# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=209&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:** 210 --- ## [Glen Beck goes Full Galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-goes-full-galt/647231)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-goes-full-galt/647231 "2013-02-01T13:13:58Z")
Per Right Wing Watch: Any speculation about what’s going on? Publicity stunt to get some headlines? (Is Beck even a thing anymore post-Fox?) Could a handful of investors really pull this off? What rides do you think th… --- ## [Wrong teachings when I was young](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-teachings-when-i-was-young/641673)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-teachings-when-i-was-young/641673 "2012-11-30T02:32:53Z")
It’s a pit because I know hapless kids are still being fed the same wrong dope. Examples: Hottest part of the flame - ‘the blue part.’ This was already answered in a Cecil Adams column I think, but saying ‘blue’ is no… --- ## [Life Insurance Retirement Plan (LIRP) - scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance-retirement-plan-lirp-scam/529431)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance-retirement-plan-lirp-scam/529431 "2016-06-29T23:24:24Z")
A reasonably financially savvy co-worker has been suggesting that I look into these things called Life Insurance Retirement Plans, which appear to be some sort of scheme where you over-pay on a life insurance policy - bu… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 2.08 "Nebraska" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-08-nebraska-open-spoilers/612643)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-08-nebraska-open-spoilers/612643 "2012-02-27T15:32:18Z")
Less than 2 and a half hours to go. When last we left the gang the big sceret about the barn containing the Greenes’ undead friends & family had been revealed to all, said zombies were promply (re)killed by Rick & co, … --- ## [What's the deal with women only gyms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-women-only-gyms/722575)
**Author:** [@JVDaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JVDaly)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-women-only-gyms/722575 "2015-07-11T07:01:50Z")
Not really GD worthy, just something I’m curious about. There are about half a dozen gyms round my area and two of them are women only. As in I wouldn’t be allowed to join because I’m a man, period. It’s not exactly k… --- ## [Lissener's obnoxious behavior in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisseners-obnoxious-behavior-in-gq/359396)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisseners-obnoxious-behavior-in-gq/359396 "2006-06-10T07:49:07Z")
After more than five years here, this is my very first Pit thread. It has taken a “Perfect Storm” of ignorance and obnoxiousness in GQ on the part of lissener to motivate me to start one, but here goes. Although the misb… --- ## [Explain you username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694 "2012-03-02T03:15:33Z")
Mine is “A Monkey With a Gun”. I chose it for two reasons. One is that it it conjures up an image of funny unpredictability, and the other is a personal joke. Humans just aren’t that smart. The only thing that sets u… --- ## [Aircraft Carriers soon to be obsolete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-carriers-soon-to-be-obsolete/535954)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-carriers-soon-to-be-obsolete/535954 "2010-05-12T15:30:05Z")
Resolved: Aircraft carriers are on their way out. The US should plan on needing only a handful by midcentury, not the dozen we currently have (and which force level we are planning on keeping by building more of them). … --- ## [Cashiers: would it kill you to be friendly to a customer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-would-it-kill-you-to-be-friendly-to-a-customer/656631)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-would-it-kill-you-to-be-friendly-to-a-customer/656631 "2013-06-23T19:24:48Z")
Yes not the worst thing in the world but a day to day annoyance that kind of gets to me. Obviously there are a number of cashiers that are very friendly and this rant doesn’t apply to them. If you’re working at the cou… --- ## [The Charlie Gard case(terminally ill baby and parental rights)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-charlie-gard-case-terminally-ill-baby-and-parental-rights/790664)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-charlie-gard-case-terminally-ill-baby-and-parental-rights/790664 "2017-07-28T18:46:17Z")
Here’s some fuel for the “death panels” fight. Vox explains: Now recognizing that the parents are probably wrong here, this doesn’t seem like all that “polarizing” a case to me. They can get him treatment they can’t… --- ## [The USS Liberty and Conspiracy Theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-liberty-and-conspiracy-theories/503101)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uss-liberty-and-conspiracy-theories/503101 "2009-07-20T20:43:29Z")
Wiki here. Apologise if this has been done before but I have searched and it kept timing out. Anyway I saw the doco today “Dead In The water” and it seemed very much like there has been a cover up. I am not clear about… --- ## [Counterfeit Casino Chips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterfeit-casino-chips/510552)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterfeit-casino-chips/510552 "2013-04-12T05:12:41Z")
While I agree with this article on the difficulty of manufacturing counterfeit casino checks, I would think that it would be incredibly easy to cash in $100 checks a few at a time at a busy casino. I cashed out probab… --- ## [AstraZeneca approval in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrazeneca-approval-in-the-us/937911)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 393\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrazeneca-approval-in-the-us/937911 "2021-05-06T20:43:20Z")
AstraZeneca would be the 4th vaccine in the US if approved. There are now reports of possible blood clot issues in countries using it and some are putting it on pause. Do you think this will affect approval in the US an… --- ## [The Jehovahs Witlesses called today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jehovahs-witlesses-called-today/483596)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jehovahs-witlesses-called-today/483596 "2009-02-06T15:05:52Z")
Yes they did, two of them. “Good afternoon sir” “Hmmm” “Can we interes…” “No” “Yes but we fee…” “Are you both deaf?” I then shut the door, I wish I knew some really good fuck off lines without being crude --- ## [What If I am Actually right? \[movements of poles\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-am-actually-right-movements-of-poles/570125)
**Author:** [@N8N8N8N](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N8N8N8N)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-am-actually-right-movements-of-poles/570125 "2011-02-18T16:19:55Z")
The Compass So one day I’m playing with a compass like the ones you find in a box of cracker jacks. I’m turning the compass back and forth amaized how the needle always points north.… --- ## [Woman found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in text/ suicide case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-guilty-of-involuntary-manslaughter-in-text-suicide-case/789122)
**Author:** [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-guilty-of-involuntary-manslaughter-in-text-suicide-case/789122 "2017-08-17T04:31:22Z")
I was surprise the judge came up with this verdict , but I do feel it was the right one . How do others feel about this ? --- ## [Isn't Jennifer pretty? \[commercial\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529 "2011-09-20T23:54:50Z")
This commercial is cruel; It’s not funny. Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Why does cardio execise often cause bowel movements? (TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cardio-execise-often-cause-bowel-movements-tmi/544352)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cardio-execise-often-cause-bowel-movements-tmi/544352 "2010-06-27T06:50:54Z")
Is there any reason I’ll often have a bowel movement after about 30 minutes of a cardio workout? There isn’t a restroom in the gym at my apartment complex and I have to painfully walk back to my apartment. --- ## [Things they don't tell you about getting old:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-they-dont-tell-you-about-getting-old/698189)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-they-dont-tell-you-about-getting-old/698189 "2014-10-04T13:04:55Z")
Or maybe it’s just me… Losing the ability to whistle? At least proficiently. Sweating. A lot. Even two years ago I barely sweat. Now just walking around outside will leave my shirt soaked. Stupid ear-hair. --- ## [Andor (starting September 21, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 389\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787 "2025-05-18T04:05:09Z")
12 total episodes. Once it is one episode per week, I personally think no spoilers until the next day (24 hours?), but I’ll go with the majority. I might be the only one, but I am quite interested in Mon Mothma, and ho… --- ## [Funny porno film titles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-porno-film-titles/498385)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-porno-film-titles/498385 "2009-07-27T22:08:36Z")
I can’t remember if we’ve done this before, but it’s fun so… Producers of porn sometimes like to give there films titles and themes that play on the popularity of mainstream films, television shows and even books. Here’… --- ## [Are There Any White People Named 'Washington'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-white-people-named-washington/343357)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-white-people-named-washington/343357 "2011-02-23T12:55:12Z")
I’ve noticed that while it is quite common for black people to have the last name ‘Washington’, I can’t think of a single Caucasian person who currently bears that particular name. Why is this the case? Did African Amer… --- ## [Disney+ News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420 "2020-03-20T16:33:13Z")
I saw on Twitter Disney made some announcements about their up coming streaming service Disney+: It launches November 12th 2029. It will cost $6.99 a month or $69.99 per year. Honestly that sounds like a steal. It wil… --- ## [Songs everyone will recognize, but no one know the name of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273 "2003-06-02T03:34:35Z")
Just the other day I hear Celestial Soda Pop by Ray Lynch. It is a great little song that I guarantee most of you have heard before, but never knew the title of. What are some other examples of this? I think that O’Fo… --- ## [How to avoid lower back pain from hours of standing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-lower-back-pain-from-hours-of-standing/509715)
**Author:** [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-lower-back-pain-from-hours-of-standing/509715 "2009-09-15T15:05:47Z")
Like most modern \[lazy\] professionals, I’m sitting down most of the day. There’s a situation that arises a few times a year where I have to be on my feet, not walking very often, all day. Occasionally for 2 days in a ro… --- ## [The part of the mouse my cat won't eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172)
**Author:** [@KenP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenP)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172 "2012-07-24T18:06:15Z")
My cat catches and eats mice. Eats 'em from nose to tail. Except, he won’t eat one organ, something smooth and grey-green. What is the thing he won’t eat? --- ## [Why so many bullies/jerks on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812)
**Author:** [@ellie303](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ellie303)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-bullies-jerks-on-here/713812 "2015-03-09T18:38:34Z")
I recently started a thread about deleting a posting on here because of a privacy concern. There were so many tools who wrote back about how I’m stupid for not knowing that my posts would be public. I knew that they wo… --- ## [Coffee making a buzzing sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-making-a-buzzing-sound/562640)
**Author:** [@Anchuldigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anchuldigs)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-making-a-buzzing-sound/562640 "2022-06-11T21:07:32Z")
This morning I made my coffee as usual - I used a Capresso machine, poured it into a clean cup, added 2 packets of splenda, and a bit of half and half. About a minute or 2 later I noticed a buzzing/fizzing sort of sound… --- ## [Democratic convention 2008 discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-convention-2008-discussion-thread/461236)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-convention-2008-discussion-thread/461236 "2008-08-29T11:41:11Z")
I don’t see a thread open for discussing the convention. Tonight, I’m looking forward to seeing Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. Wait, it’s not 1980! :smiley: Watching a very happy flashback on C-Span now. Ann Richards ke… --- ## [Kindle vs Paperback: Where's The Advantage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-vs-paperback-wheres-the-advantage/589931)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-vs-paperback-wheres-the-advantage/589931 "2011-07-26T21:24:15Z")
Checked the price of Baldacci’s new one out in paperback today at the grocery store. Price: $10.99. A Kindle download of the same book:$12.99. I thought Kindle/Amazon were in competition with the booksellers? If I’m at… --- ## [Updike and New Iskander, it's a twofer tuesday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updike-and-new-iskander-its-a-twofer-tuesday/330097)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updike-and-new-iskander-its-a-twofer-tuesday/330097 "2005-12-12T21:16:22Z")
I have decided that Isky is, in fact, even dumber than Uppy. I have done this by flipping a coin, as I could not come to a conclusion otherwise. As such, this Pitting will begin with Isky. Our dear Isky, while wandering… --- ## [Yo lezlers- if you got something to say to me, just say it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-lezlers-if-you-got-something-to-say-to-me-just-say-it/536460)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-lezlers-if-you-got-something-to-say-to-me-just-say-it/536460 "2010-04-22T21:16:30Z")
Hey lezlers! You know you have something to say, so go on and say it! Really, bring it on. Get it out. You’ll feel better once you let go! It’s become pretty obvious that you prefer to be snide and passive aggressive in… --- ## [Where does your ‘willing suspension of disbelief’ stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-willing-suspension-of-disbelief-stop/945746)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-willing-suspension-of-disbelief-stop/945746 "2021-12-20T17:05:00Z")
Reading the ‘https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-fictional-vigilante-hero-would-be-plausible/945462’ got me thinking in the other direction— what plot elements make you say no, uh uh, not gonna do it, and take you… --- ## [Songs that make you embarrassingly weepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-embarrassingly-weepy/463187)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-embarrassingly-weepy/463187 "2008-12-08T07:43:48Z")
I have to admit it… whenever I hear ‘Just the two of us’ by Will Smith I can’t help tearing up. It’s a very sweet love song from a father to his little boy, and I find it unbearably touching. There are so many cloying … --- ## [Fuck you, Greek police, may all of you be cuckcolded by diseased gigolos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-greek-police-may-all-of-you-be-cuckcolded-by-diseased-gigolos/672215)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-greek-police-may-all-of-you-be-cuckcolded-by-diseased-gigolos/672215 "2013-10-30T22:17:12Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/test-proves-bulgarian-woman-mother-mystery-girl-135631019.html She was Romany all the time, living with a Romany family who took her in because her mother was a poor olive picker and couldn’t affor… --- ## [NFL offseason 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2018/810308)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2018/810308 "2018-09-04T20:11:34Z")
Browns just made two big back to back trades - unknown picks for Jarvis Landry and a mid-round pick for Tyrod Taylor, and I realized I didn’t have anywhere to post about it, so I’m creating the off-season thread. Titans… --- ## [Windows 8.1 vs 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-1-vs-7/687850)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-1-vs-7/687850 "2014-06-07T08:44:02Z")
I’m finally getting around to replacing my rather ancient (2008 or thereabouts) HP desktop. It’s run XP for its entire life. I have another laptop running Windows 7, which isn’t too bad. However, all of the stuff out … --- ## [Watching porn with same sex friend, you're both straight- weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-porn-with-same-sex-friend-youre-both-straight-weird/405215)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-porn-with-same-sex-friend-youre-both-straight-weird/405215 "2007-05-26T01:54:21Z")
I have done this dozens of times with my best bud and thought nothing of it, but the other day saw some comedian or what not make a joke like it was forboden. Just wondering what others opinion was. It makes it hard of c… --- ## [What's the fastest legal way to get a law license?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-legal-way-to-get-a-law-license/72742)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-legal-way-to-get-a-law-license/72742 "2013-09-03T14:32:42Z")
I want a good, fast, legal way to get a law license. I want the “My Cousin Vinny” degree. Don’t tell me what I should do to become a good lawyer, just the minimum legal requirement to take the bar exam and become an offi… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 2.10 "18 Miles Out" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-10-18-miles-out-open-spoilers/614102)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-10-18-miles-out-open-spoilers/614102 "2012-03-05T03:16:14Z")
Well, everyone’s made it back to the farm only they brought an outsider. I predict Lori will come up with another brillant idea like trying to train zombies as domestic servants to make up for the lack of washing mach… --- ## [Why Do People Get Defensive About God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-get-defensive-about-god/430142)
**Author:** [@amelioration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amelioration)\ **Replies:** 511\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-get-defensive-about-god/430142 "2007-12-31T02:28:46Z")
Perhaps the thread title doesn’t accurately convey what I want to ask. Here’s a longer, hopefully more understandable version: Why is it that, when people get into religious discussion (be it a calm and logical statemen… --- ## [Bluebell Ice Cream Is Evil And A Big Cow Statue... The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluebell-ice-cream-is-evil-and-a-big-cow-statue-the-mmp/362179)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 519\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluebell-ice-cream-is-evil-and-a-big-cow-statue-the-mmp/362179 "2006-07-04T08:52:06Z")
The Bluebell Ice Cream makers are evil. EVIL, I say! They have two new flavors out. See, I like to buy new flavors to see what they’re like, especially when ice cream is on sale. Bluebell is on sale two for five bucks ri… --- ## [Conservatives want to dictate art in Smithsonian gallery; Jesus plus ants not ok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-dictate-art-in-smithsonian-gallery-jesus-plus-ants-not-ok/562492)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-dictate-art-in-smithsonian-gallery-jesus-plus-ants-not-ok/562492 "2010-12-09T09:56:50Z")
The exhibit sits inside a gallery bearing a plaque that says how the gallery shows “how a major theme in American history has been the struggle for justice so that people and groups can claim their full inheritance in Am… --- ## ["Young Sheldon"--anyone else creeped out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-sheldon-anyone-else-creeped-out/795267)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-sheldon-anyone-else-creeped-out/795267 "2017-12-18T18:25:32Z")
By the commercials? IMHO, they don’t have the feel of “child genius” (think of Little Man Tate) but of mocking an autistic child. TBBT is almost all “laughing at, not with”, and it looks much more harsh when aimed at a c… --- ## [What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-dents-in-i-90-outside-seattle/422061)
**Author:** [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-dents-in-i-90-outside-seattle/422061 "2022-06-14T21:19:51Z")
If you’ve driven from Seattle toward Spokane, you’ve probably seen these. Starting around 20 miles outside of Seattle, and continuing for at least 50 miles, there are regularly-spaced dents in the right-hand lane of the … --- ## [Are we "Lambs heading to Slaughter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lambs-heading-to-slaughter/639077)
**Author:** [@Back\_to\_basics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Back_to_basics)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lambs-heading-to-slaughter/639077 "2012-11-11T22:00:51Z")
Presidential executive orders grant a significant degree of emergency power to divisions of the executive branch. These powers are centered in an agency of the federal government known as the Federal Emergency Management… --- ## [The dangerous politics of Medicare For All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangerous-politics-of-medicare-for-all/837922)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangerous-politics-of-medicare-for-all/837922 "2019-08-30T02:45:29Z")
Something that is really key about this that I don’t see journalists addressing when questioning candidates, probably because they feel it will sound petty: it’s not at all just a question of whether people believe that … --- ## [The Truth about KAL 007 Shootdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-kal-007-shootdown/692211)
**Author:** [@Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suicide)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-kal-007-shootdown/692211 "2017-05-02T01:37:36Z")
I was talking to someone young about the 1980s incident where the Soviets shot down a Korean airliner, flight KAL 007, and realized a lot of questions are still unclear to this day…Internet research on this subject yield… --- ## [Gimme some humorous and fancy fake names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692)
**Author:** [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692 "2004-12-11T22:31:14Z")
Sometimes I want a random, funny name to insert into some strange story or conversation or something. I mean old-fashioned and fancy or maybe even aristocratic-sounding names- you know, three syllables long or so, etc. … --- ## [Men vs women- take NO for a answer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-vs-women-take-no-for-a-answer/933839)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 473\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-vs-women-take-no-for-a-answer/933839 "2021-03-22T04:19:16Z")
I have been told, that unless it is a soft no (I can’t Saturday, I am…") men should take NO for a answer. Sure. But then why all the “romantic” films and TV shows where it is considered highly romantic for the man to ke… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=208&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=210&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)