# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=21&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:** 22 --- ## [Goddammit (Warhammer 40K)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-warhammer-40k/612311)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-warhammer-40k/612311 "2015-02-12T14:02:06Z")
After I got out of Magic : The Spendening, I thought I was done with expensive, competitive nerd-hobbies. But one of the guys in my D&D group who also plays Warhammer was showing me some of his newest painted work, and I… --- ## [In defence of Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1629\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166 "2024-04-28T18:13:27Z")
In this thread, @puzzlegal wrote: The issue is that @Kedikat seems to be an apologist for Russian aggression in Ukraine, and that others (myself included) disagree. In accordance to moderator instructions, I’m posting… --- ## [Historical myths that reallly get on your tits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-that-reallly-get-on-your-tits/704744)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 364\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-that-reallly-get-on-your-tits/704744 "2025-11-30T18:30:11Z")
By ‘myths’ I mean misconceptions and inaccuracies about past events that get bandied about which annoy you, not getting pissed off about the Twelve Labours of Heracles or something. Here’s a coupla mine; We’ve talked a… --- ## [14 k of g in a f p d](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249)
**Author:** [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Replies:** 443\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249 "2007-02-01T02:51:27Z")
What is the answer to this? It is one of those questions along the same lines of: 7 D in a W = 7 days in a week. but I can’t figure it out, any ideas? --- ## [SDMB RPG First Adventure: Panic in Genoa!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 692\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765 "2014-09-24T01:14:37Z")
Welcome to the SDMB Pathfinder Game! This is the game thread, for in-character posts, direct statements about what actions your character will take, and short out-of-character questions to myself and other players that a… --- ## [Could a fully grown chimpanzee or gorilla rape a human female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-fully-grown-chimpanzee-or-gorilla-rape-a-human-female/457903)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-fully-grown-chimpanzee-or-gorilla-rape-a-human-female/457903 "2010-06-10T04:39:39Z")
Bit of a bizarre question, but with all the threads lately about animal rape and chimp/gorilla attacks I did wonder if this would be possible. Certainly if a woman “presented herself” I’m supposing it could be done, b… --- ## [Older people: amuse me with tales of your hardships in pre-tech days that would seem trivial today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-people-amuse-me-with-tales-of-your-hardships-in-pre-tech-days-that-would-seem-trivial-today/581026)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-people-amuse-me-with-tales-of-your-hardships-in-pre-tech-days-that-would-seem-trivial-today/581026 "2011-07-09T21:34:49Z")
I was born at just the right time that I’m old enough to have witnessed and remember the transition from the analog to digital age, but young enough that my childhood freedom from responsibility spared me most of the rea… --- ## [Is child pornography legal anywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-child-pornography-legal-anywhere/636495)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-child-pornography-legal-anywhere/636495 "2012-10-12T17:51:06Z")
No, I do NOT want any. I agree that this type of material is very offensive but am genuinely curious as to whether or not banning it is a universal practice. I was reading this thread where there is a discussion regard… --- ## [Sweden do-nothing approach good, US/UK/other countries' early do-nothing approach bad. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 927\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962 "2021-05-17T09:29:33Z")
Why do scientists (and many journalists writing about it) hold up Sweden’s do-nothing herd immunity approach to COVID-19 as a model where “we have much to learn from them”, while the early “do nothing” approaches of the … --- ## [Why Are My Toilets Constantly Getting Clogged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-toilets-constantly-getting-clogged/529495)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-toilets-constantly-getting-clogged/529495 "2018-09-08T08:16:54Z")
This didn’t used to happen when we first built the house (about 10-15 years ago). But now it’s several times a week. My wife thinks the toilets are junk, but as above, it’s a more recent phenomenon. So I’m wondering if … --- ## [And here's your Dec. rants thread - Merry Christbitchmas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 611\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693 "2012-01-01T23:14:26Z")
And “Bah. Humbug.” too. My bitch is at myself. Self, why do you let crap pile up on your desk with no rhyme or reason? Now you’ve got 2 things that need to get done pretty much immediately, and it’s going to take you a… --- ## [My Husband Has Bladder Cancer \[sad update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-bladder-cancer-sad-update/776524)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 443\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-bladder-cancer-sad-update/776524 "2017-04-20T20:23:32Z")
The Other Half spent more of December in the hospital than out of it. We finally found out why. In addition to a very nasty, drug-resistant urinary tract infection he has bladder cancer. Urothelial carcinoma, to be pr… --- ## [Is Shaun King (Daily Kos writer & Black Lives Matter activist) really white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 716\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271 "2015-10-13T21:25:44Z")
Is this another case like Rachel Dolezal? He has claimed to be bi-racial (white mother and black father), but from the link (albeit Breitbart) there are accusations that his father is actually white. If his claims ar… --- ## [pro-Palestinian thread, part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-palestinian-thread-part-2/517232)
**Author:** [@tclouie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tclouie)\ **Replies:** 487\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-palestinian-thread-part-2/517232 "2009-12-21T16:32:42Z")
Eight years ago, in the full heat of 9/11’s aftermath, I started a pro-Palestinian thread. The arguments were great, albeit emotional, but what was missing was the element of hope. Naturally; it was just after 9/11. The… --- ## [Why did "Deadwood" get cancelled by HBO at season 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726 "2014-12-26T03:54:01Z")
I asked this question a few years ago right after the series ended, but there were few hard answers. It seemed like a fantastic show, but then it just got lopped off and many story lines were clumsily truncated or left … --- ## [Gun Grabbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabbers/669014)
**Author:** [@A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_nice_guy_with_an_opinion)\ **Replies:** 520\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabbers/669014 "2014-01-26T05:36:04Z")
All of the slogans tugging on emotions. All of the shootings in gun free zones that go on until the shooters takes himself out, or is shot by someone finally arriving(with a gun) after maximum damage. Fuck you, gun gra… --- ## [Russia may be about to invade Ukraine. {Russia has invaded as of Feb 24-2022}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-may-be-about-to-invade-ukraine-russia-has-invaded-as-of-feb-24-2022/939699)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 1100\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-may-be-about-to-invade-ukraine-russia-has-invaded-as-of-feb-24-2022/939699 "2022-06-11T01:47:25Z")
Russia Warns of Full-Scale War in Eastern Ukraine, Blames Kyiv The recent deployment of Russian troops along Ukraine’s border and Moscow’s indication that it could intervene in the event of a full-scale war in eastern … --- ## [Dear CitizenPained](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-citizenpained/611362)
**Author:** [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Replies:** 435\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-citizenpained/611362 "2012-02-16T04:03:29Z")
There are so many IRS rules against all the crap you are positing in the “My Dad is hiding three bazillion quatloos from the IRS and somebody I am related to thread” that you really show off how little you know. Really,… --- ## [What do penises taste like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-penises-taste-like/495234)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-penises-taste-like/495234 "2010-02-20T18:20:21Z")
Seeing as I’ve never had the ah, pleasure, of giving a blowjob or having a penis anywhere near my mouth, I got to wondering what exactly the experience is like. And since it probably wouldn’t be prudent to say to a guy … --- ## [The new secret thread. PM me your secret](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-secret-thread-pm-me-your-secret/633553)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 436\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-secret-thread-pm-me-your-secret/633553 "2013-12-01T16:29:55Z")
Send me a PM with your secret and I’ll post it here, without your name. I will delete the message and never reveal who said what. Zebra the Confessor is now open. --- ## [Origin of quote, "I said GOOD DAY, sir!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-i-said-good-day-sir/308876)
**Author:** [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-i-said-good-day-sir/308876 "2018-11-20T01:26:31Z")
The phrase is usually haughtily enounced in a upper-class British accent, as though one is about to stomp off in a huff. Jon Stewart uses it frequently on The Daily Show, and Google returns a lot of similar references. T… --- ## [SDMB FF Dynasty League: Year Five](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-five/664672)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 753\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-five/664672 "2014-08-07T01:40:22Z")
Welcome Back! I can’t believe we’re already on Year Five. Barring a last-minute withdrawal everyone is returning for this season, and there’s relatively little housecleaning to be done. We need to agree on cut deadlin… --- ## [I pit Rush Limbaugh for being an idiot about birth control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 501\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593 "2012-04-26T17:22:53Z")
Here Yes, he’s a misogynistic bastard, but what’s really idiotic, is that he thinks birth control pills cost more if you’re having more sex. Does he think women have to pop a pill before each screw? Has he ever even … --- ## [Once again, a pitting of our local pseudo-scientific racialists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-a-pitting-of-our-local-pseudo-scientific-racialists/646184)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 471\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-a-pitting-of-our-local-pseudo-scientific-racialists/646184 "2013-02-11T01:50:28Z")
In this thread and this one, Chief Pedant and brazil84 have been… profligate, let’s say, in promoting their hypothesis that the best explanation for disparate outcomes (educational, economic, and crime) between different… --- ## [Christians: What is your best evidence for the literal, historical resurrection of Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-your-best-evidence-for-the-literal-historical-resurrection-of-jesus/593680)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 459\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-is-your-best-evidence-for-the-literal-historical-resurrection-of-jesus/593680 "2011-12-22T01:56:49Z")
Invited by ITR Champion in this thread. To summarize quickly, ITR, when asked him if anything could convince him Christianity was not true said: To which I said: Other posters also asked ITR to be more specific about… --- ## [Can I lease an office space and live there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-lease-an-office-space-and-live-there/572505)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-lease-an-office-space-and-live-there/572505 "2017-06-12T16:10:54Z")
I’ve long wondered the opposite of this question (can I use or rent my condo as an office?). Rather than hijack that thread: Rent on houses and apartments around here is ridiculous. However there’s plenty of office sp… --- ## [Veterinarian brags about killing a cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarian-brags-about-killing-a-cat/718224)
**Author:** [@Psycurious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycurious)\ **Replies:** 489\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarian-brags-about-killing-a-cat/718224 "2016-10-18T21:37:22Z")
I pit Kristen Lindsey. This woman is a veterinarian, someone sworn to help and protect animals. Recently, she shot a cat through the head with a bow and arrow, then posted a photo of herself online, showing her holding u… --- ## [Finish my sentence, and start a new one!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 1543\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050 "2021-02-01T06:22:04Z")
Most of my encounters with the police \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ --- ## [How does Milo Yiannopoulos exist, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 680\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298 "2020-12-13T19:10:14Z")
No, really. How does this person exist? How has he managed to make it to 30-odd years of life? If I hated an immutable part of my identity that much, I would have killed myself years ago. And yet, here we are, in 2016, s… --- ## [Are green energy companies like Viridian and Glacial really a MLM scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-green-energy-companies-like-viridian-and-glacial-really-a-mlm-scam/546664)
**Author:** [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-green-energy-companies-like-viridian-and-glacial-really-a-mlm-scam/546664 "2010-11-02T03:38:50Z")
I’m trying to figure out if Viridian Energy is a MLM scam, or a legitimate business model. Sales representatives must pay to join the group, and must sign up 15 other people within the first (I think it’s 30, but it mig… --- ## [I pit the goat felching douchenozzle(s) who blew up the Boston Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-goat-felching-douchenozzle-s-who-blew-up-the-boston-marathon/655788)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 466\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-goat-felching-douchenozzle-s-who-blew-up-the-boston-marathon/655788 "2013-04-24T22:08:30Z")
I can’t even come up with anything more eloquent than the title. What the fuck? Stupid, ignorant psychopath(s). I’ll be very surprised if this isn’t some horribly conceived “tax day protest”. :rolleyes: This is some… --- ## [Shot through the heart, is death instantaneous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shot-through-the-heart-is-death-instantaneous/531511)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shot-through-the-heart-is-death-instantaneous/531511 "2013-02-03T17:07:26Z")
I was watching a crime show the other night and a rapist/murderer committed suicide when the cops caught him by shooting himself in the heart while sitting in the front seat of his car. In the reenactment he fell over in… --- ## [How did Anal Sex and the Greeks get Associated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-anal-sex-and-the-greeks-get-associated/614503)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-anal-sex-and-the-greeks-get-associated/614503 "2013-07-11T16:14:39Z")
Snickers aside, why are Greeks and Anal Sex so closely associated? Is it a homosexual reference or something practiced by straights too? As a culture do they prefer that form of sex? --- ## [Kid flying camera equipped drone over beach assaulted for being a pervert.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-flying-camera-equipped-drone-over-beach-assaulted-for-being-a-pervert/690659)
**Author:** [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-flying-camera-equipped-drone-over-beach-assaulted-for-being-a-pervert/690659 "2015-09-25T02:06:37Z")
Story here. Kid’s phone video of incident here. I may be an old fogey, but I’m siding with the kid on this one. That woman is nuts. What gets me is that even if the kid was doing what the woman suspected (filming woma… --- ## [Game of Thrones 4.10 "The Children" 6/15/14 \[no spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-4-10-the-children-6-15-14-no-spoilers/690819)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-4-10-the-children-6-15-14-no-spoilers/690819 "2014-06-25T23:38:04Z")
4.01 Two Swords 4.02 The Lion and The Rose 4.03 Breaker of Chains 4.04 Oathkeeper 4.05 First of His Name 4.06 The Laws of Gods and Men 4.07 Mockingbird 4.08 The Mountain and the Viper 4.09 The Watchers on the Wal… --- ## [Fuck You, Girlfriend's Brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-girlfriends-brother/645586)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 432\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-girlfriends-brother/645586 "2013-01-06T06:28:14Z")
I guess it’s not enough that you essentially ruin Christmas by: A) Screaming obscenities at your mother several days beforehand and running away from home B) Pushing my girlfriend to the brink on christmas eve and sayi… --- ## [Best villainous monologues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villainous-monologues/467748)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villainous-monologues/467748 "2010-02-07T21:52:37Z")
Forget what the Incredibles say. There is a use to the villainous monologue, but only if you do it right. There needs to be a credible reason for the villain to say it; it needs to be brief; and it needs to be done rig… --- ## [Legality of the new Arizona Immigration Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-the-new-arizona-immigration-law/537220)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 505\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-the-new-arizona-immigration-law/537220 "2010-05-09T05:35:14Z")
So, all the buzz today is about the new law in AZ, making it against state law to be in the country illegally. There’s lots of talk about legal challenges, but I’m unclear as to how that would play out. Is this law un… --- ## [Women (over)react to catcalling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-over-react-to-catcalling/507120)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 801\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-over-react-to-catcalling/507120 "2009-09-11T14:37:47Z")
In another Internet discussion, some people pointed out that perhaps this is a reaction to unacceptable behavior (catcalling)–that is, they experienced way too much of a perceived injustice upon which they snapped. I… --- ## [Is codeine OTC in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-codeine-otc-in-canada/591325)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-codeine-otc-in-canada/591325 "2011-08-11T15:05:02Z")
Specifically New Brunswick? I was reading the Sudafed thread and someone mentioned buying codeine in Canada. It’s the only thing that will get rid of a cough for me, but try getting a prescription! I have a friend who v… --- ## [The Nancy Pelosi appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 865\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907 "2021-08-26T00:28:11Z")
It’s funny how she was, merely a few months ago, even more of a super bitch than Hillary Clinton, facing an intra-party revolt from political outsiders who were certain she was an old hag who had no place in politics. B… --- ## [PC gamers: which fingers do you use with WASD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gamers-which-fingers-do-you-use-with-wasd/386644)
**Author:** [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gamers-which-fingers-do-you-use-with-wasd/386644 "2015-11-27T18:09:19Z")
So, for those of you that play first person shooters on the computer, which fingers do you use? I keep my hand in home position, with my little finger on the A and reaching for the left edge of the keyboard, while my ri… --- ## [Calling all Great Minds: The Theory of Everything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-great-minds-the-theory-of-everything/640862)
**Author:** [@Anthem\_0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anthem_0)\ **Replies:** 653\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-great-minds-the-theory-of-everything/640862 "2012-12-07T04:05:33Z")
Calling all Great Minds: The Theory of Everything The Theory of Everything Premises: We don’t see in three-dimensions, we see in two-dimensional surface area. We can only see the OUT sides of objects. What we call d… --- ## [Guns and the defense of liberty.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-and-the-defense-of-liberty/647002)
**Author:** [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Replies:** 460\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-and-the-defense-of-liberty/647002 "2013-02-22T03:18:17Z")
One of the major arguments put forth in favor of gun ownership - and conversely against restrictions on gun ownership - is what I would call the defense of liberty (DOL) argument - that it is essential for citizens to ow… --- ## [Homosexuality is 'unnatural'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-is-unnatural/664031)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 520\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-is-unnatural/664031 "2014-11-21T00:08:49Z")
If you ask most people who are opposed to gay marriage, or simply homosexuality in general, why they oppose it they with inevitably say that homosexuality is somehow ‘not natural’. This has always baffled me as it seems… --- ## [Trump voters: explain yourselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-explain-yourselves/766699)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 616\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-explain-yourselves/766699 "2016-10-22T17:39:51Z")
Have we done this? I can’t, for the life of me, understand why someone would want Trump as president. The man is a dangerous, childish buffoon. My cite? Pretty much everything he’s ever said. I really don’t like the C… --- ## [The Rants Came Marching One By One (March minirants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rants-came-marching-one-by-one-march-minirants/682588)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 491\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rants-came-marching-one-by-one-march-minirants/682588 "2014-04-04T23:39:07Z")
Hurrah, hurrah! March forth with your March rants! --- ## [The War on Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-on-guns/669101)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 474\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-on-guns/669101 "2013-10-07T04:34:14Z")
Thesis: The media’s bias (and ignorance) is most clearly displayed when guns are the topic. Supporting evidence: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/us/ar-15-gun-debate/?hpt=hp\_t1 which is, as near as I can tell, a hit piec… --- ## [\[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 697\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353 "2014-10-01T04:37:27Z")
Having just done ‘A,’ shall we take another trip through the alphabet? I am B. --- ## [Ask the guy who used to frequent hookers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-used-to-frequent-hookers/153261)
**Author:** [@isthatsowrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isthatsowrong)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-used-to-frequent-hookers/153261 "2013-02-01T16:50:47Z")
I availed myself of the services of prostitutes from the age of 22 until I was 31 (ending about 3 years ago). Since this is something almost nobody ever admits to, I imagine some people might be curious about the world … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=20&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=22&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)