# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=231&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:** 232 --- ## [RIP Thomas Kinkade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-thomas-kinkade/618058)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-thomas-kinkade/618058 "2012-05-09T19:55:52Z")
According to the (as yet unconfirmed) report of Thomas Kinkade’s death, 1 in 20 U.S. homes has one of his paintings hanging in it. I personally don’t, nor does any of my friends. So is this the first RIP thread we’ve ha… --- ## [Would you still have kids if you could do it all again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-have-kids-if-you-could-do-it-all-again/531217)
**Author:** [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-have-kids-if-you-could-do-it-all-again/531217 "2014-06-13T21:29:18Z")
If you could go back in time, knowing what you know now, would you still have kids? Conversely, if you didn’t have kids by choice, and you could do it all over again, would you choose to have kids instead? --- ## [High school reunions. Tell me your stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-reunions-tell-me-your-stories/631998)
**Author:** [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-reunions-tell-me-your-stories/631998 "2014-10-04T20:08:50Z")
I have my 35th high school reunion coming up in 3 weeks. I did go to my 10 year one which was not a great time. People still huddled in their cliques and wouldn’t mingle. Plus, I had to kick one guy (lightly) in the s… --- ## [A US citizen falls ill while in Canada - who pays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-citizen-falls-ill-while-in-canada-who-pays/509552)
**Author:** [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-us-citizen-falls-ill-while-in-canada-who-pays/509552 "2009-09-13T01:41:41Z")
Say, they drive across to Niagara for the day and get involved in a serious car accident that puts them in a Canadian hospital and the nature of the injury precludes moving them. Obviously, if s/he has travel insurance,… --- ## [Accounts of guilt-wracked men who weren't drafted in US wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounts-of-guilt-wracked-men-who-werent-drafted-in-us-wars/609484)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounts-of-guilt-wracked-men-who-werent-drafted-in-us-wars/609484 "2013-01-29T04:25:31Z")
Apologies for the awkwardly phrased question. I’m asking if psychological guilt or shame were real, perceptible and acknowledged feelings for men who were not drafted in US wars (Civil War through Vietnam). Excluding c… --- ## [I pit helicopter parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopter-parents/693434)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopter-parents/693434 "2014-10-29T04:04:28Z")
Two mothers arrested this week. One for leaving an 11-year old in the car, another for leaving her 9-year old to play at a park. I criticize helicopter parents a lot, but in the end parents should raise their kids as t… --- ## [The Douchebag of Liberty has passed on.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-douchebag-of-liberty-has-passed-on/506859)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-douchebag-of-liberty-has-passed-on/506859 "2009-09-01T17:39:09Z")
I’d feel a bit more sorry if I didn’t think he was a traitor to his country. Remember, never speak ill of the dead or they may come back to out your spying ass. --- ## [What's The Largest Solid Object You Can Swallow Whole And Still 'Pass'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-solid-object-you-can-swallow-whole-and-still-pass/366678)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-solid-object-you-can-swallow-whole-and-still-pass/366678 "2006-08-02T00:29:27Z")
Warning: Please do not conduct any experiments upon yourself or upon any other person in order to attempt to answer any of the questions that will follow. I’ve noticed that certain objects such as small seeds that I’ve … --- ## [Do churches charge membership fees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-churches-charge-membership-fees/484679)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-churches-charge-membership-fees/484679 "2009-02-08T19:45:46Z")
Most synagogues charge money for membership. People are usually free to attend Friday night/Saturday morning services without paying, but - as I understand it - anything more than that starts to get into ‘for an annual … --- ## [Stuff you learned from The Big Bang Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-learned-from-the-big-bang-theory/784534)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-learned-from-the-big-bang-theory/784534 "2017-05-18T03:13:32Z")
A quantum computer uses Shor’s algorithm to factor large numbers. The line of scrimmage is the imaginary transverse line between the offense and the defense. If you shoot close to a raccoon, it craps itself. “Planetes… --- ## [What do you do with eye round steaks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-eye-round-steaks/625018)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-eye-round-steaks/625018 "2012-06-14T18:12:25Z")
Well, they were on sale, and they’re super-lean for our diets, so I had a moment of madness. How the hell do I cook these so they’re not tough? Added difficulty - I need a weeknight recipe (and my fiance is always star… --- ## [Forgettable, Mediocre Actors and Actresses Who Were Nevertheless Successful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgettable-mediocre-actors-and-actresses-who-were-nevertheless-successful/743445)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgettable-mediocre-actors-and-actresses-who-were-nevertheless-successful/743445 "2016-02-01T15:49:49Z")
So, Sabrina was on TV. Never having watched it, I said to Mrs. Evil Captor, “Who is that actress with Harrison Ford? She looks kinda familiar, but I can’t place her.” Mrs. Evil Captor said, “Me either, she was in a lot … --- ## [Why isn't "QUO" an accepted Scrabble word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-quo-an-accepted-scrabble-word/241789)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-quo-an-accepted-scrabble-word/241789 "2026-01-20T20:51:18Z")
As in, “Quid Pro Quo” and “Status Quo”. I’ve been winning word challenges for years by just citing those two phrases – often without anyone checking the dictionary – and because I thought it was a legitimate word. Only … --- ## [Who are the strongest contenders for the title of "greatest American rock band ever"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-strongest-contenders-for-the-title-of-greatest-american-rock-band-ever/813547)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-strongest-contenders-for-the-title-of-greatest-american-rock-band-ever/813547 "2018-05-24T23:20:06Z")
I’ve always thought of rock and roll as a uniquely Anglo-American idiom, which sort of evolved in parallel paths in the US and UK and then eventually converged, and it was really in the UK that they converged. To me, the… --- ## [How can you tell if they rotated your tires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-they-rotated-your-tires/497321)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-they-rotated-your-tires/497321 "2009-06-20T22:22:22Z")
I don’t mean over the course of a couple of years, when it can become obvious that your tires have never been rotated. But suppose your take your car in for an oil change, lube, wiper blades, and a tire rotation. Insura… --- ## [Will progesterone cream make boobs bigger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-progesterone-cream-make-boobs-bigger/500897)
**Author:** [@imme587](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imme587)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-progesterone-cream-make-boobs-bigger/500897 "2012-02-08T16:00:49Z")
Will progesterone cream make my boobs bigger? --- ## [Did your school still have corporal punishment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-school-still-have-corporal-punishment/592507)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-school-still-have-corporal-punishment/592507 "2017-10-12T10:06:04Z")
Physical punishment. If so, was it ever administered to you? When answering, please state what part of the world you lived in and the general time period you were in school. We had it when I was in school. I graduated… --- ## [Name this 80's girl band Christmas song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-80s-girl-band-christmas-song/140536)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-80s-girl-band-christmas-song/140536 "2002-12-05T15:05:08Z")
There’s a Christmas song that sounds like it comes from an 80’s girl band - I hear it every year, and it’s totally addictive, but I don’t know what it’s called or who sings it. (I know). I can da-da-da it easily, which… --- ## [Pop songs with a slow-shuffle beat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-a-slow-shuffle-beat/589095)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-a-slow-shuffle-beat/589095 "2011-08-16T23:16:49Z")
How many pop songs are there out there that use the slow shuffle beat? The only two examples I can think of are: Black Velvet, the one-hit wonder by Alannah Myles, and, Vixen, by Cement Pond, for the Redneck Rampa… --- ## [What Doper’s picture would you most like to see, but haven’t?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-doper-s-picture-would-you-most-like-to-see-but-haven-t/266345)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-doper-s-picture-would-you-most-like-to-see-but-haven-t/266345 "2004-10-27T12:05:10Z")
Self-explanatory: what with all the picture threads, I can’t help but notice that there are certain people who participate all the time, and others who never have. Whose picture has never been posted, to the best of you… --- ## [The People v OJ Simpson on FX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-v-oj-simpson-on-fx/745230)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-v-oj-simpson-on-fx/745230 "2016-04-07T01:22:44Z")
Anyone watching? I would never have given this a second thought since I was sooooo not into the story when it was a real story. In fact, I used to kid that I could be on the jury, since I purposely ignored every bit o… --- ## [Obama Sets Up Commission To "Fight" The Deficit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-sets-up-commission-to-fight-the-deficit/537566 "2010-05-05T16:35:34Z")
You can’t make this up-this guy has driven the deficit and national debt to record levels-and now he has decided that we need to reduce the deficit! More Orwellian “Newspeak”-less is more, I am You, Truth is Ignorance… … --- ## [It it illegal to hire a prostitute for something other than sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494)
**Author:** [@Watchmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watchmaker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494 "2011-07-12T06:27:07Z")
Hi. I live in iowa and go to college in minnesota. As you may know, these are two of the 49 states where prostitution is illegal. As I am in a dry patch right now and am feeling extremely lonely, I was wondering if it wo… --- ## [Whats with Greta Van Susteren's face?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-greta-van-susterens-face/162240)
**Author:** [@The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Calculus_of_Logic)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-greta-van-susterens-face/162240 "2003-03-19T23:37:38Z")
it looks paralyzed, or like an involuntary smirk is always on her face. Am i the only one who notices this? --- ## [Utah law to criminalize miscarriages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-law-to-criminalize-miscarriages/530298)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-law-to-criminalize-miscarriages/530298 "2010-02-28T03:56:04Z")
A bill passed through the Utah state legislature’s House and Senate, awaiting signing by the governor, allows punishment up to life in prison for an “intentional, knowing, or reckless act” that leads to a miscarriage or … --- ## [Can illegal immigrants still take U.S. domestic flights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-illegal-immigrants-still-take-u-s-domestic-flights/534989)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Luongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Luongo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-illegal-immigrants-still-take-u-s-domestic-flights/534989 "2010-04-05T17:22:45Z")
Each one of my many Brazilian friends seems to have a different opinion about this. Some think it’s impossible, other say they do this all the time with no problem. In summary: –Two Brazilians who have been living ill… --- ## [80s music - what makes it sound 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-what-makes-it-sound-80s/579950)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-music-what-makes-it-sound-80s/579950 "2011-05-09T04:40:54Z")
All 80s pop music has a sort of similar sound to it, that makes it more easily identifiable to me than music from any other decade. Possibly something about the production. Does anyone know what causes this? --- ## [NAACP makes "more money off of race than any slave trader ever" comment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naacp-makes-more-money-off-of-race-than-any-slave-trader-ever-comment/546856)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naacp-makes-more-money-off-of-race-than-any-slave-trader-ever-comment/546856 "2010-07-22T19:01:34Z")
I don’t have time to give this the pitting it deserves and was hoping somebody else would, so I’ll just mention it. The NAACP accused the Tea Party movement of having a racist faction within their midst that they needed… --- ## [25 and never been in a relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-and-never-been-in-a-relationship/492824)
**Author:** [@ejtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ejtx)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-and-never-been-in-a-relationship/492824 "2009-04-18T13:10:54Z")
This is long and pathetic… read at your own risk. No I haven’t been drinking, but it is really early in the morning here and I’m tired so this may not come out right. I don’t even know why I’m posting this here, but wh… --- ## [Waiters with prepared speeches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-with-prepared-speeches/500670)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-with-prepared-speeches/500670 "2009-06-26T17:01:11Z")
Not sure if this is truly Pitworthy. But I feel like swearing, so it can’t go in MPSIMS. I’ve become fed up with restaurants that force their wait staff to deliver prepared speeches. What’s wrong with the person simply … --- ## [Barack Obama is a terrorist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-a-terrorist/636378)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-a-terrorist/636378 "2012-10-06T16:04:58Z")
Just a reminder for anyone planning to vote for him in a month. Under Barack Obama, your country is waging a war of terror. It indiscriminately kills civilians with drone strikes, then classifies any male adult victim a… --- ## [Christina Hendricks wants to play Wonder woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310)
**Author:** [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310 "2011-01-06T23:56:46Z")
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Christina-Hendricks-to-play-Wonder-Woman--Mad-Men-star-is-interested/7862588&rss=rss-kabc-ent\_story-7862588 Oh please, please, please let it happen :smiley: --- ## [Ticked off with people bashing the USA's WW2 contributions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticked-off-with-people-bashing-the-usas-ww2-contributions/695777)
**Author:** [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticked-off-with-people-bashing-the-usas-ww2-contributions/695777 "2014-09-01T18:39:30Z")
People say we came in at the very end of the war and stole the glory from the Soviet Union. This is not true. I’ve done my history. The USA came into the war in 1941, the very middle of the conflict. The war didn’t end u… --- ## [Ivory Tower Denizen, Is There a Reason for a Warning Rather than an Explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivory-tower-denizen-is-there-a-reason-for-a-warning-rather-than-an-explanation/797033)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivory-tower-denizen-is-there-a-reason-for-a-warning-rather-than-an-explanation/797033 "2017-09-28T23:44:08Z")
Can you please explain why, if you thought a post was incomplete, that you assumed trolling, rather than asking for an explanation? It seemed rather abrupt, and AHunter3 understood me. If you didn’t, perhaps you could… --- ## [Best airtight food containers to keep out bugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-airtight-food-containers-to-keep-out-bugs/599630)
**Author:** [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-airtight-food-containers-to-keep-out-bugs/599630 "2012-01-19T23:08:43Z")
I put this in Cafe Society since it’s food-related. Hope that’s correct. Anyway… We just discovered an infestation of pantry moth larvae. We found the specific food they were hatching in (packet of seasoning for dip) bu… --- ## [Breaking Bad 9/25/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-9-25-11/597623)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-9-25-11/597623 "2011-09-30T04:26:00Z")
Holy shit. Cranston has to be one of the best actors of our time. His breakdown at the end was simply awesome. A world of shit has descended. --- ## [Stupid girl, parents, media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-girl-parents-media/609049)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-girl-parents-media/609049 "2012-08-25T16:03:58Z")
Re: Colorado Student Banned from Yearbook Over Racy Photo First, I pit the girl in this story. Schools give guidelines for senior pictures, the main one being that they have to follow dress code. Posing like a hooker … --- ## [Can Joe Blow Buy a Tank of Nitruous Oxide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-joe-blow-buy-a-tank-of-nitruous-oxide/79074)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-joe-blow-buy-a-tank-of-nitruous-oxide/79074 "2001-08-31T23:55:12Z")
\[sub\]This is not a thread about how to do illegal drugs.\[/sub\] So I’m curious… I can buy whippits for about $13.95 for two dozen at a head shop down the road. But for an ultra-long-lasting N\[sub\]2\[/sub\]O high, one must … --- ## [Good stories that aren't true](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stories-that-arent-true/613418)
**Author:** [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stories-that-arent-true/613418 "2012-02-26T13:57:57Z")
OK Columbus didn’t prove the world was round, George Washington never chopped the cherry tree down, Everett Dirksen never said ‘‘A billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you are talking real money.’’, Galileo neve… --- ## [Conviction rates for rape should be low, efforts to raise them are inherently unjust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conviction-rates-for-rape-should-be-low-efforts-to-raise-them-are-inherently-unjust/643630)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conviction-rates-for-rape-should-be-low-efforts-to-raise-them-are-inherently-unjust/643630 "2012-12-28T19:48:32Z")
As the saying goes, it’s better for a hundred guilty men to go free than for a single innocent man to be punished. After all, we can’t stop violent crime, but we can refrain from victimising people ourselves, though soci… --- ## [Adult success is inversely proportional to high school popularity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-success-is-inversely-proportional-to-high-school-popularity/581611)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-success-is-inversely-proportional-to-high-school-popularity/581611 "2015-10-01T19:38:13Z")
I happened to come accross this article today: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog\_thelookout/20110510/us\_yblog\_thelookout/why-geeks-make-better-adults-than-the-in-crowd Basically the gist of it is more or less the old trope… --- ## [What would be the negative effects of banning pornography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-negative-effects-of-banning-pornography/626013)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-negative-effects-of-banning-pornography/626013 "2012-07-09T15:28:56Z")
It is my opinion that pornography in all its forms should be made illegal. It’s simply unnatural, and it’s not good for our culture and a healthy mind. I love freedom of speech and expression, but the first amendment i… --- ## [What are things that are generally considered "unsexy" that you find sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008 "2011-08-17T02:31:02Z")
Inspired bythis thread. For me, it’s bellies. I LOVE a big soft squishy belly on a guy. Washboard abs? No thanks. My fiance thinks I’m insane. I don’t care. :smiley: You? --- ## [Has Dawn Wells ever commented on 'Ginger, or Mary Ann'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-dawn-wells-ever-commented-on-ginger-or-mary-ann/679341 "2014-01-28T13:04:01Z")
The title is the question. --- ## [Harry Potter movies: Is anyone else disappointed that Lavender Brown is now white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-movies-is-anyone-else-disappointed-that-lavender-brown-is-now-white/496739)
**Author:** [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-movies-is-anyone-else-disappointed-that-lavender-brown-is-now-white/496739 "2009-05-20T15:45:25Z")
In the first 5 Harry Potter movies, the Gryffindor girl in Harry’s year named Lavender Brown was played (when she appeared, which was rarely) by an African-American (or African-British) girl. Now that they’re making Har… --- ## [Why am I not hungry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/275382)
**Author:** [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/275382 "2016-02-22T05:03:08Z")
Ok, Lately I have been having a hard time remembering to eat. I know this sounds strange but I just am not getting hungry. There will be days where it becomes five o’clock and I am getting headachy, someone will ask m… --- ## [Impeach Earl Warren](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeach-earl-warren/626658)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeach-earl-warren/626658 "2012-07-02T22:11:58Z")
Hey. I’m older than dirt. I remember driving through the highways in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, much of the South and probably many other states in 1959. Huge signs saying “Impeach Earl Warren.” Of course, Warren, appo… --- ## [For the love of your country, fill out your census form!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-your-country-fill-out-your-census-form/532713)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-your-country-fill-out-your-census-form/532713 "2010-06-11T03:37:13Z")
Goddammit to hell, what the fuck is wrong with people who think that filling out the census is leading us down the primrose path to a socialistic, totalitarian Obamanazi regime, complete with black helicopters and concen… --- ## ["I went to school in Boston"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-school-in-boston/620794)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-school-in-boston/620794 "2015-01-13T02:08:47Z")
Are Harvard students taught to say this when someone asks them where they go/went to school? In my experience, this has always been the response when I ask a Harvard student/grad. When I first heard this, my first thou… --- ## [John Fetterman really needs to resign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 467\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875 "2026-09-28T14:56:21Z")
By all accounts, he’s not doing well health-wise and in fact seems to be deteriorating in many ways, physically and mentally. This is where I first saw this story. They also mentioned a Colorado congresswoman who had… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=230&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=232&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)