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**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928 "2009-12-19T01:27:05Z")
I like logos. But there are some out there that are so horrible, they’re actually kind of cool. My favorite bad logo is the New Jersey Turnpike: http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5123327/turnpikelogo-main\_F… --- ## ["He spelled 'Yale' with a 6." "I'm not made of Airports"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561 "2008-10-16T21:49:58Z")
Simpsons lines. Go. --- ## [Very Annoying Racial Myths. Discuss it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-annoying-racial-myths-discuss-it/625629)
**Author:** [@Gezmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gezmo)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-annoying-racial-myths-discuss-it/625629 "2012-06-25T22:22:18Z")
What are some racial stereotypes and myths that bother you? Well here are some of mine. For one I hate it when people associate a country with a race. Like when people say MEXICANS. Mexico is a diverse country, and i… --- ## [American Idol 3/21 - the 1950s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270)
**Author:** [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-21-the-1950s/349270 "2006-03-26T04:08:48Z")
Here is the thread for this week’s shows. Word on the “street” is that they get those old records of the shelf, cause today’s music ain’t got the same soul. Speaking of no soul, Barry Manilow will be in attendance. Is i… --- ## [You're Being Detained, Sir, For Babysitting Someone of a Different Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-being-detained-sir-for-babysitting-someone-of-a-different-race/472348)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-being-detained-sir-for-babysitting-someone-of-a-different-race/472348 "2008-11-18T00:24:48Z")
One of the criminal justice blogs I read relates a story of a grandfather, who is Race A, taking care of his granddaughter, who is Race B. The “races” in question are white and black, and the blog identifies which is whi… --- ## [HELP: There's an insect crawling inside my computer's LCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-theres-an-insect-crawling-inside-my-computers-lcd/588474)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-theres-an-insect-crawling-inside-my-computers-lcd/588474 "2011-07-28T05:48:34Z")
How can I get it out? It’s about the size of a baby flea. It’s crawling upward, to the top of the screen, on top of the “E” at the end of " THE STRAIGHT DOPE." Oh–no, now it’s going back down. If I touch the screen it w… --- ## [Did Shaksper write the Sonnets? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-shaksper-write-the-sonnets-edited-title/536631)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-shaksper-write-the-sonnets-edited-title/536631 "2010-04-26T16:50:32Z")
I’m definitely no Shakespeare scholar and hope to hear from others on the Authorship question and the enclosed Sonnets. Many of the Sonnets are personal, and make no sense in relation to what’s known about Wm Shaksper o… --- ## [Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - now playing (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-now-playing-open-spoilers/780977)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-now-playing-open-spoilers/780977 "2017-09-02T20:05:36Z")
OK, so no one is fully playing it until Friday, but I thought we should have a discussion thread for it. Thoughts? How would you rank it compared to other Zeldas? --- ## [Are school uniforms a good idea or a bad one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-school-uniforms-a-good-idea-or-a-bad-one/784110)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-school-uniforms-a-good-idea-or-a-bad-one/784110 "2017-04-19T09:38:51Z")
When I was a kid in the UK in the 50s/early 60s I wore a uniform at grammar school: blazer with school badge, cap, regulation trousers, shirt, shoes, etc. We all hated it then and envied the kids at the ordinary schools … --- ## [Most Annoying Affected Pronunciation In Popular Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-affected-pronunciation-in-popular-music/561389)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-affected-pronunciation-in-popular-music/561389 "2010-11-27T05:33:12Z")
I’ve posted before about Chrissy Hinde on “Brass in Pocket” putting on, for no reason explicable to me, what sounds like an attempt at a black man, or retard, or retarded black man: "Gohhh use mah . . . " That’s near t… --- ## [Should I let my daughter get her navel pierced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-daughter-get-her-navel-pierced/116075)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-daughter-get-her-navel-pierced/116075 "2011-07-14T17:22:43Z")
My daughter, who is 15 - 16 in August, is away at Camp. She’s a counselor in training for the summer and won’t return home until August 2. I can go visit on the weekends if I want, she has saturdays off and the camp is… --- ## [Actors who embrace the evil of their character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-embrace-the-evil-of-their-character/677660)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-embrace-the-evil-of-their-character/677660 "2014-04-03T12:43:12Z")
My sister and I were, for reasons I can’t now reconstruct, talking about Michael Douglas, and she said that one of the reasons she didn’t care for him as an actor was that he isn’t willing to be dislikable – even when he… --- ## [Quote sniping is fucking annoying to read and respond to.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298 "2010-11-11T19:16:03Z")
To preface: I came here recently from another intelligent forum in which quote-sniping is heavily discouraged. It’s not a bannable offense unless it’s done repeatedly and obtusely (afaik nobody has actually been perma-ba… --- ## [Republicans don't give a CHIP about children's health care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-dont-give-a-chip-about-childrens-health-care/799986)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-dont-give-a-chip-about-childrens-health-care/799986 "2017-11-05T17:51:30Z")
CHIP’s authorization expired on September 30 when the GOP Congress, occupied by yet one more attempt to repeal Obamacare, didn’t get around to reauthorizing the program for another five years. The GOP apparently needs t… --- ## [Going on a 7 day fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-7-day-fast/698720)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-7-day-fast/698720 "2014-10-03T00:10:28Z")
I’ve read quite a lot about fasting - mainly for weight-loss. In the Bible it says that Moses, Elijah and Jesus all fasted for 40 days. My doctor said that divine intervention was involved for them to survive that long. … --- ## [Vitamin B complex causing nausea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-b-complex-causing-nausea/405913)
**Author:** [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-b-complex-causing-nausea/405913 "2007-05-29T20:50:12Z")
When I used to take the Vitamin B complex\* I would get an attack of severe nausea from an hour to four or five hours from a single dose. I’m talking “chugged ipecac” level of severe nausea for up to an hour. Sometimes I … --- ## [General NHL Offseason Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-nhl-offseason-thread/543241)
**Author:** [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-nhl-offseason-thread/543241 "2010-10-07T16:56:49Z")
Some key dates for us Doper puckheads: The NHL Award show takes place on June 23rd in Las Vegas. Crosby, Ovechkin and Vancouver’s Henrik Sedin are the nominees for the Hart Trophy as the MVP. The Draft takes place in … --- ## [Why are bathroom light switches often outside of the bathroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathroom-light-switches-often-outside-of-the-bathroom/265085)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathroom-light-switches-often-outside-of-the-bathroom/265085 "2004-09-23T21:54:57Z")
This has never been the case in any house that I have lived in but I often find that the light switch to the bathroom in other people’s houses is somewhere outside of the bathroom. Sometimes, it is a single switch that i… --- ## [New Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread/307722)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread/307722 "2005-07-20T08:26:54Z")
Obligatory link to inspiration. Chatty expository about old ideas coming full circle. Question designed to illicit the maximum number of responses? Apology for wasting everyone’s time. Screwed up\[i/\] coding. “Wise and p… --- ## [Is an infinite past logically impossible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-infinite-past-logically-impossible/562011)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-infinite-past-logically-impossible/562011 "2017-06-05T15:26:52Z")
Note that I’m not asking whether or not it’s compatible with the Big Bang model. There are other models out there that posit a steady state, or a series of big bangs, etc. So it’s not does it happen to be true, but is it… --- ## ["Coward's way out"; attitudes to suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowards-way-out-attitudes-to-suicide/608776)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowards-way-out-attitudes-to-suicide/608776 "2013-02-13T16:45:16Z")
People who take their own lives are sometimes referred to as having “taking the coward’s way out” and I’ve heard it called an inherently selfish act too. Assuming that you’re not being slowly fed feet first into a meat … --- ## [Why do so many Americans feel they need tools for killing people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-americans-feel-they-need-tools-for-killing-people/739849)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-americans-feel-they-need-tools-for-killing-people/739849 "2015-12-15T23:34:35Z")
Do they actually want to kill people? Don’t they realize that statistically, a gun is more likely to kill its owner than anyone else? Reading comprehension: they’re called “assault weapons” for a reason. How does it m… --- ## [Lost 4.05: "The Constant"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-05-the-constant/439512)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-05-the-constant/439512 "2008-03-06T17:54:18Z")
Thread rules: Kate seems to have carelessly risked the lives of a lot of people by letting Miles know where Ben is, all for the sake of finding out if Miles knows about her crimes. Now she’s been kicked back to Jack’s… --- ## [Why do a lot, if not almost all, of mens' rights type folk seem to be anti woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-a-lot-if-not-almost-all-of-mens-rights-type-folk-seem-to-be-anti-woman/644989)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-a-lot-if-not-almost-all-of-mens-rights-type-folk-seem-to-be-anti-woman/644989 "2013-01-05T07:57:43Z")
As a man, in principle I’m a huge supporter of mens’ rights. But almost all the stuff I look at w.r.t. men rights seems to not so much be pro-men, as anti-women. No rational man, and remember the whole “reason” for men… --- ## [OK, So Why Wasn't Aragorn Tempted by the One Ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-wasnt-aragorn-tempted-by-the-one-ring/447177)
**Author:** [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-wasnt-aragorn-tempted-by-the-one-ring/447177 "2008-05-06T22:51:44Z")
Please god don’t refer me to the books OR the appendices–I just reread them not 6 months ago. But now I find I have never asked myself that question and I have no answer. Hell, Gandalf and Galadriel were both tempted–and… --- ## [What-- if anything-- are rolling veins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-are-rolling-veins/259600)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-are-rolling-veins/259600 "2013-09-30T18:27:48Z")
I’ve been accused of having them by phlebotomists for years and if the phlebotomists think it’s a pain, the should try being on the other end of the needle. Today when I came home from a doctor’s visit I decided to take … --- ## [Time Travelling to 1915 - How to take money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travelling-to-1915-how-to-take-money/717011)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travelling-to-1915-how-to-take-money/717011 "2015-04-20T11:52:33Z")
Let us suppose that I have a working time machine, and decide to travel back in time about 100 years. It would seem that the Yearly Median Household Income in that year was $687. I’ve got quite a bit more than that sav… --- ## [Why do '80s movies/TV shows seem to have a washed-out or out-of-focus look?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-80s-movies-tv-shows-seem-to-have-a-washed-out-or-out-of-focus-look/295923)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-80s-movies-tv-shows-seem-to-have-a-washed-out-or-out-of-focus-look/295923 "2005-03-29T03:38:08Z")
Whenever I see a movie or TV show from the '80s (and sometimes from the '70s), I’m struck by how the picture is rather washed-out, or slightly out of focuse or soft-focused. (There’s probably a cinematographic term for … --- ## [Better Call Saul 1.07 "Bingo" 3/16/2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-07-bingo-3-16-2015/715128)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-07-bingo-3-16-2015/715128 "2015-03-24T14:03:20Z")
Previous threads: 1.01 Uno and 1.02 Mijo 1.03 Nacho 1.04 Hero 1.05 Alpine Shepherd Boy 1.06 Five-o --- ## [Carbonation vs Sore Throat: Hurts So Good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-vs-sore-throat-hurts-so-good/648403)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-vs-sore-throat-hurts-so-good/648403 "2013-01-28T07:00:28Z")
I’ve got some kind of sinus thing happening which is causing two areas in the back of my throat to be very swollen and painful. Tonight despite the agony of swallowing, I just had this really stubbor craving for a carbo… --- ## [The most inherant;ly cruel race?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-inherant-ly-cruel-race/52234)
**Author:** [@Adventurious82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adventurious82)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-inherant-ly-cruel-race/52234 "2001-02-28T10:51:53Z")
Is it possible for a certain racial type to have an inherent trait, emotional or mental, different from other races, uninfluenced by social or environmental conditions? There are 4 basic racial types in the world, with … --- ## [Media too pro-muslim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-too-pro-muslim/747303)
**Author:** [@Civilrighte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civilrighte)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-too-pro-muslim/747303 "2016-03-07T14:08:45Z")
I’m gay and athiest, but I come from a Hindu background. Islam is generally conservative and far-right. It’s strict, anti-feminism, homophobic, cruel, etc… And takes us back to the middle ages. Why on earth should it b… --- ## [Julien Blanc's secret to attracting women: sexually assault them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julien-blancs-secret-to-attracting-women-sexually-assault-them/703937)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julien-blancs-secret-to-attracting-women-sexually-assault-them/703937 "2014-11-19T16:18:35Z")
No, really. Picking up chicks is easy. Just grab their heads and shove them onto your dick. I pretty much assumed the headline of this article was being hyperbolic, but now that I’ve seen the video (shot in Japan) it’s … --- ## [Banning Burkinis (or Veils/Headscarves)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-burkinis-or-veils-headscarves/763085)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-burkinis-or-veils-headscarves/763085 "2016-09-02T10:53:11Z")
French PM backs bans on burkinis as they are based on ‘enslavement of women’ I don’t agree with this. If the government gets to decide what people get to wear based on the government’s interpretation of the true meani… --- ## [flame of moderarors of SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-of-moderarors-of-sdmb/481071)
**Author:** [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-of-moderarors-of-sdmb/481071 "2009-01-16T00:42:58Z")
obligitory flame of moderators breaking and locking a genuine thread in Great debates. A thread wich was a search for knowledge and insight on the recent finding of small-boned skeletons found in Indonesia. A thread w… --- ## [It's time for a new Doper pic thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-doper-pic-thread/472143)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-doper-pic-thread/472143 "2008-11-21T15:20:19Z")
It’s been over 2 months since our last Doper pic thread, and I don’t think I have ever participated. I know you all have fancy-shmancy cameras and are snapping pics all the time, so post up your latest! Me and the wife… --- ## [question to non-literal Christans regarding understanding the Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-to-non-literal-christans-regarding-understanding-the-bible/597941)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-to-non-literal-christans-regarding-understanding-the-bible/597941 "2011-10-05T22:23:25Z")
This is intended as a question coming out of curiosity to “regular/nonfundamental” Christians that do not interpret the Bible literally, like most Christians probably do. My question is : if it’s not literal , what does… --- ## [Why the monikers, righties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-monikers-righties/552197)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-monikers-righties/552197 "2011-07-19T14:23:17Z")
Many righties tend to describe people as “Obama supporters” or “you drunk the kool-aid” or “they think Obama is the messiah” or “Obama Loyalists” and so forth. Here’s the thing: I didn’t even know who this guy was unti… --- ## [When will Kmart go completely out of business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-kmart-go-completely-out-of-business/768929)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-kmart-go-completely-out-of-business/768929 "2017-06-07T23:28:43Z")
Like a boxer on it’s last legs Kmart stores continue to close stores across the nation, yet refuses to give up the fight. Have you been in one lately? It reeks of the stench of death! I say 3 years from today ALL Kmart… --- ## [Because some of us are awake already, a Place Holder MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-some-of-us-are-awake-already-a-place-holder-mmp/601366)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-some-of-us-are-awake-already-a-place-holder-mmp/601366 "2011-11-12T02:16:14Z")
dogbutler promised to start one, but it’s 6:30 am on the east coast of USA, and some of us are impatient. :wink: Feel free to jump in. --- ## [Unleaded petrol, leaded petrol car: What happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unleaded-petrol-leaded-petrol-car-what-happens/218583)
**Author:** [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unleaded-petrol-leaded-petrol-car-what-happens/218583 "2003-12-14T01:39:20Z")
What happens if you put unleaded petrol in a car that’s supposed to take leaded fuel? Will there be an amusing amount of smoke billowing from the hood, will it just not start or will the car work fine? I ask because my … --- ## [Clarkson is right on this - people who kill themselves via train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarkson-is-right-on-this-people-who-kill-themselves-via-train/605144)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarkson-is-right-on-this-people-who-kill-themselves-via-train/605144 "2011-12-13T15:59:03Z")
For those unfamiliar, Jeremy Clarkson is kind of like a much more likeable British version of…well, it’s hard to draw a direct comparison, but Rush Limbaugh springs to mind. Conservative, loud and bolshy, He’s prone to m… --- ## [Doctor Who Revival S8E3 -- Robots of Sherwood (boxed spoilers until it airs on the West Coast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-revival-s8e3-robots-of-sherwood-boxed-spoilers-until-it-airs-on-the-west-coast/697639)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-revival-s8e3-robots-of-sherwood-boxed-spoilers-until-it-airs-on-the-west-coast/697639 "2014-09-29T01:00:52Z")
Same rules as before. Robots. And Robin Hood. Can Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman rescue a Gatiss script with a silly premise from mediocrity? Probably not, but let’s be optimistic! --- ## [Why is violence acceptable in American media but not nudity or swearing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-violence-acceptable-in-american-media-but-not-nudity-or-swearing/614826)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-violence-acceptable-in-american-media-but-not-nudity-or-swearing/614826 "2015-07-06T23:59:42Z")
I don’t think there is a GQ answer for this unless someone pulls out the Hays Code, but that still doesn’t account for everything. In American movies, violence seems to get a pass. I can go to movies or watch TV and se… --- ## [Fantasy-land style place names in real life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-land-style-place-names-in-real-life/680306)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-land-style-place-names-in-real-life/680306 "2014-02-24T04:46:35Z")
It’s a fairly common fantasy trope for place names to be a bit more… colourful than we tend to see in real life, mostly because no-one wants to live in “The Blasted Lands”, I suspect. My question is, though, are there a… --- ## [Songs you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/578963)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-hate/578963 "2017-08-10T20:42:26Z")
Try to keep it manageable…how about five? My number one least favorite song is far and away Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird. Many years ago, I decided to never willingly hear it again, and I’ve kept that promise to myself s… --- ## [2020 Virtual convention thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-virtual-convention-thread/918353)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 495\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-virtual-convention-thread/918353 "2020-09-04T14:13:14Z")
Talk about the virtual conventions here! I figured one thread for both would be easier to compare and contrast since they’re not happening at the same time. --- ## [Is "Nip" a racist term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nip-a-racist-term/660166)
**Author:** [@Schism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schism)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nip-a-racist-term/660166 "2013-06-06T05:27:38Z")
I’m probably gonna get lit up for this but I’m honestly curious for a few reasons. I remember in “Cryptonomicon” by Neal Stephenson it is mentioned that the during ww2 the Japanese refer(ed) to themselves as Nipponese n… --- ## [I pit students who punch their teachers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-students-who-punch-their-teachers/354201)
**Author:** [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-students-who-punch-their-teachers/354201 "2006-05-01T04:23:36Z")
Backstory: I’m a 5’2" blonde girl. I teach high school (9th graders). Most of my students are a full head taller than me when I’m in heels. One of them felt the need to swiftly and rapidly punch me in the arm 3 times… --- ## [Arm in sling for 6 months - how to prepare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arm-in-sling-for-6-months-how-to-prepare/591854)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arm-in-sling-for-6-months-how-to-prepare/591854 "2011-08-31T23:28:57Z")
What should I do to prepare for having my arm in a sling for up to 6 months (24/7 mandatory except showers), then part time thereafter? My rotator cuff needs work and they’re telling me to expect to have to wear it 4 to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=297&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=299&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)