# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=255&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:** 256 --- ## [one small goose-step closer to thirteen o'clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-goose-step-closer-to-thirteen-oclock/811080)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-goose-step-closer-to-thirteen-oclock/811080 "2018-04-27T18:24:03Z")
Surprised we haven’t had a thread on this. A scottish comedian, posts a open joke about teaching his dog to give a nazi salute on the command “gass the jews”. He explains that he does it because the dog is so cute and c… --- ## [Making a fortune with really good meth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-fortune-with-really-good-meth/615973)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-fortune-with-really-good-meth/615973 "2013-03-19T11:11:06Z")
In the TV series Breaking Bad, a high school chemistry teacher turns to meth production and quickly outclasses his competitors by use of his superior skills in the lab. How realistic is this? That is, realistically, the… --- ## [When you lost your virginity, who did you tell, and how much did you share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-lost-your-virginity-who-did-you-tell-and-how-much-did-you-share/442488)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-lost-your-virginity-who-did-you-tell-and-how-much-did-you-share/442488 "2008-03-30T06:40:09Z")
A few parameters: I’m not looking for narratives of the event itself, but rather the sort of things you told other people, assuming you told anyone at all. That is, if you immediately told all your friends that Sally wa… --- ## [Corporations declared to be people? Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporations-declared-to-be-people-huh/625517)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporations-declared-to-be-people-huh/625517 "2012-07-16T13:44:03Z")
Dear Cecil: I’ve heard you can avoid all kinds of laws by creating a corporation. I understand that’s nonsense, of course. But I’m curious: how is this supposed to work? I’ve always found the theories of corporate consp… --- ## [Is "the Boorish American" a stock character in British/European film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-boorish-american-a-stock-character-in-british-european-film/538028)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-boorish-american-a-stock-character-in-british-european-film/538028 "2010-05-07T22:32:42Z")
I went to see The Eclipse last night. (A ghost story/love story set in Ireland. Not so good, if you’re wondering, in spite of some nice reviews.) Anyway, the cast includes Aidan Quin as a boorish (I mean really over-the… --- ## [What's the deal with those blue shirts with the white collars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-those-blue-shirts-with-the-white-collars/99596)
**Author:** [@TMaxwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TMaxwell)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-those-blue-shirts-with-the-white-collars/99596 "2013-01-02T20:04:37Z")
You know the ones…blue business shirts with a white collar. Do any of you wear those? I don’t know why…I really shouldn’t get upset about a piece of clothing…but those things just bug me. Sorry if I offended anyone wh… --- ## [Starbound beta release - Intergalactic Terraria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbound-beta-release-intergalactic-terraria/675520)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbound-beta-release-intergalactic-terraria/675520 "2019-06-18T19:03:05Z")
Anyone else playing the Starbound beta? The game is basically Terraria across multiple planets, where players start on one planet, exhaust it, and then move onto the next. Once rented servers area available, it might be … --- ## [Idiot, I don't care why your dog NEEDS to poop on my yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250 "2015-05-26T06:19:12Z")
Yesterday (for the second time), I caught a woman from a block away letting her dog out of her car to crap in my yard. The first time I ignored it, thinking it was a weird one time thing. Today she saw me leaving the h… --- ## [Things you were stunned that people didn't know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-were-stunned-that-people-didnt-know/790146)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-were-stunned-that-people-didnt-know/790146 "2017-07-06T06:14:14Z")
I was stunned that my mate who is a big Brock Lesnar fan didn’t know that he started WWE in 2002 , he thought the early 90s --- ## [Why rent movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-rent-movies/534064)
**Author:** [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-rent-movies/534064 "2010-04-10T12:29:59Z")
Shortly after VCRs started to penetrate American households, the video rental business took off. Why? Folks have never shown any inclination to rent other forms of media rather than buying them. There’s never been a m… --- ## [What is the most unhealthy food that is commonly considered healthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-unhealthy-food-that-is-commonly-considered-healthy/427382)
**Author:** [@RBerns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RBerns)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-unhealthy-food-that-is-commonly-considered-healthy/427382 "2010-09-17T03:37:22Z")
I’d elaborate here, but I think that my title basically sums up my question. --- ## [Why do mountain goats climb mountains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-mountain-goats-climb-mountains/679937)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-mountain-goats-climb-mountains/679937 "2014-02-03T16:47:26Z")
What they get from this? --- ## [How Do People Who Really Need Glasses Cope Without Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-really-need-glasses-cope-without-them/584006)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-really-need-glasses-cope-without-them/584006 "2012-04-16T19:28:29Z")
Other than using contacts, I mean. For example, I had great eye sight till I was about 45, now I see well, except I need reading glasses. So today I was in Walgreens and I wanted to read the label on some ibuprofen so … --- ## [You are on my jury - do you convict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-on-my-jury-do-you-convict/700278)
**Author:** [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-on-my-jury-do-you-convict/700278 "2015-10-30T14:36:25Z")
Facts: Husband: 6’3" - 240lbs. Airport cop. Middling to bad work history, i.e., few promotions and lots of reprimands for lazy behavior. Known alcoholic. Formal reprimand for verbally threatening a neighbor with ph… --- ## [Why is Sarah Jessica Parker pretty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sarah-jessica-parker-pretty/444991)
**Author:** [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sarah-jessica-parker-pretty/444991 "2008-04-16T04:29:28Z")
Okay, let’s just assume that half of you read the thread title and scoffed “Psha! She’s not pretty, she’s ugly!” That’s kind of my point. Thanks to my wife’s Sex and the City addiction, I see SJP on almost a nightly bas… --- ## [Do women's breasts shrink after pregnancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-womens-breasts-shrink-after-pregnancy/257690)
**Author:** [@beltbuckle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beltbuckle)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-womens-breasts-shrink-after-pregnancy/257690 "2010-03-20T18:40:06Z")
I have heard that women’s breasts shrink after pregnancy (and breast milk production) is over. But I have just heard this from several women - no real proof of it happening. So - after it is all said and done, are wome… --- ## ["When the New York Times said God is dead..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-new-york-times-said-god-is-dead/228997)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-new-york-times-said-god-is-dead/228997 "2004-02-20T02:04:18Z")
So I’m listening to Levon and this line makes me think “What does this refer to?” I can’t seem to find anything on Google or even the Times website itself, other than other references that make it seem like everyone sho… --- ## [Who is Roo's Father?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-roos-father/316703 "2007-01-11T20:52:06Z")
There are no other kangaroo’s in the 100 Acre Wood. Kanga is a single mother. Did she move there before Roo was born? Could kangaroo’s survive in English weather? Is Kanga a heroine or is there something seedier about… --- ## [Is it, in fact, the Democratic Party which is imploding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-in-fact-the-democratic-party-which-is-imploding/736725)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-in-fact-the-democratic-party-which-is-imploding/736725 "2015-11-25T19:57:21Z")
As shown here, the GOP controls most of the state legislatures, making major inroads in 8 states just in the 2014 election. Vox’s Lee Drutman and Matt Iglesias warn that right-wing ascendancy in America is increasing. … --- ## [Why would someone choose Zipcar or Car2Go over a traditional rental?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-choose-zipcar-or-car2go-over-a-traditional-rental/645875)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-choose-zipcar-or-car2go-over-a-traditional-rental/645875 "2013-01-07T06:00:22Z")
Zipcar and Car2Go are car-sharing companies that let card-holding members walk up to a parked car, drive it somewhere and get charged for it by the hour. Zipcar requires that you return it to its start location whereas C… --- ## [Diogenes the Cynic, Fount of Perfect Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-fount-of-perfect-knowledge/322534)
**Author:** [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2005, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-fount-of-perfect-knowledge/322534 "2005-09-24T07:09:47Z")
Czarcasm has rightly pointed out that this thread has gotten to hot for IMHO. Let us bring the discussion here, where we can freely hurl “childish insults.” To recap the thread, Zsofia observed some behaviour in one of… --- ## [What do you do to avoid "skid marks" in your undies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-avoid-skid-marks-in-your-undies/554203)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-avoid-skid-marks-in-your-undies/554203 "2010-09-25T03:38:45Z")
I’m trying to make a poll out of this, but options will be limited by by my limited imagination, so you will have to cut me some slack. Do you worry about getting skid marks on your undies? If so, in ways do you try to… --- ## [Ways to make beans yummy without any meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-make-beans-yummy-without-any-meat/570962)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-make-beans-yummy-without-any-meat/570962 "2015-07-22T20:07:10Z")
I really like beans. But I like them a whole lot less when they have no meat flavoring of any kind. So any good suggestions for how to really infuse serious flavor into beans without using meat? --- ## [An Assortment of Danish for the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-assortment-of-danish-for-the-mmp/597642)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-assortment-of-danish-for-the-mmp/597642 "2011-10-04T06:06:21Z")
Yesterday, I saw this post: Danish? You wantDanish? I’ll give you Danish! :smiley: Happy Monday!! Anybody got any donuts?? --- ## [The Walking Dead; 4.15 "Us" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-15-us-open-spoilers/684402)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-15-us-open-spoilers/684402 "2014-04-03T00:13:53Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Survivors rely on brutality and faith. \[/QUOTE\] Penultimate episode of the season & last week’s sure set the bar high. Steven Yuen and Josh McDermitt are on Talking Dead. --- ## [Jefferson and Sally Hemings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jefferson-and-sally-hemings/605736)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jefferson-and-sally-hemings/605736 "2013-03-04T14:44:10Z")
I recently watched on CSPAN a presentation by the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society re a book they put out last spring. Here’s a link to their website with the book prominently featured. In an effort to get the other s… --- ## [What do you do when your life has been stolen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-your-life-has-been-stolen/675020)
**Author:** [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-your-life-has-been-stolen/675020 "2013-12-23T20:32:17Z")
First let me say that I really don’t want to get beat up here. It’s taken me a very long time to build up the courage to do this and I am just looking for opinions. It probably seem a bit rambly, but I will answer any qu… --- ## [You know you're wrong, Dex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-wrong-dex/593744)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-wrong-dex/593744 "2011-09-07T22:14:19Z")
If you weren’t you wouldn’t have “doube-dared” me to take your ridiculous warning like a man–did you think that was going to shut me up? For those in need of specification, I was a participant–far from the instigator or… --- ## [I suck at explaining things - any way to get better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suck-at-explaining-things-any-way-to-get-better/383664)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2006, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suck-at-explaining-things-any-way-to-get-better/383664 "2006-12-15T08:22:30Z")
That’s right, I suck at explaining things and/or conveying ideas, whether it’s retelling a story, joke, life experience, or providing almost any kind of instruction. This isn’t so much in text (though this ambiguous post… --- ## [IS Wall Street the main cause of U.S. income/wealth inequality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wall-street-the-main-cause-of-u-s-income-wealth-inequality/745926)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wall-street-the-main-cause-of-u-s-income-wealth-inequality/745926 "2016-03-03T22:49:52Z")
\[I think this op is better here than in Elections but if a mod feels otherwise please feel free …\] Sanders’ singular message is income inequality … caused by Wall Street having the economy rigged. It’s a nice sound bit… --- ## [Help Suggest Realistic/Mature Love Songs for my Playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-suggest-realistic-mature-love-songs-for-my-playlist/541084)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-suggest-realistic-mature-love-songs-for-my-playlist/541084 "2026-06-14T02:03:14Z")
I’m making a collection of different songs by different artists, for Sr. Olives for our four year wedding anniversary (in two weeks.) This was referred to in olden days as a ‘‘mix tape.’’ Same basic idea, I’m just usin… --- ## [How much is a million sesterces in 2015 dollars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-million-sesterces-in-2015-dollars/724632)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-million-sesterces-in-2015-dollars/724632 "2015-07-31T18:43:10Z")
I recall reading at several points in Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome novels that in the late Roman Republic, to qualify for the Senate, a man had to have a fortune of at least a million sesterces (and it had to be … --- ## [Things you notice watching a Mythbusters marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549 "2011-09-26T18:54:50Z")
The Science Channel had a Mythbusters 24 hour marathon yesterday. I spent almost all of yesterday sitting on my bed, making stuff for a craft fair today and watching. This is a list of some of the things I noticed. E… --- ## [Getting out of a DirecTV contract with no ETF due to price increases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-a-directv-contract-with-no-etf-due-to-price-increases/565535)
**Author:** [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-a-directv-contract-with-no-etf-due-to-price-increases/565535 "2011-01-22T20:22:09Z")
I’ve been wanting to get out of my DirecTV contract for a while now ever since AT&T U-Verse became available at my apartments, but unfortunately when I moved in I had to do a 2-year contract with DirecTV as it was the on… --- ## [Throwing handfuls of dirt into graves: who does this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-handfuls-of-dirt-into-graves-who-does-this/499913)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-handfuls-of-dirt-into-graves-who-does-this/499913 "2009-06-17T06:36:01Z")
Hollywood loves this convention: weepy relatives at the funeral line up to throw handfuls of dirt onto the coffin. It’s a touching symbolic gesture, and I can see why Hollywood loves it, but here’s the thing: I’ve atten… --- ## [The Dope List of Top 100 fictional literary characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841)
**Author:** [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841 "2011-10-26T15:29:05Z")
Inspired by this thread. And since Chronos explained the rules better than I ever could, here they are(obviously modified): Let’s put together a list of the 100 most important/liked/respected/loved/influential fictiona… --- ## [Dawn and enlightenment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-and-enlightenment/22)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawn-and-enlightenment/22 "2004-07-24T15:20:10Z")
I would like to express disappointment at the response to my question (posted earlier this week under ‘General Questions’): Does the sun really rise in the sky each morning? It started out well; I got the response I expe… --- ## [Fixing a (stripped screw) hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-stripped-screw-hole/667993)
**Author:** [@Mike20878](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike20878)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-stripped-screw-hole/667993 "2020-03-04T03:49:03Z")
I found an older thread on this subject on a Google search so I thought I would pose my own conundrum. It’s not a factual question, but hopefully someone can help as with the previous poster. I have a screw hole in my … --- ## [Which super hero is most likely to be racist when he's off the clock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-hero-is-most-likely-to-be-racist-when-hes-off-the-clock/613014)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-hero-is-most-likely-to-be-racist-when-hes-off-the-clock/613014 "2012-02-25T00:45:15Z")
(or she) The current Robin is kind of an elitist jerk, but kind of difficult to tell if this transcends to racism. Who do you think might be racist in private in the super hero universe? --- ## [Moms for Liberty lose big](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moms-for-liberty-lose-big/992841)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moms-for-liberty-lose-big/992841 "2024-05-18T14:41:19Z")
Moms for Liberty is the “antiwoke” purveyor of hate deemed extremist by the Southern Poverty Law Center. After their major wins in 2021, liberal and progressive groups got their act together and ran as slates to take b… --- ## [I wake up with my arms feeling numb, is that dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wake-up-with-my-arms-feeling-numb-is-that-dangerous/129878)
**Author:** [@DrLiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLiver)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2002, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wake-up-with-my-arms-feeling-numb-is-that-dangerous/129878 "2002-09-29T10:15:42Z")
Sometimes, at night, I wake up and can’t feel one of my arms because I’ve been sleeping on it, then I usually have to shake it and wait until the blood goes back into it before I can move and feel it normally. Is that d… --- ## [When is it appropriate to be scared of turbulence on a commercial flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-appropriate-to-be-scared-of-turbulence-on-a-commercial-flight/675664)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-appropriate-to-be-scared-of-turbulence-on-a-commercial-flight/675664 "2013-12-11T04:54:24Z")
I try to tell myself when we’re rollicking up and down at 30,000 feet or something that there would be probably a good ten minutes before any kind of impact, and it’s very unlikely that the wings or rudder would tear off… --- ## [Funniest SitCom Scene of all time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754 "2003-02-23T18:46:59Z")
I’m sure there’s a million of them, but I just watched (for the millionth time) the epsisode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air where Hillary drops out of school, and Will and Carlton find out. The funniest scene is when the Ba… --- ## [Who decided onions go on almost everything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-onions-go-on-almost-everything/591873)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-onions-go-on-almost-everything/591873 "2011-08-12T03:46:31Z")
As you might guess, I really hate onions. Why do people put something with such a strong flavor on so many foods - burgers, hotdogs, and so on. In many cases they overwhelm every other flavor. --- ## [Job Applicants - Try not to be an idiot on your first impression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-applicants-try-not-to-be-an-idiot-on-your-first-impression/487257)
**Author:** [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-applicants-try-not-to-be-an-idiot-on-your-first-impression/487257 "2009-03-02T17:31:39Z")
I have a tech support position open. I have posted an ad on Craigslist. The posting clearly says to go to our website and apply online. It specifically says “no phone calls.” So far, in under 5 hours, I have gotten 1… --- ## [Hari Seldon's "Psychohistory"-is It Feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-psychohistory-is-it-feasible/129256)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-psychohistory-is-it-feasible/129256 "2013-07-15T00:26:01Z")
Remember “Psychohistory”? It was developed into a hard science by Hari Seldon, mathematician of trantor. Asimov (in the “FOUNDATION” series) gives very few details about this future science…except that it was pretty good… --- ## [Big Lebowski Question: Sometimes You Eat the Bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-question-sometimes-you-eat-the-bar/231412)
**Author:** [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-question-sometimes-you-eat-the-bar/231412 "2018-12-08T15:48:40Z")
“Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you” I don’t get it. What’s the bar? --- ## [Queen Elizabeth celebrates 60 years as monarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-celebrates-60-years-as-monarch/611896)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-celebrates-60-years-as-monarch/611896 "2012-06-06T03:53:27Z")
Link Well done, your Majesty! She succeeded to the throne on 6 February 1952 on the death of her father George VI. --- ## [Bryan Ekers, you are a thread-pissing dumbfuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864 "2006-04-04T17:55:00Z")
According to the “Advanced Search” function of SDMB, you, Bryan Ekers have only started one single, solitary, lonely, little thread in Great Debates: Violent Media, Violent Crime. In fact, you have started only 30 thre… --- ## [Songs about tough guys or badasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-tough-guys-or-badasses/629310)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-tough-guys-or-badasses/629310 "2012-07-26T17:19:23Z")
I’ll start with Bad Bad Leroy Brown Don’t Mess Around with Jim and Big Bad John Interesting to note, both Leroy and Jim get there asses kicked,and John dies(tho heroically). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=254&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=256&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)