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**Author:** [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-folk-genealogy-question/785194 "2017-09-02T05:46:42Z")
This was just raised in a family history forum I frequent, but the thread was closed because it was going beyond the scope of the group. Transgender folk, how do you want to be listed in the family tree? As a cisgender… --- ## [Best way to travel between DC and NY city](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-travel-between-dc-and-ny-city/684085)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-travel-between-dc-and-ny-city/684085 "2014-03-27T18:07:39Z")
Need some travel options. My daughter is graduating from college in June and the family (6 people, including her) will be flying to Washington, DC for the ceremonies. We will stay a few days there, then want to head ov… --- ## [What do you call jokes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-jokes/315963)
**Author:** [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-jokes/315963 "2005-08-12T12:00:14Z")
What do you call 1000 heavily armed lesbians? Militia Etheridge. :slight\_smile: --- ## [How do you move Trick or Treating?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-move-trick-or-treating/672754)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-move-trick-or-treating/672754 "2013-11-02T09:24:20Z")
Mods - please don’t move this to the Boo forum - there’s larger issues here, I think. So, it’s Halloween, and it’s going to rain. Not thunder and lighting, not tornados, but rain. It’s pretty warm here, not freezing r… --- ## [Robert E. Lee: Confederate statues shouldn't exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-e-lee-confederate-statues-shouldnt-exist/793747)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-e-lee-confederate-statues-shouldnt-exist/793747 "2017-08-26T07:07:59Z")
"It’s often forgotten that Lee himself, after the Civil War, opposed monuments, specifically Confederate war monuments,” said Jonathan Horn, the author of the Lee biography, “The Man Who Would Not Be Washington.” In his… --- ## [I bought a 50 year old saxophone. And it kinda works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-50-year-old-saxophone-and-it-kinda-works/668415)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-50-year-old-saxophone-and-it-kinda-works/668415 "2013-11-08T11:39:55Z")
I was a huge band geek in high school. Then I played for a year in my university’s concert band, got lazy, got rid of my sax, and didn’t look back. Until now. Recently I started pining to get my chops back again, without… --- ## [Can Herbal Supplements Increase Breast Size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-herbal-supplements-increase-breast-size/365341)
**Author:** [@dainna\_dainna.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dainna_dainna.com)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-herbal-supplements-increase-breast-size/365341 "2012-08-05T00:22:27Z")
HI THERE, Cecil! There are several problems with your article on herbal supplements – and several very valid points. First, and most important I think, is that you are fairly correct in saying that most born women are… --- ## [My six year old son will one day die when hit by a bus...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-six-year-old-son-will-one-day-die-when-hit-by-a-bus/653862)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-six-year-old-son-will-one-day-die-when-hit-by-a-bus/653862 "2013-03-31T02:25:29Z")
There will be plenty of time for him to move clear of the bus. Unfortunately though, an onlooker will spot the danger and call out in a friendly tone “get out of the way of the bus!”. My son will die standing defiantly… --- ## [Yet another Nobody-Got-My-Witty-Line thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-nobody-got-my-witty-line-thread/598244)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-nobody-got-my-witty-line-thread/598244 "2011-10-11T21:10:39Z")
A co-worker was talking about going to dinner at his girlfriend’s house as a teenager and meeting her parents for the first time. The point of the story was how horrible the meat loaf was. He mentioned they also served m… --- ## [Has anyone ever seen a star go out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-a-star-go-out/200278)
**Author:** [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-a-star-go-out/200278 "2011-09-25T17:02:37Z")
Are there any records of someone in history or still living who happened to be looking at the night sky with a naked eye and witnessed a star become extinguished? Do stars explode? What would I see with the naked eye if… --- ## [Share your own quotable quote! Also critique mine and others (please?).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-own-quotable-quote-also-critique-mine-and-others-please/538490)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-own-quotable-quote-also-critique-mine-and-others-please/538490 "2010-05-11T20:42:11Z")
This is a thread for popularizing all the witty things that we dopers have to say. I’m sure that amongst all us geniuses, surely one or two self-created quotes will stand out. OK, honestly I’m not so sure, but I am con… --- ## [What movie line sticks with you for no reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-line-sticks-with-you-for-no-reason/73729)
**Author:** [@Knight16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knight16)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-line-sticks-with-you-for-no-reason/73729 "2001-08-15T03:24:23Z")
My friends and I were talking about movie lines that, while not profound, stick in your head anyway. For no apparent reason, I love recalling the Hindenberg scene in “Indiana Jones III” where Indy, passing himself off a… --- ## [Any 1980's/1990's cartoon shows that were NOT just 30 minute commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-1980s-1990s-cartoon-shows-that-were-not-just-30-minute-commercials/389730)
**Author:** [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-1980s-1990s-cartoon-shows-that-were-not-just-30-minute-commercials/389730 "2007-01-30T23:39:10Z")
I was watching a few episodes of the first season of Thundercats. Damn that show is crappy. And I had fond memories of that show until now. Any shows of that era that actually had decent storylines, character developeme… --- ## [Apparently female pubes are making a comeback](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451 "2014-01-25T19:27:17Z")
Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, and American Apparel mannequins all now rock a bush. --- ## [Rachael Ray - She's as cute as a speckled puppy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952 "2006-10-29T00:15:37Z")
Really! --- ## [Elton John](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john/153062)
**Author:** [@lout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lout)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john/153062 "2003-04-13T19:42:49Z")
I wish this pasty-faced, untalented, moronic nauseating bag of shit would crawl off somewhere and DIE!!! Everytime I see a photo of his smug, bloated, gap-toothed ugly mess of a face, I feel like hurting someone. I hat… --- ## [NHL 103 - October 2019 - Let's Do That Hockey!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-103-october-2019-lets-do-that-hockey/841114)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-103-october-2019-lets-do-that-hockey/841114 "2019-11-03T15:42:28Z")
Pre-season thread here. Now that the preseason is closed out, it brings some good news for the Knights’ first games: Sharks’ Evander Kane suspended for 3 games for abuse of official He’ll miss a game against Nashville… --- ## [For Better or Worse this week: Enlightening? Offensive? Realistic, even?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-better-or-worse-this-week-enlightening-offensive-realistic-even/409551)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-better-or-worse-this-week-enlightening-offensive-realistic-even/409551 "2007-06-29T21:17:14Z")
Okay, so last week, April joined Shan…non, the Special Needs \[del\]Plot Device\[/del\] Character and the other special needs kids in the cafeteria. Scroll down to June 18th. So first we get people doing drive-by insults of… --- ## [Bay Area Dopefest- The Chieftain, Sat 7/14, 6:30pm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048)
**Author:** [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048 "2007-07-15T05:01:47Z")
I have no idea how dopefests get organized and whatnot, but would there be any interest in trying to set up one for the Bay Area? --- ## [A few days in Indianapolis- what interesting things can be done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-days-in-indianapolis-what-interesting-things-can-be-done/624435)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-days-in-indianapolis-what-interesting-things-can-be-done/624435 "2012-06-18T13:49:49Z")
Next week, I’ll be heading over to Indianapolis with the debate team I coach for the National Championships. While I love and adore my students, I can accept and acknowledge that they’ve really dropped the ball in regard… --- ## [SO wants to name new puppy Batman! help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wants-to-name-new-puppy-batman-help/231618)
**Author:** [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wants-to-name-new-puppy-batman-help/231618 "2004-03-02T07:44:45Z")
I just can’t see myself shouting Batman! out the back door. I’ve read some of the old “name my puppy” threads and nothing seems right. A little about the puppy: He’s an 8-week old Black Lab and something cross. I got h… --- ## [Do happy cows taste better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-happy-cows-taste-better/541212)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-happy-cows-taste-better/541212 "2010-05-31T04:32:11Z")
This question occurred to me as I was cooking lunch. A while back, I read Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin. In it, she described how she designed animal-handling facilities according to how the animals perceived t… --- ## [Vindication for 9/11 Truthers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vindication-for-9-11-truthers/597328)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vindication-for-9-11-truthers/597328 "2011-10-02T10:42:14Z")
Yes! Finally a reputable source that vindicates 9/11 Truthers. See Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More. With a guy as well respected and obviously knowledgeable…he IS an engineer af… --- ## [Stars Who Had No Friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-who-had-no-friends/951947)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-who-had-no-friends/951947 "2021-10-09T14:51:35Z")
Movies, comedy, music, but someone who’s a star, well known. I used “had” because someone living can still change, and make friends. If you can only think of living people, try to pick the oldest, since chances are someo… --- ## [Can you get AIDS from eating out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-aids-from-eating-out/367218)
**Author:** [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-aids-from-eating-out/367218 "2006-08-15T02:58:21Z")
I have researched this and am getting nowhere. If I perform oral sex on a woman, what are the chances of getting HIV/AIDS? Most sites I found say that it is hard to find statistics, as most people who engage in oral se… --- ## [I need a futuristic word for Prostitute/courtesan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284 "2006-04-09T02:11:30Z")
I thought of Senseo:someone who is born into a kinda caste system that his highly venerated in this world I am creating. But Senseo is also a coffee server. good to the last drop. Which is why that damn word came to me… --- ## [Detroit/Ann Arbor Dopers, let's have a holiday fest (Dec. 29th?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942 "2013-01-02T16:54:33Z")
Sr. olives and I are coming home for break this year, and as usual, I have a list of demands from my Doper friends. DEMANDS: One (1) highly entertaining Dopefest to be held in the vicinity of delicious food over the W… --- ## [Resolved: Unequivocal Opposition To Torture Is Logically Inconsistent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-unequivocal-opposition-to-torture-is-logically-inconsistent/497014)
**Author:** [@Weston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weston)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-unequivocal-opposition-to-torture-is-logically-inconsistent/497014 "2009-05-21T02:54:46Z")
Responding to the torrents of psychic despair evoked by the conspicuous lack of a brand new torture thread today, I have bravely stepped into the breach to discuss what (I hope) is a new perspective on this very, very ti… --- ## [Electric blankets...unhealthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-blankets-unhealthy/429343)
**Author:** [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-blankets-unhealthy/429343 "2007-12-10T14:29:01Z")
First off: Let me say that I’m a man of science. I don’t believe in homeopathy and all of this other herbal medicine type stuff. I believe in science first and foremost. Now having said that, when I look up health effec… --- ## [Why is there a time lag in broadcasts over long distances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-time-lag-in-broadcasts-over-long-distances/639987)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-time-lag-in-broadcasts-over-long-distances/639987 "2012-11-06T14:40:54Z")
I have just been watching news reports here in the UK sent by TV reporters in the USA, and when the news presenter in the UK says ’ over to our reporter in Washington’ there is a time lag before the US correspondent hear… --- ## [How can I directly view the solar eclipse safely and cheaply?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-directly-view-the-solar-eclipse-safely-and-cheaply/715289)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-directly-view-the-solar-eclipse-safely-and-cheaply/715289 "2015-03-21T17:18:05Z")
OK, so for those of us lucky enough to be in Northern Europe Friday morning, but unlucky enough to have not gotten proper solar eclipse glasses before they’ve all been sold out at regular prices (and inflated to ridiculo… --- ## [A Battle Of Wits: Rock, Paper, Scissors Roshambo 2: The Resurrection.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-of-wits-rock-paper-scissors-roshambo-2-the-resurrection/125200)
**Author:** [@BlahMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlahMan)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-of-wits-rock-paper-scissors-roshambo-2-the-resurrection/125200 "2002-10-26T00:27:57Z")
Yo, While I wait for one of my other threads to load I decided to start a new thread based on one of my favorite SD threads of all time, Rock, Paper, Scissors Roshambo. I have plenty of time to post this because I am u… --- ## [What is the meaning of this Zen koan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-this-zen-koan/365704)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-this-zen-koan/365704 "2012-11-13T17:50:03Z")
Well, not necessarily the whole koan, since that ruins the whole point of contemplating a koan. But some words I just don’t know: What the heck are “Mountains of Lang, rivers of Li”? Who or what are Lang and Li? --- ## [Need a Team-building Exercise for work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-team-building-exercise-for-work/603363)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-team-building-exercise-for-work/603363 "2011-11-21T18:53:31Z")
Well, my turn is up. Each week, one of our team members is supposed to to a team building or safety exercise that can be done by a team of 8 in on office setting in about 5-10 minutes. Anyone have any ideas? Previous th… --- ## [The Drew Carey Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drew-carey-song/8048)
**Author:** [@taddycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taddycat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drew-carey-song/8048 "2000-03-03T17:12:00Z")
What are they saying in the song that starts the Drew Carey show (the ‘Cleveland Rocks’ version). It sounds like it says, “Living in sin with a safety pin.” What does it mean? Do I have the words wrong? --- ## [Did the Catholic Church ever own serfs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-catholic-church-ever-own-serfs/570781)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-catholic-church-ever-own-serfs/570781 "2011-02-11T15:07:52Z")
I know the investiture controversy and a lot of other Church-state political struggles in the Middle Ages were rooted in the fact that the Church was Europe’s biggest non-state landlord – every parish and diocese and abb… --- ## [Picking up subtle social cues is hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-subtle-social-cues-is-hard/715414)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-subtle-social-cues-is-hard/715414 "2015-03-24T17:15:02Z")
In a Pit thread, the posters helped me realize I did something stupid. It was Yet Another occasion where I demonstrated incorrect behavior that I’d seen demonstrated in another social situation without understanding the… --- ## [Death from snorting cocaine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-from-snorting-cocaine/463015)
**Author:** [@JHE1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHE1967)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-from-snorting-cocaine/463015 "2008-09-11T15:35:33Z")
Does anyone have a cite on the numbers of deaths attributed to snorting cocaine in it’s powder form? I’ve been under the impression that such cases are rare but need some data to back it up. --- ## [12 year old boy arrested for opening Christmas present early](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-arrested-for-opening-christmas-present-early/384291)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-arrested-for-opening-christmas-present-early/384291 "2021-07-30T00:55:18Z")
Top notch police work by the Rock Hill, South Carolina Police Department led to the arrest of a twelve-year old boy for larceny. He was charged after his mother revealed to police that the child had, without permission, … --- ## [Legalising drug use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalising-drug-use/107194)
**Author:** [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2002, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalising-drug-use/107194 "2002-05-11T10:38:25Z")
I have never used drugs and I have never had any friends or anyone close to me use drugs. I seem to live in a separate world from eveything I hear all the time about how pervasive they are but anyway, the point is that … --- ## [Never used an ATM? Then you can be in charge of our new banking regulation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-used-an-atm-then-you-can-be-in-charge-of-our-new-banking-regulation/540156)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-used-an-atm-then-you-can-be-in-charge-of-our-new-banking-regulation/540156 "2010-05-22T03:33:56Z")
Does this belong in the pit? I can’t stop laughing until I start crying. Then I start laughing again. --- ## [The right to refuse service in a retail store.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-to-refuse-service-in-a-retail-store/697922)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-to-refuse-service-in-a-retail-store/697922 "2014-09-15T20:57:10Z")
As i have posted before, i reside in a small town with a police problem. They are overbearing and involved in seemingly every aspect of the community. I currently own a discount general store in town that has become qui… --- ## [Is there a gay culture? Why should there be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-gay-culture-why-should-there-be/433426)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-gay-culture-why-should-there-be/433426 "2008-01-19T21:01:46Z")
The University of Michigan has a new course on how to be gay. Are certain types of movies, music, and books that gay men enjoy? I could see how gay men would prefer movies or books that feature gay characters, but why … --- ## [An apology and some clarifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-clarifications/108058)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-clarifications/108058 "2002-05-14T16:17:21Z")
First of all, I didn’t post yesterday because I was undergoing a dental proceedure undersedation. I was briefly awake long enough to eat dinner, but that is about it, until about 6:30 this morning. Next, I’d like to apo… --- ## [Holy Shit, Batman! Dow Below 10,000!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-batman-dow-below-10-000/466758)
**Author:** [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-batman-dow-below-10-000/466758 "2008-10-24T13:52:48Z")
Flying Fuck! Can you believe I just got into the stock market about 6 months ago, right before the financial world started rapidly heading south (I’m quite young, so this was my first real investment)?! I’m fortunate eno… --- ## [Performers who kept their names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-who-kept-their-names/954697)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-who-kept-their-names/954697 "2022-03-19T13:43:33Z")
Many performers change their names for various reasons, most notably because of union recommendations.\* Many of those performers chose to change their names legally. The ones that don’t usually don’t advertise that they … --- ## [Is Using the Handicapped Stall Illegal (or Unethical)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-using-the-handicapped-stall-illegal-or-unethical/165636)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-using-the-handicapped-stall-illegal-or-unethical/165636 "2014-09-09T20:54:27Z")
I have to confess, sometimes the handicap stall of public restrooms looks tempting to use. It is spacious and comfortable. And plus, if you have alot of packages with you, and you have no one to leave them with, you can … --- ## [Our new total dipsticks:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626 "2001-08-29T22:23:53Z")
On the homepage, it says this: In my humble opinion, some of the new total dipsticks are: Seethruart: this blithering goofball thinks the Apollo mission to the Moon was a hoax and he says the proof is in the photos ta… --- ## [School cancels Honors Ceremony. Have we taken this thing too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-cancels-honors-ceremony-have-we-taken-this-thing-too-far/653613)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-cancels-honors-ceremony-have-we-taken-this-thing-too-far/653613 "2013-03-23T03:01:48Z")
Link here. No score kept in youth league baseball and soccer games. No gold stars given to the brightest students. When do kids learn that life is a competition and sometimes you ain’t the best? I really feel we are te… --- ## [Vermont Town Wards Off Influencers During Foliage Season by Closing Access](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vermont-town-wards-off-influencers-during-foliage-season-by-closing-access/991161)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vermont-town-wards-off-influencers-during-foliage-season-by-closing-access/991161 "2025-09-24T21:02:50Z")
When we first moved to New England 25 years ago, we would go up and look at the leaves every year, and it was already massively crowded. With the growth of Tik Tok, Instagram, and whatever else, and with people aching … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1964&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1966&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)