Directive episode. I could see Kirk delivering the last line. How does Kir… er, Archer convince MacReady? Does Deputy Dawg say ‘fuck’? Oh, yes, Ma… --- ## [My CCW Class: 12 hours of unmitigated horror.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ccw-class-12-hours-of-unmitigated-horror/323486)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ccw-class-12-hours-of-unmitigated-horror/323486 "2005-10-04T05:57:36Z")
So my wife and I would like to get our CCW permits, and yesterday we took the requisite 12-hour training course giving by a certified LEO firearms instructor. He has been an LEO for 20 years, and is an instructor at num… --- ## [Reader's Digest circling the drain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-digest-circling-the-drain/506774)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-digest-circling-the-drain/506774 "2009-08-21T14:39:54Z")
Requiem for Reader’s Digest? --- ## [Call me old-fashioned, but . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-old-fashioned-but/611673)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-old-fashioned-but/611673 "2012-02-06T15:11:27Z")
Call me old-fashioned, but I still buy actual CDs, before downloading them onto my hard drive and iPod. What are you “old-fashioned” about? --- ## ["American" surname variants (Davis vs. Davies)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-surname-variants-davis-vs-davies/244832)
**Author:** [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-surname-variants-davis-vs-davies/244832 "2010-06-28T17:05:20Z")
I have often wondered why the surname Davies became “Davis” among most American families with the name. I know family names often took on different forms before 1800, before generally settling into one “dominant” form (m… --- ## [How can one make their sperm taste better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858 "2006-03-12T17:52:15Z")
Is it possible? Can sperm taste be based on what you eat or drink? If so, what are “good” foods that make it taste better? What foods should be avoided? And if not, does anything contribute at all to it’s taste? --- ## [What project that humans have already started has the most distant operational date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-project-that-humans-have-already-started-has-the-most-distant-operational-date/710192)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-project-that-humans-have-already-started-has-the-most-distant-operational-date/710192 "2015-01-21T03:03:02Z")
Most of the question is in the title. What project has already been launched and started operation has the most distant ‘go live’ date? I will leave the definition somewhat flexible but I can give you some criteria for t… --- ## [Kirk Cameron gets busted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-cameron-gets-busted/618633)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-cameron-gets-busted/618633 "2012-04-17T18:59:29Z")
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2012/04/12/ul\_World-Changers-Induct\_Shif+Z.jpg It looks like the artist mixed up “Growing Pains” with “Doogie Howser”… But wait! This is what the artist really should have done: … --- ## [GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra/495237)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra/495237 "2009-06-12T14:22:18Z")
It’s a good thing they didn’t mention the title until the end of the ad or I would’ve tuned it out. I’m of the last generation before any iteration of GI Joe (I was 10 and thought he would appeal to the subgroup of guys… --- ## [Do you engage in "Magical Thinking?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-engage-in-magical-thinking/547196)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-engage-in-magical-thinking/547196 "2010-07-21T19:24:05Z")
I see this phrase bandied about a lot lately, and I’m wondering if my suspicions are true, that a lot of “otherwise rational” people nonetheless have some little harmless thing or two they do that would qualify as “magic… --- ## [What would it take to make you leave the U.S.A. \*and\* renounce your citizenship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-you-leave-the-u-s-a-and-renounce-your-citizenship/747748)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-you-leave-the-u-s-a-and-renounce-your-citizenship/747748 "2016-03-06T13:40:23Z")
I was reading a blog post today about a fellow who had moved to another country and had renounced his U.S. citizenship, without naturalizing in another country. In other words, he willingly became a stateless person. I … --- ## [School Confessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-confessions/498388)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-confessions/498388 "2009-06-07T20:20:50Z")
Inspired by the Anybody care to predict the grade this paper will receive thread, I decided to start this thread. Evidently there are a lot of students who slipped something by the professors in their school days. Whil… --- ## [Is the Catholic Church really okay with (macro)evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-really-okay-with-macro-evolution/183010)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-really-okay-with-macro-evolution/183010 "2003-06-27T15:12:05Z")
In many of the creation-vs.-evolution debates I’ve seen in this forum over the years, it is mentioned that the official position of the Roman Catholic Church is that it has “no problem” with evolution, so long as at some… --- ## [Foods You Prefer The "Plain" Version Of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-the-plain-version-of/548612)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-the-plain-version-of/548612 "2010-08-01T16:55:43Z")
I was wondering how many of you perfer the “plain” version of a type of food. For instance, if you look at potato chips in the grocers you see about 20 varities or more. In this case how many of you would perfer the pla… --- ## [London Olympics - what is a "Sport"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-olympics-what-is-a-sport/629495)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-olympics-what-is-a-sport/629495 "2012-07-28T09:37:38Z")
I am hoping to find some opinions regarding the various events at the Olympics (and in general). There are two kinds of events - those that are objective, where the clock or number of goals determines the winner. And tho… --- ## [Winning a billion dollars? I'd have an entire room dedicated to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ just because I could.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winning-a-billion-dollars-id-have-an-entire-room-dedicated-to-________-just-because-i-could/772267)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winning-a-billion-dollars-id-have-an-entire-room-dedicated-to-________-just-because-i-could/772267 "2016-11-21T20:46:50Z")
Let’s say you won a billion dollars and you chose the lump sum and, after taxes, your take home amount was about 380 million dollars. Okay, so, let’s say you buy a new house. Or build a new house. Or have an extension a… --- ## [General Questions For Librarians (emphasis: book selection)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-for-librarians-emphasis-book-selection/466469)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-for-librarians-emphasis-book-selection/466469 "2010-09-24T21:50:43Z")
Are there generally accepted criteria for book selection? What are they? How are they implemented: are there quantity targets for various ranges of the Dewey decimal system or what? McLibrary. Is there a public l… --- ## [Should Children Walk To/From School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-children-walk-to-from-school/520791)
**Author:** [@GregH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GregH)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-children-walk-to-from-school/520791 "2009-12-16T07:51:10Z")
A question for all you Dads and Moms out there. How far did your kids walk to and from school, or how far do they walk now? Do you let your kids walk home? Do you drive them to school? I live in a suburb of Vancouver… --- ## [Ridiculously misleading advertisement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-misleading-advertisement/475483)
**Author:** [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-misleading-advertisement/475483 "2008-12-07T09:51:55Z")
This may be a bit mild, so I offer in advance my fucking apologies. So I was merrily browsing the “web” when a kindly “banner” joyously leaped towards me and announced airfares from Tokyo-Narita to Vancouver starting at… --- ## [Supreme Courts Mandates and Lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-courts-mandates-and-lies/753813)
**Author:** [@tony424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tony424)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-courts-mandates-and-lies/753813 "2016-05-05T22:37:58Z")
According to a news media; Judge’s are saying that in some states school are not fully funded and has caused some schools to short fall of the State constitution’s guarantee of thorough and efficient Education. Interesti… --- ## [Is there \*any\* topic that's too TMI for the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-topic-thats-too-tmi-for-the-dope/502380)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-topic-thats-too-tmi-for-the-dope/502380 "2009-07-10T20:31:02Z")
I mean, people are always starting threads like “I woke up with oozing green genital warts that are preventing me from masturbating to pictures of shaved wallabies like I like to. Also, how many squares of toilet paper d… --- ## [Do pilots really fly for a length of time not knowing they are inverted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pilots-really-fly-for-a-length-of-time-not-knowing-they-are-inverted/737239)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pilots-really-fly-for-a-length-of-time-not-knowing-they-are-inverted/737239 "2015-11-13T17:19:20Z")
See subject. Maybe only with G-suits? – Although acceleration normal to Earth is not disappeared–your blood, if not most definitely the fluid in your ear canals, still responds to that, no? I especially can’t see it in… --- ## [How many years has it been since you've gotten a speeding ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871 "2012-12-18T17:17:34Z")
So? How long has it been? I got five speeding tickets in less than a year in 1986 in Texas when I was 16 and lost my license. I got one more in 1991 and that was my last moving violation. So for me it’s been 21 years (ou… --- ## [BONES question: How did Sweets die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-question-how-did-sweets-die/760436)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-question-how-did-sweets-die/760436 "2016-07-27T00:48:20Z")
Home on medical leave, I’ve been watching a lot of daytime TV, Among the shows I’ve caught up on is Bones on TNT. Dialogue makes it clear that Sweets died fairly recently, and that Daisy had his baby some time afterward.… --- ## [What power supply should I buy? (HP Pavilion a000)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-power-supply-should-i-buy-hp-pavilion-a000/517214)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-power-supply-should-i-buy-hp-pavilion-a000/517214 "2009-11-15T02:05:24Z")
About a week ago, my computer died. I was playing a “casual” game and suddenly…bzzt! Black screen, computer shut down (abruptly). I let it sit for a bit (about a minute) then hit the power button. No fans. The power butt… --- ## [Wood splinters: just leave 'em in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-splinters-just-leave-em-in/227940)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-splinters-just-leave-em-in/227940 "2004-02-08T12:11:55Z")
I heard a conversation today. One of the people talking was saying that she had picked up a splinter in a finger, but wasn’t planning to try to take it out because she had heard that “doctors are now recommending just l… --- ## [If convicted, should Trump be pardoned for the long term good of the country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-convicted-should-trump-be-pardoned-for-the-long-term-good-of-the-country/972275)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-convicted-should-trump-be-pardoned-for-the-long-term-good-of-the-country/972275 "2022-09-30T15:46:10Z")
If Trump is convicted of serious crimes, and given a long prison term, should Biden, or whoever is president, consider pardoning him to prevent civil unrest and to unify the country, or let the chips fall where they may? … --- ## [Funnest XKCD cartoon Evah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funnest-xkcd-cartoon-evah/500325)
**Author:** [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funnest-xkcd-cartoon-evah/500325 "2009-06-24T02:39:24Z")
Apocalypse A\[sup\]2\[/sup\] A\[sup\]n\[/sup\] --- ## [SNES emulators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snes-emulators/541101)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snes-emulators/541101 "2010-05-31T07:21:37Z")
Are these “safe”? A friend has sent me an emulator to play Earthbound on my computer. Will it cause any problems? I can’t get the stupid thing to unzip, but that’s secondary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1909&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1911&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)