# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=264&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:** 265 --- ## [A Glass that CAN NOT BE KNOCKED OVER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glass-that-can-not-be-knocked-over/705666)
**Author:** [@Kamakiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamakiri)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glass-that-can-not-be-knocked-over/705666 "2015-11-29T02:38:29Z")
I am at my wits’ end. The people who make vessels for the rest of us to drink from seem to do their absolute flaming best to make them so unstable – with all that ice at the top, how stable can a glass be? OR if not tha… --- ## [Why do we not have resources for people like Robin Williams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-not-have-resources-for-people-like-robin-williams/695616)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-not-have-resources-for-people-like-robin-williams/695616 "2014-08-28T03:10:31Z")
By which I don’t mean ways to make him “better”, but why are we so against assisted suicide? Christianity? Religion? Robin should have been allowed to choose suicide. He was 63! He didn’t have young dependents, which is… --- ## [Which national fast-food chain has the best basic Fried Chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-fast-food-chain-has-the-best-basic-fried-chicken/609927)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-fast-food-chain-has-the-best-basic-fried-chicken/609927 "2013-04-30T00:05:44Z")
Pull up a chair and bring several napkins. Lets talk fried chicken. The finger licking good stuff. :smiley: Whats your favorite fried chicken chain? I know this may vary because the management could be horrible in on… --- ## [I am passionately opposed to the proposed new state of South California.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-passionately-opposed-to-the-proposed-new-state-of-south-california/588807)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-passionately-opposed-to-the-proposed-new-state-of-south-california/588807 "2011-08-02T19:04:51Z")
I would vote for a new state of Sur de California. --- ## [Why the wait for cataract surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-wait-for-cataract-surgery/631375)
**Author:** [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-wait-for-cataract-surgery/631375 "2015-08-13T22:01:53Z")
On a recent visit to an optometrist, I was told that I had the beginnings of a cataract in my left eye but that it was too soon to schedule surgery. It seems to me that I’ve heard for most of my life that cataracts are a… --- ## [How is rain water getting into my car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-rain-water-getting-into-my-car/554286)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-rain-water-getting-into-my-car/554286 "2010-09-20T21:16:31Z")
My car, a seat leon, is getting soaking wet in the rear off side foot well when it rains. I’ve not seen water come in, it’s more when I get in it in the morning after a wet night the footwell is sodden. Possible stupid … --- ## [When civilization collapses: the first 72 hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-civilization-collapses-the-first-72-hours/522136)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-civilization-collapses-the-first-72-hours/522136 "2010-01-15T21:05:05Z")
There seem to be a lot of threads lately on the subject of human extinction and the cataclysmic collapse (or not) of civilzation. The weather maybe? Anyway, while my hands were at work today I was daydreaming about just … --- ## [Help me defend the Moon landing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-defend-the-moon-landing/698473)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-defend-the-moon-landing/698473 "2016-01-04T14:53:38Z")
Brave legions of the Straightdope, I need some help and assistance to fight ignorance, I come humbly seeking assistance as this is a battle being fought on a ground I’m not familiar with. Anyway, the point, I am coming … --- ## [Am I an asshole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole/429586)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-asshole/429586 "2007-12-13T17:24:11Z")
So the other day I went into Circuit City in Manhattan to buy a mouse. When I got home, I learned that the mouse didn’t work, so I went back into Circuit City to exchange it for another mouse that did work. I was expla… --- ## ["Windows Genuine Advantage" infects my computer - Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-genuine-advantage-infects-my-computer-help/513997)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-genuine-advantage-infects-my-computer-help/513997 "2009-10-28T13:45:31Z")
I had a feeling this would happen eventually… For a while I kept getting a message prompting me to install “Windows Genuine Advantage,” and each time I clicked cancel and went about my business (because I had heard bad … --- ## [Call The Cops, Get Evicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-cops-get-evicted/656725)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-cops-get-evicted/656725 "2013-05-01T19:16:36Z")
The Law Is An Ass(hole): --- ## [Stop villainizing people whose political opinions differ from yours.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-villainizing-people-whose-political-opinions-differ-from-yours/769286)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-villainizing-people-whose-political-opinions-differ-from-yours/769286 "2016-11-10T01:40:40Z")
There probably have been other threads about this, but I came across a thread somewhere in which both political sides were claiming their opponents were appealing to emotion and that their side is the only one that is re… --- ## [Movies that could not be made in today’s world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064 "2023-10-12T21:27:42Z")
(Rather than bump an old thread (10 years +) I decided to start a new one) I re-watched Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead recently. I had fond memories of it from when I first watched it in the late 90’s. Now… I’m … --- ## [Almost asleep...Loud sound causes flash of light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-asleep-loud-sound-causes-flash-of-light/167875)
**Author:** [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-asleep-loud-sound-causes-flash-of-light/167875 "2018-01-20T02:41:59Z")
Here’s the situation. I’m lying in bed, on my way to slumber land. As I start to fall asleep, there is a loud noise: door slamming, dog barking, anything that is relatively loud and sudden. Suddenly, I see a flash of … --- ## [How much does cosmetic mole removal cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-cosmetic-mole-removal-cost/128863)
**Author:** [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-cosmetic-mole-removal-cost/128863 "2002-09-22T21:25:44Z")
I have a mole on my arm. It’s been there for 17 years. Doctors have said, repeatedly, that it’s totally harmless and there’s been no evidence to suggest they’re wrong: I’m not dead and the damn thing looks exactly the sa… --- ## [Nevada Democratic Caucus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-caucus/745705)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-caucus/745705 "2016-02-24T19:24:53Z")
NH is soooooo yesterday. Let’s talk Nevada and Democrats. Feb 20 is right around the corner-- the end of next week. Doing a little searching, including on 538, and there is essentially no polling data yet. What? N… --- ## [Peter Thiel vs. Gawker: Should I be glad about this, or worried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-thiel-vs-gawker-should-i-be-glad-about-this-or-worried/755766)
**Author:** [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-thiel-vs-gawker-should-i-be-glad-about-this-or-worried/755766 "2016-06-15T04:49:34Z")
So, this is much in the news today. Here’s a piece from the Times: Peter Thiel, Tech Billionaire, Reveals Secret War With Gawker - The New York Times Summary: Ten years ago, Facebook board member, PayPal co-founder and… --- ## [Why do we hate Jar Jar Binks so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990)
**Author:** [@Cactus\_Jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cactus_Jack)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990 "2013-12-19T02:00:33Z")
No, I’m not going to argue that he’s okay – I hate him too. But I sat down with the videotape, watched it, and tried to examine my feelings. Why does this character inspire such universal disgust? Is it just because he l… --- ## [Why do I hate bell peppers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-hate-bell-peppers/431786)
**Author:** [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-hate-bell-peppers/431786 "2021-04-12T22:49:04Z")
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been repulsed by the taste of bell peppers. Cooked, they are especially disgusting, but they’re also disgusting raw, and their odor is even more repellent to me in this state. I hate t… --- ## [Are expensive restaurants really much better than cheaper ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-restaurants-really-much-better-than-cheaper-ones/615220)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-restaurants-really-much-better-than-cheaper-ones/615220 "2012-03-22T23:12:39Z")
I have never eaten in an expensive restaurant. I think the most expensive ones I have been to top out at $50 an entree (meaning even if you get the most expensive thing on the menu, you are spending $50 max). And that is… --- ## [Are Punishments for Possession of Child Pornography Excessive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-punishments-for-possession-of-child-pornography-excessive/661306)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-punishments-for-possession-of-child-pornography-excessive/661306 "2013-07-02T02:50:34Z")
A newspaper item (note the crime is possession of child pornography, not producing it): "A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison last week for possessing child pornography after a jury found him… --- ## [A slight complaint about the Moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575)
**Author:** [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slight-complaint-about-the-moderators/341575 "2006-01-28T00:13:31Z")
The thread I started was a legitimate one, but I can understand the question about the masturbation fantasies being too much. By ‘more appropriate behavior’, you mean a.) Never asking any questions which involve sex… --- ## [Are Realtors/real estate agents REALLY worth 6% of the sale price of my home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-realtors-real-estate-agents-really-worth-6-of-the-sale-price-of-my-home/932382)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-realtors-real-estate-agents-really-worth-6-of-the-sale-price-of-my-home/932382 "2025-07-09T17:49:14Z")
We’re about to sell our house, and in the age of Zillow, Trulia, etc., I really question how much value agents provide me as a seller. ISTM that in the pre-Internet days, agents did a lot more to bring buyers and sellers… --- ## [Songs you used to like until you really listened to the lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-like-until-you-really-listened-to-the-lyrics/584470)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-like-until-you-really-listened-to-the-lyrics/584470 "2017-02-10T19:58:58Z")
I used to enjoy listening to the song “Temperature” by Sean Paul until I took a closer listen to the lyrics. The last couple lines of the chorus are “Oh lord, and gal I got the right tactics to turn you on, and girl I w… --- ## [What is your most hated song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621 "2023-12-04T15:31:38Z")
Both in terms of your degree of dislike of it and its ubiquitousness. Basically if a genii said that you could pick one song, and he would make it so that whenever it was played in your vicinity you would hear it as whi… --- ## ["How's that hopey-changey thing workin' out for ya?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-that-hopey-changey-thing-workin-out-for-ya/534563)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-that-hopey-changey-thing-workin-out-for-ya/534563 "2011-10-29T04:27:05Z")
“Fantastic, Sarah.” \[insert pointer-finger/thumb circle with three other fingers raised, plus wink, here\] “How’s the cocky-sucky move going for you?” What’s the best response to Palin’s ill-conceived rhetorical question… --- ## [Progressive Flo: "White Man Putting Cash In Your Pocket"???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-flo-white-man-putting-cash-in-your-pocket/584022)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-flo-white-man-putting-cash-in-your-pocket/584022 "2012-03-26T20:51:24Z")
Flo isn’t really saying that, is she? OK, in the new radio ad for Progressive insurance, not the TV one, for the Snapshot discount, Flo says something like “…the white man putting cash in your pocket!” Really. I wish … --- ## [Quick, Giraffe, before some asshole locks this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949 "2009-02-01T03:26:20Z")
I asked here before: about jesseesheeran’s banning: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10706543#post10706543 which you said you would be happy to discuss. Then someone got the urge to lock that thr… --- ## [Chimera is a social justice warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimera-is-a-social-justice-warrior/793814)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimera-is-a-social-justice-warrior/793814 "2018-06-03T19:22:11Z")
A few days ago Chimera made this post. The following day the New York Times ran an interesting story. When I saw Chimera’s post it seemed iffy to me, however there was enough ambiguity that I wasn’t sure Chimera w… --- ## [Remembering Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169)
**Author:** [@debiannj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/debiannj)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-reeder/481169 "2009-01-26T06:05:18Z")
I am a friend of Reeder’s. I wanted to tell you that he is in critical condition due to illness in a hospital near his home and is not expected to live. I know to many of you, Reeder was a pain in the ass, but he is r… --- ## [What is the most useful language to learn besides English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-useful-language-to-learn-besides-english/492063)
**Author:** [@Spin\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spin_Master)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-useful-language-to-learn-besides-english/492063 "2009-04-15T00:46:36Z")
Let’s think only in terms of career development, societal influence, and money. Let’s say you and I had to choose only one second language to learn that would help us the most in all three areas–which would it be? The m… --- ## [Santorum's wife had an abortion?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorums-wife-had-an-abortion/608438)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorums-wife-had-an-abortion/608438 "2012-01-10T13:49:31Z")
Santorum: Our abortion was different I did not know that. How is he still considered such a strong anti-abortion candidate, and not a massive hypocrite? --- ## ["you'd complain if you were hung with a new rope"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-complain-if-you-were-hung-with-a-new-rope/667409)
**Author:** [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-complain-if-you-were-hung-with-a-new-rope/667409 "2021-01-12T13:19:57Z")
“He would complain even if he was hung with a new rope.” or “you’d complain if you were hung with a new rope” I’ve heard this phrase used to describe someone that constantly complained about every little thing. A Wiki s… --- ## [Is technology stagnating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-technology-stagnating/691805)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-technology-stagnating/691805 "2014-07-07T03:19:37Z")
I know we got HD TV ,UHDTV ,3D TV ,tablet computers , smart phones that are like computers , 3D printing and electronics.:):):slight\_smile: Getting better all the time. But where technology is slowing down. 2014 Intel… --- ## [Two left-turn lanes onto a three-lane road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-left-turn-lanes-onto-a-three-lane-road/609267)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-left-turn-lanes-onto-a-three-lane-road/609267 "2015-07-28T07:10:35Z")
There’s a turn I make on my way to work where there are two left-turn lanes that turn onto a street with three lanes in each direction. I’m wondering who, if anyone, has right-of-way to turn directly into the middle lane… --- ## [Would a lion attack a housecat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-lion-attack-a-housecat/518374)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-lion-attack-a-housecat/518374 "2009-11-23T11:33:11Z")
Say I put my cat into a lion’s cage. Would the lion attack the domestic cat? Do big cats only attack animals that they know are herbivores? Do they somehow have an instinct not to attack their fellow felines? Or would th… --- ## [BitCoin - Good Idea or Disastrous Failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-good-idea-or-disastrous-failure/676175)
**Author:** [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-good-idea-or-disastrous-failure/676175 "2014-04-03T17:45:04Z")
For the uninitiated, Bitcoin is a popular peer-to-peer payment network that works as an on-line form of currency. I’ve spent some time recently looking at it because, quite frankly, I had a hard time believing any such … --- ## [\[GAME\] All the Countries in the World trivia game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-countries-in-the-world-trivia-game/706718 "2016-01-31T09:57:30Z")
Inspired by this thread Using just the random crap in your head, name three trivial factoids about each country by population 1 China Chairman Mao, Great Wall, invented gunpowder --- ## [Yes. When YOU do it, it's still persecution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-when-you-do-it-its-still-persecution/686162)
**Author:** [@Bo\_Pai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bo_Pai)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-when-you-do-it-its-still-persecution/686162 "2014-04-24T15:31:34Z")
Even posting that persecution already has a definition is a sort of persecution of those who believe that persecution is not persecution, when they’re the ones doing it. Internet forums, such as this, are full of both p… --- ## [Rape in Hentai... a big fat WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-in-hentai-a-big-fat-wtf/227148)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-in-hentai-a-big-fat-wtf/227148 "2004-02-21T11:14:31Z")
This could be in GD but given the subject matter I thought I’d drop here. Generally speaking I’m not anti pornography. I put it in the same league as cigarettes, big macs, and gambling; enjoyable every now and again, bu… --- ## [Is thinking about suicide all THAT uncommon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thinking-about-suicide-all-that-uncommon/570689)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thinking-about-suicide-all-that-uncommon/570689 "2013-08-11T17:49:25Z")
I would never do it so long as I have a family, but I think about suicide, (or just dying), a lot. Even when I’m at my happiest, I would sometimes daydream about it. It makes me wonder if other people aren’t, (to a les… --- ## [How do they fit so many clowns in a clown car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-fit-so-many-clowns-in-a-clown-car/183892)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-fit-so-many-clowns-in-a-clown-car/183892 "2014-07-12T13:22:36Z")
You know this circus gag where a little clown car comes driving along, stops, and about two dozen clowns come out? How do they fit so many clowns in there? Is it a prespective thing? (the car being much larger than the a… --- ## [Examples of bad design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-bad-design/512109)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-bad-design/512109 "2009-10-07T06:42:43Z")
My microwave light button beeps each and every time to signify that the light level is changing. If I can’t see the light changing, then I wouldn’t be using the button, and in fact could not have found the button in the … --- ## [Pics of Captain America's costume have been leaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690)
**Author:** [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-of-captain-americas-costume-have-been-leaked/541690 "2010-06-05T15:54:06Z")
It would seem pictures of Captain America’s costume for next years movie have been leaked. These aren’t photographs of the actual suit unfortunately, but artists renderings of what the suit actually looks like. These we… --- ## [$368 a month on gas = 3 gallons a day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/368-a-month-on-gas-3-gallons-a-day/580965)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/368-a-month-on-gas-3-gallons-a-day/580965 "2011-05-11T06:07:51Z")
America, you fucking suck. The linked article boo-hoos how much of household budgets gasoline is costing us - but also says the average price of gas is close to $4 a gallon. It never mentions that at $4 a gallon, $368 … --- ## [I have no room for ugly jewlery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-room-for-ugly-jewlery/676345)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-room-for-ugly-jewlery/676345 "2013-12-18T17:37:40Z")
Does anyone else think Pandora\* jewlery is butt ugly? A friend of mine wants that ugly charm bracelet. She’s telling all her friends to get her specific charms. (tacky) I told her I’d get her something nice, but not th… --- ## [Atheists want God outlawed? (WV\_Woman, please respond)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-want-god-outlawed-wv_woman-please-respond/116211)
**Author:** [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-want-god-outlawed-wv_woman-please-respond/116211 "2002-07-10T15:53:16Z")
\[Note to mods\] This post is pretty anecdotal. However, I thought this forum most appropriate for the subject matter. If I am in error, my humble apologies. \[/Note\] In this thread about the recent pledge decision, WV… --- ## [Is Texas or the south east a country on its own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-texas-or-the-south-east-a-country-on-its-own/694889)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-texas-or-the-south-east-a-country-on-its-own/694889 "2014-08-24T15:49:10Z")
Is Texas or the south east a country on its own? I read that in many ways culture and customs in the Texas or the south east despite being bit more conservative and gun culture :eek::eek:that they are more friendlier ,m… --- ## [Funniest Sitcom Moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959 "2010-03-17T00:19:44Z")
This has been done before, but never hurts to remember those classic moments again. Some of my favorites: In Golden Girls, they did an episode with birthdays from the past, and Rose had invited Dorothy to a kind of Chu… --- ## [What Animals Have No Natural Enemies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-no-natural-enemies/3231)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-no-natural-enemies/3231 "2017-05-07T11:32:10Z")
Not counting humans as enemies, AND assuming the animal is full grown and healthy I can only think of a few. Gorilla Elephant Alligator Bear (Grizzly or Polar) I was thinking lions have hyena packs that can kill a f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=263&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=265&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)