# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1963&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:** 1964 --- ## [POLL: Dopers are a curious lot -- and have been since childhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-are-a-curious-lot-and-have-been-since-childhood/957324)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-are-a-curious-lot-and-have-been-since-childhood/957324 "2022-01-16T13:00:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from SDMB To Me: Let’s just see how many of us as children sat and read the encyclopedia just for fun. And not just to find the sex stuff. (I learned what intercourse was from the encyclopedia,… --- ## ["Groovy" and the MacDonald murders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groovy-and-the-macdonald-murders/543598)
**Author:** [@taffygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taffygirl)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groovy-and-the-macdonald-murders/543598 "2010-06-18T15:47:26Z")
If you’ve read “Fatal Vision” or any of the books criticizing Joe McGinniss’ acclaimed account, you’re familiar with Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, who was accused and convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daugh… --- ## [Aren't we due for a major shift in music soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-we-due-for-a-major-shift-in-music-soon/381512)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-we-due-for-a-major-shift-in-music-soon/381512 "2006-11-30T23:30:01Z")
So I was taking a nostalgic trip through my mp3 collection which includes music from mostly the 1970s,80s,90s and today. I can’t help noticing the distinct difference between pre 1991 and post '91 music. The 80s were l… --- ## [I'm Sorry But Chicks Look Better With Makeup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-but-chicks-look-better-with-makeup/76425)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-but-chicks-look-better-with-makeup/76425 "2001-08-17T04:19:30Z")
They do! I mean I use to have this friend of mine that didn’t want his chick to put make up on. I would lie and say she looked better without it. I think the deal was he didn’t want as many guys checking her out because … --- ## [Heavy bike riders descend faster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-bike-riders-descend-faster/296761)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-bike-riders-descend-faster/296761 "2011-03-27T03:12:31Z")
There is a very ingrained attitude in the bike world that heavier riders descend faster. Of course I know that all objects fall at the same rate in a vaccuum. Is there something else going on when you put heavy people … --- ## [Wikipedia edit war on the human anus \[NSFW\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-edit-war-on-the-human-anus-nsfw/500358)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-edit-war-on-the-human-anus-nsfw/500358 "2009-06-22T04:32:42Z")
I honestly haven’t laughed this hard in a while, think of me what you will. There are no pictures when you click through to this link to the talk page for the wikipedia article on the \[\[Human anus\]\]. Instead you will fin… --- ## [Can anyone learn to read Braille by touch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-learn-to-read-braille-by-touch/630565)
**Author:** [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-learn-to-read-braille-by-touch/630565 "2012-08-09T14:20:47Z")
This question is inspired by my medication packaging! I understand the basics of how Braille writing works. But whenever I have come across Braille, I have never been able to feel the individual dots. If you gave me a s… --- ## [It's so hot that...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779)
**Author:** [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779 "2006-08-02T13:47:12Z")
My fingernails are sweating. Your turn. (Wisconsin, I think it’s about 100 degrees right now) --- ## [Thoughts on mail order brides?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-mail-order-brides/600893)
**Author:** [@suckthesevols98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suckthesevols98)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-mail-order-brides/600893 "2011-10-28T22:44:59Z")
So I buy her a plane ticket and in return have a slave? Where do I sign up? --- ## [Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time/214706)
**Author:** [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time/214706 "2003-11-25T22:19:52Z")
http://www.rollingstone.com/features/coverstory/featuregen.asp?pid=2164 Seems pretty ok to me up to #50, at least. Additional comments from the peanut gallery?:slight\_smile: --- ## [Completely worthless infomercial products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-worthless-infomercial-products/77674)
**Author:** [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-worthless-infomercial-products/77674 "2001-09-09T23:07:41Z")
I’m looking for a list of TV advertised products that are completely worthless. I’m not talking about products that don’t work quite as well as advertised; I’m talking about the complete scams. Here are some examples: C… --- ## [What did the daily diet of a medieval serf or Roman workman consist of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-daily-diet-of-a-medieval-serf-or-roman-workman-consist-of/340038)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-daily-diet-of-a-medieval-serf-or-roman-workman-consist-of/340038 "2006-01-17T13:29:31Z")
A question for the historical mavens - We live a in time of relative plenty (for industrialized nations) where our biggest dietary concern is eating too much not too little. In this context I was wondering about what ma… --- ## [Feminism and the death penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminism-and-the-death-penalty/697112)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminism-and-the-death-penalty/697112 "2014-09-04T09:37:33Z")
What do feminists generally think of the death penalty? I’ve noticed that the feminist sites I read almost never discuss it, but I would imagine since today’s feminism is essentially a movement against male crime that mo… --- ## [Hey Everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone/522393)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everyone/522393 "2009-12-30T19:18:03Z")
Last Thursday, I had an appointment with my psychiatrist, and on Friday I was admitted to the hospital for observation and re-adjustment of my medication. I am home now. I’ve always “shot straight” with y’all, and I’m … --- ## [Pretentious or just plain stupid reasons to dislike musical things, and general music turn-offs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretentious-or-just-plain-stupid-reasons-to-dislike-musical-things-and-general-music-turn-offs/644121)
**Author:** [@andrew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_1)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretentious-or-just-plain-stupid-reasons-to-dislike-musical-things-and-general-music-turn-offs/644121 "2012-12-18T03:13:13Z")
I want to be clear right off the bat: this thread is meant to include anything you find goofy or pretentious that detracts from your ability to enjoy a band or a song, but especially things you know you’re probably wrong… --- ## [Could there ever be a scientific way to measure luck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-ever-be-a-scientific-way-to-measure-luck/682727)
**Author:** [@manwithnobrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithnobrain)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-ever-be-a-scientific-way-to-measure-luck/682727 "2014-03-04T03:52:49Z")
To begin with, this is my first post! I salute you all! Been visiting SD for years now, and there’s some serious love goin’ on here! So, enough blah-blah-let’s go to the core… Being a phenomenically unlucky person mys… --- ## [How many ordinary guys could one real-life badass take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-ordinary-guys-could-one-real-life-badass-take/497216)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-ordinary-guys-could-one-real-life-badass-take/497216 "2009-05-29T06:44:46Z")
It’s a common occurence in adventure fiction for the badass hero or villain to take out opponents by the half-dozen unarmed hand-to-hand. But real life is more complex. On the one hand, numerical advantages are simply … --- ## [Lord of the Flies--Didn't the Pilot Survive for a While? (unboxed spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-flies-didnt-the-pilot-survive-for-a-while-unboxed-spoilers/411597)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-flies-didnt-the-pilot-survive-for-a-while-unboxed-spoilers/411597 "2007-07-13T05:07:33Z")
I’m reading Lord of the Flies with one of the high school students I’m tutoring. I read this book quite a while ago, when I was in high school. I have a fairly clear memory of the pilot of the crashed plane having survi… --- ## [In Appreciation of Banh Mi!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-banh-mi/547360)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-banh-mi/547360 "2011-07-12T02:41:45Z")
So, the office I’ve worked at for three years is very close to the area of Orlando known as Little Vietnam. It’s called that because… it’s full of Vietnamese. Well, Vietnamese businesses, anyway - travel agents, jewelers… --- ## [Do Any Armies Today se The "Skull and Crossbones" Insignia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-armies-today-se-the-skull-and-crossbones-insignia/661053)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-armies-today-se-the-skull-and-crossbones-insignia/661053 "2013-06-16T16:23:56Z")
In WWII, the German Waffen SS Division “Totenkopf” ("Death’s Head) used this insignia. It was considered a very elite unit. Do any armies today use it? It looks pretty cool to me. --- ## [Dating worries if s/he were 45 and never married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-worries-if-s-he-were-45-and-never-married/424135)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-worries-if-s-he-were-45-and-never-married/424135 "2007-11-03T17:43:44Z")
There’s a couple personal ads on Craig’s List here in Denver for women who are 45 years old and have never been married (or one woman with 2 ads but they seem different enough). Would you, as a person looking to date, b… --- ## [Could waste heat be harnessed in some way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-waste-heat-be-harnessed-in-some-way/757711)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-waste-heat-be-harnessed-in-some-way/757711 "2016-06-24T12:44:05Z")
Buildings with lots of equipment, like machine shops, hospitals and server farms, put out lots of waste heat. Which is counteracted with energy-sucking AC. Is there any way that the heat could be harnessed instead of j… --- ## [First human-animal hybrid created. Good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-human-animal-hybrid-created-good-or-bad/778276)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-human-animal-hybrid-created-good-or-bad/778276 "2017-02-09T16:50:45Z")
A human-pig hybrid has been created in the lab. The pig embryo (photo on page) was injected with human cells early in its development and grew to be four weeks old. I think this a marvelous achievement and the lives s… --- ## [Scoring opportunities per hour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scoring-opportunities-per-hour/568959)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scoring-opportunities-per-hour/568959 "2011-01-31T18:38:30Z")
Lately I’ve been wondering if there’s a correlation between the scoring opps/hr and the popularity of a sport. People say that cricket and basketball have too much scoring while soccer has too little. Baseball and footb… --- ## ["Getting" America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-america/211697)
**Author:** [@APOC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APOC)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-america/211697 "2011-11-28T20:34:05Z")
I tried to figure an appropriate forum for this but its not quite a GQ and not quite a request for Café Society book recommendations. If it’s in the wrong forum … apologies. I’m trying to “get” America. America, Americ… --- ## [Who's the nuttiest GOP candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-nuttiest-gop-candidate/749772)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-nuttiest-gop-candidate/749772 "2016-03-26T18:53:28Z")
This is really more of a fun thing, that maybe should be in IMHO or even MPSIMS, so feel free to move it. For all this talk about Crazy Donald, I’m just not convinced he’s the Craziest of the Crazy. I think a strong ca… --- ## [Why Is the Mexican Police/Military So Passive In the Drug Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mexican-police-military-so-passive-in-the-drug-wars/554192)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-mexican-police-military-so-passive-in-the-drug-wars/554192 "2010-09-24T11:41:54Z")
Why is the Mexican police and military so passive in the Drug Wars? Hundreds of police officers and soldiers are being killed by the cartel thugs but there is rarely any situation where the police and troops actually win… --- ## [Anyone else thing iTunes is the biggest piece of #@Q&(\*$&?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-thing-itunes-is-the-biggest-piece-of-q/457448)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-thing-itunes-is-the-biggest-piece-of-q/457448 "2008-07-30T21:02:22Z")
Seriously, what should have taken 10 minutes just took 45 because the program is such a 12-teated sow of a memory hog that everything has a delay. Dragging and dropping to an iPod has a delay. Adding music to your libr… --- ## [How Can There Be NON-Fundamentalists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-there-be-non-fundamentalists/265896)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-there-be-non-fundamentalists/265896 "2005-04-19T11:16:34Z")
Now, I am asking this as a lifelong atheist who doesn’t know all that much about relgigion. But I just read this book (is that the hottest author ever, by the way?), which raised a lot of questions in my pretty little he… --- ## [Will we ever be able to kill off religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-be-able-to-kill-off-religion/261432)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-be-able-to-kill-off-religion/261432 "2004-08-30T20:44:14Z")
That’s “we” as in the human race, BTW. It cannot be disputed (although I’m sure some will try to do so) that religion is the single biggest threat to civilisation, and the biggest factor in holding back progress. While … --- ## [Is masturbation a physical need or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-masturbation-a-physical-need-or-something-else/390760)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-masturbation-a-physical-need-or-something-else/390760 "2007-02-05T18:06:26Z")
Hrmmm… how should I phrase this, We are all aware that as humans we have clear physical needs such as food, water, and shelter. Lately, with increasing frequency, I hear masturbation being lumped together with these ne… --- ## [Can you listen to AM radio anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-listen-to-am-radio-anymore/560712)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-listen-to-am-radio-anymore/560712 "2010-11-17T13:51:08Z")
I was discussing baseball games on the radio last week when a coworker said she hated AM radio and couldn’t listen to it. She’s only 28 (I’m 35). I grew up listening to country music on AM radio, and still listen to sp… --- ## [Is 1000 feet really that far? \[Land of the Lost TV show, no movie comments please!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-1000-feet-really-that-far-land-of-the-lost-tv-show-no-movie-comments-please/720009)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-1000-feet-really-that-far-land-of-the-lost-tv-show-no-movie-comments-please/720009 "2015-05-17T17:08:08Z")
I was in my early teens when this premiered. Has 1000 feet below us EVER really been that big of deal? Really? Or did they fall through a worm hole? Anyway, I think it was one of the most “complex” shows the obviously … --- ## [New Clinton Presidential portrait unveiled? What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145 "2015-03-06T04:17:27Z")
A bit unusual, but then so was Clinton. Story & pic here Pic here --- ## [YESS!!! New James Bond: Skyfall \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yess-new-james-bond-skyfall-edited-title/601737)
**Author:** [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yess-new-james-bond-skyfall-edited-title/601737 "2011-11-05T11:55:36Z")
http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-movies/producers-new-james-bond-1216164.html?cxntlid=thbz\_hm Daniel Craig is back… Javier Bardem will play the villain… and Sam Mendes to direct… out in a year… FTW!!! --- ## [You know something I never need to hear again (re: poker)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-something-i-never-need-to-hear-again-re-poker/295535)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-something-i-never-need-to-hear-again-re-poker/295535 "2005-03-26T20:02:13Z")
“Yeah, that kind of player will get lucky and beat you but in the long run they’re the ones who pay you off.” You know what? I’m really fucking ready to skip the “will get lucky and beat you” part and start up with the … --- ## [Female singers and non-lyrical vocal embellishment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-and-non-lyrical-vocal-embellishment/491485)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-and-non-lyrical-vocal-embellishment/491485 "2009-05-27T21:37:17Z")
Here’s something I’ve wondered about for a long time. Maybe somebody can shed some light on this topic for me. Why is it so much more common for female singers to add all manner of non-lyrical vocal embellishments to th… --- ## [Recommend me some serious TV shows, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-serious-tv-shows-please/528654)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-serious-tv-shows-please/528654 "2010-02-15T23:17:18Z")
Comedy is pretty personal, but somehow drama is easier to recommend. Maybe I’m weird, but here’s where I stand– Shows that I like: Deadwood Lost Firefly Sopranos The Wire Shows that I don’t like: Battlestar Galac… --- ## [Trump loses. What happens to his assets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-loses-what-happens-to-his-assets/769312)
**Author:** [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-loses-what-happens-to-his-assets/769312 "2016-10-24T20:39:47Z")
There are Trump Towers, hotels, golf courses and perhaps other named assets after him, suppose that in the (likely) scenario that Trump loses the election, what happens to his assets? Nobody wants to sleep in a hotel nam… --- ## [Identify this stupid teenager girl angst movie that my ex made me watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-stupid-teenager-girl-angst-movie-that-my-ex-made-me-watch/550295)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-stupid-teenager-girl-angst-movie-that-my-ex-made-me-watch/550295 "2010-08-19T12:12:45Z")
I don’t remember any of the actresses in this…it was adapted from a book that my ex read a while ago, and a couple years ago we watched the DVD together on a plane ride. It’s about a couple of teenage girls, and more and… --- ## [Was the U.S.'s involvement in Vietnam really justified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-u-s-s-involvement-in-vietnam-really-justified/57007)
**Author:** [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-u-s-s-involvement-in-vietnam-really-justified/57007 "2001-03-10T19:11:20Z")
Honestly, if the Vietnam War was a civil war, was the United States really right in placing itself in the middle? I can see sending supplies and medical aid, but not troops. “OOoooooh, the Domino Effect… OOooooohh nooo… --- ## [Why did executioners wear masks over their heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-executioners-wear-masks-over-their-heads/315252)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-executioners-wear-masks-over-their-heads/315252 "2005-08-04T22:41:32Z")
In every movie, tv show, book, whatever in which there is a premodern execution (by which I mean, ax, guillotine, etc., not electric chair or lethal injection) the executioner is always wearing a mask. Why is this? --- ## [Did you know people that despite not seeming like much of a "catch" easily found sex partners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-people-that-despite-not-seeming-like-much-of-a-catch-easily-found-sex-partners/845269)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-people-that-despite-not-seeming-like-much-of-a-catch-easily-found-sex-partners/845269 "2019-12-31T20:38:56Z")
I was looking through Pete Davidson YT videos because of this thread in CS and it reminded me of people I’ve known that didn’t seem to have a lot going on but never lacked for sexual companionship. At the top of the list… --- ## [How do you think Presidents' closest advisors address the Boss in private?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-presidents-closest-advisors-address-the-boss-in-private/645222)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-presidents-closest-advisors-address-the-boss-in-private/645222 "2012-12-28T21:06:40Z")
For any President you choose, how do you think his closest advisors address(ed) him in private? Do you think every VP, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, etc., always calls the President “Mr. President” or “Sir” even i… --- ## [Date Rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-rape/43622)
**Author:** [@jen1297](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jen1297)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-rape/43622 "2000-12-11T23:10:49Z")
Date rape occurs all over the country, this is a fact that we all know. But what I want to know is to what extend to you think a man or woman is accountable for his or her actions? Whose responsibility is it to prevent r… --- ## ["When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick"--source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-poor-man-eats-a-chicken-one-of-them-is-sick-source/767584)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-poor-man-eats-a-chicken-one-of-them-is-sick-source/767584 "2016-10-07T15:06:29Z")
See query. Eastern Europe/Russian/Jewish? Italian? I, a foodie snob was thinking of it today, cutting up huge amounts of evil Purdue battery-raised fresh chicken for $1/lb, which I planned to use only for soup and throw… --- ## [Female Teachers And Adolescent Boys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-teachers-and-adolescent-boys/335081)
**Author:** [@Argo84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argo84)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-teachers-and-adolescent-boys/335081 "2005-12-13T12:25:34Z")
A 25 year old female middle school teacher in Florida has pleaded guilty to charges that she had sex with a 14 year old boy who was one of her students. There are pictures of her on internet news sites and she is quite a… --- ## [Internet Rumors: HOW STUPID CAN PEOPLE BE?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-rumors-how-stupid-can-people-be/146581)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-rumors-how-stupid-can-people-be/146581 "2003-01-08T15:32:42Z")
I got two today. The first was the Tommy Hilfiger/Oprah rumor…this thing had almost 100 people on the forward lists. Supposedly, Hilfiger went on the Oprah show and said blacks, Asians and Hispanics should not wear his… --- ## [Favorites That Everybody Else Hates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorites-that-everybody-else-hates/284384)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorites-that-everybody-else-hates/284384 "2005-01-17T14:36:07Z")
The opposite number of “Slaughtering Sacred Cows of Entertainment” – What movie, book, author, or television series that is usually held up as a model of worthless drek do you admire or love? My first example would be T… --- ## [Why are you supposed to take out contacts every night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-supposed-to-take-out-contacts-every-night/490294)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-supposed-to-take-out-contacts-every-night/490294 "2009-03-23T06:48:05Z")
Why are you supposed to take out contacts every night? Are there detrimental health effects, either short-term or long-term, to leaving them in for days at a time, sleeping with them on, etc.? I’ve gone camping with mi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1962&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1964&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)