# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=296&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:** 297 --- ## [Grading criteria of our daughter's HS teacher. Unfair? (Need answer fast.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grading-criteria-of-our-daughters-hs-teacher-unfair-need-answer-fast/721488)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grading-criteria-of-our-daughters-hs-teacher-unfair-need-answer-fast/721488 "2015-06-28T18:59:58Z")
Our daughter (Cathy967) is 17 years old. She is a junior in high school. Catherine is an extremely talented artist in both fine art and graphic design. She has won numerous awards and has taken private art lessons for m… --- ## [Why did the Vietnam US POW rumors stay alive so long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-vietnam-us-pow-rumors-stay-alive-so-long/613888)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-vietnam-us-pow-rumors-stay-alive-so-long/613888 "2012-03-05T20:26:36Z")
I remember news stories from the 1990’s when John MCCain Jr went to Vietnam (back to) to investigate any remaining US POWs there. That was decades after though; so why was the “bring our POWs home” thing so long lasting… --- ## [Newt Gingrich to run for president - has he got a snowball's chance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-gingrich-to-run-for-president-has-he-got-a-snowballs-chance/581290)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-gingrich-to-run-for-president-has-he-got-a-snowballs-chance/581290 "2011-05-20T16:42:49Z")
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2011/05/09/6611425-gingrich-to-make-run-official-wednesday- Newt Gingrich is throwing his hat into the ring to make a try for GOP nominee for president. On the one hand he’s got lot… --- ## [Marines basic training today versus Full Metal Jacket era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marines-basic-training-today-versus-full-metal-jacket-era/460782)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marines-basic-training-today-versus-full-metal-jacket-era/460782 "2014-05-11T23:19:02Z")
I’ve heard my share of stories from Marines who served “back in the day” about how the basic training that Marines go through today is not as rough as the training they went through back in the 60s, 50s, 40s, whenever. T… --- ## [Is Fox and Friends really as dim-witted as Jon Stewart makes it out to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-and-friends-really-as-dim-witted-as-jon-stewart-makes-it-out-to-be/551286)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-and-friends-really-as-dim-witted-as-jon-stewart-makes-it-out-to-be/551286 "2011-03-30T18:37:57Z")
For those of you who missed it, another brilliant Daily Show takedown of Fox and Friends: Anyway this show is regularly the butt of Jon Stewart’s jokes and from what I’ve seen on the Daily Show, this program look like … --- ## [Mailing a letter with a deliberately wrong name and return address- illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-a-letter-with-a-deliberately-wrong-name-and-return-address-illegal/589675)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-a-letter-with-a-deliberately-wrong-name-and-return-address-illegal/589675 "2011-07-21T13:45:48Z")
Let’s say I want to get someone really important to read a letter I write. I realize I have 0 chance of having this person personally open a letter of mine with my own Joe Schmo name and return address on the envelope. S… --- ## [Why do "Wheel of Fortune" contestants waste money on vowels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-wheel-of-fortune-contestants-waste-money-on-vowels/440972)
**Author:** [@Squarebubble1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squarebubble1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-wheel-of-fortune-contestants-waste-money-on-vowels/440972 "2008-03-14T00:01:48Z")
This pretty much speaks for itself…with each vowel costing $250.00 a piece, it seems foolish to waste money picking them, since the winner is chosen by the highest cash amount at the end. Is America such a country of lou… --- ## [French burka restrictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-burka-restrictions/506228)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-burka-restrictions/506228 "2009-08-20T10:49:48Z")
France has been enacting various restrictions on the wearing of burkas. Some people are arguing that this is a sign of wider opposition to Islam. But the official argument is that the wearing of a burka is demeaning to … --- ## [The Thing's Dick (Fantastic Four)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765)
**Author:** [@Gentle\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gentle_Robot)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765 "2007-04-23T23:57:06Z")
Is it covered in rock like the rest of his skin? Does it work? I mean, he’s got to be able to pee at least, right? Would it tear a woman apart? Have they ever covered this in the comics? I recall he had a long-lasting l… --- ## [Where's everybody from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597)
**Author:** [@BDBoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDBoop)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597 "2011-08-24T14:06:51Z")
I’ve seen mention of AU/NZ, so I know it’s not solid USA. Also, wow; people have been here a decade! How old is the community? --- ## [Theists, agnostics, beleivers: Have you attempted to read a book by Richard Dawkins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theists-agnostics-beleivers-have-you-attempted-to-read-a-book-by-richard-dawkins/510623)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theists-agnostics-beleivers-have-you-attempted-to-read-a-book-by-richard-dawkins/510623 "2009-10-24T15:39:04Z")
Inspired by Atheists, agnostics, & non-believers: do you enjoy reading any part of the Bible?. When I read RD I find myself thoroughly enthralled by what I’m reading. If it’s possible I become even more sure of the non… --- ## [You're naming your baby what!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-naming-your-baby-what/277202)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-naming-your-baby-what/277202 "2004-12-09T05:11:33Z")
I know it’s none of my business what someone chooses to name their new baby. I’m not contributing to its raising so I should just shut the hell up. But why do new parents do this to their kids? What’s the matter with … --- ## [My “Retired and Being a Bum” MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-retired-and-being-a-bum-mmp/591022)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-retired-and-being-a-bum-mmp/591022 "2011-08-08T12:52:20Z")
Technically, July 30 was my last day, even tho I surrendered my badges on the 29th. The rule states that in order to earn leave, you must work the entire pay period. Since I was earning 8 hours and selling those 8 hour… --- ## [No reward for found cell phone: would you be put off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-reward-for-found-cell-phone-would-you-be-put-off/547822)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-reward-for-found-cell-phone-would-you-be-put-off/547822 "2016-02-03T01:43:00Z")
Person A finds an iPhone in a taxi cab and takes it on his way to a party at a bar. About 20 minutes later Person B, the cell phone’s owner, calls the phone, and after a little bit of telephone tag Persons A and B get i… --- ## [Hot Dog! It's the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog-its-the-mmp/363033)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog-its-the-mmp/363033 "2006-07-10T02:54:54Z")
Hot dog facts: July is National Hot Dog Month! Hot dogs are one of the most popular American foods. On the 4th of July, 155 million hot dogs will be eaten. The name “hot dog” is credited to a sports cartoonist named T… --- ## [Chappelle talks: Why I walked away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelle-talks-why-i-walked-away/352540)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelle-talks-why-i-walked-away/352540 "2006-04-21T16:01:08Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/13/people.chappelle.ap/index.html Culturally: “The bottom line was, white people own everything, and where can a black person go and be himself or say something that’s familiar to h… --- ## [George Will says vote Dem in November](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-will-says-vote-dem-in-november/816619)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-will-says-vote-dem-in-november/816619 "2018-07-09T15:55:15Z")
He quit the GOP in 2016 due to Trump . He says Congress is giving Trump too much power. --- ## [So...anyone else ever mistakenly think fictional characters were real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-ever-mistakenly-think-fictional-characters-were-real/676988)
**Author:** [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-ever-mistakenly-think-fictional-characters-were-real/676988 "2014-01-15T22:06:52Z")
The other day, I saw an ad on TV for the new Ben Stiller movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. As I watched it, I realised that I had, yet again, seemingly made a wrong assumption about someone’s status as a real perso… --- ## [Is there a limiting principle to Shelly v. Kramer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limiting-principle-to-shelly-v-kramer/703552)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limiting-principle-to-shelly-v-kramer/703552 "2014-11-14T04:37:59Z")
As background for those unfamiliar with the case, we will start with the first proposition. Since 1883, the Supreme has held that the 14th amendment does not apply to private acts of discrimination but only to those tha… --- ## [Explain Curling to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-curling-to-me/528706)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-curling-to-me/528706 "2010-03-04T22:30:21Z")
I saw a commercial with it tonight and always wondered how it’s played as the Olympics is the only time I’ve seen it. One player pushes throws a stone and people are pushing brooms. Are there techniques or strategies for… --- ## [Happy, Healthy and Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-healthy-and-heavy/510233)
**Author:** [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-healthy-and-heavy/510233 "2009-09-19T12:13:05Z")
Newsweek has published a photo shoot, plus brief quotes, of people who are technically “overweight”, according to BMI, but are nevertheless athletic and physically fit. Happy, Healthy and Heavy I thought it was a great… --- ## [Nicknames you've given to strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-youve-given-to-strangers/459105)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-youve-given-to-strangers/459105 "2012-02-22T17:50:18Z")
I’ll share a few that my walking partner and I have come up with. We’ve walked around our neighborhood streets so many times that we were bound to find a few people we had to nickname. Cell Phone Girl: You never see h… --- ## [The one thing your spouse does that drives you nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-your-spouse-does-that-drives-you-nuts/589147)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-your-spouse-does-that-drives-you-nuts/589147 "2011-08-15T20:44:35Z")
I love my fiance very, very much, obviously or I wouldn’t be marrying the guy next month. LOL. But there is one thing that drives me insane: he doesn’t do the “Jeep Wave” when he is driving my Jeep. Those of you with … --- ## [How much blame do the citizens of Gaza deserve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-blame-do-the-citizens-of-gaza-deserve/483192)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-blame-do-the-citizens-of-gaza-deserve/483192 "2009-02-02T23:11:05Z")
I just came away from a heated discussion about the current Israeli attack on Gaza and I need some perspective. From what I understand, the rockets from Hamas haven’t killed all that many people. The Israeli strike on G… --- ## [A modern symbological assessment of the ontological argument for the existence of God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontological-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108845)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontological-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108845 "2002-07-30T21:01:47Z")
Tyrrell McAllister’s thread renewed my interest in some of the classical ontological God arguments. I’ve been googling for the past couple of days. I started with Anselm of Canterbury and ended up with Tisthammer of Minn… --- ## [Rant: the War on Fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-the-war-on-fat/347329)
**Author:** [@woodflute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodflute)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-the-war-on-fat/347329 "2006-03-17T23:00:34Z")
What is happening in America right now scares the piss out of me. There is a new minority, a special new breed of second-class citizen. These folks are everywhere! Chances are you know one! Maybe you’ve got one in your … --- ## [The Supreme Court isn't done: Watch and see a lot of individual rights fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-isnt-done-watch-and-see-a-lot-of-individual-rights-fall/966843)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-isnt-done-watch-and-see-a-lot-of-individual-rights-fall/966843 "2025-12-03T19:43:16Z")
While we try to absorb the abortion decision and how things are going to change as a result of that, make sure you are paying attention to the other things that the Supreme Court is getting ready to burn are many federal… --- ## [Is it possible... \[ancient astronauts\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ancient-astronauts/547016)
**Author:** [@curiousGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curiousGuy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ancient-astronauts/547016 "2010-07-21T18:30:33Z")
…that, say 2.5 billion years ago on Earth, an entire race of intelligent beings evolved, got civilized, sent off satellites into outer space, then got wiped out by some utterly huge event, so that no trace of them can ev… --- ## [CV Boot Needs to be Replaced. Replace Just the Boot or the Whole Axle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cv-boot-needs-to-be-replaced-replace-just-the-boot-or-the-whole-axle/530944)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cv-boot-needs-to-be-replaced-replace-just-the-boot-or-the-whole-axle/530944 "2010-03-02T22:23:07Z")
The passenger front CV boot in my 1995 Subaru Impreza needs to be replaced (it’s starting to click on turns). I stopped in at Pep Boys to get some other things and asked the service guys what the ballpark would be for la… --- ## [The biggest factor in Casey Anthony's acquittal was...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-factor-in-casey-anthonys-acquittal-was/587996)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-factor-in-casey-anthonys-acquittal-was/587996 "2011-07-08T01:40:46Z")
I don’t know about you, but I am relatively stunned at the verdict. I use the term ‘relatively’ because, with our ridiculously outdated\* jury trial process, nothing should be all that surprising. \*Behavioral science ha… --- ## [The case against Lee H. Oswald](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-lee-h-oswald/993643)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 326\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-lee-h-oswald/993643 "2023-12-12T21:16:33Z")
I know it’s been done to death around here, but we did just pass the 60th anniversary milestone of JFK’s assassination. And I follow a page on Instagram called real-time1960s, which provides day for day news reports as … --- ## [MeanOldLady please explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanoldlady-please-explain/650149)
**Author:** [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanoldlady-please-explain/650149 "2013-02-17T23:00:09Z")
I haven’t posted on here in a long time. Talked to some members, but no posting. I’m only posting because I got directed to this story by Google and it made my blood boil. Sorry if I’m roasting someone out of their us… --- ## [If an American woman keeps aborting female babies to get a boy should that be OK legally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-american-woman-keeps-aborting-female-babies-to-get-a-boy-should-that-be-ok-legally/545066)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-american-woman-keeps-aborting-female-babies-to-get-a-boy-should-that-be-ok-legally/545066 "2010-07-05T04:08:17Z")
Per the impact of sex selection in India thread I ran across this articlewhich implies that sex selective abortions are happening in the US within certain ethnic cohorts. It is a basic presumption and valued right among… --- ## [What aspect of bad writing bothers you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aspect-of-bad-writing-bothers-you-the-most/517727)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aspect-of-bad-writing-bothers-you-the-most/517727 "2009-12-06T19:19:06Z")
Memo to Hack Writers of the World: Re: that day you missed in creative writing class. Show, not tell. Show, not tell. SHOW, not tell. SHOW, not tell. I can take bad dialog in stride. I often don’t notice bad charact… --- ## [There's no diversity like liberal diversity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770 "2007-11-05T19:15:34Z")
Link I’m speechless. Absolutely speechless. This is what passes for higher education now? Jesus fuck! Why don’t thy just rename their stupid school the Ministry of Truth. The football team could be the Orwells (or the… --- ## [Why does Cuba forbid emigration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cuba-forbid-emigration/718237)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cuba-forbid-emigration/718237 "2015-06-29T13:13:01Z")
When Cuban relations began to thaw a few months ago, a CBS News camera panned Havana harbor and noted that there were no boats. Boats were forbidden because they could be used to escape. And that got me to thinking abo… --- ## [SDMB All-Pro fantasy football league 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-league-2010/548628)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-league-2010/548628 "2010-12-29T06:23:55Z")
Don’t have time to write much now, but I wanted to get the individual league threads going. We have a general discussion FF thread and this is last year’s league thread. This league is not yet recruiting. Everyone from… --- ## [I have decided to become an atheist (hypothetical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-become-an-atheist-hypothetical/444723)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-become-an-atheist-hypothetical/444723 "2008-04-16T10:07:57Z")
As such, since God does not exist, I feel it is time to take stock of everything I ever thought I knew. The obvious place to start is: Morality. Well, atheists keep telling me that an atheist can be moral. But what i… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E18: Providence (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e18-providence-open-spoilers/686229)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e18-providence-open-spoilers/686229 "2014-08-20T05:28:56Z")
“Providence” Directed by Milan Cheylov Written by Brent Fletcher If you haven’t seen Captain America: Winter Soldier and you dislike spoilers you are probably going to want to avoid this thread and episode (And the SH… --- ## [Your Celebrity Crush That Makes Others Say "WTF?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140)
**Author:** [@atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atlantic)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140 "2012-01-26T17:33:38Z")
You know that actor, musician, athlete, etc. that you think is incredibly sexy but everyone else thinks that you’re a bit insane to find him/her slightly attractive. Mine is Tom Chaplin, lead singer of Keane, front and … --- ## [what are the dangers of someone else's knowing your social security number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dangers-of-someone-elses-knowing-your-social-security-number/553120)
**Author:** [@akimbo\_gait](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akimbo_gait)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dangers-of-someone-elses-knowing-your-social-security-number/553120 "2010-09-09T13:15:03Z")
i lost my social security card once before. today, someone who needed my social security number asked me to say it aloud while there was a stranger behind me. if the stranger committed to memory, what can he do? also,… --- ## [American Idol week of 3/2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034 "2010-03-10T21:43:13Z")
We’re here again, but with fewer contestants, of course, and more to go (home). --- ## [Has anyone seen Naked & Afraid yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-naked-afraid-yet/663141)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-naked-afraid-yet/663141 "2013-08-01T18:33:55Z")
Now on Discovery Channel. I’ve seen the first two episodes so far. I was always hoping for a real survival show as an answer to Survivor, but this one just seems like an excuse to show nudity¹. I’m no prude, but couldn’… --- ## [Ridiculously stupid-simple recipes you can't believe come out so tasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-stupid-simple-recipes-you-cant-believe-come-out-so-tasty/511411)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-stupid-simple-recipes-you-cant-believe-come-out-so-tasty/511411 "2010-06-05T21:55:34Z")
You know 'em, you love 'em, now share 'em here. Recipes that are simple, straightforward, don’t result in a sink full of dirty pans, but do result in food so good you’d eat it every day except for the fear of getting si… --- ## [Royal Baby name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-baby-name/664256 "2013-08-02T20:33:29Z")
George. Edward. Albert. Unlikely Richard. Henry. Stephan, James, John My preference: Stephan John --- ## [How rapidly can a commercial aircraft descend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-rapidly-can-a-commercial-aircraft-descend/568932)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-rapidly-can-a-commercial-aircraft-descend/568932 "2011-01-27T21:02:48Z")
News today reported that a commercial airliner performed an emergency descent after losing cabin pressure. The oxygen generators that provide passengers with emergency O\[sub\]2\[/sub\] reportedly last for 15-20 minutes aft… --- ## [Not asking your fiance's sibling to be part of your wedding party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-asking-your-fiances-sibling-to-be-part-of-your-wedding-party/690111)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-asking-your-fiances-sibling-to-be-part-of-your-wedding-party/690111 "2015-08-26T16:47:26Z")
On two occasions in the past few years there have been weddings of people close to me where a bride did not invite the groom’s sister to be part of her wedding party. Both times this caused hurt feelings and lots of (wh… --- ## [Does NASA use whale oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nasa-use-whale-oil/545542)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nasa-use-whale-oil/545542 "2013-07-05T16:27:26Z")
So, I’m sitting here watching America: The Story of Us on the History Channel, and they’re describing how at the very beginning of the Industrial Revolution, whale oil was vitally important to the development of the IR b… --- ## [Going on a first date with a cute girl i met online. any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-first-date-with-a-cute-girl-i-met-online-any-advice/729238)
**Author:** [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-first-date-with-a-cute-girl-i-met-online-any-advice/729238 "2015-08-30T21:45:02Z")
No troll advice please based on my other threads. Need some now. She’s asking to meet me and hang out, but she seems really into me. Like she really likes me. When i was YOUNGER girls would just straight up pick me up … --- ## [Iconic bad song of the decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-bad-song-of-the-decade/546560)
**Author:** [@jrepka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrepka)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-bad-song-of-the-decade/546560 "2010-07-21T19:48:43Z")
In the thread Air Supply -v- Simon and Garfunkel someone mentioned, in passing, the Paul Simon credit/infliction on society/war crime popularly known as Red Rubber Ball. It brought to mind a list my brother once compile… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=295&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=297&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)