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**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alkaline-batterys-are-getting-worse-and-worse/683540 "2014-03-18T20:01:38Z")
I’ve learned to loathe and avoid Duracell Copper tops. They start leaking very quickly. I just found a 14 pack of AAA in a drawer with several batteries already leaking. Date March 2014. I’m going to throw the entire pac… --- ## [I know a friend's husband is cheating...what do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-a-friends-husband-is-cheating-what-do-i-do/514687)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-a-friends-husband-is-cheating-what-do-i-do/514687 "2009-10-23T21:40:54Z")
Talk about a small world. I live in the Richmond, VA metro area which has about 1 million people… backstory - Me, Cathy and Joey were best of friends. Actually Cathy was my high school girlfiend and Joey was my best … --- ## [What would be the effect of wearing a ring for 2 years straight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572)
**Author:** [@PinkShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkShoes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572 "2005-11-01T16:38:19Z")
I’ve been wearing a ring for about 2 years on my index finger on my right hand. I used to wear it on the ring finger of my right hand but I lost weight and it got too lose so I switched to the index finger. I noticed a l… --- ## [What is the purpose of a shower curtain liner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-shower-curtain-liner/355371)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-shower-curtain-liner/355371 "2006-05-05T21:23:37Z")
:confused: --- ## [The "It's Freezing Out There" MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-its-freezing-out-there-mmp/825097)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-its-freezing-out-there-mmp/825097 "2018-12-03T09:16:53Z")
I’m up early here in NE Kansas, getting ready to go to work. It’s going to take a while because I’m going to have to clean a lot of ice and snow off of the windsheild of my car. But the heck of it is, is that I’m not s… --- ## [The Truth About the Board Crash....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-board-crash/457915)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-board-crash/457915 "2008-07-31T18:49:46Z")
Can now be told. On Sunday I banned this guy. Somebody waxed wroth and the board was smoten. Sorry. It was an honest mistake. --- ## [You banned Thaidog! Now I burning your dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-banned-thaidog-now-i-burning-your-dog/203698)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-banned-thaidog-now-i-burning-your-dog/203698 "2003-10-02T05:06:30Z")
My God, you Nazi Mods banned our favorite incoherent poster! Never again will we hear such witticisms as and and Damn you! Damn you all to ECU! In short, I burning your dog. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Goodnight and may O… --- ## [New Mexico - Painting over License Plates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mexico-painting-over-license-plates/659673)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mexico-painting-over-license-plates/659673 "2013-05-31T01:06:15Z")
Maybe this is common elsewhere–I don’t know–but I’ve never seen it done. An online acquaintance reports that on a recent trip to Taos New Mexico he noticed “20 or so” cars with license plates that had been either painte… --- ## [Dex, you are not Bill O'Reilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dex-you-are-not-bill-oreilly/315045)
**Author:** [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dex-you-are-not-bill-oreilly/315045 "2005-08-04T06:54:39Z")
So what’s up with this “I’m going to make a point and then cut off your mic” attitude? C K Dexter Haven closed This CS thread about the upcoming Family Guy movie, which has been leaked onto the internet. Now, I’m not ob… --- ## [What do you know about shelf corporations? ready set go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-about-shelf-corporations-ready-set-go/300316)
**Author:** [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-about-shelf-corporations-ready-set-go/300316 "2019-02-21T08:08:40Z")
So apparently if you want to start a business, you can buy a “shelf corporation”, that is a corporation that has aged 3 years and then have an easier time getting financing. What do you think? Borderline illegal? Smar… --- ## [Ice storm, power's out. Roast ready to roast. I'll try to "quantum cook" the Heisenroast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-storm-powers-out-roast-ready-to-roast-ill-try-to-quantum-cook-the-heisenroast/677718)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-storm-powers-out-roast-ready-to-roast-ill-try-to-quantum-cook-the-heisenroast/677718 "2014-01-09T17:59:44Z")
So we had this massive ice storm about ten days ago and much of the city (and environs) was without power for days after including the Gauss household. One of the lesser tragedies of the disaster was that the roast that… --- ## [Political Compass #40: One party states avoid delays to progress.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-40-one-party-states-avoid-delays-to-progress/272953)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-40-one-party-states-avoid-delays-to-progress/272953 "2015-08-02T04:34:33Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Legality of non-alcoholic beer while driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-non-alcoholic-beer-while-driving/226987)
**Author:** [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-non-alcoholic-beer-while-driving/226987 "2004-02-02T15:29:37Z")
Howyadoin, I’ve lately developed a taste for O’Douls Amber, which reminds me of Heineken Dark without the nasty side effects. It contains less than one-tenth the alcohol of my usual poisons. Seeing as how I would have… --- ## [What proportion of the earth's land surface has land at its antipodeal point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-proportion-of-the-earths-land-surface-has-land-at-its-antipodeal-point/544448)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-proportion-of-the-earths-land-surface-has-land-at-its-antipodeal-point/544448 "2010-06-27T14:04:53Z")
I was playing around with the antipodes map the other day, and this question came to me. Given that about 70% of the earth’s surface is water, and that there is more land surface in the northern hemisphere, I expect that… --- ## [How does Barnes and Noble profit from having tons of chess books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-barnes-and-noble-profit-from-having-tons-of-chess-books/527493)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-barnes-and-noble-profit-from-having-tons-of-chess-books/527493 "2010-02-05T05:57:58Z")
One thing that has really surprised me for years is that Barnes and Noble is a great place to buy chess books. They generally have at least a hundred of them on the shelves at any given location. I was leader of the UW… --- ## [May have to replace a heater core](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-to-replace-a-heater-core/722227)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-to-replace-a-heater-core/722227 "2015-06-15T15:40:33Z")
So the wife was using my car and said that as she pulled into work the vent started blowing out steam. I asked if it smelled like antifreeze and in her helpful way I got that it DOESN’T smell like smoke. :rolleyes: I … --- ## [Should the U.S./NATO establish a no-fly zone over Libya?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-nato-establish-a-no-fly-zone-over-libya/572815)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-nato-establish-a-no-fly-zone-over-libya/572815 "2011-03-03T12:39:49Z")
The other night on CNN I heard a young Libyan on the phone begging for the U.S. to establish a no-fly zone. (However, he emphatically wanted no foreign military intervention beyond that – he said, “We want to do it ours… --- ## [Tricks you use(d) that don't work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-you-use-d-that-dont-work/543676)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-you-use-d-that-dont-work/543676 "2010-06-23T03:16:43Z")
A pal and I got to talking about the trick that everyone has tried at least once in life, even though it’s entirely futile: the one where you set your clock ahead X minutes in an effort to be early for things. This doesn… --- ## [Should Obama Reconsider Closing Gitmo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obama-reconsider-closing-gitmo/481127)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obama-reconsider-closing-gitmo/481127 "2009-01-14T22:24:58Z")
Gitmo releasees “return” to terrorism:Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism | Reuters In view of this, may we reconsider that locking up these monsters was the right decision? of course, if they wind up… --- ## [Nikon SB-400 speedlight not bright enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikon-sb-400-speedlight-not-bright-enough/587976)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikon-sb-400-speedlight-not-bright-enough/587976 "2011-07-06T14:05:04Z")
Today I bought a Nikon SB-400 speedlight at B&H Photo in Manhattan for $80 (in the used section.) I thought this was a good deal. However, when I tried using the speedlight with my camera (D70S) the quality of the flash … --- ## [Could they run the '69 moon mission on a contemporary digital watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-run-the-69-moon-mission-on-a-contemporary-digital-watch/356097)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-run-the-69-moon-mission-on-a-contemporary-digital-watch/356097 "2006-05-11T15:22:47Z")
One thing that struck me last time I watched Apollo 13: the slide rule scene. You know, things go wrong, recalculations must be performed, and everyone in Mission Control whips out a slide rule to do them. Which got me … --- ## [Two states look distinctly different just by driving over the border?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-states-look-distinctly-different-just-by-driving-over-the-border/767012)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-states-look-distinctly-different-just-by-driving-over-the-border/767012 "2016-09-30T18:51:53Z")
As I drove over the border from Alabama to Florida the other day I noticed there was absolutely no difference in the look of the two states, which is typical. Are there any states where you drive over the border and it l… --- ## [Is Scientology as f\*\*ked up as FX leads me to believe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scientology-as-f-ked-up-as-fx-leads-me-to-believe/375899)
**Author:** [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scientology-as-f-ked-up-as-fx-leads-me-to-believe/375899 "2006-10-22T02:18:46Z")
I don’t know who watched the FX show Nip Tuck but let me tell ya, they make scientology look like a straight out of crazy, Heaven’s Gate kinda cult. Any idea if this is even close? PS, if this is in the wrong section, … --- ## [Is the meth cooking depicted in Breaking Bad legit? (No spoilers, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-meth-cooking-depicted-in-breaking-bad-legit-no-spoilers-please/958790)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-meth-cooking-depicted-in-breaking-bad-legit-no-spoilers-please/958790 "2022-02-12T18:48:37Z")
I’m only 5 episodes in, so am avoiding older threads on the show to avoid any spoilers. But the gist is that the main character is a chemist, whose methods of cooking meth result in a very superior product. He seems to… --- ## [Justification for using pirated software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justification-for-using-pirated-software/375320)
**Author:** [@justqwerty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justqwerty)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justification-for-using-pirated-software/375320 "2006-10-11T17:59:18Z")
I mean is there one? The new Vista will be for sale for $199. An average (whatever that means) American would have to work 10 to 20 hours to be able to buy it. Meanwhile an average Russian would have to work 10 to 20 … --- ## [Help me learn to camp cook? What do you cook while camping? How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-learn-to-camp-cook-what-do-you-cook-while-camping-how/625283)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-learn-to-camp-cook-what-do-you-cook-while-camping-how/625283 "2012-06-17T08:29:56Z")
I’m going camping/hiking next week in the Porcupine Mountains and I’m an amateur. I’ll probably be out there five full days/six nights and I’m trying to figure out my food situation. I could just survive on trail mix a… --- ## [Pregnancy tests at the 99 Cents Store . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-tests-at-the-99-cents-store/668403)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-tests-at-the-99-cents-store/668403 "2013-09-12T16:11:12Z")
. . . are 99% accurate. Good to know. Junior Mints, however, are not included. --- ## [The black guy always dies first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-guy-always-dies-first/467640)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-guy-always-dies-first/467640 "2008-10-13T18:48:46Z")
I don’t know if that has changed at all in horror pics. Has it? And if not, why not? And how true is it? --- ## [Hey, Qadgop the Mercotan, Tell Us About Your Plane Crash!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-qadgop-the-mercotan-tell-us-about-your-plane-crash/239327)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-qadgop-the-mercotan-tell-us-about-your-plane-crash/239327 "2004-04-13T00:12:10Z")
Over in another thread, Qadgop the Mercotan, to make a point, mentioned offhand a plane crash he survived, and it sounded very harrowing. To avoid a hijack in that other thread, I know a lot of us would be very intereste… --- ## [The computer cheats on Monopoly: Wii are not amused.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-computer-cheats-on-monopoly-wii-are-not-amused/487718)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-computer-cheats-on-monopoly-wii-are-not-amused/487718 "2009-03-02T19:52:16Z")
So my family got a Wii for Christmas. My wife (the lovely and talented Aries28) and I bought it for the kids. Naturally, the kids have played with it for maybe five hours, total, in the past eight weeks. It’s not that t… --- ## [One week Left to delete Google History, 3 Easy Steps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-left-to-delete-google-history-3-easy-steps/613767)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-left-to-delete-google-history-3-easy-steps/613767 "2012-02-27T17:24:22Z")
Only 3 steps to delete your Google History. I’d strongly urge everyone to take 5 minutes to do this before next week. After March 1 you’re S.O.L. To quote Ben Franklin, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. … --- ## [Jobs I have had along the way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had-along-the-way/586746)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-i-have-had-along-the-way/586746 "2011-06-28T11:28:10Z")
The thread about paper route advisability made me curious how many “odd jobs” we have had as a collection of working stiffs. Rather than ask for lots of jobs I never had, and don’t know much about, I’m listing the ones I… --- ## [Why I am not black this week.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-am-not-black-this-week/234959)
**Author:** [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-am-not-black-this-week/234959 "2004-03-24T17:52:17Z")
Atleast once a week, Someone tells me how “white” I am. Mostly it’s due to how I speak. I have been hearing this for years now, and this week I am fed up. Oddly enough, this weeks “You are so white”, started with some l… --- ## [What constitutes cheating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-cheating/519583)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-cheating/519583 "2009-12-08T14:50:57Z")
A completely scientific and perfectly empirical poll, right? I’m just interested in what Dopers think constitutes cheating. I’m in a situation right now where I need to behave as ethically as possible, so I’d like the … --- ## [Teachers are lazy wankers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-are-lazy-wankers/286023)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-are-lazy-wankers/286023 "2005-01-27T17:08:32Z")
After working as a journalist for 20 years and then not working for about two years, I had to start thinking about what to do with the rest of my life. A lot of people told me that I should work as a teacher. So after co… --- ## [Paranormal Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranormal-poll/524251)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranormal-poll/524251 "2010-01-17T22:23:32Z")
If you could pick a single paranormal ability to have, what would you choose? --- ## [How Will the United States End?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-united-states-end/351175)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-united-states-end/351175 "2006-04-10T14:46:48Z")
(I started a similar thread a couple of years ago and it got quickly derailed, so I’m trying it again and being a little more specific in the OP.) Nothing lasts forever. Great nations rise and fall. Great kings die an… --- ## [Question for Gay Dopers: How do gay people meet other gays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gay-dopers-how-do-gay-people-meet-other-gays/114667)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gay-dopers-how-do-gay-people-meet-other-gays/114667 "2002-06-19T17:19:46Z")
I was unsure whether to put this in GQ (no real one factual answer to it), IMHO, or MPSIMS (it might look like polling and get moved eventually to IMHO or something). So this thread is here, but if the mods feel like it … --- ## [Why do people oppose the labeling of genetically engineered foods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-oppose-the-labeling-of-genetically-engineered-foods/141493)
**Author:** [@the\_great\_dalmuti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_great_dalmuti)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-oppose-the-labeling-of-genetically-engineered-foods/141493 "2002-12-15T21:53:20Z")
I’m at a loss. I honestly just don’t get it. Here’s a very thorough, though slanted, website: http://www.voteyeson27.com/learn.htm. What are the downsides of passing Measure 27? Is there any reason to oppose Measure 27… --- ## [DNC whistleblower Seth Rich: was his murder a hit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-whistleblower-seth-rich-was-his-murder-a-hit/760996)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-whistleblower-seth-rich-was-his-murder-a-hit/760996 "2019-03-05T20:40:00Z")
Like the accusations of murders within the Obama camp, and even the Bill Clinton camp (remember the early 1990s?), I just can’t believe that the number of people required to successfully pull off something like this coul… --- ## [What Happened To Sugar Cubes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sugar-cubes/531922 "2010-03-12T13:59:47Z")
They used to be all over when I was a kid in the 70s but then they slowly disappeared from resturants. Was it hygenic issuse? Or was it the populartity of sugar substitutes? I mean people thinking if we have to put Equa… --- ## [Great (lesser known) Trials in Science Fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lesser-known-trials-in-science-fiction/296465)
**Author:** [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lesser-known-trials-in-science-fiction/296465 "2005-03-31T00:51:41Z")
We all know blockbusters like The Firm or Twelve Angry Men. They take place in the modern American courtroom, where defense lawyers bark “Objection!” and the witnesses cry at the stand. What we don’t hear about are the… --- ## [Questionable Fashion Choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459 "2009-06-11T16:51:55Z")
Although looking at these, I think calling them only questionable is giving them too much credit. --- ## [I has a sad-- Old games just don't work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-has-a-sad-old-games-just-dont-work/697169)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-has-a-sad-old-games-just-dont-work/697169 "2014-10-04T15:45:44Z")
I got a new computer and tried to load all the old games that I like to play. Sadly, a great many of them do not run properly on the new computer. Rise of Nations, Railroad Tycoon, Myst, Age of Empires, Battle for Middle… --- ## [Question for daddies of girls - Guys checking out your daughters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-daddies-of-girls-guys-checking-out-your-daughters/222899)
**Author:** [@Dread\_Pirate\_Danno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Danno)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-daddies-of-girls-guys-checking-out-your-daughters/222899 "2004-01-16T00:19:40Z")
At lunch today a co-worker and I were discussing being the daddies of girls. The topic got around to how we would feel about seeing guys ‘checking out’ our daughters when they get a little older. Anyways, he stated tha… --- ## [Favorite Cartoon Voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751 "2014-05-27T05:43:30Z")
I really like the voices on Bob’s Burgers, but I expecially like Tina (who is a teenage girl voiced by a guy) and Gene (voiced by Eugene Mirman). I assume the voice direction on the show has a lot to do with it. Giving T… --- ## [Loud car stereo every single morning at 6:30 am](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-car-stereo-every-single-morning-at-6-30-am/613920)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-car-stereo-every-single-morning-at-6-30-am/613920 "2012-02-28T19:32:18Z")
Hello Everyone, Once again I am turning to SD for an opinion on something before I act. The problem I am having is a stupid kid and his insanely loud car stereo. Every morning on his way to school at 6:30 in the stupid … --- ## [Found "The Man in the High Castle" wanting -- still hope for me re Philip K. Dick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-the-man-in-the-high-castle-wanting-still-hope-for-me-re-philip-k-dick/701119)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-the-man-in-the-high-castle-wanting-still-hope-for-me-re-philip-k-dick/701119 "2014-10-22T01:21:51Z")
Having long heard very favourable things about Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle as a masterpiece of alternative history; I recently acquired a copy – had never hitherto read anything by this author. As things… --- ## [Over here, Shayna.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-here-shayna/679906)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-here-shayna/679906 "2014-01-30T02:08:28Z")
In your post # 938 in this thread on Pit Bulls, you said: Now, you and other Dopers decided to turn my remarks into a personal attack. Fascinating, but not relevant. You unilaterally have decided that God ( which is ho… --- ## [What Color is the Sun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-the-sun/527210)
**Author:** [@EastCoastPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastCoastPearl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-the-sun/527210 "2010-02-06T06:12:41Z")
So my husband and I were talking about Superman tonight and the various effects that the solar energy of a yellow sun vs. a red sun would have on him. It made me wonder, what color is the sun, really? I’ve always though… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1944&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1946&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)