# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=277&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:** 278 --- ## [Recommend a good Xbox 360 Co-op RPG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-xbox-360-co-op-rpg/643860 "2013-06-11T22:50:58Z")
I’m just got an Xbox 360, and wanted a recommendations as to a Co-op RPG I could play with my wife. She’s seen me play a few PC RPGs and said they looked interesting. Now that I am getting a system that would allow us … --- ## [The Inbetweeners - Some UK to Yank translations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inbetweeners-some-uk-to-yank-translations/531392)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inbetweeners-some-uk-to-yank-translations/531392 "2010-03-08T02:16:40Z")
As I’ve often said everything I’ve learned about The King’s English has been from Britcoms (Python, Fawlty, Young Ones etc.) I recently started watching The Inbetweeners on BBC America and its pretty good. I can’t believ… --- ## [Let's stop the terrorism double standard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-stop-the-terrorism-double-standard/738886)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-stop-the-terrorism-double-standard/738886 "2015-12-06T00:30:47Z")
Attacks like the one yesterday at Planned Parenthood are terrorism just the same as any Islamist attack. Terrorism is any violence that is in the name of a religious or political cause, and meant to strike fear into the… --- ## [So how can I harden up my poop? (a bit too much TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-can-i-harden-up-my-poop-a-bit-too-much-tmi/259232)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-can-i-harden-up-my-poop-a-bit-too-much-tmi/259232 "2004-08-18T04:19:39Z")
I have a problem that comes up all the time for me lately. Whenever I have an athletic competition my nerves seem to do a number on my bowels. I’ve tried taking Imodium AD and that works, but I’d rather have something … --- ## [AOC's "Green New Deal" pipe dream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160 "2019-03-11T13:51:39Z")
Mike Pesca delivers a nice takedown of AOC’s truthiness schtick in the latest episode of his daily Slate podcast The Gist, starting at 19:30: Note that Pesca (like me) is a center-left Democrat, and he explicitly says… --- ## [2011 Summer Postcard Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613 "2011-08-08T04:24:04Z")
So I think it’s time for a new postcard exchange, don’t you? I’m going to send out names 3 times (June, July, August). Here’s the basic rules (updated from last time) \[ol\] \[li\]You sign up here and PM/email me your in… --- ## [Star Trek Picard Review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-picard-review/917458)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-picard-review/917458 "2023-02-19T15:45:45Z")
I invite you all to watch this review, and understand why it and its writers are terrible. Even Patrick Stewart is to blame for this hot garbage. --- ## [Catholic church and child molestation redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-and-child-molestation-redux/570917)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-and-child-molestation-redux/570917 "2011-02-15T01:31:01Z")
In the Ask a Catholic thread, I asked OP and new joiner \*\*terryobrien80 \*\* To which he replied: Now, I am not claiming to be an expert on the subject but this assessment seems wrong in every way. Claiming that only … --- ## [Why are military pilots only officers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-military-pilots-only-officers/472148)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-military-pilots-only-officers/472148 "2008-11-13T16:00:41Z")
My WAG: It was thought (during WWII or so) the college education prepares them for the intricacies of flying? --- ## [What part of "Fire Lane: No Parking" don't you fuckspigots understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-fire-lane-no-parking-dont-you-fuckspigots-understand/208286)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-fire-lane-no-parking-dont-you-fuckspigots-understand/208286 "2003-10-24T13:07:19Z")
So I come home to my apartment this afternoon after a late lunch. There’s a black Honda illegally parked in the fire lane outside my door. Hmm, says I, probably someone who’s in a hurry to pick someone up, since there … --- ## [Dharun Ravi gets.... 30 DAYS? Oh. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dharun-ravi-gets-30-days-oh-really/622639)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dharun-ravi-gets-30-days-oh-really/622639 "2016-09-09T20:20:35Z")
Everyone has their idea of justice. Mine might not have been 10 years. But ferfuxsake. 30 days in jail for what he did that night to his late roommate, Tyler Clementi ?? This falls so far to the side of " oh, boys will … --- ## [How do you get a first bank loan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-first-bank-loan/407179)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-first-bank-loan/407179 "2014-06-01T21:28:22Z")
I am 44 years old, employed for almost 15 straight years, & I have never taken out a bank loan. I always borrowed from relatives. But now, I really need to establish credit. I have had my own credit card for more than… --- ## [Any ex-regular marijuana smokers? What where your experiences when you quit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ex-regular-marijuana-smokers-what-where-your-experiences-when-you-quit/505681)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ex-regular-marijuana-smokers-what-where-your-experiences-when-you-quit/505681 "2015-02-17T22:53:17Z")
I think this is the right place for this thread. So, let’s say I know someone who can’t drink, doesn’t(/quit) smoking cigarettes. The only vice he or she allows themselves is weed. They’re beginning to think they need… --- ## [Musicians: What piano chord is played at 2:59 on "Let It Be"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-piano-chord-is-played-at-2-59-on-let-it-be/663891)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-piano-chord-is-played-at-2-59-on-let-it-be/663891 "2024-03-09T14:54:49Z")
\*\*During the 2nd half of the third verse of Let It Be (“I wake up to the sound of music / Mother Mary comes to me”) Paul McCartney’s piano part has a slightly different chord than the one used in the other verses. The c… --- ## [The genitals really are the ugliest parts of the human body, aren't they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genitals-really-are-the-ugliest-parts-of-the-human-body-arent-they/664955)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genitals-really-are-the-ugliest-parts-of-the-human-body-arent-they/664955 "2013-08-03T01:05:18Z")
“The things that make babies are so ugly that, were it not for pretty faces, the human race would die out.” – Leonardo da Vinci (either gay or asexual) I am not gay or asexual or in any way sex-negative, I just think i… --- ## [Fathers being possessive of teenage girls, creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-being-possessive-of-teenage-girls-creepy/631056)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-being-possessive-of-teenage-girls-creepy/631056 "2013-10-03T20:05:41Z")
I’m not the only one who finds this creepy right? I’m not even talking of the vicarious masculinity thing some fathers have going on with their son’s sexual exploits, but the whole “that is MY daughter!” thing. I’m als… --- ## [Star Trek (TOS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos/921122)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 498\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos/921122 "2025-09-22T15:48:48Z")
Due to an unprecedented confluence of circumstances, this week, for the first time ever, I have (and am taking) the opportunity to watch ST:TOS. I’m just about finished with season 1, and I have, along with some observat… --- ## [Share true trivia you find interesting about famous people of your choosing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-true-trivia-you-find-interesting-about-famous-people-of-your-choosing/455959)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-true-trivia-you-find-interesting-about-famous-people-of-your-choosing/455959 "2008-07-25T00:37:41Z")
Title says it all. Be prepared to cite if requested but don’t feel obliged when posting. It can be anybody famous at all, from Lindsey Lohan to Genghis Kahn to King Tigleth Pileser to Marcel Marceau and back again. I’… --- ## [American Idol 2/9-10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-9-10/528309)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-9-10/528309 "2010-02-13T05:20:14Z")
Hollywood Week. --- ## [Don't miss Sharknado July 11th on Syfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-miss-sharknado-july-11th-on-syfy/663068 "2013-12-07T18:36:15Z")
With props to Prof. Pepperwinkle this will be airing Thursday the 11th at 9PM eastern. link --- ## [Share your favorite mispronunciations that you have heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-mispronunciations-that-you-have-heard/638273)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-mispronunciations-that-you-have-heard/638273 "2012-11-02T08:58:26Z")
I was listening to a woman telling a story about how a house had been firebombed. With a very serious look on her face, she told of how the perpetrator used a Mazel tov cocktail. I was highly amused. mmm --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S02E12: Who You Really Are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e12-who-you-really-are/714733)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e12-who-you-really-are/714733 "2015-03-21T01:57:54Z")
“Who You Really Are” Directed by Roxann Dawson Written by Drew Z. Greenberg Lady Sif returns! Wow. This show and Agent Carter really have made Marvel on TV excellent. I can’t wait for the Netflix shows to see if thei… --- ## [Best comic strip of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comic-strip-of-all-time/542529)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comic-strip-of-all-time/542529 "2010-06-15T02:59:09Z")
What do you consider to be the absolute best comic strip of all time? Is it a classic from the newspapers? Or is it one of the newer, online comic strips? For me, it has to be Charles M. Schulz’s sublime, poignant Pea… --- ## [Does your car battery drain if you leave your car unused for 3 weeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-car-battery-drain-if-you-leave-your-car-unused-for-3-weeks/102696)
**Author:** [@Beetle99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beetle99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-car-battery-drain-if-you-leave-your-car-unused-for-3-weeks/102696 "2002-04-10T04:27:39Z")
I had a little debate with someone over this question. She claimed that if you leave your car unused for an extended period of time (3 weeks?), when you try to start it the battery will be dead. I said I thought that w… --- ## [Is the media guilty of distorting Dan Cathy's remarks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-media-guilty-of-distorting-dan-cathys-remarks/629463)
**Author:** [@Curious\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Mike)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-media-guilty-of-distorting-dan-cathys-remarks/629463 "2012-07-31T15:11:12Z")
Chick-fil-A COO Dan Cathy was interviewed, and a report of that interview was posted on the Baptist Press wesite http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=38271. My take is that Mr. Cathy is expressing only support of a tradi… --- ## [Why the lame columns lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-lame-columns-lately/32161)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-lame-columns-lately/32161 "2003-11-22T02:06:57Z")
For about a year now, I have noticed that as I peruse old articles, they have been edited. Invariably it seems, the once-sharp wit has either been removed, or replaced with a lame parody of Leno-esque overexplication. N… --- ## [My Official Response To The Haters (re: Hillary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-response-to-the-haters-re-hillary/717947)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-response-to-the-haters-re-hillary/717947 "2015-04-29T17:52:38Z")
The first thing that I’ll say is that it’s no insignificant possibility that I actually vote for Hillary Clinton. I would vote for her over Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, possibly Rand Paul, Michelle Bachmann, Sara… --- ## [What's in the 100 year old Norwegian mystery package? It's being opened tomorrow 8/24.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441 "2012-08-25T13:30:11Z")
Verdens Gang webpage with video --- ## [Possible Console War: Generation 8 Rumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-console-war-generation-8-rumble/578451)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-console-war-generation-8-rumble/578451 "2011-06-13T09:04:50Z")
Looks like Nintendo is finally getting that HD console out (source). It’s still technically only a rumor, and this has been rumored every E3 since… oh… the Wii was still the Revolution, but this one strikes me as more le… --- ## [Mods, you are playing their ignorant game if "climate change deniers" is offlimits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-you-are-playing-their-ignorant-game-if-climate-change-deniers-is-offlimits/630931)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-you-are-playing-their-ignorant-game-if-climate-change-deniers-is-offlimits/630931 "2012-08-18T22:42:36Z")
Well, IIRC even moderators before came to report in other threads that the use of “AGW denier” was kosher as even scientific organizations are realizing that they are encountering the same “logic” as creationists appl… --- ## [Would Someone Please Explain the Appeal of Cats (the Musical) To Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-explain-the-appeal-of-cats-the-musical-to-me/433890)
**Author:** [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-explain-the-appeal-of-cats-the-musical-to-me/433890 "2015-06-20T16:58:39Z")
I was stuck at home with the a bug yesterday, so I finally watched the musical Cats. It wasn’t bad, and I’d say it was worth the $2.00 I paid for it at Half-Priced Books, but it wasn’t that great, either. I’ve heard ra… --- ## [Do you NEED an eye prescription to get glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-need-an-eye-prescription-to-get-glasses/233699)
**Author:** [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-need-an-eye-prescription-to-get-glasses/233699 "2004-03-20T14:35:04Z")
On one hand, it’s a prescription, and only a state-certified opt-whatever can make one out. So that implies it’s special in some way. On the other hand, it’s just a few numbers that someone could easily keep in their h… --- ## [2 dates, then THE TALK, now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-dates-then-the-talk-now-what/564412)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-dates-then-the-talk-now-what/564412 "2011-02-12T02:27:51Z")
Ah, it feels so good to be doing a MPSIMS dating rant again. So Friday night, Amy (not her real name) finds my okcupid profile and sends me a couple of IMs. I’m already asleep so I don’t get them til early Saturday (I h… --- ## [To my California friends \[Prop. 19\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-california-friends-prop-19/558597)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-california-friends-prop-19/558597 "2010-11-03T22:58:51Z")
Please vote YES for Prop 19. I know there are a lot of bugs to be worked out, a lot of questions to be answered, and a lot of issues and problems to be settled with it. I know that it isn’t a panacea, that it won’t cur… --- ## [Another Titanic question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-titanic-question/708811)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-titanic-question/708811 "2016-02-18T08:18:31Z")
One thing I’ve always wondered about regarding that famous sinking. If any ship had been able to get to the Titanic before she sank, how would it have been possible to transfer over two thousand people from one ship to … --- ## [Are some people fated to commit suicide.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-fated-to-commit-suicide/528553)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-fated-to-commit-suicide/528553 "2015-02-26T02:21:06Z")
The issue of takine one’s own life has recently touched my life in several ways, and I stumbled across singer Judy Collins’s excellent book Sanity & Graceon the suicide of her only child, sonClark Taylor. Collins makes … --- ## [Some WA pharmacists want to continue forcing their morality on customers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-wa-pharmacists-want-to-continue-forcing-their-morality-on-customers/413277)
**Author:** [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Replies:** 364\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-wa-pharmacists-want-to-continue-forcing-their-morality-on-customers/413277 "2007-08-12T05:58:26Z")
I know we’ve done this before, but I’m still frustrated by this issue. In this story, we discover that Washington State’s new rules requiring pharmacists to dispense Plan B are being challenged. I knew this would happe… --- ## [Betty White Hosts SNL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-hosts-snl/538718)
**Author:** [@Smokenmirrors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smokenmirrors)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2010, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-hosts-snl/538718 "2010-05-14T08:52:39Z")
5/8/2010 Betty White will host Saturday Night Live. Many are looking forward to this show. Appearing with Betty will be Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph,Molly Shannon and MacGruber. Music is Jay Z with… --- ## [McCain Cancels Larry King Interview because Campbell Brown spanked his buttboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-cancels-larry-king-interview-because-campbell-brown-spanked-his-buttboy/461814)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-cancels-larry-king-interview-because-campbell-brown-spanked-his-buttboy/461814 "2008-09-09T07:56:12Z")
From here and here and here. Apologies if this is already posted but obviously I can’t search as we’re still unpacking. See the Brown v. Bounds segment here. Brown had the nerve to say that the McCain camp was sendin… --- ## [Am I the only one this annoys? (Dad/daughter stuff)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-this-annoys-dad-daughter-stuff/612084)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-this-annoys-dad-daughter-stuff/612084 "2012-02-10T01:21:04Z")
I’m really beginning to think I’m the only person on earth that this annoys, and I wanted to check with the Dope to see if folks here support my hypothesis. Does anyone else (particularly women) get really annoyed at th… --- ## [I'm afraid of the "Singularity"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-afraid-of-the-singularity/645610)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-afraid-of-the-singularity/645610 "2013-01-03T22:43:53Z")
I’ve been aware of this idea of Ray Kurzweil’s for a while, but I didn’t really investigate what it entailed until recently. I don’t like the future that he describes, but I don’t see anyone else complaining much. Whic… --- ## [Husbands, how do you cope..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husbands-how-do-you-cope/597632)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husbands-how-do-you-cope/597632 "2011-10-09T02:38:14Z")
… with the monthly mood swings of your wives? --- ## [Copa America Centenario (Copa 2016) Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319)
**Author:** [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319 "2016-06-27T20:09:52Z")
So tomorrow is the beginning of the 100th anniversary of the Copa America (it hasn’t been played every year since it’s start… so it’s only the 45th Copa), with the host USA playing Columbia (with all signs pointed to the… --- ## [SDMB PC multiplayer gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pc-multiplayer-gaming/676631)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pc-multiplayer-gaming/676631 "2016-01-03T05:04:09Z")
It’s about time for a new thread to organize the PC gamers on the SDMB to get together for multiplayer games. We’ve been had an active group of SDMB gamers for quite a few years now, and while we still have probably abou… --- ## [Europe's anti-Semitism crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europes-anti-semitism-crisis/726130)
**Author:** [@Haberdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haberdash)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europes-anti-semitism-crisis/726130 "2015-07-30T00:20:38Z")
I suppose if people find the increasing entrenchment of Israel a problem, they can try to solve this problem, or encourage Jews to immigrate to the U.S. and Canada instead. --- ## [Finally Baseball is here! 2009 Edition, (April thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-baseball-is-here-2009-edition-april-thread/492049)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-baseball-is-here-2009-edition-april-thread/492049 "2009-05-01T13:43:14Z")
This is it, today starts the season. I like my Yankees, the starters look great and the bullpen looks great. The hitters will be good until A-Rod returns and then maybe great. The problem is Boston and Tampa both look g… --- ## [Do bee keeper suits offer protection from Wasps? or Africanized bees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bee-keeper-suits-offer-protection-from-wasps-or-africanized-bees/655539)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bee-keeper-suits-offer-protection-from-wasps-or-africanized-bees/655539 "2013-04-16T22:11:40Z")
Inspired by the thread about a 22 ft wasp nest found inside a house. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16188248&posted=1#post16188248 Does a bee suit protect from wasp and hornet stings? Africanized… --- ## [How good is medical marijuana compared to street quality stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-medical-marijuana-compared-to-street-quality-stuff/542223)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-medical-marijuana-compared-to-street-quality-stuff/542223 "2010-06-12T04:54:18Z")
Just curious. How does medical marijuana stack up quality wise to what you can buy on the street? --- ## [Do people with colored contact lenses just not realize how fake they look?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-with-colored-contact-lenses-just-not-realize-how-fake-they-look/613678)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-with-colored-contact-lenses-just-not-realize-how-fake-they-look/613678 "2012-02-24T05:59:33Z")
Am I the only one who thinks colored contact lenses are never a good idea? I’ve encountered a couple of people this week who have had them in and they are incredibly distracting, and not in a good way. Maybe there are … --- ## [Other Fucking Message Boards that Suck Major Ass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-fucking-message-boards-that-suck-major-ass/658247)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-fucking-message-boards-that-suck-major-ass/658247 "2017-03-25T21:00:59Z")
Goddammit! I’ve been having hard times lately, and must confess that I have strayed in my search for knowledge. But I figure sometimes you need to narrow your focus and consult “experts”. So, I signed up for a couple o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=276&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=278&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)