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**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-resume/641677 "2013-01-13T00:40:56Z")
Does this thing have any plausibility for any real job? Why or why not? 34 years of living and I’ve never actually had to do one of these. (I don’t have to now, either, but I’m doing it anyway for fun and just-in-casies… --- ## [Why Is My Sense of Taste So Dull?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-sense-of-taste-so-dull/494462)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-sense-of-taste-so-dull/494462 "2009-04-28T23:44:04Z")
For most of my adult life especially, my sense of taste has been very dull. It actually seemed to get duller as I grew older. At one time I could tell the difference between Pepsi and Coke. Now they just both taste sweet… --- ## [To the ladies, when shoe shopping ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-when-shoe-shopping/659160)
**Author:** [@Ben-s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben-s)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ladies-when-shoe-shopping/659160 "2013-05-25T18:08:35Z")
I use to be a woman’s shoe salesman and had quite a few different experiences. Ladies, when is the last time that you went into a shoe store and had your feet measured professionally ? And I don’t mean the self service … --- ## [Is "War of the Worlds" scary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-war-of-the-worlds-scary/311541)
**Author:** [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-war-of-the-worlds-scary/311541 "2005-07-13T15:16:45Z")
I know there have been and still are threads on War of the Worlds, but I just want to know if the movie is actually scary. People have told me it is, and I cannot deal with scary movies. So how about it? --- ## [The Backyardigans: What the hell is Uniquia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backyardigans-what-the-hell-is-uniquia/376238)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backyardigans-what-the-hell-is-uniquia/376238 "2006-10-14T16:43:43Z")
Pablo is a penguin, Tyrone is a moose, Tasha is a hippo and Austin is a kangaroo, but what the hell is Uniqua, does anyone know? It’s a cute show, my toddler loves it. --- ## [21 for O'Doul's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-for-odouls/384248)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-for-odouls/384248 "2006-12-15T16:18:01Z")
Why does one have to be 21 to buy O’Doul’s (Anheuser-Busch’s non-alcoholic beer)? If it is a specific law, imagine Coke made one alcoholic beverage. Would one have to be 21 to buy coke products? Thanks --- ## [Do governments re-fill underground aquifers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-governments-re-fill-underground-aquifers/631610)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-governments-re-fill-underground-aquifers/631610 "2012-08-25T05:08:35Z")
I this story about the drought, and the last sentences caught my eye: It makes sense that this is possible, but is it actually done by anybody as a matter of deliberate policy? I’ve never heard of it, and I wonder if … --- ## [Clitoris in Female Mammals/Apes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clitoris-in-female-mammals-apes/634128)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clitoris-in-female-mammals-apes/634128 "2012-09-10T21:40:08Z")
Hi, I was wondering if other than Human Females, Mammals/Apes do have a Clitoris, if not would not that be an indicator that Humans are/could be “designed” in this way to actually encourage intercourse more frequently th… --- ## [26-year-old actor Frankie Muniz has a stroke-- what?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/26-year-old-actor-frankie-muniz-has-a-stroke-what/643048)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/26-year-old-actor-frankie-muniz-has-a-stroke-what/643048 "2012-12-07T20:58:40Z")
This question is prompted by this story. For a 26-year-old to have a stroke, is this just bad genes? Substance abuse? Bad diet? Bad luck? How common is it for a 26-year-old to have a mini stroke? --- ## [In reincarnation supported by the Bible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-reincarnation-supported-by-the-bible/340525)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-reincarnation-supported-by-the-bible/340525 "2006-01-26T14:51:57Z")
IN this thread raindog and I had a disagreement about reincarnation in the Bible. \*\* raindog \*\*claims My contention is not that reincarnation is obviously supported by the Bible, but that since the Bible is subject … --- ## [How do you cope with losing everything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cope-with-losing-everything/756210)
**Author:** [@forinternetuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forinternetuse)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cope-with-losing-everything/756210 "2016-06-03T23:26:38Z")
I’m just struggling a little with how to cope at the moment. I have a boyfriend that I love more than anything but i’m picking he wants to break up, he’s been really quiet this week, ignoring most my messages then said h… --- ## [Anonymously Helping out a Friend Financially - Good? Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymously-helping-out-a-friend-financially-good-bad/566770)
**Author:** [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymously-helping-out-a-friend-financially-good-bad/566770 "2011-01-12T17:50:40Z")
I need to know whether or not this would be weird, or if there are any other options that would be better for me to take without overstepping my place. I know a couple that I am not super-close with, but with whom I do … --- ## [Eating 50 eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-50-eggs/112618)
**Author:** [@miller1240](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miller1240)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-50-eggs/112618 "2012-09-17T18:07:59Z")
Today I was talking to some of my friends about the movie Cool Hand Luke and how Paul Newman ate 50 eggs in an hour. To make a long story short, I now have two weeks to prepare myself for the fifty egg challenge. Any s… --- ## [Harry Potter and the Fluctuating Bosom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-fluctuating-bosom/402789 "2007-05-07T16:09:32Z")
Emma Watson has larger, more prominently highlighted chest on IMAX poster for new Harry Potter movie than she does on the regular poster Link shows side by side (heh) comparison. Enhanced for IMAX? Or de-emphasized on … --- ## [You asked for it, BossK.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-asked-for-it-bossk/91991)
**Author:** [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-asked-for-it-bossk/91991 "2001-11-12T18:51:54Z")
This thread isn’t going to have any funny imagery, any amazing prose, and isnt workt rating,l but I just want to speak my mind. Bossk, What is your major malfunction?? You show up in a thread about a girl who was kille… --- ## [According to The Economist, 40% of jobs are "bullshit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-economist-40-of-jobs-are-bullshit/827117)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-economist-40-of-jobs-are-bullshit/827117 "2019-01-08T19:00:27Z")
I just came across this article in The Economist from a few months ago and thought I’d share: Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism Basically, the gist is this. According to anthropologist David Graeber, … --- ## [What populous jobs are the machines stealing next, and what jobs will those people do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-populous-jobs-are-the-machines-stealing-next-and-what-jobs-will-those-people-do/764447)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-populous-jobs-are-the-machines-stealing-next-and-what-jobs-will-those-people-do/764447 "2016-09-03T07:47:40Z")
When I say machines, I mean computers AND robots. I’d like to ask each responder to think about a couple of lines of work they think are next on the chopping block in the next few decades. Now I’m not being pessimistic… --- ## [The Intellectual Property of Macaques](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectual-property-of-macaques/589125)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectual-property-of-macaques/589125 "2011-07-19T00:39:27Z")
From a VC blogger I find this TechDirt link. In short, a wildlife photographer left his camera unattended, and a macaque monkey wandered over to it and took some pictures, including a really amusing self-portrait. The q… --- ## [How would you pronounce this date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-pronounce-this-date/541822)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-pronounce-this-date/541822 "2010-06-07T14:53:13Z")
How would you pronounce… “3 June 2010” I keep seeing dates styled this way in Wikipedia and I just don’t know what to do. --- ## [E Cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cigarettes/640605)
**Author:** [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cigarettes/640605 "2012-11-12T00:23:27Z")
Anyone have any recommendations? A friend is having success with Njoy, but she only smokes in the evening when she drinks. I’ve maxed out on 20 - 30 strong cigarettes per day on a bad day and would like to substitute wi… --- ## [Troll and Trolling. Please explain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775 "2011-12-22T04:14:58Z")
As somewhat new to this site and this way of communicating and not up to speed with its rules and regulations I was recently scolded by the moderator to cease an activity called trolling. To now I am not quite sure what … --- ## [Religious Dopers: When Do You Let Your Kids Opt Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-dopers-when-do-you-let-your-kids-opt-out/837624)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-dopers-when-do-you-let-your-kids-opt-out/837624 "2019-08-03T21:12:04Z")
Adam Sandler sings that his Bar Mitzvah was the best day of his life, “until three years later when my parents stopped making me go to Temple.” So he’d have been ~16 when his parents let him opt out.\* If you’re devoutly… --- ## [World capital city (mostly visual)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-capital-city-mostly-visual/643586)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-capital-city-mostly-visual/643586 "2012-12-11T23:30:50Z")
So we need to pick a city to be the world’s capital. Our main requirement is that it looks the part; it needs to be spectacularly grand and modern. And it mustn’t have a shanty town within a stone’s throw of the skyscra… --- ## [Where is the African community doing best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-african-community-doing-best/615363)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-african-community-doing-best/615363 "2012-03-22T09:31:30Z")
In the interest of full disclosure, this is for a paper I’m working on. I’m not asking for you to do my homework, though; just looking for ideas. We all know that blacks in the US lag behind whites and other minorities … --- ## [The Door to Certain Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-door-to-certain-death/267617)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-door-to-certain-death/267617 "2004-10-14T19:20:30Z")
My brother walked out of a door that lead to nowhere. This is very hard to explain but I will try. We went to my mother’s friend’s house Sunday afternoon and they have a side door, but in order to get in this door you ha… --- ## [DIY Cremation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-cremation/653164)
**Author:** [@chris.denning.1961](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chris.denning.1961)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-cremation/653164 "2014-09-08T22:01:36Z")
Realize it isn’t exactly an activity that lends itself to DIY and I know it will probably vary from state to state, but… Is there any reason why my family members cannot build a funeral pyre and torch my remains after I… --- ## [NFL Week 17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-17/708363)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-17/708363 "2014-12-31T01:58:49Z")
Last week of the season. Football season went by so fast. --- ## [Crap all over this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-all-over-this-thread/282379)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-all-over-this-thread/282379 "2004-12-31T20:25:16Z")
This thread is about nothing but hijacks. Your post will have absolutely nothing to do with any post that came before it. --- ## [Ben Carson: Hitler is Coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-hitler-is-coming/733610)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-hitler-is-coming/733610 "2015-10-08T17:12:49Z")
That’s the title of a piece in the Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/04/ben-carson-loves-hitler-references.html Does anyone have a clue what he’s talking about? Is this a general swipe at left-… --- ## [How to stimulate a cat's appetite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stimulate-a-cats-appetite/287634)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stimulate-a-cats-appetite/287634 "2005-02-02T02:45:52Z")
My friend has a 16 year-old cat who seems to have lost her appetite (the cat lost its appetite…friend is fine). The cat has thrown-up with alarming regularity (a few times a day on average). More often than not the cat… --- ## [Sears Tower is now Willis Tower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-tower-is-now-willis-tower/489234)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-tower-is-now-willis-tower/489234 "2011-02-08T03:01:12Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap\_on\_re\_us/sears\_tower\_no\_more\_1 Thoughts? --- ## [Pranks we pulled as kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks-we-pulled-as-kids/7516)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks-we-pulled-as-kids/7516 "2001-06-21T01:08:23Z")
Does anybody remember these? I don’t mean anything harmful, but rather mischievous things we did as kids. (Cecil mentioned kids jamming a potato in a car’s tailpipe.) --- ## [Jackie Chan in fighting tournaments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackie-chan-in-fighting-tournaments/106696)
**Author:** [@rookie523](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rookie523)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackie-chan-in-fighting-tournaments/106696 "2002-05-02T04:19:24Z")
Did Jackie Chan enter any tournaments and win early in his career? How about Jet Li? --- ## [Can the Hoover dam withstand a nuclear blast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-hoover-dam-withstand-a-nuclear-blast/2769)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 1999, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-hoover-dam-withstand-a-nuclear-blast/2769 "1999-08-24T06:10:00Z")
My buddy, a phd. in Chemistry says so. In a way it makes sense, it withstands an incredible amount of water pressure, but I am not so sure. I don’t recommend an empirical test. If a blast could destroy it, where would it… --- ## [This riddle is driving me crazy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917)
**Author:** [@Dying\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dying_Butterfly)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917 "2009-07-07T20:58:03Z")
4 C in an E R I can’t see the letters E R together and not think emergency room. It’s going to be embarrassingly simple, I just know it. :smack: Help? --- ## [Irrational fears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-fears/663218)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-fears/663218 "2013-07-22T15:41:38Z")
Got any irrational fears. Mine would be getting stabbed in the eye by a blunt pencil. --- ## [Community Ep 311 3/15/2012 - Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-ep-311-3-15-2012-urban-matrimony-and-the-sandwich-arts/615892)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-ep-311-3-15-2012-urban-matrimony-and-the-sandwich-arts/615892 "2012-03-20T12:48:07Z")
It’s back tonight! I can’t wait! I kept “Regional Holiday Music” on my DVR and I’ve probably watched it five times or so to get my fix every now and then. The epic trailer for the remainder of the season can be seen h… --- ## [So does this Mallard Fillmore have his head completely lodged up his ass or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-this-mallard-fillmore-have-his-head-completely-lodged-up-his-ass-or-what/263477)
**Author:** [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-this-mallard-fillmore-have-his-head-completely-lodged-up-his-ass-or-what/263477 "2004-09-14T06:56:50Z")
I’ve always read the comics in the newspaper, ever since I was a kid. I got addicted by brilliant strips like Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side. For some reason, I still read the comics, although there really isn’t one … --- ## [Goddamn Language Nazis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-language-nazis/34740)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-language-nazis/34740 "2000-10-02T19:16:39Z")
Enough is Enough. It started in a thread in Great Debates. Rudy from “Survivor” was being considered a bigot because he used the word “queer.” I argued that he was not in fact a bigot. He was both friendly with and admi… --- ## [Should I quit my teaching job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-quit-my-teaching-job/603854)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-quit-my-teaching-job/603854 "2011-11-30T15:21:58Z")
Once again, dear Dopers, I turn to you for advice. I changed jobs this year. I went from teaching in a poor inner-city charter high school to a poor suburban/rural public high school. There were a few reasons for the ch… --- ## [Best caper films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-caper-films/551115)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-caper-films/551115 "2010-08-24T12:59:13Z")
According to Wiki, a ‘caper film’ is like a heist film, but with comedic elements. Let’s include both ‘caper films’ and ‘heist films’ here. I’ll start it off with two: The Italian Job (1969) Sexy Beast Here’s a list.… --- ## [Julie Newmar as a gay icon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julie-newmar-as-a-gay-icon/705737)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julie-newmar-as-a-gay-icon/705737 "2014-11-30T00:34:58Z")
In a book I’m reading, a (straight male) character has recently pretended to be gay, for reasons that made sense at the time. His friends (who know his orientation) have just found out about this, and are teasing him ab… --- ## [When Versions Collide: Biggest Contrast Between Co-incidently-Themed Works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-versions-collide-biggest-contrast-between-co-incidently-themed-works/591455)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-versions-collide-biggest-contrast-between-co-incidently-themed-works/591455 "2011-08-12T02:54:29Z")
You know - Deep Impact vs. Armageddon, the one Volcano movie vs. the Devil Volcano movie with Pierce Brosnan. Apparently, now there are competing Snow White updates coming out. There are a bunch of well-known movie exa… --- ## [To Boldly Go Where No Star Trek Franchise Has Gone Before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-boldly-go-where-no-star-trek-franchise-has-gone-before/759315)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-boldly-go-where-no-star-trek-franchise-has-gone-before/759315 "2016-07-10T21:20:19Z")
It will be revealed in Star Trek Beyond that the character of Sulu is gay and that he and his partner are raising a child. First gay regular in any Star Trek franchise, I believe. --- ## [Why can't I remember the pitch of a musical note?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-remember-the-pitch-of-a-musical-note/229389)
**Author:** [@TheSnack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSnack)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-remember-the-pitch-of-a-musical-note/229389 "2004-02-19T15:10:28Z")
A friend of mine has what I think is called in English “perfect pitch” – he can tell you that a melody he just heard was “A, G, B, E”, for example. I can’t. Short question: Now, why can’t I? Short answer: I don’t have p… --- ## [Is John Updike still "important"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-updike-still-important/704192)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-updike-still-important/704192 "2014-11-14T23:38:57Z")
He gets mostly praise on Wikipedia: My experience with Updike consists of reading one of the Rabbit novels and hearing one of his poems read on NPR. I thought the novel was absolutely banal and worthless, and I thou… --- ## [I don't know the rules for red heels on women, it seems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-rules-for-red-heels-on-women-it-seems/539994)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-the-rules-for-red-heels-on-women-it-seems/539994 "2010-05-20T23:48:58Z")
I generally try to match my shoes at least somewhat to my outfit. I mean, I don’t have enough shoes to match exactly, but I have black shoes, brown shoes, tan shoes, and white shoes, and they pretty much go with everythi… --- ## [Re-igniting the dying Sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-igniting-the-dying-sun/682666)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-igniting-the-dying-sun/682666 "2014-03-05T06:31:17Z")
I have decided to face my superstitious fears, one by one. Biggest one first: what if the Sun suddenly turns tomato red and slinks across the sky no brighter in visible light than the moon? Scientists assure us the Sun … --- ## [Why can't the FBI just trace every phone inside the capitol building during the coup attempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-the-fbi-just-trace-every-phone-inside-the-capitol-building-during-the-coup-attempt/930069)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-the-fbi-just-trace-every-phone-inside-the-capitol-building-during-the-coup-attempt/930069 "2021-10-09T21:38:01Z")
phones have location beacons, does the FBI have the right to trace every cell phone inside the building to determine if people were there legally (interns, aides, congress people, etc) or illegally? or is something with… --- ## [Let employer slide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-employer-slide/610743)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-employer-slide/610743 "2012-02-11T08:20:43Z")
I worked for a company for a year. I was not allowed lunch breaks, never paid extra for overtime, and no taxes were taken from my paycheck even though I was a regular employee. I am familiar with that definition in my … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1914&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1916&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)