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**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-please-teach-your-daughters/580472 "2011-05-15T14:02:25Z")
I beg you. Please, please, please, teach your daughters that handicap restroom stalls are for, uh, the handicapped. I was in no less than four public restrooms this weekend and every. single. time. there was a 13-year-… --- ## [Sending money to someone with no bank account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-money-to-someone-with-no-bank-account/564996)
**Author:** [@meanoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meanoldman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-money-to-someone-with-no-bank-account/564996 "2014-04-21T22:24:27Z")
My wife’s niece seems to be in nearly constant need of “just a little money” to keep the lights or heat or water on or the rent paid. And the kids need medicine or new clothes and whatever whatever. We know logically … --- ## [Cause of death: Feet licked by bear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cause-of-death-feet-licked-by-bear/550384)
**Author:** [@mattomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattomic)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cause-of-death-feet-licked-by-bear/550384 "2014-01-06T23:45:17Z")
I went camping this past weekend with a few friends, and I heard something from a friend that boggled my mind. Apparently his parents - both Iranian - had each told him, in complete stone-faced seriousness and on separat… --- ## [What is this object?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/723886)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/723886 "2018-07-14T05:57:06Z")
From a thread here: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295095 --- ## [WHy don't US states that execute use carbon monoxide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-us-states-that-execute-use-carbon-monoxide/679233)
**Author:** [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-us-states-that-execute-use-carbon-monoxide/679233 "2014-01-24T01:59:49Z")
I would think that falling asleep is a humane as it gets? --- ## [Do They Charge Tax On Food Stamp Purchases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-charge-tax-on-food-stamp-purchases/513367)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-charge-tax-on-food-stamp-purchases/513367 "2012-09-25T20:21:49Z")
I was reading about all sorts of taxes, taxes on sugary stuff, in Chicago we have extra tax on fast food (I know you can’t buy that with food stamps) and other taxes, so I got to thinking If you buy food with food stamp… --- ## [The standing blow job - porn myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-standing-blow-job-porn-myth/94173)
**Author:** [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-standing-blow-job-porn-myth/94173 "2001-11-22T03:28:05Z")
Okay, so I’m watching, um, a documentary about porn, and on comes a scene with the man standing up and the girl on her knees practicing her sword swallowing. Now, call me a lazy bastard, but I’m not going to to stand ar… --- ## [Offer me advice: my oldest child is turning 13.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offer-me-advice-my-oldest-child-is-turning-13/532563)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offer-me-advice-my-oldest-child-is-turning-13/532563 "2010-03-23T01:59:30Z")
I have 4 kids that are more or less 2 years apart. My oldest is a boy who is about to turn 13. Seeing as I have nothing but teenage years ahead of me for the next, um, 14ish years… I could use some advice. They are a… --- ## [Has Putin mentally deteriorated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179 "2023-06-26T21:48:39Z")
This thread is meant to be about Putin himself, rather than about the war in Ukraine. There are a couple of threads about that running already. I was completely wrong about Putin invading Ukraine – but then so were a lo… --- ## [Josh Gordon-Ultimate knucklehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-gordon-ultimate-knucklehead/692433)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-gordon-ultimate-knucklehead/692433 "2016-07-26T15:55:13Z")
A DUI arrest on top off all the current mess you’re facing? Gordon and Justin Blackmon have so much talent, yet can’t seem to get out of their own ways. Any chance Gordon had of getting his suspension reduced just went o… --- ## [Timeshare salespeople: How do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeshare-salespeople-how-do-you-do-it/390767)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeshare-salespeople-how-do-you-do-it/390767 "2023-03-21T22:05:59Z")
While in Vegas this week, the wife and I went to a couple timeshare presentations. Ended up getting tickets to three shows, three buffets and a bunch of slot credits (which I turned into about $150 in real money). So I… --- ## [Things script writers get wrong every time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-script-writers-get-wrong-every-time/778999)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-script-writers-get-wrong-every-time/778999 "2017-03-28T03:18:07Z")
Television or movies. What are the plot elements that everyone knows will end badly? Or that just can’t happen in real life because they’re illegal? I’ll grab a few of the low hanging fruit to get us rolling. Stupid: … --- ## [How did the term "Fortnight" come into being?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-term-fortnight-come-into-being/603561)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-term-fortnight-come-into-being/603561 "2011-11-27T02:48:00Z")
I know that today some people are paid every two weeks, but fortnight is a very old English word. What would happen every two weeks (fourteen nights to be exact) in “long ago” England that made the coining of such a wo… --- ## [So how are those health care exchanges coming along?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-are-those-health-care-exchanges-coming-along/671841)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-are-those-health-care-exchanges-coming-along/671841 "2013-11-07T14:33:15Z")
It’s three weeks since the exchanges went online. For most of that time, Congress kept us entertained and thus prevented too much attention from getting paid to the rollout of the exchanges themselves. Now that enterta… --- ## [Family sues Panera Bread over possible death from energy drink-do they have a case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sues-panera-bread-over-possible-death-from-energy-drink-do-they-have-a-case/992226)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sues-panera-bread-over-possible-death-from-energy-drink-do-they-have-a-case/992226 "2026-04-16T19:05:40Z")
A young woman with a heart condition drank a Charged Lemonade, being unaware of its caffeine content, and later died. The family contends that it should have been displayed with the high-caffeine drinks and if she had kn… --- ## [Why is Christie winning 30% of the black vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-christie-winning-30-of-the-black-vote/670958)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-christie-winning-30-of-the-black-vote/670958 "2013-10-21T19:14:46Z")
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/26/african-americans\_embrace\_chris\_christie\_120093.html#ixzz2g6ajD3iM I’ve said before that it would be impossible for Republicans to ever successfully court the black v… --- ## [How long does it take to rebuild a transmission?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-rebuild-a-transmission/524694)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-rebuild-a-transmission/524694 "2022-12-14T20:58:48Z")
I used to work at a transmission reman plant. It had about a million mechanical people there, working at kind of low wages. I talked to one of them, and he told me that he used to own his own transmission shop. He said … --- ## [Has there ever been a documented perfect NCAA tournament bracket? What are the odds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-documented-perfect-ncaa-tournament-bracket-what-are-the-odds/533398)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-documented-perfect-ncaa-tournament-bracket-what-are-the-odds/533398 "2010-03-25T16:10:53Z")
Ok, so I am relatively sure that there has never been anyone who has filled out a perfect bracket, but how probable is it in the real world? I think the theoretical probably is 1/(2^63), but it would seem that the real … --- ## [The moral roots of liberals and conservatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moral-roots-of-liberals-and-conservatives/530924)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moral-roots-of-liberals-and-conservatives/530924 "2010-03-07T23:31:00Z")
I saw this in TED recently, and thought it would be of particular interest to the Dopers. Though this has the potential for a great debate, I really have no bold statement about it other than that I thought particular a… --- ## [Tibetan Buddhism and sex/abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibetan-buddhism-and-sex-abuse/245710)
**Author:** [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibetan-buddhism-and-sex-abuse/245710 "2012-03-11T10:40:13Z")
Is all Tibetan Buddhism tantric and is sexuality (some say abuse of women) practiced in all these orders? I was reading about some Zen monks in early missions to the USA that mentioned some Tibetan religlious leaders (Tr… --- ## [College Vs. Trade School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-vs-trade-school/631606)
**Author:** [@Monj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monj)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-vs-trade-school/631606 "2013-01-10T17:55:02Z")
I just graduated high school from a pretty affluent town. The norm/expectation is that everyone go to college. Out of a class of 300 only about 10 went to community college. None went to trade school. Seeing as many of … --- ## [Lawrence Russell Brewer Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-russell-brewer-dead/597158)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-russell-brewer-dead/597158 "2011-10-02T23:10:25Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/09/21/us/AP-US-Texas-Execution-Dragging-Death.html?hp There is fortunately no controversy surrounding Brewer and the other two’s guilt and thus justice has been dispensed cleanly, fl… --- ## [I pit Jon "War Machine" Koppenhaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jon-war-machine-koppenhaver/695496)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jon-war-machine-koppenhaver/695496 "2017-06-06T08:10:45Z")
I had never before today heard of Jonathan Koppenhaver, the MMA fighter and part-time porn star. I had, however, heard of his girlfriend, fellow porn actress Christy Mack. Who he sexually assaulted, savagely beat, and p… --- ## [What exactly are modern analog computers and how are they better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-are-modern-analog-computers-and-how-are-they-better/487361)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-are-modern-analog-computers-and-how-are-they-better/487361 "2017-04-15T18:49:28Z")
A professor told me that the future of computers was with analog, and that they would be capable of greater power such as more sophisticated artificial intelligence. An attempt to review what the benefits of a modern ana… --- ## [National Socialism vs. Socialism In One Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-socialism-vs-socialism-in-one-country/628174)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-socialism-vs-socialism-in-one-country/628174 "2012-07-24T10:58:56Z")
Hitler and Stalin’s respective doctrines, national socialism and socialism in one country, pretty much sound like the same thing. What’s the difference? --- ## [Last British Monarch with power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-british-monarch-with-power/511748)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-british-monarch-with-power/511748 "2017-06-09T03:48:01Z")
OK, I’m not very knowledgeable about the British Parliamentary system and the monarchy, but it seems Queen Elizabeth has no power beyond ceremonal. From what I gather the situation was somewhat similar with Queen Victori… --- ## [Copper-it does work for chronic pain! I am living proof!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copper-it-does-work-for-chronic-pain-i-am-living-proof/628526)
**Author:** [@nonimahony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonimahony)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copper-it-does-work-for-chronic-pain-i-am-living-proof/628526 "2012-07-19T22:31:48Z")
For years now I have suffered with neuropathic pain down my left leg…felt as if it were going straight into the bone and running down my leg- front, back and side…my husband would tell me it would “twitch and jump” all n… --- ## [Actors who killed (or very nearly so) their careers by taking \*too\* memorable a role.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-killed-or-very-nearly-so-their-careers-by-taking-too-memorable-a-role/261631)
**Author:** [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-killed-or-very-nearly-so-their-careers-by-taking-too-memorable-a-role/261631 "2007-09-06T16:20:01Z")
We were discussing the movie Deliverance at lunch, and Ned Beatty came up. For the rest of his life, no matter what other roles he takes, Ned Beatty is going to be known as the guy who squealed like a pig. It’s been ov… --- ## [I Used to Privately Snicker at the Dems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-privately-snicker-at-the-dems/375236)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-privately-snicker-at-the-dems/375236 "2006-10-09T01:01:40Z")
Karl Rove set up Dan Rather, they’d scream. And I’d snicker, because it was such a ridiculous attempt to deflect attention from the fact that the documents were phony. They had a hundred excuses… “But there WERE document… --- ## [Could some popular singers have made it as opera singers, given the training?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-some-popular-singers-have-made-it-as-opera-singers-given-the-training/639304)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-some-popular-singers-have-made-it-as-opera-singers-given-the-training/639304 "2012-11-07T15:27:01Z")
Please don’t turn this into a “singers I hate” thread. No one really cares if you like or dislike this or that singer. What I’m asking about is vocal range and ability, and the influence of training. In classical singin… --- ## [A Foot Cramp MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-foot-cramp-mmp/723757)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-foot-cramp-mmp/723757 "2015-07-06T04:02:45Z")
So someone has to get this started and my durn foot has me awake and looking for the new thread. And not finding one. So give me your reason for being awake or just highjack away. --- ## [How do I write a salary expectation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-write-a-salary-expectation/287471)
**Author:** [@Thrillhouse15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrillhouse15)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-write-a-salary-expectation/287471 "2005-01-31T20:43:48Z")
I’m thinking about applying for a job, and in the position description it asks “resumes with a cover letter including salary expectations.” I’ve done a salary history before, but I’m pretty sure this is something differ… --- ## [Patio umbrella bases don't work - need answer whenever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patio-umbrella-bases-dont-work-need-answer-whenever/660077)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patio-umbrella-bases-dont-work-need-answer-whenever/660077 "2014-07-10T11:53:52Z")
I have a front yard with no shade, a big umbrella to provide shade, and am on my second base that doesn’t work. the plastic one I originally got with the umbrella supposedly works if you fill it with water. tried this, … --- ## [Spartacus: Blood and Sand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-blood-and-sand/526656)
**Author:** [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-blood-and-sand/526656 "2011-02-22T04:34:19Z")
I didn’t see a thread on this new series from Starz. Either I’m the only one who watched it last weekend or everyone who did was too embarrassed to admit it. Myself, I don’t know what to think. The premier left me a litt… --- ## [What the hell, Arizona?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-arizona/682268)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-arizona/682268 "2014-03-02T17:14:45Z")
This makes me pissed off at my state. Seriously, what the hell? Makes me feel ashamed to live here. Probably doesn’t mean much, but I apologize to all the LGBT posters for Arizona’s complete asshattery regarding this … --- ## [Purpose of dual gas tanks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-dual-gas-tanks/316075)
**Author:** [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-dual-gas-tanks/316075 "2015-10-01T20:38:14Z")
I used to have a '91 Ford F150. It was my first car, so I didn’t have much say in what I got (in fact, I didn’t even want a truck, but that’s beside the point). One thing that struck me as odd was the fact that it had tw… --- ## [Food stamps- should there be restrictions on what you can buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamps-should-there-be-restrictions-on-what-you-can-buy/179335)
**Author:** [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamps-should-there-be-restrictions-on-what-you-can-buy/179335 "2003-06-16T02:29:56Z")
In my job as a cashier at Wally World, I deal frequently with people who purchase their groceries with food stamps. OK, I’m fine with that. I really don’t mind the idea that people who are in poverty can get some governm… --- ## [If I didn't believe in God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-believe-in-god/631962)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-believe-in-god/631962 "2012-08-23T23:23:08Z")
First of all I have not had much exposure to online forums like this so I am likely a bit naive. But I was pondering on how leaders including myself might run things if I were an athiest. I would likley base all me decis… --- ## [Asking for cash for honeymoon instead of Wedding presents - tacky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-cash-for-honeymoon-instead-of-wedding-presents-tacky/656159)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-cash-for-honeymoon-instead-of-wedding-presents-tacky/656159 "2013-04-23T19:54:23Z")
So, my lifelong best friend is getting married. She’s 48. She’s never been married before (neither has he). They have lived together for seven years in a house she owns. She has always been a disaster area with money. S… --- ## [Spongebob Squarepants - Is Squidward Gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongebob-squarepants-is-squidward-gay/416365)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongebob-squarepants-is-squidward-gay/416365 "2015-08-06T18:22:23Z")
With my son visiting us for the entire summer, we’ve been subjected to hours upon hours of Spongebob Squarepants. I really don’t mind too much as it’s a pretty funny show and it beats a lot of the other crap he could be … --- ## [IMDB is killing all their message boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-is-killing-all-their-message-boards/778915)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-is-killing-all-their-message-boards/778915 "2017-03-11T20:26:05Z")
The Internet Movie Database will be eliminating all their message boards as of Feb 20th. Dammit. :mad: --- ## [The 'Commander Riker' Syndrome...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commander-riker-syndrome/539326)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commander-riker-syndrome/539326 "2010-05-25T01:50:21Z")
Wonder if something like this exists (as a list or something) out there… You have a TV series where someone is with the show a long time when they should have been looooooonnnnnnngggggg gone advancing their career. The… --- ## [Do women ever complain about being "Nice Girls"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-ever-complain-about-being-nice-girls/489809)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-ever-complain-about-being-nice-girls/489809 "2009-03-24T23:41:13Z")
Every so often some young man will come in here to complain that women only date assholes, and what’s a Nice Guy like him supposed to do. These posts are invariably followed by about 5 pages of comments from women (and … --- ## [Retired tropes of yesteryear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-tropes-of-yesteryear/963324)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-tropes-of-yesteryear/963324 "2022-05-30T06:26:39Z")
While reading the Dealbreaker screenplay clichés thread I got to thinking, what about tropes or cliched sound effects that used to be popular but are never, or at least seldom used these days? One I mentioned in that th… --- ## [How are the Clinton hating dems feeling now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-clinton-hating-dems-feeling-now/966862)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 618\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-clinton-hating-dems-feeling-now/966862 "2023-07-06T06:28:20Z")
Still feeling really righteous? Just wondering. --- ## [Coen Brothers non sequitur thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-non-sequitur-thread/671111)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 391\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-non-sequitur-thread/671111 "2026-11-05T16:21:40Z")
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o’clock this afternoon… with nail polish. --- ## [Did people just look older in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-just-look-older-in-the-past/641029)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-just-look-older-in-the-past/641029 "2012-11-19T18:15:13Z")
I’ve been watching some old '70s childhood favorites on Netflix as background while I level my WoW character, and today I was watching Emergency! One of the rescues was a man they described as “in his late 40s”–I swear, … --- ## [When does virginity and age become weird? (Offshoot of What's sexier)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-virginity-and-age-become-weird-offshoot-of-whats-sexier/312302)
**Author:** [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-virginity-and-age-become-weird-offshoot-of-whats-sexier/312302 "2005-07-22T11:18:09Z")
The “What’s sexier: innocence or experience” thread seemed overwhelmingly weighted in favor of the people who don’t have the time of day for people with no experience, which sort of contradicts everything I’ve been conso… --- ## [Are public water fountains a strictly American thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-public-water-fountains-a-strictly-american-thing/638232)
**Author:** [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-public-water-fountains-a-strictly-american-thing/638232 "2012-10-24T20:27:26Z")
When I backpacked through most of Europe last year, I noticed in none of the airports, train stations, and bus depots I visited was there a water fountain. Not a single one could be found anywhere, and I was always force… --- ## [Why do people from Ethiopia/Eritrea look different to those from neighboring SubSaharan countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-from-ethiopia-eritrea-look-different-to-those-from-neighboring-subsaharan-countries/722415)
**Author:** [@Final\_Legacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Final_Legacy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-from-ethiopia-eritrea-look-different-to-those-from-neighboring-subsaharan-countries/722415 "2015-06-27T17:03:14Z")
I live next to a relatively large Ethiopian and Eritrean migrant community and as someone whove had many African friends throughout my life, I realise most Ethiopians and Eritreans i met looked “different”. Im just wonde… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=213&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=215&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)