# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1914&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:** 1915 --- ## [What's worse, getting caught masturbating at work or having sex at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-getting-caught-masturbating-at-work-or-having-sex-at-work/689647)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-getting-caught-masturbating-at-work-or-having-sex-at-work/689647 "2014-06-02T13:23:50Z")
Co workers were casually discussing which is worse- getting caught at work masturbating or getting caught at work having sex. They thought being caught masturbating was worse because they consider it more “pathetic”. At … --- ## [Is it time to retire the Staff Reports and the SDSAB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-retire-the-staff-reports-and-the-sdsab/441379)
**Author:** [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-retire-the-staff-reports-and-the-sdsab/441379 "2008-06-04T03:33:52Z")
There were a number of assertions made by moderators in the ongoing pitting of GED. It brought to the surface a whole host of issues that I am/was just a bit uncomfortable with. So far I think the outcomes have been hea… --- ## [Could the Eath's gravity have increased since the dinosaurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-eaths-gravity-have-increased-since-the-dinosaurs/368889)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-eaths-gravity-have-increased-since-the-dinosaurs/368889 "2006-08-17T18:21:53Z")
Something has just occurred to me and I wonder if anyone has citations or info on this hypothesis. A lot of people have wondered how the really huge dinosaurs that existed 200 million years ago could have gotten around. … --- ## [Can anyone help me not be so tired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-not-be-so-tired/553183)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-not-be-so-tired/553183 "2010-10-25T16:20:05Z")
So, from maybe 15 till now (26), my general routine has involved long (long!) daytime naps (like 2-3 hours or more). This has led to me not being able to sleep and night and generally lots of frustration and such, and my… --- ## [Wingnuts up in arms about Dems supposedly legalizing infanticide. What's this about, now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingnuts-up-in-arms-about-dems-supposedly-legalizing-infanticide-whats-this-about-now/828741)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingnuts-up-in-arms-about-dems-supposedly-legalizing-infanticide-whats-this-about-now/828741 "2019-02-06T16:20:19Z")
Yeah, I know the religious wingnuts have been up in arms about this before, but for a long time, I hadn’t heard anything about it. But I’ve heard multiple mentions today, so I’m kinda wondering what’s triggered them thi… --- ## ["Here are the thrill seekers" Where is that from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-the-thrill-seekers-where-is-that-from/418457)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-the-thrill-seekers-where-is-that-from/418457 "2019-10-11T03:52:42Z")
In Fear Factory’s New Breed along with several other songs, there is a sample that says, “Here are the thrillseekers, corrupt and immoral.” Where is that from? I’m kind of thinking it’s from that anti-marijuana propogand… --- ## [What should I do with a captured raccoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-a-captured-raccoon/631479)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-a-captured-raccoon/631479 "2012-08-16T19:57:02Z")
Today Mrs. J. reports that our Havahart trap is hosting a “large, fat. angry” raccoon. It is fat because it has been feasting on my ripening sweet corn. Apparently it decided the tunafish I baited the trap with was more… --- ## [Update: Candidate for Canadian Parliament Convicted of Hate Crime for Saying Gays Should be Killed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-candidate-for-canadian-parliament-convicted-of-hate-crime-for-saying-gays-should-be-killed/506181)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-candidate-for-canadian-parliament-convicted-of-hate-crime-for-saying-gays-should-be-killed/506181 "2009-09-06T03:29:34Z")
Last fall, I started a thread in the Pit about David Popescu, a fringe candidate for Parliament in last year’s federal election: Canada: Candidate for Parliament tells High School Students: Kill the Gays. As a result o… --- ## [I pit the sorry asshole that hit my daughter's car last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sorry-asshole-that-hit-my-daughters-car-last-night/301215)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sorry-asshole-that-hit-my-daughters-car-last-night/301215 "2005-05-24T09:15:47Z")
She’s coming home, has a green light solidly in front of her and this piece of shit blows through the red light, clips the left rear of her car and spins her for a 180, then takes on off like a bat outta hell. She’s all… --- ## [Proposal: double-click rule for TV Tropes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309 "2010-07-17T18:00:05Z")
Like this: With a madatory, big “WARNING: TV Tropes Link!” alert message in front of it. How many otherwise productive hours could have been saved by this simple, easy-to-follow rule? Please, for the love of whatever… --- ## [Chat for introverts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-for-introverts/945370)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-for-introverts/945370 "2021-07-08T23:20:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?: I’ve been wanting to start a chat thread for a while. I agree with codinghorror that some number of… --- ## [What is the appeal of skiing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-appeal-of-skiing/489956)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-appeal-of-skiing/489956 "2009-03-23T17:09:08Z")
I’ve never been skiing (or had any particular desire to in all honesty) but people I know who ski can’t get enough of it. What exactly is the appeal? The reason I ask is the danger element- is that a part of it? Nata… --- ## [Bleeding cyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeding-cyst/591323)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeding-cyst/591323 "2011-08-04T17:53:33Z")
Out of curiosity, I just took an Exacto knife and poked a hole in a ganglion cyst to see what would happen and it is bleeding a lot (well, as much as can come out of a little hole in my skin). Is this normal? --- ## [Do you want a DP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-a-dp/740110)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-a-dp/740110 "2015-12-15T23:45:09Z")
Diet Pepsi. Maybe I’ve just been ruined by the internet. The bartender at a place I’ll have lunch every few weeks asks me that question, worded like that. She seems to be oblivious to my first interpretation of the que… --- ## [BEST drives in the US/Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drives-in-the-us-canada/717483)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drives-in-the-us-canada/717483 "2015-04-15T07:25:46Z")
\[Inverse inspiring thread\] Me, I try to drive the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway every year, tho the weather usually prevents me (as it did again last year-rain and fog up there will not make it much fun :(). … --- ## [2014 CFB Bowls Season -- Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491 "2015-01-07T01:56:03Z")
Please refer to this earlier post for links to last year’s Bowl Polls/Threads. How should we improve on last year’s format(s)? What should be the change(s) to make this coming season more fun to endure? --- ## [Personal Appearance Flamers - FUCK YOU!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-appearance-flamers-fuck-you/41859)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-appearance-flamers-fuck-you/41859 "2000-11-26T22:41:14Z")
Well, this is the first Pit thread I have done where I do not flame myself. My goal is to flame two types of people: Those who think it’s ever so funny and cute to flame people because they are “ugly”, or look “scary”… --- ## [PA Man Beheads Govt. Emp. Father, Posts Video Online, Calls For "Revolution" Against Biden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-man-beheads-govt-emp-father-posts-video-online-calls-for-revolution-against-biden/996894)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-man-beheads-govt-emp-father-posts-video-online-calls-for-revolution-against-biden/996894 "2024-02-04T00:55:42Z")
Story here. (Yes, I know the Mail isn’t the best source, but this is breaking within the last hour and there aren’t many articles about it yet.) I suppose it was only a matter of time before Trump and his legion of… --- ## [What if I plant this taro bulb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-plant-this-taro-bulb/662411)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-plant-this-taro-bulb/662411 "2014-04-07T01:21:37Z")
I thought I was going to do something cool with these taro roots, but instead they just sat there until today I noticed that one of them is sprouting a green shoot kind of like an onion would. Well, just so happens I ha… --- ## [I got asked a question, start to say "huh?" and then answer it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-asked-a-question-start-to-say-huh-and-then-answer-it/91649)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-asked-a-question-start-to-say-huh-and-then-answer-it/91649 "2001-11-06T14:21:02Z")
Ok some elaboration. Today my father asked me a question and right when he finished the question I said “Huh?” indicating I didnt hear or understand the question. Right after I say that I answer the question before he r… --- ## [Why on Earth does anyone use vi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-does-anyone-use-vi/609752)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-does-anyone-use-vi/609752 "2012-01-20T08:20:39Z")
I started a new job this year and I was shocked to find that 95% of people I work with use vi on Linux. I learned emacs at my last job and it’s so much better than vi. I’ve had people tell me they know vi is horri… --- ## [Snow results in abandoned cars on the road. How do you get your car back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-results-in-abandoned-cars-on-the-road-how-do-you-get-your-car-back/680867)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-results-in-abandoned-cars-on-the-road-how-do-you-get-your-car-back/680867 "2014-02-11T13:54:04Z")
Little Rock got hit with a nasty mix of snow and ice yesterday. A lot of abandoned cars on the roads and ditches. Thankfully I stayed home yesterday. How do you get your car back? Is there any point in calling a tow tru… --- ## [Could President Bush get away with Iraqi genocide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-president-bush-get-away-with-iraqi-genocide/423467)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-president-bush-get-away-with-iraqi-genocide/423467 "2007-10-26T16:03:35Z")
Supposing Bush gets it into his head that the easiest solution to his pesky Iraq problems is to get rid of all the Iraqis. Since his administration has been the Teflon Don of administrations, could Bushco trump somethin… --- ## [Did Socrates say it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-socrates-say-it/615357)
**Author:** [@chauvinist\_pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chauvinist_pig)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-socrates-say-it/615357 "2012-03-15T12:04:08Z")
There’s a quote bouncing around the internet that’s attributed to Socrates. In most versions it goes like this: “The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. … --- ## [Sculpture's penis offends some Jamaicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sculptures-penis-offends-some-jamaicans/200796)
**Author:** [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sculptures-penis-offends-some-jamaicans/200796 "2003-09-13T22:15:15Z")
A new public sculpture in Kingston, Jamaica that features a nude man and woman has drawn some controversy because of the size of the male figure’s penis: “Size does matter, Jamaicans decide”. Apparently, most Jamaicans… --- ## [Bob Newhart's Apt, is it viable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-newharts-apt-is-it-viable/962366)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-newharts-apt-is-it-viable/962366 "2022-04-06T17:34:37Z")
I suspect not. The front entrance and the door to Bob & Emily’s bedroom issue from the same wall, in a way that would seem to put the bedroom in conflict with the exterior hallway. Howard’s apartment is directly across … --- ## [Which species would go extinct first if humans disappeared tomorrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-would-go-extinct-first-if-humans-disappeared-tomorrow/727178)
**Author:** [@JHuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHuff)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-would-go-extinct-first-if-humans-disappeared-tomorrow/727178 "2015-08-08T00:15:16Z")
If humans were to disappear from the face of the earth tomorrow (whether we all commit suicide at once, or maybe the rapture happens and we’re all somehow included, I’ll leave up to your imagination), what other species … --- ## [XP won't boot. I am ready to give up on computers. (Sorta long, and completely boring)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-wont-boot-i-am-ready-to-give-up-on-computers-sorta-long-and-completely-boring/516392)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-wont-boot-i-am-ready-to-give-up-on-computers-sorta-long-and-completely-boring/516392 "2009-11-16T00:41:13Z")
After 32 years working with computers, I have had it. I am at the end of my rope. I would make more money flipping burgers, with a helluva lot less stress. I can’t even fix my own damn computer, and guys with BA’s in co… --- ## [Half Blood Prince excitement thread - no spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-excitement-thread-no-spoilers/312197)
**Author:** [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-excitement-thread-no-spoilers/312197 "2005-07-17T03:24:30Z")
Since I don’t want to peruse the other Harry Potter threads simply to jitter aimlessly about how excited I am to be getting my Harry Potter book this week, and I believe I am not alone - come and jitter away about muggle… --- ## [The British and Double Faucet Taps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-and-double-faucet-taps/326765)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-and-double-faucet-taps/326765 "2005-10-21T11:19:40Z")
This one drives me crazy. Why oh why do the British almost always insist on having separate taps for hot and cold water in their bathroom sinks? Your hands either end up burning or freezing. I’m told that you’re suppo… --- ## [Making hard cider (also, ginger beer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-hard-cider-also-ginger-beer/569864)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-hard-cider-also-ginger-beer/569864 "2011-02-03T03:24:21Z")
I made some ginger beer, and just sampled it. Alas, once again it doesn’t burn. I need to figure out how to make it as hot as the pickled ginger you get with sushi. Anyway… I was thinking I might try making hard cide… --- ## [What types of threads on the Dope make your jaw drop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-threads-on-the-dope-make-your-jaw-drop/452626)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Thalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Thalia)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-threads-on-the-dope-make-your-jaw-drop/452626 "2008-06-14T02:03:47Z")
Inspired by this thread: I honestly don’t know why I read threads about guns on this board. Maybe it’s just my stereotypical Canadian opinion that \*guns are bad \*and unnecessary, but I always end up shaking my head by… --- ## [If a real truth serum created should the 5th amendment go out the window?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-real-truth-serum-created-should-the-5th-amendment-go-out-the-window/331148)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-real-truth-serum-created-should-the-5th-amendment-go-out-the-window/331148 "2005-11-16T21:25:14Z")
A GQ thread on truth sera got me thinking. IMHO, the amendment against self-incrimination was crafted to prevent authorities from beating a confession out of a suspect and then convicting them using that tainted confess… --- ## [The all-time best TV show theme song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-time-best-tv-show-theme-song/161408)
**Author:** [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-time-best-tv-show-theme-song/161408 "2004-11-28T07:25:10Z")
I just heard the theme song from Alf which is actually really good. It’s light, happy, and the bass is cooking. I can think of very few TV theme songs that I’d actually want to hear. In no particular order: The afore… --- ## [Best. Dopefest. Ever. the Dope-A-Ween aftermath thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dopefest-ever-the-dope-a-ween-aftermath-thread/209659)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dopefest-ever-the-dope-a-ween-aftermath-thread/209659 "2003-11-03T15:24:27Z")
I thought that people who hadn’t been posting to it might not go into a 7 page long “planning” thread so I figured I’d start a new one. Pictures so far: http://tinyurl.com/seta (more soon as people send them in) A wil… --- ## [Is there a legal limit how long medical insurance companies can wait before deposting your check?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-limit-how-long-medical-insurance-companies-can-wait-before-deposting-your-check/600081)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-limit-how-long-medical-insurance-companies-can-wait-before-deposting-your-check/600081 "2011-11-11T11:21:09Z")
A friend of mine (in California) is have problems with her medical insurance company taking an unreasonable amount of time to deposit her checks. They regularly take over two weeks (and on one occasion have cancelled he… --- ## [I spent a week living with a racist birther](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spent-a-week-living-with-a-racist-birther/654147)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-spent-a-week-living-with-a-racist-birther/654147 "2013-03-30T13:10:20Z")
I had to spend a week out of town, and I had this old friend living nearby, who had visited me in NYC a few years ago, so I took him up on his offer to repay my hospitality. Apart from that one visit, when he and his wi… --- ## [What's your personality type?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/721223)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/721223 "2015-06-03T20:15:36Z")
I’m an INFP myself. I’ve heard that ESTJ is the primary personality type in the United States, which doesn’t surprise me because I find that I have very little in common with most people here in terms of my values and in… --- ## [Do you name your vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120 "2013-06-05T04:26:43Z")
Are you in the habit of giving your vehicles names? I’ve got a cute little 4 door hatchback named “Ex”(can you guess the make and model? :D) --- ## [Taco Bell's Baja Gordita Sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bells-baja-gordita-sauce/446297)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bells-baja-gordita-sauce/446297 "2008-04-30T03:03:58Z")
My wife and I have often said, “It’s a good thing we can’t make the Baja Gortita sauce; otherwise, we’d die of heart attack’s in a week.” We love it. It has to be unhealthy, of course. Well, I found this recipe for it … --- ## [Innocent man dies in Gitmo, and it's Obama's fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-man-dies-in-gitmo-and-its-obamas-fault/634450)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-man-dies-in-gitmo-and-its-obamas-fault/634450 "2012-09-15T03:46:38Z")
Last time I brought up the fact that the US knew that a lot of people imprisoned without trial at Guantanamo Bay were known by the US government to be innocent, the reply was that they’d already been released, and that t… --- ## [New twist on Birtherism: Obama's real father was an American (Communist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-on-birtherism-obamas-real-father-was-an-american-communist/622289)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-on-birtherism-obamas-real-father-was-an-american-communist/622289 "2012-05-19T05:32:13Z")
Joel Gilbert tries to prove that in his new direct-to-DVD notumentary Dreams from My Real Father: (If Frank Marshall Davis was a Communist, the more we have of them the better.) And now WND’s Jerome Corsi (author of T… --- ## [Annie or Britta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-or-britta/528761)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-or-britta/528761 "2010-02-13T16:26:04Z")
This is a tough one, I know. To make it tougher, I’ve decided to eliminate “both at once” as an option, because then there’d be no point in listing any other options. I’m picking Annie, but it’s a close one. --- ## [The Collounsbury Mea Culpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-collounsbury-mea-culpa/164041)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-collounsbury-mea-culpa/164041 "2003-03-30T11:59:01Z")
My Dear Straight Dope. First, the purpose of this thread is to present a mea culpa. Let me start with that, then. As I told the Administration, I don’t “regret” the banning, I think it was a good move all around – go… --- ## [What are the Biggest Status Symbols People Have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-status-symbols-people-have/678296)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-status-symbols-people-have/678296 "2014-01-12T02:05:40Z")
House, car, jewelry, trophy wife…? How do they rank in importance? --- ## [Glee: 3.03 "Asian F" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-03-asian-f-open-spoilers/598618)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-3-03-asian-f-open-spoilers/598618 "2011-10-09T03:00:11Z")
We get to meet Emma Pillsbury’s and Mike Chang’s parents tonight. Also Rachel and Mercedes are both out for Maria in West Side Story. \[ul\] \[li\]Fix You (Coldplay)\[/li\]\[li\]Run The World (Beyonce)\[/li\]\[li\]Spotligh (Jenn… --- ## [Am I the only guy who hasn't gotten a haircut since February?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169 "2020-11-18T04:46:22Z")
It seems like everywhere I go (which basically consists of the grocery store, liquor store and post office), 9 out of 10 men appear to have gotten a haircut fairly recently. I am a bit puzzled since ‘nonessential’ (to me… --- ## [Why are chemical weapons worse than explosives or guns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chemical-weapons-worse-than-explosives-or-guns/701323)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chemical-weapons-worse-than-explosives-or-guns/701323 "2014-10-20T17:00:39Z")
Nuclear weapons can kill millions. So can biological weapons, if they start an epidemic. But let’s just address chemical weapons alone in and of themselves, for a moment. Why was it a big deal when Saddam gassed the Kur… --- ## [What's a 'small plane'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-small-plane/410128)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-small-plane/410128 "2007-07-05T05:23:47Z")
As someone who grew up around GA aircraft, I have a different opinion as to what a ‘small plane’ is compared to someone whose experiences with light aircraft is limited to seeing them fly overhead. For a long time peopl… --- ## [Soda expiration dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-expiration-dates/11599)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 1999, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soda-expiration-dates/11599 "1999-12-02T06:10:00Z")
It used to be when I’d buy a soda the expiration date would be over a year away. That was always a nice feeling, knowing I could shelve it for a year and it would still be good. Recently, however, EVERY soda I buy has … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1913&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1915&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)