# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1955&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:** 1956 --- ## [Spanish and US governments conspired to squash prosecution of soldiers who killed Reuters journalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-and-us-governments-conspired-to-squash-prosecution-of-soldiers-who-killed-reuters-journalist/564099)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-and-us-governments-conspired-to-squash-prosecution-of-soldiers-who-killed-reuters-journalist/564099 "2010-12-15T16:05:20Z")
Link. Wikileak’d documents suggest that the Spanish government worked behind the scenes to squash the prosecution of three soldiers accused of shelling an Iraqi hotel where journalists were staying in 2003, killing a Sp… --- ## [A "tithe child"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tithe-child/85422)
**Author:** [@Ariadne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ariadne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tithe-child/85422 "2001-10-06T01:22:55Z")
I was reading about Hildegarde of Bingen (1078-1179), and the article said that she was the tenth child of a noble family. It said that, in that time, the tenth child was usually give to the church as a tithe. I tried to… --- ## [Kitchen Aid/Whirlpool and their awful warranty service.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-aid-whirlpool-and-their-awful-warranty-service/500604)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-aid-whirlpool-and-their-awful-warranty-service/500604 "2009-10-13T17:11:24Z")
We have all new kitchen appliances in our new house, all bought in September of 2008, and delivered December 8 af 2008. They all match, with that brushed stainless steel finish - the gas stove, the microwave/fan, the fr… --- ## [Recommend some (homemade) calzone fillings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-homemade-calzone-fillings/417375)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-homemade-calzone-fillings/417375 "2007-08-30T00:06:35Z")
I’m gonna make some calzones tonight. I think I’ll make 'em small (more like empanada size, maybe a little bigger) and make a lot of 'em! I’ll probably make a pepperoni & cheese one and maybe a salsa & refried beans one.… --- ## [Voltage tester vs multimeter... which would work here??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltage-tester-vs-multimeter-which-would-work-here/774907)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltage-tester-vs-multimeter-which-would-work-here/774907 "2016-12-25T08:38:41Z")
Hey all, So I’m going to be cleaning behind the wall heaters in my house, because I’m not sure WHEN they were last cleaned… and almost nothing is labeled in the circuit breaker box. So I’ll DEFINITELY need to be sure th… --- ## [Words you still can't pronounce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-still-cant-pronounce/654978)
**Author:** [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-still-cant-pronounce/654978 "2013-04-09T12:52:15Z")
For the life of me I can not say ‘peculiar’ --- ## ["Gore would have beat Bush if the popular vote had been used" - A fallacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gore-would-have-beat-bush-if-the-popular-vote-had-been-used-a-fallacy/747612)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gore-would-have-beat-bush-if-the-popular-vote-had-been-used-a-fallacy/747612 "2016-03-07T23:56:06Z")
While it is undeniably true that Gore won the overall popular vote in 2000, he still lost the election because of the electoral college system. I have seen people use this as justification for the elimination of the syst… --- ## [How do those trash can truck pickup arms work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-those-trash-can-truck-pickup-arms-work/593170)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-those-trash-can-truck-pickup-arms-work/593170 "2011-08-18T19:14:26Z")
We all put out our large, plastic trash cans weekly for pickup. A few years ago, they came through with a driver and a pickup guy. He’d jump down, pickup the bin and empty it into the yaw of the truck and move on. Then … --- ## [Why religious controversy in biology but (post-Galileo) not physics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-religious-controversy-in-biology-but-post-galileo-not-physics/570415)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-religious-controversy-in-biology-but-post-galileo-not-physics/570415 "2011-02-08T07:25:39Z")
Sir Isaac Newton was no atheist, he authored many religious tracts. Yet Newtonian physics opened the way to a new thing in Western history, a (potentially) complete picture of the Universe that makes sense without God. … --- ## [What Kind of Punk-Ass BS is This? Creationist Museum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-punk-ass-bs-is-this-creationist-museum/388028)
**Author:** [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-punk-ass-bs-is-this-creationist-museum/388028 "2007-01-18T18:46:57Z")
Link, what kind of fucking moron so-called Christian puts this shit together? Fucking, fucking assholes. Go to school, you’re an embarrassment to your religion. --- ## [An interesting take on the gay marriage ruling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-take-on-the-gay-marriage-ruling/723574)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-take-on-the-gay-marriage-ruling/723574 "2015-07-06T17:20:12Z")
There’s an old adage: be careful what you wish for, you might get it. I think the conclusion to this article says it all: --- ## [Life on Mars US -- premiers tomorrow 10/09](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-mars-us-premiers-tomorrow-10-09/467050)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-mars-us-premiers-tomorrow-10-09/467050 "2008-10-17T12:56:58Z")
Loved the original, was looking forward to the US version in a nostalgic need-to-watch-in-memory-of-Sam sort of way. Then… Then I heard that Colm Meaney was playing Gene Hunt. Should be pretty good. Then… oh, then… T… --- ## [CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn/711736 "2015-02-14T02:46:25Z")
So, the Jordanian pilot is murdered in a pretty horrible fashion, and pictures are floating around the web. CNN’s little Imp says they won’t be broadcasting them, as it plays into the killer’s hand by getting them the me… --- ## [Male Pattern Baldness Sufferees: Any hope of getting your hair back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-pattern-baldness-sufferees-any-hope-of-getting-your-hair-back/540681)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-pattern-baldness-sufferees-any-hope-of-getting-your-hair-back/540681 "2010-05-26T13:26:07Z")
Let’s face it, many of us are more like Socrates then Descartes. --- ## [What screen name would you swap for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527)
**Author:** [@\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_D)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527 "2003-03-27T13:10:25Z")
I think FreakFreely has a cool ring to it. Also \*\*Krispy Original, X-Files, Devil In Disguise, Undead Dude, Fretful Porpentine. Imthecowgodmoo \*\*is pretty special. \*\*Duck Duck Goose \*\* is good. Satan Squared seemed l… --- ## [Anonymous Donors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-donors/493607)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-donors/493607 "2009-04-22T03:30:10Z")
I’m sorry, but these people are just the scum of the earth. Imagine the nerve! Giving millions of dollars away anonymously to a handful of colleges is simply shameful. They must have an agenda. I bet that it’s keepin… --- ## [I say "pardon me," you say "mmm-hmmmm."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-pardon-me-you-say-mmm-hmmmm/311702)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-pardon-me-you-say-mmm-hmmmm/311702 "2005-07-13T04:01:07Z")
Well, it happened again today. I was going down an aisle in the local supermarket. There was a woman with her cart parked diagonally across the aisle, and I couldn’t get through. I said, “Pardon me.” She said, without… --- ## [Libya to give up all WMDs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-to-give-up-all-wmds/220082)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-to-give-up-all-wmds/220082 "2004-01-08T03:03:14Z")
Well, breaking news today is that Libya has announced that it is giving up ALL its WMD programs, and allowing full transparent inspections of its country. Here is a text of Bush’s speech announcing this. So, is this a … --- ## ["There's Something About Mary" nitpick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-about-mary-nitpick/692878)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-about-mary-nitpick/692878 "2014-07-19T08:22:51Z")
OK, so young Ted gets his junk caught in a zipper. Why does that require an emergency-response team? Get a pair of scissors, cut the zipper across at the bottom, the zipper comes open. --- ## [For a first visit to the U.S. - New York or Vegas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-first-visit-to-the-u-s-new-york-or-vegas/605139)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-first-visit-to-the-u-s-new-york-or-vegas/605139 "2011-12-07T02:21:56Z")
Me and a chap at work were discussing the frightening trend that is the United States of America, and our mutual desire to visit these rebellious colonials ourselves, possibly convincing them to resubmit themselves to th… --- ## [Guess the book: first sentence/last sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book-first-sentence-last-sentence/496690)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-book-first-sentence-last-sentence/496690 "2009-05-21T13:24:01Z")
Here are the first and last sentences of well-known books, truncated to three words each. The books were chosen either because their opening line is pretty famous, or their last line–that is, famous enough for me to vagu… --- ## [How much is "Any amount less than $100" worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-any-amount-less-than-100-worth/627556)
**Author:** [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-any-amount-less-than-100-worth/627556 "2012-07-11T02:43:50Z")
Just a silly philosophical riddle/paradox, but people seem to like to discuss these sometimes. Suppose there were a kind of ticket which could be redeemed once for any amount the owner likes up to, but not including, $1… --- ## [Who would you have picked to play Black Widow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-picked-to-play-black-widow/713647)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-picked-to-play-black-widow/713647 "2015-03-02T17:45:48Z")
If you had the chance to pick who should have played Black Widow from the beginning or if she had to be replaced now who would you pick and why? BTW this is Black Widow from The Avengers --- ## [Baseball Rules: Visits to the Mound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-visits-to-the-mound/764786)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-visits-to-the-mound/764786 "2017-01-02T16:50:42Z")
I understand MLB rules limit the number of visits a field manager can make to the pitching mound. I believe it is two per inning. And, I think on the third visit, the manager must pull the pitcher from the game. However,… --- ## [Singers 50+ who can still hit the high notes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-50-who-can-still-hit-the-high-notes/526317)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-50-who-can-still-hit-the-high-notes/526317 "2010-01-25T21:24:25Z")
Most singers that I am aware of are no longer able to hit high notes by the time they’re 50 years old or so. So I was a little surprised a few weeks ago when I was watching VH1 (or VH1 Classic) and they showed ZZ Top Li… --- ## [Who Owns Dental X-rays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-dental-x-rays/462662)
**Author:** [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-dental-x-rays/462662 "2008-09-13T14:47:30Z")
Hello All, Several months ago, my wife and I went to a new dentist who took quite a few digital x-rays. We did have some work done using this dentist, but we later became unhappy with him and his service. We want to l… --- ## [General Tsao's Chicken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tsaos-chicken/120380)
**Author:** [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tsaos-chicken/120380 "2002-07-24T05:38:37Z")
OK, here’s an easy one to settle an office bet: How do you pronounce “General Tsao’s Chicken”? I think this has been covered before, but my searches have come up empty. Please advise. --- ## [Bad design in Vending machine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-design-in-vending-machine/438412)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-design-in-vending-machine/438412 "2008-02-26T01:36:39Z")
This is either a rookie software design fault (vital link missing from some decision tree diagram) or petty con-artistry. Either way it’s fucking irritating. This is the fault - You put your money in. You choose somet… --- ## [Wii vs PS3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882 "2006-10-03T05:34:41Z")
Based on this commercial, I’d say Wii’s the winnah! (Wonder if they’ll do that for the real ads?) --- ## [Tae Kwon Do in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tae-kwon-do-in-america/767416)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tae-kwon-do-in-america/767416 "2016-10-04T16:16:58Z")
I just went to a Tae Kwon Do exhibition/promotion test for my kid and I was embarrassed for the kids but everyone seemed thrilled at their horrible mediocrity. Of the 40 or so black belts (and most of the kids were blac… --- ## [Libertarianism vs liberalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-vs-liberalism/732691)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-vs-liberalism/732691 "2015-10-01T18:02:47Z")
This is an x-post from a different thread. For context: Velocity: Liberals and conservatives both tend to be authoritarian. LinusK: I disagree: in my opinion, liberals are anti-authoritarian. Libertarians tend to see… --- ## ["Brony" type phenomena prior to MLP:FIM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brony-type-phenomena-prior-to-mlp-fim/648446)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brony-type-phenomena-prior-to-mlp-fim/648446 "2013-01-31T13:41:01Z")
In a nutshell, “bronies” are male (many of them adult) fans of the TV show “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”, the reboot of the MLP franchise which was historically considered a show for little girls. Some people co… --- ## [Survivor 10/27/10: What Goes Around, Comes Around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-27-10-what-goes-around-comes-around/558650)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-27-10-what-goes-around-comes-around/558650 "2010-10-30T01:54:56Z")
Spoiler Space . . . . . . . . . . . . This season is getting frustrating! I can’t decide who’s stupider: Marty for handing over the idol, or Sash, Brenda et al for not voting out the guy who handed over the… --- ## [Uncontacted Amazon tribe. Is this a hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-amazon-tribe-is-this-a-hoax/451167)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-amazon-tribe-is-this-a-hoax/451167 "2008-06-29T22:41:21Z")
This article says there is a previously uncontacted tribe of Amazon Indians near the border between Brazil and Peru: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24880941/?GT1=43001 There’s even a cool picture of some of them taken fro… --- ## [Who Cuts Off Wedding Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cuts-off-wedding-rings/987977)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cuts-off-wedding-rings/987977 "2023-09-16T13:44:32Z")
My hand is rather swollen with poison ivy, or perhaps I have just reached a new stage of obesity. In either case, my wedding band is stuck on my finger. It is driving me nuts. Who in the world cuts off wedding bands? Je… --- ## [Does America \*feel\* liberal or conservative to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-feel-liberal-or-conservative-to-you/786309)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-feel-liberal-or-conservative-to-you/786309 "2017-05-17T03:12:23Z")
A for-fun poll here - setting aside political affiliation for a moment - whatever your stance may be - does America \*feel \*like a liberal or conservative country to you? --- ## [Anyone else kind of disillusioned with America after Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-kind-of-disillusioned-with-america-after-trump/937413)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-kind-of-disillusioned-with-america-after-trump/937413 "2021-03-19T15:16:55Z")
It’s kind of hard to take pride in this country after the past 4 years have shown how many problems it has. This country has so many problems, and I have no idea how they’re going to be fixed, or if they even CAN be fixe… --- ## [Harry, Meghan, and Canadian Immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-meghan-and-canadian-immigration/846640)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-meghan-and-canadian-immigration/846640 "2020-03-27T15:49:55Z")
I put this in IMHO since I figure it will be mostly speculation. Anyway, Harry and Meghan have said they intend to split their time between the UK and Canada, though I’ve heard that they intend to spend the lion’s share… --- ## [Arctic Sea Hijacking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arctic-sea-hijacking/508300)
**Author:** [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arctic-sea-hijacking/508300 "2009-10-05T17:07:28Z")
Have seen very little discussion of this strange hijacking case of the Russian freighter, the Arctic Sea Latest reports, including this NY Times article are claiming the cargo was nuclear instead of the lumber listed. … --- ## [If Facebook ads are generally regarded as useless trash how will it monetize itself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-facebook-ads-are-generally-regarded-as-useless-trash-how-will-it-monetize-itself/622674)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-facebook-ads-are-generally-regarded-as-useless-trash-how-will-it-monetize-itself/622674 "2012-06-01T16:30:09Z")
This Gawker articlemakes the argument that Facebook is a wildly over valued stock that (so far) doesn’t present any compelling way to generate cash for investors. The notion of selling ads is apparently derailed by the … --- ## [Black skin is so offensive, ayup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-skin-is-so-offensive-ayup/690314)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-skin-is-so-offensive-ayup/690314 "2014-06-10T04:52:14Z")
So somebody zombified a GD thread about the word “Sambo.” Interesting stuff there about the use of “sambo” as a word before Helen Bannerman’s justly famous children’s book. It came up that apparently the pancake house S… --- ## [Have I ever seen this plot development, or am I crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-seen-this-plot-development-or-am-i-crazy/619741)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-seen-this-plot-development-or-am-i-crazy/619741 "2012-04-26T12:33:17Z")
I’m willing to accept that both are true! I was thinking the other day about plots where the characters or narrator describe this long, arduous, dangerous hurdle that they had to overcome but they didn’t know if anyone… --- ## [Why are some crimes state crimes and others federal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-crimes-state-crimes-and-others-federal/696640)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-crimes-state-crimes-and-others-federal/696640 "2014-08-31T16:14:34Z")
Reading this SD column, it was mentioned that murder is a state crime and not a federal. That’s kind of weird to me. I’ve always assumed that federal crimes were more severe and state ones less severe, like maybe publi… --- ## [Do I enrage people here beyond reason and restraint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-enrage-people-here-beyond-reason-and-restraint/656988)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-enrage-people-here-beyond-reason-and-restraint/656988 "2013-05-18T04:41:22Z")
Without pointing fingers, I see that two Dopers have been suspended recently because of comments they addressed specifically to me personally, and presumably “my kind”. Not only because of their statements to me, of cou… --- ## [Seven Sinful Cities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-sinful-cities/458944)
**Author:** [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-sinful-cities/458944 "2008-08-13T14:31:17Z")
In Heinlein’s Glory Road, the protagonist finds himself in Singapore, which he describes as “one of the Seven Sinful Cities where anything can be had.” He didn’t list the other six, and I am not familiar enough with org… --- ## [Does a Non-Muslim Have Any Business Declaring Someone Is "Not a Muslim"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-non-muslim-have-any-business-declaring-someone-is-not-a-muslim/709629)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-non-muslim-have-any-business-declaring-someone-is-not-a-muslim/709629 "2015-01-20T19:20:15Z")
Whenever a Muslim commits any kind of atrocity or terror attack, it’s only a matter of time before well-meaning Western Non-Muslims declare confidently that the killers were not truly Muslims. Howard Dean stated that th… --- ## [What songs do you sing when you're bored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-do-you-sing-when-youre-bored/47780)
**Author:** [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-do-you-sing-when-youre-bored/47780 "2000-12-31T19:43:01Z")
While working, I often find myself singing “Rich Man” from the musical Fiddler On The Roof, “Pink Elephants On Parade” from Dumbo, and “Chantilly Lace” by J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper). What about you? What do you si… --- ## [Are the Deathers (gulp) kinda right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-deathers-gulp-kinda-right/506452)
**Author:** [@intention](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/intention)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-deathers-gulp-kinda-right/506452 "2009-08-16T06:40:33Z")
Let me preface this by saying that I’m a liberal Democrat who voted for Obama, so keep the flames turned down. Here’s the thing. The part of the Health Care bill in question (Section One Thousand Two Hundred and Thirty T… --- ## [When and why did we stop celebrating mass murder and conquest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-we-stop-celebrating-mass-murder-and-conquest/704114)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-we-stop-celebrating-mass-murder-and-conquest/704114 "2014-11-11T23:33:40Z")
Alexander, Genghis, Xerxes, Napoleon, Richard – hailed as “the greats” for consolidating power and staging countless invasions. Then you have Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Bush, Mingh, etc. who are considered sociopathic murderer… --- ## [Goddamn Political Exception To DONOT CALL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-political-exception-to-donot-call/521885)
**Author:** [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-political-exception-to-donot-call/521885 "2009-12-22T18:04:55Z")
This healthcare debate has jammed my landline’s inbox with "urgent " phone messages from BOTH sides. Further, almost every call I take in person on that line is something to do with the healthcare bill. BOTH sides think… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1954&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1956&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)