# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=240&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:** 241 --- ## [Middle Earth FA65 D&D Game: Next Adventure – (11th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa65-d-d-game-next-adventure-11th/920791)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 803\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa65-d-d-game-next-adventure-11th/920791 "2021-03-11T21:04:03Z")
First the disclaimer: The thread is for the game itself. Questions and peanut gallery stuff should go on the control thread: Middle Earth D&D Game on Domebo: FA63 Setup Thread Middle Earth Role playing Game FA 63 & 64 … --- ## [Let's list persons who are beautiful but not sexy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-persons-who-are-beautiful-but-not-sexy/626936)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-persons-who-are-beautiful-but-not-sexy/626936 "2012-08-19T12:21:56Z")
I really can’t think of a clearer way to explain this thread idea than the subject line. I’m sure every person listed will be the subject of disagreement, but that’s kind of the point. I’ll start with Cobie Smulders fro… --- ## [Middle Out Economics: The Trickle Down Killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-out-economics-the-trickle-down-killer/649985)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-out-economics-the-trickle-down-killer/649985 "2013-02-17T02:35:53Z")
For a long time I and other progressives have been advocating the idea that the economic growth and well being of the middle class is the key to general economic prosperity. This seemingly simple and obvious notion has b… --- ## [The Guardian nails it: Childless at 52: How sweet it would be to be called Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardian-nails-it-childless-at-52-how-sweet-it-would-be-to-be-called-dad/762658)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardian-nails-it-childless-at-52-how-sweet-it-would-be-to-be-called-dad/762658 "2016-09-10T15:34:54Z")
I’m not going to excerpt anything; I’ll just say it’s well worth reading. --- ## [The "Christians" are coming! The "Christians" are coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christians-are-coming-the-christians-are-coming/946304)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christians-are-coming-the-christians-are-coming/946304 "2022-08-30T00:43:37Z")
I put “Christians” in quotation marks, because IMHO this doesn’t resemble anything that Jesus (if he’s your guy, or even if he isn’t) promoted. (I had eight years of Catechism classes, four years of Catholic high school,… --- ## [Well, it's happening now, you stupid mother fuckers (vaccines)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-happening-now-you-stupid-mother-fuckers-vaccines/460936)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-happening-now-you-stupid-mother-fuckers-vaccines/460936 "2008-09-10T05:04:02Z")
This article states that measles and other horrible diseases are on the rise. This is attributed to stupid, stupid mother fucking selfish mother fucking cocksuckers who won’t get their kids vaccinated. Guess what you f… --- ## [If you took a cave man baby and raised it in 2010 would it have a normal IQ and do OK in School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-a-cave-man-baby-and-raised-it-in-2010-would-it-have-a-normal-iq-and-do-ok-in-school/547702)
**Author:** [@Hershon4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershon4)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-a-cave-man-baby-and-raised-it-in-2010-would-it-have-a-normal-iq-and-do-ok-in-school/547702 "2010-07-25T01:44:57Z")
Assume that one can time travel a healthy baby from a caveman (Not a Neanderthal) and bring the baby to 2010 and raise it like a normal kid. Would this baby grow up with a normal IQ and do well in school if he/she studie… --- ## [The stupidhate - it burns! MI Asst Atty Gen's Gay Derangement Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidhate-it-burns-mi-asst-atty-gens-gay-derangement-syndrome/555588)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidhate-it-burns-mi-asst-atty-gens-gay-derangement-syndrome/555588 "2010-11-12T18:05:38Z")
I’m too gobsmacked to do anything but report the basic facts: Michigan assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvel is so batshit deranged about gays that he spends his off time focusing all his likely lust-fueled HATE on j… --- ## [Why do people insist on honking at me when I ride my bike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-insist-on-honking-at-me-when-i-ride-my-bike/718218)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-insist-on-honking-at-me-when-i-ride-my-bike/718218 "2015-05-11T18:44:22Z")
I ride my bike. Yes, I ride it in the road. Not wanting to be splatted, I am anal about the rules and laws. I always wear a helmet, I only ride in the daylight, I stop at all of the lights and stop signs, etc. Yet it se… --- ## [Star Trek: Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-voyager/686473)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-voyager/686473 "2017-02-25T12:32:03Z")
I’ve been rewatching Star Trek: Voyager and I’ve been surprised by how little it sucks. I’d seen almost every episode of it when I was much younger but I never thought it was nearly as good as The Next Generation, which … --- ## [Movies with blatantly stupid premises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-blatantly-stupid-premises/371823)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-blatantly-stupid-premises/371823 "2007-03-11T08:40:59Z")
In this post, Colophon posts a link to the imdb page of Open Water 2, which is a movie thriller about some friends who are out on a sailboat and all jump in for a swim without remembering to put the ladder down. Then the… --- ## [Budget Near Collapse as GOP Leader Quits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-near-collapse-as-gop-leader-quits/586686)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-near-collapse-as-gop-leader-quits/586686 "2011-07-01T19:09:07Z")
Thank you, New York Times!!! My e-mail from you let me know this THREE times, as a news “ALERT”, as the lead in yesterday’s Afternoon Update, and again this morning as the lead in your Today’s Headlines! Thank you so muc… --- ## [Why do bartenders do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-bartenders-do-this/504748)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-bartenders-do-this/504748 "2009-08-02T13:58:35Z")
I live in Texas, which is relevant because I think this behavior has to do with obeying state law, but I can’t quite figure it out. I’ve noticed on several occasions that when the bartender pours the last of the booze–c… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' Nov 09 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-09-edition/515882)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-09-edition/515882 "2009-11-30T17:04:09Z")
Happy Halloween all. I hope you are enjoying the fall weather as much as I am! I am reading God’s Demon, but so far it hasn’t caught me and I think I will give it up. I have had it in the queue for over a year and fig… --- ## ["Will they or won't they" couples...who didn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-they-or-wont-they-couples-who-didnt/516118)
**Author:** [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-they-or-wont-they-couples-who-didnt/516118 "2009-11-06T15:02:40Z")
The recent marriage of Jim and Pam on The Office got me thinking about “will they or won’t they” couples. For most of the examples I could think of (e.g. Rachel and Ross, Daphne and Niles, Scully and Mulder), the ultima… --- ## [Are there foods that no one is allergic to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-foods-that-no-one-is-allergic-to/526989)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-foods-that-no-one-is-allergic-to/526989 "2015-02-23T18:46:00Z")
I know people who are allergic to all manner of foods and things. Peanuts, wheat, strawberries, bee venom, me…so on and so forth. Got me to wondering if there wasn’t someone, somewhere allergic to anything you could na… --- ## [Misinterpreted thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 492\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2026-11-07T01:27:49Z")
In the “Misread thread titles” thread I keep posting stuff where I technically read all the words correctly, but my brain interpreted it completely differently from what the poster intended. So I figured it’s time to st… --- ## [GF Is Pregnant With Another Man’s Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gf-is-pregnant-with-another-man-s-baby/643899)
**Author:** [@bigsteve1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigsteve1966)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gf-is-pregnant-with-another-man-s-baby/643899 "2012-12-20T14:36:37Z")
I am a older man (46) and am involved with this woman who now is 37. we have been together for almost 4 years and i love her i had a vasectomy 10 years ago after my 4th child . Well she doesnt have any but desperately wa… --- ## [No more banner ads for subscribers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-banner-ads-for-subscribers/428341)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-banner-ads-for-subscribers/428341 "2007-12-31T22:37:17Z")
OK, we hear you. We’ve decided to quit displaying banner ads to SDMB subscribers. In light of all the uproar, let me give you some background on how this came about and where we think the SDMB is headed. Unlike the old… --- ## [You find a million dollars in a bag.. you are keeping it. How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-a-million-dollars-in-a-bag-you-are-keeping-it-how/542788)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-a-million-dollars-in-a-bag-you-are-keeping-it-how/542788 "2010-06-18T15:31:50Z")
I have been a great fan of a show called “Breaking Bad”, which is basically about a man who is a chemist who is making millions of dollars making meth. He has all this money, but he cannot effectively spend it. Let’s s… --- ## [Should nuclear weapons have been used on China during Korean War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-nuclear-weapons-have-been-used-on-china-during-korean-war/635476)
**Author:** [@moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonshot925)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-nuclear-weapons-have-been-used-on-china-during-korean-war/635476 "2012-09-25T17:20:31Z")
I think 80-120 Mk3/Mk4 atomic bombs dropped on 40 Chinese cities would have forced them to surrender. Saved many American lives. --- ## [If I run a whole house fan with all the windows closed, will the whole house implode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-run-a-whole-house-fan-with-all-the-windows-closed-will-the-whole-house-implode/543523)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-run-a-whole-house-fan-with-all-the-windows-closed-will-the-whole-house-implode/543523 "2010-06-17T17:37:16Z")
What would happen? --- ## [Socrates's Persecution was Unjust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socratess-persecution-was-unjust/646127)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socratess-persecution-was-unjust/646127 "2013-01-10T03:24:12Z")
I said in this thread, Alexander the Great was not Great to expect a pit thread on Socrates’s Persecution, and here it is. Now I also said that I may decide to put it in Great Debates since I will be debating with anyon… --- ## [MLB: July 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2015/723972)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2015/723972 "2015-08-02T01:47:28Z")
Well, it’s July 1st. The Red Sox are in the basement, the Astros still appear to be the real deal (this year’s Brewers?), and the Royals have graciously invited a couple of other team’s players to join them in the All-St… --- ## [Hemicorporectomy Cut in Half to Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemicorporectomy-cut-in-half-to-live/601184)
**Author:** [@Angel1366](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel1366)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemicorporectomy-cut-in-half-to-live/601184 "2012-05-08T16:27:21Z")
I thought this might be of interest to some. I had a very rare operation in May 2011. It is called a Hemicorporectomy. ALL of my body from about an inch bellow belly button was cut off to save my life. i have a site at h… --- ## [How long would it take Nature to destroy the evidence of human existence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-nature-to-destroy-the-evidence-of-human-existence/351228)
**Author:** [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-nature-to-destroy-the-evidence-of-human-existence/351228 "2008-01-27T02:08:59Z")
Suppose for a moment that every human being on the planet were to die tomorrow. I don’t mean in some catastrophe such as an asteroid strike or a nuclear holocaust, but just a gigantic coincidence – everybody simultaneous… --- ## [Texas gun group "simulates" Paris attack... result? Really hard to kill gunmen even if armed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-gun-group-simulates-paris-attack-result-really-hard-to-kill-gunmen-even-if-armed/709906)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-gun-group-simulates-paris-attack-result-really-hard-to-kill-gunmen-even-if-armed/709906 "2015-01-23T01:03:09Z")
Here’s the link. They laid out an office similar to the Hebdo offices, with 12 people as the civilians, one of whom was “armed” (with a paintball gun), simulating concealed-carry. Then two gunmen entered at some point … --- ## [Ask the Guy who successfully enrolled in Obamacare on the healthcare.gov website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-successfully-enrolled-in-obamacare-on-the-healthcare-gov-website/673183)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-successfully-enrolled-in-obamacare-on-the-healthcare-gov-website/673183 "2013-12-27T07:00:29Z")
After trying a couple of times a week since the the October 1 rollout, I was finally able to successfully enroll in a healthcare plan on the healthcare.gov website. There is only one provider in New Hampshire: Anthem Bl… --- ## [Did VH1 really broadcast an unblurred naked anus and vagina?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-vh1-really-broadcast-an-unblurred-naked-anus-and-vagina/696321)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-vh1-really-broadcast-an-unblurred-naked-anus-and-vagina/696321 "2015-03-13T14:24:11Z")
VH1 has a reality show called “Dating Naked”. Contestants go on dates with strangers . . . while naked. It’s VH1, so of course all the naked body parts that “count” as nudity are blurred in post-production before the e… --- ## [Barney Miller rocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barney-miller-rocks/532048)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barney-miller-rocks/532048 "2017-12-06T04:37:16Z")
I’ve been catching episodes on WGN where they have been showing it on weekends. I’ve always loved this show, but it may have just advanced to number one on my all time list. One of the things I’m noticing now: Hal Linde… --- ## [African-American with green eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-with-green-eyes/421454)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-with-green-eyes/421454 "2007-10-08T05:45:03Z")
I met with a woman today, my banker, who was clearly African-American. Of course, most African-Americans have a mixture of African, European, Native-American genes, but she did look rather “black,” if one is to assess su… --- ## [Did "Dazed and Confused" style hazing exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dazed-and-confused-style-hazing-exist/568924)
**Author:** [@The\_Jay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Jay)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dazed-and-confused-style-hazing-exist/568924 "2021-09-09T16:04:05Z")
Just watching Dazed and Confused. Did that style of “hazing” actually exist in the US? With high school students abusing younger kids like that? --- ## [Eye surgery - opinions requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-surgery-opinions-requested/636076)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-surgery-opinions-requested/636076 "2013-01-17T03:07:39Z")
Not asking for medical advice; I have a very good opthalmologist. He’s said that I am now a candidate for cataract removal, which I understand involves replacing the lenses of my eyes (one at a time) with better ones. … --- ## [What is the true meaning of "yakshemash"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-true-meaning-of-yakshemash/337707)
**Author:** [@JMEB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMEB)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-true-meaning-of-yakshemash/337707 "2006-01-02T08:20:24Z")
in AliG, dressed as barat he uses the word “yakshemash” a lot. what does it actually mean --- ## [Ladies, what's the best beauty advice you've acquired over the years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-whats-the-best-beauty-advice-youve-acquired-over-the-years/531633)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-whats-the-best-beauty-advice-youve-acquired-over-the-years/531633 "2010-03-17T18:03:31Z")
Time for a collection. What’s the most effective beauty advice you’ve come across over the years that has dramatically altered the way you do body-business? It can be hair, skin, nails, anything you’ve come across that … --- ## [Should we make anti-vaccine parents pay more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-make-anti-vaccine-parents-pay-more/568685)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-make-anti-vaccine-parents-pay-more/568685 "2015-02-09T20:01:58Z")
An editorial on CNN today made a bold suggestion. He thinks parents who refuse to vaccinate their children should pay substantially higher insurance premiums than those who do. He gives the example of the San Diego p… --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-15/988186)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Replies:** 550\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-15/988186 "2024-08-11T09:06:19Z")
Welcome to year 15, where everything stinks and nothing makes sense. This will be a shorter starting thread, but there is one major proposal to go over. League datesPreseason begins: Thursday, Aug. 3rd (Hall of Fame gam… --- ## [Curtain Rod wall bracket ripped out of drywall: how to fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-rod-wall-bracket-ripped-out-of-drywall-how-to-fix/637100)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curtain-rod-wall-bracket-ripped-out-of-drywall-how-to-fix/637100 "2012-10-08T20:04:43Z")
I bought a place with IKEA curtains installed over the windows; one of the drapes/curtains accidentally got stuck and pulled down, ripping out the one of the wall brackets that hold up the curtain rod. It was secured wit… --- ## [Is the second law of thermodynamics routinely violated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics-routinely-violated/833151)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics-routinely-violated/833151 "2019-05-26T02:39:50Z")
In the thread on Dualism, it was claimed that \[POST=21610420\]we have observed violations\[/POST\] of the second law of thermodynamics; it was even suggested that \[POST=21612451\]large-scale violations occure with relative f… --- ## [What does Chernobyl mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-chernobyl-mean/31817)
**Author:** [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-chernobyl-mean/31817 "2012-11-24T01:24:55Z")
I have seen in numerous places on the web the claim that Chernobyl is Ukrainian for “Wormwood”. This would be significant because of Revelation 8:10-11’s reference to a star named Wormwood falling to Earth and poisoning … --- ## [American English Pronunciation that bugs the bejeezus out of me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-english-pronunciation-that-bugs-the-bejeezus-out-of-me/467182)
**Author:** [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-english-pronunciation-that-bugs-the-bejeezus-out-of-me/467182 "2008-10-20T14:08:31Z")
I have been over in the states a long time now - 13-14 years. I get mad at my English friends when they come out with the typical crap complaining when I spell in an American fashion now. But there are still some words t… --- ## [Is it "wrong" to prefer untouched girls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-prefer-untouched-girls/198740)
**Author:** [@Colinmarshall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colinmarshall)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-prefer-untouched-girls/198740 "2003-09-15T03:43:41Z")
Say I meet a breathtakingly attractive girl with a stunning personality and she’s interested in me. However, if I find out that she’s had any previous sexual experience (intercourse or otherwise), she instantly drops fro… --- ## [Help me name my shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192)
**Author:** [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192 "2002-08-18T07:31:51Z")
Last night, I got a shark. A real one. Not a real live one, but one that was floating in my friend’s pool late at night nonetheless. It’s been stuffed and glazed and abandoned, so it’s now sitting on my coffee table (… --- ## [Seven's Suspension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevens-suspension/504738)
**Author:** [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevens-suspension/504738 "2009-08-04T12:25:30Z")
To begin with, I closed the other thread because I thought it’d be better for this post to be in its own thread, and I don’t think we need two of 'em going on at the same time. Secondly, it looks like Tuba’s getting a l… --- ## [LGBT Tolerance in Religious America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-tolerance-in-religious-america/805782)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-tolerance-in-religious-america/805782 "2018-01-18T05:38:19Z")
According to this very recent article, of the 100 largest churches in America, the number that affirm LGBT people are a whopping…zero. Another disturbing statistic is that, of the 537 largest churches they found info a… --- ## [Do 95% of all lotto winners go broke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-95-of-all-lotto-winners-go-broke/328124)
**Author:** [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-95-of-all-lotto-winners-go-broke/328124 "2005-11-01T19:48:53Z")
I’ve heard numerous times from numerous sources that 95% (or 75% or 50%, or whatever random percentage the speaker chooses) of million-plus lottery winners are in a worse financial state than prior to winning within five… --- ## [Glenn Becks targets Frances Fox Piven (of "Cloward-Piven"); "targets" fitting word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-targets-frances-fox-piven-of-cloward-piven-targets-fitting-word/568430)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-targets-frances-fox-piven-of-cloward-piven-targets-fitting-word/568430 "2011-02-01T15:32:43Z")
Because she’s now getting death threats on his website. I can’t actually wish death on anyone on this board, even Beck, even in the Pit. I say only that somebody, somewhere, should DO SOMETHING. --- ## [Button on laptop keyboard for controlling the mouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/button-on-laptop-keyboard-for-controlling-the-mouse/633180)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/button-on-laptop-keyboard-for-controlling-the-mouse/633180 "2013-02-07T04:18:43Z")
On some laptop keyboards there is a small rubber or foam button in the middle of the keyboard that can be used to control the mouse. On the one I’m using it’s a circular rubber one below the letters G and H and above the… --- ## [What percentage of salary should be spent on vacations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-salary-should-be-spent-on-vacations/656807)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-salary-should-be-spent-on-vacations/656807 "2013-05-02T00:52:20Z")
I just spent 5% of our household pre-tax salary on a vacation and I’m wondering if that’s too much or too little. Is that more than you spend? Less? Just throw out an upper percentage that you think is “permissible” a… --- ## [Looking for sciatica pain relief suggestions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sciatica-pain-relief-suggestions/673579)
**Author:** [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sciatica-pain-relief-suggestions/673579 "2018-05-11T07:53:46Z")
I started getting bad pains in my leg a couple months ago. Left leg would be numb and tingling plus shooting pain to the calf and ankle. Went to the doctor who xrayed and diagnosed radiculopathy and a bone spur. He gav… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=239&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=241&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)