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**Author:** [@codemaster3001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codemaster3001)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-dots-puzzle-help/180205 "2003-06-29T01:04:06Z")
Hello, My architecture teacher gave us a problem that he says is possilble. I myself don’t think it is possible but before I go and say that he is lying I thought I would get a second opinion. Here is the puzzle. Con… --- ## [How Much State Pride in Your Area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-state-pride-in-your-area/755978)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-state-pride-in-your-area/755978 "2016-06-02T09:57:25Z")
​How much state pride in your area? Here in Maryland, you see the state flag on display a great deal. There are plenty of buildings that have it up but you can also see it hanging in front of a number of private residen… --- ## [What state ballot measures are pushing marijuana legalization or health reform in 2016?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-ballot-measures-are-pushing-marijuana-legalization-or-health-reform-in-2016/723628)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-ballot-measures-are-pushing-marijuana-legalization-or-health-reform-in-2016/723628 "2015-11-08T21:42:26Z")
I believe Colorado is going to try to push for single payer in 2016, but I could be wrong. I read that California is not too serious about 2016, and may push their single payer ballot initiative to 2020. Oregon may push… --- ## [Writers on strike! Quick...fill in for your favorite shows!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-on-strike-quick-fill-in-for-your-favorite-shows/425060)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-on-strike-quick-fill-in-for-your-favorite-shows/425060 "2007-11-06T21:01:12Z")
Hollywood writers on strike come Monday Who wants to take a crack on filling in? I don’t think I can do Pushing Daisies…but I would like to try my hand at Law & Order…give me some time to cobble an idea together…runs o… --- ## [Spiders. Hundreds of spiders.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328 "2011-06-07T22:01:38Z")
I went out to water the strawberries, and I saw a ‘ball’ in a spider’s web on the bar/counter thing on the patio. It looked like a big collection of pollen off of one of the cedars. Thinking that couldn’t be the case, … --- ## [Hottest female athletes who posed for Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-female-athletes-who-posed-for-playboy/576092)
**Author:** [@kodabear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kodabear)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-female-athletes-who-posed-for-playboy/576092 "2011-03-30T01:13:58Z")
\[\[spam deleted\]\] --- ## [signature police knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-police-knock/662248)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-police-knock/662248 "2013-07-02T02:07:34Z")
I heard a guy on the bus talking about “the police knock”. Apparently, a knock pattern/rhythm that’s frequently used by police (and rarely by anybody else). Is there any truth to this? It sounds unlikely and the source … --- ## [What if Trump refuses to leave the WH?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-refuses-to-leave-the-wh/810845)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-refuses-to-leave-the-wh/810845 "2020-06-07T00:17:33Z")
Total hypothetical. Say Trump (or any President) declares that he is President for life and ignores the next election. Or ignores impeachment. I’m just kind of wondering who would usher him out? He would basically be… --- ## [People Whose Reputations Changed the Most From a Single Act or Event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-reputations-changed-the-most-from-a-single-act-or-event/329518)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-reputations-changed-the-most-from-a-single-act-or-event/329518 "2005-11-09T20:28:12Z")
I was just reading through the “Best Comedy Scenes” thread when someone mentioned the OJ Simpson scene in Naked Gun. I think that he is the perfect example of the thread title. If he had somehow died the day before he a… --- ## [Walking pneumonia -- complications, recovery time & effects on growth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-pneumonia-complications-recovery-time-effects-on-growth/352234)
**Author:** [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-pneumonia-complications-recovery-time-effects-on-growth/352234 "2006-04-13T03:28:40Z")
I’m writing up background for a novel character, and as always, I gotta check with the good SDMB folk to see how accurate this is. At age 13, the character nearly dies of walking pneumonia. He doesn’t even know he’s si… --- ## [OJ sorta confesses (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sorta-confesses-again/810293)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sorta-confesses-again/810293 "2018-03-13T23:52:34Z")
Fox on Sunday is airing a two-hour special, OJ: The Lost Confession. a repackaged version of a never-aired 2006 interview with publisher Judith Regan, in which he details a “hypothetical” explanation for the murders of … --- ## [Nair and Shampoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nair-and-shampoo/97104)
**Author:** [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nair-and-shampoo/97104 "2001-12-06T15:03:06Z")
After hearing yet again what a great prank replacing shampoo with Nair is, I felt inclined to ask if it would actually work. A casual search reveals this prank cited often as a good revenge tactic, but no evidence that i… --- ## [At what point will USA manufacturers be viable again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-will-usa-manufacturers-be-viable-again/689772)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-will-usa-manufacturers-be-viable-again/689772 "2014-06-09T03:12:21Z")
Here is a real world example i’m dealing with in my business. I recently purchased a pallet of off-brand plastic wrap for resale at $0.59 per unit from a third party distributor in Minneapolis, MN. I looked up the manu… --- ## [Why no traditional media in modern handhelds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-traditional-media-in-modern-handhelds/542951)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-traditional-media-in-modern-handhelds/542951 "2012-06-07T12:11:35Z")
AM/FM (and to some extent TV audio) were standard in portable cassette and CD players. They were even intdgrated into my last traditional TVs. Why aren’t over-the-air AM/FM/TV/DTV standard on current media players and sm… --- ## [Is a Porsche a "Girly" Car? (Open "Two and a Half Men" Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-porsche-a-girly-car-open-two-and-a-half-men-spoilers/303416)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-porsche-a-girly-car-open-two-and-a-half-men-spoilers/303416 "2005-05-12T15:52:17Z")
On the 5/9/05 episode of Two and a Half Men, Allen buys a Porsche. A red Boxster, to be exact. Charlie ribs him continuously about buying a “girly” car. Later, when Allen’s date steals the car and leads the LAPD on a hi… --- ## [I'm having a birthday party for my kid at Chuck E. Cheese's: 12 BUCKS!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-birthday-party-for-my-kid-at-chuck-e-cheeses-12-bucks/759114)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-birthday-party-for-my-kid-at-chuck-e-cheeses-12-bucks/759114 "2016-07-07T06:10:58Z")
Actually, I’m not sure this is the venue, but this came across my Facebook newsfeed it goes something like this: Apparently a mother is having a birthday party for her kid at a local restaurant, and in the invitation, a… --- ## [Credibility of the Hollywood Left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credibility-of-the-hollywood-left/141983)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credibility-of-the-hollywood-left/141983 "2002-12-14T03:45:11Z")
According to a Fox News report, more than a hundred entertainers gathered for the purpose of voicing dissent about the impending war on Iraq. On the one hand, I support what Mike Farrell said: Indeed it is. In fact, i… --- ## [Do you approve of teaching a child to swim by throwing him/her into a pool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-approve-of-teaching-a-child-to-swim-by-throwing-him-her-into-a-pool/361738)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-approve-of-teaching-a-child-to-swim-by-throwing-him-her-into-a-pool/361738 "2006-06-26T19:04:51Z")
A couple of weeks ago, there was a local News story about a “swimming teacher”, who uses this method. She charges $200 per child. Basicly what she does, is sit on her ass barking orders, while her young assistants hurl … --- ## [bicycle tires ancient technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-tires-ancient-technology/664891)
**Author:** [@aussie\_thorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aussie_thorn)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-tires-ancient-technology/664891 "2013-08-02T04:39:33Z")
About fifty years ago my grandfather taught me how to pump up my bicycle tires. Almost immediatly he also taught me how to find and repair punctures. Or totally replace the inner tube. Now they can put little remote c… --- ## [Dog urine on sidewalk causes black stain?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-urine-on-sidewalk-causes-black-stain/664439)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-urine-on-sidewalk-causes-black-stain/664439 "2013-07-26T17:11:22Z")
The canineCelt got a little over enthusiastic while greeting a neighbor this afternoon and he peed on the sidewalk. (the dog did, not the neighbor.) Anyhoo, I went inside and got a five gallon bucket, filled it with hot… --- ## [Guitar players: How can I improve my right-hand accuracy with the pick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-how-can-i-improve-my-right-hand-accuracy-with-the-pick/555887)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-how-can-i-improve-my-right-hand-accuracy-with-the-pick/555887 "2010-10-08T19:05:58Z")
I’ve played guitar for a very long time, but for one reason and another, I’ve never been very good with the plectrum. For one thing, when I was starting out, I was learning a lot of Doors songs, and I learned that Robbi… --- ## [Police officers leaving their cars turned on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officers-leaving-their-cars-turned-on/617405)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officers-leaving-their-cars-turned-on/617405 "2013-10-09T10:29:35Z")
The sub shop where I eat is usually filled with local police officers. I’ve noticed for quite some time now that they always leave their cars turned on. I just left there and there were 3 empty police cars running and … --- ## [Sometimes you just \*HAVE TO\* flip people off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-just-have-to-flip-people-off/448643)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-just-have-to-flip-people-off/448643 "2008-05-16T18:17:49Z")
Perhaps you don’t ever feel the undeniable urge flip someone the bird. Bless you for your restraint. But I simply was not able to help myself this afternoon. Once again, I was on the light rail–the Mt. View Winchester … --- ## [What is Doonesbury's icon for Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-doonesburys-icon-for-obama/481193)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-doonesburys-icon-for-obama/481193 "2012-09-14T22:26:32Z")
Has Trudeau even come up with one yet? --- ## [If a person was cryo-frozen and then reanimated...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-person-was-cryo-frozen-and-then-reanimated/659592)
**Author:** [@donnie\_darko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_darko)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-person-was-cryo-frozen-and-then-reanimated/659592 "2013-06-03T20:13:48Z")
Let’s say their brain was turned to much, but they somehow created new circuitry in there … would it be the same person or a different person animated in their body? Also what about a person who’s become unconscious and… --- ## [Cheers TV Show Appreciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers-tv-show-appreciation/553627)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers-tv-show-appreciation/553627 "2010-09-16T21:03:17Z")
I’m only 25, however, I just got into watchin Cheers for the first time, and I gotta say, I love this show! Oddly enough, I remember the final episode being advertised back in 1993 when it finished. It’s got good chemist… --- ## [Melatonin users, what happens when you suddenly stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melatonin-users-what-happens-when-you-suddenly-stop/281236)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melatonin-users-what-happens-when-you-suddenly-stop/281236 "2004-12-23T12:07:27Z")
I’ve been taking one melatonin tablet a night for the past 60 nights (exactly) I’ve ran out. I ordered some more days ago but the delivery is not forthcoming. I expect It will not have more than a psychological effect… --- ## [What stereotypes do you perpetuate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stereotypes-do-you-perpetuate/283992)
**Author:** [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stereotypes-do-you-perpetuate/283992 "2005-01-15T03:59:11Z")
Some say stereotypes exist because they have some kernel of Truth (with a capital T.) I agree, but think such Truths are more about the eye of the beholder than the behold-ee, and anyone who wishes to discuss that is we… --- ## [The Slugabed MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slugabed-mmp/968910)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slugabed-mmp/968910 "2022-08-08T03:16:59Z")
It’s nearly lunchtime over here and there’s no new MMP, thus I am taking it upon myself to start one for you! You is clearly all being slugabeds today! In other news, it’s 19c/66f with a predicted high of 23c/73f and i… --- ## [Who's More Annoying: Dobby or JarJar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-annoying-dobby-or-jarjar/335223)
**Author:** [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-annoying-dobby-or-jarjar/335223 "2006-01-17T06:04:31Z")
Which is the more annoying one-shot character: Dobby the House Elf from the Harry Potter series, or JarJar Binks from Star Wars? Myself, I’m split. But I think Dobby might have the edge with his whole simpering yet cree… --- ## [What is a good brand of wristwatch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-brand-of-wristwatch/519475)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-brand-of-wristwatch/519475 "2009-12-02T06:49:30Z")
I want to get my husband a watch for Christmas. He’s had a Seiko and been happy with it, but I haven’t found one that I like the looks of yet. What other brands are highly thought of? And, aren’t you glad I’m not aski… --- ## [Beards in the U.S. Navy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-in-the-u-s-navy/44903)
**Author:** [@KenP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenP)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-in-the-u-s-navy/44903 "2000-12-18T07:08:09Z")
Are beards again allowed in the U.S. Navy? I recall that they were banned in the early days of the Reagan administration, but last night I was watching a show about women serving at sea, and there was at least one sailor… --- ## [Military People. Please step forward. Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-people-please-step-forward-poll/476162)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-people-please-step-forward-poll/476162 "2008-12-13T18:08:15Z")
I have the sense that people who are or have been in the military are over represented on the SDMB. Seems to go for Canadians as well. I could be wrong. For interests sake could you please announce your rank and unit a… --- ## [How can Amazon still have such suckass search a quarter century and billions into it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-amazon-still-have-such-suckass-search-a-quarter-century-and-billions-into-it/951583)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-amazon-still-have-such-suckass-search-a-quarter-century-and-billions-into-it/951583 "2022-08-06T00:03:33Z")
And I guess the answer is in the question: because it rules the world or nearly so, so why the fuck bother fixing it? But why does it seem I am the only person who actively finds it infuriating? You all DO notice it, do… --- ## [Ways You've Felt Old Recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-felt-old-recently/986436)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-felt-old-recently/986436 "2023-07-15T08:56:30Z")
My niece is now nine, which is pretty aging all on its own, but that means she’s now in school and going on educational field trips. Living in Missoula, that includes going to Fort Missoula and learning about this place’… --- ## [Senate Acquits Trump, 53-47! \[satire\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-acquits-trump-53-47-satire/846734)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-acquits-trump-53-47-satire/846734 "2020-02-06T16:08:04Z")
The U.S.Senate has acquitted President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment brought by the House of Representatives. During the impeachment trial, held in the Senate chamber and presided over by Chief Justice Joh… --- ## [Classic Literature Book Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-literature-book-club/703804)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-literature-book-club/703804 "2014-12-17T13:38:40Z")
I’d love to read more classic literature. I love to read, I feel like I’d get so much more out of so many pop culture references and the classics are classics for a reason, right? But unlike the newest Stephen King relea… --- ## [Is there such a thing as a drill bit adaptor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-drill-bit-adaptor/282704)
**Author:** [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-drill-bit-adaptor/282704 "2005-01-04T01:55:34Z")
I have a couple of cordless screw-driver/drills from Black and Decker (Pivot Plus, for one). They’re very handy, but limited, because the only bits they accept are those hexagonal-shaped base drill-bits and screw driver… --- ## [King Sized Sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-sized-sheets/627789)
**Author:** [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-sized-sheets/627789 "2012-07-11T23:34:38Z")
So, I have a very mundane problem. I have an awesome king sized mattress with a not-too-thick pillowtop. And a cool Ikea platform frame. My bedroom is the best. My sheets suck though. I have two fitted sheets, one from … --- ## [Most awkward product placement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awkward-product-placement/973020)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awkward-product-placement/973020 "2022-10-16T18:28:39Z")
My vote is in last week’s The Patient. Title character unpacks a printer. Not only is the brand clearly visible but the therapist character inexplicably asks from the other room what the brand is so the name can be said … --- ## [Annoying “new speak” that you’ve managed to adopt into your vocabulary…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-new-speak-that-you-ve-managed-to-adopt-into-your-vocabulary/953621)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-new-speak-that-you-ve-managed-to-adopt-into-your-vocabulary/953621 "2021-11-22T16:01:39Z")
…and examples that you’ve been able to fend off. For many years, I was very annoyed when someone began a story or explanation with “So…”. This opening even became common in the professional lingo. Example : “So, I took… --- ## [Bringing a Building "Up to Code"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-a-building-up-to-code/564909)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-a-building-up-to-code/564909 "2010-12-23T15:07:53Z")
I recently looked over an building built in the early 1900s. I was told that it would be massively expensive to install a dishwasher because I would have to bring the plumbing “up to code.” Why? As long as I am not selli… --- ## [QM = Positive Mass / GR = Negative Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qm-positive-mass-gr-negative-mass/649471)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qm-positive-mass-gr-negative-mass/649471 "2013-02-10T05:36:22Z")
We show mass and energy being equivalent, and the same for space and time. We can break it down even further and find dualities and symmetries all over the place: electricity/magnetism; matter/antimatter; wave/particles… --- ## [Why would anyone voluntarily live in Alaska?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-voluntarily-live-in-alaska/478358)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-voluntarily-live-in-alaska/478358 "2009-01-05T22:57:08Z")
Over the past few days, I’ve been stuck indoors because it’s so damned cold outside and the streets and covered with snow and ice. It’s driving me batshit crazy! Then I got to thinking, there’s an entire state up north … --- ## [Has your web cam ever been hacked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-web-cam-ever-been-hacked/716906)
**Author:** [@Lilian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilian)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-web-cam-ever-been-hacked/716906 "2015-04-10T21:22:46Z")
I’m from a European country and I have recently joined your community. Here’s something I like to talk about. About one year ago I found out that a strange guy had put up a pic of me on Facebook. The photo was completel… --- ## [Any alcohol-free hard liquor out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-alcohol-free-hard-liquor-out-there/458660)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-alcohol-free-hard-liquor-out-there/458660 "2008-08-04T18:57:10Z")
We’ve got NA beer, along with de-alcoholized wine and champagne. So where’s my No Alcohol single malt scotch? I want my NAphroaig! My NAbsolut! Could it be made? Is it? If not, think there’s a market for it? --- ## [Affirmative Action -- Fighting Racism with Racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affirmative-action-fighting-racism-with-racism/216034)
**Author:** [@ExecutiveJesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExecutiveJesus)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affirmative-action-fighting-racism-with-racism/216034 "2003-12-19T15:39:23Z")
Affirmative action is a racist program, a pacifier for the masses, a feel-good that doesn’t appear to do much except further blur the lines of stratification in the job market. At least, so it appears to me. It’s an affr… --- ## [Who benefits from another Depression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-benefits-from-another-depression/601199)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-benefits-from-another-depression/601199 "2011-11-06T17:02:00Z")
From an article entitled, “DOOM! Our economic nightmare is just beginning.” in the Oct. 6 issue of The New Republic: The article then points out other leaders like David Cameron, Angela Merkel and Japan’s prime ministe… --- ## [So let's assume the U.S. goes down the toilet bowl - which Anglo country do you move to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-assume-the-u-s-goes-down-the-toilet-bowl-which-anglo-country-do-you-move-to/529920)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-assume-the-u-s-goes-down-the-toilet-bowl-which-anglo-country-do-you-move-to/529920 "2010-02-25T00:04:08Z")
Let’s assume that, in line with this thread the U.S. as a political entity drops a big load and ceases to be a nation where people with majority/social European heritages\*, English-only language skills can thrive instead… --- ## [Speaking of Pizza Delivery places keeping tabs on customers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-pizza-delivery-places-keeping-tabs-on-customers/163860)
**Author:** [@andymurph64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andymurph64)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-pizza-delivery-places-keeping-tabs-on-customers/163860 "2003-05-22T10:51:00Z")
Inspired by another recent thread but didn’t want to hijack… Do Pizza delivery places (mainly employees) keep tabs on how well addressed tip? I ask because I’m a great tipper. However, I expect service for my tip. I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1911&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1913&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)